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Auction No 421, Category: Military

9 Lots (displaying 1 - 9)

WW2 Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, a selection of recent publications, three of the volumes h/bks in d/jkts,

Lot: 61

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £82
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WW2 Tank Warfare on the Eastern Front, a selection of recent publications, three of the volumes h/bks in d/jkts, one s/bk with small ownership initial to front endpaper o/w fine. Hamilton's Panzergrenadiers to the Front! includes the map volume. (6)

WW2 German Military History, a selection of recent publications, mostly focusing on German military operations on the Eastern Front

Lot: 62

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £60 - £80
SOLD £82
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WW2 German Military History, a selection of recent publications, mostly focusing on German military operations on the Eastern Front especially in Poland, mainly h/bks, some in d/jkts (where issued). Three with small ownership initial to front endpaper o/w fine. (13)

W.B. Heweston "History of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Wars of Europe, from the Revolution in France to the Termination of the Late Wars",

Lot: 63

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £20
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W.B. Heweston History of Napoleon Bonaparte, and Wars of Europe, from the Revolution in France to the Termination of the Late Wars, Thomas Kelly, 1835, 3 vols, half-leather, gilt, some wear, binder's tickets of W. Nicholls, Cambridge; the plates with variable foxing / staining, frontispiece of Vol.3 hand-coloured. (3)

Winston S. Churchill "The World Crisis 1911-1918" and "The Aftermath", Easton Press, 1991, six volume set, full leather, gilt,

Lot: 64

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £100 - £150
SOLD £130
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Winston S. Churchill The World Crisis 1911-1918 and The Aftermath, Easton Press, 1991, six volume set, full leather, gilt, moire silk endpapers, ribbon bookmarkers, each volume with an unused bookplate loosely inserted. No inscriptions. VF (6)

"H.M.S. Endurance 1982-82 Deployment: A Season of Conflict", [1983], A4 s/bk, printed wraps, signed by Vivian Fuchs, Rex Hunt, and five others,

Lot: 78

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £60
UNSOLD
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H.M.S. Endurance 1982-82 Deployment: A Season of Conflict, [1983], A4 s/bk, printed wraps, signed by Vivian Fuchs, Rex Hunt, and five others, a related letter from Lt.Cmdr. Andrew Lockett loosely inserted. 150pp plus 50pp of photo-plates. Scarce. Some wear to corners o/w VG.

Bernard L. Montgomery signed Arnhem 25th Anniversary cover inscribed "Montgomery of Alamein F.M." Fine. COA tipped on to reverse.

Lot: 79

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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Bernard L. Montgomery signed Arnhem 25th Anniversary cover inscribed Montgomery of Alamein F.M. Fine. COA tipped on to reverse.

Documents and booklets pertaining to 2209589 Sgt. C.W. Heaps, air gunner, RAF, including flight log book 1944-46,

Lot: 80

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £40
SOLD £82
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Documents and booklets pertaining to 2209589 Sgt. C.W. Heaps, air gunner, RAF, including flight log book 1944-46, plus later items including Lancashire County Cricket Club. Mixed condition. (Qty.)

Frederick Lloyd "An Accurate and Impartial Life of the Late Lord Viscount Nelson, Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath

Lot: 83

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £250 - £350
SOLD £180
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Frederick Lloyd An Accurate and Impartial Life of the Late Lord Viscount Nelson, Knight of the most Honourable Order of the Bath …Comprehending authentic and circumstantial details of his Glorious Achievements: together with Private Anecdotes, and Various Interesting Particulars, never before published. J. Fowler, Ormskirk, 1806, First Edition. Bound in original sheepskin covered boards with gilt title label; professionally repaired at head & foot of the backstrip, the hinges strengthened; front pastedown with bookplate of the Literary Institute, Arkingarthdale; 19th Century ownership signature to first endpaper of George Harker, Bolton. Occasional finger marks and toning but generally clean internally, the text and endpapers intact. Several page corners are creased, one leaf (pp.77/8) with a corner torn away (not affecting text) and two other leaves roughly cut at fore-edge. Of the original 11 plates, 9 are present including frontispiece; most plates show browning and the folding plates have splits to the folds, now strengthened with archival tape. The final plate and last few leaves show damp-staining to upper right corner. The two missing plates are the portraits of Lord Hood and the Earl of St.Vincent.     

Hardie & Sabin "War Posters issued by Belligerent and Neutral Nations 1914-1919", A. & C. Black, 1920, half-leather, gilt;

Lot: 111

  • Auction Date: Wed 25th Oct 2023 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £14
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Hardie & Sabin War Posters issued by Belligerent and Neutral Nations 1914-1919, A. & C. Black, 1920, half-leather, gilt; ex-library with blind-stamps to the 80 colour & b/w plates, a further light stamp on reverse of each plate. Very clean internally.