Lot: 17
Ephemera, books and photos; including 1830s issues of The Mirror; Edna O'Brien signed books (2, in d/jkts); 1906 Woven Silk PPC; A Guinness Sportfolio 1959; transport interest including 1920s Official photos of the American Locomotive Company (3); 1937 Trade Catalogue for the pottery industry; local history interest; Royal Mail Prestige Booklets 1990s (3); Victorian bills & receipts (32) with fiscal stamps; etc. Fair to fine (Qty)
Lot: 41
Alan Turing signed pamphlet: Turing's personal copy of Leventhal & Salkind's Spherical Trigonometry, Globe Book Co., New York, 1943; signed Alan Turing in red ink on title page, the second ‘a' of ‘Alan' a little blotchy o/w a fine example of his signature and rarely offered. The 53pp pamphlet shows some slight toning to the front cover but is o/w fine and clean internally. The pamphlet focuses on the use of Spherical Trigonometry to pilots and aviators.
Lot: 49
The Union-Castle Line Handbook of Information for Passengers, Donald Currie & Co., London, 1907; pictorial wraps near-detached, fine internally. 136pp
Lot: 50
British Warship Plans, WWI to 1960s, a collection of large fold-out printings of engineering drawings in plan and elevation, showing skeletal structures, fittings etc, in folder, VG condition. (10)
Lot: 51
Historic Sailing Ships, a collection of large fold-out prints of engineering drawings in plan and elevation, showing skeletal stuctures, rigging and fittings, mostly in sets, some in printed folders, mostly Naval vessels; includes the Golden Hind, Cutty Sark, HMS Gloucester 1737, etc. VG condition. 11 different ships. (Qty)
Lot: 53
Plans of Battleships, including few historic vessels, many in sets of five or more sheets, showing skeletal structure in plan & elevation, all in rolls, various printing and paper types, many large format. Many are WW2 vessels including multiple sheets for a U-Boat. (40 different ships). Also some modern coloured prints of maritime scenes.