| PASSPORTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1560 | BRITISH PASSPORT, 1909: Single sheet with printed signature of Sir E. Grey, completed in ms for the Rev. R.F.Borough travelling to Constantinople with fine visa from the London Embassy and transit stamp of Marseille plus several Turkish h.s.and adhesive fiscals; handstamped 'CANCELLED'. Folds otherwise fine. *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1561 | BRITISH PASSPORT ISSUED BY SIR EDWARD GREY, TO ALFRED PARKER, ENGINEER, TRAVELLING TO RUSSIA (1910) folded sheet 15"x 11" headed by royal arms. Bearing Russian visa handstamps applied in London and St. Petersburg, plus 40k. adhesive revenue stamp of St. P. city council. *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1562 | BRITISH PASSPORT CONTAINING VISAS & PASSPORT ADHESIVES FROM MALTA AND WARTIME FRANCE & ITALY (1937-1939) traditional blue booklet with interesting range of visa handstamps, incl. those applied in France & Italy, Nov. & Dec. 1939, after outbreak of WWII. *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1563 | FRANCE (1827): Printed passport completed in m/s and issued by the French Embassy in London to Anthony Thompson, travelling from London to Bordeaux, with paper extension and 38 visas for various Italian States, Spain, Switzerland and France. Worn but early and interesting. Plus G.B. (1878) : Printed signature of Lord Salisbury on passport sheet issued to the Rev. F.R. Smith with fine visa for Russia and embossed 6d. revenue stamp; folds. (2 items). **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PHOTOGRAPHS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1564 | SPORT, 1880: A pair of framed full plate team photographs depicting the Harrow School cricket & football teams for 1880 with players named on mounts. Also c1900 large full-length photograph of a lady in full court dress. (3 items). *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PICTURE POSTCARDS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1565 | MISCELLANY of mainly pre-1920 UK PPCs in a dilapidated album inc. better RP items such as views of Mow Cop, Menston Station & Downham all with appropriate cancellations, Port Said paquebot cancellation, Edwardian lady boxers, actresses, Lancashire interest, Tuck's, some photographs etc. (174 items). **/*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1566 | ALBUM containing an interesting & extensive collection (most in full colour but a few sepia or black & white) chiefly from Canada and U.S.A. but also incl. native African types, China, Norway, Philippines, Polynesia, Russian art types, Southern Rhodesia and Spain. (250+ cards). *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 1567 | "AFRICA ORIENTALE TIPI": Complete set of 14 real photograph "artistic" studies depicting scantily clad African women. Produced in Milan and still in original printed wrapper. *** | £40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1568 | ANGELS: Series of chromo-litho cards printed by Meissner & Buch c.1905 all depicting angels painted by Fra Angelico. Most attractive (9). *** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 1569 | FAMOUS & GLAMOROUS WOMEN: 2 coloured cards by Herouard published in Paris by E. Lapina depicting Cleopatra and PhrynÈ, 1901 Easter card (undivided back - some foxing) from Brighton to London (stamp removed) showing 3 well dressed young ladies dancing round a giant Easter egg, 1907 advertising card for "SP" picturing a glamorous young lady and two 1901 chromo-litho cards, one of them by Tuck's. (6 cards). */*** | £30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 1570 | FRANCE - MILITARY/COMIC POSTCARDS c.1900: Eight undivided back cards with colour illustrations signed 'Guillaume' and showing comic scenes from army life at the turn of the century. Mainly very fine apart from odd light dust mark. (8 cards). *** | £30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1571 | GERMAN NAVY: Small group of early chromo-litho cards depicting German naval ships (5 - all unused) and one (postally used in 1897) showing gun practice on such a ship. Unusual. (6 cards). *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1572 | HUNGARIAN ART NOUVEAU ALBUM (dated 1904) containing 50 French photographic PPCs of c1904-18 inc. better street scenes, Paris road collapse, female taxi driver, trams, cattle market, WWI soldiers and a curious Austrian card showing a family who had walked from Vienna to Paris, many are used, some with army censorship; album shows signs of ageing - except for the young girl on the front! - cards are mainly fine. **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1573 | JAPANESE INVASION OF MANCHURIA - Presentation album with pictorial cover (some wear) housing a collection of 96 very fine colour-printed propaganda cards by a variety of artists depicting Japanese soldiers, bomb damage and integration with the Chinese population during the invasion of China in the 1930s. Most unusual. (96 cards).*** PHOTO - see plate no. | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1574 | POSTMEN OF THE WORLD - EUROPE (c1900): Fine group of unused, undivided back cards, chromo-litho printed in Vienna, depicting postmen, stamps and delivery scenes of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Very fine. (10 items). **** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1575 | POSTMEN OF THE WORLD - THE AMERICAS (c1900): Fine lot of unused, early Viennese chromo-litho cards depicting postmen, stamps and typical scenes of USA, Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia, Argentia, Mexico, French Guiana, Haiti and Trinidad. Scarce and attractive. (9 items). **** | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1576 | POSTMEN OF THE WORLD - ASIA (c1900): Fine group of unused, early Viennese chromo-litho cards depicting postmen, stamps and delivery methods of China, Indo-China, Japan, Korea, Persia and Siam. Attractive. (6 items). **** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1577 | TOM BROWNE MISCELLANY: Large group of (mainly) unused cards in fresh condition portraying Edwardian servant problems such as 'Spring Cleaning' (6), 'My wife won't let me' (3 inc. master flirting with housemaid!), 'Our servants' (3), scarce Davidson's Xmas card featuring a smaller version of 'There's a strong smell of tobacco, Jane' + comic verse, 'Seaside' (6), 'What is a home without a plumber?', single cards from Mrs. Caudle & 'Pierrot and Pierrette' & a scarce view of Kenilworth Castle. (45 cards). *** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1578 | WEMBLEY EXHIBITION: Complete unused sets of series 1 to 6 of Raphael Tuck's "Queen's Dolls' House" cards. Some are thinned, many are fine. Supporting photostats & research notes. (48 cards). **/*** | £36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1579 | WEMBLEY 1924/25 EPHEMERA - MINI VIEWS in two complete sets produced by Fleetway Press Ltd. and still in their original packets (some damage to latter & a few cards are slightly toned on the backs) plus an advertising card implying better weather for the 1925 Exhibition! (25 cards). ** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1580 | WEMBLEY EXHIBITIONS: A complete unused set of Raphael Tuck "Queen's Dolls' House" postcards; plus a few duplicates. Some faults but mainly fine. (Small Qty.). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PICTURES AND PAINTINGS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1581 | MISCELLANY: Three c1850 framed & glazed coloured prints inc. a French lithograph (265 x 230mm) of Tientsing Fort (light foxing) & two steel engravings (205 x 160mm) of "Constantinople from above Scutari" & "View of Calcutta from the Esplanade". The latter with an elephant-led procession in the foreground. Also a c1770 small framed engraving of Admiral Pocock. (4 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1582 | PATAGONIA CENTENARY: c1965 original ink artwork by Ifor Puw for the issue sponsored by the Welsh Language Society showing the "Mimosa" approaching Port Madryn, the zinc printing block with frame & vignette, a marginal mint block of 4 and an example used on commercial cover. Unusual group. *** | £36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| POSTAL ORDERS, MONEY ORDERS, ETC. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1583 | OLD AGE PENSION ORDER: 1934 10/- Pension Order printed in green & black in the format of a postal order with the head of KGV at left and dated '23 NOV 34'; mint condition complete with counterfoil. *** | £35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| RAILWAY MEMORABILIA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1584 | COOK'S & WAGONS LITS: (1939) Small blue hard-cover folder with gold embossing containing several documents from a journey to Antibes with booklet of SNCF tickets, seat reservation, insurance notice etc. Also (1930s) a large, colourful, oval luggage label from the Hotel de la Paix, Nice and a copy of the 1945 Canadian Pacific Railway report.(3 items). *** | £35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1585 | IRONWORKS BILL FOR RAILS, 1827: Fine illustrated billhead of the Bedlington Iron Co. (Northumberland) showing a view of the works & men loading iron onto barges, itemising the sale of 252 pairs of 'Railway Bars' to the Painkirk & Glasgow Railway Company, shipped 'p. the Emma Jane Chappel to Port Dundas', with a ms note showing that the delivery was one rail short! Very scarce early railway item. *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1586 | ROBERT STEPHENSON: Ornately engraved card (1837) to "Robert Stephenson, Esq., Engineer in Chief of the London & Birmingham Railway - A tribute of respect & esteem from members of the Engineering Department...." and autographed 1841 letter from Stephenson written at Hampstead to "Admit Mr. Crosby and friends to examine the Engines and Machinery on the Blackwall Railway". (2 items). ***/** | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1587 | BRADSHAW'S 1839 Railway Time Tables. 80x120 mm., 24 pp., cover boards, front cover separating. Time tables for Manchester - Liverpool , Manchester - Bolton, Leeds - York and Selby etc., plus city centre maps of Manchester, Liverpool and Leeds and a list of Hackney Coach Fares from Lime Street, Liverpool. A little gem for the early railways enthusiast. | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1588 | THE NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE AND NORTH SHIELDS RAILWAY: 1840 Printed 3pp. document entitled "Experiments....of Two Locomotive Engines, The 'Collingwood' and 'Exmouth', as to the Consumption of Coke and Water" giving dimensions, observations, distance travelled, speed, weather, data and conclusions. *** | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1589 | GREAT NORTH OF ENGLAND RAILWAY: TIME TABLE FOR DARLINGTON - YORK PASSENGER TRAINS WITH MAIL & STAGE COACH CONNECTIONS (3 June 1841) official, folded handbill 11"x 9", printed by J. & J. Readman, Darlington. Incl. detailed schedules for the Cowton - Richmond, Northallerton - Guisbro', Thirsk - Ripon, Darlington - Newcastle mail coaches, plus times of rail connections with London. The GNER first opened for passengers on 1 March 1841. Very early combined rail/ mail coach time table. *** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1590 | THE EAST LOTHIAN CENTRAL RAILWAY 1845 share prospectus incorporating form of application, GLASGOW & SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY 1852 completed declaration made before a J.P. for a new sealed share certificate and THE FORTH BRIDGE RAILWAY COMPANY 1879 share prospectus incl. table of distances and synopsis of Acts of Parliament. (3 items). **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1591 | "GLOUCESTER, ABERYSTWITH, (sic) AND CENTRAL WALES RAILWAY,/AND THE/ Improvement of the Port and Harbour of Aberystwith (sic)" 1845 share prospectus with detailed map of proposed line and LLYNVI VALLEY RAILWAY Rules, Bye Laws and Regulations in m/s plus printed 1859 letter from the company re. dividend and bonus. (3 documents). ***/** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1592 | THREE AUTOGRAPHED LETTERS all concerning railway topics written personally & signed by Lord Chandos (1857 - written from Euston Station), Earl of Radnor, M.P. (1864) and the Duke of Marlborough (1872), the latter writing from Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. Some toning but a scarce trio. **/*** | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1593 | EDEN VALLEY RAILWAY: 1858 Printed notice (embossed coat of arms at top left) and programme for sod cutting incorporating "Order of Procession". ** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1594 | KENT COAST RAILWAY COMPANY c.1863 preference share prospectus for "Extension of the London Chatham & Dover Railway to Margate & Ramsgate" incl. table of comparative distances plus two 1865 & '66 m/s sheets of passenger and goods traffic, THE HAYLING RAILWAYS COMPANY 1863 share prospectus incorporating form of application and provision for banker's receipt and LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY 1866 printed notice from directors. (3 documents). **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1595 | BINDER OF MAINLY 19th CENTURY U.K. RAILWAY EPHEMERA incl. 1867 Great Western & Brentford Railway printed letter, 1896 Much Wenlock and Severn Junction Railway Company & Corwen and Bala Railway Company printed notices, South Durham & Lancashire Union Railway share allotment request and scores of other documents. (160+ items). *** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1596 | WREXHAM and MINERA RAILWAY COMPANY 1868 printed form with royal crest ex Companies' Registration Agency & Stamp Office re. loan capital, THE BRITISH TELEGRAPH COMPANY 1853 share prospectus with map of railway lines & stations covered and MALMESBURY RAILWAY c.1872 share prospectus. An interesting trio. *** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1597 | SWINDON, MARLBOROUGH & ANDOVER RAILWAY - Commencement of Railway & Ceremony of Turning the First Sod (1875): Collection of 16 related printed documents incl. invitations, tickets, "order of progress", programmes & press reports. A superb capsule of railway history in v. fine condition. ***/**** | £90 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1598 | NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY: ROYAL TRAIN TIMETABLE & INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGULATING ITS PROGRESS FROM CARLISLE TO BALLATER, VIA EDINBURGH & LARBERT (16-19 Aug. 1876) three printed documents for employees, each 2pp. 13"x 8" comprising: a) timetable of arrival at every station. b) instructions for working the train. c) shunting memorandum "to ensure safety and absence of noise". Queen Victoria was en route from Osborne to Balmoral. *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1599 | "GOLDEN VALLEY RAILWAY/EXTENSION TO HAY": 1877 Printed invitation to the cutting of the first sod incorporating programme describing procession, order of events etc. *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1600 | LETTER & PARCEL LABELS: Range of mint & used Railway Letter, Parcel & Newspaper stamps issued by various Companies c1895-1920s inc. items/groups from the Highland, North British, Great Northern & North Eastern Railways as well as a good sample of items from smaller Companies - Preston & Wyre, Somerset & Dorset, Hull, Barnsley & W. Riding etc. (78 stamps).*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1601 | THE LIVERPOOL OVERHEAD RAILWAY COMPANY 1895 share certificate for 36 x £10 shares ornately engraved in pink on blue paper with embossed seal and vignette of railway on top of viaduct, coloured guide book containing map, illustrations, Cunard & other advertisements and history plus further map with guide to railway and docks. (3 items). *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1602 | LNWR COLOUR ATLAS OF THE LONDON TO CARLISLE MAINLINE: 1903 large format lithographed (hand-coloured detail) atlas of the main line from London to Carlisle (1inch to 1 mile) with linking railways of sixteen other companies in different colours to indentify them. (50pp). Some spinal damage) but plates *** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1603 | PECKETT & SONS, LTD.,: c1910 catalogue illustrating the factory and railwy steam engines produced by Pecket & Sons of Bristol. (78pp). Almost ***. | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1604 | SOUTHERN RAILWAY: Collection of eighteen stock certificates (in different colour printings) of various classes & denominations and dated between 1924 & 1946 accompanied by sets of interest statements with warrants attached. (Approx. 40 items). *** | £55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1605 | "FLYING SCOTSMAN": 8pp Foolscap leaflet giving full technical specification plus 23 fold-out plans, produced by Hammond & Griffith c 1925; lacks front cover, some dustiness & dog-earing but an interesting contemporary document. ** | £25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1606 | LNER PICTORIAL LUGGAGE LABELS & GWR PICTORIAL BOOKMARKERS (1930's) six items: a) London & North Eastern Railway pair of 4‡" diam. coloured labels for the "Flying Scotsman" and the "Silver Jubilee", depicting the express trains. b) Great Western Railway four diff. bookmarkers 7"x 2", depicting St. Michael's Mount, Devil's Bridge, Vale of Llangollen & Warwick Castle. **** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1607 | LONDON UNDERGROUND - EARLY MAPS: London Transport 'No.1' map (1937) - designed by Geographia, printed in colour as a large folding sheet with map of the Greater London system on reverse plus tourist information; also a contemporary, small, folding map printed on card by David Allen, with red, linen-textured covers (some wear to outer folds). An interesting pair, contemporary with Beck's famous schematic design but very different! A scarce pair. (2 items). **/*** | £35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1608 | BEYER PEACOCK LOCOMOTIVES: 1945 Catalogue of steam locomotives with many illustrations. (64pp). Almost ***. | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1609 | STATIONS HANDBOOK (1956): British Rail's "Official Handbook of Stations" inc. all junctions, sidings, collieries, works lines etc. - 494pp foolscap h/b (cover stains, missing spine): a detailed classification of all stations in the British Isles before the Beeching reforms as issued to stationmasters; contents fine. **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ROYALTY (EXCLUDING GREAT BRITAIN) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1610 | ROYALTY DIGEST : A Journal of Record. Nos. 1 to 38 inc., July 1991 to August 1994. Plus separate indices for Vols. 1 and 2. | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SHARE CERTIFICATES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1611 | MISCELLANY: 1870-79 Trio inc. Caldbeck Fells Mining Company, £25 share of W. Cumberland Iron & Steel Co. (Carlisle) & £7 share ofThe New Brewery Co., Carlisle; all fine with embossed seals. (3 items). *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1612 | FRANCE: Collection of 12 ornately engraved share certificates/bonds from early 1900's issued by French industrial, transport and banking companies with unused bearer coupons still attached. Fine condition. (12 certificates). *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1613 | G.B. - THE WESTERN JAMAICA CONNECTING RAILWAY/FROM/OLD HARBOUR TO SAVANNAH-LA-MAR & MONTEGO BAY: Partly paid share certificate (1845) ornately engraved in brown with coat of arms. Slightly reduced at left but early share certificates from the Caribbean are scarce. **/*** | £55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1614 | G.B. - THE WHARFDALE RAILWAY COMPANY: £15 Share certificate (1846) ornately engraved in black with blue security under-print and depicting a huge bull in front of a ruined church; large red embossed seal incorporating elaborate coat of arms. *** | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1615 | G.B. - LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER and NEWCASTLE upon TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY: £20 Share certificate (1846) with ornately engraved title, heraldic crest and clear red embossed seal incorporating coat of arms. Slightly trimmed at left but a key item of early railway history. **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1616 | G.B. - THE CORNWALL RAILWAY COMPANY: £50 Share certificate (1846) attractively printed in black on green paper bank-note style with ornately engraved title and clear embossed seal on wmkd. paper. *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1617 | G.B. - EARLY BRITISH SHARE CERTIFICATES namely Norfolk Estuary Company (1847), Hornsea Public Rooms Company Limited (1869), The Lands Allotment Company Limited (1873), Bailbrook House Limited (1899) and The Bennett Park Art Club & Studio Company (1901). (5 certificates). *** | £46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1618 | G.B. - FOREST OF DEAN CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY £10 Preference share certificate ornately printed in black on pink paper with a fine impressed company seal and dated 6th January, 1864. Also The LANCASHIRE UNION RAILWAYS COMPANY £100 share certificate printed in blue on white paper issued in 1867. Fine condition (2 certificates). *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1619 | GOLD MINING: Group of 8 share certificates for various mining companies c1895-97 inc. Bass & Flinders, Great Oriental Gold Mines, Heidelberg Gold Mines, Umtoli Gold Reefs and Caledonian plus an example issued by Abercorn Reefs Ltd. with liquidation certificate. Also a group of insurance documents inc. 3 policies issued by The Security Mortgage & Trust Co. of Dallas, Texas and an attractively-printed 1889 bond issued by the Jarvis-Conklin Trust with associated papers, a fine example of the first issue (1896) of the 'Daily Mail' etc. (Qty.) *** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1620 | MANHATTAN & NEVADA GOLD MINES (1906): Certificate for 200 shares, elaborately-printed in maroon & black with superb central vignette of a stag; slight discoloration to top edge & 15mm split. Attractive. **/*** | £25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1621 | NETHERLANDS: Share certificates for one (x 5), five and ten shares respectively in 'NETHERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE COMPANY,/for reclaiming Lands in the East Scheldt,/by Royal Concession from H.M. the King of the Netherlands' ornately engraved, all dated 1854, entirely in English & impressed with blue seals. Three certificates slightly reduced at left & another has a crease, otherwise fine. (5 certs.) **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1622 | U.S.A. - COLUMBUS, CHICAGO & INDIANA CENTRAL RAILWAY Co. (1868): $100 Share finely printed in mauve with superb design of a wood-burning steam locomotive in a station, 25c fiscal stamp attached; punched holes otherwise very fine. Also ORIENTAL INLAND STEAM Co. (1860) : £10 Share certificate, finely printed with embossed seal, issued to Head Pottinger Best of Newbury (Berks.), with additional handstamp 'A further call of two pounds paid up'. (2 items). **/*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SPORTING MEMORABILIA - CRICKET | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1623 | AUTOGRAPHS - GUNN & MOORE "COUNTY" BAT with the signatures of Derbyshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire & Warwickshire County teams from the 1971 season. Some good signatures noted inc. Fred Swarbrook, Bob Taylor, Alan Ward and Chris Wilkins (Derbys.), Hylton Ackerman, Mushtaq Mohammad and Sarfraz Nawaz (Northants.), Brian Bolus and Garry Sobers (Notts.) & Dennis Amiss, Lance Gibbs and Rohan Kanhai (Warwicks.). Very good condition with no fading to the signatures. **** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1624 | AUTOGRAPHS: The eclectic mixture inc. c1967 sheet of Notts. CCC headed notepaper with the signatures of 10 Notts. & 7 Middlesex players, an official team sheet for Yorkshire 1987 (21 signatures), 1977 Melbourne Cricket Club newsletter signed "Best Wishes Alec Bedser", a team sheet for the 1986 England Tour of the West Indies (14 signatures), a large piece (c1938) signed by seven Leicestershire players inc. Geary, Lester & Tompkin and a good selection of Australian Test Players signatures (c36) on pieces or cards inc. Hunter Hendry, Bill Johnston, Craig Mcdermott, Jack Moroney, Wayne Phillips, Barry Shepherd and Roger Woolley. A fascinating accumulation. (Qty.). **/**** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1625 | AUTOGRAPHS: Plain white cards with identified autographs of international cricketers; emphasis is on Pakistan with signatures of the entire 2001 touring test match squad incl. Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram, Saqlain Mushtaq and Inzamam-ul-Haq but English test players past and present also feature such as Ian Botham, Graham Gooch, Graeme Hick, Kim Barnett, John Morris and Dominic Cork. (34 cards). ***/**** | £24 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1626 | "THE HISTORY OF DERBYSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET CLUB" (J. Shawcroft, 1989) autographed by 56 players who have represented Derbyshire incl. Chris. Adams, Rob. Bailey, Kim Barnett, Dominic Cork, Phillip de Freitas, Michael di Venuto, Devon Malcolm, Geoff. Miller, John Morris, Tim. Munton, Harold Rhodes, David Steele and 'Bob' Taylor. *** | £46 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1627 | SHREWSBURY, ARTHUR: 1903 In Memoriam card (185 x 125mm) unfolded with doggerel verse tribute on reverse, outling the famous cricketer's suicide; the cover has a nicely engraved illustration of Page & Co.'s 'plugged bat'. Corner fault and closed tear but a scarce item. ** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1628 | WISDENS: 1950, 1951 & 1953; softbacked editions. (3 volumes).** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1629 | WISDENS: 1960, 1965 & 1969; softbacked editions. Plus 1964 & 1970 hardbacked and 1966/1967 softbacked. The latter four with the odd missing page or with photographs excised. (7 volumes).*/** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1630 | WISDENS: 1971-78 complete (1976 & 1978 softbacked). A few biro marks but generally good. (8 volumes).**/*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SPORTING MEMORABILIA - FOOTBALL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1631 | LARGE CARTON crammed with an extremely eclectic accumulation of football memorabilia. Something of an emphasis on programmes including many big match editions (FA Cup Finals/Semi-Finals, League Cup Finals, Internationals, etc), sundry trade/cigarette cards, a quantity of newspaper articles/cuttings (many relating to England's World Cup campaigns of 1966 & 1970), etc. Also a few cricket brochures/programmes, etc. (Large Qty.). */*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1632 | AUTOGRAPHS: Seventy five plain white cards signed by a wide range of football personalities with many top names noted inc. Ron Atkinson, Peter Beardsley, Brian Clough, Lee Dixon, Geoff Hurst, Dave Mackay, Robert Pires, David Seaman, Chris Waddle, Arsene Wenger and Taribo West. **** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1633 | AUTOGRAPHS: Small accumulation of signatures on plain white cards, etc., mostly identified by the collector. Signatures include John Barnes, Sol Campbell, Ray Clemence, Stefano Eranio, Martin Keown, Graeme Le Saux, Kevin Phillips, Paul Scholes, David Seaman, Alan Shearer & Giafranco Zola. (Approx. 70 signatures). */*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1634 | AUTOGRAPHS: Forty plain white cards with a wide range of football related signatures inc. sundry past & present Derby County players (Carbone, Poom, Ravanelli, Roger Davies, Alan Durban, Les Green, Reg Harrison, etc.), Iversen, King, Leonhardsen & Perry (Spurs) and sundry current Aston Villa players inc. Angel, Merson, Schmeichel & Staunton. (40 cards). | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1635 | DERBY COUNTY: Two cartons containing the extensive collection of Derby County home programmes from the 1950's to current day. Mixed condition. (Approx. 260). */*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1636 | DERBY COUNTY: Carton containing the varied assortment of Derby County away programmes, chiefly from the 1960's, 1970's & 1980's but with a few 1950's and 1990's in evidence. Condition mixed. (Approx. 180). */*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1637 | MANCHESTER UNITED: The small selection of programmes of Manchester United games, 1958-68 comprising 1958 FA Cup Semi-final v Fulham (the month after the Munich disaster), 1958 (26 April) Chelsea v Manchester United (including photographs of United before & after Munich), 1963 FA Cup Final v Leicester, 1967-68 Semi-final v Real Madrid and Final v Benfica, 1968-69 European Cup v Waterford and 1968-69 World Club Championship v Estudiantes. (7). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1638 | 'The Football Match' & 'A Reverie' by R. Stephens, richly illustrated with monochrome ink drawings by W.Burne-Murdoch - 26pp printed in heavy laid paper c. 1890; two fantasy stories, the main item an account of a nightmare football match with a team odf skeletons! Proof copy in brown paper covers - surely deserving a rebind? Light foxing on first page. **/*** | £15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1639 | 1936 - BERLIN: "OLYMPIA ZEITUNG" (21 July - 19 Aug. 1936) complete set of 30 issues of the official illustrated daily newspaper of the XI Olympiad at Berlin. Varying from 16pp. to 24pp. each, 18"x 12". Sound, contemporary binding in papered boards with printed title. German text, profusely illustrated, with reports, results and feature articles. Rarely encountered in such good condition. *** | £200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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