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155A Fine Japanese Katana signedKANETTOSHI (Abe or Tomita clan) withslightly curved 64cm single-edged bladewith a wavy hamon, the long tang signedon one side and pierced with a singlehole, engraved gilt brass tsuba, fabric-bound sharkskin-covered grip, in itsmounted painted saya with blue andbrown knot, 100cm.

£2,000-3,000

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156A Japanese Wakizashi, with a 55cmslightly curved single-edged blade with astraight hamon, the un-signed tangpierced with a single hole, cast steeltsuba, decorated with flowers andscrolls in soft metals, sharkskin coveredgrip, lacking binding, in its lacqueredsaya.

£400-600

157A Silver Mounted Arab Jambiya, Late19th / Early 20th Century ofcharacteristic form, with curved doubleedged blade with central rib, one piecehorn hilt with silver mounts in itsembossed and woven floral decoratedscabbard, complete with belt, togetherwith another similarA Japanese Bone-Mounted DaggerTanto, with straight single-edged blade,the bone hilt decorated with figures intraditional dress, in its bone mountedsaya, 30cmAn Indian Pesh-Kabz, of characteristicform with a curved reinforced blade,steel hilt fitted with a pair of morse grip-scales, in its leather covered scabbardThree Gurkha Kukri, various sizes, (7).

£100-120

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158A Turkish Kard Late 18th / Early 19thCentury, with single-edged blade,mottled pale grey-green jade hilt withcarved flattened back and pommel, thepommel decorated with an amethyst in araised gold setting, in its original fabric-covered wooden scabbard with largesilver-gilt mounts chased with smallbands of foliage about the inner borders,the lower mount with bud finial insetwith a garnet, the upper mount inset witha row of garnets about the throat, andwith a small silver loop for suspension(blade heavily cleaned).

£600-800

159An Indian Pesh-Kabz, 19th Century,with straight 22cm steel blade ofcharacteristic form, the hilt fitted with apair of green hard-stone grip-scales, in asteel covered wooden scabbard withbrass mounts, 36cm.

£300-400

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160A Large Broad Indian Katar, 19th Century, with tapering blade formedwith a reinforced tip and a pair of broadconverging fullers on each side, steel hiltof characteristic form, including a pair ofmoulded grip bars, each interrupted by afaceted central moulding, 46cm long.

£300-400

161An Indian Gauntlet Sword (Patar) 17th / 18th Century, with a broad 74cmdouble-edged blade, steel ‘gauntlet’ hiltof characteristic form incorporating apair of shaped steel panels enclosing thelower portion of the blade, engraved overits surface with foliage and geometricdecoration, with original arm and gripbar, 103cm.

£400-600

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162An Indian Bazu Band, of gutter-shapeform, decorated with calligraphicengraved borders, flanged outwards atthe base, 33cm.

£150-200

163An Italian Etched Halberd-Head, Late16th Century, with tall slender spike ofstiff-diamond section, slender blade withconcave leading edge formed with areinforced upper point and with a pair ofpierced nodular projections at the rear,flat beak-like fluke also with reinforcedpoint and pierced cusped base, struckwith a mark on one side, open socketextending to a pair of short straps, andthe lower portion of the head etchedwith linear panels of scrolling foliage, afiery comet over the fluke, andsegmental bands of beadwork (etchingrubbed), 90cm.

£300-400

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164A Fine Hunting Hanger, the single-edged blade etched with dedication,trophies and hunting scenes withinpanels, retaining much of its gildeddecoration, with fire gilded hilt fittings,including shell-guard with boar anddogs, quillons terminating in chiselleddeer heads, and textured stag grip withthree inverted applied acorns betweenoak leafs, lacking scabbard.

£1,500-2,000

165A Scottish Officer’s Brass-MountedDirk Of The Seaforth Highlanders byHenry Wilkinson, Pall Mall, London, 20th Century, the polished 30cm blade,etched with regimental devices, bearingthe maker’s mark at the ricasso, withstaghorn grip, and large brass buttonpommel, in its mounted black leatherscabbard, lacking tools, 45cm overall.

£400-600

166An 1879 Pattern Naval Officer’s Dirk GRV of standard productionspecification, the polished blade, etchedwith Royal crown, anchor device andpanelled foliage, in its brass mountedblack leather scabbard, the locketinscribed ‘G.C.W.F.’, complete with blueand gold rope knot.

£200-300

167An 1827 Pattern Naval Officer’s Swordby Gieves GRV of standard productionspecification, the polished blade etchedwith Royal cypher below crown, anchordevices and panelled foliage, gilt finishedhilt with folding guard inscribed ‘G.C.W.Fowler R.N.’ in its brass mounted blackleather scabbard with blue and gold ropeknot, and leather carrying case.

£300-400

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168An 1827 Pattern Naval Officer’s SwordGRV of standard productionspecification, the polished blade etchedwith Royal cypher below crown, anchordevices and panelled foliage, giltfinished hilt with folding guard, in its giltbrass mounted, black leather scabbardwith blue and gold rope knot, and oil-skincover.

£150-250

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169An 1796 Pattern Cavalry Trooper’sSword of standard productionspecification, with a 83cm curved blade,swelling towards the point, steel stirruphilt (rusted & pitted), wooden grip(wormed) in its steel scabbard, 99cm overall.

£200-300

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170Royal Scots Fusiliers - A Victorian 1828Pattern Highland Infantry Officer’sBroadsword by Henry Wilkinson no.27266 (1886) of standard productionspecification, the polished blade etchedwith regimental and armorial deviceswith scrolling thistles and foliage,bearing maker’s mark at the ricasso, inits plated steel scabbard.

£300-400

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171A 1796 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Swordby Woolley and Deakin (Birmingham) ofstandard production specification, thesingle-edged fullered blade, etched withRoyal arms and GR cypher, trophies ofwar and maker’s names in scrollingbanners, all highlighted in gold, the giltfinished hilt with folding guard, lackingits quillon and scabbard.

£300-400

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172A Victorian 1895 Pattern Infantry Officer’s Sword by O’Connor & Co. 6 Princes Street, Hanover Square, ofstandard production specification, thepolished blade, etched with VR crownand foliage, bearing the maker’s mark atthe ricasso.

£120-180

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173A Continental Infantry Officer’s Sword19th Century, with a plain 82cm fulleredsingle-edged blade, bearing a cutler’smark at the ricasso, brass hilt with wire-bound horn grip, in its steel scabbard,99.5cm.

£200-300

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174A Victorian 1845 Pattern InfantryOfficer’s Sword by Pillin of Soho,London, of standard productionspecification, the slightly curved 82cmblade, bearing the maker’s mark at thericasso, etched with Royal cypher belowcrown within panels of foliage, gilt-brassguard with VR cartouche and silver andred knot, in its brass scabbard, 101cm.

£200-300

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175A German Cavalry Trooper’s Sword,19th Century, with an 89cm single-edgedfullered blade, marked ‘S & K’ at thericasso, the back-edge stamped with theImperial crown ‘FW-49’, steel basket hiltwith leather-covered wooden grip, in itssteel scabbard, 92cm.

£100-150

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176A Swept-Hilt Rapier, German orFlemish, Circa 1620-40, with slenderblade of flattened-diamond sectionstruck with bladesmith’s mark, areversed S, on both sides of the ricasso,iron hilt symmetrical inside and out,constructed of faceted bars, with a pair of acutely recurved quillons withswelling tips, knuckle-guard joined at itsmiddle by a pair of diagonal branchesjoined centrally in turn to an upwardlycanted pair of upper loop-guards,matching lower loop-guards each filledwith a sprung-in plate pierced withpatterns of circular holes, joined to theupper loops by a pair of C-shaped shortbars, the four loops joined at their baseto a pair of arms flanking the écussons,gadrooned pommel, and the grip boundwith patterned iron and brass wire with‘Turk’s heads’, perhaps the original,105.5cm blade,123cm overall.

See A.V.B. Norman, The Rapier andSmall-Sword 1460-1820, London 1980, hilt66, pp. 138-9. The hilt resembles the so-called Pappenheimer type, classified byNorman as type 67.

£700-900

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177A Composite Continental Small-Swordof Transitional Type, Circa 1660, withtwo-stage blade inlaid with brassscrollwork on both sides at the forte, iron hilt formed with a fluted tall quillon-block supporting a pair offaceted quillons with fluted swelling tips, a pair of small arms, chiselledsymmetrical double shell-guard fittedwith a pair of sprung-in plates eachpierced with a pattern of very smallholes, fluted elliptical pommel, andspirally fluted ivory grip set betweenlater iron collars, blade 70.5cm, 87.5cm overall.

£600-800

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178A Composite Italian Swept-Hilt Rapier,Circa 1570, with slender tapering bladeof flattened-hexagonal section formedwith a broad very shallow fuller at theforte and with no provision for a ricasso,iron hilt of robust rounded iron bars,symmetrical inside and out, with rearquillon (bent), knuckle-guard joined at its base to a pair of ring-guards andtowards its top to a pair of diagonalbranches, these in turn joined at theirbase to the opposing ends of the ring-guards, the ring-guards additionallyjoined at the same point to a pair ofdiagonal bars branched forwards, theseeach linked directly to the head of theforward arm and also to the head of therear arm by a further bar spanning theinner- and outer-guards, with large flutedglobular pommel coming to a tall button,and the grip bound with patterned wire.

Blade 93.5cm, 110.5cm overall.

£700-900

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179A Rare English Dish-Hilt Rapier,Circa 1640-55, with slender blade of ovalsection changing to flattened hexagonalsection and stamped ‘A.N.D.R.E.AF.E.R.A.R.A’ on both sides within thenarrow fuller at the forte (blade cleanedover pitting, inscription partly illegible),iron hilt chiselled in low relief withmulberry ornament, including embossedchiselled dish-guard, its edge undulatingabout a symmetrical arrangement ofsegments of gathered mulberriesalternating with segments of spirallingmulberry tendrils, a pair of short quillonswith chiselled flattened terminals,knuckle-guard and a pair of ring-guardsall of incised flattened bars interruptedby disc-like mulberry mouldings andlinked by a pair of scrolling diagonals attheir front, the pommel en suite andrising to a prominent button, and thegrip retaining its original spiral bindingof boldly patterned brass wire and brass‘Turk’s heads’, 105cm blade, 124cm overall

See A.V.B. Norman, The Rapier andSmall-Sword 1460-1820, London 1980, hilt 96, pp. 170-171.

£2,000-3,000

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180An Imperial Prussian Courtsword, with a 72cm straight single-fullered polished blade, bearing maker’s mark at the ricasso,gilt-hilt with shell-guard with Imperial eagle, lion-head pommeland mother-of-pearl grip-scales, in its brass mounted blackleather scabbard, 85cm overall.

£200-300

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181An Imperial Russian M1827 Pioneer’s (Saw-Back) ShortSword, of standard production specification.

£100-120

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182A German Infantry Officer’s Sabre by Alexander Coppel(ACS) Soligen, with a slightly curved plain polished blade,bearing the maker’s mark at the ricasso, nickel-silver knuckle-bow hilt with wire-bound black plastic grip, in its black steelscabbard.

£120-150

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183An Italian Model 1833 Artillery Sabre of standard productionspecification, in its steel scabbard.

£200-300

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184A German or Swiss Hand-And-A-Half Sword, Circa 1530-1550, with a broad 107cmtapering blade cut with two fullers on each face, rectangular ricasso, formed withblunted edges for grip, cut with fullers on each side continuing from the blade andincised with a decorative border line, bearing blamarks, steel hilt of circular bars,interrupted by globular mouldings, with a pair of down-turned quillons with globularterminals, with spirally fluted pear-shaped pommel and leather-covered wooden grip,131cm.

£6,000-8,000

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185A Continental transitional small-sword,circa 1660-70, with double-edged bladeetched with a male bust together withtwo designs of flowers on each face atthe forte, iron hilt comprising doubleshell-guard of unequal size inside andout and decorated with pierced chiselledpanels of scrolling foliage, short quillonswith large button terminals and carryinga pair of small arms, compressedpommel almost matching the quillons,and the grip bound with wire and ‘Turk’sheads’, blade 108.5cm, overall 169.5cm.

£1,000-1,200

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186A North European Two-Handed Sword,with a 100cm plain broad double-edgedblade, the forte flattened with leathercovered edges for additional grip andincorporating a pair of base lugs, thericasso stamped with a bladesmith’smark on each side, steel hilt comprisinga pair of down-turned flattened quillonswith spatulate terminals formed with apair of tightly scrolling finials, a furtherpair beneath, inner and outer ring-guards each interrupted by a pair oftightly scrolled fleur-de-lys, gadroonedbun-shaped pommel, and leather-covered wooden grip, 168cm.

£5,000-7,000

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187A Great War Imperial German Gew 98 Bayonet of standard productionspecification, in its steel scabbard withblack leather frog; A French Model 1886Pattern Epee Bayonet, of standardproduction specification with cruciformblade, in its steel scabbard; A Great WarTurkish Sword Bayonet, with hookedquillon, lacking scabbard, (3).

£100-120

188An 1885 Pattern Yeomanry CavalryTrooper’s Sword of standard productionspecification, the blade bearing theWeyersberg, Kirschbaum & Co. mark at the ricasso, in its steel scabbard,stamped ‘Y. D.’ at the throatA French Model 1866 Chassepot Sword Bayonet, lacking scabbard.

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189A Victorian 1827 Pattern Rifle VolunteersOfficer's Sword, of standard productionspecification, the blade etched with VRcrown, slung bugle device inscribed'Volunteer', regulation hilt with VRcartouche, in its field service scabbard

£120-150

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190A 19th Century Malacca Sword Stick,with a 69cm hollow-triangular blade, whitemetal collar and hook-shaped grip, 89cm.

£100-150


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191A De-Activated Great War ImperialGerman Hebal Trench Signal PistolNo.22769 (Gebr.R.), of standardproduction specification, with a 23cmbarrel and wooden grip plates, completewith certificate.

£120-150

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192A Flintlock Pocket Pistol, Circa 1820,with short round turn-off barrel, steellock signed Ipswich within an ovalcarried by a trophy-of-arms on the rightand another vacant oval to the left, fittedwith a border engraved sliding safety-catch, figured walnut grip, chequered atthe hand, inset with a vacant silverescutcheon, 14cm.

£150-200

193A Rare Pair of Percussion Over-And-Under Pistols by J & W Wood ofManchester, each with signed octagonalbarrels, fitted with stirrup ramrods, theactions and tangs engraved withscrolling foliage, with figured walnutbutts, cut with chequering, inset withvacant escutcheons, 29cms.

£1,200-1,500

194A Percussion Turn-Off Pocket Pistol byHenshaw, The Strand, London, with around cannon barrel, moulded at themuzzle, with engraved signed steel lock,decorated with scrolling banners andfoliage, figured walnut butt with vacantsilver escutcheon and grotesque maskbutt-cap, 20cm.

£150-200

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195A Flintlock Blunderbuss Pistol by Blakeof London, with a 18.5cm brass swampedbarrel, belled at the muzzle, inscribedLondon over the breech, with a steppedsigned steel lock and figured walnut fullstock, brass mounts including, trigger-guard with acorn finial, spurred butt-cap,and vacant escutcheon, complete withwooden ramrod, 33cm.

£1,000-1,200

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196A Rare George I 1738 Tower MarkedHeavy Dragoon Pattern Land ServicePistol, of standard productionspecification, with a 30cm round taperingbarrel, inscribed ‘1st Dragoon Guards’,signed rounded lock ‘Tower 1738’ withcrowned ‘GR’, full-stock figured walnutstock, brass mounts, comprising,rounded side-plate, trigger-guard withacorn finial, spurred pommel, vacantescutcheon and ramrod pipes, completewith brass-tipped ramrod, 47cm.

£4,000-6,000

197A Percussion Four Barrel Turn OverPocket Pistol by Beattie of RegentStreet, London with 11cm fluted barrelgroup, signed floral-engraved case-hardened tang incorporating back-sight,engraved case-hardened side hammersand trigger-guard, with a finely chequeredwalnut butt, inset with vacant silverescutcheon, 25cm.

£1,000-1,200

198A Tower 1799 Pattern 13-BoreCommercial Flintlock Elliott Carbine ForLight Dragoons, Late 18th Century, witha 71cm plain sighted barrel and tang,border engraved rounded lock bearingcrowned ‘G.R’., ‘Tower’ and ordnancemark, walnut three-quarter stock,regulation brass mounts, iron saddle-barand ring, complete with iron ramrod,swelling towards the tip and grooved toengage with a lip at the front of the fore-end cap, London proof marks, 110cm.

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199A Pair of Flintlock Cannon Barrelled Pistols byNathanial Trevey, Circa 1720, with 17.5cm multi-stagedbarrels, engraved with foliage at the tangs, inscribed‘London’, signed border-engraved locks, swelling figuredwalnut butts, carved about the breech tangs, withvacant silver escutcheons, engraved trigger-guards andsilver grotesque mask butt-ends, 29cm.

£3,000-4,000

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200A Flintlock Sporting Gun, with a long168.5cm two-stage tapering sightedbarrel, engraved tang, signed steppedlock with rain-proof pan and roller,figured walnut half-stock with chequeredgrip, engraved steel mounts, includingtrigger-guard with pineapple finial andbutt-plate, complete with brass-tippedramrod, 207cm.

£600-800

201A .36 Calibre US Colt Model 1851 SixShot Navy Percussion Revolver No.8848,of standard production specificationwith a 7 ½" barrel with single line NewYork address, retaining some originalblued finish.

£1,000-1,200

202A Rare Martini-Henry .577-450 CavalryCarbine MK I of standard militaryproduction specification, the lockstamped ‘V.R. Enfield 1888 - I.C.1.bearing proof marks to the breech,barrel, receiver, trigger guard andloading lever, figured walnut full-stockthe butt inlaid with WD Birminghamcircular brass disc, complete withramrod, 95.5cm.

£800-1,000

203An English Stonebow, Late 18thCentury, with steel bow (lacking string),folding fore-sight pillars and walnut tillerof gun stock form, (steel parts withpitting) renovation required, 71cm.

£250-350


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204A Great War Imperial German - BadenNCO’s Picklehaube, black leather skullwith grey painted steel fittings, includinghelmet plate and spike, complete with itstan leather liner, lacking its cockadesand chinstrap

£400-600

205A rare Great War Imperial GermanGuards M16/17 ‘Stahlhelm’, withpainted Hohenzollern crest insignia, theshell retaining its original ‘Feldgrau’paint complete with its three tongueleather padded liner with two-pieceleather chin strap, the shell bearing ablack and white chequered shield theunit emblem of the Guards division andwhat appears to be a painted number ‘2’to the rear of the helmet shell.

£400-600

206D-Day - A Second World War GermanArmy Field Grey KradmantelRubberised Motorcycle Coat, of stone-grey rubberised canvas, with field grey,zinc dish buttons, bottle green wool collar.

Provenance: Found at Le Fournet,Asnieres en Bessin (Omaha Beach)Normandy, France

The Second World War motorcyclist’sprotective coat (Kradmantel) wasintroduced in 1934 and designed to beworn over the standard field uniform andequipment. These coats were quitepopular amongst troops for their stylishappearance and functionality, commonlyworn by non-motorcycle personnel inspite of regulations.

£200-300

207A North European Breastplate of ShotProof Weight, formed of a mediallyridged plate, with a flanged lower edge,bearing three lugs for the attachment ofstraps, struck once at the chest with theproof mark of a bullet, and pierced with aseries of small holes along its outer-edges, 44cm.high

£500-700

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208A Pair of Mexican Spurs, 19th Century,with U-shaped heel bands, piercedterminals, for attaching straps, mouldednecks fitted with large pierced washers,19cm long.

£150-200

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209A Great War British raw edged Brodiesteel helmet, bearing a Royal FieldArtillery painted unit insignia retainingits original liner and remains of itsoriginal leather chin strap, the interior ofthe shell is stamped with the ‘ThomasFirth & Son’ maker’s mark.

£300-400

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210A Victorian Enlisted Man’s Forage Capby Maxsted & Son of Regent Street, ofblue Melton cloth, with scarlet red headband, bearing a bullion work number ‘7’device (Fusilier’s 7th Regiment of Foot),patent leather peak, the interior withgreen leather lining, with tooled tailor’slabel ‘Army Caps & Accoutrements -Maxsted & Son - Manufacturers 7Carlton Street, Regent Street, London’.

£200-300

211Royal Fusiliers - A Victorian Officer’sShort Bearskin Cap, bearing theregiment’s gilded brass flaming grenadedevice, with a Tudor rose within a voidedgarter bearing the motto ‘Honi Soit QuiMal Y Pense’ on blue ground, the gartersurmounted by the Queen’s crown andbearing a small horse device beneath,the interior with leather tongued linerand brass leather-backed curb-chain,complete with its original tinned standand carrying case, bearing brassmaker’s label ‘ Hawkes & Co., 14 Piccadilly, London.’

£600-800

212A Short Bearskin Cap by J.B.Johnstone, Military Tailor, SackvilleStreet, London, bearing a white horsehair hackle, the interior with leathertongued liner and brass curb-chain,complete in its steel carrying case,bearing brass maker’s label.

£300-400

213A Victorian Staff Officer’s Cocked Hatby J.B. Johnstone of London, of blackbeaver, bearing black silk rosette with aloop of silver regimental pattern lacesecured with a gilt brass button, blacklace of oak leaf and acorn design andbullion tassels, the interior retaining itsleather sweatband and crimson silkpleated lining, bearing gilt tooled tailor’sstamp, complete with white featherplume, in its steel carrying case.

£100-120

214G. C. W. Fowler Royal Navy - A GRVNaval Officer’s Bicorn Hat andEpaulettes by Gieves Limited,regulation hat with gold bullionepaulettes together with an officer’s beltand sword sling, in its japanned tin boxbearing the owner’s name.

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215A Pair of Royal Naval Officer’s GoldBullion Epaulettes GRV, of regulationpattern, with King’s crown gilt buttons,complete in their original shaped tinnedbox.

£100-120

216A Carved Regimental Walking Cane,decorated with a detailed head of asoldier wearing a glengarry, with glasseyes and yellow facings to collar, theshaft of bamboo with brass ferrule andapplied brass lettering 'A - 1904', 99cm.

£200-300

217A Lieutenant’s Full Dress Tunic, WaistSash and Sword Sling, XXXVI Sikhs,Circa 1902 - 1911, the tunic of scarletwool with white facings and gold lace,twisted shoulder-cords of gold rope,each bearing two embroidered rankstars, gilt metal regimental half-domedbuttons embossed crowned regimentaldevice, eight-buttoned front, the interiorbearing a tailor’s label inscribed ‘J.G.Plumb, Military Outfitter, 117 Victoria St.Westminster - Elkington’, the waistbeltof crimson silk with two tassels, thesword sling of scarlet morocco leatherfaced with gold lace with a centralscarlet train.

From 1902, the rank badge of a lieutenantin the British army was two stars, havingfrom 1880 to 1902 been a single star.

£200-300

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2181st Volunteer Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire) Regiment - A Scarlet Tunic with Royal Blue Facings, the epaulettesbearing ‘1 V Royal Berks’, brass collar titles, the lower sleeves with sniper cloth insignia, complete with red-striped blue trousers.

The Berkshire Volunteers

Although volunteers had been raised in Berkshire there is no real link with the units formed in 1859. Berkshire was well placedbecause of the influence and enthusiasm of Colonel Lloyd Lindsay VC, who had gained his Victoria Cross in the Crimean War. By1860 the rules had been laid down and the units formed. The first Volunteer review took place in Hyde Park in June 1860 in thepresence of Queen Victoria. In 1861 there were companies in Reading, Windsor (2), Newbury, Abingdon, Faringdon, Wantage,Wallingford, Windsor Great Park, Winkfield, Sandhurst and Woodside.

In May 1863 the uniform was defiantly laid down to consist of a dark grey tunic and cap, trimmed with cord of the regimental colour.An Inverness-pattern cloak, black gaiters and black haversack completed the simple outfit which was all that could be affordedwhen the uniform had to be paid for by the corps itself, without government financial aid. In 1873 the Administrative Battalionbecame the 1st Berkshire Volunteer Corps, consisting of 13 companies

Reading (A, B & C Companies); Windsor (D); Newbury (E); Abingdon (F); Maidenhead (G); Sandhurst (H); Faringdon (I); Wantage (K);Winkfield(L); Wallingford (M); Windsor Great Park (N)

In 1881 after the Cardwell reforms the battalion became the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Berkshire)Regiment, thus cementing a link with the regular units of the Regiment. During the Boer War the Battalion supplied a company tothe 2nd Battalion in South Africa.

In 1908 the Volunteers disappeared under that title as a result of the Haldane reforms becoming the 4th Battalion (Princess Charlotteof Wales’s) Royal Berkshire Regiment. On the outbreak of the First World War the Battalion expanded and formed two front linebattalions, the 1st/4th and the 2nd/4th. These were supported by a 3rd/4th. The 1st/4th went to the Western Front in early 1915fighting in many major battles. In 1917 they were transferred to the Italian front where they continued fighting until the Armistice.The 2nd/4th went to France in early 1916 taking part in all the major engagements that followed. They remained in this theatre untilthe end of the war. After the war both battalions were disbanded and a new 4th Battalion reformed. Between the wars the 4thBattalion maintained its strength attending annual camps each year.

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219Lieutenant-General Sir William Henry Pringle GCB (c. 1771 - 23 December 1840) - A Knight of The Garter Ceremonial Uniform,including a full length fuchsia coloured silk robe with a cream lining, with a large embroidered device with three central crowns andthe words ‘Tria Juncta in Uno’ (The Most Honourable Order of The Bath), bearing tailor’s label inscribed ‘John Hunter. Robe Maker.16 Maddox Street. London’, ‘Sir William Pringle’

Military: Entered the Army as Cornet, 16th Light Dragoons, 1792; Lieutenant, 1793; Captain, 1794; Major, 111th Foot, 1794; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1799; Colonel, 1809; Major-General, 1812; Colonel, 64th Foot, 1816, the 56th Foot, 1838; Lieutenant-General, 1825.Commanded abrigade in the Peninsula War at Salamanca, Pyrenees, Orthes, and Nivelle; severely wounded in 1814.

Office: [M.P.] Member of Parliament for Liskeard, 1820-1830.

Honours: Received thanks from the House of Commons, 1813 and 1814.

Honours: Grand Knight Cross of the Order of the Bath, 1834.

Pringle, who had married William Pitt’s niece in 1806, served with distinction in the Peninsula and survived being shot through thebody at Orthes in 1814. Nevertheless, Charles William Wynn, president of the board of control, when reviewing potential candidatesfor the Indian command in 1825, wrote that he ‘appears a very dull man, and never has been in any situation which enabled him toexhibit the sort of ability which is required’.

In the Commons, where he sat undisturbed for Cornish boroughs controlled by his wife’s uncles, the 1st and 2nd earls of St.Germans, he was an occasional attender who continued to give silent support to Lord Liverpool’s ministry. He divided againsteconomies in revenue collection, 4 July 1820. He voted in defence of ministers’ conduct towards Queen Caroline, 6 Feb. 1821. Hedivided for Catholic relief, 28 Feb. He voted against repeal of the additional malt duty, 3 Apr., and Hume’s economy and retrenchmentmotion, 27 June 1821. He divided against more extensive tax reductions, 11, 21 Feb., and abolition of one of the joint-postmasterships,13 Mar. 1822. He voted in defence of the lord advocate’s conduct towards the Scottish press, 25 June 1822. He divided against repealof the Foreign Enlistment Act, 16 Apr., and inquiry into the prosecution of the Dublin Orange rioters, 22 Apr. 1823.

He voted for the Irish insurrection bill, 14 June 1824. The previous month he had obtained official permission to ‘pass through the Horse Guards,on horseback occasionally’, on his way to the Commons from his house just north of Oxford Street. He divided for Catholic relief, 1 Mar., 21 Apr.(paired), 10 May 1825. On 15 Apr. he was one of three Members who confirmed that they had not heard the question put for the division on theSouthwark paving bill, and whose names were subsequently added to the favourable minority. He voted for the financial provision for the Dukeof Cumberland, 30 May, 10 June 1825. It was said of him at this time that he ‘attended occasionally and voted with ministers’.

Pringle died suddenly of a ‘disease of the heart’ in December 1840. He left an inherited estate in county Armagh to his only son JohnHenry, and the remainder of his property to his wife, noting that ‘almost all I am possessed of I have through her’; his personalty wassworn under £14,000. His widow, who died in 1842, distributed £41,000 among their four daughters and left her inheritance of £5,000from the 1st earl of St. Germans to John Henry; her personalty was sworn under £14,000 and the residue calculated for duty at £2,309.

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221An English Early 20th CenturyMahogany Medal or Coin Collector’sCabinet, the twin glazed doors enclosingtwenty drawers arranged in two flights,with brass knob handles and removableglass tops, on four tapering turned legsjoined by stretchers, 122cm high, 98cmwide, 51.5cm deep.

£500-700

222A Rare Seventeenth Regiment of LightDragoons Lancers Pennant, 19thCentury, black ground with appliedpadded bullion work crown, lances andscrolling banner inscribed ‘Death orGlory’, centred with a large white metalregimental device, border with gold rope,later converted to fire screen with brassframe and clamp, 43cm x 40cm.

£300-400

223[Gordon of Khartoum] A CircularPottery Wall Plaque, circa 1885, paintedin sepia with Gordon’s portrait againstolive boughs, signed B. Turynam,unmarked, 36.5cm diameter

£150-250

224Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington(1769-1852), A Cast Iron Profile Plaqueby Jobson’s of Whitchurch Works,Derby, surmounted by trophies of war,33.5cm high; and a circular cast brassportrait plaque,17cm (2).

£100-120

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225Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke ofWellington (1 May 1769 - 14 September1852) - An 1844 Stamped Waxed SealedEnvelope Addressed to his Grace, TheDuke of Wellington, London, andforwarded to him at Hartfordbridge,bearing a Queen Victoria 2d blue,cancelled by a Maltese cross centredwith the number ‘4’, 200mm x 90mmQueen Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 - 22 January 1901) - A HandWritten Address Panel to ‘His GraceThe Duke of Wellington London, signed‘The Queen’, on card, stained and torn,160mm x 90mm, (2).

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226Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG GCBGCH PC FRS (1 May 1769 - 14 September 1852) -Hand-addressed and Free Franked Address Panel inWellington’s Hand dated ‘London, April Second1829’, franked in red ink ‘Free 2 Ap 1829’, affixed tocard, fine condition, with trimmed edges and sometoning, 120mm x 75mm.

£300-400

227A Collection of Boer War and South Africa RelatedEphemera and Photographs, including three sepiaphotographic prints, two of Zulus, each inscribed tothe reverse in pencil ‘A Zulu’ 14cm x 10cm - ‘ZuluChief - From A. W. William, South Africa’ 18cm x14cm, (lot).

£60-80

228John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, Prince ofMindelheim, Prince of Mellenburg (26 May 1650 - 16 June 1722) - A Rare Military Commission to JohnHill Esq. Major of Dragoons, presented at St. James1st January 1706, signed in Marlborough’s handbottom right, on vellum with embossed paper seal,framed 41cm x 30cm.

£100-120

229A hand written letter from Garnet Joseph Wolesleyat the war office to PAUL dated 6 April 1888

My dear Paul,

All my books and papers are in my Hill street house,which being let, I cannot have access to. I havewritten a great deal about the tunnel but have nothingby me that I have written.

At present we have the great blessing of being anisland, a position that saves from the cost and loss ofhaving an enormous Army like all the continentalnations. A tunnel would make us continental people.

The great danger would be that the French by asudden disembarkation of say ten or twenty thousandmen could obtain possession of our end of the tunnelby a ‘coup de main’! They could then at their leisure,pour hundreds of thousands of troops into Englandthrough the tunnel, which would then be entirely intheir hands.

In fact the day the tunnel were made, one should haveto expend enormous sums on fortifying our end of it,and we should require a great army always in Englandto counter balance the ever present risks.

Everyone acknowledges it would entail risk, whyaccept the small increased risk? To please old ladieswho suffer from sea-sickness?

We are French enough already and don’t want tobecome any more closely allied to that mostdetestable nation.

Is this of any use to you?

Your fondly attached friend,

Garnet

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230Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st ViscountMontgomery of Alamein, KG GCB DSO(17 November 1887 - 24 March 1976) - AnOriginal Black & White PhotographicPortrait, head and shoulders in uniformand notable beret, annotated in pencil tothe reverse in Montgomery’s hand ‘Takenduring a parade at Tripoli just after itscapture by the Eighth Army January1943, stamped below in blue ink ‘A F P UW.O. Official Photograph - Passed forPublication’, 110mm x 105mm.

£300-400

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231Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st ViscountMontgomery of Alamein, KG GCB DSO(17 November 1887 - 24 March 1976) - AnOriginal Sepia Toned PhotographicPortrait, three quarter length in uniform,saluting to camera, signed inMontgomery’s hand, diagonally in blueink across lower right ‘Montgomery ofAlamein F.M., 150mm x 85mm.

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232A Rare Collection of Seven Original ‘Eye in The Sky’ Great War Aerial PhotographyUnit - Airship - R.N.A.S. - Balloon Section R.E. Watercolours on Board by JamesPage Royal Engineers, each signed and dated bottom left, and inscribed to reverse:‘Airship. 10. BE 2. Aero. 1685/9 Aerial Photo Unit 4. Kingsnorth. Airship AeroplaneA.P.U. 2. Cameras 3K R.N.A.S’., 12cm x 20cm; ‘Eye. In. The. Sky. 14. Free Flight 1 ofSheprey 1910-1915 B. Flight A. P. U. Balloon Section R.E. Grid 2 Shell Beach. MusselManor’, dated 1915, 14cm x 9cm; ‘Eye in The Sky 5. Goddard Army Beta MDD Over BlueBell Hill Robin Hood Lane Kent 17.6.15’, 12cm x 20cm; ‘Eye In The Sky AerialPhotography Unit 1 R.N.A.S.Capel Le Ferne A.P.U. T2 (Twin) Coast Survey (Grid 6Dover. Ramsgate. I of Sheppey CRU on one motor. Grid Photos Over Lap 14. 4. 17’,12.5cm x 20cm; ‘Eye In The Sky A.P.U. Airship 2 Passing Over Barge Station MedwayMaidstone En. Route Mote Camp’, 16cm x 22.5cm; ‘Aerial Photography Unit 2 BalloonSection R.E. Chatham Training at Mote Camp Maidstone Aug. 20. 14. 26cm x 20cm;Balloon Section R.E at Mote Camp OBVR Training Unit 3 March 1914’, 13cm x 12cm,each mounted framed and glazed.

£1,500-2,000

234A Second World War Poster ‘Keep Mum She’s NotSo Dumb! Careless Talk Costs Lives’ printed forH.M. Stationery Office by Greycaine Ltd, Watfordand London, 76cm x 51cmA Second World War Poster ‘Keep Mum She’s NotSo Dumb! Careless Talk Costs Lives’ printed forH.M. Stationery Office by Lowe & Brydone PrintersLtd, N.W.10, 76cm x 51cmA Second World War Norman Wilkinson Poster ‘AFew Careless Words May End In This - Many liveswere lost in the last war through careless talk - Beon your guard! - Don’t discuss movements of shipsor troops’ printed for H.M. Stationery Office byGreycaine Ltd., Watford & London, 76cm x 51cmA Collection of Six Small Second World WarPosters ‘Careless Talk Costs Lives’ - ‘.....strictlybetween these four walls!’, ‘be careful what you say& where you say it!’, ‘......but of course it mustn’t goany further!’, ‘strictly between you & me....’, ‘ofcourse there’s no harm in your knowing!’, ‘don’tforget that walls have ears!’, 31cm x 20cm.

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£400-600

235859569 F/Sgt - Pilot A. E. VowlesBomber Command Royal Air Force - ASecond World War Royal Canadian AirForce Pilot’s Flying Log Book, Jan 1943to Nov 1944, Oxford’s, Wellington’s,including Operations, a Royal Air ForceService and Release Book, an A.A.F.notice of calling out, dated 25/8/39,complete in original envelope of issue,Pilot’s Notes for Wellington 1944, twoRAF pilot’s brevets, Second World Warservice side-cap with RAF cap badge,good luck charm and glasses, etc. (lot).

£100-150

236Militaria - A Second World War Groupof Four to Flight Officer E. A. Maggs,Royal Air Force, Defence Medal 1939-1945, War Medal 1939-45, General ServiceMedal 1918-62 GRVI, clasp Palestine1945-48 (Fg. Off. E. A. Maggs R.A.F.)General Service Medal 1918-62 ERII,clasp South Arabia (Flt. Lt. E. A. MaggsR. A. F.), in card box of issue, togetherwith related dress miniatures, threeflying log-books 1944-1961 (Hurricanes,Spitfires, Meteor 13, Javelins) uniforms,maps and aircraft photographs, (lot).

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237A Second World War German LuftwaffePilot’s/Navigator’s Wrist Compass‘Armbandkompass’, complete withoriginal leather strap.

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238An early First World War period Frenchlaminated mahogany two ‘scimitar’blade propeller, the boss stamped ‘I.P.C.DG2356 HP80 GNOME H FARMANB23823’, the blades marked ‘1’ and ‘2’with A.I.D. inspector’s stamp, withoriginal painted cloth propeller-tipcovering and deep sea-green paintedboss ends, 98 ½ inch (250cm) diameter.£1,400-1,600

239A Laminated Mahogany Two BladedPropeller - Wolseley Viper, the eight holeboss stamped ‘G720N59 - AB7673 RHD2414 P1710’ 242cm long.

£600-800

240A French two-tone walnut andmahogany two-blade propeller, stamped‘Les Fils de ? Freres / Heliges / Paris’ and,additionally, ‘SFA’, ‘Serie No.240’ and‘No.618’, 209cm diameter, mounted to ametal plate for wall-hanging.

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241[India] - A Rare Three-quarter LengthPhotographic Portrait of an IndianArmy Officer on a Porcelain Plaque,late 19th century, the subject standingbeside an occasional table, wearing atransitional example of the 1880 uniformwith a single medal, Indian Mutiny withone clasp, holding sword, his whiteforeign service helmet before, 38.5cm x 26cm.

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242[India] [East India Company] - Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive, KB MP FRS (25 September 1725 - 22 November 1774) - A Letter inClive’s Hand from (Claremont) Esher Dated 17th June 1772‘Sir - I had yesterday a visit from Mrs Forde who assures me that she is in very distressed circumstances as she is the widow ofColonel Forde, to who’s services the Company are so much indebted, and who lost his life in their service.........., 21cm x 18cm,mounted framed and glazed

In 1769, Robert Clive acquired the house and gardens at Claremont near Esher and commissioned Lancelot “Capability” Brown toremodel the garden and rebuild the house.

In 1772 Parliament opened an inquiry into the Company’s practices in India. Clive’s political opponents turned these hearings intoattacks, and questioned about some of the large sums of money he had received while in India. Clive pointed out that they were notcontrary to accepted company practice, and defended his behaviour by stating “I stand astonished at my own moderation” givenopportunities for greater gain. The hearings highlighted the need for reform of the Company, and a vote to censure Clive for hisactions failed. Later in 1772, Clive was invested in the Order of the Bath (eight years after the knighthood had been awarded), andwas appointed Lord Lieutenant of Shropshire.

Clive continued to be involved in ongoing Parliamentary discussions on company reforms, during which General John Burgoyne, oneof Clive’s most vocal enemies, pressed the case in 1773 that some of Clive’s gains were made at the expense of the Company and thegovernment. Clive again made a spirited defence of his actions, and closed his testimony by stating “Take my fortune, but save myhonour.” The vote that followed completely exonerated Clive, who was commended for the “great and meritorious service” herendered to the country. Immediately thereafter Parliament began debating the Regulating Act of 1773, which significantly reformedthe East India Company’s practices.

On 22 November 1774 Clive committed suicide, aged forty-nine, at his Berkeley Square home in London. There was no inquest on hisdeath and it was variously alleged he had stabbed himself or cut his throat with a penknife or taken an overdose of opium, while afew newspapers reported his death as due to an apoplectic fit or stroke. One twentieth century biographer, John Watney, concluded:“He did not die from a self-inflicted wound...He died of a heart attack brought on by an overdose of drugs”. Though Clive’s suicidehas been linked to his history of depression and to opium addiction, the likely immediate impetus was excruciating pain resultingfrom illness (he was known to suffer from gallstones) which he had been attempting to abate with opium. He had recently beenoffered command of British forces in North America which he had turned down. He was buried in St Margaret’s Parish Church atMoreton Say, near his birthplace in Shropshire.

£300-400

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243[India] - Rawalpindi 22 Battery MotorMachine Guns (Motorcycle) - India 1917- A Rare Six Page Period PhotographAlbum, containing forty-eight black andwhite photographic images, 50mm x80mm, each inscribed to mounts andincluding a hand-written detaileddescription of each on lined note-paper.

£80-120

244[India] - Two Military Related PersonalPhotograph Albums ‘India 1934-35 -‘Burma 1935-38’ containingapproximately 330 photographic blackand white images, various sizes,mounted, each in a cotton bag with LightInfantry black service button fasteners,one with printed inscription.

£150-200

245[India] - Postcards, approximately 335mainly topographical cards, includingviews of a bazaar scene, Ranikhet;British Infantry Barracks, Jullundur;Married Quarters, Dagshai; DagshaiParade Ground; a bazaar scene, MurreeHill; Sudder Bazaar, Dalhousie; SheikMemon Street, Bombay; Polo Ground,Coronation Durbar Delhi, 1911; bankbuildings and Post Office, Simla; RaceCourse, Calcutta; Maharajah’s WindPalace, Jaipur; Lawrence Statue, Lahore;Chowringhee, Calcutta; and NajabazarStreet with Fort, Ajmer, (album).

£100-150

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246[India] - 5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers - A Victorian Officer’sMess Presentation Trophy - Brass Mounted Rhino Foot, mounted on acircular black ebonised base, the gilt brass circular hinged lid, inscribed‘Presented to The Officers Mess of the 5th Battn Northd Fus. by Col L. A.Percy A.D.C. 1886’, 30cm x 22cm. 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment of Foot 1836-1881, on the 4th ofMay 1836, the 5th became a fusilier regiment and was redesignated asthe 5th (Northumberland Fusiliers) Regiment, the regiment, which wasincreased to two battalions in 1857, saw active service in the IndianRebellion of 1857 and the Second Anglo-Afghan War.

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247[India] - Lieut. Colonel A. M. UrquhartAruvankadu, Nilgiris - A SilverPresentation Casket by V. SubramaniaIver, Jeweller of Madras, with appliedpierce-work decoration on oak, twin-handled on bun feet, inscribed ‘WithBest Wishes For The Future To Lieut-Colonel & Mrs A. M. Urquhart FromFriends & Well-Wishers Novr 1922’containing a printed silk dedication toColonel Urquhart and his wife, 28cm x19cm x 11cm.

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248[India] - King George V & Queen Mary - A Small Edwardian SecretaireCabinet by Waring & Gillows, London, of Delhi Durbar 1911 RoyalSignificance, fine grained lacquered finish on mahogany, the separatecornice above four open shelves, with a lift-forward leather-lined writingsurface above a drawer, brass grilled door to a cupboard beneath withspring-loaded white metal fitments, a brass plaque to drawer inscribed‘H.M.S. Medina used on state visit of the King & Queen to India 1911-12Warings’ (Waring & Gillows) London

The RMS Medina was the last of ten ships ordered by the Peninsular andOriental Steam Navigation Company of the ‘M’ class, placed with Cairdand Company of Greenock, Scotland. She was 550 feet long and 62 feetwide with a depth of 34 feet, and was to carry 670 passengers; 450 in 1st Class and 220 in 2nd Class. She was powered by quadruple-expansionsteam engines which produced 1,400 horse power two her twin screws,which moved through the water at a top speed of 19 knots (35 km/h).

During building it was decided that Medina would take King George V andQueen Mary to India for the Delhi Durbar. Medina was, therefore, initiallycommissioned into the Royal Navy as the Royal Yacht and her crew weremainly naval personnel. Medina was provided with an extra mast,necessary to maintain Royal flag etiquette and furnished with a white hullwith bands of royal blue and gold and buff funnels. Various large roomsintended for public use were redecorated as Royal apartments. The Medinaleft Portsmouth for India in November 1911, returning in February 1912where she returned to Caird and Co. for refitting. She was then delivered toP&O in June 1912, she had only two years of peacetime service before theGreat War broke out, but remained with P&O during the war.

The Medina was torpedoed and sunk by SM UB-31 off Start Point, Devonon 28 April 1917. Today the wreck is upright with a 15 degree list to port. She is reasonably intact despite salvage of copper and passengers’baggage from forward holds, her stern is most damaged and she is sinkinginto the mud of the seabed - the bulkheads are collapsing and hercompartments are folding down.

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249[India] - Delhi Durbar 1911-12 - H.M.S.Medina A Rare Silver RoyalPresentation Cigarette Case by FrancisBarker, for E & E Emanuel of London,dated 1911, the hinged cover, inscribedwith the Royal GRI cypher below crownand H.M.S. Medina - India 1911-12, 10cmx 7cm

HMS Medina was the ship used by KingGeorge V and Queen Mary, for their visitto India in 1911-12 for the Delhi Durbar.Various presents were given by the Kingand Queen to Officials and Staff whowere of particular service to them,including some cigarette cases asmementos, this particular piece waspresented to S. Green Esq by theirMajesties’.

Provenance: The Parker Gallery 20thFebruary 1996.

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250[India] - A Presentation PhotographAlbum, Circa.1930’s Celebrating TheGovernor’s Visit to Mirzaphur,containing forty seven photographicblack & white images, various sizesincluding large format, the album covermounted with a silver plaque, inscribed ‘H.E. The Governor’s Vist to Mirzapur -Presented By Raja ShardaMaheshprasao Aingh Shah of Abori-Barhar Raj and Raja Nar Singh PadamSaran Shah of bijaigarh Raj to HisExcellency Sir Harry Haig K.G.S.I. -Photo by M.L. Vishwakarma Allahabad’

Sir Harry Graham Haig -Born on 13thApril, 1881. Married Violet May, in 1908.Educated at Winchester and at NewCollege, Oxford. Joined the I.C.S., in1905. Term of Office 06-12-1934 to 17-09-1938 & 16-05-1938 to 06-12-1939, served inIndia as Under Secretary to Governmentof U.P. 1910—-12 ; Indian Army Reserveof Officers, 1915-1919 ; Deputy SecretaryIndian Fiscal Commission, 1921-22. Hewas attached to Royal Commission onSuperior Civil Services in India from1923-24 ; was appointed PrivateSecretary to the Viceroy, 1925 ; Secretaryto the Government of India, Homedepartment, 1926-1930 ; Home Memberof the Executive Council of Governor-General, India, 1932-34 ; Governor of U.P.,1934-39

Mirzapur

According to records Mirzapur wasofficially established by the British EastIndia Company in 1735, before theestablishment of the town the area wasdense forest and freely used by variousstates like Benaras, Sakteshgadh, VijayGadh, Naina Gadh, Naugadh, Kantit andRewa for hunting. The British East IndiaCompany had established this area tofulfil the need of a trading centre betweencentral and western India. This time Rewawas a well-established state of centralIndia and was directly connected withMirzapur by the Great Deccan Road, overtime Mirzapur became a famous tradingcentre of Central India trading mainlycotton and silk.

Many parts of the city were establishedby British officers, founded by the mostfamous officer of British East IndiaCompany “Lord Mercurius Wellesley”. As per some evidence the Britishconstruction was initiated from Burrier(Bariya) Ghat. Lord Wellesley hadreconstructed the Burrier Ghat as amain entrance in Mirzapur by Ganga,some of the places in Mirzapur waspronounced as per the name of LordWellesley, like Wellesleyganj (The firstmarket in Mirzapur), Mukeri Bazar etc.The building of Municipal Corporation isalso a precious example of Britishconstruction

Mirzapur is the place where the HolyRiver Ganges meets with Vindhya range,considered significant in HinduMythology and has a mention in Vedas.

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251[India] - A Collection of Nine IndianComposite ‘Trade and Native’ Figures,20th Century, each mounted, some withapplied paper labels ‘Calcutta Dhoba’ ,‘Temple Drummer’ (with damages),22cm high.

£80-120

252[India] - A Collection of Fifteen Indian‘Trade and Native’ Composite Figures,20th Century, various sizes, eachmounted, some with pencilled titles‘Tailor’, ‘Waiter’, ‘Policeman’, (withdamages).

£80-120

253[India] - An Investiture Programme ‘His Imperial Majesty the King-Emperorat Delhi on Thursday, The 14thDecember, 1911 at 9.30 P.M. gilt titledpaper-cover, 20cm x 17cm

GVR The Coronation Service June 22nd1911 - The form and order of the Servicethat is to be performed and of theCeremonies that are to be observed inThe Coronation of Their Majesties KingGeorge V and Queen Mary in the AbbeyChurch of S. Peter Westminster onThursday the 22nd of June 1911, boundwith tooled gilt inscription, 20cm x 13.5cm

William Brydon’s Account, from Memoryand Memoranda made on arrival atJellalabad, of the Retreat from Cabool in1842 (Printed for Private Circulation), 15page booklet

An Indian miniature on ivory oval panel,mounted ‘Taj Mahal’, 60mm, (lot).

£60-80

254[India] - Thacker’s Indian Albums No. 1‘Calcutta Views’ by Thacker, Spink & Co.Calcutta and Simla, TheKoochpurwanaypore Swadeshi RailwaySecond Edition by Jo Hookm Thacker,Spink & Co, Calcutta and Simla - Thacker& Co. Ltd. Bombay, Cities of the Moguls,Being a Selection of Views of Delhi, Agra& Fatehpur Sikri (From Photographs bythe Publishers Plate Ltd. Ceylon,together with a collection ofphotographic images and watercolours,(lot).

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255[India] - Poona (Pune) - A Leather Bound Photograph Album, Circa 1900,containing approximately forty eight photographic images many by Stewart &Metzker of Poona, various print sizes including large format, including militarycelebrations.

Pune cultural capital of Maharashtra

The Third Anglo-Maratha War broke out between the Marathas and the British in1817. The Peshwas were defeated at the Battle of Khadki (then spelt Kirkee) on 5November near Pune and the city was seized by the British. It was placed underthe administration of the Bombay Presidency and the British built a large militarycantonment to the east of the city.

In 1896, Pune was hit by bubonic plague, by the end of February 1897, theepidemic was raging with a mortality rate twice the norm and half the city’spopulation fled. A Special Plague Committee was formed under thechairmanship of W.C. Rand, an Indian Civil Services officer, he brought troops todeal with the emergency, although these measures were unpopular, the epidemicwas under control by May. On 22 June 1897, during the Diamond Jubileecelebration of the Coronation of Queen Victoria, Rand and his military escortwere killed by the Chapekar brothers. A memorial to the Chapekar brothersexists at the spot on Ganeshkhind Road (University Road) between the ReserveBank and the Agricultural College.

Pune was prominently associated with the struggle for Indian independence . Inthe period 1875 and 1910, the city was a major centre of agitation and socialreforms led by Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, Gopal Krishna Gokhale and BalGangadhar Tilak, as well as feminist Tarabai Shinde. They demanded the abolitionof caste prejudice, equal rights for women, harmony between the Hindu andMuslim communities, better schools for the poor and complete independencefrom Britain. Mohandas Gandhi was imprisoned at Yerwada Central Jail severaltimes and placed under house arrest at the Aga Khan Palace in 1942-44, whereboth his wife and aide Mahadev Desai died.

£200-300

256[India] - “Curry & Rice “, On Forty Plates or The Ingredients Of Social Life At“Our Station” In India - Atkinson, George F (Captain, Bengal Engineers)Published by Day & Son, London, 1858.

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257[India] - Portrait of Demetrius James SandfordBailey B.A. (May 31 1860 - March 1909) CivilServant to the Rajah of Sarawack (Rajah Brooks)Oil on boardSigned lower left17cm x 25cm

The reverse with applied newspaper cutting ‘InMemoriam - In St. Peters Church last week waserected a very fine marble tablet of pure whitemarble, mounted on black marble ground to thememory of Demetrius J. S. Bailey B.A. (a native ofIghtham and only brother of Colonel E.W.G. Baileyof Ightham Court) who took service under theRajah of Sarawack by whom and his brotherofficer’s the memorial has been erected…

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258[India] - A Collection of Five Coloured Engravings by JohnHarris after Henry Martens

(i) ‘Bivouac of the British Army at Ferozshah’ published byRudolph Ackermann, 1st December 1848, 49cm x 63cm

(ii) ‘Charge of the 16th. (Queen’s Own) Lancers at the Battle of Aliwal’, published by Rudolph Ackermann, 12th July 1847, 49cm x 63cm

(iii) ‘The Battle of Goorjerat, on the 21st. February 1849’,published by Rudolph Ackermann, 29th July 1850, 49cm x 63cm

(iiii) ‘The Thirty First Regiment, Sir Harry Smith’s Division,advancing to the Charge At the Battle of Moodkee, on the 18th. December 1845. published by Rudolph Ackermann,14th. June 1848, 49cm x 63cm

(iiiii) ‘The Storming of Mooltan, January 3rd. 1849’, published by Rudolph Ackermann, April 21st. 1851, 49cm x 63cm

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259[India] - Anthony Cardon after Henry Singleton ‘The Assaultand Taking of Seringapatam’, coloured stipple engraving,published October 15th 1801, framed and mounted, 57cm x 66cmN. Schiavonetti Jun. after Henry Singleton ‘The Last Effort andFall of Tippo Sultun’, coloured stipple engraving, publishedAugust 15th 1802, framed and mounted, 57cm x 66cmAnthony Cardon after Henry Singleton ‘The Surrender of TwoSons of Tippo Sultun’, coloured stipple engraving, publishedJune 15th 1802, framed and mounted, 57cm x 66cm, (3).

£300-400

260[India] - Captain J.Bayley, Two Coloured Stippled Engravings‘The Battle Seetabuldee, Nagpore, East Indies’ November 1817,published by Edward Orme January 29th 1822

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261[India] - Edward Stalker after RobertHome ‘ The Death of Col. Moorhouse atthe Storming of Bangalore’ colouredengraving, framed and mounted, 49cm x62cm[India] - T. H. Sherratt after M. S.Morgan ‘Storming of Delhi’ colouredengraving, published August 1859,framed and mounted, 33cm x 51cm (2).

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262[India] - T. L. Atkinson after F. R. Say‘Lieut. General Thomas ShubrickColonel 2nd Regiment Bengal CavalryFebruary 1852’, black and whiteengraving, three-quarter length portrait,framed and mounted, 54cm x 42cm.

£100-120

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263[India] - Alfred Crowdy Lovett (1862-1919) ‘King Edwards Lancers’Pencil and watercolour heightened withwhite, on paperSigned ‘A.C. LOVETT’ (lower left)inscribed in Urdu (lower right)Mounted and framed 38cm x 25cm.

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264[India] - Alfred Crowdy Lovett (1862-1919) Sikh Infantry OfficerPencil and watercolour heightened withwhite, on paperSigned ‘A.C. LOVETT’ (lower left)Mounted and framed 38cm x 25cm.

£200-300

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265[India] - Alfred Crowdy Lovett (1862-1919) 45th Rattray’s SikhsPencil and watercolour heightened withwhite, on paperWatercolour, signed ‘A.C. LOVETT’ 1911(lower right) Mounted and framed38cm x 26cm.

£200-300

266Richard Simkin (1840-1926) ‘Hussars at the Charge’Watercolour Signed lower right, Mounted, framed and glazed41cm x 69cm

£300-400

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267James Ward after Sir W. Beechey - ‘HisMajesty Reviewing the 3rd or Prince ofWales Regiment of Dragoon Guardsand the 10th or Prince of WalesRegiment of Light Dragoons’, a colouredengraving, published 1st June 1800,framed and glazed, 59cm x 68cm

£120-150

268M. Place after R. K. Porter ‘The LoyalAssociated Ward and Volunteer Corpsof the City of London’ a colouredengraving, published London March 30th1799, framed and glazed, 46cm x 65cm.

£100-150

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269[Naval] - William Ward after S.Drummond A.R.A. ‘The Windsor CastlePacket of 150 Tons and 28 Men,Commanded by Captain Rogers’, acoloured engraving, framed andmounted, 71cm x 49cm.

£100-120

270[Naval] - Thomas Medland after RobertCleveley ‘The Glorious First of June1794’ a coloured engraving, published byA. G. De Poggi, 18th June 1795, framedand mounted, 51cm x 78cm.

£100-120

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271John Roberts (20th Century)British War Ships at Sea, QueenElizabeth and HowePainting for the jacket of ‘Britishbattleships of World War II’ by AlanRaven and John Roberts.Oil on boardSigned and dated 1976 lower right61 x 121 cm (24 x 48 in)

£300-500

272Geoff Hunt (b. 1948)German Tanks in the Desert, North Africa, 1942Artwork for the jacket of ‘Rommel;Battles and Campaigns’ by KennethMackseyWatercolour, bodycolour over pencilSigned and dated 1978 lower left34.5 x 70.5 cm (13 ½ x 27 ½ in)£300-500

273Geoff Hunt (b. 1948)German U-boats in the AtlanticArtwork for the jacket for ‘Submarines of World War II’ by Erminio BagnascoWatercolour, heightened withbodycolour, over pencilSigned and dated ‘76 lower left34 x 65.5 cm (13 ½ x 25 ¾ in)£300-500

274Geoff Hunt (b. 1948)Japanese Capital Ships at SeaArtwork for the jacket of ‘Warships ofthe Imperial Japanese Navy’ byJentschura, Jung and Mickel Watercolour, bodycolour over pencil39 x 67 cm (15 ¼ x 26 ¼ in)£300-500

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275Attributed to Alphonse Marie deNeuvilleA Trumpeter of the Chasseurs a ChevalWatercolour, over pencil, on buff paperSigned and dated 1886, lower right59 x 46.5 cm (23 ¼ x 18 ¼ in)£400-600

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276British School (20th Century)German Fallschrimjager (parachutists)Descending at night over Great BritainArtwork for the jacket of ‘Invasion: TheGerman Invasion of England’ by KevinMackseyWatercolour and bodycolour over pencil49 x 43 cm (19 x 17 in)

£300-500

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277John Weal (20th Century)American Bombers: Consolidated B-24HLiberator Boering B-17F Flying FortressArtwork for ‘Combat Aircraft of WorldWar Two’ by Weal, and BarkerBodycolour, pen and ink, pencil38 x 58 cm (15 x 23 in)

£200-300

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278John Weal (20th Century)German Fighters: Henschel Hs 129B-1and Junkers Ju 87D-7Artwork for ‘Combat Aircraft of WorldWar Two’ by Weal and BarkerBodycolour, over pencil45 x 35.5 cm (15 ¾ x 13 ¾ in)£200-300

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279Ray Hutchins (20th Century)BattleshipJacket artwork for ‘Battleships of theWorld’ by Rene GregorWatercolour, bodycolour, over pencil49 x 34 cm (19 ¼ x 13 in)£150-250

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280British School (20th Century)An Afrika Kores Four-WheeledArmoured CarJacket artwork for ‘German ArmouredCars of World War Two’ by John Milsonand Peter ChamberlainWatercolour, bodycolour35 x 31.5 cm (13 ¾ x 12 ½ in)£120-180

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281Malcolm McGregor (20th Century)German 88mm (8.8cm Flak 18 Anti-aircraft Gun)Jacket artwork for ‘German Artillery forWorld War Two’ by Ian V.HoggBodycolour37 x 34 cm (14 ½ x 13 ¼ in)£150-250


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283[Book]. INDIA. Ball, Charles. History ofthe Indian Mutiny, illustrated with battlescenes, views of places, portraits andmaps, two volumes, London printing &Publishing Company. Half calf.

£100-150

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284[Book]. INDIA. Elwood, Mrs Colonel.Narrative of a Journey Overland fromEngland, by the Continent of Europe,Egypt, and the Red Sea, to India; includinga residence there, and voyage home, inthe years 1825, 26, 27 and 28, twovolumes, Colburn & Bentley, London1830. Half calf (rebacked), five (of six)plate illustrations, octavo.

£120-150

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285[Book]. INDIA. MacMunn, Sir George.The History of the Sikh Pioneers (23rd,32nd, 34th), Sampson Low, Marston &Co., London no date. Scarlet cloth gilt,map endpapers, black and white plateillustrations from photographs, twofolding maps, quarto.

£60-80

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282282British School (20th Century)A Group of Illustrations of Tanks and Army VehiclesTwelve sheets, consisting of 51 illustrationsWatercolour, bodycolourAll unframedVarious sizes, largest sheet 48 x 39 cm (19 x 15 ¼ in)£400-600

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286[Book]. INDIA. Robertson, William. An Historical Disquisition concerning theknowledge which the ancients had ofIndia; and the progress of trade with thatcountry prior to the discovery of thepassage to it by the Cape of Good Hope.With an Appendix, containingobservations on the civil policy, the lawsand judicial proceedings, the arts, thesciences, and religious institutions, of theIndians, FIRST EDITION, for Strahan &Cadell, London 1791. Full diced cald(rebacked), two folding maps, quarto.

£120-150

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287[Book]. INDIA. Menpes, Mortimer(illustrator), & Menpes, Dorothy. TheDurbar, limited edition de luxe, 461/1000,hand-numbered and signed byillustrator, Black, London 1903. Creamcloth gilt, paper-protected colour plateillustrations, quarto.

£80-100

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288[Book]. INDIA. Pearse, Henry H.S. The History of Lumsden’s Horse. Acomplete record of the corps from itsformation to its disbandment, FIRSTEDITION, Longmans, Green & Co., London1903. Bevelled scarlet cloth gilt, portraitfrontispiece and further black and whiteplate illustrations from photographs, frontfree endpaper with pasted note ‘Calcutta3rd Feby 1906 / With compliments of /Colonel Lumsden / and the Committee ofthe Lumden’s Horse’, quarto.

£80-100

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289[Book]. INDIA. Roberts, Field MarshalLord. Forty-One Years in India, tenthedition, two volumes, Bentley, London1897. Navy cloth gilt, portrait plateillustrations, maps, octavo.

£50-70

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290[Book.]. INDIA. Lovett, Major A.C.(illustrator), & MacMunn, Major G.F. The Armies of India, Black, London 1911.Blue cloth, colour plate illustrations,small quarto.

£50-60

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291[Book]. INDIA. Scott and Co’s BengalDirectory, and Register, for the year of ourLord, 1839, including accurate lists of thecivil, military, medical and marineestablishments of the presidency ofBengal; to which is added, a very copiuspolymetrical table...With the almanac,and an appendix; also a general list ofBritish subjects, residing in Bengal, byScott & Co., Calcutta as dated. Quartercrimson leather with blind-stampedboards, folding tables, octavo.

£60-80


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292[Book]. INDIA. Jocelyn, Colonel JulianR.J. The History of the Royal and IndianArtillery in the Mutiny of 1857, Murray,London 1915. Violet cloth gilt, portraitfrontispiece, eleven folding colour maps,vignette illustrations and diagrams,small quarto.

£50-70

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293[Books]. INDIA. Kedleston, The MarquisCurzon of, British Government in India,FIRST EDITION, two volumes, Cassell, London1925. Slate blue cloth gilt, dustjackets,plate illustrations, large quarto;Koenigsmarck, Count Hans von. A GermanStaff Officer in India: being the impressionsof an officer of the German general staff ofhis travels through the peninsula, translatedby P.H. Oakley Williams, Kegan Paul,Trench, Trubner & Co., London 1910.Crimson cloth, black and white plateillustrations from photographs, octavo; andPointon, A.C. The Bombay Burmah TradingCorporation Limited 1863-1963, MillbrookPress, Southampton 1964. Dark blue-greycloth gilt, illustrations, small quarto.

£50-70

294[Books]. INDIA. Kaye, Sir John, &Malleson, Colonel (editor), History of theIndian Mutiny of 1857-8, new impression,six volumes, Longmans, Green & Co.,London 1898. Maroon cloth, octavo; withManucci, Niccolao. A Pepys of MogulIndia 1653-1708, being an abridged editionof the ‘Storia do Mogor’, translated byWilliam Irvine, Muray, London 1913.Brown cloth, portrait frontispiece,octavo; and two other works of Indianinterest, (4).

£60-80

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295[Book]. Holmes, Richard R. QueenVictoria, specimen copy of the firstlimited edition of 350, Boussod, Valadon& Co., London 1897. Full crimson gilt byZaehnsdorf, with gilt armorials, dated1901, moire silk endpapers with giltdentelles, top edges gilt, tissue guardedand paper protected plate illustrations,quarto, with four letters relating to thebook’s production pasted to the frontfree endpaper following the title page.

Note: The letters cast an interesting lighton the book’s genesis, since they recordthe Queen’s thoughts on seeing the firstproofs. The earliest, dated 22nd Feb. 1897and like the others dictated to a Royalaide, expresses dissatisfaction with theliterary style or, rather, lack of one: ‘itdoes read like the writing of some oneunaccustomed to the art’.

It goes on to regret that the book’sappearance in print can not be stoppedand the publisher’s are urged to do allthey can ‘to prevent the Queen being toounhappy about it’. For the author, theQueen’s librarian, there is mutedsympathy: ‘I fear poor Mr Holmes hasundertaken something quite beyond hispowers’. The end result, however, wasclearly regarded as a triumph by itscreator, albeit one that had left him alittle buised and wearied by the wholeexperience.On 17th November 1897 hewrote to thank the publisher’s: ‘theunanimous approval with which... [thebook] has been received is entirely dueto the strict supervision and carefulpolish you gave to my crude labours. Iam glad to say I am now recovered butstill find that it takes some time to getback strength’.

£150-200

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296[Book].Montgomery, Major-General SirArchibald. The Story of the Fourth Armyin the Battles of the Hundred Days,August 8th to November 11th, 1918, twovolumes, Hodder & Stoughton, Londonno date. Red cloth gilt, black and whiteplate illustrations from photographs,separate map folder, uniformly bound,quarto.

£80-120

297NAVYNavy & Army Illustrated,edited by Charles N. Robinson, 15 vol.,comprising nos. 1-321, plates andillustrations, some light foxing toendpapers and titles, contemporary halfmorocco, spines a little faded, a littlerubbed, folio, 1895-1903.

£150-200

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298Greener (William)The Gun; or a Treatise on the VariousDescriptions of Small Fire-Arms,FIRST EDITION, half-title, 4 engraved plates,wood-engraved illustrations, plates foxed,some spotting, original boards,sympathetically rebacked, corners littleworn, covers soiled, scarce, 1835; andanother by the same, 8vo (2)

£150-200

299Arms & Armour.- Vianello (Gianni)Armi e Armature Orientali,limited edition, colour illustrations,original cloth, pictorial slip-case, split,Milan, 1966 ß Gardner (G.B.) Keris andother Malay Weapons, illustrations, latercloth, spine gilt, Singapore, 1936 ßNorman (A.V.B.) The Rapier and Small-Sword, 1460-1820, one of 100 copies,colour frontispieces, plates, originalmorocco, gilt, spine faded, board slip-case, 1980 ß Baxter (Captain D.R.)Superimposed Load Firearms 1360-1860,one of 500 copies, plates, original cloth,dust-jacket, creased and torn, Hong Kong,1966; and c.20 others, arms, includingseveral military handbooks, v.s. (c.23)

£150-200

300Decorations & Uniforms.- Tancred(George)Historical Record of Medals andHonorary Distinctions,half-title, frontispiece, plates (somecolour), illustrations, original halfmorocco, gilt, spine ends and cornersworn, 1891 ß Mayo (John Horsley) Medalsand Decorations of the British Army andNavy, 2 vol., half-titles,chromolithographed plates, illustrations,original cloth, spines faded, t.e.g., 1897 ßCarman (W.Y.) Indian Army Uniforms,plates and illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jacket, 1968; and 5others, decorations, uniforms andmilitary art, v.s. (9)

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301[?Boddington (Nicolas)]third edition, engraved double-page plate,lacking folding frontispiece (supplied infacsimile), some spotting, occasionalstaining, modern mottled calf, printed byI. Dawks for Nicholas Boddington, 1701 ßBrack (F.de) Advance Posts of LightCavalry, translated by Major P.J. Begbie,diagrams, ink signature to title, 20thcentury half red calf, rubbed, Madras,1850; and 2 others, 19th century Military,8vo (4)

*** The first mentioned is a rare edition(not in BL).

£150-200

302Architecture.- Clark (George Thomas)Medieval Military Architecture,2 vol., half-titles, plates, illustrations,original pictorial cloth, gilt, spines faded,1884; and a copy of Viollet-le-Duc’sAnnals of a Fortress, 8vo (3)

£60-80

303Wilson (Sir Robert) Brief Remarks on the Character andComposition of the Russian Army and...Campaigns in Poland…, half-title, largefolding map and 7 folding plans,heightened in colour, some minor foxing,ink ownership inscriptions to front freeendpaper and pastedown, contemporarytree calf, rebacked, corners worn, rubbed,4to, 1810.

£150-200

304Jones (George)The Battle of Waterloo,2 vol. in 1, tenth edition, 35 plates, 7folding maps and plans, heightened withcolour, 1 folding & hand-colouredpanorama on two sheets, two smallmarginal tears to folds of plates, spotted,ink inscription to title, bookplate to frontpastedown, upper hinges cracked,contemporary diced calf, rebackedpreserving original backstrip, scuffed,extremities worn, 4to, 1817.

£150-200

305Napoleon.- Abbott (John)The History of Napoleon Bonaparte,2 vol., 2 steel engraved portraits andnumerous other maps and plates,bookplates to front pastedown, red halfmorocco, rebacked, preserving originalbackstrip, extremities rubbed, New York,1883 ß Memoirs of Marshal Ney, 2 vol., ex-library copy, soiling and spottingthroughout, frontispiece loose, librarycloth with shelf-mark to foot of spine,soiled, 1833 ß Jomini (Baron de) Life OfNapoleon, translated by H. W. Halleck, 3vol., including atlas vol., 60 maps, acouple with short tape repairs, bookplatesto front pastedowns, atlas hinges cracked,library cloth, text volumes rebackedpreserving original backstrip, Atlas vol.with shelfmark to spine foot and coversfaded, Kansas City, 1897;

The Political and Military History of theCampaign of Waterloo, foldinglithographed map, spotting to first andlast few ff., contemporary cloth, rebacked,1853 ß Rocca (Albert-Jean-Michel de)Memoirs of the War of the French inSpain, lacking half-title, ex-library copywith stamps throughout, occasionalspotting, modern half calf, for JohnMurray, 1815 ß Chesney (Colonel CharlesC.) Waterloo Lectures: A Study of theCampaign of 1815, original cloth, soiled,1907; and 11 others, Napoleon, v.s. (21)

£200-300

306Fortescue (Hon. J.W.) A History of the British Army, 13 vol. in 14 and 6 vol. of maps, together 20 vol.,mixed edition, vol. 4 part 2 and 7-13 FIRSTEDITIONS, the rest second editions, foldingcolour maps and plans, bookplates,endpapers a little browned, original cloth,gilt lettering on spine, occasional patchesof water-staining, still an excellent set,8vo, 1910-30.

£200-300

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307Mackinnon (J.P.) and Sydney Shadbolt.The South African Campaign, 1879,A Memorial Volume, containing SixtyPermanent Cabinet Photographs of theOfficers of the British Army and Navywho lost their Lives in the Zulu War, half-title, 2 folding maps, 61 mountedphotographic portraits, some veryoccasional light soiling to margins,bookplate, original cloth, gilt, rebacked,preserving original backstrip, a littlerubbed at extremities, g.e., 4to, 1880.

*** Scarce.

£400-600

308Churchillsecond issue with errata slip, maps andplans, 1 folding, lacking half-title, frontfree endpaper detached, spine slightlybrowned, 1898 ß Walton (Colonel Clifford)History of the British Standing Army,colour frontispiece, 1894 ß Maud (ColonelF.N.) The Jena Campaign 1806, 9 foldingmaps in pocket at rear, rebacked, preservingoriginal backstrip, new endpapers, 1909 ßVerner (Lieut.-ColonelWilloughby) ABritish Rifle Man, ink ownershipinscription, bookplate, new endpapers, 1899,FIRST EDITIONS, original cloth; and 25 others,military history, 8vo (29)

£200-300

309Waterloo.-The Times,4 issues relating to the battle ofWaterloo, Wednesday 21st June 1815 -Saturday 24th June 1815, printed on ragpaper, red ink newspaper tax stampsimprinted on upper right of covers, eachbroadsheet with a couple of small spots,extremities a little chipped and frayed,each 550 x 395mm, by G. Bell, 1815 (4)

£200-300

310The Great Patriotic War.-achive of c.300 items relating to The GreatPatriotic War 1941-1945, namelyphotographic prints and negatives, v.s.[1941-1945].

£200-300

311Norris-Newman (Charles L.)With the Boers in the Transvaal,folding map and plan, repaired tears tomap verso, original cloth, spine ends,corners and upper joint repaired andrestored, 1882 ß Royle (Charles) TheEgyptian Campaigns 1882 to 1885, 2folding maps, original cloth, spine dulled,spine ends and corners a little bumped,1900 ß Grant (James) Cassel’s History ofthe War in the Sudan, 6 vol., plates, mapsand illustrations, light foxing, originalpictorial cloth, gilt, spines dulled, a littlerubbed and faded, [c.1890], FIRST EDITIONS;and 3 others, wars, 8vo & 4to (11)

£150-200

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312Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, Duke of) The Principles of War... as Developed ina Series of General Orders, FIRST EDITION,light occasional foxing, attractivecontemporary red straight-grain halfmorocco, spine slightly dulled, a littlerubbed, 8vo, 1815.

*** A good scarce work, we can trace noother copy at auction in the last 25 years.

£150-200


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313Le Queux (William)The Invasion of 1910,covers a little mottled and faded, 1906 ßFawcett (E.Douglas) Hartmann theAnarchist, plates, 1893 ß Palmer (J.H.)The Invasion of New York, New York, 1897,FIRST EDITIONS, occasional light foxing andbrowning, original cloth, covers a littlemottled and browned; and 5 others,invasion fiction and similar, 8vo (8)

£120-180

314Wyld (James, editor) Maps & plans, showing the principalmovements, battles & Sieges, in whichthe British army was engaged during thewar from 1808 to 1814..., 39 double-pagelithographed maps (5 large folding, 4 withfold-out extension, 4 with movable flaps),many with hand-colouring in outline, and1 double-page lithographed view, lightfoxing, 2 large folding maps with closedtears and small internal tears, original redhalf morocco, gilt red morocco label toupper cover, rebacked and recorneredpreesrving original backstrip, large folio,[1841].

*** A scarce and comprehensive work.

£600-800

315Arms & Armour.- Brett (Edwin J.)A Pictorial and Descriptive Record ofthe Origin and Development of Arms andAmour,plates, original pictorial half morocco,gilt, rubbed, g.e., folio, 1894.

£150-200

316German Invasion.-Militärgeographische Angaben überIrland,1940; Militärgeographische Angabenüber Ireland, 1941; MilitärgeographischeBeschreibung von Frankreich, 1940;Militärgeographische Überblick überBelgien, 1940, four folders containingmaps and pamphlets relating to Germaninvasion of Ireland, France and Belgium,in their original card wallets, some withcreases and fading; and 2 others, v.s. (6)

£200-300

317Military Intelligence.-A small quantity of items,relating to the British, American, German,Soviet and Japanese armies, maps andillustrations, original wrappers or cloth,some a little worn, v.s. c.1940-50.

*** Including recognition manuals forGerman naval vessels, aeroplanes andarmaments.

£150-200

318The Home Front.-a small quantity of items relating to thehome front including The Ministry ofHome Security's Chart of War Gases, 1942§ Thomas (A.A) Invasion and You, originalwrappers, 1940 § Langdon-Davies (John)Nerves versus Nazis, original boards, 1940§ Haden Guest (Dr. L) If Air War Comes,original wrappers, 1937 § Thomas (S.Evelyn) Handy War-Time Guide, originalwrappers, St. Albans, [1940] § Tecton(Architects) Planned A. R. P., originalcloth, Architectural Press, 1939; and c.200others, including 10 Civil Defence PublicInformation pamphlets and a smallquantity of duplicates of If the InvaderComes, What to do - and how to do it,issued by the Ministry of Information inco-operation with the War Office and theMinistry of Home Security, v.s. (small qty.)

£200-300

319German Invasion.-Militärgeographische Angaben Über England,a small quantity of maps and pamphletsrelating to German invasion of GreatBritain, many in their original cardwallets, some with creases and fading,Berlin, 1939-40; and a folder titled'Seehafenatlas Grossbritannien' part 2only, v.s. (qty.)

*** Compiled by the German military aspart of Operation Sealion, these mapsand booklets give detailed informationabout coasts, ports and roads.

An unusually extensive and important archive.

£400-600

320The Blitz.-comprising: 7 posters, on the use of gasmasks and tackling fire bombs & air rades,numerous leaflets and broadsidesrelating to the German occupation of theChannel Islands including Germanpropaganda, foreclosure notices andwarnings to the public, some air raidmanuals and precautionary handbooks,and an arial map 'No.1.' ofKingston/Wimbledon common, someleaves browned, occasional foxing, someedges chipped and creased; and anumber of newspapers and magazines,WWII related, v.s. (qty)

*** The items of German propagandaare mostly issued by the GermanMilitary Government and include "A LastAppeal to Reason" by Adolf Hitler on the19th July 1940 and a leaflet by GeneralSchmettow warning the public that "Anypersons found marking walls with 'V'signs of insults against the GermanArmed Forces are liable to be shot".

£150-200

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