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Auction No 371, Category: Military

7 Lots (displaying 1 - 7)

Benjamin Robins "New Principles of Gunnery: containing The Determination of the Force of Gun-Powder

Lot: 20

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £130
UNSOLD
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Benjamin Robins New Principles of Gunnery: containing The Determination of the Force of Gun-Powder , and An Investigation of the Difference in the Resisting Power of the Air to Swift and Slow Motions. J. Nourse, London, 1742, 1st Edition; octavo, disbound, remains of leather backstrip; lvii,95pp. Folding Plate. Rear endpaper heavily creased o/w fine. 

"The Palatine Notebook for 1881" J.E. Cornish, Manchester, and subsequent volumes for 1882-1884,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £140
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The Palatine Notebook for 1881 J.E. Cornish, Manchester, and subsequent volumes for 1882-1884, tall octavo, set of 4 vols, uniform blind-tooled & gilt cloth, VG; together with fine 3 autograph letters of 1886 from the Editor, J.E. Bailey of Stretford, concerning local history matters. (7 items)

James Barron "A History of the Ribble Navigation from Preston to the Sea", Preston Corporation, 1938,

Lot: 52

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £72
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James Barron A History of the Ribble Navigation from Preston to the Sea, Preston Corporation, 1938, tall quarto, original cloth, gilt, t.e.g., a little faded, fine internally with all maps, plates & diagrams.

                                                                                                

"The Trial of German Major War Criminals" Nov. 1945 to June 1946, complete in 16 volumes,

Lot: 58

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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The Trial of German Major War Criminals Nov. 1945 to June 1946, complete in 16 volumes, H.M.S.O., 1946-1948, small quarto, original printed wraps, Vol. 1 rather worn. (16)

"807" [Maude Onions] "A Woman at War: Being experiences of an Army Signaller in France in 1917-1919"

Lot: 68

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £44
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"807" [Maude Onions] A Woman at War: Being experiences of an Army Signaller in France in 1917-1919, Liverpool Daily Post, n.d., original printed boards, fine. 60pp. Scarce

Enid Bagnold "A Diary Without Dates", Heinemann, March 1918, complete with VG original dustjacket

Lot: 69

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £46
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Enid Bagnold A Diary Without Dates, Heinemann, March 1918, complete with VG original dustjacket (slightly chipped at top of spine); contemp.ownership signature front endpaper; light tanning to text due to paper quality; some fox marks to prelims and lower edge of textblock. 146pp

 

Military History including Sheldon "The German Army at Ypres" 1914, 2010; Winston Churchill "The River War", 1940,

Lot: 70

  • Auction Date: Wed 11th Oct 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £40
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Military History including Sheldon The German Army at Ypres 1914, 2010; Winston Churchill The River War, 1940, foxing to endpapers and half-title; Adams Nothing of Importance: A Record of Eight Months at the front with a Welsh Battalion, 1988; Histories of Two Hundred and Fifty-One Divisions of the German Army which participated in the War (1914-1918), 1989 reprint; and other mainly WWI titles. Largely h/bk in fine d/w. (18)