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Auction No 393, Category: History

16 Lots (displaying 1 - 16)

An M.P. [Aubrey N.G.M. Herbert] "Mons, Anzac and Kut", Edward Arnold, 1919, 1st Edition, rebound in modern cloth;

Lot: 22

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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An M.P. [Aubrey N.G.M. Herbert] Mons, Anzac and Kut, Edward Arnold, 1919, 1st Edition, rebound in modern cloth; uncut two sides; fine internally, with maps; 251pp. 16pp publisher’s catalogue at rear has some grease stains.

Maj.General Alexander Bruce Tulloch "Recollections of Forty Years’ Service", Blackwood, 1903, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, VG,

Lot: 23

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £20
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Maj.General Alexander Bruce Tulloch Recollections of Forty Years’ Service, Blackwood, 1903, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, VG, recased with new endpapers; 4 plates; minor spotting confined largely to prelims & index. 386pp

Lytton Strachey "Elizabeth and Essex", Crosby Gaige, New York, 1928, paper-covered boards, cloth backstrip, gilt, VG; b/w frontispiece

Lot: 24

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Lytton Strachey Elizabeth and Essex, Crosby Gaige, New York, 1928, paper-covered boards, cloth backstrip, gilt, VG; b/w frontispiece and five other plates; signed by the author opposite half-title; number 795 of 1060

Arthur Nwankwo & Samuel Ifejika "The Making of a Nation: Biafra", C. Hurst, 1969, fine h/bk in worn d/jkt; 361pp

Lot: 25

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Arthur Nwankwo & Samuel Ifejika The Making of a Nation: Biafra, C. Hurst, 1969, fine h/bk in worn d/jkt; 361pp

C.S. Wilkinson "The Wake of the Bounty", Cassell, 1953, 1st Edn, octavo, VG h/bk in worn d/jkt. 200pp + 8pp of photo-plates.

Lot: 27

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £10 - £15
SOLD £8
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C.S. Wilkinson The Wake of the Bounty, Cassell, 1953, 1st Edn, octavo, VG h/bk in worn d/jkt. 200pp + 8pp of photo-plates.

A.J.N. Tremearne "The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria", Seeley, 1912, original gilt cloth, VG, frontispiece & 32 plates, light foxing to text;

Lot: 28

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £28
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A.J.N. Tremearne The Tailed Head-Hunters of Nigeria, Seeley, 1912, original gilt cloth, VG, frontispiece & 32 plates, light foxing to text; and C.K.Meek The Northern Tribes of Nigeria, 1971, 2 vols, gilt cloth covered in clear plastic. (3)

An unpublished War-Time Diary in five hardback exercise books, written by Jessica Eliot of 45 Codrington Hill, Forest Hill, London,

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £800 - £1000
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An unpublished War-Time Diary in five hardback exercise books,written by Jessica Eliot of 45 Codrington Hill, Forest Hill, London, with detailed description of daily life, the many air-raids, comment on the progress of the war, Flying Bombs, V2 Rockets etc. Witten in a clear hand, partly in pencil, partly in ink. The writer was clearly well-educated and able to speak fluent German. Many newscuttings are loosely inserted between the pages together with some notes made by the author and a few letters from relatives. Condition is Very Good.  1940. Fri.29 Nov. Planes droning at 11.50. Sirens wailed at 11.55.to-  at 12.45 heard a loud crash, then Sirens to 1.10p.m.; 1.45 to 2.40; at 6.20 guns began almost simultaneously with the Sirens. Left  papers in the house, & in lull went in to get them. Soon the guns were appalling, shells tore through the air with great ferocity, like red hot iron hissing through steam, as well as the rattling noise of the machine guns. Every few minutes they come, & fresh outpourings of fire, by far the loudest we have had. On looking out of a creek of the door, we can see the flames to the Eastward, & parachute stars & concentration of searchlights. Next morning we heard one bomb had fallen in Sunderland Rd, & much damage in Stepney.

Neil Drum and Pete Thomas "A District At War: Irlam and Cadishead’s Part in the Great War", Thomas-Drum, 2010;

Lot: 31

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £52
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Neil Drum and Pete Thomas A District At War: Irlam and Cadishead’s Part in the Great War, Thomas-Drum, 2010; and the two WW2 companion volumes Two Towns Go To War, 2014 from the same publisher. Softbacks, illustrations in text. 622pp + 1508pp. VG (3)

"Advertiser Notes and Queries. Reprinted from the Stockport Advertiser, Vol. IV", Stockport 1884; octavo, half-leather, gilt,

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
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Advertiser Notes and Queries. Reprinted from the Stockport Advertiser, Vol. IV, Stockport 1884; octavo, half-leather, gilt, some wear to extremities; marble-edged and endpapers. Fine internally. 197pp

George Trevelyan "The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay", Longmans, 1876, 2 volumes; octavo, three-quarter red morocco, gilt,

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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George Trevelyan The Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay, Longmans, 1876, 2 volumes; octavo, three-quarter red morocco, gilt, slight wear to extremities, ownership handstamp to front endpapers, fine internally. (2)

Thomas Babington Macaulay "The History of England from the Accession of James the Second", Longmans, 1850-61, 5 Volumes,

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
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Thomas Babington Macaulay The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Longmans, 1850-61, 5 Volumes, octavo, rebound in fine half-leather bindings with gilt titles, marble-edged; some browning to the half-titles and final index pages o/w an attractive set. (5)

Ernest W. Hornung "Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front", Constable, 1919, first edition, original printed cloth,

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Ernest W. Hornung Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front, Constable, 1919, first edition, original printed cloth, some minor peripheral wear, final page of text browned o/w VG; Hornung, author of the “Raffles” books, was a volunteer with the YMCA; the work includes a poignant chapter describing the search for his son’s grave who had been killed in action in 1915. 

Geoffrey Malins "How I Filmed the War", Herbert Jenkins, 1920, first edition in the original printed green cloth, VG; 32pp of photo-plates;

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Geoffrey Malins How I Filmed the War, Herbert Jenkins, 1920, first edition in the original printed green cloth, VG; 32pp of photo-plates; occasional light foxing to text. 307pp plus prelims.

Fabienne Jamet "Palace of Sweet Sin", W.H. Allen, 1977, fine h/bk in a VG complete d/jkt, b/w plates. Fine

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £34
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Fabienne Jamet Palace of Sweet Sin, W.H. Allen, 1977, fine h/bk in a VG complete d/jkt, b/w plates. Fine       

WW2 Channel Islands Occupation items, chiefly newspapers including nine in German for the occupying troops, and an American Air Drop newsheet.

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £42
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WW2 Channel Islands Occupation items, chiefly newspapers including nine in German for the occupying troops, and an American Air Drop newsheet. Fair to VG (27)

William Sandford Phillips "Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime...." Liverpool, 1839

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 1st Jul 2020 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £350
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William Sandford Phillips Considerations on the Increase and Progress of Crime, accompanied by documentary evidence as to the propriety and necessity of a revision and amendments of the existing penal statutes. With a View to the Abolition of corporeal punishments; and more particularly The Awful Penalty of Death. Liverpool, 1839. Octavo. Fine modern rebind in gilt quarter-calf, marbled boards; viii,83pp, but lacking prelimary pages v & vi otherwise fine internally.