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Auction No 370, Category: Military

8 Lots (displaying 1 - 8)

Harold Dearden "Medicine & Duty: A War Diary", William Heinemann, 1928, 1st Edn,

Lot: 29

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £24
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Harold Dearden Medicine & Duty: A War Diary, William Heinemann, 1928, 1st Edn, original gilt cloth, spine a little faded, light browning to endpapers, fine internally; xi,233pp.

Violetta Thurstan "Field Hospital & Flying Column", Putnam, 1915, spine faded; and 3 others

Lot: 30

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £70
SOLD £52
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Violetta Thurstan Field Hospital & Flying Column, Putnam, 1915, spine faded; Arthur Gleason With the First War Ambulance in Belgium, A.L. Burt 1915, front cover discoloured upper right, signed and inscribed by Einar Hilsen (Norwegian-American humanitarian); Frances Wilson Huard My Home in the Field of Mercy, George Doran, 1917, a signed letter from the author on Red Cross notepaper loosely inserted; and Sister Martin-Nicholson ​My Experiences on Three Fronts, 1916, fair condition only. All first editions in original bindings. (4)

Archive of papers, documents and photographs concerning the life of Wing Commander F.D. Procter DFC

Lot: 46

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £58
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Archive of papers, documents and photographs concerning the life of Wing Commander F.D. Procter DFC including his war-time career as a pilot of Mosquitos and other aircraft in the R.A.F. especially in the Middle East; including citation for award of the DFC in 1944, album of WW2 photos, family photographs, invitations, letters etc. VG condition (Qty)

A WW2 Correspondence from a driver in the R.A.S.C., many while in the Middle East,

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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A WW2 Correspondence from a driver in the R.A.S.C., many while in the Middle East, approx. 35 letters; plus RAF Cap Badge and Service Certificates etc; and Sir John French’s Despatches WWI, issued by The Graphic with war maps. Mainly VG/VF (Qty)

 

"Sir Archibald Murray's Despatches (June 1916-June 1917)", Dent 1920, orig. gilt cloth, front cover badly faded,

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Sir Archibald Murray’s Despatches (June 1916-June 1917), Dent 1920, orig. gilt cloth, front cover badly faded, front inner hinge cracked; complete with the fine set of Maps of Syria & Palestine, Sinai Peninsula, and Egypt, plus a general outline map of the Turkish Empire, all in separate cloth-backed slipcase.

The Spanish Civil War, selection of original photographs of the Republican Army including the International Brigade 1934,

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £60
SOLD £64
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The Spanish Civil War, selection of original photographs of the Republican Army including the International Brigade 1934, and the Republican Militia 1937. Various sizes, between 17x 12cm and 17 x 23.5cm, all laid down on album pages. VG (5). Also a related propaganda anti-fascist picture postcard (adhesion marks on reverse).

WW2 interest with Poolman "Ark Royal", 1956, 1st Edn in worn d/jkt; Neil McCallum "Journey With a Pistol", 1959, 1st Edn

Lot: 59

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £26
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WW2 interest with Poolman Ark Royal, 1956, 1st Edn in worn d/jkt; Neil McCallum Journey With a Pistol, 1959, 1st Edn in near fine d/jkt, and another copy, a 3rd Impression, in price-clipped d/jkt; and A.O. Pollard Epic Deeds of the R.A.F. 1940, 1st Edn in very worn d/jkt. (4)

"Guide for Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Privates of The Church Lads' Brigade"

Lot: 76

  • Auction Date: Wed 30th Aug 2017 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
UNSOLD
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Guide for Officers, Warrant Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and Privates of The Church Lads’ Brigade, and Church Lads’ Brigade Infantry Training, London 1910, pocket-size softback, original printed wraps with piece missing from upper left corner of front cover;  inscribed Orsett Troop (Essex) in ink along fore-edge, some light browning to text o/w fine internally; 262pp including 27 half-tone plates or diagrams. Scarce.