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Auction No 374, Category: Military

6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)

WWI Correspondence and photographs relating to the Clark brothers of Worsley, Manchester,

Lot: 8

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £120 - £150
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WWI Correspondence and photographs relating to the Clark brothers of Worsley, Manchester, nicely presented in four modern cover albums. The collection comprises letters (64) from Cpl. Fred Clark of the Royal Engineers, 1914-19, mostly from Egypt and Palestine, each letter three or more pages; plus various Photos & 3 PCs relating to George Clark R.N. who spent most of the war interned in Groningen Camp, Holland. In addition are photographs from Italy, one showing the execution of Cretan Prisoners of War; and a number of family photos. 

Admiral Jellicoe "The Grand Fleet 1914-1916", Cassell, 1919, and "The Crisis of the Naval War", Cassell, 1920,

Lot: 9

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
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Admiral Jellicoe The Grand Fleet 1914-1916, Cassell, 1919, and The Crisis of the Naval War, Cassell, 1920, complete with plates and charts; together with The Songs of the late Charles Dibdin, 1850, cartoons by Cruikshank, frontispiece foxed; all original gilt cloth. (3)                                                                                                

Charles Edmonds A Subaltern's War Peter Davies Ltd, 1929 1st Edn, octavo, original gilt cloth,

Lot: 11

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
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Charles Edmonds A Subaltern's War Peter Davies Ltd, 1929 1st Edn, octavo, original gilt cloth, spine rolled o/w VG; autographed on half-title by Maj.Gen. Sir George Jeffreys, with contemp. ownership signature of Christopher Heseltine on facing page. Maps as endpapers show some browning.

 

Andre Leri "Shell Shock: Commotional and Emotional Aspects" University of London Press, 1919,

Lot: 13

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £26 - £36
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Andre Leri Shell Shock: Commotional and Emotional Aspects University of London Press, 1919, octavo, original printed cloth, near fine; browning to endpapers, half-title and final page of text; fox marks to edge of text block; a scarce first edition; no internal inscriptions; 249pp plus publisher's catalogue of Military Medical manuals. 

Richard Harrison "Recollections of a Life in the British Army During the latter half of the Nineteenth Century"

Lot: 14

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £30
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Richard Harrison Recollections of a Life in the British Army During the latter half of the Nineteenth Century, Smith, Elder & Co, 1908, 1st Edn; octavo, original gilt cloth, near fine; very fine internally, with all plates; publisher's catalogue at rear; viii,382,[6]pp + 14pp of plates

                                                                                                

H.C. Smart "Australia in the Great War", Cassell 1918, quarto, h/bk in d/jkt, front panel slightly chipped o/w VG;

Lot: 18

  • Auction Date: Wed 28th Feb 2018 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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H.C. Smart Australia in the Great War, Cassell 1918, quarto, h/bk in d/jkt, front panel slightly chipped o/w VG; illustrated throughout, half-tone plates with descriptive captions; 192pp. The last page is partly toned o/w internally fine.