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Auction date Thursday 9 November 2023 10:30 - 17:30 GMT
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Head of Sale:

Adam Chapman

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Total lots: 274

ADMIRAL SIR PULTENEY MALCOLM (1768-1838) A signed letter
Lot 264 Unsold
ADMIRAL SIR PULTENEY MALCOLM (1768-1838) A signed letter
to his coach maker from HMS Donegal, addressed to Messrs Cooke, Coachmakers of London, instructing them to deliver his Post Chaise to Captain Godby of the Royal Navy, 18cm x 15cm

Provenance: Purchased from Dominic Winter Book Auctions, 2nd June 2020.
Note: Admiral Pulteney Malcom was a distinguished captain and colleague of Nelson. He took part in…
Estimate: £30 - £50
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ADMIRAL WILLIAM CARNEGIE, 7TH EARL OF NORTHESK KCB (1756-1831) A signed letter
Lot 265 Unsold
ADMIRAL WILLIAM CARNEGIE, 7TH EARL OF NORTHESK KCB (1756-1831) A signed letter
dated October 6th 1797, a two page letter from the then-Captain Earl, regarding a letter that had not reached his ship the Monmouth, and discussing the road from Dundee to Montrose, 23cm x 19cm

Provenance: Purchased from Dominic Winter Book Auctions, 2nd June 2020.
Note: The Earl was third in command at the Battle of Trafalgar. This letter was written in the year…
Estimate: £80 - £150
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BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INTEREST: A SIGNED LETTER FROM THE WIDOW OF CAPTAIN JOHN COOKE (1762-1805)
Lot 266 Sold
BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR INTEREST: A SIGNED LETTER FROM THE WIDOW OF CAPTAIN JOHN COOKE (1762-1805)
a two page signed letter from Louisa Cook, dated 1830, 23cm x 18cm
In the letter she complains that at the time of the death of her husband “who fell so nobly in the…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
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"RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LIFE OF THE REV. A. J. SCOTT, D.D. LORD NELSON'S CHAPLAIN"
Lot 267 Unsold
"RECOLLECTIONS OF THE LIFE OF THE REV. A. J. SCOTT, D.D. LORD NELSON'S CHAPLAIN"
first edition, published Saunders and Otley, London, 1842; together with an original letter from A. J. Scott to Thomas Ryden Esq that discusses an instant mentioned in the book, pg 256/257, where Scott describes how he had gone to town to buy a horse, and instead spends his savings in a bookshop, 22.5cm x 18cm (2)

Provenance : The book was acquired from Mike Prowse, Reading bookseller, in 2009. The Letter was purchased from Kingsbridge Books, Devon, in 2012.
Note: The book appears to bear an ownership inscription of Horatia Johnson (nee Ward), the daughter…
Estimate: £300 - £500
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THE POW DISCHARGE DOCUMENT TO NORBERT SMOLKA OF THE KRIEGSMARINE
Lot 268 Unsold
THE POW DISCHARGE DOCUMENT TO NORBERT SMOLKA OF THE KRIEGSMARINE
Smolka joined the Kriegsmarine on the 18th of August 1942, aged 18, a U-Boat Crew member he was taken prisoner and held in a POW camp until 1950, after the War he settled in South Shields
Estimate: £100 - £200
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9 November 2023
COMMANDER JAMES SPRATT (1771-1853) An autographed letter recounting his famous exploits
Lot 269 Sold
COMMANDER JAMES SPRATT (1771-1853) An autographed letter recounting his famous exploits
when he single-handedly boarded the French “L’ Aigle”, cutlass between his teeth, on two sheets of bifold paper, the last three pages blank

Provenance: Purchased from T & W Auctions, Tunbridge Wells, November 2014. Included in several items from the papers of John Wilson Croker.
"Jack" Spratt writes: 'Woodway CottageTeignmouth Devon27th Dec 1851  Dear Sir,I have much pleasure…
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £300 - £500
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9 November 2023
A DEUTSCHER VOLKSSTURM ARMBAND & DAF BOOK
Lot 270 Unsold
DEUTSCHER VOLKSSTURM ARMBAND & DAF BOOK
armband in good condition, the book has entries up until 1943, the staples inside are missing, some pages loose
Estimate: £50 - £80
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9 November 2023
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'NELSON' SHEET MUSIC
Lot 271 Unsold
ADMIRAL LORD NELSON INTEREST: 'NELSON' SHEET MUSIC
composed by Braham and arranged by Brinley Richards, published by Joseph Williams, London, 1890, 32cm x 23cm; together with an act of parliament ‘to grant a certain annuity to Lady Viscountess Nelson in consideration of the eminent services performed by the late Vice Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson’, London, 1806, single sheet, 29cm x 18cm (2)
Estimate: £30 - £50
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A QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON ANTIQUE PISTOLS AND GUNS
Lot 272 Sold
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON ANTIQUE PISTOLS AND GUNS
including: Norman Dixon "Georgian Pistols", "Firearms by Ricketts", "Manhattan Firearms", "English Pistols and Revolvers" by JN George and others
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
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Sold by PT Sale to T Proctor: THE NAVAL CHRONICLE, IN EIGHT VOLUMES, CONTAINING THE SIGNATURE OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON (1758-1805)
Lot 273 Unsold
THE NAVAL CHRONICLE, IN EIGHT VOLUMES, CONTAINING THE SIGNATURE OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON (1758-1805)
comprising Volumes I and II (1799); Volumes III and IV (1800); Volumes V and VI (1801); and Volumes VII and VIII (1802), being the first four years of The Naval Chronicle, which ran from 1799-1818 (8)
Provenance: Purchased from Major W. G. Hills of Okehampton on 12th August 2015. He in turn had…
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
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Total lots: 274

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