catalogue - Greenslade Taylor Hunt

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catalogue - Greenslade Taylor Hunt
ANTIQUES SALEROOM
The
Collector’s Sale
FRIDAY 4th MARCH 2016
10.00am
The Octagon Salerooms, East Reach, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3HL
Tel: 01823 332525 Email: antiques.saleroom@gth.net
www.gth.net
ON VIEW:
SATURDAY 27th FEBRUARY 9.00am – 12.30pm
TUESDAY 1st MARCH 9.00am – 5.00pm
WEDNESDAY 2nd MARCH 9.00am – 5.00pm
& MORNING OF SALE FROM 8.30am
ENQUIRIES
PETER RIXON – 01823 332525
ORDER OF SALE
COINS
601-623
MEDALS & MILITARIA
624-654
POSTCARDS, STAMPS, EPHEMERA & AUTOGRAPHS 655-728
TIN PLATE TOYS
729-740
GENERAL TOYS
741-743
WATERLINE MODEL SHIPS
744-752
DIECAST MODELS
753-818
MODEL TRAINS
819-824
DOLLS & DOLLS HOUSES
825-830
ADVERTISING & PACKAGING
831-837
MECHANICAL MUSIC & MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
838-841
FILM POSTERS & LOBBY CARDS
842-859
SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS & CAMERAS
860-864
RAILWAYANA, AUTOMOBILIA, NAUTICALIA &
AERONAUTICA
865-899
GENERAL COLLECTOR’S ITEMS
900-906
BOOKS, MAPS & DOCUMENTS
907-966
SPECIAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS
REGARDING THE SALE OF BOOKS
Unless described in the catalogue as being sold with all faults, books
which prove on collation to be defective in illustrations or text, provided
such defects are not mentioned, may be returned by the buyer. The
sale will then be set aside providing:
1. They are returned in the same condition as they were in at the
time of the sale.
2. They are returned within seven days after the conclusion of the
sale.
Books in multiple lots may not be returned for any reason.
A sale will not be set aside due to lack of blank leaves, damaged
bindings, foxing or staining, worm holes, inserted advertisements or any
subsequently published supplements, volumes or appendices.
Please note that books purchased through these rooms are subject to
our standard rate of commission, inclusive of VAT at the prevailing rate.
COINS
Lot 601
601
GREAT BRITAIN - ASSORTED
including a George III 'cartwheel' twopence, 1797;
George III 'cartwheel' penny, 1797; George III farthing,
1806; Victoria penny, 1848; and George VI
threepences (dodecagonal), 1946 & 1949 (x2).
£40-50
604
GREAT BRITAIN - ASSORTED SILVER
including a George II penny, 1757; Victoria florin,
1887; Victoria halfcrown, 1887; Victoria double-florin,
1889; Victoria crown, 1889; Edward VII florin, 1903;
Edward VII halfcrowns, 1907 & 1908; and seven
others, (15; approximately 141g).
£40-50
605
GREAT BRITAIN - ASSORTED SILVER
including a George III halfcrown, 1818; William IV
halfcrown, 1834; Victoria shilling, 1886, (total pre-1920
approximately 59g; total 1920-46 approximately 151g);
together with three silver proof five pounds, 2007,
2008 & 2009 (each one ounce); and a Gibraltar silver
2007 Diamond Wedding five pounds (28g).
£40-50
602
ASSORTED COINAGE
Roman and later, including Great Britain Elizabeth II
five pounds (13); Elizabeth II two pounds (31);
Elizabeth II one pounds (17); U.S. one dollar, 1921;
and U.S. silver one dollar, 1987.
£40-50
603
ASSORTED COINAGE
mainly Great Britain, including a half penny trade
token, 1667 (rubbed, possibly Nottingham); William IV
halfpenny, 1831; Quebec Bank Token one penny,
1852; Bank of Upper Canada Token one penny, 1857;
and Bank of Upper Canada Token, halfpenny, 1850.
£40-50
Lot 606
606
GREAT BRITAIN - ASSORTED SILVER
including a George III halfcrown, 1817; Victoria
crowns, 1889 (x2); Victoria double-florin, 1889;
Victoria halfcrowns, 1887 (x2); Victoria florin, 1887;
and George V halfcrown, 1914, (total pre-1920
approximately 252g).
£50-60
607
GREAT BRITAIN - ASSORTED SILVER
including a London six-penny licensed silver token
(creased); Victoria crown, 1890; Victoria halfcrowns,
1887 & 1894; Victoria florins, 1885, 1887 & 1901; and
Victoria shillings, 1884, 1887 & 1900, (total pre-1920
approximately 123g; total 1920-46 approximately 49g).
£40-50
608
SOUTH AFRICA - KRUGERRAND, 1972
£650-700
Lot 604
609
SOUTH AFRICA - KRUGERRAND, 1973
£650-700
610
SOUTH AFRICA - KRUGERRAND, 1974
£650-700
611
SOUTH AFRICA - KRUGERRAND, 1974
£650-700
Lot 612
Lot 623
612
SOUTH AFRICA - KRUGERRAND, 1974
£650-700
623
ASSORTED BANKNOTES
including a Great Britain Five Pounds (O'Brien), 23
March 1956, C44A 036238; Great Britain Twenty
Pounds (Gill), 46T 061125; Great Britain Five Pounds
(Hollom), E85 413577; and Great Britain One Pound
(Peppiatt), E22E 715352, (total 37, in a peel-page
photo album).
£50-60
613
SOUTH AFRICA - KRUGERRAND, 1974
£650-700
614
SOUTH AFRICA - KRUGERRAND, 1974
£650-700
615
SOUTH AFRICA - KRUGERRAND, 1974
£650-700
616
SOUTH AFRICA - KRUGERRAND, 1975
£650-700
617
SOUTH AFRICA - KRUGERRAND, 1975
£650-700
618
SOUTH AFRICA - KRUGERRAND, 1975
£650-700
MEDALS & MILITARIA
624
THREE GERMAN IRON CROSSES
comprising a 1914 1st Class; 1914 2nd Class; and
1939 2nd Class.
£50-60
Lot 619
619
SOUTH AFRICA - KRUGERRAND, 1980
£650-700
620
SOUTH AFRICA - KRUGERRAND, 1980
£650-700
621
SOUTH AFRICA - KRUGERRAND, 1980
£650-700
622
SOUTH AFRICA - KRUGERRAND, 1981
£650-700
Lot 625
625
A QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL TO
PRIVATE
J. HENNESSY, ROYAL
DUBLIN
FUSILIERS
second type reverse, with three clasps Relief of
Kimberley, Paardeberg, and Driefontein (6020 Pte. J.
Hennessy. Rl. Dublin Fus.), officially impressed,
unmounted.
£140-160
Lot 626
Lot 630
626
AN AFGHANISTAN MEDAL TO PRIVATE I.
COX, 60TH FOOT
with single clasp Ahmed Khel (2129. Pts. I. Cox.
2/60th. Foot.), engraved, unmounted.
£100-120
630
A GREAT WAR PAIR OF MEDALS TO
PRIVATE A.E. STACEY, ROYAL MARINE LIGHT
INFANTRY
comprising the British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory
Medal (both Ply. 18428 Pte. A.E. Stacey. R.M.L.I.),
officially impressed, unmounted.
£40-50
Lot 627
627
A KABUL TO KANDAHAR STAR
unnamed as issued, unmounted.
£60-70
628
A DELHI DURBAR MEDAL 1911
silver, unnamed as issued.
£40-50
629
A GREAT WAR PAIR OF MEDALS TO
PRIVATE H.J. MANN, SOUTH LANCASHIRE
REGIMENT
comprising the British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory
Medal (both 37404 Pte. H.J. Mann. S. Lan. R.),
officially impressed, unmounted.
£40-50
Lot 631
631
A GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL 1918-62 TO
TROOPER P. TAYLOR, 15TH/19TH KING'S ROYAL
HUSSARS
George VI Indiae Imp., with single clasp Palestine
1945-48 (19090365 Tpr. P. Taylor. 15/19 H.), officially
impressed, unmounted.
£40-50
632
A GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL 1962-2007
TO PRIVATE R.A. BENT, DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S
REGIMENT
with single clasp Northern Ireland (24314316 Pte. R.A.
Bent. DWR), officially impressed, unmounted.
£40-50
Lot 636
Lot 633
633
A ROYAL AIR FORCE LONG SERVICE AND
GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL TO SERGEANT R.E.
CURRIE, R.A.F.
Elizabeth II without Britt: Omn (612999 Sgt. R.E.
Currie R.A.F.), officially impressed, unmounted.
£40-50
Lot 634
634
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BICORNE HAT
by Furnis of New Bond Street [London], complete with
plume of white and red feathers (some damage to
felt), in its original hat tin.
£70-90
635
A GERMAN THIRD REICH POLICE OR FIRE
SERVICE PARADE BAYONET
by Eickhorn of Solingen, the 25cm blade with
manufacturer's trademark, with two-piece chequered
black composition grips and a stylized eagle head
pommel, in its steel scabbard, overall 40cm long, with
leather frog.
£50-70
636
A BRITISH ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE DIRK
the 45cm blade etched with Royal crowns, fouled
anchors and scrollwork, the back edge marked
'London made', the gilt brass hilt comprising a curved
quillon with acorn terminals and an R.N.R. device, a
wire-bound fish-skin grip, and a lion head pommel, in
its leather scabbard with gilt brass mounts and
suspension rings, overall 59.5cm long.
£80-100
637
A 19TH CENTURY SNIDER ENFIELD
CONVERTED THREE-BAND PERCUSSION RIFLE
the walnut stock with a steel lockplate engraved '1857
/ Enfield' and with a 'VR' cypher, the barrels with
various proof marks and folding ladder sight, fitted with
a brass fore end tip, trigger guard and butt plate,
overall 137cm long (excluding ramrod).
£200-300
638
A 19TH CENTURY DOUBLE BARREL
PERCUSSION PISTOL
the walnut stock with steel furniture, the lockplates,
hammers and trigger guard with engraved foliate
decoration, the 19.5cm barrels engraved with an
indistinct name (possibly in cyrillic), overall 35cm long.
£80-100
639
A 19TH CENTURY PERCUSSION BOXLOCK
POCKET PISTOL
with an octagonal barrel, foliate engraved lockplates,
and a walnut rounded butt with a chequered grip,
overall 18cm long.
£60-80
640
TEN MILITARY & NAVAL SWEETHEART
BADGES
most silver or part silver, including those of Munitions
Workers, 19th Royal Hussars, Warwickshire
Yeomanry, Royal Engineers (x2), Royal Corps of
Signals and Royal Air Force interest.
£40-50
641
A SECOND WORLD WAR CANADIAN PAIR
OF MILITARY BINOCULARS
by Research Enterprises Limited, impressed 'C.G.B.
40 M.A. / 7 x 50 / 9619-C' and 'R.E.L. / CANADA
1944', in a leather case stamped 'R.E.L. - Canada'.
Note: Believed to have been used during the D-Day
operation.
£40-60
Lot 642
644
NINE MOTHER OF PEARL MILITARY
SWEETHEART BADGES
including those of Somerset Light Infantry, Suffolk
Regiment, Wiltshire Regiment, Hampshire Regiment,
and Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment interest.
£40-50
645
NINE MILITARY SWEETHEART BADGES
most of brass and enamel, including those of Queen's
Own Hussars, 12th Lancers, Scots Guards, and Welch
Regiment interest (one lacking pin).
£40-50
646
NINE ENAMEL MILITARY SWEETHEART
BADGES
including those of East Surrey Regiment,
Nottinghamshire
&
Derbyshire
Regiment,
Gloucestershire Regiment, Leicestershire Regiment,
Somerset Light Infantry, Lincolnshire Regiment and
Hampshire Regiment interest (one lacking pin).
£50-60
642
A SECOND WORLD WAR BRITISH ROYAL
AIR FORCE BOMBER CONTROL PANEL CLOCK
Mk III B, by S. Smith & Sons of London, with a twentyfour hour chapter ring, luminous Arabic numerals,
subsidiary 'Time of Trip' dial and luminous hands, the
face marked 'Mk III B No.1878/38 R', 'Ref No.6A/839'
and 'L 4/39', the back of the case with Air Ministry
crown and numbered '1878', the blackened square
frame with four mounting holes, overall 9.5cm wide.
Note: Clocks of this type were fitted to Stirling,
Hampden, Wellington and Lancaster aircraft.
£100-150
Lot 647
647
SIX
GREAT
WAR
TORTOISESHELL
SWEETHEART BADGES
all but one part silver, including those of
Worcestershire Regiment, Artist's Rifles, Royal Air
Force and Royal Artillery interest (one lacking pin).
£60-70
Lot 643
643
A BRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE OMEGA
STAINLESS STEEL PILOT'S WRISTWATCH
dated 1953, the black dial with Arabic numerals,
luminous markers, and military arrow mark, the case
with broad military arrow mark and issue markings
'6645 101000', '6B/542' and '125 / 53', case diameter
38mm.
£600-800
648
TEN MILITARY & NAVAL SWEETHEART
BADGES
most silver or part silver, including those of Middlesex
Regiment, Machine Gun Corps, Royal Tank Regiment,
Royal East Kent Regiment, Bedfordshire &
Hertfordshire Regiment, East Yorkshire Regiment, and
[Royal Air Force] Air Gunner interest (one lacking pin).
£40-50
649
A 9CT GOLD & ENAMEL ROYAL CORPS
OF SIGNALS SWEETHEART BROOCH
Birmingham 1947, 4.4cm long (3.4g gross).
£40-50
Lot 653
Lot 650
650
A ROYAL ARTILLERY SWEETHEART
BROOCH
stamped '9ct', with two colour detail and enamelled,
3.4cm long (4.5g gross).
£50-60
654
A N.A.A.F.I. WALL CLOCK
the circular white dial with black Roman numerals, in
an oak case, overall 43cm diameter.
£80-100
Lot 651
651
A ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS
SWEETHEART BROOCH
by Deakin & Francis, stamped '9ct', with enamel detail,
5.7cm long (6g gross).
£50-60
652
COLDSTREAM GUARDS - OFFICERS'
MESS TEA WARES
comprising a Mintons milk or cream jug, 12cm high;
and a Coalport sugar bowl retailed by T. Goode & Co.,
13cm diameter, both with transfer-printed and handpainted regimental badges, (2).
£80-100
653
AN AIR RECONNAISSANCE CAMERA,
TYPE F117B
by Williamson Manufacturing Co. Ltd of London &
Reading, serial number 264, with a Ross 6 inch f/4.5
lens, in its fitted wooden travel case.
£50-70
Lot 654
POSTCARDS, STAMPS, EPHEMERA
& AUTOGRAPHS
655
POSTCARDS - ASSORTED
Approximately seventy-three cards, including real
photographic views of troop transport motor buses
lined up in a Paris street; H.M.S. Valiant (several);
H.M.S. Malaya firing; 'The Surrender as seen from
"Valiant"'; the German ships Derfflinger; Kaiser;
Seidlytz; Bayern; and Hindenburg; the Bull Ring,
Birmingham (two different); Corporation Street,
Birmingham; and nine other Birmingham, (album).
£40-50
Lot 658
Lot 656
656
POSTCARDS - THEATRICAL
Approximately 375 cards, including real photographic
portraits of George Alexander; Allan Aynesworth;
Oscar Asche; Maud Allan (fourteen, with three
different as 'Salome'); Lily Brayton; Joseph Coyne;
Constance Collier; Alice Crawford; Gerald du Maurier;
Maxine Elliott; Lily Elsie; Martin Harvey; Gertie Millar;
Gabrielle Ray; Ellaline Terriss; and Irene Vanbrugh,
(album).
£80-100
657
POSTCARDS - INDIA
Approximately 120 cards, including views of the
Government Dockyard, Bombay; H.M. Mint, Bombay;
Green's Mansions, Bombay; Esplanade Road,
Bombay; Victoria Terminus & Municipal Hall, Bombay;
Old Hunuman Street, Bombay; Elphinstone Circle,
Bombay; Palm Grove, Bombay; Miss Neajun of
Jeypore; Reversing Stations, Khandala; The Tajmahal
Hotel, Bombay; Marwaree Women; Royal Palace,
Bangalore; Dhurramtollah Street, Calcutta; The Ferry
Boat on Sangam Poona; Post Office, Trimulgherry;
Bazaar, Trimulgherry; Esplanade Row, east, Calcutta;
Naya Bazaar Street with Fort, Ajmer; Hossainabad
Gate, Lucknow; Kyd Street, Calcutta; a hunting
cheetah; St. Andrew's Church, Dalhousie Square,
Calcutta; General Post Office, Ahmednagar; State
Elephant
of
the
Gaikwar;
Jetty
Strand,
Chandernagore; Railway Station, Hyderabad; Street
Scene, Hyderabad; Famine stricken victims; General
Post Office, Dalhousie; and Swami Narain's Temple,
Ahmedabad, (album).
£50-70
658
POSTCARDS - TOPOGRAPHICAL & OTHER
Approximately
fifty-five
cards,
including
real
photographic views of Hungate, Beccles; the unveiling
of Beccles War Memorial, 1921; Blyburgate, Beccles;
G.E.R. Station, Beccles; the Great Bow Bridge,
Langport; 'Duchess of Devonshire' [paddle steamer]
ashore at Sidmouth; Buck Hunting, Central Africa;
'Wenhaston Street'; The Oval, Sidcup; Teignmouth
Lifeboat Day, 1905 (two different); and the Canadian
Pacific S.S. 'Empress of Britain'; with views of Market
Street, Beccles; Puddingmoor, Beccles; G.W.R. Motor
Bus & Gerston Hotel, Paignton; and Market Street,
Liskeard, (loose).
£40-50
Lot 659
659
POSTCARDS - ASSORTED
Approximately 260 topographical and other cards,
including real photographic views of the 'Duchess of
Devonshire' [paddle steamer] ashore at Sidmouth;
Connel Ferry Bridge; Woodstock [Canada] under
snow, 1907; and Village Street, Boscastle; with views
of Dartmoor Prison; Ashurst Church; King's College
Road, N.W. [London]; Jacob's Ladder, Falmouth; and
Place de la Croix, Vieux Luc-sur-Mer; also artist-drawn
by Mabel Lucie Attwell (2), Lawson Wood (1) and
Agnes Richardson (1), (two albums).
£40-50
660
POSTCARDS - LONDON & SUBURBS
Approximately 200 cards, including real photographic
views of Nell Gwynne's House; Highgate Archway;
Temple of the Sun, Kew Gardens; Entrance to
Cassiobury Park, Watford; Marble Arch; and lifeguards
on sentry duty, Whitehall; with views of High Street,
Hoddeston (by Bryant of Hoddeston); the Tram
Terminus, Hampton Court; Grove Road, Sutton; St.
Stephen's Road, Hounslow; Highgate Archway; The
Town Hall, Tottenham; Polly Nathan's Fish Shop,
Petticoat Lane; Canadian Column, Whitehall; Town
Hall, Croydon; and view from Benhilton, Sutton,
(album).
£45-55
661
POSTCARDS - BRITISH TOPOGRAPHICAL
Approximately 208 cards, including real photographic
views of Y.H.A. Hostel, Longthwaite, Borrowdale;
Hope Memorial Camp, Braithwaite; The Green, Stony
Stratford; Church & Village, Lacock; Cardinals Drive,
Nyetimber; and the Harbour, Aberdeen; with views of
the Town River, Andover; Micklegate Bar, York; St.
William's College, York; Castle Arch, Guildford; The
Warren, Caversham (two different); Market House,
Ross-on-Wye; The Quay, Poole; and the Landing
Place and Bridge, Totnes, (album).
£45-55
662
POSTCARDS - BRITISH TOPOGRAPHICAL
Approximately 200 cards, including real photographic
views of Alfriston, Sussex; Kate Kearney's Cottage,
Killarney; Stonegate, York; Queens Road looking
north, Craig-y-Don; Roumania Crescent, Craig-y-Don;
and The Market Place, Wells; with views of Wood
Street, St. Annes-on-Sea; Old Houses at Tarring;
Botanical Gardens (great Western Road), Glasgow;
Litchfield Street, Wolverhampton; The Mall, High
Street, Harlesden; Maid's Head Hotel and Nurse
Cavell's Monument, Norwich; St. Michael's Church,
Beccles; and Kittywitchs Row, Great Yarmouth,
(album).
£50-60
663
POSTCARDS - CHILDREN & OTHER
Approximately 230 cards, including multi-babies, artistdrawn comic, and angels, (album).
£50-60
664
POSTCARDS - GLAMOUR
Approximately
240
cards,
comprising
photographic and artist-drawn portraits, (album).
£50-60
real
Lot 663
665
POSTCARDS - RAILWAYS
Approximately 270 Pamlin Prints cards, mainly
locomotive portraits of both the steam and diesel eras,
(album).
£40-50
666
POSTCARDS - ARTIST-DRAWN GLAMOUR
Approximately forty-four cards, the artists including
Raphael Kirchner (3); Suzanne Meunier (5); and Philip
Boileau (2), (loose).
£40-50
Lot 667
667
POSTCARDS - ASSORTED
Approximately 140 cards, including real photographic
views of the frontage of Lockharts Dining Rooms
[London]; Upper New Harbour Road, Portavogie;
Tramore (by Croker of Waterford); and a signed
portrait of Nova Pilbeam; with views of the Birthplace
of Admiral Blake, Bridgwater (by Belcher of
Bridgwater); Enniskerry; and Mill Street, Ashwell; also
an Indian Tea advertising card; and four Great War
woven silks, (loose).
£40-50
668
POSTCARDS - FILM & MUSIC
Approximately 150 cards, including portraits of The
Beatles (eleven different); Kenneth More (two
different); Frank Sinatra (two different) Liberace; Elvis
Presley; Richard Attenborough; Stanley Baker;
Richard Burton; John Gregson; and Elizabeth Taylor,
some with facsimile signatures, (loose).
£40-50
Lot 671
671
POSTCARDS - RAILWAY STATIONS
Nine cards, comprising real photographic views of
Bulford Station; Pewsey Station; and Heytesbury
Station; and views of Wootton Bassett Station;
Amesbury Station; Chipping Norton Station; Twyford
Station; Tilehurst Station; and Reading West Station,
(loose).
£40-50
672
POSTCARDS - RAILWAY STATIONS
Eleven cards, including real photographic views of
Goodmayes Station; and Penns Station (by Butler of
Walmley); and views of Dunmow Station (by Spalding
of Chelmsford); Haverhill Station; Lympstone Station
(with faults); Hailsham Station (by Brooke of
Eastbourne); and Bargoed Station, (loose).
£40-50
Lot 668
669
POSTCARDS - RAILWAY STATIONS
Ten cards, including real photographic views of
Stevenage Station; and Wittey Station (by Wiles &
Holman of Haslemere); and views of Addiscombe
Road Station, Croydon; Milford Station; and Muswell
Hill Station (by Gordon Smith), (loose).
£40-50
670
POSTCARDS - RAILWAY STATIONS
Fourteen cards, including a real photographic view of
Haworth Station; and views of Thornton Station;
Grange-over-Sands Station (by Mason of Grangeover-Sands); Kents Bank Station; Acocks Green
Station (by Wright of Acocks Green); and Church
Stretton Station, (loose).
£40-50
Lot 673
673
POSTCARDS - TRANSPORT
Twelve cards, including a real photographic view of
Reading Station; and seven ex-works coaches with
Duple bodywork, (loose).
£40-50
Lot 674
674
POSTCARDS - AVIATION
Fifty-one cards, mainly aircraft portraits, including the
Air-Co 4A; Air-Co 6; Boulton-Paul Overstrand;
Handley Page Heyford; a biplane looping the loop at
Aldershot (by Scovell of Aldershot); and Fairey
Hendon, some artist-drawn, (loose).
£40-50
675
POSTCARDS - SHIPPING
Seventy-two cards, including real photographic views
of the paddle steamer 'Britannia' (two different); paddle
steamer 'Bristol Queen' (three different); paddle
steamer 'Cardiff Queen'; paddle steamer 'Princess
Elizabeth'; S.S. 'Orsova'; R.M.S. 'Imperator'; S.S. 'King
Orry'; S.S. 'Carinthia'; R.M.S. 'Scythia'; R.M.S.
'Missanabie'; M.S. 'Marnix van Sint Aldegonde'; S.S.
'Andania'; S.S. 'Athenic'; S.S. 'Otway'; and S.S.
'Osterley', (loose).
£50-60
676
POSTCARDS - SOCIAL HISTORY & OTHER
Approximately
seventy
cards,
including
real
photographic views of a child with a prize-winning
marrow; and Plymouth and other trams (six, all with
plain backs); with views of 'Lofty' [Jan van Albert], the
Dutch Giant; 'Zamo' the living skeleton; Anita the living
doll; a 'Two Headed Mermaid... Captured Alive, N.E.
Pacific Coast'; P.C. Stephens of Leicester, 'England's
Heaviest Constable'; harvest and other rural scenes;
individual and group portraits; and Kent County Cricket
Team, 1906, (loose).
£40-50
677
POSTCARDS - THEATRE, FILM & MUSIC
Fifty-four cards, including signed real photographic
portraits of Ivy Shilling (seven different); Mabel
Russell; Daisy Jerome; Lulu Valli; Fanny Fields; Elsie
McDermid; Gerda Maurus; Daisy Dormer; Ellis
Jeffreys; Clara Dow; Avice Kelham; and Georgina
Delmar, (loose).
£40-50
Lot 677
678
POSTCARDS - ARTIST-DRAWN
Approximately ninety cards, mainly comic, including
five by Bruce Bairnsfather, (loose).
£40-50
Lot 679
679
POSTCARDS - ARTIST-DRAWN COMIC
Approximately 177 cards, by Tom Browne
(approximately 147) and Donald McGill (approximately
30), (loose).
£40-50
680
POSTCARDS - ARTIST-DRAWN
Approximately 130 cards, by Mabel Lucie Attwell (7),
Harry Payne (7), Randolph Caldecott (12), A.R.
Quinton (49), and others, (loose).
£40-50
681
POSTCARDS - MILITARY & NAVAL
Approximately ninety-five cards, including real
photographic view of the Officers' Mess, Mandora
Barracks, Aldershot; boys on training masts at Shotley
Barracks (two different); H.M.S. Andromache (by Willis
of Chatham); and a small vessel inscribed verso 'Earl
Kitchener in drifter leaving H.M.S. Iron Duke for
H.M.S. Hampshire. The last photo ever taken of
Kitchener'; with views of a Camp Bakery,
Mesopotamia; and a 'British Ambulance Shattered by
Shell-Fire at the French (Verdun) Front'; and artistdrawn by Conrad Leigh (7), Harry Payne (4), Cecil
Quinnell (2), and others, (loose).
£40-50
682
POSTCARDS - ASSORTED
Twenty-four cards, including advertising examples for
Royal Primrose Soap (stamp removal scar); and W. &
A. Gilbey's Ports; six real photographic portraits of
children with toys; and others, (loose).
£40-50
683
POSTCARDS - ANIMALS
Approximately 135 cards, mainly artist-drawn, of cats,
dogs, birds, horses, rabbits, wild animals and zoo
animals, (loose).
£40-50
684
POSTCARDS - GREAT WAR SILKS
Thirty-two cards, mainly greetings, (loose).
£40-50
685
POSTCARDS - ASSORTED
Approximately ninety-five cards, artist-drawn and
other, of glamour, greetings, children with toys, teddy
bear, and advertising interest, (loose).
£40-50
687
POSTCARDS - TOPOGRAPHICAL
Approximately 200 cards of Scottish (120), Irish (30)
and Welsh (50) interest, including real photographic
views of Queens Road from Promenade, Craig-y-Don;
Queens Road looking north, Craig-y-Don; Dorward
Road, Montrose; Art Galleries & Kelvin Hall, Glasgow;
The Turnpike, Thurso; and Clyde Street, Helensburgh;
with views of Aber Conwy, Conway; Tam O'Shanter
Inn, Ayr; the City Square, Dundee; Allan Water Hotel
and Spa, Bridge of Allan; Collinton; St. Fillans; Murray
Place, Stirling; Quality Street, North Berwick; and
Bridge Street, Dunkeld, (album).
£50-60
688
POSTCARDS - EDWARDIAN ACTRESSES
Approximately 200 cards, including Gladys Cooper
(36), Ellaline Terriss (18), and Marie Studholme (64),
(album).
£40-50
689
POSTCARDS - ASSORTED
Approximately 200 cards, including British and foreign
Royalty (over 140); other real photographic portraits;
and artist-drawn animals, (album).
£40-50
690
POSTCARDS - ASSORTED
Approximately 200 cards, including Charles Dickens
(over 100); further literary; Bamforth song; advertising;
and others, (album).
£40-50
691
POSTCARDS - ASSORTED
Approximately
200
cards,
including
railway
locomotives (64); aviation (18); rural life (over 45);
London life (12); and artist-drawn ethic portraits by
Erwin Tetuan (11), (album).
£40-50
692
POSTCARDS - ASSORTED
Approximately 100 cards, including naval shipping
(12), merchant shipping (28), cats (16), and Great War
silks (3), (loose).
£40-50
Lot 686
686
POSTCARDS - ASSORTED
Approximately 130 cards, of hold-to-light (12), novelty
(19), folding multi-view (24), and other interest,
(loose).
£40-50
693
POSTCARDS - ASSORTED
Approximately 225 cards, including views of Union
Street, Aberdeen; Sinclair Street, Helensburgh;
Newmarket Street, Falkirk; Cadzow Street, Hamilton;
Market Place, Hull; Victoria Square & Monument, Hull;
King Edward Street, Hull; Cuilfal Hotel & Coach,
Kilmelford; Causewayhead, Fairlie; School Lane,
Formby; Post Office, Fleetwood; Old Houses, Main
Street, Frodsham; Market Place, Winsford; Wesley
Street and Wesleyan Church, Ossett; Market Hall,
Pontefract; and Wavertree Free Library, Liverpool,
(loose).
£60-70
Lot 694
694
POSTCARDS - WEST COUNTRY
Approximately 125 cards of Dorset, Wiltshire,
Somerset and Devon interest, including real
photographic
views
of
Lullington
(Frome
photographer); Nether Wallop; Close Gate, Salisbury;
the Lake, Eastville Park, Bristol; Pulteney Street, Bath;
New Pier and Bandstand, Weymouth; High West
Street, Dorchester; and Higher Cross, Lytchett
Matravers; with views of a thunder storm at Mere,
1906; The Barracks, Devizes; Clifton Place, Sidmouth;
Newbury, Gillingham; and High Street, Swanage,
(loose).
£40-50
695
POSTCARDS - ASSORTED
Approximately 240 cards, including views of West End
Buildings, Barlow Moor Road, West Didsbury; Ye Olde
Shoppes and Post Office, Barlow Moor Road, West
Didsbury; Wilmslow Road, Didsbury; High Street,
Sutton Coldfield; The Parade, Sutton Coldfield; Bell
Street and White Hart Hotel, Reigate;Police Station,
Hazel Grove (by Leach of Hazel Grove); Police
Station, Amesbury (by Tucker of Amesbury); Buckhorn
Weston Tunnel; High Street, Strood; and Elwell Street,
Upwey, (loose).
£60-70
696
POSTCARDS - ASSORTED
Approximately 185 cards, including artist drawn stilllife studies by Tuck, Hildesheimer and others; artist
drawn birds and animals; artist drawn topographical
after Breanski; and comic by Donald McGill, Mabel
Lucie Attwell, Reg Maurice and others, (two albums).
£60-70
Lot 696
697
POSTCARDS - ASSORTED
Approximately 200 cards, including real photographic
views of the Post Office, Allensmoor; Allensmoor
Court; the Fish Pol, Allensmoor Court; and Allensmoor
Lodge; with other topographical, greetings, and comic,
(album and loose).
£50-60
698
POSTCARDS
&
PHOTOGRAPHS
RAILWAY
Approximately
forty-three
locomotive
portraits,
including streamlined North American and European
subjects, (loose).
£40-50
Lot 699
699
CIGARETTE CARDS - ASSORTED
Approximately 235 assorted late 19th century cards of
actresses, by W.Duke and others (all with adhesion
scarred backs).
£40-50
700
CIGARETTE CARDS - ASSORTED
British American Tobacco, 'Indian Chiefs', 1930,
generally good (50/50); Player, 'Butterflies' (Girls),
1928, generally good (10/50); and others, (album).
£40-50
Cross Heroes', 1916, variable condition (13/50); and
Mitchell, 'Seals', 1911, good to fair condition (11/25).
£50-60
703
CIGARETTE CARDS - FOUR SETS
Player, 'Life on Board a Man of War in 1805 and
1905', 1905, variable condition (50/50); Wills,'V.C.'s',
1926, variable condition (50/50); Player, 'Badges &
Flags of British Regiments' (green-grey back,
unnumbered), 1903, variable condition (50/50); and
Player, 'Badges & Flags of British Regiments' (brown
back, numbered), 1904, variable condition (50/50).
£40-50
704
STAMPS
AN
R.N.L.I.
COVER
COLLECTION
comprising approximately 234 Great Britain, Channel
Islands and Isle of Man commemorative covers, (six
albums and loose).
£60-80
Lot 701
701
CIGARETTE CARDS - A PART SET
Smith, 'Battlefields of Great Britain', 1913, mixed
backs, variable condition (40/50).
£40-50
Lot 702
702
CIGARETTE CARDS - ASSORTED PART
SETS & ODDS
Taddy, 'Honours & Ribbons', 1915, variable condition
(3/25); Taddy, 'Orders of Chivalry', 1911, variable
condition (3/25); Taddy, 'Admirals & Generals - The
War', 1914, generally good (4/37); Salmon &
Gluckstein, 'Traditions of the Army & Navy', 1917,
variable condition (15/25); Gallaher, 'Types of the
British Army' (Battle Honours Back), 1897, variable
condition (32/50); Cohen Weenen & Co., 'Victoria
Lot 705
705
STAMPS - A JERSEY COLLECTION, 19411986
mint, (album).
£40-50
706
STAMPS
A
GREAT
BRITAIN
COLLECTION, 1952-1989
mint, including some definitives and postage dues,
(approximate
decimal
face
value
£110; album and stockbook).
£60-80
707
STAMPS - A WORLD WILDLIFE FUND
COMMEMORATIVE COVER COLLECTION, 1976-78
comprising 108 world covers, (album).
£40-50
716
STAMPS - A GREAT BRITAIN COLLECTION
comprising 125 presentation packs (total decimal face
value
over
£170).
£60-70
717
STAMPS - A GREAT BRITAIN COLLECTION
comprising 120 presentation packs (total decimal face
value over £380).
£140-160
708
STAMPS - A GREAT BRITAIN ELIZABETH II
COLLECTION,
commemoratives and definitives, including unmounted
mint
1971-1985
(total
face
value
over
£47), regionals and postage dues, (three albums).
£50-70
709
STAMPS - ASSORTED
including South Africa, Swaziland, Mauritius, and
Montserrat, (two albums).
£40-50
710
STAMPS - ASSORTED
Approximately 500 first day, commemorative and other
covers, (six albums).
£100-150
711
STAMPS - ASSORTED
including Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India, and
Ceylon, (six albums).
£60-80
712
STAMPS - ASSORTED
including Grenada, Spain, Portugal, and Monaco,
(eleven albums).
£80-100
Lot 718
718
STAMPS
A
GREAT
BRITAIN
COLLECTION, 1840-1970
mint and used, including a Vic. 1d. black (close
cropped three margin), 2d. blue imperf., and 1948
Silver Jubilee £1 mint; together with a collection of
1971 Postal Strike interest, (all in peel-page photo
albums).
£40-50
719
STAMPS
A
GREAT
BRITAIN
COLLECTION, 1971-2006
mint and used, including postage due and tv licence
fee issues (total decimal mint face value over £600),
(six peel-page photo albums).
£200-250
713
POSTAL HISTORY - FRANCE
Sixteen assorted covers, circa 1788-1858, all but one
with franked marks, the later with multiple marks.
£40-50
714
STAMPS - AN ALL-WORLD COLLECTION
mainly Great Britain (total decimal mint face value over
£98) and Canada, (albums, ring binders, on covers,
and loose).
£50-70
715
STAMPS - A GREAT BRITAIN COLLECTION
comprising fifty-six presentation packs (total decimal
face value over £250).
£100-120
Lot 720
720
STAMPS - A GREAT BRITAIN COLLECTION
comprising various stamp booklets (total decimal mint
face value over £88), and a small quantity of loose
stamps and PHQ cards.
£40-50
Lot 725
725
PHOTOGRAPHS
SEVEN
CABINET
PORTRAITS
comprising Colonel W.F. Cody 'Buffalo Bill'; a native
North American family; and various British soldiers.
£40-50
Lot 721
721
A MID 19TH CENTURY SCRAPBOOK
the first page inscribed 'For the dear children / with
their Mama's / most affectionate love / Cheltenham /
14th July / 1841', containing clipped engraved
illustrations and scraps (some hand-coloured), half
leather, approximately fifty leaves, 37cm x 27.5cm.
£40-50
722
A LATE 19TH CENTURY SCRAPBOOK
containing commercially printed scraps and clipped
greetings cards, half leather, approximately twentyeight leaves, 29cm x 24cm.
£40-50
726
AUTOGRAPHS - POLITICIANS
Assorted signatures, some to portrait photographs and
others on headed cards or notepaper, or clipped,
including Edward Heath, Tony Benn, Dennis Skinner,
Charles Kennedy, Michael Heseltine, Michael Howard,
John Redwood, Paddy Ashdown, Denis Healey,
Menzies Campbell, Virginia Bottomley, Michael
Portillo, Ken Livingstone, Betty Boothroyd, Frank
Dobson, Michael Fallon, Martin Bell, William Hague,
Glenda Jackson, David Steel, William Whitelaw, and
David Owen, (over 260 items).
£40-50
723
A LATE 19TH CENTURY SCRAPBOOK
containing clipped greetings cards and scraps,
artistically arranged with hand-painted watercolour
landscape or geometric backgrounds, decorative
motifs or borders, green cloth gilt, approximately forty
leaves, 37.5cm x 29cm (spine repaired).
£40-50
727
AUTOGRAPHS - TELEVISION & RADIO
Assorted signed portrait postcards and photographs,
including John Suchet, Nicholas Owen, Trevor
McDonald, Richard Whiteley, Carol Vorderman, John
Craven, Pam Ayres, George Melly, Steve Wright,
David Jacobs, Humphrey Lyttelton, Des Lynam, Bob
Harris, Terry Wogan and Ed Stewart, (approximately
140).
£40-50
724
A LATE 19TH - EARLY 20TH CENTURY
SCRAPBOOK
containing commercially printed scraps and clipped
greetings cards, bevelled pictorial crimson cloth,
approximately twenty-nine leaves, 37.5cm x 27.5cm.
£50-60
728
AUTOGRAPHS - ASSORTED
A Malvern Festival programme, 1932, signed by Laura
Knight, Harold Knight, Gordon Bottomley, Barry
Jackson, H.K. Ayliff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest
Thesiger, Leonora Corbett, Scott Sunderland,
Margaret Halston, Ellen Pollock, Ralph Richardson,
Isabel Thorton, Charles Leighton, Walter Fitzgerald,
Frank Moore, Vernon Kelso, Phyllis Shand, Esme
Barton, Barrie Livesey, Howell Davies, Hubert
Langley, Richard Maxwell, Paul Dornhorst, Frederick
Boas, Bonamy Dobree, and others, stiff paper covers.
£200-250
731
TWO WELLS BRIMTOY 'POCKETOY'
MODEL BUSES
the first a double decker bus, red, registration 'AWW
517', plastic wheels, clockwork motor (working), good
condition; the second a single decker bus, cream with
green flashes and coach lines, destination 'Private',
registration 'BRI 17', plastic wheels, clockwork motor
(working), excellent condition, both unboxed.
£60-70
732
A WELLS BRIMTOY DOUBLE DECKER BUS
red with white bands to the upper and lower decks,
and a grey roof, destination 'London to Birmingham,
Glasgow, Manchester, Cardiff, Brighton, Bristol',
registration 'W1934', printed hub-cap wheels, adverts
for 'Thanks for Buying British' to the sides and 'British
Toys are the Best' to the rear, clockwork motor
(working), generally good condition (lacking conductor
figure), 17.5cm long, unboxed.
£50-60
Lot 728
TIN PLATE TOYS
729
TWO WELLS BRIMTOY 'POCKETOY'
MODEL BUSES
the first red with white bands to the upper and lower
decks, route '10', cast metal wheels, clockwork motor
(working), excellent condition; the second red with
white bands to the upper and lower decks, route '10',
plastic wheels, clockwork motor (working), excellent
condition, both unboxed.
£60-70
733
A WELLS SINGLE DECKER BUS
cream with red side flashes and coach lines,
destination 'Private', registration 'CLX 553', printed red
wheels, clockwork motor (working), generally good
condition, 18cm long, unboxed.
£50-60
Lot 734
Lot 730
730
TWO WELLS BRIMTOY 'POCKETOY'
MODEL BUSES
the first a trolleybus, red, route '516', registration
'AWW 516', plastic wheels, clockwork motor (working),
good condition; the second a double decker bus, red,
registration 'AWW 517', plastic wheels, friction drive
motor (working), good condition, both unboxed.
£40-50
734
A WELLS BRIMTOY 'GREEN LINE' SINGLE
DECKER BUS
green with yellow coach lines, route '704 Windsor',
registration '553 GLX', black plastic wheels, friction
drive motor (working), generally good condition, 18cm
long, unboxed.
£40-50
735
A WELLS 'GREEN LINE' SINGLE DECKER
BUS
green with yellow coach lines, destination 'London',
registration 'GLX 553', printed red wheels, clockwork
motor (working), generally good condition, 18cm long,
unboxed.
£80-100
736
A CHAD VALLEY / CARR'S BISCUITS
'LONDON TRANSPORT' DOUBLE DECKER BUS
NOVELTY BISCUIT TIN
red with a cream bands to the upper and lower decks,
route '25 Victoria Station', registration 'AYV 604',
printed wire wheels, adverts for 'Carr's Biscuits' to
front, 'Chad Valley Toys' and 'Carr's Biscuits' to the
sides, and 'Carr's Biscuits' to the rear, non-motorized,
fair condition, 25.5cm long, unboxed (roof, front wheel
arches, rear platform body and rear axle bracket
replaced).
£50-70
737
AN M.L.B. (ITALIAN) TINPLATE FIAT
ESTATE CAR
grey with lighter grey side panels, sliding sunroof,
opening rear door and cream hubs, with a clockwork
motor (non-working), generally good condition, 17cm
long; and an A.M. (Italian) tinplate Fiat 600, pale fawn,
red plastic hubs, with a friction drive motor (working),
good condition, 11cm long, both unboxed, (2).
£50-70
738
TWO RIVAROSSI FIAT MOTOR CARS
plastic, the first a Fiat 500, pale grey with a dark grey
sunroof, battery-operated motor (not tested), good
condition, unboxed; the second a Fiat 600, grey-green,
lift-off bonnet, battery-operated motor (not tested),
generally good condition (scrapes to nearside door;
nearside rear wheel splayed), both unboxed.
£60-80
740
TWO SCHUCO CLOWN MUSICIANS
the first playing a violin, and the second playing a
drum, both with clockwork mechanisms (working),
each 11cm high.
£50-60
GENERAL TOYS
741
AN ACTION MAN COLLECTION
comprising four figures, three with 'hard' heads and
one with flock hair and beard, all with 'hard' hands,
and a quantity of clothing and equipment, including
Chelsea and World Cup 1970 track suit tops.
£60-80
742
DEL PRADO 'MEN AT WAR' FIGURES
Approximately 100 standing figures, mainly 19141945, each mint in unopened bubble packaging;
together with a quantity of accompanying literature.
£100-120
743
TWO TRI-ANG RETAILER'S PRINTED
PAPER BANNERS
circa 1960s, comprising 'Tri-ang Toys' and 'Tri-ang
Tricycles', in unused condition, each 22cm x 124cm.
£40-50
WATERLINE MODEL SHIPS
744
TWELVE WHITE METAL & RESIN NAVAL &
FLEET AUXILIARY WATERLINE MODEL SHIPS
including Hein Muck Models Royal Mail Troopship
'Andes'; Hein Muck Models Heavy Repair Ship 'H.M.S.
Artifex'; and Loft Lines Type 45 Destroyer 'H.M.S.
Daring', each in a plain card box. £40-50
745
TWENTY-EIGHT MAINLY WHITE METAL OR
DIECAST
NAVAL
&
FLEET
AUXILIARY
WATERLINE MODEL SHIPS
unboxed.
£40-50
Lot 739
739
A WELLS BRIMTOY DOUBLE DECKER BUS
red with white bands to the upper and lower decks,
and a grey roof, destination 'London to Birmingham,
Glasgow, Manchester, Cardiff, Brighton, Bristol',
registration 'W1934', printed wire-spoked wheels,
adverts for 'Thanks for Buying British' to the sides and
'British Toys are the Best' to the rear, complete with
conductor figure, clockwork motor (working), good to
fair condition, 17.5cm long, unboxed.
£40-50
746
FIFTY-TWO RESIN & WOOD WATERLINE
MODEL SHIPS
by Len Jordan and others, each unboxed.
£50-70
747
EIGHT RESIN WATERLINE MODEL SHIPS
by Len Jordan, Hein Muck Models and others, each in
a plain card box.
£40-50
748
NINE RESIN WATERLINE MODEL SHIPS
Hein Muck Models and others, including the 'Australis',
'Song of America', and 'Northern Star', each in a plain
card box.
£40-50
755
A PRE-WAR DINKY NO.29A, MOTOR BUS
yellow with a silver roof, no adverts, orange plastic
wheels, good condition (no obvious sign of fatigue).
£60-80
749
ELEVEN RESIN WATERLINE MODEL SHIPS
by Len Jordan and others, including 'London Loyalty',
'Hornby Grange', and 'Beacon Grange', each in a plain
card box.
£50-60
750
EIGHT RESIN WATERLINE MODEL SHIPS
each in a plain card box; together with a further thirty
white metal and diecast waterline model ships, by Triang Minic and others, each unboxed, (38).
£50-60
751
FORTY-SEVEN WHITE METAL & DIECAST
WATERLINE MODEL SHIPS
by Albatross and others, each boxed, most in a plain
card box.
£60-80
Lot 756
756
A PRE-WAR DINKY NO.27, TRAM CAR
green with a cream roof, 'Ovaltine' adverts, metal solid
spoked wheels, good condition (minor bowing to lower
sides).
£80-100
752
FORTY-EIGHT RESIN WATERLINE MODEL
SHIPS
by Len Jordan and others, each in a plain card box;
together with a quantity of quayside buildings and
accessories, including five boxed Wiking model lorries.
£100-120
Lot 757
DIECAST MODELS
753
A PRE-WAR DINKY NO.27, TRAM CAR
mid blue with a cream roof, no adverts, metal solid
spoked wheels, good condition (no obvious sign of
fatigue).
£60-80
Lot 754
754
A PRE-WAR DINKY NO.29A, MOTOR BUS
blue with a cream roof, no adverts, metal solid spoked
wheels, good condition (no obvious sign of fatigue).
£60-80
757
A PRE-WAR DINKY NO.29C, DOUBLE
DECKER BUS
A.E.C. grille, cutaway wings, cast-in stairs, cream over
red with a grey roof, 'Dunlop Tyres' advertising,
smooth black hubs, white tyres, fair condition (slight
sagging in base and one closed crack beneath rear
platform; some fatigue crazing to hubs).
£40-50
758
A PRE-WAR DINKY NO.29C, DOUBLE
DECKER BUS
A.E.C. grille, cutaway wings, cast-in stairs, cream over
maroon with a grey roof, 'Dunlop Tyres' advertising,
smooth black hubs, white tyres, good to fair condition
(small fatigue blister to nearside lower deck; one front
wing slightly bent; some fatigue crazing to hubs).
£40-50
759
A PRE-WAR DINKY NO.29C, DOUBLE
DECKER BUS
A.E.C. grille, cutaway wings, cast-in stairs, cream over
blue with a grey roof, 'Dunlop Tyres' advertising,
smooth black hubs, black tyres, generally good
condition (some fatigue crazing to hubs).
£50-60
760
A PRE-WAR DINKY NO.29C, DOUBLE
DECKER BUS
A.E.C. grille, cutaway wings, cast-in stairs, cream over
pale green with a grey roof, 'Dunlop Tyres' advertising,
smooth black hubs, black tyres, good to fair condition
(some fatigue crazing to hubs).
£40-50
Lot 761
761
A PRE-WAR TRADE BOX OF SIX NO.29C
DOUBLE DECKER MOTOR BUSES
the yellow box with printed code 'A2226' to the ends
and 'BW1214 10M 8-38' to one side, with replacement
dividers, containing an immediate post-war Double
Decker Bus, A.E.C. grille, cutaway wings, no stairs,
grey over green, no advertising, smooth black hubs,
white tyres, good condition; immediate post-war
Double Decker Bus, A.E.C. grille, cutaway wings, no
stairs, grey over red, no advertising, ridged black
hubs, black tyres, fair condition (wing tips broken);
immediate post-war Double Decker Bus, A.E.C. grille,
cutaway wings, no stairs, cream over green, no
advertising, ridged black hubs, black tyres, generally
good condition; immediate post-war Double Decker
Bus, A.E.C. grille, cutaway wings, no stairs, lighter sea
green over darker green, no advertising, ridged black
hubs, black tyres, fair condition; immediate post-war
Double Decker Bus, A.E.C. grille, cutaway wings, no
stairs, grey over green, no advertising, ridged black
hubs, black tyres, generally good condition (one wing
tip broken); and immediate post-war Double Decker
Bus, A.E.C. grille, cutaway wings, no stairs, cream
over red, no advertising, ridged black hubs, black
tyres, generally good condition.
£200-250
762
FOUR DINKY COACHES
comprising a French Dinky No.29e, Isobloc Autocar,
silver and mid blue, with a smooth roof and mid blue
ridged hubs, good to fair condition; Dinky No.29f/280,
Observation Coach, grey with red side flashes and
grey ridged hubs, very good condition; Dinky No.282,
Duple Roadmaster Leyland Royal Tiger, blue with
silver coach lines and mid blue ridged hubs, very good
condition; and Dinky No.29g/281, Luxury Coach,
cream with orange side flashes and cream ridged
hubs, good condition, all unboxed.
£50-60
763
FIVE DINKY COACHES
comprising a Dinky No.29f/280, Observation Coach,
cream with red side flashes and cream ridged hubs,
very good condition; Dinky No.29g/281, Luxury Coach,
mid blue with cream side flashes and pale yellow
ridged hubs, good to fair condition; Dinky No.29g/281,
Luxury Coach, fawn with orange side flashes and
cream ridged hubs, good to fair condition; Dinky
No.282, Duple Roadmaster Leyland Royal Tiger,
crimson with silver coach lines and crimson ridged
hubs, generally good condition; and French Dinky
No.29e, Isobloc Autocar, silver and red, with a ribbed
roof and crimson ridged hubs, fair to playworn
condition, all unboxed.
£40-50
764
FIVE DINKY BUSES
comprising a Dinky No.290, Double Decker Bus
'Dunlop', Leyland grille, cream over green, mid green
ridged hubs, good to fair condition, boxed, the box
worn (one replacement end flap); Dinky No.29c/290,
Double Decker Bus, Leyland grille, cream over green,
mid green ridged hubs, good condition, unboxed;
Dinky No.29c/290, Double Decker Bus, A.E.C. grille,
cream over red, red ridged hubs, fair condition,
unboxed; Dinky No.29c/290, Double Decker Bus,
Leyland grille, cream over green, black ridged hubs,
good to fair condition (destination boards and number
blinds over-painted), unboxed; and Dinky No.282,
Duple Roadmaster Leyland Royal Tiger, blue with
silver coach lines and mid blue ridged hubs, good to
fair condition, boxed, the box poor (lacking both end
flaps and one tab).
£40-50
767
A FRENCH DINKY NO.541, MERCEDESBENZ SMALL BUS
cream over dark red, unpainted concave hubs,
excellent condition, boxed, the box very good.
£50-60
Lot 765
765
TWO DINKY BUSES
comprising a Dinky No.292, Leyland Atlantean Bus
'Corporation Transport', cream and red, 'Regent'
adverts, spun hubs, excellent condition, boxed, the
box good to fair; and Dinky No.293, Leyland Atlantean
Bus 'Corporation Transport', white and green, 'B.P.'
adverts, spun hubs, excellent condition, boxed, the
box generally good (creased at one corner).
£60-70
Lot 766
766
A FRENCH DINKY NO.29F, AUTOCAR
CHAUSSON
cream over red, with silver trim, red ridged hubs,
excellent condition, boxed, the box very good.
£50-60
Lot 767
768
TWO DINKY COACHES
comprising a Dinky No.952, Vega Major Luxury
Coach, white with a purple side stripe, blue seats, blue
baseplate, with working indicators (not tested), spun
hubs, generally excellent condition (some enhanced
paint detailing), boxed, the box good; and Dinky
No.952, Vega Major Luxury Coach, white with a purple
side stripe, blue seats, purple baseplate, without
working indicators, cast hubs, excellent condition,
unboxed.
£50-60
769
FIVE DINKY BUSES
comprising a Dinky No.295, Atlantean Bus 'Yellow
Pages', silver with adverts to the sides only, plain
black wheels, mint, in No.291 bubble packaging, the
packaging good to fair; Dinky No.295, Atlantean Bus
'Yellow Pages', dark yellow, good to fair condition, in
bubble packaging, the packaging fair; Dinky No.295,
Atlantean Bus 'Yellow Pages', lemon yellow with a
white bustle, very good condition, in bubble packaging,
the packaging good to fair; Dinky No.295, Atlantean
Bus 'Yellow Pages', lemon yellow, very good
condition, in bubble packaging, the packaging good;
and Dinky No.295, Atlantean Bus 'Yellow Pages',
lemon yellow with reversed lettering to lower front
sticker, good condition, in bubble packaging, the
packaging good.
£40-50
770
FOUR DINKY BUSES
comprising a Dinky No.291, Atlantean Bus 'Kenning',
white, very good condition, in bubble packaging, the
packaging good to fair; Dinky No.291, Atlantean Bus
'Kenning', orange with a white bustle, excellent
condition, in bubble packaging, the packaging good to
fair; Dinky No.291, Atlantean Bus 'Kenning', orange
with a dark blue bustle, very good condition, in bubble
packaging, the packaging good to fair; and Dinky
No.291, Atlantean Bus 'Kenning', pale blue, near mint,
in bubble packaging, the packaging fair.
£40-50
771
THREE FRENCH DINKY NO.29D, RENAULT
TN4H PARIS BUSES
the first cream over green, with a black baseplate,
smooth black hubs and white 'Dunlop' tyres, generally
good condition (roof with retouched chips; fatigue
crazing to body and hubs; base of rear platform with
two glued fatigue cracks); the second repainted cream
over green, with a silver baseplate and unpainted
mazak wheels; the third repainted cream over green,
with a silver baseplate, yellow ridged hubs and black
tyres.
£40-50
772
FOUR PRE-WAR DINKY NO.26, G.W.R.
RAIL CARS
the first with a lead body, red over green, green plastic
roller wheels, fair condition; the second with a lead
body, cream over red, green plastic roller wheels,
playworn; the third with a mazac body, cream over
blue, green plastic roller wheels, fair condition (fatigue
blister to one end); the fourth with a mazac body,
cream over pale green, cast metal wheels, playworn
but no obvious sign of fatigue.
£40-50
773
FOUR DINKY BUSES
comprising a Dinky No.961, Vega Major Luxury Coach
'PTT', yellow with a white roof and red side stripe, cast
hubs, generally very good condition (front slightly
faded), unboxed; Dinky No.293, Swiss PTT Bus,
yellow with a white roof and red side stripe, very good
condition, in bubble packaging, the packaging good;
Dinky No.283, Single Decker Bus, red with a white
side stripe, cast hubs, near mint, boxed, the box
lacking one end flap and with one detached tab; and
Dinky No.283, Single Decker Bus, metallic red with a
white side stripe, cast hubs, excellent condition,
boxed, the box generally good but lacking one tab.
£50-60
774
A DINKY NO.925, LEYLAND TIPPER TRUCK
white and orange with a blue cab roof and blue plastic
hubs, mint, boxed, the box generally good (lid with
scarred patch to one end panel).
£70-80
775
A DINKY NO.958, GUY SNOW PLOUGH
black and yellow with a silver plough and yellow
grooved hubs, excellent condition, boxed, the box
good.
£60-70
Lot 775
776
A DINKY NO.617, VOLKSWAGEN KDF
WITH 50MM P.A.K. ANTI-TANK GUN
military grey-green with matching plastic hubs /
wheels, near mint (lacking shells), boxed, the box very
good.
£40-50
777
TWO DINKY CARS
comprising a Dinky No.164, Ford Zodiac Mk 4, silver,
good condition, boxed, the hard plastic box fair (lid
cracked and lacking label); and Dinky No.152, RollsRoyce Phantom V Limousine, dark blue-black, very
good condition, boxed, the hard plastic box fair (lid
cracked); together with a Meccano Ltd typed note
identifying the latter model as a factory replacement,
(2).
£40-50
778
A DINKY NO.132, FORD 40-RV
silver with a red side stripe, very good condition,
boxed, the hard plastic box good; together with a Corgi
No.156, Cooper Maserati F/1, dark blue, racing
number '7', near mint, boxed, the box very good, (2).
£50-60
779
THREE DINKY CARS
comprising a Dinky No.160, Mercedes-Benz 250 S.E.,
metallic blue, near mint, boxed, the box generally good
(one end flap with torn lip); Dinky No.156, Saab 96,
metallic red, very good condition, boxed, the box fair
(one end flap taped closed); and Dinky No.168, Ford
Escort, pale blue, generally good condition (with
applied transfer detail), boxed, the box good to fair
(one tab detached; purchase date written in ink), (3).
£50-60
783
A DINKY NO.981, HORSE BOX 'BRITISH
RAILWAYS'
maroon with red grooved hubs, excellent condition,
boxed, the striped box good to fair (lid punctured and
one end flap torn, without loss).
£40-50
Lot 780
780
A
PRE-WAR
DINKY
NO.29B,
STREAMLINED BUS
cream over mid blue, open rear window, darker blue
smooth hubs, white tyres, fair condition (fatigue
crazing; roof with two blisters).
£40-50
781
THREE PRE-WAR DINKY BUSES
comprising a Dinky No.29a, Motor Bus, yellow with a
silver roof, 'Marmite' adverts, metal solid spoked
wheels, playworn (no obvious sign of fatigue); Dinky
No.29a, Motor Bus, green with a cream roof, 'Marmite'
adverts, metal solid spoked wheels, playworn (no
obvious sign of fatigue); and Dinky No.29a, Motor Bus,
pale blue with a repainted cream roof, 'Marmite'
adverts (varnished), metal solid spoked wheels, fair
condition (no obvious sign of fatigue).
£40-50
782
THREE PRE-WAR DINKY TRAMS
comprising a Dinky No.27, Tram Car, blue with a
cream roof, 'Ovaltine' adverts, metal solid spoked
wheels, fair to playworn condition; Dinky No.27, Tram
Car, yellow with a cream roof, 'Ovaltine' adverts, metal
solid spoked wheels, playworn condition; and Dinky
No.27, Tram Car, orange with a cream roof, 'Ovaltine'
adverts, metal solid spoked wheels, playworn
condition.
£50-60
Lot 784
784
A DINKY NO.956, BEDFORD TURNTABLE
FIRE ESCAPE
red with red plastic hubs, windows to cab, brightwork
ladder, very good condition, boxed, the box good and
complete with inner packing pieces and instruction
leaflet.
£50-60
Lot 785
785
A DINKY NO.513, GUY FLAT TRUCK WITH
TAILBOARD
dark green with a mid green load area and mid green
grooved hubs, excellent condition, boxed, the box
good.
£60-80
Lot 783
786
A FRENCH DINKY NO.24C, CITROEN DS 19
dark orange with a cream roof, glazed windows,
unpainted hubs, white rubber tyres, very good
condition, unboxed; and Tri-ang Minic No.119M,
Watney's Barrel Lorry, green with red diecast hubs,
generally good condition (transfer to rear of barrel with
significant loss), unboxed, (2).
£40-50
787
A DINKY NO.401, COVENTRY CLIMAX
FORK LIFT TRUCK
orange with mid green forks and ridged hubs, and with
an unusual gilt metal winding handle, excellent
condition, boxed, the box good and complete with
inner packing piece; Dinky No.921, Bedford Articulated
Lorry, yellow with black tractor unit wings and red
ridged / grooved hubs, fair to good condition, boxed,
the box fair; and assorted other items, including a
small quantity of lead figures.
£50-60
788
FOUR DINKY CARS
comprising a Dinky No.207, Triumph TR7 Rally, white
with double red and blue chevron to bonnet (possibly a
design trial or factory error), racing number '8', mint,
boxed, the box generally good; Dinky No.207, Triumph
TR7 Rally, red with hand-painted dark blue lower sides
and 'British Airways' chevron to bonnet, racing number
'7', grey plastic interior, boxed, the box good; Dinky
No.211, Triumph TR7 Sports Car, black, boxed, the
box generally good; and Dinky No.211, Triumph TR7
Sports Car, polished bare metal, boxed, the box very
good.
£100-120
789
FOURTEEN MECCANO PHOTOGRAPHIC
NEGATIVES
comprising promotional images of models in the Dinky
range, circa 1975-79.
£40-50
790
A CORGI NO.508, HOLIDAY CAMP
SPECIAL COMMER BUS
orange and white, excellent condition (lacking green
plastic covered luggage), boxed, the box generally
good; Husky No.7, Duple Vista 25 Coach, white over
sea green, mint, in opened bubble packaging; Corgi
Junior No.7, Duple Vista 25 Coach, white over yellow,
plain black wheels, near mint (one side slightly faded),
in opened bubble packaging; and Corgi Junior No.7,
Duple Vista 25 Coach, white over mauve, foiled black
wheels, mint (one side slightly faded), in opened
bubble packaging; also an Efsi Scania Jonckheere
Bermuda, white over yellow, mint, in bubble
packaging, (5).
£40-50
791
TWO CORGI CARS
comprising a Corgi No.264, Oldsmobile Toronado,
dark metallic blue, cast wheels, generally very good
condition (windscreen cracked), boxed, the box
generally good; and Corgi No.337, Customized
Chevrolet Corvette Sting Ray, yellow, generally very
good condition (plating worn), boxed, the box very
good, (2).
£40-50
792
TWO CORGI CARS
comprising a Corgi No.316, N.S.U. Sport Prinz,
metallic dark pink, very good condition, boxed, the box
generally good (one end flap taped closed); and Corgi
No.239, Volkswagen 1500 Karmann Ghia, red, good
condition, boxed, the box generally good (one end flap
taped closed), (2).
£40-50
Lot 793
793
A CORGI NO.235, OLDSMOBILE SUPER 88
pale blue with a white side stripe, near mint, boxed,
the box generally good (one end flap taped closed).
£50-60
Lot 794
794
A CORGI NO.237, OLDSMOBILE SUPER 88
SHERIFF CAR
black over white, excellent condition, boxed, the box
generally good (one end flap taped closed).
£45-55
795
TWO CORGI CARS
comprising a Corgi No.263, Marlin Rambler Fastback,
red with a black roof, spoked front wheels, cast rear
wheels, near mint, boxed, the box good to fair (one tab
torn and taped); and Corgi No.443, Plymouth Sports
Suburban U.S. Mail, good condition, boxed, the box
generally good (one end flap taped closed), (2).
£40-50
796
A CORGI NO.440, FORD CONSUL CORTINA
SUPER ESTATE CAR
metallic blue, near mint (lacking golfer, caddie, trolley
and bag), boxed, the box generally good (one end flap
taped closed).
£40-50
798
FOUR CORGI CARS
comprising a Corgi No.258, The Saint's Volvo P.1800,
white, fair condition, boxed, the box generally good
(one end flap taped closed); Corgi No.256,
Volkswagen 1200 East African Safari, fair to playworn
condition (lacking rhino), boxed, the box fair (one end
flap taped closed); and two other models, both
playworn, both boxed, (4).
£50-60
799
THREE CORGI CARS
comprising a Corgi No.485, Austin Mini Countryman,
sea-green, very good condition (lacking surfboards
and surfer), unboxed; Corgi Classics No.9041, 1912
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, silver, near mint, in bubble
packaging, the packaging good; and Corgi No.318,
Mini Cooper S 'Monte Carlo 1965', red with a white
roof, racing number '52', fair to playworn condition,
unboxed; also an empty box for a Corgi No.317, MiniCooper S 'Monte Carlo 1964', fair to poor (one end
flap detached; lacking two tabs); a Dinky No.110,
Aston Martin DB5 Convertible, metallic red, generally
very good condition (lacking headlight lenses),
unboxed; and a plastic Wiking lorry with draw-bar
trailer, unboxed, (6).
£40-50
800
A CORGI NO.1151, 'CO-OP' SET
comprising a Scammell Articulated Lorry, white and
pale blue, excellent condition; Commer Milk Float,
white and pale blue, cast hubs, near mint; and a
Commer Van, white and pale blue, cast hubs, fair
condition, all unboxed, (3).
£40-50
Lot 797
797
A CORGI GIFT SET NO.40, THE AVENGERS
comprising John Steed's Vintage Bentley, red with a
black chassis, very good condition, complete with
seated Steed figure, and Emma Peel's Lotus Elan,
white, good condition, complete with standing Peel
figure, boxed, the box generally good (one end flap
taped closed).
£80-100
Lot 801
801
A CORGI NO.206, HILLMAN HUSKY
silver over metallic blue, smooth hubs, near mint
(scratch to roof), boxed, the yellow and blue box fair
(owner's name and some outlining in blue ink).
£40-50
802
TWENTY-NINE MATCHBOX 1-75 SERIES
MODELS
circa 1950s-70s, variable condition with many good;
together with two Corgi Juniors, all unboxed, (31).
£40-50
803
TWENTY-TWO MATCHBOX 1-75 SERIES
MODELS
circa 1960s-70s, variable condition, most generally
good, all boxed (three in incorrect boxes; all but one
box lacking one end flap and two tabs).
£40-50
804
A CHAD VALLEY 'WEE-KIN TOY' NO.240,
COMMER AVENGER COACH
blue with silver side flashes, with a clockwork motor
operated via an off-side key hole (not tested),
generally good condition, unboxed.
£40-50
805
ASSORTED DIECAST MODEL VEHICLES
circa 1950s-60s, including a Dinky No.107, Sunbeam
Alpine, dark pink, racing number '34', cream ridged
hubs, very good condition; Matchbox Major Pack No.2,
Bedford Articulated Lorry 'Davies Tyres', orange and
silver, black plastic wheels, very good condition; and
assorted others by Dinky, Corgi, Matchbox and
Morestone / Budgie, each good condition or better, all
unboxed, (13).
£50-60
806
ASSORTED DIECAST MODEL VEHICLES
circa 1950s-60s, comprising a Dinky No.967, B.B.C.
TV Mobile Control Room, green, grey grooved hubs,
good condition; Dinky No.969, B.B.C. TV Extending
Mast Vehicle, green, grey grooved hubs, good to fair
condition (lacking mast head attachment); Dinky
No.968, B.B.C. TV Roving Eye, green, grey grooved
hubs, good to fair condition (lacking roof aerial); SpotOn No.260, Rolls-Royce Phantom V, maroon, fair
condition; and assorted others by Dinky, Matchbox,
Corgi, and Morestone / Budgie, variable condition,
many good, all unboxed, (31).
£50-60
807
A TAYLOR & BARRETT NO.204, TROLLEY
BUS
red with a grey roof and black trolley poles, route '621
Finchley', adverts for 'Dominion Petrol' to the sides
and 'National Benzole' to the rear, black hubs, white
tyres, generally good condition (adverts possibly
replacements; added conductor figure), unboxed.
£80-100
808
A TAYLOR & BARRETT NO.152, MOTOR
COACH
cream with a green band around windows, green
wheel arch flashes, and a green chassis, destination
'London', green hubs and white tyres, generally good
condition, unboxed.
£60-80
809
TEN DIECAST MODEL BUSES
by Dinky, Corgi, Matchbox and Budgie, circa 1976-81,
including a Dinky No.289, Routemaster Bus
'Woolworth Welcomes the World', silver, speedwheels,
mint, boxed, the box good; and Dinky No.289,
Routemaster Bus 'Queen's Silver Jubilee', silver,
speedwheels, mint, boxed, the box good, all boxed.
£40-50
810
THREE TAYLOR & BARRETT NO.197
TROLLEY BUSES
the first red, route '617 Holborn', adverts for 'Dominion
Petrol' to the sides, cast wheels, good condition
(adverts possibly replacements); the second red, route
'617 Holborn', adverts for 'Champion's Malt Vinegar' to
the sides, cast wheels, fair to playworn condition (one
advert a replacement); the third red, route '617
Holborn', without adverts, cast wheels, playworn, all
unboxed.
£40-50
811
A JOHN HILL & CO. 'LONDON COUNTY
COUNCIL' TRAM
red and white, route '33 Herne Hill / Bloomsbury', cast
wheels, playworn; together with a John Hill & Co.
'General' Double Decker Bus, red and white, route '8
Oxford St. / Bank / Old Ford', cast wheels, playworn;
another John Hill & Co. 'General' Double Decker Bus;
and two other double decker buses, variable condition,
all unboxed, (5).
£40-50
Lot 812
812
A DINKY NO.290, DOUBLE DECKER BUS
'DUNLOP'
Leyland grille, cream over green, spun hubs, excellent
condition, unboxed; together with a Corgi Major Pack
No.1120, Express Coach 'Midland Red', red with a
black roof, near mint, unboxed, (2).
£40-50
813
FOUR MODEL BUSES
comprising Budgie No.296, Motorway Express
'Midland Red', red with a black roof, silver plastic hubs,
excellent condition, boxed, the box generally good but
lacking one end flap lip; Dinky No.295, Standard Atlas
Kenebrake, pale grey over pale blue, red interior, mint,
boxed, the box fair (one end flap detached); Dinky
No.290, Double Decker Bus 'Dunlop', Leyland grille,
cream over red, spun hubs, good condition, unboxed;
and Dinky No.290, Double Decker Bus 'Dunlop',
Leyland grille, cream over green, mid green plastic
hubs, good condition, unboxed.
£40-50
Lot 818
814
THREE ROUTEMASTER BUSES
comprising a Corgi No.468, London Transport
Routemaster Bus 'Naturally Corgi Toys', red, spun
hubs, excellent condition, boxed, the box good; Dinky
No.289, Routemaster Bus 'Schweppes', excellent
condition, boxed, the box good; and Milton
Routemaster Bus 'Milton Mini Cars', red, very good
condition, unboxed.
£50-60
819
[OO GAUGE].
A HORNBY DUBLO
COLLECTION
comprising a No.EDL7, S.R. Class N2 0-6-2 tank
locomotive, 2594, malachite green livery; three
Pullman coaches ('Aries'; 'Car No.74'; 'Car No.79'),
brown and cream livery; a B.R. Sleeping Car, lined
maroon livery; a breakdown crane; and a cattle
wagon, all unboxed.
£40-50
815
TWENTY ASSORTED MODEL BUSES
including Code 3 Matchbox 'Model of Yesteryear' and
Corgi issues, most mint or near mint, each boxed.
£60-70
820
[OO GAUGE]. A G.W.R. COLLECTION
comprising a Mainline No.37058, G.W.R. Collett Class
2251 0-6-0 tender locomotive, 3205, green livery,
boxed; Mainline No.37084, G.W.R. Class 57xx pannier
tank locomotive, 5764, green livery, boxed; and ten
assorted kit-built or modified wagons, all unboxed,
(12).
£40-50
816
TWENTY 1/76 SCALE MODEL BUSES
by Exclusive First Editions (19) and Corgi 'Original
Omnibus Company' (1), including an E.F.E.
promotional A.E.C. Regent 'Star Construction Group
Ltd', and a Code 3 E.F.E. A.E.C. Regent 'London Toy
& Model Club 1992', various liveries, each mint or near
mint and boxed.
£50-60
817
TWENTY-FOUR
EXCLUSIVE
FIRST
EDITIONS 1/76 SCALE MODEL BUSES
including a special edition A.E.C. Regent 'Midland /
The Evening Despatch', and a promotional A.E.C.
Regent 'Star Construction Group Ltd', various liveries,
each mint or near mint and boxed.
£50-60
818
THREE MODEL TAXIS
comprising a Corgi No.418, Austin London Taxi-Cab,
black, smooth hubs, near mint, boxed, the box very
good; Budgie No.101, London Taxi-Cab, black, mint,
boxed, the box generally good (one flap lacking lip);
and Budgie No.703, London Taxi FX4 'De Danske
Redningskorps', grey, mint, boxed, the box generally
good (two scarred patches).
£45-55
MODEL TRAINS
821
[OO GAUGE]. A B.R. (W) COLLECTION
comprising an Airfix No.54125, B.R. Castle Class 4-60 tender locomotive 'Pendennis Castle', 4079, lined
green livery, boxed; three Mainline B.R. coaches,
maroon and cream livery, each boxed; and two Lima
'C.W.S. Milk Service' tank wagons, each boxed, (6).
£40-50
822
[OO
GAUGE].
A
MISCELLANEOUS
COLLECTION
comprising Mainline No.37090, G.W.R. Class 43xx
mogul 2-6-0 tender locomotive, 5322, green livery,
boxed; Dapol No.D19, G.W.R. Class 14xx 0-4-2 tank
locomotive, 1466, green livery, boxed; Lima
No.205117, G.W.R. Class 45xx 2-6-2 prairie tank
locomotive, 4589, green livery; four G.W.R. Coaches,
including an Autocoach, two of them boxed; and eight
assorted wagons, including a Siphon G, all but one
boxed, (15).
£60-70
823
[OO
GAUGE].
A
MISCELLANEOUS
COLLECTION
comprising buildings, lineside accessories, and scenic
supplies,
some
in
unopened
packaging.
£40-50
825
AN OTTO REINECKE BISQUE SOCKETHEAD DOLL
with a cropped brown wig, sleeping blue glass eyes,
and an open mouth with two upper teeth, on a fivepiece bent-limb composition body, the head impressed
'P.M. / 914 / Germany / 9', 46cm high.
£60-80
826
AN ARMAND MARSEILLE 'FLORADORA'
BISQUE SOCKET-HEAD DOLL
with a brown wig, sleeping brown glass eyes, and an
open mouth with four upper teeth, on a jointed
composition body with movable wrists, the head
impressed 'Made in Germany / Floradora / A. 5/0 M.',
28cm high; and a Heubach Koppelsdorf bisque
socket-head doll, 18cm high, (2).
£40-60
Lot 824
824
A 2 1/2 INCH GAUGE SPIRIT-FIRED LIVE
STEAM MODEL OF L.N.E.R. CLASS A3 TENDER
LOCOMOTIVE 'FLYING SCOTSMAN', [4472]
built by Major T.H. Vitty, blue livery, 94.5cm long;
together with a length of display track.
Note: Boiler history unknown.
£400-500
DOLLS & DOLLS HOUSES
Lot 827
827
AN
ARMAND
MARSEILLE
BISQUE
SOCKET-HEAD DOLL
with a long brown wig, sleeping grey glass eyes, and
an open mouth with four upper teeth, on a ball jointed
composition body with movable wrists, the head
impressed 'Armand Marseille / Germany / 390 / A 9.
M', 64cm high.
£60-80
Lot 825
Lot 828
828
A SCHOENAU & HOFFMEISTER 'HANNA'
BISQUE SOCKET-HEAD DOLL
with a cropped blonde wig, sleeping blue glass eyes,
and an open mouth with two upper teeth, on a fivepiece bent-limb composition body, the head impressed
'S PB H / Hanna / 4', 39.5cm high.
£80-100
829
FIVE ASSORTED CLOTH DOLLS
by Norah Wellings and others, the largest 36cm high.
£50-70
high, 98.5cm wide, 55cm deep; together with a
quantity of furniture and household effects, including
nine dolls (two ladies, two maids and five children see note below); five dining chairs, a sofa, a console
table and a drawing room table all in the French style;
a pair of corner what-nots; davenport; games table;
four-fold screen; sideboard; canopied bed; dresser;
gateleg table; work table; white metal pole screen;
white metal purdoneum; pair of circular gilt metal
mirrors; tin bath; painted tin hot water can; glass
topped faux tortoiseshell table; chest of drawers;
pictures and other items.
Provenance: By family repute the house was made for
Eleanor Crawley (b.1809), the present vendor's great,
great grandmother, who lived at Grove House,
Hackney, following her marriage to Henry Norris in
1833. It has remained in the same family, passing by
direct descent, ever since.
Note: According to the memoirs of one former owner
the inhabitants consisted of ‘Mr Fair and his wife, Lady
Fair, and Elspeth and Tommy and the baby… There
was [also] Blockhead the butler… and two anonymous
maids’.
£2500-3000
ADVERTISING & PACKAGING
Lot 831
Lot 830
830
A 19TH CENTURY DOUBLE FRONTED
DOLLS HOUSE
retaining its original painted stonework, the rear
elevation comprising four side-hinged glazed doors
opening to reveal an internal arrangement of four
rooms, three with fitted fireplaces and one with a tin
kitchen range, beneath a shallow pitched roof, 103cm
831
A MACKINTOSH'S TOFFEE NOVELTY
CONFECTIONERY SHOP MONEY BOX TIN
with a hinged awning, the sides attractively printed
with tinned stock, one end with a girl in the entrance
doorway, and the rear with a delivery van and driver,
the pitched lift-off lid with a coin slot, overall 9.5cm
high.
£50-70
832
A HUNTLEY & PALMER'S BISCUIT TIN
'GYMKHANA', 1898
the lid and sides printed with equestrian scenes,
including a polo match and a donkey derby, 9cm high,
13.5cm wide, 13.5cm deep; together with a Sharp's
Super-Kreem Toffee novelty confectionery tin, in the
form of a barrel or churn, 11.5cm high (lacking
handle); and four other assorted tins, (6).
£40-50
Lot 835
836
A WEAVERS DAIRY CUBES ENAMEL
WALL SIGN
with white lettering against a blue ground, 51cm x
76.5cm.
£40-50
Lot 833
837
A ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION
OF ACCIDENTS PUBLIC INFORMATION POSTER
circa 1940s-50s, 'Pyjamas are Safer than
Nightdresses / Dressed & Guarded for Safety',
depicting a girl with her teddy bear dressing before an
electric fire, 74cm x 48cm, framed and glazed.
£40-50
833
A CALIFORNIA WINES 'BIG TREE BRAND'
ADVERTISING PICTURE
depicting a labelled flagon flanked by grapes and vine
leaves, framed and glazed in an oak frame (loss to
lower right corner of frame).
£40-50
834
A CHAMPIONS VINEGAR ENAMEL WALL
SIGN
by Orme Evans & Co. of Wolverhampton, with dark
blue lettering against a light blue ground, 41cm x
183cm.
£60-70
835
A BROOKE BOND TEA ENAMEL WALL
SIGN
with black lettering against an orange ground, and a
black and white chequered border, 101cm x 101cm.
£100-120
Lot 838
838
A LATE 19TH CENTURY POLYPHON DISC
MUSIC BOX
serial number 91186, with a gilded metal bed, the lid
with a pictorial papered interior, 18.5cm x 34cm x
30.5cm; together with one 11 inch (28cm) disc, (comb
with two broken teeth).
£80-100
839
AN H.M.V. MODEL 109 TABLE GRAND
GRAMOPHONE
with an H.M.V. No.4 reproducer, in an oak case.
£40-60
Lot 842
843
A BRITISH QUAD FILM POSTER 'THE
MATRIX'
30 inches x 40 inches (approximately 76cm x 101cm).
£40-50
844
TWO BRITISH QUAD FILM POSTERS ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
comprising 'The Terminator' and 'Total Recall', each
30 inches x 40 inches (approximately 76cm x 101cm).
£40-50
Lot 840
840
AN H.M.V. TABLE GRAND GRAMOPHONE
WITH A LUMIERE PLEATED DIAPHRAGM
in a quarter-cut oak case.
£300-400
841
A VIOLIN
the two-piece back 35.5cm long, stamped 'Stainer'
below the button, the interior unlabelled, cased;
together with a bow, unnamed.
£50-70
FILM POSTERS & LOBBY CARDS
842
FOUR BRITISH QUAD FILM POSTERS CLINT EASTWOOD
comprising 'High Plains Drifter'; 'The Good, the Bad
and the Ugly'; 'Joe Kidd'; and 'Beguiled', each 30
inches x 40 inches (approximately 76cm x 101cm).
£80-100
Lot 845
845
FIVE BRITISH QUAD FILM POSTERS HARRY POTTER
comprising 'The Philosopher's Stone'; 'The Chamber
of Secrets'; 'The Goblet of Fire'; 'The Order of the
Phoenix'; and 'The Half Blood Prince', each 30 inches
x 40 inches (approximately 76cm x 101cm).
£100-120
846
A BRITISH FILM POSTER 'STAR WARS'
(1982)
with 'Revenge of the Jedi' (sic) trailer banner,
approximately 104cm x 68.5cm.
£40-50
850
APPROXIMATELY EIGHTY-SEVEN FILM
POSTERS
including
'Tango
&
Cash';
'Young
Adult';
'Arachnophobia';
'Clear
&
Present
Danger';
'Parenthood'; 'Hudson Hawk'; 'Flatliners'; 'Babe';
'Backdraft'; 'My Blue Heaven'; 'Barb Wire'; 'The War of
the Roses'; 'The Flintstones'; 'Robin Hood Prince of
Thieves'; 'Jetsons, The Movie'; 'King Ralph';
'Mermaids'; and 'Cadillac Man', most 30 inches x 40
inches (approximately 76cm x 101cm).
£60-80
851
OVER THIRTY-THREE FILM POSTERS
including 'Memphis Belle'; 'Dragon Heart'; 'A Knight's
Tale'; 'Hot Shots'; 'The Naked Gun 2 1/2'; 'The
Lawnmower Man'; 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'; 'The
Phantom'; and 'Earth Girls are Easy', most 30 inches x
40 inches (approximately 76cm x 101cm).
£50-70
Lot 846
847
A BRITISH QUAD FILM POSTER 'BLADE
RUNNER. THE DIRECTORS CUT'
30 inches x 40 inches (approximately 76cm x 101cm).
£40-50
Lot 852
852
A BRITISH QUAD FILM POSTER 'THE
TOWERING INFERNO'
30 inches x 40 inches (approximately 76cm x 101cm).
£40-50
Lot 848
848
TWO BRITISH QUAD FILM POSTERS
comprising 'Joan of Arc'; and 'Marco Polo', each 30
inches x 40 inches (approximately 76cm x 101cm).
£40-50
849
TWENTY BRITISH QUAD FILM POSTERS
including 'Spies Like Us'; 'American Gigolo'; 'Stripes';
'Capricorn One'; and 'The Best Little Whore House in
Texas', each 30 inches x 40 inches (approximately
76cm x 101cm).
£40-50
853
TWO BRITISH QUAD FILM POSTERS
comprising 'Ben Hur'; and 'The Ten Commandments',
each 30 inches x 40 inches (approximately 76cm x
101cm); together with a book, Cary, John.
Spectacular! The Story of Epic Films, Castle Books,
1974, ring-bound, folio, (3).
£50-70
854
A BRITISH QUAD FILM POSTER 'DUEL'
30 inches x 40 inches (approximately 76cm x 101cm).
£40-50
Lot 859
Lot 855
SCIENTIFIC
CAMERAS
INSTRUMENTS
&
855
A BRITISH QUAD FILM POSTER 'ENTER
THE DRAGON'
30 inches x 40 inches (approximately 76cm x 101cm).
£100-150
856
A BRITISH QUAD FILM POSTER 'AIRPORT'
30 inches x 40 inches (approximately 76cm x 101cm).
£40-50
Lot 860
Lot 857
860
A 19TH CENTURY BRASS TELESCOPE, BY
DOLLOND OF LONDON
with a short brass tripod stand, in a fitted mahogany
case.
£200-300
857
A BRITISH QUAD FILM POSTER 'THE
BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI'
30 inches x 40 inches (approximately 76cm x 101cm).
£40-50
858
THIRTY-FIVE ASSORTED LOBBY CARDS
mainly singles, including those for 'Mary Poppins'; 'Pal
Joey'; 'Last Stagecoach West'; 'Pale Arrow'; 'Planet of
the Apes'; and 'Frankenstein'.
£40-50
859
THIRTY-FIVE ASSORTED LOBBY CARDS
mainly singles, including those for 'The Plank';
'Wuthering Heights'; 'Munster Go Home'; 'Samson and
Delilah'; 'El Cid'; 'Trouble in Store'; and 'Too Hot to
Handle'.
£40-50
Lot 861
861
A HILGER & WATTS LTD SURVEYOR'S
LEVEL
serial number 117515, with a hammered grey-green
finish, in a fitted wooden box; together with a tripod
and ranging poles.
£50-70
862
AN A.G. THORNTON LTD SURVEYOR'S
LEVEL
the japanned body with lacquered brass fittings, in a
fitted wooden box.
£50-70
863
A NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA ANEMOMETER
serial number B.7927, in a (worn) leather case;
together with a Vulcan pressure gauge, in a leather
case; and a German gimbal-mounted compass,
overall 17.5cm diameter, (3).
£40-50
864
A CORONET MIDGET CAMERA
in mottled red bakelite, the case in good condition
(mechanism not tested).
£40-50
RAILWAYANA,
AUTOMOBILIA,
NAUTICALIA & AERONAUTICA
865
RAILWAY LUGGAGE
LABELS
A
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION
Approximately 194 pre- and post-grouping labels,
comprising those of Great Eastern Railway (82),
Southern Railway (26), Great Western Railway (21),
British Railways (19), London & North Eastern Railway
(13), Midland & Great Northern Railways (11), London
& South Western Railway (8), Great Northern Railway
(5), and other (9) interest, (loose).
£40-50
866
RAILWAY LUGGAGE
LABELS
A
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION
Approximately 230 pre- and post-grouping labels,
comprising those of Great Eastern Railway (143),
Great Western Railway (21), Southern Railway (19),
London & North Eastern Railway (19), Midland &
Great Northern Railways (17), London & South
Western Railway (8), and British Railways (3) interest,
(loose).
£40-50
867
RAILWAY LUGGAGE
LABELS
A
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION
Approximately 230 pre- and post-grouping labels,
comprising those of Great Eastern Railway (143),
Great Western Railway (21), Southern Railway (19),
London & North Eastern Railway (19), Midland &
Great Northern Railways (17), London & South
Western Railway (8), and British Railways (3) interest,
(loose).
£40-50
868
RAILWAY LUGGAGE
LABELS
A
MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTION
Approximately 230 pre- and post-grouping labels,
comprising those of Great Eastern Railway (143),
Great Western Railway (21), Southern Railway (19),
London & North Eastern Railway (19), Midland &
Great Northern Railways (17), London & South
Western Railway (8), and British Railways (3) interest,
(loose).
£40-50
869
RAILWAY TICKETS - A MISCELLANEOUS
COLLECTION
Approximately 430 pre-grouping, grouping and postnationalization travel and other tickets.
£40-50
Lot 866
Lot 870
870
RAILWAY TICKETS - A MISCELLANEOUS
COLLECTION
Over 400 pre- and post-nationalization travel and other
tickets, including Holiday Runabout and other rover
cards, tours and excursions, with some continental;
together with a quantity of related ephemera.
£40-50
875
A GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY NICKEL
CASED POCKET WATCH
by Record, with a 15 jewel Swiss movement, the
circular white enamel dial with black Roman numerals
and a subsidiary seconds dial, the case engraved
'G.W.R. / 0.1401', 58mm diameter.
£40-50
871
RAILWAY TIMETABLES - SOUTHERN
Eleven timetables comprising London, Brighton &
South Coast Railway, 1912-13 (No.44); Southern
Railway (Brighton Section), 1923; and Southern
Railway, various, 1927 to 1947.
£40-50
872
RAILWAY TIMETABLES - SOUTHERN
Twenty-three timetables comprising various British
Railways (Southern Region), 1948 to 1965.
£40-50
873
RAILWAY TIMETABLES - MIDLAND &
WESTERN
Thirty timetables comprising London, Midland &
Scottish Railway, various, 1934 to 1947 (8); British
Railways (Midland Region), various, 1949 to 1963 (8);
and British Railways (Western Region), various, 1949
to 1963 (14).
£40-50
874
RAILWAY TIMETABLES - NORTHERN &
EASTERN
Thirty-seven timetables comprising Great Eastern
Railway (Appendix), 1919; London & North Eastern
Railway, various, 1936 to 1947 (11); and British
Railways (Northern & Eastern Regions), various, 1948
to 1961 (25).
£40-50
Lot 875
Lot 876
876
A NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY THREE
ASPECT BULLS-EYE HAND LAMP
repainted black, complete with clear, blue and red
filters, 'N.E.R. Co.' reservoir, burner and a later
reflector, the body with a pleated cap, applied
embossed 'N.E.R.' brass plaque, and stamped
marking 'L.N.E D2', 30cm high.
£40-50
877
TWO RAILWAY HAND LAMPS
comprising a London, Midland & Scottish Railway
three aspect hand lamp, repainted maroon, complete
with slatted clear, blue and red filters, reservoir, burner
and reflector, the body with applied embossed 'L.M.S.
47282' brass plaque, and further embossed 'LMS',
31.5cm high; together with a British Railways three
aspect hand lamp, repainted light grey, complete with
clear, blue and red filters, reservoir, burner and
reflector, now additionally wired for electricity, the body
embossed 'B.R.', 28.5cm high, (2).
£40-50
878
TWO RAILWAY LAMPS
comprising a British Railways three aspect hand lamp,
polished copper, complete with clear, blue and red
filters, reservoir, burner and reflector, the body
embossed 'B.R.', 28.5cm high; and a British Railways
(Western Region) lamp, with a repainted black square
sectional upper body and a circular copper reservoir
base, stamped 'B.R. WR', 23.5cm high, (2).
£40-50
879
TWO RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE TAIL LAMPS
both repainted white, each complete with red lens,
reservoir, burner and reflector, one additionally wired
for electricity, the bodies stamped 'BR (W)' and
embossed 'B.R.' respectively, 53cm and 52cm high
respectively (inclusive of raised carrying handle), (2).
880
TWO RAILWAY LOCOMOTIVE HEAD OR
TAIL LAMPS
comprising a British Railways (Western Region)
double bulls-eye lamp by G. Polkey, repainted black,
complete with sliding clear glass filter, reservoir and
burner, the body with an applied embossed maker's
plaque 'G. Polkey Ltd / Manufacturers / Birmingham'
and embossed 'BR (W)', 48cm high; and a British
Railways double bulls-eye lamp, repainted white,
complete with sliding red glass filter, reservoir and
burner, additionally wired for electricity, the body
embossed 'BR', 46cm high, (2).
£60-80
882
TWO RAILWAY LAMPS
comprising an Adlake No.22 Non Sweating Lamp, by
Lamp Manufacturing & Railway Supplies Ltd,
repainted black, complete with lift-out inner body
containing reservoir and burner, repainted white and
with applied plaque 'LMS Railway', the outer body with
applied brass maker's plaques, 38cm high; and a later
Adlake Non Sweating Lamp, by Lamp Manufacturing
& Railway Supplies Ltd, repainted black, with reservoir
and burner, the hinged top with inner framework
marked 'BR (M)', 38cm high, (2).
£50-60
883
TWO GERMAN RAILWAY LAMPS
comprising a Deutsches Reichsbahn carbide hand
lamp, by A. Sartorius, the top with indistinct embossed
maker's name and the back with 'DR' winged wheel,
20.5cm high; together with a later signal lamp,
repainted black with red and white triangular panels to
the sides, complete with reservoir and burner,
additionally wired for electricity, embossed 'DB 74'
[Deutsches Bundesbahn], 52.5cm high inclusive of
carrying handle, (2).
£40-50
884
TWO HAND LAMPS
comprising a lamp of square sectional form, repainted
green, complete with reservoir, burner and reflector,
with a pleated cap, the body and reservoir stamped
'S[E]R', possibly South Eastern Railway, 33cm high;
and a three aspect hand lamp, the top repainted
yellow, complete with slatted blue and red filters,
reservoir, burner and reflector, the body without
markings, 29cm high, (2).
885
A GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY CAST IRON
SIGN
'... / Notice / All Persons are Warned Not to Trespass /
...', 50cm x 72cm.
£40-50
Lot 881
881
TWO RAILWAY LAMPS
comprising a Southern Railway bulls-eye locomotive
head lamp, repainted red, complete with reservoir and
burner, the body embossed 'SR', 41cm high; and a
Southern Railway Welch-type bulls-eye lamp, by Lamp
Manufacturing & Railway Supplies Ltd, complete with
reservoir and burner, the body with a rubbed applied
brass maker's plaque and embossed 'SR', 30cm high,
(2). £40-50
886
A
BRITISH
RAILWAYS
(SOUTHERN
REGION) TRAVEL POSTER 'THE CHANNEL
ISLANDS'
designed by Frederick Griffin, printed by Jordison &
Co., 101.5cm x 126cm.
Note: Originally sent to Coulsdon North station for
display.
£700-800
Lot 886
887
THREE CARBIDE BICYCLE LAMPS
comprising a chromed Powell & Hanmer Ltd
'Chieftain'; chromed Powell & Hanmer 'Panther'; and a
brass Joseph Lucas Ltd 'Calcia Club'. The largest
17.5cm high.
£40-50
888
A CHROMED CAR BONNET MASCOT
in the style of the Spirit of Ecstasy, unmarked, 12.5cm
high (excluding mounting screw).
£50-70
889
A GILT METAL MOTOR RACING MEDAL,
1955
the obverse depicting racing cars entering a corner in
low relief, and marked 'Montini', the reverse engraved
'Rally S.R. / 19-6-55', 5cm diameter.
Note: Won by the vendor's father, who entered various
rallying events at the Interlagos circuit in Sao Paulo,
Brazil during the 1950s, and established a friendship
with the Fittipaldi family. The vendor recalls playing
alongside a young Emerson Fittipaldi who would later
go on to become Formula 1 World Champion in 1972
and 1974.
£40-60
Lot 890
891
A GERMAN STIFF PAPER CUT-OUT
ZEPPELIN KIT
'Luftschiff (nach dem Modell des Grafen v. Zeppelin)',
printed in black, cream and silver, across a large
folded sheet, with an applied instruction sheet, overall
36cm x 86.5cm.
£100-120
892
A GERMAN 'MODELL ATLAS'
circa 1910, containing colour printed sectional
illustrations of an airship, compound steam engine,
railway locomotive, dynamo, steam turbine, and motor
war, with an instruction booklet, the whole contained in
a card wallet.
£100-120
890
A SHIP'S COPPER MASTHEAD LIGHT
with an applied embossed brass plaque 'Meteorite /
C26696 / Patent No. 546575', complete with reservoir,
burner and reflector, additionally wired for electricity,
58cm high.
£40-60
Lot 893
893
A SWISS AIRSHIP POSTER
'Ecole Superieure D'Aeronautique et de Constructions
Mecaniques de Lausanne (Suisse)', circa 1910,
printed by A. Bovard-Giddey, with New York State
Library accession stamp dated 14 Dec. 1916 to upper
right corner, 70cm x 49.5cm (laid down and linen
backed).
£150-200
Lot 897
897
JAMES GOULDING (BRITISH, 1923-2010)
The Douglas DC-3,
a multi-perspective original study for Profile
Publications Number 96, gouache on artist's board,
41cm x 53cm; together with a copy of the published
periodical in which the illustrations appear.
£40-60
Lot 894
894
A FRENCH AIRSHIP POSTER
'Compagnie Generale Transaerienne / Billancourt /
Paris', depicting an airship in flight, the passenger
under-carriage marked 'Astra', 78cm x 116.5cm (laid
down and linen backed).
£400-500
895
AN ORIGINAL ARTIST'S IMPRESSION OF
THE FINLEY AEROCRUISER 'THE ADMIRAL
ROBERT E. PEARY'
designed by Thomas Finley, the craft depicted flying
above The White House, Washington, watercolour and
gouache, the lower border comprising a series of
sectional views, 69cm x 94.5cm, framed and glazed.
£150-200
896
FIVE AIRFIX CALENDAR PAGE PRINTS
by Roy Cross, comprising a Douglas TBD-1
Devastator; Mig21; Handley-Page 0/400; Focke-Wulf
FW189; and the Prince Eugen, each signed in blue ink
by the artist; together with another Airfix calendar page
print, of a 1930 Supercharged Bentley, after a different
hand, unsigned, each 37cm x 50cm, unframed, (6).
£40-50
Lot 898
898
JAMES GOULDING (BRITISH, 1923-2010)
The Avro Vulcan,
a multi-perspective original study for Profile
Publications Number 162, gouache on artist's board,
53cm x 81cm; together with a copy of the published
periodical in which the illustrations appear.
£80-100
899
A ROYAL NAVY AIR STATION YEOVILTON
AIR DAY POSTER, 1962
depicting a pilot looking skyward beneath the white
ensign, 75cm x 49.5cm, framed and glazed.
£60-80
904
SEVEN
CONSTABULARY
GENERAL
PURPOSE LAMPS
including one by Freeman Thomas & Co. of
Birmingham and two by Hiatt & Co. of Birmingham,
most repainted black, five with pleated caps, the
largest 26cm high (exclusive of carrying handle).
£50-70
905
FIVE GENERAL PURPOSE HAND LAMPS
including two by Chas. Andrews of London, one by
Rose Bray & Co. of Deptford, and a candle lantern.
£40-50
Lot 899
GENERAL COLLECTORS ITEMS
900
AN ALLEN & HANBURY POST-MORTEM
INSTRUMENT SET
late 19th or early 20th century, comprising a universal
handle with saw and amputation / incision knives,
scalpels, bowel scissors, hook and chain retractors, a
needle and other items, in a fitted mahogany case with
inset ivorine maker's plaques, overall 25cm long.
£50-70
901
TWO SERVICE ISSUE HAND LAMPS
both repainted green, each complete with clear, blue
and red filters, reservoir, burner and reflector, one
additionally wired for electricity, the bodies with a
pleated caps, stamped 'C.E. & S. / [ordnance arrow
mark] / 1955 / A 2348' and 'C.E. & S. / [ordnance
arrow mark] / 1956 / A 2348' respectively, each 33cm
high, (2).
£40-50
902
TWO SIGNAL LAMPS
both repainted red, of differing designs, with red and
red / green filters respectively, each complete with
reservoir and burner and additionally wired for
electricity, 45cm and 43cm high respectively.
£40-60
903
FIVE ASSORTED GENERAL PURPOSE
HAND LAMPS
all repainted, all complete with reservoirs and burners,
the largest 24cm high.
£40-50
906
TWO RACING YACHTS
of glass reinforced plastic construction, the first
'Hytalk', mid blue, with a weighted keel, 129cm long;
the second 'Blue Daze', light blue, lacking keel, 130cm
long; together with three main masts and associated
sails.
£50-70
BOOKS, MAPS & DOCUMENTS
907
[CHILDRENS]. ILLUSTRATED
Detmold, E.J., illustrator. Fabre's Book of Insects,
retold from Alexander Teixeira de Mattos' translation
by Mrs R. Stawell, Hodder & Stoughton, London, no
date [circa 1921], ivory cloth gilt, twelve mounted
colour plate illustrations, quarto; Hamer, S.H. The
Princess and the Dragon, Duckworth, London, no date
[circa 1914], green cloth with pictorial onlay, twelve
colour plate illustrations after John Hassall, small
quarto; Harrison, Florence. The Rhyme of a Run,
Blackie, London, no date, pictorial green cloth, twenty
(of twenty-one) mounted colour plate illustrations
(most with creasing), oblong quarto (lower joint torn
and holed); and two other works, (5).
£40-50
908
[CHILDRENS]. LADYBIRD BOOKS
Seventy-eight assorted non-fiction titles, including The
Builder; The Miner; The Fisherman; The Car Makers;
The Nurse; The Fireman; The Airman; The Sailor; and
The Lifeboatman.
£40-50
Lot 909
909
[HISTORY]
Beaumont, G. The Warrior's Looking-Glass: wherein is
shewn... The Trivial Causes, Cruel Nature, Direful
Effects, and Anti-Christian Spirit and Practice of War,
by Crome, Sheffield, 1808, original boards, octavo.
Provenance: The family of John Langdon-Davies
(1897-1971), author and journalist, war correspondent
during the Spanish Civil War and Russo-Finnish War,
by direct descent.
£40-50
910
[HISTORY]. POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY &
ECONOMICS
Hirschfeld, Magnus. Racism, translated by Eden &
Cedar Paul, Left Book Club / Gollancz, London, 1938,
limp orange cloth, octavo; Koestler, Arthur. Spanish
Testament, Left Book Club / Gollancz, London, 1937,
limp orange cloth, octavo; Gannes, Harry, & Repard,
Theodore. Spain in Revolt. A History of the Civil War
in Spain in 1936 and a Study of its Social, Political and
Economic Causes, Left Book Club / Gollancz, London,
1936, limp orange cloth, octavo; Snow, Edgar. Red
Star Over China, Left Book Club / Gollancz, London,
1937, limp orange cloth, octavo; Brady, Robert. The
Spirit and Structure of German Fascism, Left Book
Club / Gollancz, London, 1937, limp orange cloth,
octavo; and a further twenty assorted Left Book Club
works, uniformly bound in limp orange cloth, (25).
Provenance: The family of John Langdon-Davies
(1897-1971), author and journalist, war correspondent
during the Spanish Civil War and Russo-Finnish War,
by direct descent.
£50-70
911
[HISTORY]. POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY &
ECONOMICS
Hill, Elizabeth, & Mudie, Doris, translators and editors,
The Letters of Lenin, first edition, Chapman & Hall,
London, 1937, portrait frontispiece, limp green cloth,
octavo; Russia Today: The Official Report of the
British Trade Union Delegation, International
Publishers, New York, 1925, stiff paper covers, folding
map, octavo; and assorted other works; together with
various periodicals, including a near continuous run of
Labour Monthly, May 1937 to February 1940 (twentytwo issues); and a near continuous run of Left Review,
August 1936 to April 1938 (twenty issues), (box).
Provenance: The family of John Langdon-Davies
(1897-1971), author and journalist, war correspondent
during the Spanish Civil War and Russo-Finnish War,
by direct descent.
£40-50
912
[HISTORY]. POLITICS, PHILOSOPHY &
ECONOMICS
Miff, P. China's Struggle for Freedom, Modern Books
Ltd, London, no date [circa 1937], pictorial stiff paper
covers, pamphlet; Ovcharenko, Ivan. In a Ring of Fire.
Memories of a Partisan, Modern Books Ltd, London,
no date, pictorial stiff paper covers, pamphlet;
Marchbank, John, & Little J.C., foreword. Fascism Fight it Now, Labour Research Department, London,
1937, pictorial stiff paper covers, pamphlet; and
assorted other pamphlets, (approximately 90).
Provenance: The family of John Langdon-Davies
(1897-1971), author and journalist, war correspondent
during the Spanish Civil War and Russo-Finnish War,
by direct descent.
£40-50
Lot 913
913
[HISTORY]
Las Cases, Count de. Journal of the Private Life and
Conversations of the Emperor Napoleon at Saint
Helena, new edition, eight parts in four volumes,
Colburn, London, 1824, half leather gilt, eight plate
illustrations (four hand-coloured; one folding), two
folding maps, octavo.
£40-50
914
[MILITARY & NAVAL]
Field, Col. Cyril. Britain's Sea-Soldiers. A History of
the Royal Marines and their Predecessors and of their
Services in Action, Ashore and Afloat, and Upon
Sundry Other Occasions of Moment, two volumes,
The Lyceum Press, Liverpool, 1924, black buckram
backed blue cloth gilt, colour and half-tone plate
illustrations, text illustrations, quarto.
£40-50
915
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Greene, Graham. Stamboul Train, first edition, second
issue, Heinemann, London, 1932, black cloth, 'Quin
Savory' on p.78, 'Chaucer' on pp. 81, 82 etc, octavo;
Greene, Graham. The Quiet American, first edition,
Heinemann, London, 1955, blue cloth, dustjacket,
octavo; Greene, Graham. The Third Man and The
Fallen Idol, first edition, Heinemann, London, 1950,
black cloth, octavo; and a further five works by the
same, (8).
£40-50
916
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Spark, Muriel. The Bachelors, first edition, Macmillan,
London, 1960, scarlet cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Spark,
Muriel. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, , first edition,
Macmillan, London, 1961, green cloth, octavo; Spark,
Muriel. Doctors of Philosophy: A Play, first edition,
Macmillan, London, 1963, blue cloth, dustjacket,
octavo; Spark, Muriel. The Mandelbaum Gate, first
edition, Macmillan, London, 1965, boards, dustjacket,
octavo; and a further eight works by the same, (12).
£50-60
Lot 918
918
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Yeats, W.B. Stories of Red Hanrahan and the Secret
Rose, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1927, crimson
cloth, two colour plates and further black and white
illustrations by Norah McGuinness, octavo.
£40-50
919
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Yeats, W.B. Autobiographies: Reveries Over
Childhood and Youth and the Trembling of the Veil,
first edition, Macmillan, London, 1926, blind stamped
green cloth, tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece, one
mounted colour plate illustration, three further portrait
plate illustrations, octavo; Yeats, W.B. The Winding
Stair and Other Poems, first edition reprint, Macmillan,
London, 1933, green cloth with blind stamped upper
cover, octavo (covers with damp marked fore edges);
Yeats, W.B. Wheels and Butterflies, first edition,
Macmillan, London, 1934, green cloth with gilt masks
motif, octavo; Yeats, W.B. Last Poems & Plays, first
edition, Macmillan, London, 1940, green cloth with
blind stamped upper cover, octavo (covers with damp
marked fore edges), (4).
£50-70
917
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Yeats, W.B. Per Amica Silentia Lunae, first edition,
Macmillan, London, 1918, blue cloth gilt, octavo (later
bookplate to front pastedown).
£60-80
Lot 920
920
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Dundy, Elaine. The Dud Avocado, first edition,
Gollancz, London, 1958, red boards, dustjacket,
octavo; Dundy, Elaine. The Old Man and Me, first
edition, Gollancz, London, 1964, red boards,
dustjacket, octavo; and Dundy, Elaine. The Injured
Party, first edition, Joseph, London, 1974, black
boards, dustjacket, octavo, (3).
£40-50
921
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Beecham, Audrey. The Coast of Barbary, first edition,
Hamish Hamilton, London, 1957, red boards,
dustjacket, INSCRIBED & SIGNED ASSOCIATION
COPY 'For R.S. Thomas / with all good wishes / from /
Audrey Beecham', octavo; Moore, Marianne. The
Arctic Ox, first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1964,
blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Ridler, Anne. The Nine
Bright Shiners, first edition, Faber & Faber, London,
1943, yellow cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Ridler, Anne.
The Golden Bird and Other Poems, first edition, Faber
& Faber, London, 1951, yellow cloth, dustjacket,
octavo; and a further seven assorted works, most first
editions, including five by Robert Lowell (one ex
library), (11).
£40-50
922
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Auden, W.H. Nones, first edition, Faber & Faber,
London, 1952, blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Auden,
W.H. Epistle to a Godson & Other Poems, first edition,
Faber & Faber, London, 1972, cloth-backed boards,
dustjacket, octavo; Auden, W.H. City Without Limits,
first edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1969, black cloth,
dustjacket, octavo; and Auden, W.H. Thank You, Fog:
Last Poems, first edition, Faber & Faber, London,
1974, cloth-backed boards, dustjacket, octavo, (4).
£40-50
923
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Auden, W.H. New Year Letter, first edition, Faber &
Faber, London, 1941, grey cloth, octavo; Auden, W.H.
For the Time Being, first edition, Faber & Faber,
London, 1945, brick red cloth, octavo; Auden, W.H.
The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue, first edition,
Faber & Faber, London, 1948, yellow cloth, dustjacket,
octavo; Auden, W.H. The Enchafed Flood or, The
Romantic Iconography of the Sea, Faber & Faber,
London, 1951, blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and a
further eleven works by the same, many later
impressions or editions, (15).
£40-50
924
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Cameron, Norman. The Winter House and Other
Poems, first edition, Dent, London, 1935, boards,
dustjacket, octavo; Cameron, Norman. Collected
Poems, 1905-1953, first edition, The Hogarth Press,
London, 1957, boards, dustjacket, portrait frontispiece,
octavo; Campbell, Roy. Pomegranates, first edition,
Boriswood Limited, London, 1932, stiff paper covers,
drawings by James Boswell, 18.5cm x 13.5cm;
Binyon, Laurence. The Burning of the Leaves and
Other Poems, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1944,
stiff paper covers, 22cm x 14cm; Kavanagh, P.J. Real
Sky, limited edition of 500, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, The
Whittington Press, Andoversford, 1980, stiff paper
covers, 22.5cm x 16.5cm (ownership inscription to title
page); Jones, David. The Kensington Mass, first
edition, Agenda Editions, London, 1975, soft covers,
octavo; Raine, Kathleen. David Jones and the Actually
Loved and Known, first edition, Golgonooza Press,
Ipswich, 1978, stiff paper covers, 22.5cm x 15cm;
Jarrell, Randall. The Lost World, first edition, Eyre &
Spottiswoode, London, 1966, boards, dustjacket,
octavo; and a further six assorted works, some first
editions, (14).
£40-50
925
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Moore, Marianne. Poems, Poems, first edition, The
Egoist Press, London, 1921, stiff paper covers with
onlaid title label, 21.5cm x 14cm (foxed; ownership
signature to front free endpaper; cover papering neatly
torn along spine, without significant loss).
£40-50
926
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Betjeman, John. Ghastly Good Taste or, A Depressing
Story of the Rise and Fall of English Architecture, first
edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1933, cloth-backed
decorative boards, folding street panorama, octavo;
Betjeman, John. Antiquarian Prejudice, first edition,
The Hogarth Press, London, 1939, stiff paper covers,
18.5cm x 12cm; Betjeman, John, & Piper, John.
Poems in the Porch, first edition, S.P.C.K., London,
1954, stiff paper covers, 22cm x 14cm; and Betjeman,
John. Summoned by Bells, first edition, Murray,
London, 1960, blind stamped green cloth, dustjacket,
octavo, (4).
£40-50
Lot 927
927
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Waugh, Evelyn. Scott-King's Modern Europe, first
edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1947, blue cloth,
dustjacket, octavo; Waugh, Evelyn. Work Suspended,
first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1948, blue
cloth, octavo; Waugh, Evelyn. Men at Arms, first
edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1952, blue cloth,
octavo; Waugh, Evelyn. The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold,
first edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1957, blue
cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Amis, Kingsley. I Like it Here,
first edition, Gollancz, London, 1958, red boards,
dustjacket, octavo; Amis, Kingsley. One Fat
Englishman, first edition, Gollancz, London, 1963, red
boards, dustjacket, octavo; and three other works, (9).
£50-60
928
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Huxley, Aldous, editor. The Letters of D.H. Lawrence,
first edition, Heinemann, London, 1932, brown cloth,
dustjacket, plate illustrations, quarto, ASSOCIATION
COPY: SIGNED BY FRIEDA LAWRENCE; Lawrence,
Frieda. "Not I, But the Wind...", first edition,
Heinemann, London, 1935, brown cloth, octavo; Brett,
Dorothy. Lawrence and Brett, first edition, Secker,
London, 1933, fawn cloth, plate illustrations, octavo;
Lewis, Wyndham. Left Wings Over Europe: or, How to
Make a War About Nothing, first edition, Cape,
London, 1936, scarlet cloth, octavo; Green, Henry.
Back, first edition, Hogarth Press, London, 1946, grey
cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and Macaulay, Rose.
Catchwords and Claptrap [Hogarth Essays, Second
Series], Hogarth Press, London, 1926, decorative
boards, octavo, (6).
£50-60
929
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Joyce, James. Chamber Music, third edition, Egoist
Press, London, 1923, dark green cloth, octavo; and
Joyce, James. Stephen Hero, first edition, Cape,
London, 1944, black cloth, dustjacket, octavo, (2).
£50-60
930
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Eliot, T.S. The Family Reunion, first edition, Faber &
Faber, London, 1939, grey cloth, dustjacket, octavo;
Eliot, T.S. The Cocktail Party, first edition, Faber &
Faber, London, 1950, green cloth, octavo; Eliot, T.S.
The Confidential Clerk, first edition, Faber & Faber,
London, 1954, blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Eliot,
T.S. The Elder Statesman, first edition, Faber & Faber,
London, 1959, crimson cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Eliot,
T.S. Poems Written in Early Youth, first edition, Faber
& Faber, London, 1967, purple cloth, dustjacket; and
six further works by the same, (11).
£40-50
931
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Bowen, Elizabeth. The Hotel, first edition, The Dial
Press, New York, 1928, black cloth with title label to
spine, octavo; Bowen, Elizabeth. The Last September,
first edition, Constable, London, 1929, grey cloth,
octavo (spine / hinges repaired); Bowen, Elizabeth.
Friends & Relations, first edition, Constable, London,
1931, brown cloth, octavo; Bowen, Elizabeth. The
House in Paris, first edition, Knopf, New York, 1936,
scarlet cloth, dustjacket, octavo; Bowen, Elizabeth.
The Death of the Heart, first edition, Gollancz, London,
1938, black cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and five further
works by the same, (10).
£40-50
Lot 932
932
[MODERN FIRSTS]
O'Brien, Edna. The Country Girls, first edition,
Hutchinson, London, 1960, black boards, dustjacket
(gift inscription to front pastedown; ownership name to
front free endpaper; jacket toned, with scratch along
spine and chipping at spine head); and O'Brien, Edna.
August is a Wicked Month, first edition, Cape, London,
1965, grey boards, dustjacket, octavo (jacket faded
along spine), (2).
£50-60
933
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Morand, Paul. Closed All Night, limited edition
126/250, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, Chapman, London,
1924, black cloth gilt, quarto; Morand, Paul. Black
Magic, translated by Hamish Miles, first edition,
Heinemann, London, 1929, decorative cloth with
applied title labels, illustrations by Aaron Douglas,
octavo; Frost, Robert. A Witness Tree, first edition,
Cape, London, 1943, blue cloth, dustjacket, octavo;
and four other assorted works of poetry, (7).
£40-50
934
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Stafford, Jean. Bad Characters, first edition, Chatto &
Windus, London, 1965, brown boards, dustjacket,
octavo; Purdy, James. Eustace Chisholm & the Works,
first edition, Cape, London, 1968, black boards,
dustjacket, octavo; Braybrooke, Neville. The Idler, first
edition, Secker & Warburg, London, 1961, black
boards, dustjacket, octavo; Burt, Nathaniel. Leopards
in the Garden, first edition, Murray, London, 1969, tan
boards, dustjacket, octavo; Gerhardi, William.
Resurrection, first edition, Cassell, London, 1934,
green cloth, dustjacket, octavo; and a further eighteen
assorted works, (23).
£50-60
935
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Mansfield, Katherine. The Aloe, limited edition of 750,
Constable, London, 1930, brown buckram, top edges
gilt, octavo; Coppard, A.E. Silver Circus, first edition,
Cape, London, 1928, quarter black cloth and silver
boards, SIGNED & INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR, octavo
(lacking front free endpaper); Brooke, Rupert. Letters
from America, first edition, Sidgwick & Jackson,
London, 1916, dark grey cloth, title label to spine,
tissue-guarded portrait frontispiece, octavo; Thomas,
Dylan. The Map of Love, first edition, Dent, London,
1939, mauve cloth, portrait frontispiece, octavo; and a
further nine assorted works, (13).
£40-50
936
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Plath, Sylvia. Ariel, first edition, Faber & Faber,
London, 1965, red cloth, octavo; Heaney, Seamus.
Death of a Naturalist, first edition, Faber & Faber,
London, 1966, green cloth, octavo; Prince, F.T.
Memoirs in Oxford, first edition, Fulchrum Press,
London, 1970, black cloth, SIGNED & INSCRIBED
'For Philip Toynbee, / with kind regards / from / Frank
Prince', octavo; Pound, Ezra. Guide to Kulchur, first
edition, Faber & Faber, London, 1938, apple green
cloth, octavo; and sixteen assorted other works,
including further titles by Ezra Pound and two
pamphlets, (20).
£40-50
937
[MODERN FIRSTS]
Stephens, James. The Hill of Vision, first edition,
Maunsel, Dublin, 1912, quarter buckram, octavo;
Stephens, James. Here Are Ladies, first edition,
Macmillan, London, 1913, green cloth, octavo;
Stephens, James. The Demi-Gods, first edition,
Macmillan, London, 1914, green cloth, octavo;
Stephens, James. The Adventures of Seumas Beg /
The Rocky Road to Dublin, reprint, Macmillan,
London, 1916, blue cloth, octavo; Stephens, James.
Reincarnations, first edition, Macmillan, London, 1918,
blue cloth, octavo; and a further eight works by the
same, (13).
£40-50
Lot 938
938
[NATURAL HISTORY]. BOTANY
[Hey, R.]. The Moral of Flowers, second edition, for
Longman et al., London, 1835, half leather, top edges
gilt, twenty-four hand-coloured plate illustrations (as
called for), octavo (upper hinge weak; binding tender;
spine scuffed; printed ownership label to upper cover).
£40-60
939
[NATURAL HISTORY]. BOTANY
[Hey, R.]. The Spirit of the Woods, first edition, for
Longman et al., London, 1837, half leather, top edges
gilt, twenty-six hand-coloured plate illustrations (as
called for), octavo (spine scuffed and with a few worm
holes; gilt blocked owner's name and acquisition date,
together with a printed label to upper cover).
£60-80
Lot 940
940
[NATURAL HISTORY]
Wright, Lewis. The Illustrated Book of Poultry, revised
edition, Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, 1880,
pictorial bevelled green cloth gilt, all edges gilt, fifty
colour plate illustrations (as called for), further text
illustrations, quarto.
£40-60
941
[NATURAL HISTORY]. BOTANY
Lee, Mrs R. Trees, Plants, and Flowers: Their
Beauties, Uses, and Influences, Grant & Griffith,
London, 1854, green cloth gilt, all edges gilt, eight
hand-coloured plate illustrations, octavo (upper joint
torn); Johnson, C. Pierpoint. British Wild Flowers,
reprint, Van Voorst, London, 1876, bevelled green
cloth gilt, all edges gilt, frontispiece and a further
eighty-nine hand-coloured plate illustrations by John
Sowerby, quarto; Lindley, John. Ladies' Botany: or, A
Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Natural
System of Botany, fourth edition, Ridgway, London, no
date, dark green cloth, twenty-five hand-coloured plate
illustrations, octavo (binding weak); Wakefield,
Priscilla. An Introduction to Botany, seventh edition, for
Darton, Harvey & Co. Et al., London, 1816, half
leather, nine engraved plate illustrations, octavo; and
seven other works of related interest, (11).
£50-60
942
[NATURAL HISTORY]. BOTANY
Johnson, C. Pierpoint. The Useful Plants of Great
Britain: A Treatise Upon the Principal Native
Vegetables Capable of Application as Food, Medicine,
or in the Arts and Manufactures, Kent, London, 1862,
decorative bevelled green cloth gilt, all edges gilt,
twenty-five hand-coloured plate illustrations by John
Sowerby, quarto; Johnson, C. Pierpoint. British Wild
Flowers, reprint, Van Voorst, London, 1863, dark
green cloth (replacement endpapers), all edges gilt,
eighty-nine hand-coloured plate illustrations by John
Sowerby (lacking frontispiece), quarto; Johnson, C.
Pierpoint. British Wild Flowers, reprint, Gurney &
Jackson, London, 1890, bevelled green cloth gilt, all
edges gilt, frontispiece and a further eighty-nine handcoloured plate illustrations by John Sowerby, quarto;
Lindley, John. Ladies' Botany: or, A Familiar
Introduction to the Study of the Natural System of
Botany, second edition, Ridgway, London, no date,
dark green cloth (rebacked), twenty-five hand-coloured
plate illustrations, octavo; Lee, Mrs R. Trees, Plants,
and Flowers: Their Beauties, Uses, and Influences,
Grant & Griffith, London, 1854, blue cloth gilt, eight
hand-coloured plate illustrations, octavo, (5).
£50-60
943
[NATURAL HISTORY]. BOTANY
Loddiges, Conrad. The Botanical Cabinet, Volume 8,
Arch et al., London, 1823, half leather, all edges gilt,
100 hand-coloured plate illustrations, octavo; Johnson,
C. Pierpoint. British Wild Flowers, Sowerby, London,
1860, half leather, frontispiece and a further seventynine hand-coloured plate illustrations by John
Sowerby, octavo (covers with torn and incomplete
papering); Martyn, Thomas. Thirty-Eight Plates, with
Explanations; Intended to Illustrate Linnaeus's System
of Vegetables, for White, London, 1799, boards
(rebacked),
twenty-nine
hand-coloured
plate
illustrations (only), octavo (with annotations); Lindley,
John. Ladies' Botany: or A Familiar Introduction to the
Study of the Natural System of Botany, two volumes,
fourth / second editions, Ridgway, London, no date,
dark green cloth (both rebacked), fifty hand-coloured
plate illustrations (25 + 25), octavo, (5).
£50-60
944
[NATURAL HISTORY]. BOTANY
Marnock, Robert, editor. The Floricultural Magazine,
and Miscellany of Gardening, Volume II (1837-8),
Simpkin, Marshall & Co. and Ridge, London /
Sheffield, 1838, half calf (new endpapers), handcoloured half title and a further nine hand-coloured
plate illustrations, octavo; Johnson, C. Pierpoint.
British Wild Flowers, reprint, Van Voorst, London,
1876, bevelled green cloth gilt, all edges gilt,
frontispiece and a further eighty-nine hand-coloured
plate illustrations by John Sowerby, quarto; Brook,
Richard. New Cyclopaedia of Botany and Complete
Book of Herbs: Forming a History and Description of
All Plants, British or Foreign which are Known to be
Useful to Man, Farrah / Brook, London / Huddersfield,
no date, full calf (rebacked), frontispiece, vignette half
title, and a further ninety-six hand-coloured plate
illustrations, octavo; and Rhind, William. A History of
the Vegetable Kingdom; Embracing Comprehensive
Descriptions of the Plants Most Interesting from their
Uses to Man and the Lower Animals..., Blackie,
London, 1868, modern blue cloth, vignette half title
and further plate and text illustrations, some handcoloured, quarto, (4).
£40-50
945
[SCIENCE]. MATHEMATICS
Brown, W. (and Thacker, A.). A Treatise Containing an
Entire New Method of Solving Adfected Quadratic, and
Cubic Equations, with their Application to the Solution
of Biquadratic Ones..., second edition, Aris et al.,
Birmingham, 1748; and Brown, B. Problems in
Geometry, Aris et al., Birmingham, 1748, bound as
one, quarter leather, octavo (covers lacking papering
and leather, but binding tight; some neat marginal
notes; second work with some centre-fold staining).
£40-50
946
[SPORTING]
Dane, Sir Richard. Sport in Asia and Africa, first
edition, Melrose, London, 1921, blue cloth, twenty-one
(of twenty-four) plate illustrations, octavo (one plate
detached, with creased and nicked fore edge);
Gouldsbury, C.E. Tiger Slayer by Order, second
edition, Chapman & Hall, London, 1916, blue cloth
(faded), twenty-three (of twenty-four) plate illustrations,
some with containing double images, octavo; AshleyCooper, F.S. Nottinghamshire Cricket and Cricketers,
Saxton, Nottingham, no date [1923], green cloth,
octavo (lacking front free endpaper); and three other
works, (all ex library), (6).
Provenance: Osborne House library, with stamps.
£40-50
947
[SPORTING]
Thevenot, Melchisedech. The Art of Swimming,
illustrated by proper figures with Advice for Bathing, to
which is prefixed a prefatory discourse concerning
artificial swimming, or keeping ones self above water
by several small portable engines, in cases of danger,
first English edition, for Brown, Midwinter & Leigh, and
Knaplock, London, 1699, full leather (covers
detached), English text, frontispiece (worn and now
tipped-in on front free endpaper), forty plate
illustrations (one with excised margins and now
detached), duodecimo.
Provenance: The library of H.R. Clarke, National
Association of Swimming Instructors, by family
descent.
£1000-1200
Lot 947
948
[TOPOGRAPHY]. GREAT BRITAIN
The Tourist's Manual; or, An Account of the Principal
Pleasure Tours in Scotland, eighth edition, for
Thomson et al., Edinburgh, 1832, half calf (rebacked),
ten illustrations (of twelve; lacking two maps; another
folding map incomplete), octavo; and A Description of
England and Wales..., Volume II, for Newbery &
Carnan, London, 1769, full speckled calf (rebacked),
comprising Cheshire, Cornwall, The Scilly Isles and
part of Cumberland, nine engraved plate illustrations,
further text illustrations, octavo, (2).
£40-50
949
[MILITARY]
Wauchope, Maj.-Gen. A.G. A History of The Black
Watch [Royal Highlanders] in the Great War, 19141918, Volumes II (Territorial Force) and III (New
Army), The Medici Society, London, 1926, uniform
black cloth gilt with regimental device, plate
illustrations, quarto; Sym, John. Seaforth Highlanders,
Gale & Polden, Aldershot, 1962, brown cloth gilt,
octavo (lacking title page; ex library but generally
clean: front pastedown and front free endpaper
scarred); Salmond, J.B. The History of the 51st
Highland Division 1939-1945, Blackwood, Edinburgh,
1953, crimson cloth gilt, dustjacket, plate illustrations,
quarto; and Ray, Cyril. Algiers to Austria. A History of
78 Division in the Second World War, Eyre &
Spottiswoode, London, 1952, green buckram, octavo
(title page with hand-written note 'Proof copy / Not
corrected'); Boyle, Capt. R.C. A Record of the West
Somerset Yeomanry 1914-1919, The Catherine Press,
London, no date, quarter pale grey cloth, plate
illustrations, octavo (upper joint torn); and Godfrey,
Maj. E.G. The History of the Duke of Cornwall's Light
Infantry 1939-45, The Regimental History Committee,
D.C.L.I., 1966, dark green cloth, maps, octavo, (7).
£40-50
950
[TOPOGRAPHY]. SPAIN
Laborde, Alexander de. A View of Spain; comprising a
Descriptive Itinerary of Each Province, and a General
Statistical Account of the Country, English translation
from the French, five volumes, for Longman et al.,
London, 1809, original boards, folding engraved map
frontispieces, octavo (spines with incomplete papering;
two volumes with detached upper board; one volume
with loose initial gathering).
Provenance: The family of John Langdon-Davies
(1897-1971), author and journalist, war correspondent
during the Spanish Civil War and Russo-Finnish War,
by direct descent.
£60-80
951
[TRAVEL]
Stigand, Capt. C.H. To Abyssinia Through an
Unknown Land, first edition, Selley & Co., London,
1910, brick red pictorial cloth gilt, thirty-four plate
illustrations (as called for), folding map (torn with near
total loss), quarto (one plate detached, with creased
and nicked edges); Prioleau, John. The Adventures of
Imshi. A Two-Seater in Search of the Sun, Jarrolds,
London, no date [circa 1922], plum cloth gilt with motor
car motif, twenty-four plate illustrations (as called for),
some with double images, quarto; Hedley, John.
Tramps in Dark Mongolia, second edition, Fisher
Unwin, London, 1912, black cloth gilt, thirty-two plate
illustrations, folding map, octavo; and five other
assorted works, (8).
Provenance: Osborne House estate. Some volumes
with Osborne House library stamps.
£40-50
952
[TRAVEL]
Macintyre, Maj.-Gen. Donald. Hindu-Koh: Wanderings
and Wild Sport on and Beyond the Himalayas, new
edition, Blackwood, Edinburgh & London, 1891, green-
grey pictorial cloth, thirty-two illustrations (as called
for), octavo; Lethbridge, Sir Roper. The Golden Book
of India, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., London, 1900,
scarlet cloth gilt, all edges gilt, period advertisements,
octavo; Warburton, Sir Robert. Eighteen Years in the
Khyber 1879-1898, Murray, London, 1900, green cloth
library binding, seventeen plate illustrations, quarto
(lacking folding map); Neve, Arthur. Thirty Years in
Kashmir, Arnold, London, 1913, green cloth library
binding, seventeen plate illustrations (as called for),
some with double images, folding map at end, quarto;
and five further works, most on India, (9).
£40-50
Lot 953
953
[TRAVEL]
Laborde, M. Leon de. Journey Through Arabia
Petraea, to Mount Sinai, and the Excavated City of
Petra, first English edition, Murray, London, 1836,
blind-stamped cloth, sixty-five plate and text
illustrations (as called for) including folding maps, fourpage publisher's list, octavo (covers damp marked;
front pastedown and early pages water stained up to
and including frontispiece and title).
£40-50
Lot 954
954
[TRAVEL]. EXPLORATION
Parry, William Edward. Journal of a Voyage for the
Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic
to the Pacific; performed in the Years 1819-20, in His
Majesty's Ships Hecla and Griper, Murray, London,
1821, half calf, twenty plate illustrations (as called for)
including charts, quarto; and Parry, William Edward.
Journal of a Second Voyage for the Discovery of a
North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific;
performed in the Years 1821-22-23, in His Majesty's
Ships Fury and Hecla, Murray, London, 1824, uniform
half calf, twenty-nine (of thirty-one) plate illustrations,
eight folding charts, quarto, (2).
£100-150
Among the North-West American Indians, in the Years
1820, 1821, 1822, 1823, for Seeley & Son, London,
1824, uniform half leather, three plate illustrations (as
called for), octavo; Chappell, Lieut. Edward. Narrative
of a Voyage to Hudson's Bay in His Majesty's Ship
Rosamond, containing some Account of the NorthEastern Coast of America..., for Mawman, London,
1817, uniform half leather, folding map frontispiece,
nine further plate and text illustrations (as called for),
octavo; and Cella, Paolo Della. Narrative of an
Expedition from Tripoli in Barbary, to the Western
Frontier of Egypt in 1817, by the Bey of Tripoli,
translated by Anthony Aufrere, for Arch, London, 1822,
folding map frontispiece, text illustrations, octavo, (8).
£300-400
956
[TRAVEL]. EXPLORATION
Ross, Sir John. Narrative of a Second Voyage in
Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence
in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830,
1831, 1832, 1833, Webster, London, 1835, blue cloth
with gilt decorated title to spine, frontispiece
(detached), twenty-nine plate illustrations (one
folding), folding chart at end, quarto (spines ends torn
and frayed; foxed; lower edge staining).
£50-70
Lot 955
955
[TRAVEL]
English, George Bethune. A Narrative of the
Expedition to Dongola and Sennaar, Under the
Command of his Excellence Ismael Pasha, Murray,
London, 1822, half leather, octavo; Mitchell, James. A
Tour Through Belgium, Holland, Along the Rhine, and
Through the North of France in the Summer of 1816,
second edition, for Allman et al., London, 1819,
uniform half leather, octavo; Royal Memoirs on the
French Revolution, Murray, London, 1823, uniform half
leather, frontispiece, octavo; A.P.D.G., Sketches of
Portuguese Life, Manners, Costume and Character,
for Whittaker, London, 1826, uniform half leather,
twenty coloured plate illustrations (as called for),
octavo; Monson, W.I. Extracts from a Journal, Rodwell
& Martin, London, 1820, uniform half leather, two plate
illustrations, octavo; West, John. The Substance of a
Journal During a Residence at the Red River Colony,
British North America; and Frequent Excursions
957
[MISCELLANEOUS].
JOHN
LANGDONDAVIES
Langdon-Davies,
John.
Behind
the
Spanish
Barricades, first edition, Secker & Warburg, London,
1936, black cloth, portrait frontispiece, further plate
illustrations, octavo; Langdon-Davies, John. Air Raid:
The Technique of Silent Approach High Explosive
Panic, first edition, Routledge, London, 1938, red
cloth, plate illustrations from photographs, octavo;
Langdon-Davies, John. Nerves Versus Nazis, first
edition, Routledge, London, 1940, grey boards,
octavo; Langdon-Davies, John. Russia Puts the Clock
Back. A Study of Soviet Science and Some British
Scientists, first edition, London, 1949, green cloth,
octavo; together with a further nine titles by the same;
also Garnett, David. War in the Air: September 1939 to
May 1941, first edition, Chatto & Windus, London,
1941, blue cloth, plate illustrations from photographs,
octavo, (14).
Provenance: The family of John Langdon-Davies
(1897-1971), author and journalist, war correspondent
during the Spanish Civil War and Russo-Finnish War,
by direct descent.
£40-50
958
[MISCELLANEOUS]. HISTORY & OTHER
Garnett, David, editor. The Letters of T.E. Lawrence,
first edition, Cape, London, 1938, brown buckram,
plate illustrations, folding maps, quarto; Lawrence,
T.E. The Mint. A Day-Book of the R.A.F. Depot
Between August and December 1922 with Later
Notes, first edition, Cape, London, 1955, slate blue
cloth, dustjacket, quarto; Lee, Laurie. As I Walked Out
One Midsummer Morning, first edition, Deutsch,
London, 1969, boards, dustjacket, octavo; Chaplin,
Ralph. Bars and Shadows. The Prison Poems, second
(revised) edition, Nellie Seeds Nearing, Ridgewood,
1923, red boards, dustjacket, portrait frontispiece,
INSCRIBED by N.S. Nearing to John Langdon-Davies,
octavo; and a further ten assorted works, (14).
Provenance: The family of John Langdon-Davies
(1897-1971), author and journalist, war correspondent
during the Spanish Civil War and Russo-Finnish War,
by direct descent.
£40-50
959
[MISCELLANEOUS]
Durand, Ralph, & Wildman, William. Oxford, its
Buildings and Gardens, limited edition de luxe 20/100,
Grant Richards, London, 1909, full vellum gilt, top
edges gilt, thirty-two paper-protected tipped-in colour
plate illustrations, quarto (covers water marked and
slightly warped); Montgomery, James. Poems, edited
by Robert Willmott, Routledge, Warne & Routledge,
London, 1860, full crimson calf gilt, all edges gilt, text
illustrations after Birket Foster et al., engraved by the
brothers Dalziel, quarto; and Chesterfield, Earl of.
Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip
Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son...,
eleventh edition, four volumes, for Nichols et al.,
London, 1800, half leather gilt,
£40-50
960
[MAPS & ATLASES]
Greenwood, C. & J. Atlas of the Counties of England
from Actual Surveys made from the Years 1817 to
1833, Greenwood & Co., London, 1834, half leather
(rebacked), vignette title page, forty-six hand-coloured
double-spread maps, folio.
£800-1000
961
[DOCUMENTS]. WILLITON (SOMERSET)
Stuckey's Banking Co. Williton Signature Book,
containing manuscript entries of the usual signature,
name, address and occupation of customers circa
1883-1910, full leather, folio; together with Saunders,
Philip. Stuckey's Bank, Barnicott & Pearce, Taunton,
1928, dark grey cloth, frontispiece and a further
eighteen plate illustrations, subscribers list, octavo,
(2).
£40-50
962
AN
EARLY
19TH
CENTURY
COMMONPLACE BOOK
with dated entries for the period 1817-1846, containing
hand-written verses (some apparently original), and
watercolour and pencil illustrations, all edges gilt, full
crimson leather gilt, approximately 110 leaves, 21cm x
26cm (scuffed; printed ownership label to upper
cover).
£50-70
963
AN EARLY TO MID 19TH CENTURY
COMMONPLACE BOOK
the few dated entries for the period 1835-49, with
some earlier and others later, containing hand-written
verses and prose, clipped engravings and scraps
(some hand-coloured), further illustrations and clipped
printed verses, half leather, approximately 100 leaves,
30.5cm x 24cm (binding broken and tape-repaired at
across spine and along hinges).
£40-50
Lot 964
964
AN EARLY TO MID 19TH CENTURY
COMMONPLACE BOOK
the hand-painted bookplate page dated 1829 and the
final entries 1860, containing hand-written verses and
prose, original artwork, including butterflies and four
silhouette portraits, clipped engravings, and dried
plants, full leather gilt, all edges gilt, approximately 80
leaves, 23.5cm x 19cm (upper cover detached; spine
strip incomplete; scuffed).
£40-50
965
A MID 19TH CENTURY COMMONPLACE
BOOK
containing hand-written verses and prose, original
artwork, clipped engravings and printed colour
illustrations, full maroon leather gilt, approximately 100
leaves, 24cm x 20cm.
£40-50
Lot 966
966
AN EARLY TO MID 19TH CENTURY
COMMONPLACE BOOK
containing hand-written prose, original artwork,
including caricatures and birds, two Stevengraphs,
embossed classical portrait profiles, cameos, clipped
engravings and ephemera, full black leather gilt, all
edges gilt, approximately seventy-two leaves, 23.5cm
x 19cm (spine strip detached).
£50-60
The Octagon Salerooms
Spring Sporting Sale
Friday 8th April
Entries close Monday 14th March
Contact Stuart Triggol
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1.
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will attract an additional charge for this service
in the sum of 3% of the hammer price plus
VAT at the rate imposed
2. Description of lots in the catalogue, although
believed to be correct, are for identification
and guidance purposes only. In no way is
there any warranty given or implied as to the
accuracy or content of any description or
condition of items. All lots are sold subject to
all faults and imperfections, if any, and
purchasers must satisfy themselves as to the
description or authenticity of any lot or lots.
3. The highest bidder shall be the purchaser at
the Hammer Price. In the event of any
dispute arising the Auctioneer shall, at his
discretion, reoffer the lot or lots. In any event
his decision shall be final and binding.
4. Every purchaser shall be deemed to act as
principal unless there is written
acknowledgement with the Auctioneers that
the purchaser acts as an agent for a named
and accepted principal.
5. The Auctioneers reserve the right to refuse
any bid from any person and to refuse
admission to the premises at their discretion
of any person.
6. All lots are deemed to become the
purchaser’s responsibility in full at the fall of
the hammer when a Contract of Sale is made
and the purchaser assumes the safe custody
of the lot or lots.
7. The Auctioneer acts as agents between the
vendor and purchaser and is not responsible
for any default by either the vendor or the
purchaser.
PAYMENT OF ACCOUNTS
1. Intending purchasers unknown to the
Auctioneers are kindly requested to make
arrangements with the Auctioneers prior to the
Sale regarding payment. If such
arrangements are not made purchases will not
be released until payment is received and in
the case of cheques until they have been
cleared.
2. Credit card payments: Purchasers intending
to pay by credit card should make
arrangements prior to the sale to ensure that
the card is one accepted by the Auctioneer’s
bankers. All charges made by the respective
card company should be borne by the
purchaser in addition to the Auctioneer’s
charges.
3. All lots must be paid for in full on the day of
the Sale and before removal from the
Saleroom.
4. Buyer’s premium of 19.5% + VAT of the
Hammer Price is payable by the purchasers of
all lots
5. The Accounts Office adjoining the Saleroom
will be open throughout the Auction for
convenience of purchasers.
REMOVAL OF GOODS FROM SALEROOM
1. The purchaser shall at his own expense
remove the lot or lots purchased no later than
two working days after the day of the Auction.
Failure to comply with this condition will incur
removal, storage and insurance charges.
2. No lot may be removed before payment.
COMMISSION BIDS
1. The Auctioneers will be pleased to exercise
commission bids on behalf of the purchasers,
providing they are submitted in writing; in such
a manner so as to purchase on behalf of the
client by exceeding the highest Saleroom floor
bid or next highest book bid or vendor’s
reserve by one bid only.
NEW BUYER REGISTRATION
1. All New Buyers wishing to register at this
Saleroom must first produce two forms of
paper ID ideally showing a concurring current
address ie Driver’s Licence and a Utility Bill or
Bank/Credit Card correspondence and those
registering by telephone, if successful, will
also be required to make the first payment to
the saleroom either by Bank Transfer/Cash, or
Cheque (which will have to clear before
collection). New Buyer’s wishing to pay by
Card will have to pay for their items in person.
2. Telephone Bids will only be accepted
providing the Auctioneers have received two
forms of paper ID ideally showing a concurring
current address ie Driver’s Licence and a
Utility Bill or Bank/Credit Card
correspondence.
3. Telephone Bids MUST BE booked by 5.30 pm
on the day BEFORE the sale.
4. No NEW registrations or bids will be taken
once the Sale has commenced.
MONTHLY ANTIQUE SALES
Thursday 3rd March
Thursday 7th April
Thursday 5th May
Thursday 2nd June
Thursday 7th July
(including 20th Century Design)
Thursday 11th August
Thursday 1st September
Thursday 6th October
Thursday 3rd November
Thursday 1st December
COLLECTORS’ SALES
Friday 4th March
CAR PARKING AT THE
OCTAGON
We have limited parking available
at the Salerooms.
Please Note the nearest Pay and
Display Car Park is located at
Victoria Gate on the opposite side
of the road from the Salerooms
within easy walking distance.
From the Town: Drive past the
Salerooms and take the first turning
left by the White Hart Public House.
From the Motorway: Follow the signs
to the Town Centre. (Pass
Rowcliffes Dealership on the left
hand side and turn right at the Traffic
Lights by the White Hart Public
House.
Friday 6th May
(Warner Dailey Collection Militaria, Part 3)
Friday 3rd June
(to include Great War Memorabilia)
Friday 2nd September
Friday 2nd December
SPORTING SALES
Friday 8th April (Spring)
Friday 7th October (Autumn)
MONTHLY GENERAL SALES
At Sedgemoor Auction Centre
FREE VALUATION
THURSDAY 17th MARCH
MORNINGS
Viewing from 9.00am on the morning of sale
and sales commence at 11.00am
Every Monday 9.00am – 1.00pm
Entries will be taken on the day prior to sale
from 9.00am – 4.00pm
at The Octagon Salerooms
SOLD IN OUR DECEMBER COLLECTOR’S SALE
19th century French
automaton music box
£1,600
Kings pattern corkscrew
by W. Dray
£1,200
From a collection of waterline model ships
£5,750
The Octagon Salerooms, East Reach, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3HL
Tel: 01823 332525 Email: antiques.saleroom@gth.net
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