Cotswold Auction Company

Books, Medals, Militaria, Collectables (Cheltenham)

Started 11 Feb 2020 10:00 GMT

Chapel Walk Saleroom

Chapel Walk

Cheltenham

Gloucestershire

GL50 3DS

United Kingdom

Lot Description

1 Large quantity of Observer's booksincluding early numbers as in no.6, no.12, no.14, no.5 (1 box)

2Railwayana including:-MacDermot"History of the Great Western Railway", 3 vols, Sekon, G A"The Great Western Railway",Gordon"Our

Home Railways", 2 vols,Williams"The Midland Railway" and other related volumes(1 box)

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Butler, Arthur G and Frohawk, F W (ills)"British Birds with their Nests and Eggs in Six Volumes", Brumby & Clark Limited, numerous

black and white plates, coloured plates with tissue guards, gilt decorated marbled ep, original yellow cloth with gilt decorations and gilt

titles, gilt titles and deco ...[more]

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Newman, Edward"An Illustrated Natural History of British Butterflies", William Tweedie, London, black and white illustrations throughout,

original green blindstamped cloth with black and gilt decorations and titlesD'Abrera, Bernard"Butterflies of the Australian Region",

inscribed and signed by the a ...[more]

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"The History of the Works of the Learned for the Year 1739 containing impartial accounts and accurate abstracts of the most valuable

books published in Great Britain and foreign parts ...", vol 2, London, printed for Jacob Robinson in 1739, full blindstamped leather, front

board detached"The Histor ...[more]

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Barrie, J M"Peter and Wendy", illustrated by F D Bedford, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 5th and 6th editions printed November 1911,

colour frontis, black and white plates, gilt decorated cloth but the backstrip is beginning to split and some staining to front boardBarrie, J

M, Arthur Rackham (ills)"P ...[more]

7"Army and Navy Stores Limited General Price List 1935-36", fully illustrated catalogue andWhitaker 1947 bound in blue calf, front board

titled with compliments British Insulated Callender's Cables Limited (2)

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Rugby Interest:Wheeler, Peter"Rugby from the Front", Stanley Paul 1983, signed by the author on the title page, numerous black and

white photographs, black cloth, dj not price clippedBlakeway, Phil with Chris Ducker"Rubbing Shoulders, the Story of a Rugby Prop",

Stanley Paul 1985, signed and inscrib ...[more]

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Whymper, Edward"Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-69", John Murray 1893, 4th edition, numerous illustrations

throughout, pencil inscription on ffep, cream cloth with gilt decorations, pastedown to backstrip, slightly cockedMacmillan's Empire

Library"Scott's Last Expedition", vols 1 & 2, ...[more]

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Livingstone, David"Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa", John Murray 1857, folding frontis plate, frontis portrait, folding

map, illustrations throughout, folding map at the back of the book"Appendix of Latitudes, Longitudes, etc", marbled ep, gilt dentels,

contemporary calf, raised b ...[more]

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Morecambe, Eric"The Reluctant Vampire", Methuen's Childrens Books 1983, inscribed and signed by the author 'To The Three J's, Eric

Morecambe', illustrations throughout, black cloth, silver titles, dj not price clippedMilligan, Spike"Mussolini, his Part in my Downfall",

Michael Joseph 1978, photogra ...[more]

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Militaria:Coastal Command Magazine, the 8th Army, East of Malta, West of Suez, His Majesty's Mine Sweepers, etc, two small RAF

diaries1945 to January 1946, mainly social content, two paperbackson Japanese and Russian Aircraft WWII and Aircraft of WWI, first

day cover "The Royal Airforce, 16th Sept ...[more]

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Dodwell, Edward"A Classical and Topographical Tour through Greece during the years 1801, 1805 and 1806", in two vols, printed for

Rodwell & Martin 1819, engraved plates, folding map of Greece to vol 1, some double plates in vol 2 of Grecian figures, some foxing,

contemporary marbled boards, marbled ...[more]

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Small pocket bible (1652), cut down, pencil inscriptions at the back, not complete, contemporary leather with blindstamped decorations

and heart-shaped clasps, the fixing missingClarke, Sam Minister"A Looking Glass for Persecutors ...printed for William Miller at the Sign

of the Gilded Acorn ... 1 ...[more]

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Two volumes of The Racing Illustrated Magazinedated December 1895 to December 30th 1896, rebound green cloth with gilt titles,

numerous black and white photographs and text, inside vol 2 the original front board of Racing Illustrated with gilt titles has been placed,

folio (2)

16 Quantity of antiquarian volumes and find bindings(1 box)

17 Fine bindingsincluding "Gibbons Roman Empire", "Goldsmith Animated Nature" and other volumes (1 box)

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Austen, Jane Thomas Nelson & Sons,4 uniform vols, cream vellum with green pastedowns to titlePride and Prejudice, Persuasion,

Emma and Northanger AbbeyAusten, Jane"The Watsons", Leonard Parsons 1923, frontis portrait of Jane Austen, marbled

boardsAusten, Jane"Love and Freindship ( sic) and Other ...[more]

19"English Housekeeper Cookery Book", lacking boards, early chapters, very damaged"Catalogue Musee Ceramique de Sevres",

1929"The Concise Household Encyclopedia"published by The Amalgamated Press"The Royal History of England"(4)

20Dickens, Charles, Dombey & Son (as originally published), paper covers, there are two copies of August No.11 and two copies of

January No.16, also engraved plates for Dombey & Son, all rather worn with some loss

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de Morgan, Mary"On a Pin Cushion and Other Fairytales", with illustrations by William de Morgan, Seeley, Jackson and Halliday 1877,

plates, headers, illustrations, original publishers cloth showing gilt cherubs and black blindstamped decorations, slightly cocked and the

hinges are cracked, aeg

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Hasted, Edward"The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent containing the Ancient and Present State of it, Civil and

Ecclesiastical...", illustrated with Maps and Views of Antiquities, Seats of the Nobility and Gentry, etc, Canterbury, printed for the author

by Symonds and Kirkby in ...[more]

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Waley, Arthur (trans)"170 Chinese Poems", London, Constable & Company 1918, offsetting on the ffep, H Blackwell Bookseller label

inside front board, contemporary grey boards, the backstrip cloth, printed from The Chiswick Press, Charles Whittington & Co, errata

slipWaley, Arthur (trans)"The Pillow ...[more]

24 "Burke's Peerage and Baronetage", 106th edition, 1st impression"Burke's General Armory"published by Heraldry Today 1989

25 Quantity of cricketing booksincluding Wisdon 1971, etc (1 box)

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Assorted volumesincluding two volumes of "The International Scientific Series", "The Book of Family Crests", 6th edition, Henry

Washbourne 1851, "Anatomy for Artists" by E Woolf, W M Mallet "An Introduction to Old English Furniture", illustrations by H M Brock,

"The Best of Beardsley" and other vol ...[more]

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Lee, Mrs R"Trees, Plants and Flowers: Their Beauties, Uses and Influences", illustrations drawn and coloured by James Andrews, Grant

& Griffith 1854, coloured lithographic plates with tissue guards, some foxing, original green publishers cloth with gilt decorations and

titles, aeg, with a name writ ...[more]

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Various volumes, mainly relating to poetry, including:Griffis, William Elliot"Japanese Fairy World Stories From the Wonder-Lore of

Japan", illustrated by Ozawa of Tokio, Trubner & Co 1887, plates with tissue guards, the front hinge cracked, blue boards with gilt

decoration of a man on a fish, gilt ...[more]

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"A Memoir of Maria Edgeworth with a Selection from her Letters by the Late Mrs Edgeworth", edited by her children, not published, in

four vols, printed by Joseph Master & Son 1867, pen inscription on half-title, 'Thos. Fitzherbert from the Editors' in all four vols, vol 2 and

vol 3 badly damaged by ...[more]

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'Maria Edgeworth Interest:"Sir Walter Scott's Works", signed on the content page 'Maria Edgeworth given to Harriet Beaufort as a token

of regard and esteem in remembrance of many years of unclouded friendship, April 1849' in another hand 'one month before the death

of the giver'"Helen" vol 1, insc ...[more]

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Beaufort, Francis FRS please note the letter has been withdrawn"Karamania: or a brief description of the South Coast of Asia Minor ...

1811 to 1812", printed for R Hunter 1817, folding frontis map, a little foxed, seven engraved plates, engraved headers on occasion, on

tp in ink is 'W Beaufort' an ...[more]

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Edgeworth, R L Esq"School Lessons", Dublin, printed for the author by John Jones 1817, inside front cover, inscription to Mrs Beaufort

from Maria Edgeworth, 16mo, limp marbled coversEdgeworth, Richard Lovell and Edgeworth, Maria"Readings on Poetry", published by

R Hunter (successor to J Johnson) and ...[more]

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Maria EdgeworthLarge quantity of sketchbooks/notebooksbelieved being notes for various of her novels including many with titles,

subtitles, crossings out, additions, etc. These include Hints for Harry and Lucy - Professional Education, Absentee, 1812, the Snow

Woman, Ennui, May 10th 1884, Belinda ...[more]

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Various rent slipsdated 1849 to Mrs Edgeworth (likely to be Maria's stepmother)Although Maria Edgeworth spent most of her childhood

in England, her life in Ireland had a profound impact on both her thinking and views surrounding her Irish culture. Fauske and Kaufman

conclude [she] used her works t ...[more]

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Letters from Maria Edgeworthincluding My Dearest Mary dated October 4th 1834 from Edgeworth's Town, to Margaret Buxton (her aunt)

dated June 15th 1838, a letter possibly to R Hunter about Comedy in Three Acts dated November 26th 1816, letter to a Mr Rogers, no

date, the poem 'Jacob' fair copy signe ...[more]

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Quantity of letters, Maria Edgeworth -some possibly copies of letters to various people, dates from June 1821 Edgeworth Town, these

appear to be to publishers February 14th 1827, an advertisement, copy to Messrs. Baldwin & Craddock dated 1835, copy to Mr Miles

Cornhill and quantity of letters

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A letter from Richard Bentley ( with a copy of ME's letter July 1834) with Irish seal and stamp, letter from Richard Bentley signed , letters

from John Murray , copies of a letter from Richard Bentley and her reply, Maria Edgeworth, another Richard Bentley letter and three

from John Murray a ...[more]

38"Copy of correspondance relative to the publication of a cheap edition of Miss Edgeworth's Helen ......and agreement......Richard

Bentley...." copies of other letters ( as seen in the image) and other letters

39Copy of the Will of the late Mr Joseph Johnston, publisher previous to R. Hunter in Baldwin & Craddock, a letter to Mrs Johnston dated

1804, a letter with half a black seal and a fragment, and other letters to Maria Edgeworth

40Large quantity of letters from R. Hunter to Maria Edgeworth , various dates dating from 1814 through to 1837, 1841, to Maria and to Mrs

Edgeworth (her stepmother)

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Jane Austen "Austen's Works including Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, Northanger Abbey, Memoir

of Lady Susan etc, Richard Bentley 1879, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883", marbled endpapers, marbled boards, half morocco, pastedowns

missing on all volumes, all marble edges, an ...[more]

44 Quantity of folio society including history, biography, fiction (4 boxes)

45 Quantity of folio societyincluding Great Stories of Crime four-vol box set, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Hardy boxed set, etc (3 boxes)

46SS Songbook"SS = Liederbuch"published Munchen, Munich, with music, words, illustrations, a pen inscription inside front cover, small

8vo with the SS logo white titles to cloth covers

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Austen, Jane"Emma", illustrated by Hugh Thompson, Macmillan & Co 1896, Peacock edition, yellow peacock ep, red cloth with gilt

decorations, the spine a little faded, aeg"The Chiswick Shakespeare", green cloth, one vol only, illustrated by Byam Shaw, published

George Bell & Sons 1899"The Merchant of ...[more]

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Two copies of The Times Atlas and Bacon's Popular Atlas of the British Isles, the latter lacking backstrip and major damage to the

boards and "Orbis Terrarum ... a Comparative Atlas of Ancient and Modern Geography ... for the use of Eton School 1828", condition

poor (4)

49The Printers' International Specimen Exchange in Connection with the Paper and Printing Trades Journal, vol 2 (only) 1881, examples

of printing and types of paper, front board detaching, full vellum with stitched binding but very worn and stained, folio

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[Whymper]"Thirty Plates of Illustrated Natural History with a Short Description Annexed to Each Plate, Part 2", Society for Promoting

Christian Knowledge 1841, however there are only 28 of the 30 plates but many of them are torn and in bad condition, the ones that are

fair are 'The Elephant', 'The C ...[more]

51Quantity of pictorial coversincluding The Romance of Aeronautics, Robin Hood, A & C Black, Ernest Glanvill, The Children's Press,

Jules Verne "Around the World in Eighty Days", G A Henty, etc (1 box)

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Quantity of antiquarian booksincluding:Dickens, Charles"Little Dorrit", Chapman & Hall 1863, illustrations by H K Brown, half-leather,

boards bumped and rubbed and loose pages"The Young Man's Companion or Youth's Instructor ...", Oxford printed and published by

Bartlett & Newman 1814, engraved fron ...[more]

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The New Naturalist Series No.1Ford, E B"Butterflies", Collins 1945, numerous ills, green cloth, dj not price clipped but a bit chipped and

fadedNo.8Imms, A D"Insect Natural History", Collins 1947, numerous ills, green cloth but faded, dj chipped and fadedLeighton,

Claire"Four Hedges, a Gardener's ...[more]

54Quantity of The Left Book Club volumes, Victor Gollancz Limited, various authors 1942,quantity of The Cherry Tree Book Series, Grove

Press, limp covers,two copies The Sexton Blake Library, no.164 and 160 and other volumes

55 Quantity of detective novels including Glyn Barnett, Dennis Wheatley, Leslie Charteris, various Gollancz , etc with djs

56Quantity of detective novelsincluding Gollancz Yellow Jackets, The Thriller Book Club, Conan Doyle uniform edition, Dennis Wheatley,

John Rhode, etc (1 box)

57Quantity of H&S Yellow Jacketsincluding Leslie Charteris, Edgar Wallace, John Buchan and various Dornford Yatespublished Ward

Locke (no djs) (1 box)

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Agatha Christie "The Crime Club Series" including 'Sparking Cyanide' 1945, 'The Hollow' 1946, 'The Sittaford Mystery' 1952, 'The 4.50

from Paddington' 1957, 'The Moving Finger' 1943, 'A Pocket Full of Rye' 1957, 'They Came to Baghdad' 1954, 'Appointment with Death'

1957, 'Cat Among the Pigeons' 1959 ...[more]

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Baker, Sir Samuel W"The Nile Tributariesof Abyssiniaand the Sword Hunters of the Hamram Arabs", Macmillan & Co 1872, frontis map,

folding map (damaged), plates, some worm damage, green cloth with gilt titlesStewart McAllister R.A."Bible Side-Lights from the Mound

of Gezer a Record of Excavation ...[more]

60 Large quantity of Penguins (1 box)Condition ReportPlease see further images

61 Quantity of bindings and antiquarian, mainly poetry (1 box)

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Baskett, John"The Book of Common Prayer ... with Songs or Psalms of David ...printed by John Baskett printed to The Queen's Most

Excellent Majesty ..." 1713, rebound, full leather with gilt blind rules and Greek Key decoration, Bkpl George Dunbar, silk ribbon with

bone markers"The Book of the Pro ...[more]

63Quantity of folio society books, various dates from 1945 to 1960 and 1950 to 1970 with two small binders, mainly in slip jackets (2

boxes)

64 Quantity of folio society books, 1945, 1960's and 1970's, some with paper djs, some slip cases

65 Quantity of folio society books, various dates 1945, 1960's (1 box not 2 )

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Rackham, Arthur (ills)"Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allen Poe", George Harrop 1935, colour plates, tissue guards, black

and white plates, inscription in pencil on ffep, decorated ep, black cloth with gilt decorations and titles, backstrip bumped and worn, top

edge dark, corners bumped

67 Antiquarian, Book, Works, etc. (1 Box)

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Kirby, W F"European Butterflies and Moths", Cassell & Company 1889, colour plates, maroon cloth with gilt titles to the spine, some

wear, staining in the text and on some plates. Some pages repaired with tape, hinges crackedCondition Report, some wear, staining in

the text and on some plates. Some p ...[more]

69 Bacon G.W.FRGS 'Bacon's New Chart of the World' 94 x 120 cms , some damage

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80WITHDRAWN Boxed miniature set of bone dominoes together with an 19th century ivory miniature of gentleman in profile, set in oval

(2)

81 WITHDRAWN Bronze mortar, lead tobacco jar of turned cylindrical form, and two brass bells (4)

82Folding embossed bin, horn snuff box, Hohner harmonica, 1922 10,000 Mark note, treen block carved with castle scene, signed

photograph of Billy Fury, Fountain pen by Strand, pair of painted metal models of Scottish terriers raised upon magnetic bases

83Assorted ephemera to include membership card from 1966 for the Working Mens Club, tickets for the 1951 Festival of Britain London

transport special bus service, soldiers service book, various black and white photographs and further ephemera

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121Badges from Britain's fifty-nine racecourses , framed, 69 x 59cm, with framed pictures Cheltenham Gold Cup Winners, 1976-1995,

Champion Hurdle Winners, 1976 -1995 and Grand National Winners, 1976-1975, 63 x 49cm (2)

122 After G. KeaneColour printArkel, Jockey Pat Taff andAfter PhilippColour print, Shergar, 148/500, signed and numbered in pencil (2)

123After Peter BiegelColour print, 24/850Signed in the margin Pat Taff and G W Robinson, steeplechase scene, probably Cheltenham, 48 x

38cm approx, andColour printDawn Run, 51/500, signed and numbered in the margin, 35 x 46cm (2)

124Colour print by John Beer, 1683-1822 "Fathers of the turf",47 x 65cm,together withAfter M CowardColour print, Delusions of grandeur,

173/850, signed in pencil lower right, 38 x 47cm, published by Sally Mitchell (2)

125Colour printCheltenham's winter scene, limited edition 189/750, signed in pencil in the margin, 52 x 44cm,together withAfter Lyon

Danchin 1937Colour printHeads of racing horses, 30 x 47cm (2)

126 After Michael LyneColour printSteeplechase scene, signed lower right in the margin by the artist, 64 x 93cm

127After Michael LyneColour printThe Grand National, Canal Turn 1965, the horses all named, signed lower right by the artist in the margin

(Jay Trump being the winner), 59 x 69cm

128 UnattributedWatercolour drawingHorse and jockey, 13.5cm x 19cm

129 UnattributedWatercolour drawingRacehorse and figure leading, 12cm x 16cm

130 19th centuryEngravingHorses in stable with figureTwo chromolithographsHorse racing scenes (3)

131 Watercolour drawingA rural scene, 19 x 45cm

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After N HemmingColour prints, limited edition, 512/850, signed in pencil in the margin showing a pair of black labradors, 50 x 40cm,

together withAfter John TrickettColour print, limited edition, 94/850, signed in pencil in the margin showing a black labrador with a litter

of puppies, 39 x 57cm, pub ...[more]

13320th centuryColoured engraving"Jer Falcon Plate XIV", possibly from John Selby Pridaux's, The Illustrations of British Ornithology, 52cm

x 40cmEarly 20th century schoolWatercolourFigure fishing by lakeside, unsigned and further prints

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151 Large margin penny black MF plate, two previously mounted stamps with red Maltese cross

152Large collection of British and World stampsto include Victorian penny reds, penny black, 2d blue, modern and circulated stamps, etc (1

box)

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154Box of mint and used GB stamps, 18 registered envelopes with mint GB, booklets GB PS envelopes, six stockbooks used and nine with

GB mintCondition ReportPlease see further information

155 Box of albumsof mainly GB First Day Covers, 1960's onwards

156Miscellaneous collection of PHQ covers, albums, stamps plus catalogue plus First Day Covers andmixed postcardsvarious subjects,

mainly modern (3 boxes not 6 )

157 Seven books of GB First Day Coversfrom 2006

158Large selection of mainly mint Commonwealth stockbook of albums, stamps on leaves, Middle East stamps, GB coversin 1977 album,

duplicated Australian and whole World albumand a tin of coins

159 Box of stampswith extensive interest, Singapore, GB, First Day Covers, mint and used, assorted foreign, etc

160 Hundreds of USA stamps, mint and used, in brown album, Singapore and Malaya examples from 1948 onwards, etc

161 Large box of stamps, mainly foreign and commonwealth, on stock cards and stock books

162Quantity of stock books and albums with mint Australia, New Zealand and GB presentation packs and mint GB booklets and two 1980

Queen Mother 80th birthday coins

163Extensive accumulation of world stamps, mainly mint GB booklets and Channel Islands, Isle of Man, some USA classics and Germany

inflation stamps, one tin can mail cover 1938 and tin of loose stamps

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Large accumulation of mainly GB mint stampsfrom 1940, collectors packsfrom 1983, '4, '5 and '6, special stamps1984, '5 and '6,

unopened, two albums mainly GB and mostly mint from 1940, 100 GB booklets 1967 onwards, four £5 P&O bookletsand various

bookletsfrom further countries

165Mint GB letters and aerographs 1952 onwards , around 100, some mint, GB FDC envelopes 1936-1990 and PHD cards and the second

box of mint GB cards in sets (2)

166Three boxes comprising three stock books of thematic stampsof trains, boats, flowers, birds, etc, a large box of stamp albums,a large

bag of loose stampsand five tins/boxes/packets of loose stamps (3 )

167 Stock book containing very good collection of early USA, with some high valuesCondition ReportPlease see further images

168Three albums of world stampsto include Victorian 2d red, half penny stamp, 2d blue, various American, examples from the Falkland

Islands, Ceylon, Canada, etc

169Quantity First Day Covers, 1970's and later, to include New Zealand, Merchant Navy, Football, Royal Family, Olympics, Christmas, etc

(4 folders)

170Quantity First Day Coversto include Jersey, Guerney, Isle of Man, British Ships, Sports, Horse Racing, International Stamp Exhibition,

etc (3 folders) and small quantity of publicity material and reference books(1 box)

171Stockbook folderof mint stampsto include Royal Geographical Society, John Wesley Bicentenary, etc, stockbook of Jersey and Channel

Island mint stamps, another for Guernseyand two Royal Mail stamp albums 1997 and 1998 (5)

172 Two stockbooks of various GB mint stamps, two albums of Swiss mint stamps, tin of various loose used stamps and sundry items

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177 Various British army uniforms, box of caps, a US Navy mess jacket and two vintage leather satchels

178Assorted items to include 1939 - 1945 Defence Medal, 1939 -1945 Medal, The Africa Star, The 1939 1945 Star (all un-named) assorted

badges and cloth badges to include Grenadier Guards cloth badges, etc

179 German World War II binoculars , possibly U boat.....

180 Reproduction brass blunderbuss Condition Report Please see images and as this is a replica the action does not work

181 Three assorted gas masks, beltsand ammunition tin

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John Langden-Davies "Nerves versus Nazis"published by George Routledge & Sons Ltd, London"Destruction of an Army, a First

Campaign in Libya, September 1940 - February 1941issued by the War Office by the Ministry of Information", published London by His

Majesty's Stationery office"Aircraft of the ...[more]

183 Short swordin brown leather case and Union Jack

18419th century French light cavalrysabreand 19th century French chassepot bayonetdated 1877 (2)Condition ReportPlease see further

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185 Two 19th century French chassepot bayonetsdated 1872 and 1869 and brass drummer's badge(3)

186 19th century tower percussian musketdated 1876 (no ram rod)Condition ReportPlease see further images

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WWI Princess Mary Christmas tincontaining a collection of sweetheart badges, military buttons, manual of map reading and field

sketching from 1912, reprinted for 1914, album of assorted ephemera to include some war related photographs and further

paraphernalia

188 Collection of military bullion badges including Royal Horse Guards, Rifle Brigade and Royal Navy

189 Collection of pre-1921 silver coins to include 1890 crown

190 WWI trench art tea caddywith Royal Artillery cap badge to side, shell case dated 1917, webbing belt with bag and truncheon/kosh

191Three WWI silver war badges, Royal Sussex Regiment silver medal in fitted case, WWI Victory medal named to

'128809.GNR.S.LAWRENCE.R.A.'

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Family photographs Maria Hildegard Wilhelmina Kronen , manageress part of the catering service at the Berghof at the age of 20, she

was there from 1939 - 1945 inclusive, including various papers relating to her father, including the citation for him receiving the Iron

Cross at the age of 20 in WWI. ...[more]

193 Quantity of military badges, buttons, commemorative medals and miscellaneous badges

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Large quantity of engineering blueprintsof parts and sub-assemblies of various "Marks" of Supermarine Spitfire, produced by Vickers-

Armstrong Supermarine Works for Messrs Essanbee Ltd of Bromsgrove, including camoflague painting scheme, camera mounting

assembly, flat lever, etcCondition ReportPlea ...[more]

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Large quantity of engineers blueprintsof parts and sub-assemblies of the Supermarine Seafire, the naval version of the Spitfire,

produced by Vickers Armstrong Supermarine Works for Messrs Essanbee of Bromsgrove, including geometry of short wing tip, spacing

collar for dummy gun locations, etc

196Late 18th century brass barrelled flintlock blunderbuss, proof marks to barrel (ram rod missing)Condition ReportPlease see further

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Large quantity of engineer's blueprints of various Vickers Armstrong Supermarine planes of various parts and sub-assemblies, including

a housing block and diaphragm from the short lived 'Supermarine Seagull' developed during the Second World War but too late for

active service. Also assembly of rea ...[more]

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Quantity of engineers blueprintsfor the Supermarine Swift, an early jet plane once the fastest aircraft in the world (26th September

1953), produced by the Vickers Armstrong Supermarine Works for Messrs Essanbee Ltd of Bromsgrove, including tail cone location,

runner inboard gun, etc

199Quantity of military brass buttons, military manual of Map Reading and Field Sketching 1912, military photographs, menusand other

ephemera

200 Collection of assorted coinage to include 50p pieces, old-style £1 coins, collection of shillings, American coinage, etc

201 Quantity of mainly British coinageto include inter and post war examples from 6d, half crowns, shillings, etc

202Two containers of assorted British coinsto include large collection of 1d, 1/2d, bun pennies, threepenny bits, etc and bronze Roman coin

featuring emperor wearing radiate crown

203 1904 half sovereign

204 1909 half-sovereign, 1882 silver crown, £2 coinfeaturing Darwin and small quantity of further British coinage

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Large collection of circulated coinsto include approximately 32 x old £1 coins, 191 x new 50p, 10 x old 50p coins, 11 x new £2 coins, 4 x

old £2 coins, 1 x 10 shilling (255 approx), face value £171.32 to include:- collectable old £1 coins, Gibraltar stall, mobile phone, Belfast

Rose and Oak Blanch. ...[more]

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Quantity of silver coins, coin proofs and medalsto include approx 82 silver coins 10oz, 1 x London 2010 piedfort, 1 x 2013 Ironside, 3 x

30th anniversary £3 coins, 4 x 2004, pattern set, 2008 proof collection (approx 6oz)Condition ReportWith certificates. Please see further

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207 2009 brilliant uncirculated coin collection to include Kew Garden 50p coin

208 2010 executive proof coin set in wooden box

209 2004 UK premium proof coin setin wooden presentation box

210Collection of 50th anniversary Mini car, to include 1 x £5 solid silver coin, 4 x solid silver £5 proof set, boxed, 1 x large solid silver £10

proof coin, boxed

210A Large collection of 47 brilliant uncirculated £5 coins, face value £235

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Collection of Monarch solid silver related coins, face value £52, to include 1 x Queen Anne £5 coin, 1 x QE2 Diamond Jubilee £5, 1 x

QE1 piedfort £5 coin, 1 x Henry VIII piedfort £5 coin, Mary Rose piedfort £2 coin, 1 x Henry VIII £5 coin, Charles & Camilla marriage

medal, 1 x QE2 80th birthday silv ...[more]

210CCollection of solid silver Olympic coinsto include 1 x Olympiad £2 coin, 1 x 2012 countdown £5 coin, 1 x humour £5 coin, 1 x weather £5

coin, face value £17, weight 3.5oz

210D Collection of silver Britannia coins

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Collection of military related silver coins and ingots to include 1 x D-Day £5 coin, 1 x George & Dragon £20 coin, 1 x Nelson £5 coin, 1 x

V Day £2 coin, 2 x VC £1 coins, 1 x Battle of Britain £5 coin, 2 x Outbreak 2004 £20 coins, 1 x spitfire £5 coin, 1 x Trafalgar ingot, face

value £83

210F Collection of uncirculated coins , miscellaneous and bank notes , £40 face value

210G Black case comprising large quantity of copper and nickel coins

210H Quantity of medals, medallions and crownsand a Euro-tunnel medal (1 box)

211 Mixed postcard s, various subjects, mainly modern ( 3 boxes)

212 Quantity of Brooke Bond tea cards, small quantity of postcards and some glass lantern slides of religious scenes

213 Large quantity of assorted tea and cigarette cards

214 Assorted postcards including albums

215 Quantity of assorted postcardsincluding ships

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221 Two albums of motoring memorabiliaincluding clippings and notes of cars from the 1930's and later (2 albums)

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Motor Racing interest:Decca record "Le Mans '66", the 34th Grand Prix d'Endurance June 18 and 19 1966 with Bruce McLaren, Graham

Hill, Chris Amon and Carroll Shelby and the voices of the public, commentary by James TillingThere is a new movie 'Le Mans '66'

starring Matt Damon as Carroll Shelby and ...[more]

222Box containing mounted photographs, mainly Edwardian, mainly topographical, some including some French views, in wooden box and

quantity of negatives, mainly views of India 1940's, cased (2)

223 Three various photograph albums, one with floral decorated pages containing Victorian, sepia and other portraits

224Photograph albumof Palestine, September 1936 to November 1937, including pyramids, ships, parades and other military and Victorian

photograph albumcontaining portraitsCondition ReportPlease see further images

225 "Pictures of Life in Character"by John Leech from the collection of Mr Punch, 1855, 1864 and 1864 again (poor condition) (3)

226

1848 sketchbook, mainly pencil and wash drawings of churches of Worcestershire and surroundingCondition ReportThere are

approximately 52 sketches, the actual drawings are clean, no straining, all titled with a full index inside front cover; some spine splitting

to the boards

227

Album of Portsmouth and South Street views, Collin's Street Directory and Public Guide of Melbourne and suburbs, 5th edition,

Cheltenham Chronicle and Gloucestershire Graphic1913, state particulars late 1800's and early 1900's of properties in Gloucestershire

and other ephemera

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234Walnut-cased mantel clockwith fluted pilasters, egg and dart moulding, Arabic numerals to the dialCondition ReportPlease see further

images

235 Mahogany-cased mantel clockwith Roman numerals to the dial, swept plinth base, block feet

236 Three assorted mantel clocksto include mahogany-cased example with Arabic numerals to the ivorine chapter ring (3)

23719th century mahogany clock body , the arch top above body with decorative mouldings, raised on four brass ball feet , together with

one further (2)

23819th century longcase clock face and movement, the arch top bearing hunting scene decoration, Arabic numerals to the dial, subsidiary

seconds dial and dates aperture, chiming mechanism to the back

239 20th century wall clockwith Arabic numerals to the china face

240Three assorted mantel clocksincluding black slate example with French movement and Roman numerals to the dial and arch top mantel

clock with Roman numerals and decorative brass bindings, on plinth base (3)

241W Moody Bell of Cheltenham mantel barometerwith silvered arched dial and housed in a mahogany caseCondition ReportPlease see

further images

242Three assorted mantel clocksto include two 20th century examples and a black slate example with Roman numerals to the enamel dial

(3)

243Three assorted mantel clocksto include two black slate examples and a French-style clock with gilt brass-effect dancing figure next to

the clock face, with Arabic numerals (3)

244 Three black slate assorted mantel clocks, each with Roman numerals, one in the Greco-Roman architectural taste (3)

245 Black slate cased mantel clockwith Roman numerals to the enamel chapter ring and a black slate mantel clock case(2)

246Black slate and rosso marble mantel clock in the Greco-Roman architectural taste with Roman numerals to the brass chapter ring, the

whole raised on plinth base

247 Five assorted mantel clocksincluding oak-cased example (5)

248 Wall clock, the dial marked 'Walter Clifford, Bourton on the Water'

249 Two wall clocks, one in mahogany circular case (for restoration) (2)

250 Oak-cased Admiral Fitzroy barometer/thermometer

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254Five assorted camerasto include VP Twin bakelite pocket camera in original box, Kodak 104 Instamatic camera in box, Zeiss Ikon

camera in leather case, Zeiss Ikon Contina camera in leather case and one further camera (5)

255 Praktica EE2 camera body,Aires Penta 35 camera, and one other (3)

256A Plate camera, The Thornton Pickard shutter in box , the plate camera is labelled Le "Merveilleux" patent, all within original leather

carry case

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258 Plate camera and assorted accessories

259 Vintage plate camera , labelled 1907 BB Instantograph patent within original box with tripod and plates,

260 Pathescope binoculars, another pair of binoculars, opera glasses, vintage cameras, etc., bought as seen

261Vintage camera, London Stereoscope Company, Eastman Kodak Co. USA, Rochester, bought as seen Condition Report Please see

further image

262 A Vintage Bellows camera

263 Pair of faux tortoiseshell opera glasses within original leather case, initial JHM and a bakelite vintage camera

264Mamaiya c33 camera, Nikon D70 plus lenses, Samsung Digimix. Prinz Galaxy telephoto lens, four lenses in camera bag etc. more

lenses added

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268 Brass microscope in mahogany case and selection of microscope slidesCondition ReportPlease see further images,

269 Set of brass postal scaleson mahogany base with weights

270 Telegraph Works Silvertown of London compassand Ohmmetermarked 'Edelmann of Muchen'(2)

271 Brass-cased amp and volt meter and further gauge marked 'J Hicks of London' (2)

272 Set of kitchen scalesand cased Blutkorperzahlapparat Nach Thoma microphone, etc.

273 Telescope in mahogany and brass-banded caseCondition ReportThere is no visible signature on the draw tube or elsewhere

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275The Staffordshire Regiment - Presentation of New Colours 21 May 1983, on presentation stand, with Country Artists 'Trooping the

Colour ' by Rob Donaldson, ltd ed. 1072 ( 2)

276 Assorted paraphernalia to include pen nibs, cigarette box opening to reveal cigarettes, etc

277 Glazed panelwith painted artwork, probably early 20th century and rococo-style scrolling brass acanthus-leaf framed photograph frame

278 Assorted gamesto include Garenne, jigsaw puzzle, travel chess, etcCondition ReportPlease see further images

279 Small quantity of assorted wristwatches, etc

280 Corkscrewwith bone handle and marked 'Wilmot Roberts & Co'

281White metal sarcophagus-shaped box, the top with brass ring handle and opening to reveal red velvet lined interior, the whole with

chased decoration and raised on bracket feet

282 Parker Duo-Fold pen and biroin caseCondition ReportPlease see further images

283 Bamboo and bone Mahjong set

284Four various wooden architect's drawing implementsincluding T-rule and other wooden drawing implements and stained wood table-top

glazed cabinet

285 Prima stirrup pump

286 Collection of itemsto include block plane, Macura blood circulator in box, etc

287Selection of hand toolsto include Spear & Jackson box saw, Record No.3 plane in box, William Marples & Sons Ltd junior mitre cutter,

etc

288Tin case and selection of assorted early records to include 'A Spot of Bother' by Clapham & Dwyer, 'The Wireless Nuisances, Part 1',

Albert Whelan '11 More Months and Ten More Days', Jolly Good Company 'Beside the Sea' by Roy Leslie, etc

289 Late Victorian rosewood and satinwood inlaid Flutina accordion

290 Metronome with tuning fork

291 Glass barrel with tap

292 Pair of black leather riding bootswith wooden trees

293 Pair of spelter figuresbearing flags, raised on black slate bases and further spelter figure of man on horseback with axe (3)

294 Quantity various Meccano partsincluding aeroplane constructor itemsCondition ReportSee Images. There is a leaflet/manual.

295 Wooden book presswith large screw

296 Cast iron book press

297 19th century desktop letter tidywith two doors opening to reveal part-fitted interior with dates apertures

298 Selection of assorted metalwareto include pair brass candlesticks, large brass pot, tray, set of scales, etc (2 boxes and 2 bowls)

299 Dark stained wooden box with brass handles

300 Wooden batoned black leather and studded steamer-type trunk, either end emblazoned with the initials 'A.W.'

301 Wheeler & Wilson, no.8 sewing machine

302 Hand-cranked Roneo copying machinein case and printing blocks

303 Wooden box of printing blocksand another tray of printing blocks

304 Green sea turtle (Chelonia Mydas) carapace

305

Violinwith single piece back and having carved lion terminal to the scroll end, another violin and three bowsCondition ReportThe label

reads 'Antonius Stradivarious Cremona faciebat anna 1718'The Paler violin on right is overall 56 cm and the back is 33.5 cmThe Darker

violin on the left is overal ...[more]

306 Brown leather hat box emblazoned initials to the lid, various old labels to the body

307 Service Blick typewriterin case

308Late 19th century sewing machine by Willcox & Gibbs, probably circa 1880, the black painted frame with gilt decoration, bearing plaque

marked 'Willcox & Gibbs Sewing Mach Co, New York', housed in pine case with instruction booklet

309 19th century circular treen traywith satinwood inlay and moulded rim

310 Two-tube fire extinguisher,marked 'Kil Fyre'

311 Circular white marble boardand a black slate obelisk (2)

312 Large collection of assorted slidesto include microscope slides, slides of various artworks, etc

313 Magic lantern

314

WITHDRAWN "The Dictaphone" mid 20th century dictaphone , on stand, the stand bearing six original cylinders housed under the

original black leatherette casing, with plaque marked 'The Dictaphone Registered UK and Abroad, Head Office, Kingsway House,

Kingsway, London, WC2 ...' Condition Report ...[more]

315Oceanic/ Polynesian long wooden fishing spearwith multi-barbed head with long shaft, possibly FijianCondition ReportPlease see further

image

316 Robertsons Golden Shred Marmalade enamel advertising sign

317Horn case with brass bindings and corners on brass chain, further horn and metal-bound powder claspin the Eastern manner and

Eastern-style hide purse(3)

318 Bush 1950's bakelite-cased radio,RCA Victor bakelite-cased radio, Phillips radioand one further(4)