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Auction No 410, Category: History

16 Lots (displaying 1 - 16)

"Die Reichswehr", Haus Neuerburg, Cologne 1933, set of 280 cigarette cards illustrating the development of the German Armed Forces,

Lot: 34

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £44
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Die Reichswehr, Haus Neuerburg, Cologne 1933, set of 280 cigarette cards illustrating the development of the German Armed Forces, all laid down in the issued large-format album; the cards fine, the album with creasing to covers, chipped and worn at the corners.

Peter Mooney "Das Reich Tiger Commander SS-Hauptsturmer Philipp Theiss", 2020, 2nd Edn; and Jack Didden "Autumn Gale", 2013;

Lot: 35

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £50
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Peter Mooney Das Reich Tiger Commander SS-Hauptsturmer Philipp Theiss, 2020, 2nd Edn; and Jack Didden Autumn Gale, 2013; both h/bks, pictorial boards, profusely illustrated. VF (2)

Greville Wynne "The Man from Odessa", Robert Hale, 1981, 1st Edn, in a VG complete d/jkt; small ownership label to front pastedown.

Lot: 36

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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Greville Wynne The Man from Odessa, Robert Hale, 1981, 1st Edn, in a VG complete d/jkt; small ownership label to front pastedown. Fine internally. 255pp + photo-plates.

J.A.R. (James A. Ross) "Memoirs of an Army Surgeon", Blackwood, 1948; Blackmore "British Military Firearms 1650-1850", Herbert Jenkins, 1961,

Lot: 37

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £60
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J.A.R. (James A. Ross) Memoirs of an Army Surgeon, Blackwood, 1948; Blackmore British Military Firearms 1650-1850, Herbert Jenkins, 1961, in d/jkt; Fitzgerald History of the Irish Guards in the Second World War, Gale & Polden, 1949; Ion Ferguson Doctor at War, Christopher Johnson, 1955; and a related title; all first editions. Fair to fine. (5)

Peter Smith "The Battle of Midway", 1976; Chris Craig "Call for Fire", 1995; James Leasor "Boarding Party", 1978 (2 copies);

Lot: 38

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £16
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Peter Smith The Battle of Midway, 1976; Chris Craig Call for Fire, 1995; James Leasor Boarding Party, 1978 (2 copies); and a selection of other naval history; all fine hardbacks in d/jkts, mylar-protected, largely first editions. (15)

Anthony Smith "The Fleet That Faced Both Ways", 1963; Stephen Roskill "Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Beatty", 1980;

Lot: 39

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £18
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Anthony Smith The Fleet That Faced Both Ways, 1963; Stephen Roskill Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Beatty, 1980; John Winton The Forgotten Fleet, 1969; Arnold Lott Brave Ship, Brave Men, 1986; and other naval history, all bar one in d/jkt, mylar protected, mostly fine and mostly first editions. (18)    

"The Nelson Dispatch: Journal of the Nelson Society", 1985-2004, mainly 1990s/2000s, 42 issues (one with cover stained), and nine related monographs

Lot: 40

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
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The Nelson Dispatch: Journal of the Nelson Society, 1985-2004, mainly 1990s/2000s, 42 issues (one with cover stained), and nine related monographs, two heavily duplicated. All A5 softbacks. Mainly fine. (100)

Gerald Bowman "The Man Who Bought a Navy", 1964; Lord Chatfield "It Might Happen Again", 1947; Cecil Hampshire "The Secret Navies", 1978;

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £14
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Gerald Bowman The Man Who Bought a Navy, 1964; Lord Chatfield It Might Happen Again, 1947; Cecil Hampshire The Secret Navies, 1978; all VG/VF, together with other naval history of which two have ownership inscriptions. All (bar one) first editions, and all in fair to VF d/jkts. (14)

Alfred Ingham "A History of Altrincham and Bowdon", 1879; James Cocks "Memorials of Hatherlow", 1895;

Lot: 42

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
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Alfred Ingham A History of Altrincham and Bowdon, 1879; James Cocks Memorials of Hatherlow, 1895; and Woods & Brown The Rise and Progress of Wallasey, 1960; all in the original bindings, worn, with bumped corners, but VG/Fine internally with all plates.   (3)

Robert Stern "The Lexington Class Carriers", 1993; Neil McCart "The Colossus-Class Aircraft Carriers 1944-1972", 2002;

Lot: 43

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Robert Stern The Lexington Class Carriers, 1993; Neil McCart The Colossus-Class Aircraft Carriers 1944-1972, 2002; J.J. Nortier & others De Japanse Aanval op Java, 1994; and other Naval history, mostly WW2; all h/bks and all bar one in d/jkts, VG/VF. (26)

Nelson related softback publications, 1980s/2000s, with 37 different titles, some much duplicated; plus 1980s/90s issues of "The Nelson Dispatch,

Lot: 44

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
UNSOLD
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Nelson related softback publications, 1980s/2000s, with 37 different titles, some much duplicated; plus 1980s/90s issues of The Nelson Dispatch, Journal of the Nelson Society (22), plus facsimile newspapers and drawings of HMS Victory. VG/VF (Large qty, over 10 kilos)

Wolfgang Frank "The Sea Wolves",1955; Ulrich Gabler "Unterseebootbau", 1987; Rossler "Geschichte des Deutschen Ubootbaus", 1985-6, 2 vols;

Lot: 45

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £14
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Wolfgang Frank The Sea Wolves, 1955; Ulrich Gabler Unterseebootbau, 1987; Rossler Geschichte des Deutschen Ubootbaus, 1985-6, 2 vols; Geoffrey Jones Under Three Flags, 1973; and other works on German naval history, VG/Fine in mixed condition d/jkts. (14)     

British Naval Ships interest with many photographs & ships’ plans, Gun Trials programmes 1905-1910 (11), and sundry ephemera;

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
SOLD £135
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British Naval Ships interest with many photographs & ships' plans, Gun Trials programmes 1905-1910 (11), and sundry ephemera; plus some merchant ship items including few company brochures. Mainly good to fine with many useful items. (Qty) (6 kilos)

Vincent O’Hara "Struggle for the Middle Sea", 2009; Alan Burn "The Fighting Captain", 1993; Ronald Seth "The Fiercest Battle", 1961;

Lot: 47

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £32
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Vincent O'Hara Struggle for the Middle Sea, 2009; Alan Burn The Fighting Captain, 1993; Ronald Seth The Fiercest Battle, 1961; Paul Ryan First Line of Defense: The U.S. Navy since 1945, 1981; and other Naval history, all h/bk in mylar-protected d/jkts (bar one) with many first editions. Good to fine. (31)

James Lamb "The Corvette Navy"; Joel Sokolsky "Seapower in the Nuclear Age", 1991; Kerr & James "Wavy Navy by some who served", 1950;

Lot: 48

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £90
SOLD £36
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James Lamb The Corvette Navy; Joel Sokolsky Seapower in the Nuclear Age, 1991; Kerr & James Wavy Navy by some who served, 1950; and other naval history including many relating to the Napoleonic Wars. All h/bks, largely in mylar-protected d/jkts, many 1st editions. Mostly VG/VF (36)

Selection of c.1900 Photographs showing ships en route to South Africa, scenes on board the vessels, and colonial life in Durban,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 29th Jun 2022 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
SOLD £30
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Selection of c.1900 Photographs showing ships en route to South Africa, scenes on board the vessels, and colonial life in Durban, most with descriptive annotations on reverse. Postcard size or slightly larger. One damaged o/w VG (30)