| ** | 4480 | ALLEN LINE: Dinner menu card (May 1906) for RMS 'Victorian' with detachable menu-top postcard depicting a steamer with 'Allan Line to Canada', printed by Strain, Belfast; folded (perforations splitting) and posted to Ontario (stamp torn.removed on opening). Whole menus sent through the post are scarce. **/*** | £35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4481 | BRITISH EAST AFRICA - STEAMER MENU & CARDS: c.1898 Unused PPC of LourenÁo Marques and a steamer at Beira, scarce 1906 coloured artist drawn postally used card of S.S. 'Insizwa' and five other PPCs (two of them postally used) inc. depictions of ships of the Houlder, Lamport & Holt and Blue Star Lines. (7 items).**/ *** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4482 | EAST AFRICA: Group of vintage PPCs depicting ships etc. inc. fine German card c1905 of a Woermann steamer in Kamerun, c1924 colour card of HAPAG's 'Tanganjika' with seepost d.s., various Nile & Lake steamers, HMS 'Fort' at Kilindi, various quays etc. (19). *** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4483 | "GREAT CIRCLE SAILING" - J.F. Ruthven (1925) 44pp treatise on navigation with a section on the Indian Navy & Indian Ocean routes. Fine in boards with RUSI Library bookplate (withdrawn!). *** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4484 | HAPAG LINE - CHROMO-LITHO MENU CARDS, 1907: Fine & attractive pair of breakfst menu cards for successive days in June 1907 on board the Mail Steamer 'Blucher', each decorated with 3 or 4 ships or lighthouses, printed by Drexel & Adler, Hamburg. Also a fine, large chromo trade card (Hildebrand's chocolate) depicting the Laeisz Line clipper 'Potosi' drawn by Leissner. (3) *** | £100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4485 | HENDERSON LINE: 1938-39 List of sailings (4pp) between Liverpool & Rangoon plus 4pp brochure of "Information for Sea Going Staff", menu cards for Orient Line S.S. "Orford" (1929) & Coast Lines s.y. "Killarney" (1932) plus folding map of Orient Line cruises for 1929. Mixed condition. (5 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4486 | MESSAGERIES MARITIMES: Superb group of 11 unused PPCs issued by the company, entitled 'Croquis d'Escale' and depicting comic scenes in Egypt, Indochina, Hong Kong, China, Malaya & Japan drawn by 'H.Gervese'. (11) *** PHOTO - see plate no. | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4487 | NAVIGAZIONE GENERALE ITALIANA LINE poster style advertising card c.1922 depicting the steamer 'Colombo' at sea and four other official artist drawn PPCs of the 'Giulio Cesare', 'Ovilio' (2) & 'Palermo'. (5 cards). *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4488 | NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD LINE: June, 1899 menu top PPC with colour vignette of 'Kaiser Friedrich' at sea from astern used to New York franked with two U.S. 2c red + 1c green adhesives tied by "U.S. GERMAN SEA P.O." duplex. Also 1899 (28 May) very fine unused menu top card depicting in blue & sepia a lighthouse and the 'Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse'. Early and attractive. (2 cards). *** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4489 | NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD LINE - 'SCHARNHORST' etc: 1904 (18 Dec.) Eckenbrecher chromo-litho menu top card of 'Scharnhorst' at anchor in Venice and posted to Kent upon arrival at Boston, U.S.A. Also unused card optd. 'Kaiser Wilhelm II' with Arab dhow, rowing boat etc. in the Bosphorus and a used example (faults) of the same card but optd. 'Kronprinz Wilhelm' addressed to New York. (3 cards). ***/** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4490 | NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD LINE: 1906 (2 July) complete unused blue-green monochrome menu with menu top card still attached (very minor toning spots) again designed by Eckenbrecher and optd. for the 'Grosser Kurf¸rst' with a twin funnelled steamer anchored off a tropical coastline disembarking cargo. Unusual and attractive. **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4491 | NORDDEUTSHER LLOYD LINE: More Eckenbrecher chromo-litho menu top cards inc. 7th Aug., 1908 Genoa harbour scene optd. 'L¸tzow' and posted in Gibraltar (faults and, tragically, stamp removed), fine and unusual view of the Admiralty Offices in Algiers dated 14th Aug., 1908, optd. 'Prinz Eitel Friedrich', addressed to Newcastle-upon-Tyne and posted in Penang (again adhesive removed) and two unused cards with view of Mount Fuji and a monochrome beach view optd. 'K–nigin Luise'. (4 cards). **/*** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MILITARY - PRE 1900 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4492 | NAPOLEONIC WARS: Three contemporary newspapers with accouns of 1) The Battle of the Nile (The Times, 3.October 1798); 2) Trafalgar, the death & funeral of Nelson (Bell's 8pp ill'd 'Memoir', 1806; 3) Wellington's Waterloo dispatch (Evening Mail, 21. June 1815). Folds, some wear etc. (3).**/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4493 | IRISH MILITIA: 1815 10pp Act of Parliament concerning the maintenance of pay & uniforms of the Irish Militia. Disbound, fine. *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4494 | CRIMEAN WAR: Group of 19th Century steel engravings (265mm x 180mm) largely showing animated battle scenes. Most with damp stains. Also a double sized hand coloured map of the battle of the Alma with troop movements, etc. (23 items). | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4495 | ABYSSINIA: 'Route Map of Abyssinia' (1868) - splendid large (67 x 94cm) hand-coloured map produced by the War Office Topographical Depot, showing sections, distances between stations, course of the British Expedition, military stations, roads etc.; edge damage repaired & archivally re-backed . **/*** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4496 | ZULU WARS - Anti-British sentiment: September 1879 issue of La Lune Rousse with fine, large (275 x 330mm) coloured satirical cartoon by the celebrated Gill showing a grinning British infantryman shooting an unarmed Zulu; also two 1879 issues of Le Monde IllustrČ with 6 fine b&w engravings & a map plus detailed comment. Also a 1905 issue of Photo PÍle-MÍle with ill. of two Zulus in an early 'automobile'. Fine condition. (4). **/*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MILITARY - BOER WAR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4497 | BADEN-POWELL: Cabinet size reproduction of an Elliott & Fry photograph of Lt.Colonel Baden Powell in uniform, the reverse printed 'Souvenir of South Africa 1899-1900'; v.fine. Also 1925 member's ticket of the Embassy Club in the name of The Earl of Ypres - Sir John French; toned.(2) **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4498 | 'LES CAMPS DE RECONCENTRATION AU TRANSVAAL' : Issue of L'Assiettte au Beurre (Sept.1901, 24pp) with 21 bitterly satirical colour and b&w illustrations by Jean Veber, pillorying the British treatment of Boer civilians and containing the famous insult to KEVII - L'Impudique Albion; fine with small spine split. Also some detached pages from different issues with a further 9 ills. inc. caricatures of Roberts & Kitchener. **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4499 | FRENCH ANTI-BRITISH PROPAGANDA: Group of illustrated magazines inc. Revue IllustrČ, Le Monde IllustrČ, Journal des Voyages etc. with fine photographic or engraved ills. inc. battlefield at Spion Kop, Kruger's visit to France, defeat of Methuen's division etc. Also an issue of Le Pelerin wih piece on Irish volunteer with the boers, 1901 almanac with article on Joubert etc. (9). **/*** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4500 | FRENCH ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINES, 1899-1902: Le Petit Journal with large colour illustrations of scenes from the War inc. Dewet's raid, surrender of Lord Methuen, Ladysmith refugees, Jamestown capitulation, Scheepers' firing squad, Kruger in France etc. Paper toning but mainly fine. (15).**/*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4501 | FRENCH ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINES, 1899-1902: A similar lot with occasional duplication - Le Petit Parisien with large coloured illustrations inc. the death of Villebois-Mareuil, Indian ambulance, French POWs on St Helena, Cronje's surrender, capture & surrender of Lord Methuen, civilian concentration camp etc. Paper toning but mainly fine. (15). **/*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4502 | KIPLING - "The Absent Minded Beggar" - 1899 special edition prints (6pp) of the poem in a facsimile of the author's handwriting with superb full page sepia print of "A Gentleman in Khaki" by R.Caton Woodville and cover portrait of the author; printed by the Daily Mail in aid of reservist's dependants. Four examples in two distinct printings. Very fine condition. (4 items). ** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4503 | SONG SHEET - 'La Marche des Boers' : Paris, c1899 4pp sheet with Lelievre's verses to the march with v.fine b&w lithographed ill'n of a column of Boer irregulars with inset portarit of Kruger. Also c1870s, a similar sheet with anti-German coloured litho. - 'Le Violon BrisČ' - depicting Prussian soldiers attacking an old man (Franco-Prussian War period), Herpin's words & music inside 'as sung by Madame Amiati at La Scala'. (2). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4504 | STEREOSCOPIC CARDS - "FOR EMPIRE, QUEEN & FLAG": Rare set of 72 captioned photographic stereoscope cards contained in original box covered with khaki drill - published by Underwood & Underwood in 1900 and showing many fine images of British Forces at rest & in action, inc. a few civilian views such as the first refugee train out of Kimberley, following the Siege; cards v.fine, box dusty. (72) *** PHOTO | £150 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4505 | STEREOSCOPE CARDS: Fine group of 18 cards published by Underwood & Underwood (New York) showing views of soldiers (various named regiments), Remington scouts, officers etc.; some posed, some natural. Some bowing as usual; scarce. (18). *** | £60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MILITARY - WORLD WAR ONE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4506 | MISCELLANY inc. Xmas card with plum pudding & "Not Made in Germany" caption, three fine coloured certificates from The Overseas Club (1915-16, one creased), 1918 Red Cross Xmas card (faults), 1918-19 large Raemaekers illustrations (3) from "Land & Water", ration card, etc. (11 items). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4507 | MISCELLANY inc. unusual Tuck's 1916 Xmas card with a view of Delville Wood, PPC's inc. ANZAC interest, a few FPO's, German POW card, etc. (14 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4508 | FRENCH PATRIOTIC & MILITARY PROPAGANDA LABELS (1914-1918) collection of 130+ different examples, hinge mounted on album leaves. Wide variety of different types. **/*** | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4509 | GERMAN NAVAL MAIL: Marine Schiffspost cancellations Numbers 15, 97, 104, 140 & 204 on PPCs inc. fine patriotic view card of Danzig. (5 cards). **/*** | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4510 | GERMAN EAST AFRICA: 1916 Large-scale (1:300,000) OS map of the Lindi-Kilwa region produced for British Forces in Tanganyika, showing availablity of water etc.; mounted on linen and folded. Very fine.*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4511 | "LUSITANIA MEDAL": 1915 contemporary bronze replica (55mm) of the double-sided German propaganda medal depicting the sinking ship loaded with armaments & a skeleton manning a Cunard ticket office. In original box (slight wear) with pictorial label & explanatory leaflet. **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4512 | MILITARY TAILORS: 1916-17 group of bills for uniform & equipment purchased in Dublin & London by Lt. Sharp of the South Irish Horse, all with advertising billheads, most receipted with KGV 1d adhesives. (8 items). *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4513 | R.A.F.: Correspondence from a clerk in the RAF to his wife in Essex, ex Blandford Camp, Dublin & London, mostly in original envelopes. (Approx. 75 items). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4514 | RAF - "SOPWITH" JOYSTICK in aluminium & steel with (partly perished) rubber grip in bomb release cable keys & a large portion of the connecting rod. Some rusting & pitting but a scarce item. ** | £36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4515 | RED CROSS FUNDRAISING 'FLAGS': Collection of (mainly) card tags sold in aid of Red Cross & YMCA funds during WWI inc. Returned Soldiers' Club, Overseas Nurses, Food for POWs, Jewish War Sufferers, Sailors' Day etc. with tying threads, stuck-down on card. Very fine - possibly a proof book (?). (46) *** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4516 | R.F.C. FLYING LOG, 1917-18: Pilot's log-book of 2nd Lt. H.H.D.Bothamley, RFC, based at Dover, with a record of flying time between July 1917 and March 1918, by which time he was at Cambrai; also a soldier's pay-book for Sgt.Sharp of the Royal Gloucester Hussars (1915-16) at Chatty Camp, Mudros, Mena & Abbassia, worn. (2).*/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4517 | SOLDIER "DOLLS": c.1916 two cardboard sheets, each printed with four detailed hand coloured cut-out, articulated toy soldiers inc. four in French uniform plus British, Belgian, Portuguese & US soldiers - also a sheet of shell-damaged trees and a reinforced fire-step. French manufacture. Some creasing but a scarce item. **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MILITARY - WORLD WAR TWO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4518 | AVIATION: HMSO booklets 'Bomber Command' (spine tear) & 'Battle of Britain' (both 1941), 'Bomben auf Engeland' c1940 ill'd 24pp in German , 1939 issue of 'War Illustrated' with good plates of aeroplanes lpus (1947) issue of Auster's 'Aircraft News' etc. (6).**/*** | £35 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4519 | BOOKS & PAMPHLETS inc. a fine copy of the scarce Penguin 'Warships at Work', '40 Commando RM in Haifa', HMSO publications inc. scarcer 'Combined Operations 1940-42', 1939 ARP handbook etc. (Small Qty).**/*** | £45 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4520 | BRITISH UNION OF FASCISTS: 1939 leaflets (4) published by the BUF; "Up Britain Stop War!", "Keep out Alien Jews!", "Germany's Peace Terms" & "British Union Policy - Ten Points" - all fine condition. Also two WWI propaganda leaflets. (6 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4521 | MUSSOLINI: Large (31 x 60cm), striking mounted photograph of Mussolini by Ghitta Carell with inset panel inscribed 'To John Hanbury Williams with kind regards, Mussolini, Roma 6 agosta 1937 XV' (some foxing to panel); framed & glazed. A scarce item. **/*** NOT SUITABLE FOR POSTING. | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4522 | NAVAL SCRAPBOOK, 1939-41: Large number of remarkable photographs taken by Leading Seaman W.S.Coffin while serving on HMS 'Liverpool', 'Swiftsure' & 'Malaya' inc. crew, landings at Malta, Suez, Aden, Maldives, Diego Garcia, Ceylon, Hong Kong etc.; dramatic action shots of the bombardment of Tobruk, attacking ships etc. Also his training notes and a 1936 prize certificate awarded aboard HMS 'Ganges'. (Qty). | £150 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4523 | PILOT'S NAVIGATIONAL COMPUTER: Bakelite & aluminium thigh-top "Navigational Computer Mk. IIID" calibrated with altitude miles, routing disc marked with minutes, etc. opening flap to scrolling plotting screen with crowned Air Ministry cypher, chinagraph pencil & leg straps (one buckle missing). Small faults but a scarce item all the same. ** | £36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4524 | WARTIME LEAFLETS: Group of items produced by British Government departments inc. Civil Defence leaflets I & II (gas mask procedure), Baldwin "The Defence of Britain" (TA), "National Service" handbook, etc. Also WWI ration booklet (part used), food/sugar cards. (12 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4525 | THE "WASBIES": 80pp booklet (pub. 1947) giving a detailed history of the "WASBIES" (Women's Auxiliary Service, Burma) with copious illustrations & a membership list; paper covers, worn. Also a copy of the HMSO booklet (32pp) entitled "The Battle of Britain" & "German Withdrawal in the East" (50pp) - the Polish Research Centre's account of relations with Germany to 1942 (rusing hinges). A useful trio. **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MILITARY - POST WORLD WAR TWO | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4526 | KOREAN WAR: Feb. 1953 APO500 1st Radio broadcasting & Leaflet Group roneo memo concerning design details for an air-dropped propaganda leaflet plus a similar type of propaganda leaflet printed on pink paper with a portrait of a girl; also a Vietnam War safe conduct pass with multicoloured flags. Unusual. **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4527 | AFNORTH: 1958 11 page typescript in cloth covers being a history of Allied Forces (Northern Europe) Oslo from 1951 inc. notes on Denmark & Norway's membership of NATO; plus three letters from the public information office. Slight paper ageing. Unusual. **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4528 | RAF (INDIA) - "APPROACH" MAGAZINE: 1945-46 magazine of 1347 ASP FLTS published at Chittagong - Vol. I issues 2,3, 4 & 6, each with 50 pages of gossip, cartoons & stories. Covers fragile, contents generally good. **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4529 | NEWSPAPER MISCELLANY c1789-1945: Group of early papers with tax stamps inc. 'The Sun' (1798) & 'John Bull' (1825), 1806 mourning issue of 'The Times' (4pp) covering Nelson's funeral in depth (two woodcuts), various 1926 Strike issues (4), January 1944 group with German surrender etc. Good lot. (Qty). **/*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4530 | SCIENCE FICTION 'PULP' MAGAZINES: 'Astounding Science Fiction' 1938, '47 (2) & '53; 'Fantasy & Science Fiction' 1965-67 (3). Interesting early issues. (7). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4531 | WOMEN'S MAGAZINES, 1907-13: Woman's Weekly, 1912-13 (3), Tit Bits (1912), Mother & Home (1910), Home Chat 1907-12 (2) & Advice Chart by the Ellis Family c1910. (8). *** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PASSPORTS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4532 | BRITISH PASSPORT GROUP ISSUED TO HENRY GUINNESS, 1857-1901: Unusual group of passport sheets issued by Lord Clarendon, Lord Granville, Lord Salisbury and the British Vice-consul in Greece with a series of visas covering the Italian States, France, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Russia, Turkey, Greece & Rumania. Also an Ottoman printed firman with three adhesive fiscals, presumably issued to the same person (c1900) & a printed Egyptian passport sheet of the 1890's. Folded as usual, mainly fine. (6). **/*** | £120 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PHOTOGRAPHS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4533 | MISCELLANY of topics as diverse as British Empire cabinet portraits, domestic servants, late Victorian portraits from Yorkshire and Eastern, Midland & North Eastern counties of England, portraits from European studios inc. Austria and Germany, fancy dress ranging from a cowboy to a Chippenham girl in patriotic costume, cabinet portraits from Isle of Man, Isle of Wight & Jersey, barristers and policemen, mayors of Burslem, Darlington, Derby, Durham, Kidderminster & Newcastle, group of cabinet-size portraits from Canada (inc. London [Ont.], Montreal & Toronto) and U.S.A. (inc. Alabama, Brooklyn, Ohio & Oregon) and nurses/nursemaid. (Approx. 200). **/*** | £180 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4534 | MISCELLANY inc. group of miniatures c.1890-1910 most in card frames inc. U.S. examples in calling card format & 3 French cigarette card size poses of a child pierrot, c.1855 lightly tinted daguerreotype portrait (housed in attractive papier-machČ case with elaborate floral decoration) of a young man with a stove-pipe hat at his side, Scottish group of cabinet size portraits c.1885-1900 with examples ex Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow (3 of each), Dornoch & Paisley, group of 4 c.d.v. images of buildings/ views c.1860-90 inc. Brighton aquarium, an Ostend restaurant & composite views of Torquay (2), eight stereoscopic view cards mainly of Italy, 2 small bromides c.1890 of the British Garrison at Valletta, group of uncommon subjects produced as c.d.v. or cabinet size prints such as 1879 Cambridge rowing crew, clarinet and mandolin players, dogs etc. and Welsh group of cabinet size portraits c.1885-1900 inc. examples from Builth Wells, Cardiff, Colwyn Bay & Cwm Head. (Small Qty.). **/*** | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4535 | MISCELLANEOUS: Empty soft brown padded leather album (cover dents) with clasp and spaces for 12 cabinet & 80 c.d.v. photographs, empty large red embossed leather album (faults) which will accommodate 142 c.d.v.'s, attractive Marion & Co. album (c.1890) with plain padded red leather binding (scuffed and trade stamp inside front cover) containing 12pp. of Kate Greenway style 'Regency' scenes & quotations (damp spotting), c.1890 musical album covered in worn green cloth with gilt metal decoration (some loss)and clasp (pin missing) with six chromo-litho floral decorated pp. and a musical movement (no key/needs attention) housed inside rear cover, c.1890 small Japanese album (no rear cover) with lacquered front cover depicting (worn) gold painted crane containing 14pp. covered in hand-painted silk and designed to hold ten cabinet and four c.d.v. and a Swiss or Tyrolean album (also c.1890) in need of repair but with fine carved wooden covers (slightly warped and other faults) with gold lined green pages. (6 albums). **/*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4536 | MISCELLANY OF HALF & FULL PLATE GROUPS: c1880-1910 group of photographs on card mounts inc. G.W.R. Friendly Society Group in collars and sashes, group of household servants (c1880), smart carriage with groom & footman (Uttoxeter, c1890), Carpenter's Yard with aproned workers, etc. Also 18 cdv portraits, c1880-95, mostly from Welsh studios. An interesting lot. (29 items). | £36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4537 | MISCELLANY of mainly Victorian photographs, may with Midlands connections inc. c70 cabinet size portraits & 25 cdv's with various uniforms & viewcards noted inc. damaged concertina views of Nijmegen. (Approx. 100). **/*** | £36 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4538 | MISCELLANY inc. c1950's reprints of vintage photographs taken for a Burton-on-Trent newspaper (1890 cycle club, floods, trams, early cars, etc.), 19 photographs of the Queen from Coronation to c1970 & a bundle of publicity stills from the Thames TV production of "Jennie" (Churchills). All affected by slight damp or curling to various extents - most are completely recoverable. (Approx. 50). */*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4539 | MISCELLANY: Small ambrotype of clergyman in clerical tabs, v.fine in red leather case; unusual family group outside a shop c1875, on glass; ‡ plate of the triumphal gateway outside Sandringham House for Royal Wedding 1863 (?), large faded field picture of traction engine & crew, Cornwall c1880 plus 16 cabinet , 6 cdv, various modern etc. (60 approx.) **/*** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4540 | PAIR OF PADDED ALBUMS (faults) containing a range of portraits inc. cabinet (40) & cdv (104) plus 14 smaller examples, c1860-1900 - a good variety; one album with an emphasis on photographers of Newark, Nottingham & Leicester. */*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4541 | HEAVILY PADDED EMBOSSED LEATHER COVERED ALBUM c.1890 with holly sprig design (spine repaired) & gilt brass clasp, 6pp. with fancy chromo-litho designs and containing 20 c.d.v. & 22 cabinet photographs c.1860-1900 many featuring children, PADDED GREEN LEATHER ALBUM (dusty and slightly worn) with simple gilt decoration & clasp, 1893 presentation inscription and holding cabinet & c.d.v. portraits (ten of each) on attractively framed pages (toning & some ink captions) and UNUSUAL SEMI-CIRCULAR ALBUM c.1880 (spine missing) with padded brown leather covers embossed with flowers having brass clasp, gilt decorated pages (some mounting tears - most repairable) holding 13 cabinet & 15 c.d.v. portraits. (3 albums). **/*** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4542 | BLACK LEATHER ALBUM c1870 containing cabinet (20) & cdv (40) portraits of children, c1860-90; alos a smaller album (faults) containing 50 cdv including workmen in cabinet maker's and Windsor group. (2 albums). **/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4543 | EMPTY ALBUMS: Box containing seven albums in mixed condition, requiring attention/repair. */** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4544 | THREE ALBUMS: Black leather album with fine gilt brass edge mounts and clasps with spaces for 12 cabinet and 144 cdv portraits; plain black leather (worn) album holding 16 cabinet and 96 cdv's and a soft worn leather album with loose binding; some damp stains but with attractive "Arts and Crafts" designs on all pages, holding 18 cabinet and 24 cdv's. (3 albums). | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4545 | ALBUMS: Quarto size leather album for cabinet photographs (40) with black floral decoration pages (worn/repaired); a "made-up" hybrid with black cover & pages from another album, some with chromo decorations (toning) holding 16 cabinet & 64 cdv plus a narrow padded album holding 20 cabinets & 24 cdv's - damaged by removal of glued in scraps. (3) **/*** | £20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4546 | HALF SIZE ALBUM in brown leather with heavy brass mounts, edging and clasps with some gilding and pages designed to take two c.d.v. photographs on each and filled with c.1860-90 group of portraits (96); binding repaired inside and pages a little 'thumbed' but still attractive. Also a neat album in maroon Morocco leather (spine wear) with gilt clasp and housing cabinet size photographs c.1880-1900 of male/female couples (24). **/*** | £70 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4547 | ALBUMS comprising dark brown padded leather album with embossed floral decoration (2" split on spine), plated clasp and 6 pages with chromo-litho floral illustrations c.1885 plus 24 c.d.v. & 26 cabinet portraits c.1865-1900, robust brown album (c.1870; some wear) with Star of David leather covers, leather covered clasp and largely empty (dusty) pages containing 1 cabinet & 27 c.d.v. photographs and square album with lozenge tooled brown leather binding (replacement spine/corner pieces and pages toned) & gilt brass clasp housing 20 cabinet, 12 c.d.v. and 8 miniature portraits with a good range of subjects. **/*** | £80 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4548 | MUSIC HALL: Full plate photograph (c1890) of Eugene Sandow, the "World's Strongest Man" & female assistant, both clad in leotard and tights, standing in similar "stage" poses. Fine condition in modern frame. *** | £15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4549 | PORTRAITS: Attractive pair of tinted and well framed ambrotype portraits of a young man and woman (c.1859) and a plainer example (some crazing) of a middle-aged couple. (3 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4550 | STEREOSCOPE CARDS c1885-1900: Good group of photographic views inc. several by Kilburn (USA) of the Columbian Expo, New York streets, Oregon Volunteers etc. Also 34 French & Italian items inc. Paris landmarks, 1900 Expo and an early card of the 1862 London Exhibition. (72).**/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4551 | PAIR OF EBONISED PHOTOGRAPH VIEWERS c.1880 for viewing/display of of cartes de visite and cabinet sized photographs; the viewers have an ebonised finish (some chipping & cracking) with incised decoration, folding action and glass lenses. Scarce & unusual. (2 items). **/*** | £30 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 4552 | ALBUM with miscellany of cards c1910-50 in mixed condition, mostly UK seaside/topographical, kittens & puppies but also RP of 1926 Salvation Army charabancs at Windsor, Lawson Woods 'Gran Pop', Attwell etc. Some with sellotape repairs. (approx 220).**/*** | £40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4553 | MISCELLANY: Carton containing a wide variety of PPCs, many written-up on sheets, inc. better early types with HTL, advertising, outsize, odd materials inc. aluminium, celluloid & cork, WWI silks (4), Bamforths, Tuck's, two scrapbooks full of birthday postcards, many modern examples inc. PO, transport, scarce stamped-to-order advertising card c1950 etc. A real glory-box which needs inspection. (Large qty.) | £60 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4554 | MISCELLANY: Carton with vintage album of cards (trains, ships, topos), 1864-70 pair of small view albums of Greenwich & Lichfield, c1905 qty. of unusual miniature UK topo cards in 6 folders (65) plus an album of photographs (1940s) of West Hartlepool inc. c1914 PPCs of bombardment damage. (Qty). | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4555 | MISCELLANY: Shoebox with qty. of mainly vintage cards, largely topogrphical with better noted inc. RP Totton (2), Llanystumdwy (plus 3 fine rubber c.d.s.), 'Little Nap' (performing Chimpanzee), early McGill c1908 plus other comics inc. Phyllis Cooper/Agnes Richardson etc. Inspection recommended. (Large Qty) **/***. | £100 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4556 | MISCELLANY: Selection of vintage cards inc. attractive WWI patriotic items with children & animals, war scenes, 1920s 'Bonzo' (2) & Felix the Cat, 'Comicus', Atwell & other signed cards inc. Kirchner's 'Melisande' (ink mark) etc. Mixed condition. (52). **/*** | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4557 | ART CARDS: Good clean collection of vintage art cards in SG album, mostly sets inc. flowers, Max Ettinger, animals, birds, rural scenes etc. (160). *** | £75 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4558 | 'CYNICUS' - Large Edwardian album with good variety of used & unused types designed by 'Cynicus', many fine & attractive cards noted. (116). | £50 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ** | 4559 | EARLY CHROMO-LITHO CARDS: Scarce & fine example of the 1897 Jubilee commemorative court-size postcard depicting Queen Victoria and 3 Royal palaces printed in brown/grey/black, postally used, June 1897; scarce small multi-coloured chromo card of Barbados c1895 with 3 views, v.fine unused. In addition an attractive example of the 1890 Penny Postage Jubilee PO Xmas card (1990 reprint). (3) *** PHOTO | £70 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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