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Auction:
Tuesday 7th October starting at 10:00am
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| Lot | Title | Estimate | Hammer price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 480 |
A SHORTENED WWI BAYONET
another adapted bayonet, and two knives (4)
Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over. |
£30 - £60 | £50 | View |
| 481 |
MEDALS: WWI PAIR AWARDED TO 291874. PTE. G. POTTS. WELSH. R.
with a Welsh Regiment enamelled badge, another WWI medal to J. 92804. A. W. POTTS. BOY 2. R. N., with later Police Exemplary Service award, WWII medals, and a silver Masonic Jewel to John H. Mander,…
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£50 - £100 | £160 | View |
| 482 |
A LEATHER MILITARY BELT
in old Herbert Johnson box for Colonel K.C. Davis
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£30 - £60 | £30 | View |
| 483 |
A MUSTANG AIR PART
(a relic) and a Mustang rocker arm from Mustang P51 (2)
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£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 484 |
TWO SETS OF MILATARY BINOCULARS
one cased Reg No.21407, the other uncased and repainted Reg No.79801 (2)
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£50 - £100 | £25 | View |
| 485 |
A DOLLOND, LONDON THREE-DRAW TELESCOPE
leather covered, in a leather case, no.1953
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£80 - £150 | £40 | View |
| 486 |
WWII COMPASS WITH A SIMILAR
two leather compass cases dated 1931 and 1916,an 1898 optical tool and another
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£30 - £50 | £50 | View |
| 487 |
A GERMAN BAYONET, ALEX COPPEL, SOLINGEN
regimentally marked 3B1038
Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over. |
£30 - £60 | £60 | View |
| 488 |
A JAPANESE NAVAL OFFICER'S DAGGER
in scabbard (a/f)
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£30 - £50 | £120 | View |
| 489 |
A QUANITY OF BAYONETS
three spike for No. 4 303 rifle and two parade versions (5)
Note: You must be over 18 to purchase this item. By bidding on this Lot you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over. |
£30 - £50 | £25 | View |
| 490 |
A VICTORIAN CROWN ROYAL IRISH RIFLES HELMET PLATE
in white metal
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£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 491 |
AN 'ACROW TOOL' MULTI-TOOL SPADE
marked 'World Patent'
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£30 - £60 | £20 | View |
| 492 |
A QUANTITY OF MILITARY BADGES
metal and cloth, ribbons etc
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£30 - £60 | £30 | View |
| 493 |
A COLLECTION OF EPAULETTES AND RANK BADGES FOR THE MERCHANT NAVY, ARMY AND POLICE
the British army section including a pair of full dress gold wire epaulettes possibly for a Field Marshall with velvet crown and laurel leaves; a selection of American items including bullion knot…
|
£100 - £150 | - | View |
| 494 |
NAVIGATORS DRESS UNIFORM, TROUSERS AND HAT TO PILOT OFFICER AFFLECK
Named in the inside pocket 19.10.42
2/17443 J Affleck |
£50 - £80 | £300 | View |
| 495 |
A METROPOLITAN POLICE HELMET
E II R badge
|
£30 - £50 | £20 | View |
| 496 |
A COLLECTION OF WWII AND LATER EPHEMERA
including 'Guide to civilian occupation' S.P. Book 3, 'Documents concerning German-Polish relations', Continental maps, and other items
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£30 - £60 | £35 | View |
| 497 | A COLLECTION OF MILITARY UNIFORM | £50 - £100 | - | View |
| 498 |
THE BEATLES: OFFICIAL FAN CLUB PHOTO CARD
bearing signatures possibly printed (unauthenticated; creased, tear), with newspapers from the time of John Lennon's death, and two Beatles books; 'The Beatles Anthology' and 'Imagine John Yoko'
|
£150 - £250 | - | View |
| 499 |
BOXES OF HOUSE OF LORDS AND HOUSE OF COMMONS BOOK MATCHES
with a collection of book matches and related items
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£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 500 |
A COLLECTION OF FAMILY PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS
including travel, with family books, and a collection of stamps and cigarette cards
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£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 501 |
A VICTORIAN BROWN LEATHER PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM
containing many cabinet portraits and cartes de visite
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£50 - £100 | £30 | View |
| 502 |
JOURNAL OF A 65 DAY TOUR OF THE WEST INDIES ON THE RMS TRENT
undertaken by Percy Thatcher between Jan 22nd and March 27th 1902, illustrated with photographs, maps etc. full leather binding
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£40 - £60 | £240 | View |
| 503 |
THREE WESSEX WATER WATER SHORTAGE POSTERS
undated but likely 1976
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£30 - £50 | £10 | View |
| 504 |
FRENCH LINE CGT SS NORMANDIE, THREE MENUS
luncheon 26 April 1939, Gala Dinner, 3rd Class, 17 June 1939, Dinner, Tourist Class, 12 November 1938
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£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 505 |
CHURCHILL FAMILY INTEREST; AN 18th CENTURY MANUSCRIPT INVENTORY
describing various documents between 1697 - 1777, with references to Sir John Churchill, William Harris of Churchill, and other families, and the parish of Churchill, North Somerset (on laid paper)
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£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 506 |
A QUANTITY OF EARLY 1970s CHILDREN'S MAGAZINES
including Look-in Follyfoot Special,, Pippin, Playhour, Now I Know, etc
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£30 - £5 | £20 | View |
| 507 |
A QUANTITY OF EPHEMERA
including 19th century newspapers, greetings cards, an early 20th century travel journal etc
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£30 - £40 | £60 | View |
| 508 |
A QUANTITY OF 19th CENTURY AND LATER PHOTOGRAPHS
including cartes de visite, portraits, an album containing sporting groups, interiors, etc
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£30 - £60 | £10 | View |
| 509 |
A QUANTITY OF EPHEMERA
including Corgi toys mini catalogues, Infants Hospital Ball programme, 1932, 'A.B.C. Locomotive guides, football items, postcards, etc
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£30 - £60 | £50 | View |
| 510 |
SIGNED FOOTBALL BOOKS
Geoff Hurst; 1966 and all that, Alan Ball; Playing extra time, 'Greavsie', and Bobby Robson (autobiography), and a quantity of football ephemera; 1966 World Cup items, Jimmy Hill's Football Weekly,…
|
£40 - £80 | £25 | View |
| 511 |
A COLLECTION OF RAILWAY EPHEMERA
including London Transport Railway Rule Book 1983, British Railways items, Regional Operating Notices, various magazines, etc
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£30 - £60 | £30 | View |
| 512 |
A QUANTITY OF LOOSE CIGARETTE CARDS
mostly John Player, tea cards in albums, Star Wars Tazos, and other items
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£30 - £60 | - | View |
| 513 |
A COLLECTION OF RAILWAY EPHEMERA
including bound 1980s redevelopment plans for Liverpool St, Farringdon, Embankment and others, many timetables, public and Railway Company use, Tube maps, etc
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£30 - £60 | £50 | View |
| 514 |
A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS, MANY DORSET
including an Edwardian view of Westover Palace Tea Gardens, Bournemouth, two ambrotype portraits in an ebonised frame, a 19th century album, etc, contained in a (damaged) small travel trunk with…
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£30 - £50 | - | View |
| 515 |
C.S. LEWIS: 'THE VOYAGE OF THE DAWN TREADER;
1957 reprint. , Geoffrey Bles (no jacket), and another 'The magicians Nephew' , Bodley Head 1858 reprint (with jacket, a/f) with inscription; 'C.S. Lewis' (possibly by the owner) (2)
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£30 - £50 | £50 | View |
| 516 |
SWINHOE, RODWAY - ‘THE INCOMPLETE GUIDE TO BURMA’
illustrated by T. Martin Jones, illustrated pamphlet 18cm x 26.5cm
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£30 - £50 | £35 | View |
| 517 |
‘THE THRENODY - PART 1 VIXEN’
dated November 1830, an intriguing blue paper bound pamphlet of printed facsimile handwritten verse, with pencil annotations, 25.5cm x 20.5cm
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£30 - £50 | £40 | View |
| 518 |
FORSYTH, FREDERICK: ‘THE SHEPHERD’
first edition, published by Hutchinson & Co, London 1975, red cloth bound with dustwrapper, together with a signed and typed letter from the author to Mrs Johnson dated 25th February 1975…
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£100 - £200 | £150 | View |
| 519 |
WHITE, MARJORIE HILDA ‘JO’: ‘JO. WHITE’S BOOK’
published by Odhams Press, 1926, a brown card bound pamphlet of numerous illustrations, 23.5cm x 29cm
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£100 - £200 | - | View |
| 520 |
ROWLING, J.K. ‘THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN’
first edition, second printing with print line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2, published by Bloomsbury, 1999, hardbound with dustwrapper and two other Harry Potter titles - ‘The Philosopher’s Stone, 1998 edition…
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£30 - £50 | £10 | View |
| 521 |
HENRY COLEMAN FOLKARD: ' THE WILD-FOWLER'
2nd ed, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts 1864 (poor condition)
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£30 - £40 | £20 | View |
| 522 |
SIR WILLIAM RUSSELL FLINT: A CATALOGUE RAISONNE
De Luxe Edition, red leather bound, with slip case, 1986; with Alex A. Hurst; 'Arthur Briscoe, Marine artist', Elizabeth Longford; 'Images of Chelsea', and C.A. Wilkinson and Walter Wood; 'Fishing…
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£40 - £60 | £60 | View |
| 523 |
JEFFERY FARNOL, THE BROAD HIGHWAY AND THE AMATEUR GENTLEMAN
illustrations by C E Brock, with framed print of Virginia Water
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£30 - £40 | £10 | View |
| 524 |
A QUANTITY OF MIXED BOOKS
including 1920s Thomas Hardy editions
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£30 - £50 | £30 | View |
| 525 |
THE LENOIR COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL FRENCH PORTRAITS AT STAFFORD HOUSE
Auto-lithographed by Lord Ronald Gower, M.P. 1874.
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£30 - £50 | £10 | View |
| 526 |
A COLLECTION OF MIXED BOOKS
including Children's books, illustrated by Caldecott, etc, 'The tale of Mr Tootleoo', Nonesuch Press, 17th century and later leather-bound books, and others (much in poor condition)
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£30 - £60 | £300 | View |
| 527 |
QUANTITY OF BOOKS
including a set of Dickens, with a quantity of Christie's sale catalogues.
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£30 - £50 | £10 | View |
