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Auction No 352, Category: History

9 Lots (displaying 1 - 9)

Railway Literature including "Railway Gazette" Nov.12, 1913

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Railway Literature including Railway Gazette Nov. 12th 1913; various 1940s issues of Railway Pictorial (8); early 1960s BR Passenger Timetables (5); bundle of late-19th & early 20th Century Acts of Parliament; etc. (Qty)
 

Walter Richards "Her Majesty's Army Indian and Colonial Forces", Virtue & Co [1888]

Lot: 75

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Walter Richards Her Majesty's Army Indian and Colonial Forces, Virtue & Co [1888], quarto, 2 volumes, publisher's printed cloth, a.e.g., spines faded, 12 of 15 full-page colour plates + coloured title page. Also The King at The Front, Daily Mail, 16 colour plates; and another. (4)

"Cassell's History of the Russo-Japanese War", 1905, 5 volume set

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £26
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Cassell's History of the Russo-Japanese War, 1905, 5 volume set, publisher's cloth, gilt, minor wear, complete with colour plates and numerous b/w illustrations. (5)

Thomas Archer "The War in Egypt and the Soudan", Blackie & Son, 1885, 4 vols

Lot: 77

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £28
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Thomas Archer The War in Egypt and the Soudan, Blackie & Son, 1885, quarto, 4 volumes, original gilt decorated cloth, fine; foxing to the 3-page prospectus and half-title otherwise fine internally with all lithographed and wood-engraved plates. (4)

Kaiser Wilhelm II, a signed "Brieftelegramm" to a well-wisher, January 1940

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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Kaiser Wilhelm II, a signed "Brieftelegramm" to a well-wisher, dated January 1940, on the occasion of his 81st Birthday, with his carbon impression signature. Folds o/w fine. 

Richard Hargreaves "Blitzkrieg Unleashed" Pen & Sword, 2008, and related titles

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £18 - £22
SOLD £10
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Richard Hargreaves Blitzkrieg Unleashed, Pen & Sword, 2008; Hitler's Death: Russia's Last Great Secret from the Files of the KGB, Chaucer Press, 2005; and related titles, h/b & softback. (15)

History and Military titles, mostly modern, the majority fine hardbacks in dustjackets

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £12 - £18
SOLD £8
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History and Military titles, mostly modern, the majority fine hardbacks in dustjackets (12)

Jonas Hanway "A Historical account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea" 1762, 2 volumes

Lot: 81

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £86
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Jonas Hanway An Historical Account of the British trade over the Caspian Sea: with the author's journal of travels from England through Russia into Persia: and back through Russia, Germany and Holland: to which are added the revolutions of Persia during the present century with the particular history of the great usurper Nadir Kouli: illustrated with maps and copper plates. London, 1762, the Third Edition, complete in 2 volumes, quarto, requiring re-binding, 8 folding Maps (including Persia), three with tears requiring repair; the text and engravings intact and free of foxing but one text page torn and needing repair.

"The Modern Plumber and Sanitary Engineer" 1907, 6 volumes; and six others

Lot: 100

  • Auction Date: Tue 14th Jul 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £15
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The Modern Plumber and Sanitary Engineer, Gresham, 1907, 6 vols, fine; Fairholm and Pain A Century of Work for Animals, 1924, good; General Booth In Darkest England and The Way Out, 1890s, good; and 4 others. (12)