Auction No 406, Category: Transport

6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)

Ephemera, books and photos; including 1830s issues of "The Mirror"; Edna O’Brien signed books (2, in d/jkts); 1906 Woven Silk PPC;

Lot: 17

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Jan 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
SOLD £74
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Ephemera, books and photos; including 1830s issues of The Mirror; Edna O'Brien signed books (2, in d/jkts); 1906 Woven Silk PPC; A Guinness Sportfolio 1959; transport interest including 1920s Official photos of the American Locomotive Company (3); 1937 Trade Catalogue for the pottery industry; local history interest; Royal Mail Prestige Booklets 1990s (3); Victorian bills & receipts (32) with fiscal stamps; etc. Fair to fine (Qty)

Alan Turing signed pamphlet: Turing’s personal copy of Leventhal & Salkind’s "Spherical Trigonometry", Globe Book Co., New York, 1943;

Lot: 41

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Jan 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £3000 - £4000
SOLD £1250
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Alan Turing signed pamphlet: Turing's personal copy of Leventhal & Salkind's Spherical Trigonometry, Globe Book Co., New York, 1943; signed Alan Turing in red ink on title page, the second ‘a' of ‘Alan' a little blotchy o/w a fine example of his signature and rarely offered. The 53pp pamphlet shows some slight toning to the front cover but is o/w fine and clean internally. The pamphlet focuses on the use of Spherical Trigonometry to pilots and aviators.              

"The Union-Castle Line Handbook of Information for Passengers", Donald Currie & Co., London, 1907; pictorial wraps near-detached, fine internally.

Lot: 49

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Jan 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £15 - £20
SOLD £13
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The Union-Castle Line Handbook of Information for Passengers, Donald Currie & Co., London, 1907; pictorial wraps near-detached, fine internally. 136pp        

British Warship Plans, WWI to 1960s, a collection of large fold-out printings of engineering drawings in plan and elevation,

Lot: 50

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Jan 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £34
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British Warship Plans, WWI to 1960s, a collection of large fold-out printings of engineering drawings in plan and elevation, showing skeletal structures, fittings etc, in folder, VG condition. (10)

Historic Sailing Ships, a collection of large fold-out prints of engineering drawings in plan and elevation, showing skeletal stuctures,

Lot: 51

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Jan 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £40
SOLD £26
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Historic Sailing Ships, a collection of large fold-out prints of engineering drawings in plan and elevation, showing skeletal stuctures, rigging and fittings, mostly in sets, some in printed folders, mostly Naval vessels; includes the Golden Hind, Cutty Sark, HMS Gloucester 1737, etc. VG condition. 11 different ships. (Qty)

Plans of Battleships, including few historic vessels, many in sets of five or more sheets, showing skeletal structure in plan & elevation,

Lot: 53

  • Auction Date: Wed 12th Jan 2022 12:00 GMT (Ended)
  • Est: £130 - £160
UNSOLD
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Plans of Battleships, including few historic vessels, many in sets of five or more sheets, showing skeletal structure in plan & elevation, all in rolls, various printing and paper types, many large format. Many are WW2 vessels including multiple sheets for a U-Boat. (40 different ships). Also some modern coloured prints of maritime scenes.