Auction No 415, Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT

214 Lots (displaying 61 - 80)

Arthur T. Harris (‘Bomber’ Harris, 1892-1984): an autographed commemorative cover dated 1976. Signed with fibre pen. Fine. Certified on reverse.

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Arthur T. Harris (‘Bomber' Harris, 1892-1984): an autographed commemorative cover dated 1976. Signed with fibre pen. Fine. Certified on reverse.   

Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000, former Canadian Prime Minister): an autographed 7 x 5” colour photo, signed with fibre pen. Fine

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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Pierre Trudeau (1919-2000, former Canadian Prime Minister): an autographed 7x5” colour photo, signed with fibre pen. Fine

Douglas Bader (1910-1982, Battle of Britain pilot): an autographed commemorative cover celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the RAF.

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £90
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Douglas Bader (1910-1982, Battle of Britain pilot): an autographed commemorative cover celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the RAF. Signed in ink, the cover dated 1968. Fine

Ian Paisley (1926-2014): an autographed Benham FDC celebrating the 32nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, signed with fibre pen,

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Ian Paisley (1926-2014): an autographed Benham FDC celebrating the 32nd Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, signed with fibre pen, with reference to verses in Ephesians “that I might speak boldly as I ought to speak”. Fine

J. E. ‘Johnnie’ Johnson (1915-2001, WW2 Fighter Pilot): an autographed Supermarine Spitfire commemorative cover by Benham, signed in ink, 1997.

Lot: 65

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £26 - £36
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J. E. ‘Johnnie' Johnson (1915-2001, WW2 Fighter Pilot): an autographed Supermarine Spitfire commemorative cover by Benham, signed in ink, 1997. VF with inset coin.

Andrew Skeen "Passing It On: Short Talks on Tribal Fighting on the North-West Frontier of India", Gale & Polden [1932], 2nd Edn;

Lot: 66

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £18
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Andrew Skeen Passing It On: Short Talks on Tribal Fighting on the North-West Frontier of India, Gale & Polden [1932], 2nd Edn; printed cloth, some wear, lacks rear endpaper, clean internally, no inscriptions 

John Aikin "Annals of the Reign of King George the Third", Longman, Hurst, etc., 1816, 2 vols, rebound in fine green morocco, gilt, raised bands,

Lot: 67

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £42
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John Aikin Annals of the Reign of King George the Third, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1816, 2 vols, rebound in fine green morocco, gilt, raised bands, showing minimal wear; generally fine internally, volume I with light foxing to first 30 leaves, also affecting the prelims of volume II. Gift inscription dated 1872 from F.R. Holdsworth to Rose Davis at the top of the title page of each volume. (2)

Selection of original photographs concerning the 1918 Pogram against the Jewish community in Ustrzyki, Poland, nine photos in all,

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £80
SOLD £72
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Selection of original photographs concerning the 1918 Pogram against the Jewish community in Ustrzyki, Poland, nine photos in all, together with an English translation of a letter depicted in one of the photos from Polish military headquarters at Sanok-Chyrov. Annotations on reverse in English

Harry S. Truman (US President 1945-53): Press Release of a speech delivered January 1949. Folio typescript, five pages on three leaves,

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Harry S. Truman (US President 1945-53): Press Release of a speech delivered January 1949. Folio typescript, five pages on three leaves, stapled top left. Slight splitting along three of the folds.  

Military Photographs, 19th Century to 1960s, medium to large format, mostly mounted on thick board, including Royal Artillery,

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
SOLD £68
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Military Photographs, 19th Century to 1960s, medium to large format, mostly mounted on thick board, including Royal Artillery, Army Service Corps officers, R.A.F. officers at Cosford, Royal Marines 1920, etc. Most are pre-WW2. Mixed condition. (25)

Singapore & Malaya ephemera & few photos, 1954-1956, centered on the RAF maintenance base at Seletar, including air-drop leaflets, cinema programmes,

Lot: 71

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £48
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Singapore & Malaya ephemera & few photos, 1954-1956, centered on the RAF maintenance base at Seletar, including air-drop leaflets, cinema programmes, coupons, etc; the items loose, or laid down/tipped-in to an album. Mixed condition, a few items removed. (abt.42 items).

Photographs of the Fire Disaster at Rosendal Print Works, Love Clough, Rossendale,1906, laid down on two album leaves, each 9.5 x 12cm,

Lot: 72

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Photographs of the Fire Disaster at Rosendal Print Works, Love Clough, Rossendale, 1906, laid down on two album leaves, each 9.5 x 12cm, good quality. (7)    

F.J. Sayer’s ‘Hygienic’ Bakery, Liverpool, 1920s: a collection of photographs showing their bakeries on Aintree Road (4),

Lot: 73

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
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F.J. Sayer's ‘Hygienic' Bakery, Liverpool, 1920s: a collection of photographs showing their bakeries on Aintree Road (4), and a further photo of their retail shop with delivery vehicles. Handstamps on reverse of three different Liverpool photographers. The two largest photos with corner faults o/w fine. Between 6 x 8” and 9 x 11.5” (5)

Rosaline Masson "Edinburgh painted by John Fulleylove", A.& C. Black, 1904, large paper edition, no.241 of 250, gilt cloth darkened,

Lot: 74

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £62
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Rosaline Masson Edinburgh painted by John Fulleylove, A.& C. Black, 1904, large paper edition, no.241 of 250, gilt cloth darkened, endpapers browned, ownership stamps and signatures at front; and W.M. Mackenzie Pompeii painted by Alberto Pisa, A.& C. Black, 1910, endpapers browned o/w fine.

Enrique Carlos Moody (photographer, 1863-1935): a collection of quality 9 x 6.5” photographs of South America, c.1905,

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £300 - £400
SOLD £150
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Enrique Carlos Moody (photographer, 1863-1935): a collection of quality 9 x 6.5” photographs of South America, c.1905, laid down in a contemporary album depicting scenes in the Andes (10), Buenos Aires, Valparaiso, Montevideo, and other locations. Many with pencil captions in margin. VG/VF. Album shows some wear at extremities. (41)

Diaz & Spencer (photographers, late-19th/early 20th Century): an album of photogravure views of Chile, c.1890, with scenes of Santiago, Valparaiso

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Diaz & Spencer (photographers, late-19th/early 20th Century): an album of photogravure views of Chile, c.1890, with scenes of Santiago, Valparaiso and the Andes, each with printed captions, 34 images in all, each 17 x10cm. VG. Bound in worn half-leather, front board detached. 

Photographs and some photogravures 1880s/1900s, topographical and some social history, mostly laid down, small to large format; with many of Mexico,

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £86
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Photographs and some photogravures 1880s/1900s, topographical and some social history, mostly laid down, small to large format; with many of Mexico, a good study of African warriors, Switzerland & Northern Italy by Photoglob, views of UK tourist locations e.g. Folkestone, Boston, Newquay, & Filey by John Valentine and others. Mixed quality, some mounted back to back. Mostly from 8 x 5” to 11.5 x 9.5”. (96)

"Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £1800 - £2200
SOLD £1750
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Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean, Washington 1855-59, Volumes 1 to 11 (lacking vol.12), complete with the numerous plates and maps. Volume 11 contains 31 large folding maps, one of which is loose and has had the title torn away at one corner, some others with tears which can be repaired, together with 4 small maps and 13 plates (some folding); the other 10 volumes, with good tight bindings, include extensive detail of the geology, flora and fauna of Western America with lithographed and engraved plates, some hand-coloured, folding maps and diagrams. Quarto, bound in half-leather, gilt, over worn marbled boards. Occasional browning/foxing. Bookplate of the railwayana collector P.H. Edwards to the front of each pastedown. A more detailed description of the contents of each volume is available on request. (11)

Arthur G. Butler "Birds’ Eggs of the British Isles", L. Upcott Gill, 1907, illustrated by F.W. Frohawk with 24 chromo-litho tissue-guarded plates;

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £72
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Arthur G. Butler Birds' Eggs of the British Isles, L. Upcott Gill, 1907, illustrated by F.W. Frohawk with 24 chromo-litho tissue-guarded plates; quarto, original two-colour cloth, gilt, worn at extremities; browning to endpapers and half-title; front endpaper with gift inscription dated 1907, small ownership stamp of the recipient on reverse of frontispiece. Two tissue-guards with small tears o/w fine internally.

Lloyd’s Natural History series 1896-97, comprising Forbes "Hand-Book to the Primates" in two vols, Lydekker "Hand-Book to the British Mammalia"

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 8th Feb 2023 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £46
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Lloyd's Natural History series 1896-97, comprising Forbes Hand-Book to the Primates in two vols, Lydekker Hand-Book to the British Mammalia, and Lydekker Hand-Book to the Marsupialia and Monotremata. The bindings poor to fair, the texts & attractive colour plates clean & complete. (4)