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BATTLE OF BRITAIN 70TH ANNIVERSARY

COLLECTORS SALE THURSDAY 11 NOVEMBER 2010

DOMINIC WINTER

Specialist Auctioneers & Valuers

Group Captain Peter Douglas Thompson, DFC, AE, (1920-2003) Front cover image: Lot 511

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Rear cover image: Lot 445

DOMINIC WINTER BOOK AUCTIONS SPECIALIST AUCTIONEERS AND VALUERS All lots are offered subject to the Conditions of Sales and Business exhibited in the saleroom.

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BATTLE OF BRITAIN 70TH ANNIVERSARY

COLLECTORS SALE Thursday 11 November 2010 Lots 1-782 commencing at 11am

On view in the Upstairs Gallery Viewing Tuesday & Wednesday 9/10 November, 9am-7pm and morning of sale from 9am

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The nearest train station to the saleroom is Kemble (BR) which is on the London (Paddington) to Worcester Shrub Hill line. Train journey times from London are on average 90 minutes whether direct or with one change, and run at about one per hour from early until late. Several of the trains in each direction are direct and about half the services require a brief change at Swindon. Customers are advised to check train times and book as early as possible for the best range of ticket services and discounts.

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Taxis from Kemble Station (5 miles/10 minutes) Brian's Cabs Cirencester Radio Cars Cirencester Taxis

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Taxis from Swindon Station (12 miles/25minutes) V-Cars

01793 701701

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CONTENTS Aviation Photographs

1-23

Aerospace Photographic Archive

24-58

Maxwell-Hunt Aviation Photographs

59-84

Aviation Books

85-112

Graham Warner Aviation Books

113-124

Ballooning Books

125-148

Air Commodore H.G. Brackley Archive

149-151

S/Ldr. M.V. (“Shorty�) Longbottom Archive

152-158

Group Captain P. D. Thompson Archive

159

Aviation Ephemera

160-223

Aviation Brochures from John Crawley

224-271

Aviation Photographs from Peter Green

272-277

Zeppelin Ephemera

278-295

Aviation Pictures & Prints

296-340

S/Ldr. R.W. Lewis Aviation Pictures, etc.

341-349

Aviation Memorabilia

350-425

The Quentin Bland Collection of USAF Aviation Memorabilia Uniforms & Flying Clothing Propellers Aviation Models Motoring Pictures Motoring Books Motoring Brochures from John Crawley Motoring Memorabilia Toys & Miscellanea Steam Locomotives & Model Railways Railway Pictures & Books Maritime Pictures & Books Maritime Models & Memorabilia Educational Posters Military Books Military Ephemera Militaria

426-444 445-453 454-467 468-511 512-517 518-546 547-576 577-590 591-626 627-652 653-665 666-669 670-680 681-687 688-713 714-744 745-782

DOMINIC WINTER BOOK AUCTIONS SPECIALIST AUCTIONEERS AND VALUERS

First Editions to be sold on Thursday 16 December

REMAINING SALES IN 2010 Wednesday 10 November

Printed Books & Maps,Travel & Colour Plate Books Natural History, Agriculture & Gardening, Recreational Sports

Thursday 11 November

Aviation, Motoring, Railway Models & Militaria

Friday 12 November

General Shop Stock (Books)

Wednesday 15 December

Printed Books & Maps

Thursday 16 December

Childen's Books & Modern First Editions Film Posters, Vintage American Comics

Humpty Dumpty Panorama, pub.Tilt & Bogue, 1843.To be sold onThursday 16 December

Entries are invited for the above sales: please contact one of our specialist staff for further advice

Mallard House, Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Gloucestershire GL7 5UQ Tel: 01285 860006 www.dominicwinter.co.uk

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AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHS To commence at 11am 1* Civil & Military Aircraft. An interesting archive of 35mm colour slides mostly taken at RAF St. Athan, by Mr V. Jenkins, c. 1958-late 1990s, approx. 7, 000 slides, many labelled (particularly the earlier years) with aircraft type and registration, generally in very good condition, contained in card and plastic slide boxes within Mr. Jenkins’s labelled biscuits tins Mr. Jenkins was an amateur photographer, well known in his local area of Cwmaman, South Wales. This collection is being sold by his family who have agreed that copyright will pass to the purchaser.

(-) £300-500

2* Military & Aviation Miscellanea. An assorted group of aviation photographs, including First World War and Second World War interest, including a small group of twenty-three First World War period French aviation photographs, mostly approx. 8 x 12cm, together with a small quantity of aviation reconnaissance photos from First World War and Second World War period, plus aviation photo postcards, including real photo postcards and modern prints, plus a vintage b&w photo of a Bea Civil Aircraft flying through clouds, approx.

25 x 29cm, framed and glazed with sixteen signatures of crew to mount including H.E.R. Adams, C.H. Harcourt, B.R.A. Binns, R.A. Clarke, M.J. Smith, etc., plus other mostly modern aviation ephemera including British Airways colour prints, three small aeroplane models, R.A.F. ties, etc. (a carton)

£150-200

3* Military & Aviation Miscellanea.

A group of enlarged aviation photographic studies, including WWI Aviator, mounted silver gelatin full length portrait, c. 1916, with others including Hawker ‘Demon’, and Hawker ‘Hunter’ (official Hawker Aviation photos) stamped verso, and with Short Bros. ‘Sunderland’, ‘Belfast’ and two others, also HMS ‘Minotaur’ WWI Heavy Cruiser, original photo, and related images, largest 16 x 20in (41 x 51cm), plus a group of modern collectors military history figurines by Charles Stadden Ltd, cast pewter with display-bases contained in original boxes together with a group of early 20th c. photographs and a quantity of glass negatives depicting Brighton Beach & surrounding c. 1904, also with a quantity of cut-throat razors, penknives etc., with a framed print of Japanese crest designs (a carton)

Lot 1 4* Beamont (Roland Prosper ‘Bee’, 19202001, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar). A signed vintage black and white photograph, early 1960s, showing Beamont seated in the cockpit [of the British Aircraft Corporation TSR-2], signed in blue ballpoint pen, lower left, ‘Best wishes, Roland Beamont’, Classified Photograph wetstamp and pencil reference to verso, 20 x 25cm

Lot 4

£100-150

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Wing Commander Roland Beamont was a British fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He worked as a test pilot for Hawker’s and after the War continued to be a test pilot. He tested many notable aircraft, including the Canberra and Lightning, as well as this later-cancelled BAC TSR-2 - a Cold War strike aircraft developed by BAC. Beamont was the first British pilot to fly supersonic and the first pilot to make a double-Atlantic crossing by jet. (?)...ssion of BAC and retirement in 1979.

(1) £100-150

8* Brown (Charles E.). Three vintage b&w photographs of military aircraft in flight, c. 1950, each captioned in the negative and including a de Havilland Vampire of the Royal Norwegian Air Force flying over a fjord, an Avro 707B Delta Wing (experimental) flying over English countryside and a Vickers Valiant Bomber flying above clouds, each approx. 46 x 59cm, all mounted with photographer wetstamp details to versos, boards somewhat chipped and soiled 5* Beamont (Roland Prosper ‘Bee’, 1920-2001, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar).

A vintage air-to-air b&w photograph of the first flight of the TSR-2 (XR219) being flown by test pilot Roland Beamont at Boscombe Down, 1964, signed and captioned in blue ink in the lower part of the image right, ‘Roland Beamont, TSR-2 First Flight 27.9.64, Boscombe Down’, BAC wetstamp and later inscription to verso, 20 x 25cm (1)

(5)

£80-120

(3)

£70-100

9* Brown (Charles E.). A group of seven large vintage gelatin silver prints, c. 1960s, four of oil refineries (Grangemouth?), one of an Esso oil tanker, and two of large ships, one of which may not be an aerial photograph, five photos, approx. 40 x 50cm, two photos. approx. 32 x 47cm, all mounted on card, five with Charles E. Brown to mount verso (7)

£100-150

£100-150

6* Beamont (Roland Prosper ‘Bee’, 1920-2001, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar).

A group of three vintage air-to-air b&w photos of the first TSR-2 being flown by Chief Test Pilot Roland Beamont, 1964, one photo looking down on the aircraft above the clouds, signed in blue ink by Beamont, ‘Best wishes, Roland Beamont’, all with BAC wetstamps to verso, a few minor marks, 20 x 25cm (3)

7* Bleriot & Caudron. A group of five original b & w photographs, c. 1910, depicting Bleriot XI ‘Viale’ and Caudron Type ‘B’ 40-50hp machines taking part in an early aviation meeting, possibly Reims(?), two duplicated, variously captioned in pencil verso

£100-150

10* Bruce Robertson - Aviation Photographs. A group of approx. 500 b&w photos of Lockheed, EE Company, Dutch Aeroplanes, McDonnell Douglas, etc., the majority later prints but including some vintage photos and a few colour photos, some captioned on the back and/or with publisher’s notes, approx. 21 x 25cm and smaller, contained in four semisorted and marked boxes (4 boxes)

£200-300

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15* The Dirigible “Astra Torres”. A group of six original b & w photographs, c. 1910, depicting the accident scene following the crash-landing of the non rigid airship, approx. 3 x 5in (7.5 x 13cm) (6)

11* Bruce Robertson - Aviation Photographs. A group of approx. 500 b&w photos, mostly aviation interest, collected and used by Bruce Robertson and partly sorted into seven boxes, titled Missiles, Japanese, Post-War, USA WWII & Post-War, Sabres/Fury, Canada & Far East, the majority later prints but including some older photos, many with notes and marks to versos, approx. 25 x 19 and smaller (7 boxes)

13* Bruce Robertson - Aviation Photographs. A group of approx. 400 b&w photos, collected and largely used by Bruce Robertson, mostly later prints but including a small number of older photos, partly sorted into boxes including Sikorsky, US Warships, Railways, Uniforms, etc., many with marks and stamps to verso, approx. 20 x 25cm and smaller (approx. 400)

£200-300

£200-300

16* French National Aviation Days.

Journees Nationales de l’Aviation, Vincennes, [19 & 20 mai], 1929, an album containing fifty-seven vintage b&w photos mounted upon twelve leaves, rectos only, showing aircraft, aerial views, formations, dignitaries and crowds, most images approx. 16 x 12.5cm and similar, entirely uncaptioned except first two photos identifying the pilots Detroye and Doret, orig. wrappers with title lettered in white to upper wrapper, large oblong folio (1)

12* Bruce Robertson - Aviation Photographs. A group of approx. 500 b&w photos, mostly collected and used by Bruce Robertson, the majority later prints, but including a few older photos, partly contained in two boxes marked Pre-1914 and Blackburn, plus two postcard size boxes marked Italy - Post WWI Monoplane and Hawker Hart/Fury Variants, plus a folder of further 1914-1918 aviation (approx. 500)

£100-150

£200-300

14* Bruce Robertson - Aviation Photographs. A group of approx. 300 b&w photos, including British Royalty interest, aviation personalities, Aces and German pilots, etc., mostly later prints, many with stamps and marks to versos, approx. 20 x 25cm, and smaller, including some snapshots (approx. 300)

£150-200

£200-300

17* India - Reconnaissance Duties. A group of twenty-eight vintage b&w photos, 1928, including two air-to-air photos of Vickers Venture aircraft (one torn to lower outer corner), one of an aircraft wreckage, eleven aerial views of Bombay, Quetta, etc., plus fourteen mostly street views in Quetta, many with neat ink captions and dates to versos, one identified as number 31 (AC) Squadron, R.A.F. Quetta, approx. 15 x 29cm and similar (28)

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£100-150

Lot 18 18* Italian Air Force - Felice Porro. An archive file from Caproni di Taliedo relating to Generale Felice Porro (born 1891), Commander of Squadra Aerea, c.

1920s/50s, a total of approx. eighty vintage b&w photos and sixty letters and documents tipped onto loose sheets, numerous signatures of Porro and other Italian aviation related personnel, many of the photos with captions to versos, plus some related news cuttings, etc., all mounted to rectos only, sheets loosely contained in archive folder, folio (1)

£400-600

19* Research and prototype aircraft etc.

A collection of sixty-four black and white photographs, mainly Air Ministry and Ministry of Supply, various wetstamps on reverse, types include Tudor Mk I, Mk II, Mk IV, Mk VII, Mk VIII, Tudor 2 Research, Lancastrian prototypes, York V.I.P., York Special, York C Mk I, together with approx 60 b & w manufacturer and press photographs of Breguet aircraft, contained in a maniall folder (from the Stroud archive), plus approx. 500 miscellaneous b & w aviation photographs, mainly US military and some airliners, mostly 4.5 x 3.5in (12 x 8cm) and approx. 230 miscellaneous colour photographs of aircraft, military, historic and modern, UK civil and military, European civil and miltary, 6 x 4in (15 x 10cm), contained in three modern flip albums, and a further 350 colour photographs of aircraft, a mixture of civil and military, static and flying, contained in nine plastic photo cases (a carton)

20* WWI - Aerial Photos. A group of approx. 130 vintage b&w photos, mostly c.

1918, the majority of the western front showing field systems, roads, rivers, etc., occ. creases and tears, mostly approx. 16 x 22cm, many mounted, contained in a modern plastic sleeve folder, 4to (approx. 130)

£500-800

21* WWI - Aerial Photographs. A group of approx. 100 vintage b&w photos, mostly c. 1916-18, the majority of the western front, field systems, road layouts, rivers, and other landscape features, occ. creases and tears, approx. 16 x 21.5cm and similar (approx. 100)

Lot 19

£400-600

22* WWI - Aerial Photographs. A group of approx. 100 vintage b&w photographs, mostly c. 1916-18, the majority showing field systems, roads and rivers, etc., occ. creasing and tears, approx. 17 x 21cm and similar (approx. 100)

£400-600

Lot 20

£200-300

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25* Avro ‘Anson’, Gloster ‘Gladiator’, and Hawker ‘Hurricane’. A miscellaneous collection of postcard sized photographs, copied from numerous private and official sources, most anotated verso with original data, the ‘Anson’ (‘Faithful Annie’) represented by aircraft serving with Coastal Command and Air Sea Rescue units, some accidents and combat damage, a selection of ‘Gladiator’ images show this aircraft being operated in various theatres of war including carrier operations, the ‘Hurricane’, mostly the Mk I series in similar use, many fine aircraft portraits, approx. 250 images contained in three photo boxes

AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHS & ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE AEROSPACE ARCHIVE

Ex-Chris Ashworth Collection, sold in these rooms in 2005 & 2006.

(3) £250-300

23* WWII - RAF in India. A group of approx. 120 aerial reconnaissance photos, c. 1943, the majority seemingly of India and possibly taken by 160 Squadron, a few with printed captions in the negative to margin and some with drigh-road wetstamps to versos, the majority approx.

12 x 13cm, plus a small quantity of other related photos and ephemera, including one further disbound photo album with mounted snapshots in India and England, plus two small disbound scrap books containing receipts, menus, cuttings, flyers, packaging, etc., plus a small quantity of similar loose

24* Arado, Blohm und Voss, Bücker, Dornier and Fiesler. An interesting and varied collection of historic photographs, Arado types include the Ar. 198/199, Ar. 234 with views of captured examples, the Bv. 139/142 series of land and float-planes, the Bv. 138 and 222 flying-boats, various Bücker models including the Bü. 134, Bü.

181 ‘Bestmann’ and others in many liveries, the Dornier Do. 17 seen over-flying a London landscape, a captured Do. 217 in Air Ministry over painted markings and other types, the Fiesler ‘Storch’ in Luftwaffe, French and Spanish markings, approx. 60 images contained in a folder (1)

£120-150

26* Avro ‘Anson’ Mk I, II & V and other variants. A fine miscellaneous collection of postcard sized photographs, copied from numerous private and official sources, most anotated to verso with original data, many air-to-air and ground aircraft portraits of this aircraft operating in various theatres serving with many Squadrons and Units, with air and ground crews, accidents, formations, Squadron markings, different types and patterns of aircraft identification serial numbers, armament installation and others of similar interest, approx. 200 images, contained in two photo boxes Ex-Chris Ashworth Collection, sold in these rooms in 2005 & 2006.

(2) £200-250

Possibly compiled by 926216 C.W. Rolfe, Royal Air Force India Command, whose name appears most frequently on receipts, etc. (a small carton) £300-400

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28* Blériot XI and later types. A good miscellaneous collection, including two original images of an XI at the 1909 Doncaster meeting, the wreck of a Blériot at Rheims, an XI with Italian servicemen during the 1911-12 war with Turkey taken in Libya, 3 Sqdn R.F.C. with Blériot and Morane at Amiens 1914 (R.A.F. Museum photo), other images of preserved aircraft, many copies from originals by ButlerGreen, Air Portraits, Giuseppe Tosolini, Camera Press, Flight Archive, James Gilbert, Central Press and others, later types include Blériot-Spad S61 and S. 91, the Hispano engined 110 “Joseph le Brix” and others, approx. 85 images contained in a folder (1)

27* Avro 642, 652 and Bristol ‘Blenheim’ Mk V. An interesting and varied collection of postcard sized photographs, copied from numerous private, official and manufacturer’s sources of these aircraft, the twin-engined 642 shown under construction and complete as G-ACFU, also the 642/4m VT-AFM, together with Avro 652 ‘Avalon’ G-ACRM and ‘Avatar’ G-ACRN, the Blenheim V shown in Squadron service during World War Two, many accidents, good formation images, squadron personnel and others of similar interest, approx. 160 images, contained in two photo boxes

£200-300

29* Bristol ‘Blenheim’, Gloster ‘Gladiator’ and Hawker ‘Hurricane’. An interesting and varied collection of postcard sized photographs, copied from numerous private and official sources, most anotated to verso with original data, the ‘Blenheim’ Mk I fighter and bomber versions including the night fighter, some good air-to-air aircraft portraits of this ‘forgotten bomber’, a similar general selection of ‘Gladiators’ in various theatres of war and peace, in Finnish, Irish, Lithuania, Portuguese and Swedish markings, the ‘Hurricane’ Mk II series shown in similar settings, approx. 200 images, contained in three photo boxes Ex-Chris Ashworth Collection, sold in these rooms in 2005 & 2006.

(3) £200-300

Ex-Chris Ashworth Collection, sold in these rooms in 2005 & 2006.

(2) £160-220

30* Bristol ‘Blenheim’ Mk. I and Mk. IV bomber versions. A good and varied collection of historic photographs of this famous early World War Two fighter/bomber aircraft, the postcard sized images copied from numerous sources, many with captions to verso, many Squadron identification letters and other markings, operational subjects, aircraft in formation, under maintenance, antishipping strikes, aircraft damaged by enemy action or accident, construction details, good aircraft portraits and others of similar interest, approx. 250 images, contained in three photo boxes Ex-Chris Ashworth Collection, sold in these rooms in 2005 & 2006.

(3) £250-300

31* Fokker ‘T’ VIII. An unusual collection of manufacturer’s photographs of the production, technical details and flight testing of this aircraft, some air-to-air and this float-plane on water, torpedo dropping, taxiing, in heavy swell, crews climbing aboard and similar, approx. 105 images contained in a folder (1)

Lot 28

£150-200

Lot 29

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32* Fokker F VIII 3m “Southern Cross”.

A group of photographs of VH-USU by Central Press and other agencies of this famous aircraft flown by Charles Kingsford Smith, C.T.P. Ulm, G. Lyon and J. W. Warner on the first trans-Pacific crossing in June 1928, together with images of other famous type F VIII 3/m’s, the Josephine Ford Byrd Arctic Expedition, the Detroit Arctic Expedition, the ‘America’ and others, some images from the Peter Bowers’ and Warren Bowie collection, many labelled to verso, approx. 50 images contained in a folder (1)

£100-150

36* Fokker S11, 12 & 13. A collection of photographs, some from the Fairchild Aircraft archive, others from the manufacturer, Royal Dutch Air Force, Strathallen Collection and other sources, some good air-to-air aircraft portraits, formation flying squadron line-ups aircraft in production and others of similar interest, approx. 85 images, some inscribed verso, contained in a folder (1)

34* Fokker Type G1. A fine collection of manufacturer’s original publicity photographs and others from private and agency sources of this advanced early Second World War fighter reconnaissance aircraft, views of production lines, air-to-air and ground aircraft portraits, squadron lineups, damaged aircraft, one airframe in R.A.F. markings, technical details and others of similar interest, approx. 70 images contained in a folder (1)

33* Fokker F.7/3m. A good collection of official manufacturer’s, press, publicity and other photographs of this famous tri-motor airliner purchased by numerous airlines the world over, used for endurance record breaking, military service and adaptable for every change of climate, some fine images of OO-AIS, H-NACI, H-NAEA, in the livery of Sabena, Continental Motors and Kendrick Air Service, G-AATG with W. Zietz of Switzerland and numerous others of interest, approx. 75 images, contained in a folder (1)

£150-200

£150-200

£200-250

35* Fokker CIV, CVIII, CX, CXI and later types. A miscellaneous collection of photographs of post World War One aircraft built by this company, biplane, monoplane aircraft and later jet types including a wind tunnel model, aircraft interiors and cockpit details, approx. 50 images contained in a folder, some with signs of damp damage, together with a miscellaneous collection of damp-damaged photographs (approx. 50 images) of numerous aircraft types from DRI-CV and later, suitable for research purposes, most inscribed verso, various sizes, some with past damp damage, contained in a folder (2)

£100-150

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37* Fretwell (Keith). Gloster ‘Gladiator’ Mk.I, K7985 of No. 73 Squadron, orig. watercolour, airbrush and gouache, heightened with white, on card, 20 in x 28.75in (50.8cm x 73cm), signed A Gladiator Mk I of the second production batch shown in the attractive markings of No. 73 (Fighter) Sqn. When deliveries of this fighter were first made the squadron was commanded

by Squadron Leader Eric Stanley Finch at Debden, but moved to Digby, where it gave up the biplanes in favour of the Hurricane. As was fairly common in Fighter Command at the time, the yellow wheel discs and propeller boss denoted a ‘B’ Flight aircraft.

(1) £300-500

39* Fretwell (Keith). Bristol ‘Beaufighter’ Mk IF, T4638 Code NG-F of No. 604 (County of Middlesex) Squadron, orig. watercolour, airbrush and gouache, heightened with white, on card, 18.75 x 24in (47.6 x 61cm), unsigned

38* Fretwell (Keith). Bristol ‘Blenheim’ Mk.IF RX-M of No. 25 (Fighter) Squadron, c.

1939, orig. watercolour, airbrush and gouache, heightened with white, on card, 23.5 in x 21.5in (59.7cm x 54.5cm), unsigned

T4638 was the 16th Bristol Beaufighter Mk IF night-fighter built by the Fairey Aviation Company, equipped with AI Mk IV, characterised by the broad arrow nose aerial and outer wing arrays, and carrying an armament of four 20-mm and six 0.303-in (7.7-mm) guns, T4638 joined No. 604 (County of Middlesex) Sqn at Middle Wallop in 1941. At this time the squadron, commanded

by Wing Commander John Cunningham, was the top-scoring night-fighter unit in the RAF, and had been one of the first to receive the Beaufighter at the height of Battle of Britain in September 1940. Although crews had been slow to master the use of AI radar, by the end of the German night Blitz of 1940-1 the Beaufighter had become the world’s most effective night-fighter.

(1) £200-300

41* Fretwell (Keith). Hawker ‘Hurricane’ Mk.I, P3059, Code SD-N of No. 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron, orig. watercolour, airbrush and gouache, heightened with white, on card, 20.25 in x 19.75in (51.4cm x 50.2cm), unsigned Representative of the classic RAF Battle of Britain Hurricane I, P3059 serviced with No. 501 (County of Gloucester) Squadron during August 1940. Aircraft of this Gloster Aircraft-produced batch, equipped from the outset with Rotol constant-speed propellers, started delivery to RAF fighter squadrons in May and continued throughout the Battle of Britain, it has been said that the Rotol propeller transformed the Hurricane’s performance from ‘disappointing’ to one of ‘acceptable mediocrity’, and modified aircraft were certainly much sought after among squadrons equipped with aircraft having the older de Havilland two-position propeller.

(1) £200-300

A ‘Blenheim’ Mk IF of No. 25 (Fighter) Sqn based at Hawkinge, Kent immediately before the outbreak of World War II. Points of interest include the black and white undersurfaces, the squadron codes RX (changed to ZK in September 1939) and the squadron badge (obliterated when hostilities started) on the fin. The four-gun belly pack was a feature of most Blenheim fighters (including the Mk IVF), but the single gasoperated Lewis gun in the semi-retractable dorsal turret was a relic of inter-war conviction that single dorsal gun armament constituted adequate tail protection for ‘fast’ aircraft.

(1) £200-300

40* Fretwell (Keith). Fairey ‘Swordfish’, (un-numbered, no Code), orig. watercolour, airbrush and gouache, heightened with white, on card, 19.25 in x 19in (48.9cm x 48.2cm), unsigned

Lot 39

Although fairly anonymous in being bare of a serial number, Royal Navy ship and squadron markings, this Swordfish is shown in a colour scheme typical of around 1940-1 (the period of the Battle of Taranto) and is carrying a standard naval 18-in (457-mm) torpedo. The horizontal bar suspended from the top wing centre-section, visible in the front view, is the aim-off sight, used for attacks on ships, and the emergency dinghy stowage was located in the top wing immediately outboard of the wing-fold, the rear Lewis gun is shown in the stowed position.

(1) £200-300

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42* Fretwell (Keith). Supermarine ‘Spitfire’ Mk.Va, W3185 Code D-B, orig. watercolour, airbrush and gouache, heightened with white, on card, 19.25 x 18.75in (48.8 x 47.6cm), unsigned The personal aircraft of Wing Commander Douglas Bader when he commanded the Tangmere Wing in early 1941, this Mk VA was one of the last Spitfires built without cannon armament, which was distrusted by Bader. The aircraft was one of a batch of 450 Mk Is ordered from Vickers-Armstrongs (Supermarine) on 22 March 1940. The order was subsequently amended to cover Mk V aircraft, most were Spitfire VBs, but a small batch of Spitfire VAs were also built. Bader was flying this aircraft, which unlike others had no provision for bomb armament, when he collided with a Messerschmitt Bf.109 over France and baled out to captivity on 7 August 1941.

(1) £200-300

43* Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB 320/330 Hausa Jet. A fine collection of manufacturer’s publicity and other official photographs, including many from private various photographers collections, including Butler-Green, Mick West and the manufacturer’s agency HFB-Bild, images include the production line, interiors cockpit layout, first flight of the prototype, airframes in various civil and military markings, some excellent air-to-air aircraft portraits, some in colour, a few artist’s impressions and others similar, approx.

110 images, contained in two folders (2)

44* Hamburger Flugzeugbau HFB 320/330 Hansa Jet. A fine collection of manufacturer’s publicity, press and other official photographs tracing the planning, construction, development and operation of this aircraft and its successors, photographs by HFB-Bild, Mick West, John Wegg and others, most with relevant negative number stamped to verso, some in colour, excellent air-to-air aircraft portraits, good production images, technical details and others of similar interest, approx. 85 images, contained in a folder (1)

£150-200

46* Hawker ‘Hurricane’. A similar collection of postcard size photographs, copied from numerous private and official sources, most anotated to verso with original data, marks of aircraft include the prototype, Mks I, Mk II a, b, c, and d, some fine air-to-air and ground aircraft portraits, this aircraft in service in many theatres, under construction including the roll-out of ‘The Last of the Many’, accidents, pilots, ground crews, carrier operations, formation, squadron markings dedicated aircraft and others of similar interest, approx. 240 images, contained in three photo boxes Ex-Chris Ashworth Collection, sold in these rooms in 2005 & 2006.

(3) £250-300

45* Hawker ‘Hurricane’. A good and varied collection of postcard size photographs, copied from numerous private and official sources, aircraft marks include the prototype, the Mk I in various forms, Mk II and later models, including some fine air-to-air and ground aircraft portraits, battle damaged machines, squadron liveries, pilots and ground crews, various theatres of war from the Battle for France, Britain, the Middle East and others, approx. 210 images, contained in three photo boxes Ex-Chris Ashworth Collection, sold in these rooms in 2005 & 2006.

(3) £200-250

£200-300

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47* Heinkel. A good collection of photographs from original Luftwaffe, Heinkel and private sources, including B. Hülsen, John Taylor and Bundesarchiv collections, many good aircraft air-to-air and ground or float-plane portraits, aircraft types include the He. 20, 60, 64, 111, 112, 114, 115 and 177, some fine images of air and ground crews with the He.111, the He.112 in Romanian markings c. 1941 (one in colour), some unusual views of the popular He.115 float-plane, the troublesome He. 177 “Greif” and others of historical interest, including Elly Beinhorn with her 1932 ‘Round Europe’ He. 64 monoplane, approx. 55 images contained in a folder, a few with signs of damp damage (1)

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£100-150

48* Iluyshin Il-2 ‘Stormovik’. A rare collection of photographs, most with minor damp damage but usable and restoreable, many inscribed verso from the archive of Jan Zita including Czech pilot Chebeu in front of his Il-2, others show this famous ‘flying tank’ in Russian (Soviet), Czech and other markings, production scenes, Squadron line-ups, airto-air aircraft portraits, and in formation over the steppe, many of ground crews with aircraft accidents, aircraft under repair and others of similar interest, many inscribed verso, approx. 130 images contained in a folder (1)

£250-350

50* Messerschmitt. A collection of unusual manufacturer’s, Lufthansa and other photographs of some early examples of aircraft built by this famous manufacturer, together with later projects some built, others not, aircraft types include the M.20 D-2005 in Lufthansa livery, the delicate M.23b, with various engine installations including D-117 ‘Bismark’, the M.29 D-2306 and D-2309, a fine air-to-air underside view of a captured Me.410 in R.A.F. markings, an artist’s impression of the Me.209, Willi Messerschmitt with test pilot Wendel, the Me.210 V3 under construction, the P.1101 fighter project and later designs including the still-born MeP/141 heavy duty transport, approx. 50 images contained in a folder, some with signs of damp damage (1)

49* Junkers Ju. 87/88/188 and ‘Mistel’.

A miscellaneous collection sourced from various private albums and official agencies, many copies from originals, some good air-to-air images, others showing technical details including armament modifications, captured examples of the Ju. 88 and 188, various aerial arrays, rocket assisted take off (Bundesarchiv photo) and others of similar interest, approx. 65 images contained in a folder, many trimmed and with signs of damp damage (1)

51* Messerschmitt Bf. 109 & Bf. 110. A miscellaneous collection of photographs from private and official sources, many interesting images of these aircraft operating with the Luftwaffe and other air forces of the axis and other powers, some good air-to-air and ground aircraft portraits, including the Me. 209V-4 (109R), the Bf. 109 G-6 with rocket launchers, servicing crews at work, the Bf. 110 2A with radar antenna, many views of captured and later Rolls-Royce engined variants, approx. 70 images contained in a folder, some with minor damp damage (1)

£140-180

£100-150

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52* Messerschmitt Me. 210/410, 323, 163 ‘Komet’ and 262 ‘Schwalbe’. A miscellaneous collection of images, including Me. 210 VI (D-AABF), Me. 210 AI (VN+AT), a captured Me. 410 ‘Hornisse’, an air-to-air portrait of Me. 410 AI/V4, the Me. 321/323 ‘Gigant’ under attack, with rocket assistance for take-off, being towed by three Bf. 110’s and others of interest, the Me. 163 in prototype and production form, engine and other technical details, captured examples, the Me. 262 in Luftwaffe service, in various forms, captured examples, air-to-air views and others of similar interest, approx. 60 images contained in a folder, some with minor damp damage (1)

£100-150

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£100-150

54* Supermarine ‘Spitfire’. A collection of postcard size photographs, copied from numerous private and official sources, most anotated to verso with original data, theatres of war include Europe, Middle and Far East, aircraft marks comprise PR versions, the prototype K5054, Mk I, Mk II, V, VB and others, aircraft in many Squadron markings, some fine air-to-air aircraft portraits, accidents, aircraft under maintenance, with pilots, ground crew, much unpublished material, approx. 250 images contained in three photo boxes Ex-Chris Ashworth Collection, sold in these rooms in 2005 & 2006.

(3) £250-350

53* Nieuport, principally series M.9 M29. A fine collection sourced from many archives prior to Aerospace, good ground aircraft portraits, others with pilots and ground crews including Lt. Raoul Lufberry in his Nieuport 17 Code 1844, R.F.C. Nieuport 21 “Bunky” Code 3956, a German Air Force Nieuport II, Nungesser with P 4479 and many others, together with the speed record aircraft flown by Sadi-Lecointe, squadron line-ups, a ‘parasol’ monoplane, the Japanese delegation visiting the Camp d’aviation at Savy-Berlette and many others of historic interest, approx. 120 images contained in a folder, plus a further collection of Nieuport photographs from many sources including Fox Photos Ltd., Musée de L’air, the M.O.D., I.W.M. and other agencies, aircraft types include ‘Goshawk’ G-EASK, ‘Nighthawk’ G-EAEQ, the elegant Nieuport Type 31, the unusual Nieuport-Delage Sesquiplane 42CI, ‘Nighthawk’ JR 6925, and others, together with a small quantity of printed literature, approx. 30 images contained in a folder (2)

55* Supermarine ‘Spitfire’. A similar collection of postcard size photographs, copied from numerous private and official sources, most anotated to verso with original data, some unusual images of aircraft accidents, named and dedicated aircraft, various Spitfire marks, many different Squadron liveries, nose-art and markings, Squadron line-ups, pilots with their ground crews and aircraft, some fine air-to-air or ground aircraft portraits, some duplicates, much historic material, approx.

220 images contained in three photo boxes Ex-Chris Ashworth Collection, sold in these rooms in 2005 & 2006.

(3) £200-300

£300-400

56* Supermarine ‘Spitfire’. A similar collection of postcard size photographs, copied from numerous private and official sources, most anotated to verso with original data, many different marks of aircraft including Mk Ia, Ib, IIa, IIb, Ml V, Va, Vb, and Vc, various theatres of operation including the defence of Malta 1943, Italy 1944, Greece 1943, and North Africa 1942, many unusual images, normal aircraft wrecked machines, pilots, ground crews at work, squadron line-ups, aircraft portraits and similar material, approx. 270 images contained in three photo boxes Ex-Chris Ashworth Collection, sold in these rooms in 2005 & 2006.

(3) £250-350

57* Voisin and Junkers. A small collection of copy photographs, aircraft types include Voisin 10 Bn. 2 No. 3510, Voisin Type V No. 8521, other ‘pusher’ types, together with a similar small collection of Junkers K series aircraft including K. 37 S-AABL, K. 53 S-72 and S-AABD, a line-up of Chinese K.47’s, K.53 S-71 float-plane, the crash of K.47 P-3 and others, approx. 40 images contained in a folder (1)

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58* Yakovlev. A collection of rare photographs, (most showing signs of damp damage) of some of the aircraft built by this company, types include the YAK 1 & 3, one in free French Air Force markings, others with Polish R.A.F. and U.S.A.F. insignia, some good air-to-air studio, aircraft in formation, Squadron line-ups, preserved examples, with pilots and others of similar interest, together with a collection of photographs of the YAK 12 ‘Morino’, the YAK 12/14, the 11 ‘Moose’ and others, approx.

85 images contained in a folder, many damp damaged examples useful for reference, some trimmed, others restorable (1)

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£70-100

£80-120

AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE MAXWELL-HUNT COLLECTION

59* Avro. From Type 642 to ‘Vulcan’. A good miscellaneous collection of press, publicity, manufacturer’s and other photographs of many of the aircraft built by this company, types include the 642/2m GACFV, 642/4m, VT-AFM ‘Star of India’ Type 652 ‘Anson’ in military and civil service ‘Lancaster’, ‘Lincoln’ and ‘York’, some in colour, an experimental supersonic model, the ‘Shackelton’, 742-2B and others, some fine air to air aircraft portraits, some Air Ministry images, others from the private collections of Ashworth, Scutts, and Stroud, approx. 125 images contained in a folder (1)

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£200-250

63* Bristol ‘Blenheim’. A fine collection of manufacturer’s, publicity, official and private photographs from various sources, some from the Ashworth collection, each inscribed to verso, many good air-to-air aircraft portraits, the ‘Blenheim’ in R.A.F. Squadron service, formations, accidents, machines being serviced in the field, with air and ground crews, civil ‘Blenheim’ GAFXG, ‘Blenheim’ MkI-IV with varying armament and liveries, together with a group of 21 fine colour images from Rolls Royce Plc photographic services of preserved ‘Blenheim’ L8841 C-QY, approx.

120 images contained in a folder (1)

£250-300

£150-200

60* Avro. A miscellany, an interesting and varied collection, aircraft types include the 504, ‘Tutor’, ‘Anson’, ‘Lancaster’, ‘Shackleton’, ‘Andover’ and others, including a fine air-to-air image of ‘Shackleton’ prototype NW135, the Type 567 ‘Avenger’ G-EBND, Type 631 G-ABRS, experimental ‘Lincoln’, preserved and other ‘Lancaster’ aircraft and the famous ‘Anson’ of various Marks in service during World War II and later, some images originally in the Ashworth collection, each inscribed to verso, approx. 100 images, contained in a folder (1)

61* Bell Helicopters. A good collection of manufacturer’s and other photographs of the UH-IH ‘Huey’ helicopter, as used to support American Forces in Vietnam and other theatres of operations, some fine ‘action’ images of operations, aircraft portraits, military operations with ground support troops, some publicity images, many in colour, most with information slips to verso, approx. 80 images contained in a folder

62* Boeing. A miscellaneous collection of photographs of aircraft built by this company, some fine air to air views of the B-17, B-29, B-47 and B-52, together with print-out supplements for the B-47 and B52 with ‘warpaint’ details line drawings formerly published in Aviation News, other types include the ‘Stratocruiser’ 707-747 series together with a selection of early biplane types - the P-12E, P-26A monoplane fighter and others, some images in colour, many inscribed verso, approx. 80 images contained in a folder with documentation (1)

£100-150

£180-220

64* Douglas DC-3 (C.47) ‘Dakota’. A good collection of original and copy images of the C.47 on operations during World War II and in Vietnam and other theatres, evacuation of wounded, nose art, Squadron line-ups, many studies of this famous aircraft, some ex Jerry Scutts collection, together with a collection of images of the RB-66 ‘Destroyer’ and a group of colour images of the construction of the McDonnell Douglas C-17 ‘airlifter’ and a similar group concerned with the Lockheed C5A ‘Galaxy’, and other aircraft, approx. 90 images, contained in a folder (1)

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£180-220

65* English Electric ‘Canberra’. A fine collection of manufacturer’s, Royal Air Force official publicity photographs with others from the collections of Peter Green and Chris Ashworth, together with numerous images from former air and ground crews, some excellent aircraft portraits of various marks of this famous aircraft, many in colour, various Squadron liveries and in the colours of the Airforce of South Africa and others, experimental aircraft, armament details and others of similar interest, approx. 150 images contained in a folder (1)

£300-400

67* Grumman ‘Avenger’ and ‘Hellcat’. A good collection of manufacturer’s, U.S. Marine Corps., Air Ministry, U.S. Navy and other agency photographs of these aircraft with many compiled from private albums, including a fine air-to-air portrait of ‘Hellcat’ F (N) 16 another of 7-6 both marked to verso File Print T.E.Doll, others of carrier operations, the ‘Avenger’ air-borne in formation, wings folding on a carrier deck, ‘Avenger’ code 95 wearing 53 mission markings, various technical views of cockpit and radio station instrument panels, ‘Hellcats’ lining up for a carrier takeoff and others similar, some with attached notes, together with a collection of private images relating to the P-47 ‘Thunderbolt’, approx. 50 images contained in a folder (1)

66* Flying Boats and Seaplanes. A miscellaneous collection from official, R.A.F. and other sources, including some good aircraft studies of Short and other manufacturer’s machines, unusual types include the Loening XO-10 the Avro ‘SeaTutor’, Saro ‘Cloud’ K2894, Supermarine ‘Seagull’ prototype PA143, the Bristol ‘Blenheim’ and Avro ‘Anson’ on floats and other types, approx. 65 images, contained in a folder (1)

£180-250

69* Hawker ‘Hunter’. A fine collection of images, many in colour of this iconic fighter aircraft in service with many air forces of N.A.T.O. and other countries, some fine air-to-air aircraft portraits, this aircraft in numerous Royal Air Force Squadron liveries a superb image of a Treble-One diamond nine formation, various Hawker Aircraft official images, others by Hawker Siddeley Aviation, M.o.D. and other agencies, approx. 80 images, contained in a folder (1)

£150-250

£120-180

68* Hawker ‘Harrier’. A fine collection of official and other photographs, many originals from former collections, including McDonnell Douglas, H.M.S. Heron, M.o.D., Hawker Siddeley, Jerry Scutts and others, some excellent aircraft portraits, air/army exercises carrier operations and similar, some interesting cockpit and other technical details of armaments and other stores carried under wing, Squadron lineups, Falklands operations, aircraft in U.S. Marine livery, under maintenance and others of similar interest, approx. 80 images, contained in a folder (1)

£200-300

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70* Hawker ‘Tempest’ ‘Typhoon’ and ‘Fury’.

A good collection of manufacturer’s, Air Ministry, press, publicity and private photographs of these fine aircraft from the drawing board of Sydney Camm, some excellent studies of aircraft in service during World War II, the ‘Tempest’ in prototype and later form, the rocket-firing ‘Typhoon’ in action after the June 1944 Normandy landings, with pilot, ground crews, accidents, aircraft in winter snow, airfield repair, Pierre Closterman with “Grand Charles”, JP961 on a dump in France, air formations, Squadron line-ups, the ‘Fury’ in service with foreign Air Forces and others of similar interest, approx. 70 images contained in a folder (1)

£180-220

71* Hawker, biplane to monoplane. A varied collection of photographs from many private albums, some copied then compiled to form an interesting record showing these aircraft designed by Sydney Camm in service with the Royal Air Force, the development of design ending with the prototype ‘Hurricane’ and this aircraft in Mk.I form, biplanes include the ‘Audax’, ‘Demon’, ‘Turret-Demon’, ‘Fury’, ‘Persian Fury’, ‘Ski-Fury’, ‘Hind’, ‘Nimrod’, ‘Osprey’, ‘Tomtit’ and others, ‘Hurricanes’ include aircraft under construction, prototype K5083 with ‘Henley’ K5115, 111 Sqdn. lineup at R.A.F. Northolt, L1568 of 73 Sqdn., L:1589 and others, approx. 75 contained in a folder, many images inscribed to verso (1)

72* Helicopters, a miscellany. A collection of manufacturer’s, press, publicity and private photographs of numerous helicopter types, including Bell, Bristol, Mil, Sikorsky and Westland, many experimental types, air-sea rescue missions, fire prevention, military operations, the Bristol Sycamore in production, technical details, some aircraft in various military and civil liveries, many in colour, some with press labels, others inscribed verso, a fine colour study of GAOUJ signed by the pilot and others of similar interest, approx. 65 images contained in a folder (1)

£120-150

73* Lockheed C-130 ‘Hercules’. A collection of manufacturer’s, press, publicity and private photographs, many in colour of this fine aircraft in service with many countries, included is an unusual group of official Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical images in colour of a C-130 carrying and launching the BGM-34A Remotely Piloted Vehicle with ‘Maverick’ missile, one image shows an aircraft carrying four R.P.V.’s, others depict R.A.F. XV223, aircraft at low level discharging heavy goods platforms, the U.S. Navy ‘Ski-Hercules’ at Siple Station in Antarctica, on military operations, aircraft with nose-art, various transport and military liveries including U.S. Marines ‘Blue Angel’s’ and others, approx.

80 images contained in a folder (1)

£160-220

74* North-West Frontier. A private photograph album containing many images of Royal Air Force and British Army stations and camps, including Risalpur, Quetta, Malakand Fort, Dargai and others, many fine air-to-ground views of the harsh terrain, air-to-air views of Bristol Fighters of 27 Bombing Squadron, a Vickers ‘Vernon’ crash, Vickers ‘Victoria’ J7924 in flight and others taken in Egypt, album incomplete, approx. 45 images, some signed and dated R. Bullens 28/9/29

£120-160

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£100-150

75* Republic F-105D ‘Thunderchief’. A collection of Republic Aviation official publicity photographs of this aircraft, including air-to-air aircraft portraits, bombbay and cockpit details, together with a collection of colour images of P-47 ‘Thunderbolt’ nose-art, official CurtissWright publicity photographs, and similar material, approx. 100 images, contained in a folder (1)

£200-250

77* Royal Air Force Fighter Command Pilots and other heroes. A fine collection of official press, publicity and private photographs of pilots and ground crews on operations with the Advanced Air Striking Force, Battle of Britain and in other theatres of operations 1939-1945, most images inscribed to verso, aircraft with nose-art, aircraft in service with Polish, New Zealand and Free French pilots, many pilots showing signs of combat exhaustion, relaxing in groups with the obligatory pet dogs, Squadron posed photographs, varied ‘Spitfires’ include: ‘Bali’, ‘Gravesend Shrimp’, ‘Luvungi’, ‘Red Rose III’ amongst others, a historic collection of photographs from a dramatic period, approx. 90 images, contained in a folder (1)

£250-350

79* Royal Navy Blackburn, de Havilland, Fairey and Westland Aircraft.

A miscellaneous collection of ‘Buccaneer’, ‘Vampire’, ‘Sea Venom’, ‘Sea Vixen’, ‘Gannet’, ‘Wyvern’ and other aircraft, the Fairey ‘Gannet’ also shown in the livery of the German Navy, a fine air-to-air image of NA39 XK490, others of aircraft carrier operations, many other good and interesting aircraft studies, together with a group of Royal Navy ‘Harrier’ interest, approx. 80 images contained in a folder (1)

76* Royal Air Force in World War II. A miscellaneous collection of photographs, compiled from many sources of single and multi-engined aircraft operated by the R.A.F. during this conflict, aircraft types include ‘Battle’, ‘Blenheim’, ‘Defiant’, ‘Gladiator’, ‘Halifax’, ‘Hudson’, ‘Hurricane’, ‘Lancaster’, ‘Skua Spitfire’, ‘Swordfish’, ‘Whitley’ and others, some good air-to-air and ground aircraft portraits, commanders, pilots, ground crews, arming-up, general servicing and others of technical and historic interest, a general collection of approx. 150 images contained in a folder (1)

78* Royal Navy Supermarine Aircraft.

Types include the ‘Attacker’ and ‘Scimitar’, together with the Hawker ‘Sea Hawk’ and Royal Air Force Supermarine ‘Swift’, a good collection of manufacturer’s, Royal Navy, private and other photographs, some excellent air-to-air studies, carrier operations, the ‘Swift’ with Fairey ‘Fireflash’ guided missiles, the Vickers-Supermarine Type 508 approaching to land on an aircraft carrier, a line up of ‘Swifts’ at Chilbolton, and many others of similar interest, approx.

80 images, contained in a folder (1)

£200-300

£200-300

80* Supermarine ‘Spitfire’ in the Battle of Britain and later. A fine collection of photographs including many official publicity images of pilots and ground crews with their aircraft, many of Free French pilots, Squadron line-ups, good airto-air aircraft portraits, machines on standby, in formation, being re-armed, some aircraft named and with nose-art, various Squadron codes and markings used during the Battle and later, many images inscribed to verso, approx. 100 images contained in a folder (1)

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£200-300

£250-350

83* United States Marine Corps. An interesting collection of official and private photographs of various aircraft types flown by this Naval Corps., some fine images of the F-86 ‘Sabre’, McDonnell ‘Banshee’, the F-9F ‘Panther’, McDonnell Douglas F-4D ‘Skyray’, some International News photographs, others by Planet News and other agencies, other aircraft types include the E-2C ‘Hawkeye’, A-6E ‘Intruder’ and a collection of colour images of the U.S.S. ‘Intrepid’ Museum New York, approx. 100 images contained in a folder with booklet (1)

£200-300

Lot 81

81* Supermarine ‘Spitfire’. A miscellaneous collection of photographs related to various marks of this famous fighter aircraft, many wearing ‘invasion’ stripes, some with nose-art or named, the aircraft in various theatres of war and later, a fine view of the final assembly (Vickers photo ex-Scutts collection), many good air and ground aircraft portraits, serial numbers clearly shown, some private images in colour, preserved aircraft and gate guardians, some views of crashed aircraft, pilots, ground crews and Squadron personnel, many images inscribed to verso, approx. 100 images, contained in a folder (1)

£250-350

82* U.S.A.A.F., U.S. Navy and U.S.A.F. An interesting and varied collection of photographs, many copied from private albums and other collections, of pilots, ground crews and aircraft serving with these forces before and during World War Two, aircraft types include the ‘Flying Tigers’, P-40 of Maj. Gen. Chennault’s 14th Air Force, various biplane types of the U.S. Army and Navy pre-war, the Supermarine ‘Spitfire’ in U.S. markings, the P-38 ‘Lightning’, P-47 ‘Thunderbolt’, the P-51 ‘Mustang’ de Havilland ‘Mosquito’ in U.S. markings, Consolidated ‘Catalina’, Curtiss ‘Helldiver’ and other types, approx. 100 images, contained in a folder (1)

84* Vickers. A miscellaneous collection of photographs from different sources including the manufacturer, Royal Air Force, M.o.D., and others, period covered 1919-1970, aircraft types include ‘Vimy’, ‘Vernon’, ‘Wellington’, ‘Warwick’, ‘Varsity’, ‘Viking’, ‘Valiant’, ‘Viscount’, VC-10 and others, together with a miscellaneous collection of postcard sized photographs of the Vickers-Armstrong-Supermarine ‘Spitfire’ originally in the Chris Ashworth collection with a selection of other photographs of this aircraft, approx. 100 images, contained in a folder (1)

£150-200

£200-300

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AVIATION BOOKS 85 Putnam Aeronautical Publications.

The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing), by J.M. Bruce, 1st ed., 1982; British Aviation, The Great War and Armistice, 1915-1919, by Harald Penrose, 1969; British Aviation, The Adventuring Years, 1920-1929, pub. 1973; Bristol Aircraft Since 1910, by C.H. Barnes, 1964; Shorts Aircraft Since 1900, pub. 1967; Handley Page Aircraft Since 1907, pub.

1976; De Havilland Aircraft Since 1915, by A.J. Jackson, 1962, together 7 vols., all 1st eds., b & w illusts. from photos, with fiftysix other Putnam titles (including 11 largeformat), all orig. cloth, all but three vols. with d.j., ex-lib. copies with usual markings Being sold for the benefit of the Shuttleworth Collection.

(63) £300-500

86 Robertson (Bruce, and others).

Sopwith - The Man and His Aircraft, 1st ed., 1970, col. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, together with Robertson (Bruce, and others), Lancaster - The Story of a Famous Bomber, 3rd imp., 1967, col. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, plus Robertson (Bruce, and others), Aircraft Camouflage and Markings 19071954, 6th imp., 1966, num. col. and b & w illusts., all orig. cloth in sl. frayed and chipped d.j.s, 4to, with other miscellaneous aviation history, mostly recent hardback publications, many in d.j., all ex-lib. copies with usual marks Being sold for the benefit of the Shuttleworth Collection.

(3 shelves) £100-150

88 Royal Flying Corps. Technical Notes, 1916 (3 copies), num. folding diags., some marks, orig. cloth, a little soiled and minor wear, 8vo, together with Handley Page Bomber, Type 0.400 Descriptive Handbook, September 1918, b & w illusts. and diags., orig. printed wrappers, worn and soiled, slim 8vo, plus Matthews (R. Borlase), The Aviation Pocket-Book for 1918. A Compendium of Modern Practice and a Collection of Useful Notes, Formulae, Rules, Tables, and Data Relating to Aeronautics, 6th ed., revised and enlarged, 1918, diags., num. ads., orig. cloth gilt, some wear to spine, small 8vo, and others of aviation interest, mostly technical, all ex-lib. copies with usual marks Being sold for the benefit of the Shuttleworth Collection.

(3 shelves) £200-300

89 Aero Engines. Motore per Aviazione “Isotta Fraschini” Tipo V6 - sei Cilidri 250 HP, Milan, c. 1920, 21 folding diagrams, original cloth gilt, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo Provenance: Caproni Library (bookplate).

(1) £70-100

90 The Aero. Incorporating ‘Flying’ (Established 1902) and ‘The Airship’, nos.

52-58, 60-70, 72-3. 75-84, May 17thDecember 28 1910, together 30 orig. issues, num. b & w illusts. and ads., orig. printed wrappers, some frayed and chipped at edges, many with old paper repairs to spines, 4to (30)

91 Air Pictorial, vol. 1 no. 3, 1941 to vol.

48 no. 12, 1986, a complete run lacking only the first two issues of this journal which began under the title Air Training Corps Gazette, b&w illusts., orig. colour printed wrappers, 1st issue (vol. 1 no. 3), lacks wrappers and with some sl. fraying and sellotape repairs to spine, occ. other soiling or creasing and occ. closed tears, some years with supplements, and all loosely contained in pubs. ring binders with manuscript nos. to spines, a little rubbed and soiled, 4to Captain W. E. Johns was a regular contributor of Biggles’ stories for the early issues of this magazine.

(46) £100-200

92 Aviation history, mostly journals and pamphlets, including Air Enthusiast, c.

1980-2007, War Birds Worldwide, a complete set, nos. 1-52, 1987-2000, AirBritain News, Historical Aviation Album, Vintage Aircraft, Aircam Aviation Series, Das Waffen-Arsenal, Wings, War in the Air, 1939-45, several issues of Flight and The Aeroplane, c. 1930s, 21st Profile, nos. 1-17, etc., all orig. printed wrappers, some contained in publisher’s binders, 4to/8vo (4 cartons)

£70-100

87 Winchester (Clarence, editor).

Wonders of World Aviation, 2 vols., Amalgamated Press Limited, c. 1930s, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, a little rubbed, 4to, together with other miscellaneous aviation history, including many odd vols. of Aircraft of the Fighting Powers series, all ex-lib. copies with usual marks Being sold for the benefit of the Shuttleworth Collection.

(3 shelves) £100-150

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£200-300

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93 Bell Aircraft Corporation... Producer of Fighter Planes. ‘Small Experimental Laboratory of Year Ago has Become Efficient Assembly-Line Producer of Fighter Planes’, n.d., c. 1941, 8 pp. promotional brochure, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. stiff wrappers, stapled on spine, slim 4to, together with Handley Page Ltd. in Peace and War. HermesHastings, n.d., c. 1948, orig. 12 pp. publicity brochure, col. and b & w illusts. orig. printed wrappers, a little soiled, plus Rolls-Royce, Avon Achievements, n.d., c.

1952, 24 pp. sales brochure, one col. plt., b & w illusts. from photos, orig. printed card wrappers, silk cord to spine, oblong 4to, with other miscellaneous aviation brochures and journals, photo-litho. col. prints of WWII RAF fighter aircraft, collectors cards, etc., plus a quantity of aviation history and biographies, etc., mostly WWII interest (2 cartons)

£100-150

94 Bowyer (Michael J.F., and others).

Action Stations. Wartime Military Airfields of Great Britain, 10 vols., all 1st eds. (except vol. 1), 1979-87, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., 8vo, together with The Aeroplane, vols. 60, 61, 63, 65-69, 1941-45, together 10 vols., num. b & w illusts. and ads., bound without orig. printed wrappers in recent black cloth (vol. 61 bound in contemp. blue cloth), 4to, and others of aviation interest, plus a good plastic scale model of a Mosquito light bomber, on stand, 18in (46cm) wingspan, a Corgi Aviation Archive series, diecast scale model of Avro Vulcan XL321, 617 ‘Dam Busters’ Squadron, boxed (as new) and a cold cast model of a Fighter Command pilot, 9in (23cm) tall (3 cartons)

£100-150

95 Earhart (Amelia). The Fun Of It, Random Records of My Own Flying and of Women in Aviation, 1st ed., New York, Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932, b&w photo port. frontis., thirty b&w illusts. after photos, orig. brown cloth, lettered in white (generally in bright condition), in sl. frayed d.j., very minor loss to extreme head of spine, price-clipped to front inner flap, with orig. recording of Amelia Earhart’s broadcast speech on May 22nd 1932, contained in pocket at rear, 8vo A very good copy of the memoirs of the famous American aviator, published shortly after her record-breaking trans-Atlantic flight, the first solo crossing by a woman. Tragically Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan vanished in the Central Pacific in July 1937, while attempting to complete the first flight by a female aviator around the world.

(1) £400-600

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96 Flight. First Aero Weekly in the World.

A Journal Devoted to the Interests, Practice, and Progress of Aerial Locomotion and Transport. Official Organ of the Aero Club of the United Kingdom, vols. 1-7, January 1909-December 1915, original printed title and index to each, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. publisher’s light grey cloth, spine and upper cover lettered and blocked in black, generally a little rubbed and spine ends sl. frayed, thick 4to Being sold for the benefit of the Shuttleworth Collection.

(7) £700-1000

97 Handley Page. The Evolution of the Aeroplane, pub. Albion for Handley Page Ltd., c. 1928, adverts. and half-tone illustrations, original wrapper, some fading, 4to Provenance: Caproni Library (stamps to cover).

(1) £70-100

98 Jackson (A.J.). British Civil Aircraft Since 1919, vol. 3, new ed., 1964, together with Bowers (Peter M.), Boeing Aircraft Since 1916, 1989, plus Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947, 1st ed., 1979, all Putnam publications, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo, VG, plus other modern aviation publications, including Putnam and large format, mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s (3 shelves)

£100-150

99 Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft, 1941, 1942, 1943-44, 1945-46, 1953-54, 1955-56, 1957-58, 1959-60, 1963-78, and 19792001, a total of forty-seven vols. including two duplicates, plus reprints of 1913 (2 copies) and 1919 editions, all ex-lib with ink stamps to titles, orig. cloth with sticky labels to spines, 30 vols. with d.j.s still present, library marks to foot of spines, some rubbing and soiling, folio (50)

£200-300

100 Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft, 1940, 1942, 1943-44, 1945-46, 1947 & 1948, together 6 vols., all compiled and edited by Leonard Bridgman, num. b & w illusts. from photos, ads. at front, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some minor wear, folio Being sold for the benefit of the Shuttleworth Collection.

(6) £100-150

101 Pierce (Michael, and others). ... So Few. A Folio Dedicated to all who Fought and Won the Battle of Britain, 10th July31st October 1940, pub. 1990, twenty-five profile portraits in silhouette of Battle of Britain pilots, each signed by the subject, with photo illusts., facsimile letters and documents, and a biography of each pilot, a.e.g., orig. dark blue goatskin, lettered and decorated in gilt, with R.A.F. embroidered wings inset to upper cover, orig. silk-lined solander box, thick folio Limited edition 135/401, signed by Michael Pierce and other five members of the creative team. This fine volume, with contributions by twenty-five surviving Battle of Britain pilots, was issued to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain and to raise funds for the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. The Few comprise Wg Cdr P.P.C. Barthropp, DFC, AFC; Wg Cdr R.P. Beamont, CBE, DSO, DFC, DL, FRAes; Sqn Ldr G.H. Bennions, DFC; Air ViceMarshal H.A.C. Bird-Wilson, CBE, DSO, DFC, AFC; Air Cdre P.M. Brothers, CBE, DSO, DFC; Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling KCB, CBE, DSO, DFC, AE; Gp Capt W.D. David, CBE, DFC, AFC; Air Cdre A.C. Deere, DSO, OBE, DFC; Sqn Ldr B.H. Drobinski, DFC; Flt Lt J.H. Duart; Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris, GCB, DSO, OBE; Gp Capt T.P. Gleave, CBE; Wg Cdr N.P.W. Hancock, DFC; Sqn Ldr C. Haw, DFC, DFM; Cdr R.C. Hay, DSO, DSC, RN (Ret’d); Gp Capt C.B.F. Kingcome, DSO, DFC; Colonel Henry Gaston Lafont; Air Cdre A.R.D. MacDonell, CB, DFC; Sqn Ldr M.J. Mansfield, DSO, DFC, AFC; Wg Cdr A.G. Page, DSO, DFC; Wg Cdr P.L. Parrott, DFC, AFC, Gp Capt D.F.B. Sheen, DFC; Wg Cdr F.M. Smith, DFC; Wg Cdr J.E. Storrar, DFC, AFC, AE; Wg Cdr G.C. Unwin, DSO, DFM. (1) £700-1000

102 Popular Flying, vols. I-VII, in two bindings, magazine covers detached, some adverts, colour pages and supplements, edited by Capt. W.E. Johns, April 1932-1939 (7)

Lot 101 103 Putnam Aeronautical Books.

Hawker Aircraft Since 1920, by Frank K. Mason, 1961, Bristol Aircraft Since 1910,

by C.H. Barnes, 1964, Gloster Aircraft Since 1917, by Derek N. James, 1971, British Racing and Record-Breaking Aircraft, 1971, Fairey Aircraft Since 1915,

by A.H. Taylor, 1974, Handley Page Aircraft Since 1907, by C.H. Barnes, 1976, Curtiss Aircraft, 1907-1947. by Peter M. Bowers, 1979, Supermarine Aircraft Since 1914, by C.F. Andrews & E.B. Morgan, 1981, together 8 vols., all 1st eds., b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., a little dust soiled, with other Putnam aeronautical titles (including thirteen large-format), all orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo & 4to (48)

£300-500

106 Weiss (Rene). La Premiere Traversee Aerienne Paris-New York par Costed et Bellonte, 1st ed., Paris, 1931, numerous b&w illusts. from photos, folding plans, maps, etc., two signed presentation inscriptions to front free endpaper, the first in French from M[aurice] Bellonte to Nino Carlassare [Italian journalist], dated 22 May 1932, and underneath, in Italian, a presentation inscription to Italian aircraft manufacturer Gianni Caproni, signed ‘Nino’ [Carlassare], orig. printed wrappers retained, later cloth gilt with Caproni gilt logo to upper cover and paper label to foot of sone, 4to French aviators Dieudonne Costes and Maurice Bellonte completed the first non-stop east to west flight across the Atlantic Ocean in 1930, in 14 hours and 50 minutes.

(1) £400-600

107 Aviation history and related, mostly recent softback publications and brochures, mostly G/VG (3 cartons)

£100-150

108 Aviation history and related, mostly recent softback publications, brochures and paperbacks, etc., G/VG From the Quentin Bland collection.

(4 cartons)

£150-200

104 Royal Aeronautical Society. Journal, approx. 100 issues, 1938-1964, diags. to text, advertisements at front & rear, orig. printed wrappers, together with five scientific & Technical papers published by the Royal Aeronautical Society, 1938-44 plus seven issues of the Istitution of Mechanical Engineers Proceedings

109 Aviation history and related, mostly recent hardback publications, many in d.j., G/VG

(a carton)

111 Ditto

£100-150

(3 shelves)

110 A similar lot (3 shelves)

(3 shelves)

105 Thomas (G. Holt). Aerial Transport, 1st ed., [1920], port. frontis., num. b & w illusts. from photos, four folding maps at rear, upper corner of f.e.p. cut away (to remove previous owner’s name?), orig. gilt-dec. cloth, a little rubbed, minor wear to head and foot of spine, 4to (1)

£70-100

£60-80

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£100-150

£100-150

£100-150

112 Ditto (3 shelves)

£100-150

AVIATION BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY OF GRAHAM WARNER, Aviation Historian and Author of The Bristol Blenheim: A Complete History, pub. 2002.

113 Air-Britain publications. Flat Out, The Story of 30th Squadron Royal Air Force, by John F. Hamlin, 2002, The Anson File, by Ray Sturtivant, 1988, The Battle File, by Sidney Shail, 1997, The Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm, by Ray Sturtivant and Theo Ballance, 1994, Defiant File, by Alec Brew, 1996, The Hampden File, by Harry Moyle, 1989, The Hornet File, by Lewis G. Cooper, 1992, The Beaufort File, by Roger Hayward, 1990, Scorpions Sting, The Story of No. 84 Squadron, by Don Neate, 1994, United in Effort, The Story of No. 53 Squadron, by Jock Manson, 1997 & The British Aircraft Specifications File, by K. J. Meekcoms & E. B. Morgan, 1994, b&w illusts. to each, all orig. pict. boards, 4to, together with four other hardback AirBritain publications (Gifts of War, Spitfires and Other Presentation Aircraft in Two World Wars, by Henry Boot & Ray Sturtivant, 2005, Hawks Rising, The 85year History of No. 25 (Fighter) Squadron,

by Francis K. Mason, 2001, 2 copies, & UK Flight Testing Accidents 1940-1971, by Derek Collier-Webb, 2002), plus twenty other similar Air-Britain publications, all paperback issues, including Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial Numbers series, The Harvard File, The Lancaster File, The Halifax File, etc., all 4to (35)

£200-300

114 Airlife publications. Camera Above the Clouds, the aviation photographs of Charles E. Brown, ed. Anthony Harold, 3 vols., reprinted 1988, numerous col. and b&w illusts., all orig. cloth in d.j.s, 4to, together with Wings of the Weird and Wonderful, by Captain Eric Brown, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1983/85, b&w illusts., both orig. cloth in d.j.s, large 8vo, plus other Airlife publications, all orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo/4to, VG, and Air Enthusiast [later Air International], vols. 1-32, 1971-87, numerous col. and b&w illusts., all orig. cloth in d.j.s, 4to, VG (62)

115 Putnam Aeronautical Books. Aircraft of the Royal Air Force Since 1918, by Owen Thetford, 3rd ed., 1962, Squadron Histories, R.F.C., R.N.A.S., and R.A.F. Since 1912, 2nd ed., 1968, Shorts Aircraft Since 1900, by C. H. Barnes, 1st ed., 1967, Bristol Aircraft Since 1910, by C. H. Barnes, 2nd ed., 1970, The British Fighter Since 1912, by Peter Lewis, 4th ed., 1979, b&w illusts. to each, all orig. cloth in d.j.s, very sl. rubbed and one or two vols. somewhat sunned to spines, together with seventeen other Putnams publications, including British Racing and recordbreaking aircraft, by Peter Lewis, 1971, Armament of British Aircraft, 1909-1939,

by H. F. King, 1st ed., 1971, Biplane to Monoplane, Aircraft Development 191939, ed. Philip Jarrett, 1st ed., 1997, etc., all orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo/4to, G/VG (22)

£200-300

116 World War I. Air Board Technical Notes. Rigging Notes, issued by Controller, Technical Department, [1917], b&w plts. after photos, diagrams, etc., orig. printed wrappers, heavily soiled and some wear, 8vo, together with The Aero Manual, a manual of mechnically-propelled human flight, covering the history of the work of early investigators, and of the ... recent successes, ... with full constructive details concerning airships, aeroplanes, gliders, etc., 1st ed. revised, 1909, b&w illusts. and diags., front endpaper with upper portion excised, orig. white cloth, soiled and marked, both 8vo A collection of technical and rigging notes for eleven First World War aeroplanes, including the Bristol Fighter, De Havilland, Farman Shorthorn Biplane, Nieuport Scout, Sopwith and Spad Biplane.

(2) £70-100

£200-300

117 Rawlings (John). Fighter Squadrons of the R.A.F. and Their Aircraft, 1st ed., 1969, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in price-clipped d.j., 4to, together with Richards (Denis), Royal Air Force 19391945, 3 vols., reprinted, HMSO, mixed eds., 1954, b&w plts. etc., all orig. cloth in frayed d.j.s, 8vo, plus others on the R.A.F. in World War Two, including Airfields in the Second World War series, mostly orig. cloth, many in d.j.s, 8vo (3 shelves)

118 Bowyer (Michael J. F.). Action Stations, 10 vols., reprinted, Cambridge, mixed eds., 1980-87, numerous b&w illusts., all orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo, VG, together with Chorley (W. R.), Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War, 9 vols., 1st ed., 1992-2007, all orig. uniform printed wrappers, 8vo, VG, plus others on the history of the Royal Air Force in World War II, including publications of the Royal Air Force Historical Society, and a run of Proceedings of the Royal Air Force Historical Society, Nos. 6, 10, 12-13, 15-22, & 24-46, mostly orig. cloth, many in d.j.s, 8vo (3 shelves)

£150-200

119 Ford-Jones (Martyn R., & Valerie, A.).

Oxford’s Own Men and Machines of No. 15/XV Squadron, Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force, pub. Schiffer Military History, 1999, numerous b&w illusts., inscribed by the authors to title, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, VG, together with Thomas (Chris, & Shores, Christopher), The Typhoon & Tempest Story, pub. Arms and Armour Press, 1988, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus Shores (Christopher F.), Pictorial History of the Mediterranean Air War, 3 vols., pub. Ian Allan, 1972-74, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo, and Bowyer (Michael J. F.), 2 Group R.A.F., A Complete History, 1936-1945, pub. Crecy Books, 1992, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus others on the history of second world war aviation, various, including Bernard Ireland, The War in the Mediterranean 1940-1943, 1st ed., 1993, Ken Delve, The Winged Bomb, History of 39 Squadron R.A.F., 1985, Henry Probert, The Forgotten Air Force, The Royal Air Force in the War Against Japan 1941-1945, reprinted 1996, etc., mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo/4to, generally VG (3 shelves)

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£150-200

£200-300

120 Air Ministry. The Origins and Development of Operational Research in the Royal Air Force, pub. HMSO, 1963, orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j., together with Falconer (Jonathan), Stirling Wings, pub.

Alan Sutton, 1995, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., plus Bowman (MartinW.), The Men Who Flew the Mosquito, 1st ed., 1995, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., and Shores (Christopher, & Cull, Brian), Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete, 194041, pub. Grub Street, 1987, plus others on the aviation history of World War II, including other Grub Street publications, mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s, all 8vo, generally G/VG (3 shelves)

£150-200

121 Jefford (C. G.). The Flying Camels, The History of No. 45 Squadron R.A.F., 1st ed., 1995, inscribed by the author to title, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Sharp (C. Martin, & Bowyer, Michael J. F.), Mosquito, revised ed., 1995, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., thick 8vo, plus Webster (Sir Charles, & Frankland, Noble), The Strategic Air Offensive Against Germany, 1939-1945, vol. IV, Annexes and Appendices, pub.

HMSO, 1961, orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and other aviation history, mostly relating to the Royal Air Force and World War II, including John Foreman, Fighter Command War Diaries, 2 vols., 1997-98, Michael J. F. Bowyer & Bruce Robertson, Bombing Colours, 3 vols., 1969-73, etc., mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo/4to, generally VG (3 shelves)

£150-200

122 Freeman (Roger A.). Airfields of the Eighth Then and Now, revised ed., 1978, numerous b&w illusts., orig. mock leather, 4to, together with Brown (K. S., Heyn, E. F., Freeman, R. A., Bowyer, M. J. F., & Berry, P.), United States Army and Air Force Fighters, 1916-1961, pub. Harleyford Publications, 1961, colour frontis., numerous b&w illusts., plus Matt (Paul R.), United States Navy & Marine Corps.

Fighters, 1918-1962, pub. Harleyford Publications, 1962, colour frontis., numerous b&w illusts., both orig. cloth, 4to, and Chhina (Sqdn. Leader Rana T.S.), The Eagle Strikes, The Royal Indian Air Force, 1932-1950, 1st ed., 2006, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, VG, plus other aviation history, mostly relating to overseas Air Forces in World War II, etc.

(3 shelves)

£150-200

123 Wakefield (Ken). Pfadfinder, Luftwaffe Pathfinder Operations over Britain, 1940-44, pub. Tempus Publishing, 1999, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., large 8vo, together with Ray (John), The Night Blitz 1940-1941, pub. Arms & Armour Press, 1996, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus Goss (Chris), The Luftwaffe Bombers’ Battle of Britain, The Inside Story: July-October 1940, signed by the author to title, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., large 8vo, and The Rise and Fall of The German Air Force 19331945, pub. Arms and Armour Press, 1983, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus others on the Luftwaffe and German aviation in World War II, mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s, 8vo/4to, generally VG (3 shelves)

£200-300

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124 Noble (Bernard). Reminisences of Flying at the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down, 1st ed., 2003, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with Marson (Peter J.), The Lockheed Twins, pub. Air-Britain, 2001, numerous b&w illusts., orig. pict. boards, 4to, plus Nijboer (Donald), Graphic War, The Secret Aviation Drawings and Illustrations of World War II, 1st ed., 2005, numerous col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., and others on aviation history, mostly relating to the Second World War, mainly orig. cloth in d.j.s, 4to/8vo, generally VG (3 shelves)

£150-200

BALLOONING BOOKS 127 Berget (Alphonse). La Route de l’Air, Aeronautique, Aviation, Paris, 1911, b&w plts. and illusts., orig. wrappers bound in, modern blue half morocco, folio, together with Lecornu (J.), La Navigation Aerienne, Histoire documentaire et anecdotique, Paris, 1903, numerous b&w illusts., contemp. dark green qtr. morocco, a little rubbed, folio, plus Fonvielle (W. de), Histoire de la Navigation Aerienne, 2nd ed., Paris, 1911, b&w wood eng. illusts., orig. printed wrappers bound-in, modern red cloth, 4to, and Sazerac de Forge (L.), La Conquete de l’Air, Paris/Nancy, 1907, b&w illusts., including some after photos, orig. printed wrappers bound in, modern half brown calf, large 8vo, plus three others similar (L’Aerophile, 10e Annee, nos.

1, 6, 10-11, 12e annee no. 10 & 13e annee, no. 11, January 1902-November 1905, bound in one vol., Capitaine Do, Le Ballon Libre, Paris, 1911, & Gaston Tissandier, Histoire de Mes Ascensions, 9th ed., n.d., c. 1900) (7)

125 Amick (M. L.). History of Donaldson’s Balloon Ascensions. Laughable Incidents, Frightful Accidents, Narrow Escapes, Thrilling Adventures, Bursted Balloons, Trapeze Performances ..., 1st ed., Cincinnati, 1875, b&w wood eng. illusts., orig. printed front wrapper bound-in (some foxing), modern half morocco gilt, 8vo (1)

£150-200

126 Andre (M. H.). Les Dirigeables, Etude complete de la direction des ballons des tentatives realisees et des projets nouveaux, 1st ed., Paris, 1902, numerous b&w illusts., one or two marks to text, orig. red cloth gilt, rubbed and some light discolouration, together with Espitallier (G.), Aeronautique. La Technique du Ballon, 1st ed., Paris, 1907, orig. cloth, very sl. rubbed, plus Graffigny (Henry de). Les Ballons dirigables et la Navigation Aerienne, nouvelle edition augmentee, Paris, 1902, b&w wood eng. illusts., orig. cloth, and Vaulx (Comte Henry de la), Seize Mille Kilometres en Ballon, 1st ed., Paris, 1903, some light foxing, orig. printed wrappers, plus four others related (Pierre Dronier, La Navigation Aerienne, Projet d’une ligne transatlantique aerienne, Paris, 1894, Commandant Bornecque, L’Aerostation Militaire en France et a l’etranger, Paris, 1899, Eugene Lecomte, Les Ballons, 1888, & Gaston Gradis, Les Ballons Dirigeables, Paris, 1923), all 8vo (8)

129 Espitallier (Georges). Les Ballons et leur emploi a la guerre, Paris, G. Masson, c.

1889, b&w wood eng. illusts., some scattered spotting, contemp. qtr. cloth, very sl. rubbed, together with Joux (Etienne), Un Dirigeable Militaire: ‘L’Adjutant-Vincenot’ (1911-1916), Paris, 1931, mounted photograph of the author facing title, author’s presentation inscription to Lord Ventry, dated 1938 to title, some light foxing and minor marks, orig. blue cloth gilt, rubbed and minor fraying to extrems., slim 8vo, plus Buttlar (Baron H. von), Les Zeppelins au Combat, trans. Pierre Remondiere, Paris, 1932, twelve b&w plts., orig. printed wrappers, a little rubbed and some light soiling, and Besancon (Georges), Les Zeppelins, Paris, pub. Bloud et Gay, 1915, b&w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, slim 8vo (4)

£70-100

£100-150

128 Crouch (Tom D.). The Eagle Aloft, Two Centuries of the Balloon in America, 1st ed., 1983, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., large thick 8vo, together with Althoff (William F.), USS Los Angeles, The Navy’s Venerable Airship and Aviation Technology, Washington, 2004, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., plus The Photographic History of the Civil War, 5 vols., pub. Blue & Grey Press, 1987, numerous b&w illusts. mostly after photos, all orig. blue cloth in d.j.s., 4to, VG, plus Foote (Shelby), The Civil War, A Narrative, 3 vols., reprinted, 1958-74, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j.s, large 8vo, and others related on the history of American aviation, including Bert Webber, Silent Siege, Japanese Attacks against North America in World War II, 1st ed., 1984, Douglas H. Robinson and Charles L. Keller, Up Ship, a history of the US Navy’s rigid airships 1919-1935, pub. Naval Institute Press, 1982, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, VG, etc. (approx. 50)

£150-200

£100-150

130 Farcot (E.). Voyage du Balllon le Louis-Blanc, 1st ed., Paris, 1874, 80 pp., two folding b&w plts., printed wrappers bound-in at rear, minor stain to fore-margin of final two leaves, modern qtr. morocco gilt, spine sunned, 8vo, together with Blaserna (Pietro), Sul Modo Dirigere i Palloni Aerostatici, Due Conferenze fatte nei giorni 28 Aprile e 5 maggio 1872, Turin, Ermanno Loescher, 1872, 36 pp., single b&w litho. plt. at rear, modern half cloth, slim 8vo, plus Renard (Commandant Paul), L’Aviation, Conferences faites en 1909, a la Societe d’Encouragement pour l’Industrie Nationale, Paris, 1909, b&w illusts., t.e.g., contemp. dark green half morocco, 4to, plus one other related (4)

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£100-150

131 Fonvielle (Wilfrid de). Histoire de la Navigation Aerienne, 1st ed., Paris, 1910, b&w wood eng. illusts., half-title and title with neat archival re-strengthening to foreedge, modern half cloth, with gilt label to spine, large 8vo, together with Fonvielle (Wilfrid de, & Besancon, Georges), Notre Flotte Aerienne, 1st ed., Paris, 1908, b&w illusts., mostly after photos, orig. maroon cloth gilt in bright condition, 8vo The first work bears an author’s signed presentation inscription to the half-title ‘A mon ami Bordé sentiments gracieux, 30 mars 1910, W. de Fonvielle’.

(2) £100-150

132 Gimbel (Richard). The Genesis of Flight, The Aeronautical History Collection of Colonel Richard Gimbel, pub. Friends of the United States Air Force Academy Library/University of Washington Press, 2000, numerous colour and b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to/VG, together with Brug (Oberst von), Katalog der Ballonhistorischen Sammlung Oberst von Brug in der Bibliothek des Deutschen Museums, 1985, some colour and numerous b&w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, VG, plus Brown (Malcolm), David Salomons House, Catalogue of Ballooniana, privately printed, 1971, b&w illusts., orig. dark blue cloth gilt, slim 8vo, and two others related, J. E. Darmon, Dictionnaire des Estampes & Livres Illustres sur les Ballons & Machines Volantes, Montpellier, 1929, & Collection dite ‘Au ballon’, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 1935, both 8vo (5)

£50-80

133 Glaisher (J., Flammarion, Camille, De Fonvielle, W., and Tissandier, G).

Voyages Aeriens, 1st ed., Paris, 1870, six chromo. plts., numerous b&w wood eng. illusts. after Albert Tissandier, a.e.g., orig. dark green qtr. morocco, gilt dec. spine, sl. rubbed (generally a good copy), large 8vo (1)

£70-100

134 Hall (George Eli). A Balloon Ascension at Midnight, illust. Gordon Ross, San Francisco, Paul Elder and Morgan Shepard, 1902, two full-page colour litho. plts., including frontis., title with small colour litho. dec., and five colour litho. illusts. to text, untrimmed, orig. pict. boards, rubbed and some minor soiling and wear to extreme head and foot of spine and outer corners, slim 8vo Limited edition of 1175 copies.

(1)

£70-100

135 Hildebrandt (A.). Airships Past and Present, together with chapters on the use of balloons in connection with meteorology, photography and the carrier pigeon, trans.

W. H. Story, 1908, b&w illusts., mostly after photos, orig. dark blue cloth gilt, a little rubbed and one or two minor marks, together with Spanner (E. F.), This Airship Business, 1927, orig. dark blue cloth gilt, plus Lehmann (Capt. Ernst A., & Mingos, Howard), The Zeppelins, The Development of the Airship, with The Story of the Zeppelin Air Raids in the World War, pub.

Putnams, [1928], orig. black cloth, and Rosendahl (C. E.), Up Ship!, 1st ed., New York, 1931, b&w plts. after photos, orig. blue cloth gilt, plus others related on the history of Zeppelins and airships, including Charles P. Burgess, Airship Design, New York, Ronald Press, 1927, R. P. Hearne, Zeppelins and Super-Zeppelins, 1916, Treusch von Buttlar Brandenfels, Zeppelins Over England, reprinted 1931, SantosDumont, My Airships, The Story of My Life, 1904, Christopher Sprigg, The Airship, Its Design, History, Operation and Future, 1st ed., [1931], etc., some in d.j.s, mostly 8vo (22)

£100-150

136 Hoernes (Lieut.-Col. Hermann). A Compendium of Aviation and Aerostation.

Ballons, Dirigibles and Flying-Machines, pub.

Charles Griffin & Company Ltd, 1911, halftitle (with pubs. slip tipped-in to recto), numerous b&w plts., b&w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth, lettered in white, rubbed, small 8vo, together with Moedebeck (Hermann W. L.), Pocket-Book of Aeronautics, trans. W. Mansergh Varley, pub.

Whittaker & Co., 1907, b&w illusts. after photos, diags. to text, front endpaper excised, orig. green cloth, rubbed and frayed to head and foot of spine, with some wear to joints, 8vo, plus Allen (Lewis), The Airship Almanac, a little light literature on high life, telling how to get off the earth and how to get on again, including much excellent advice on how and when to fall, where to alight, complete list of official hospitals of the Aero Club, etc., illust. D. C. Bartholomew, 1909, with illusts. throughout, printed in yellow and black, orig. cloth-backed pict. boards, rubbed and minor wear to extrems., 8vo, and Vissering (Harry), Zeppelin, The Story of A Great Achievement, Chicago, 1922, b&w illusts. after photos, inscribed by the author to front endpaper, and dated January 1923, orig. dark green cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed to extreme corners, large 8vo, plus six other related booklets, including Hugh Allen, The Story of the Airship, 7th ed., 1931, in orig. pict. cloth, Lt.-Col. V. C. Richmond, R101, pub.

Royal Aeronautical Society, 1929, bound with Maj. G. H. Scott, Handling and Mooring of Airships, pub. Royal Aeronautical Society, 1929, etc., all slim 8vo (10)

£120-180

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137 Maitland (E. M.). The Log of H.M.A. R 34, Journey to America and Back, with a letter from Rudyard Kipling, 1st ed., pub.

Hodder & Stoughton, 1921, b&w frontis. and plts., orig. dark blue cloth gilt in bright condition, in rubbed d.j., lightly darkened to spine, 8vo (1)

£70-100

138 Montagu (Lord, ed.). A Short History of Balloons and Flying Machines, with a chapter by Major B. Baden-Powell, pub.

The Car Illustrated 1907, b&w illusts., ads. to front and rear end papers, orig. dec. cloth, very sl. rubbed, together with Alexander (J. H.), Model Balloons and Flying Machines, with a short account of the progress of aviation, pub. Crosby Lockwood, 1910, b&w plts. and illusts., folding diags. at rear, lacks front endpaper, orig. green cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed, plus Sumner (Captain P. H.), The Design and Stability of Streamline Kit Balloons with Useful Tables, Aeronautical and Mechanical Formulae, pub. Crosby Lockwood, 1920, b&w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth, lettered in white, spine faded, and Upson (Ralph H., & Chandler, Charles de Forest), Free and Captive Balloons, New York, pub. Ronald Press, 1926, b&w plts. and illusts., orig. cloth, very sl. rubbed to extrems., plus other similar early titles on balloons and aeroplanes, including Albert Tucker, Aeroplanes, Airships, Aircraft Engines, Annapolis, pub. United States Naval Institute, 1921, W. E. Dommett, Aeroplanes and Airships, including Steering, Propelling and Navigating Apparatus, Bombs, Flechettes, AntiAircraft Guns and Searchlights, pub.

Whittaker, 1915 (some soiling), Griffith Brewer, Theory of Ballooning, A Course of Six Lectures ... delivered before Officers at the Royal Air Force Station, Roehampton, 8th ed., October 1918, etc.

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£150-200

139 Nadar (Felix Tournachon). A Terre & En l’Air ..., Memoires du Geant, 1st ed., Paris, E. Dentu, 1864, half-title, occ. minor scattered spotting, orig. printed wrappers bound in, later plain qtr. black cloth with marbled boards, 8vo, together with Tissandier (Gaston), La Navigation Aerienne, 1st ed., Paris, 1886, b&w wood eng. illusts., rebound in blue wrappers, with orig. upper and lower wrapper laid down, plus Simples Notions sur les Ballons et la navigation aerienne, Paris, [1877], b&w frontis. by Albert Tissandier, b&w illusts. to text, one or two small minor marks, contemp. cloth with later morocco reback, small 8vo, and three others related (Tissandier, Histoire de mes Ascensions, 6th ed., Paris, n.d., c. 1880s, Camille Flammarion, Voyages Aeriens, 2nd ed., Paris, 1881 & A. Brissonnet, Le Ballon, Bulletin Trimestriel de toutes les ascensions, 6 me annee, Janvier - Mars 1883), all 8vo (6)

£100-150

140 R101 Inquiry. Report of the R.101 Inquiry, Presented by the Secretary of State of Air, 1931, several folding plts. and illusts., orig. printed wrappers, rubbed and some marks, 8vo, together with Der Luftschiffbau Zeppelin und seine Tochtergesellschaften, Berlin, [1926], numerous b&w illusts. after photos, later plain cloth, 4to, plus Hodgson (J. E.), The Royal Aeronautical Society. A Survey: 1866-1929, with notes on the French, German, Italian, Swedish and the Society’s Historical Exhibits at the International Aero Exhibition, Olympia, July 16-27, 1929, b&w illusts., some light soiling to title, orig. printed wrappers, sl. rubbed, slim 8vo, and British Airships Ltd, Airships To-day, a short history of airships, their development, and a plain statement of their place in civil aviation, n.d., c. 1928, b&w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, very sl. rubbed, slim 4to, plus other booklets and ephemera relating to airships, including a bound volume of several issues of Illustrated London News, containing coverage of the R.101, a souvenir booklet on the airships of the Portsmouth Command, 1914-1918, a special issue of Der Woche relating to Zeppelins, 1929, The Machinery Installation of Airship R.101 by T. R. Cave-Browne-Cave, n.d., c. 1930, etc.

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£100-150

Lot 141 141 Stelling (A.). 12000 Kilometer im Parseval, Berlin, 1911, numerous b&w illusts. after photos, contemp. English inscription to head of title, orig. pictorial cloth, very sl. rubbed (generally in bright condition), together with Santos-Dumont (A.), Im Reich der Lufte, Stuttgart/Leipzig, 1905, numerous b&w illusts. after photos, orig. pict. cloth, very sl. rubbed, plus Leberecht (Gerd Fritz), Luftfahrten im Frieden und im Kriege, 3rd thou., Berlin, 1913, b&w illusts. after photos, orig. pict. cloth, very sl. rubbed, and Kirschhoff (Arthur), Die Erschliessung des Luftmeers, 2nd ed., Leipzig, b&w illusts. after photos, orig. pict. cloth, very sl. rubbed, plus Feldhaus (Franz M.), Bezwinger der Lufte, n.d., c. 1910, b&w illusts., orig. pict. cloth, and others similar, all printed in German, mostly early 20th c., including A. Wittemann, Die Amerikafahrt des Z.R.III, Wiesbaden, 1925, Brockelmann, ed., Wir Luftschiffer, Berlin/Vienna, 1909, Adolf Marcuse, Astronomische Ortsbestimmung im Ballon, Berlin, 1909, Gebhard A. Guyer, Im Ballon uber die Jungfrau Nach Italien, 1st ed., Berlin, 1908, etc. (approx. 50)

£200-300

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142 Talbot (Frederick A.). Aeroplanes and Dirigibles of War, 1st ed., 1915, b&w plts. after photos, modern maroon cloth, 8vo, together with Gill (Lt.-Col. N. J.), The Aerial Arm, Its Functions and Development, pub. The Aeroplane, 1919, b&w illusts. and diags., orig. cloth, sl. rubbed, square 8vo, plus Hearne (R. P.), Zeppelins and Super-Zeppelins, 1st ed., 1916, b&w plts., orig. grey cloth, rubbed and spine lightly dulled, 8vo, and Wilkinson (Stephen), Lighter Than Air, [1939], b&w plts., orig. cloth gilt, plus others related on World War I ballooning and aviation, including William A. Robson, Aircraft in War and Peace, 1916, Charles E. Lucke, ed., Aircraft of Belligerents in the Year 1914, pub. 1918, The Aerial Year Book and Who‘s Who in the Air, 1920, Joseph Morris, The German Air Raids on Great Britain, 1914-1918, [1925], etc., mostly bound in orig. cloth, 8vo (13)

£150-200

143 Verget (Alphonse). The Conquest of the Air, Aeronautics, Aviation History, Theory, Practice, 1st English ed., 1909, b&w plts. and illusts., orig. green cloth gilt, rebacked with orig. spine laid down, 8vo, together with Glaisher (James, ed.), Travels in the Air, 1871, b&w wood eng. illusts., modern half black calf, large 8vo, plus Butler (Frank Hedges), Five Thousand Miles in a Balloon, pub. Horace Cox, 1907, orig. cloth, rubbed and some minor soiling, slim 8vo, and Walker (Frederick), Aerial Navigation, 1st ed., 1902, b&w illusts., pubs. cat. at rear, orig. brown cloth gilt, very sl. rubbed, 8vo, plus other early aviation publications, including Clifford Collinson and Captain F. McDermott, Through Atlantic Clouds, The History of Atlantic Flight, 1934, Thomas Wright, The Life of Colonel Fred Burnaby, 1908, Frank Hedges Butler, Fifty Years of Travel by Land, Water & Air/Round the World, 2nd imp., 1921/1st ed., 1924 respec., Charles C. Turner, Aerial Navigation of To-day, 1910, Aluizio Napoleao, Santos-Dumont and the Conquest of the Air, 2 vols., Rio de Janeiro, 1945, etc., all 8vo (20)

£100-150

144 Vorreiter (Ansbert). MotorLuftschiffe (Autotechnische Bibliothek, Band 37), Berlin, 1909, b&w illusts., including several folding, ads. at front and rear, pict. cloth, lettered in white, a little rubbed, small 8vo, together with Vorreiter (Ansbert, & Boykow, Hans), Volamekum.

Handbuch fur Luftfahrer (Ballon, Flugzeug, Luftschiff), fach den neuesten Erfahrungen und Bestimmungen, Munich, J. F. Lehmann, 1912, b&w illusts., folding plts., orig. cloth, with minor foxing to upper cover, small 8vo, plus Linke (Franz), Moderne Luftschiffahrt, Berlin, 1902, b&w illusts., patterned endpapers, orig. cloth, lettered in white, with Jugendstil design to upper cover, 8vo, and Silberer (Victor), Grundzuge der praktischen Luftschiffahrt, Berlin, 1910, b&w illusts., orig. cloth backed boards, lettered in white, a little rubbed and some marks to edges, 8vo, plus three others similar (Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Die Luftschiffahrt, c. 1908, Adolf Saager, Zeppelin, Der Mensch, Der Kampfer, Der Sieger, Stuttgart, c. 1915, & J. L. Chaillet, Zeppelintochten boven Engeland, Amsterdam, c. 1916), all 8vo (7)

145 Kennett (Lee). The First Air War, 1914-1918, pub. Free Press, 1991, b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, together with Gamble (C. F. Snowden), The Story of A North Sea Air Station, being some account of the early days of the Royal Flying Corps (Naval Wing) ..., 1914-1918, reprinted, 1967, b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, plus Robinson (Douglas), The Zeppelin in Combat, A History of the German Naval Airship Division, 1912-1918, 1st ed., 1962, b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., 8vo, and Hughes (Philip), Wings Over the Wye. An Illustrated History of Aviation in Herefordshire and the Wye Valley, 1st ed., 1984, b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., large 8vo, plus other history of early aviation, including Zeppelins, a run of Aerostat, 34 vols., 1972-2005, Henry Woodhouse, Textbook of Naval Aeronautics, 1991, etc.

(3 shelves)

£100-150

146 Chandler (Charles de Forest, and Lahm, Frank P.). How Our Army Grew Wings, Airmen and Aircraft before 1914, New York, Ronald Press, 1943, b&w plts., orig. cloth, together with Roskill (Captain S. W., ed.), Documents Relating to the Naval Air Service, vol. I, 1908-1918, pub.

Navy Records Society, 1969, orig. cloth gilt, thick 8vo, plus Andrews (C. F., & Morgan, E. B.), Vickers Aircraft Since 1908, reprinted Putnam, 1995, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., and Meager (Captain George), My Airship Flights 1915-1930, pub. William Kimber, 1970, b&w plts., orig. cloth in d.j., both 8vo, plus other history of early aviation including airships, Peter G. Cooksley, The RFC/RNAS Handbook 1914-18, pub. Sutton Publishing Company, 2000, mostly orig. cloth in d.j.s, mainly 8vo (3 shelves)

£150-200

147 Robinson (Douglas H.). The Zeppelin in Combat, A History of the German Naval Airship Division 1912-1918, pub. Schiffer, 1994, numerous b&w illuts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, together with King (Brad), Royal Naval Air Service 1912-1918, pub. Hikoki, 1997, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, plus Smith (Richard K.), The Airships Akron and Macon, Flying Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy, reprinted Naval Institute Press, 1982, numerous b&w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, and MacMillan (Norman), Sir Sefton Brancker, 1st ed., 1935, b&w plts., orig. cloth, lightly faded to spine, 8vo, plus other history of early aviation and airships, including Rupert Sargent Holland, Historic Airships, 2nd imp., Philadelphia, 1928, Neon, The Great Delusion, A Study of Aircraft in Peace and War, 1927, Jane’s All the World’s Airships 1909, facsimile ed., pub. 1969, etc.

(3 shelves)

148 Hildebrandt (Hans). ZeppelinDenkmal fur das Deutsche Volk, Stuttgart, n.d., c. 1914, numerous b&w illusts., orig. gilt-dec. dark blue cloth, sl. rubbed, folio, together with Tilgenkamp (Erich), Schweizer Luftfahrt, Zurich, 1941/42, tipped-in col. plts., numerous b&w illusts., later half black morocco, folio, plus Nobile (Umberto), L’Italia al Polo Nord, 1st ed., 1930, b&w plts., folding map in pocket at rear, orig. printed wrappers bound in, modern maroon full morocco, large 8vo, and others related, on the history of early aviation and ballooning, mostly printed in German, some in French and Italian, including Reinhard Keimel, Osterreichs Luftfahrzeuge, Geschichte der Luftfahrt von den Anfangen bis Ende 1918, Graz, 1981, Herbert Silverer, Viertausend Kilometer im Ballon, Leipzig, n.d., c. 1905, Hans G. Knausel, LZ1, Der erste Zeppelin, Geschichte einer Idee 1874-1908, Bonn, 1985, etc., mostly 20th c. pubs., many in d.j.s, 4to/8vo (3 shelves)

£100-150

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£150-200

£200-300

AIR COMMODORE H.G. BRACKLEY CBE DSO DSC (1894-1948)

Herbert George Brackley enlisted in the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) in April 1915 and gained his Royal Aero Club Certificate No 1474 on 27 July 1915. As Flight Lieutenant Brackley he was a flight commander on No. 7 Squadron RNAS when the Squadron formed in November 1916, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in May 1917 and appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order in June 1917, both awards for his exploits as a night bomber pilot.

When No 7A Squadron finally became independent of No 7 Squadron in December 1917 and was renumbered as No 14 Squadron RNAS, Acting Squadron Commander Brackley was appointed its first commanding officer. On the formation of the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918, the Squadron became No 214 Squadron Royal Air Force, with Major H.G Brackley as commanding officer.

Known to friends and colleagues as ‘Brackles’, he left the RAF after the end of the war and commenced a career in civil aviation as Chief of the Air Department of Handley Page Transport.

He went to Newfoundland with a Handley Page V/1500 in order to attempt the trans-Atlantic crossing but was beaten in the attempt by Alcock & Brown and so flew the other way and completed the first flight from Newfoundland to New York accompanied by Admiral Mark Kerr and Major Tryggve Gran who acted as navigator.

In 1921 Brackley joined Lord Sempill’s British Aviation Mission to Japan as Air Advisor to The Japanese Naval Air Service. The group of paperwork in the archive relating to this period includes a five page typescript document relating to the Aerial Escort for H.R.H. the Prince of Wales’s visit in April 1922, setting out the schedule, the aircraft to be used and the names of the pilots, there are numerous documents relating to technical matters, including the care and maintenance of F5’s, notes on Seal & Viking tests, letters from Fairy Aviation Co. Ltd. and D. Napier & Son Ltd. concerning the supply of seaplanes and engines, etc., notes on Salvus parachutes, arrangements for an oversea flight to Ogasawara in F5’s, a report on deck landing trials on ‘Hosho’, a sequence of correspondence relating to Mitsuibishi deck torpedo carrier and Mitsuibishi triplane (which would seem to show direct links with the events that took place eighteen years later at Pearl Harbour, using the training and tactics developed by the British Aviation Mission).

It was in Japan that he met his wife, Frida, who was on a world cruise. She was the daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Edith Mond. Sir Robert Mond (18671938) was later Chairman of the family business, Brunner Mond & Co. and in 1926 the company merged with others to form ICI (Imperial Chemical Industries). Brackles and Frida were married in London on 27 September 1922 but went back to live in Japan.

Returning to Britain in 1924, Brackley joined the newly formed Imperial Airways as their Air Superintendent but he remained in the Reserve Air Force Officers in the rank of Flying Officer, being promoted to Flight Lieutenant in 1925 and Squadron Leader in 1927. His task with Imperial Airways was to plan operations and organise training as well as carry out route development. He flew the first scheduled flight in the new Armstrong Whitworth Argosy from Paris to London on 5th August 1926 and he personally surveyed the route taken by the new four-engined flying boats between England and Australia. The documents in the archive relating to this period include many Imperial Airways cables and memoranda as well as an interesting five-page document (marked Confidential) entitled ‘Imperial Airways Limited Empire Air Mail

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Scheme. Record of Survey Flight, Singapore-Darwin-Sydney-Singapore, of Royal Air Force Singapore III Flying Boat, 6th May – 18th June, 1936’, compiled by Major H.G. Brackley.

Recalled to full time service with the RAF in 1939, he was initially assigned to Coastal Command where his experience with flying boats and transAtlantic flights proved useful and in 1943 he was appointed to the post of SASO in the newly created Transport Command.

At the end of the war he relinquished his commission and continued his civil aviation career, initially with British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) and later as Chief Executive of British South American Airways Corporation (BSAA).

Amongst his post-war achievements was the successful evacuation of over 35, 000 government officials and families, evacuees and destitutes between India, Pakistan and Baluchistan.

Brackley sadly lost his life in a swimming accident in Rio de Janeiro on 15th November 1948.

149* The Brackley Archive. A fascinating and important archive of approx. 230 manuscript letters written by Herbert Brackley to his wife, Frida, the first from Kamakura, Japan, dated 6 May 1921, the last from Christiansborg Castle, Accra, Gold Coast, dated 22 October 1948, together with an almost complete run of his pocket diaries from 1922 to 1948 (lacking only 1930), containing meticulous daily detail, mostly in pencil, also approx. 180 vintage b & w photographs of various sizes (some captioned), plus a good group of ninety-eight items of paperwork relating to Brackley’s time in Japan with the British Aviation Mission, c. 1920-23, and a further group of forty-two items of paperwork c. 1933-39 (including many telegrams) relating to his time with Imperial Airways After the sudden death of her husband, Frida, was persuaded by his many friends and acquaintances to take the matter of his memoirs in hand and eventually, in 1952, she managed to publish a substantial tome entitled Brackles. Memoirs of a Pioneer of Civil Aviation, based mainly on extracts from his letters and diaries, a copy of which is included in this lot.

(1) ÂŁ3000-5000

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150* Davids (Arthur Rhys, DSO MC and Bar, 1897-1917). Original ALS dated 26/10/17 No. 56 Squadron, R.F.C., B.E.F., and addressed, the day before he was killed, believed shot down at Polterrjebrug, very near the front line, at approx. 11:08, British time, by Leutnant Karl Gallwitz, at the time acting Staffelfuhrer of Jasta Boelke, to Frida Mond, later to marry Herbert Brackley, ‘Thanks ever so much for your letter. I was so glad to get news of your family again. I hope you are enjoying your new French School: and I am so glad you seem to have liked Oxford. I hope I shall see when I go there after the war, if I continue to have my present luck in the scrapping. It really is splendid fun if you take it in the right way. Though somehow one has not that immense satisfaction which the people on the ground have that they have done their in the beastly business. Personally I feel I have done nothing at all! Remember me to all the family & excuse haste. Sincerely yours Arthur Rhys Davids Arthur Rhys Davids was just twenty when he was shot down and killed, he had been on the Western Front with 56 Squadron for six months, having gone straight into the RFC from Eton. He came to public fame as ‘Eton’s Boy Airman’ through shooting down German ace Werner Voss and he is remembered among other things as the pilot who always carried while flying a small volume of William Blake’s poetry which had been given to him as a Christmas present by his sister in 1916. The exact details and circumstance of Arthur Rhys Davids’s last fight and death are not known but it seems likely that both he and Voss lie in complete obscurity, probably under five miles apart somewhere in the area of Ypres. A copy of the biography of Arthur Rhys Davids entitled ‘Brief Glory’, by Alex Revell, published in 1984, is included in this lot.

(1) £700-1000

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151* Frida Helena Mond (1899-1963), later to become Mrs Herbert Brackley).

A small group of photographs, postcards, news cuttings, and other items, relating to the early life of Frida Mond, including a photograph when aged 2, four school drawing certificates 1914-15, her ‘Coming of Age’ programme of entertainment, August 26, 1920, a photographic portrait of her father(?) and several of the family home, Combe Bank, a few miles from Sevenoaks in Kent which was used for a short time as a hospital and several remembrance postcards from former patients are included in this lot (approx. 30)

£200-300

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SQUADRON LEADER MAURICE VICTOR (“SHORTY”) LONGBOTTOM D.F.C. 1915-1945

Maurice Longbottom was born in Waterloo, Liverpool and was educated at Merchant Taylor’s School in Crosby. In 1935 he went to Filton near Bristol to learn to fly and the following year he applied for and was granted a regular commission in the Royal Air Force. Early in his RAF career, since he was by no means tall, he acquired the long-standing nickname of ‘Shorty’!

Most of his pre-WWII service was in Malta, where he took part in ‘anti-piracy’ patrols (largely in flying boats) to protect British shipping from Mussolini’s intimidatory attacks. Whilst in Malta, Maurice met Lieutenant Commander F. Sidney Cotton, an Australian pilot who had flown on reconnaissance flights with the RNAS during WWI and Flying Officer Robert H. Niven, a Canadian pilot with engineering qualifications. These two men had been brought together by Squadron Leader Fred W. Winterbotham of the Air Ministry, to explore the possibilities of clandestine reconnaissance flights over Germany. Maurice had been involved with reconnaissance flights during 1937 and was convinced of the importance of air photography in times of war. On 15th June 1939 the three men flew to Sicily and covered Comiso, Augusta, Catania and Syracuse before returning to Malta, where the photographs proved to be excellent.

Longbottom was not allowed to accompany them on further flights, nevertheless, they were able to discuss their ideas concerning the most suitable RAF aircraft for photographic reconnaissance.

Longbottom subsequently submitted to the Air Ministry, in August 1939, a memorandum entitled ‘Photographic Reconnaissance of Enemy Territory in War’. He argued that the use of a single light bomber for this task (Bristol Blenheim IV) was extremely dangerous and he recommended the employment of a fast single-engined machine, stripped of radio and armaments so that it could carry extra fuel tanks, such as the new Spitfire I. Eventually, two Spitfires were allocated to the ‘Heston Flight’, a secret photographic reconnaissance unit and Maurice and Bob Niven were selected as the two ‘pioneer pilots’.

Operating at a height of 30, 000-35, 000 feet temperatures fell to –50 degrees centigrade, there was no cockpit heating but the pilots had an oxygen mask and plenty of underwear for survival. On return from a mission the pilot was usually reported as ‘numb and frozen stiff’, but he hung on to consciousness until down and switched off and then collapsed. The Spitfires were painted a duck-egg blue as camouflage against the sky but on the occasions when they were approached by Messerschmitts, their speed and manoeuvrability got them home safely.

Longbottom and Bob Niven flew sortie after sortie over enemy territory and in February 1940 they were among the first seven RAF officers of the War to be awarded the DFC. On 5th July 1940 Maurice married Lilian (Linda) Scott Butler. They had one daughter, born on 5th November 1943, whom they named Andrea Margaret – Andrea, after Bob Niven’s wife.

Late in 1940 Maurice left aerial photography to become a test pilot, initially at the RAF development establishment at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire and was later seconded to the aircraft manufacturers Vickers-Armstrong.

He carried out much of the test flying for Barnes Wallis and his team, who were developing the ‘bouncing bomb’ required

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for 617 Squadron’s epic ‘Dam Busters’ raid on the Mohne and Eder Dams in western Germany. Maurice piloted the successful “First Live Drop” of the ‘Upkeep’ bomb on May 13th, 1943, only three days before the Dam Busters raid on 16th May. A notable contribution to the success of the raid was Maurice’s earlier aerial photography of the area of the dams and the approaches.

Paul Brickhill, in his well-known book The Dam Busters records an earlier successful test flight, ‘… Vickers test pilot Shorty Longbottom flew it to Reculver for the drop. It was pouring with rain and Wallis, out on the dunes, did not even notice it as he eyed the Lancaster diving out of the east towards the markers. Longbottom had her tucked down nearly to 60 feet at 258 indicated air speed… the bomb fell slowly, hit cleanly – and worked. Down on the dunes, Longbottom, banking round, saw a white dot bobbing about. Wallis had taken his hat off and was waving it in the air, dancing and shouting while the rain fell down his face’ (p. 68).

Maurice continued flying for VickersArmstrong, in particular test-flying Mosquitos and Warwicks but in early 1945 the directional stability of the Warwick was in doubt and caused three accidents within a few days of each other. The first happened to Mutt Summers, from which he and his flight observer, Jimmy Green, escaped without serious injury, the second accident was experienced by Maurice Summers, Mutt’s brother, on PN 777, and in this the flight observer, G.F. Hemsley broke his leg. Maurice was killed in the third accident, on 6th January 1945 when his aircraft crashed onto a railway junction at Weybridge in Surrey. The cause was rudder aerodynamic overbalance and was corrected in the later GR Mk V and retrospectively in other marks, mainly by the addition of a dorsal fin.

Lot 152 152* Royal Air Force DFC group of five medals awarded to Squadron Leader M.V. Longbottom: Distinguished Flying Cross, George VI GRI (dated 1940 on reverse) in case of issue, 1939/45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal and War Medal 1939/45, mounted court style, condition GVF or better (5)

£2000-3000

153* Royal Air Force Pilots Flying Logbooks. A group of four logbooks kept

by Squadron Leader Maurice Victor Longbottom, commencing Bristol Flying School, Filton, 19 March 1935, flying Tiger Moths, Harts, Audax’s, Ansons, Scapa’s, London II’s and eventually Spitfires, Lockheeds, Blenheims, Wellingtons, etc., all orig. blue cloth bindings, 4to & oblong 8vo Maurice flew over ninety different aircraft and clocked up a total flying time of just under 2, 000 hours. He was part of the team test-flying the ‘bouncing bomb’ being developed by Barnes Wallis and on 13th May 1943 he records in his logbook in red ink the first live drop of ‘Upkeep’ only three days before the famous Dambusters Raid took place. For most of 1944 he had been regularly flight-testing Vickers new Warwick aircraft and it was while testing one of these machines on 6th January 1945 that he crashed into a railway junction at Weybridge, Surrey and was sadly killed.

(4) £1000-1500

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Lot 154 154* Longbottom (Squadron Leader Maurice Victor). The original brass release pin (4.5cm long) from Lancaster ED 817 used for the first live drop of Barnes Wallis’s bouncing bomb ‘Upkeep’ on May 13th 1943, Maurice subsequently gave this pin to his wife, Linda, who had it engraved ‘Upkeep. First Live Drop.

13.5.43’ and on the reverse ‘ED 817/G M.V.L.’ It is interesting to note that this live drop was only three days before 617 Squadron’s epic ‘Dambusters’ raid on the Mohne and Eder dams in western Germany on 16th May 1943.

(1) £400-600

155* The Longbottom Archive. A collection of handwritten letters, mostly between Maurice and his wife, Linda, plus various photographs, news cuttings, two marriage certificates, pilot’s license for private flying, June 1935, navigator’s licence, September 1938 and pilot’s licence for public transport, November 1938, a pocket diary from 1940, etc., the letters, mostly personal and domestic content, commence when Maurice was stationed in Malta and Egypt c. 1937-39, continue from RAF Heston, c. 1940, Boscombe Down, c. 1941 and then on Vickers-Armstrong headed notepaper, often undated, followed by letters of condolence in early 1945 including a photocopy of a letter sent by Barnes Wallis ‘We all were devoted to your husband, as I expect you know, but perhaps there was a specially close link between him & me, for he was so ready and willing to talk over technical problems & we had many discussions together. He was the only one of our pilots with whom one could really plunge into the future, & I miss my contact with him very very greatly’, there are also two long letters of condolence from fellow Vickers test pilot Bob Handasyde, the first dated 2-2-45, explains that he is not yet fit

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enough to fly but ‘yesterday... Maurice Summers went up very high to carry out some tests to investigate the rudder trouble suspected in Maurice’s accident, with the result that he got into difficulties and had to bail out. There was a strong wind blowing at the time with the result that his parachute dragged him across a roadway and he received rather severe head injuries, but I don’t think he is in any danger. I wish to God that MVL had been up high. I just can’t settle down in this place with everything around me to remind me of him and our friendship’, he also mentions returning Maurice’s logbooks and discusses the disposal of his motor car and other belongings, the second letter dated 27-2-45 starts by

saying that Linda’s wish has now been carried out ‘... and dear Maurice is now with the pheasants etc. which gave him and myself so much pleasure. I am very grateful to those concerned in making it possible for me to carry out this last little ceremony which was very simple but I am afraid very sad’, he also discusses the disposal of Maurice’s books, saying that he might give one to Barnes Wallis, and goes on to say ‘M. Summers by the way is making very good progress and is quite his old self, although of course with a fractured dome (head) he will need a lot of care for some time to come’, the handful of photographs include a poignant image of Maurice and Linda, with arms linked, looking happy, dated on the reverse May 1941 (-)

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£300-500

Lot 156

156 A hallmarked silver salver, London, 1939, (12.5 troy oz.), with engraved presentation inscription ‘Presented to Flight Lieutenant M.V. Longbottom, D.F.C., on the occasion of his marriage, by the Officers of the P.R.U.’ (Photographic Reconnaissance Unit), with gadrooned edges, on four small ball-and-claw feet, 8 in diam., together with Maurice’s aviator’s wristwatch by Longines, chromium-plated casing engraved on the reverse ‘Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd. Mk. VIIA 6 B/159 2693/40’ with Air Ministry initials and crown, replacement leather strap, plus a silver and enamel RAF Wings brooch, stamped ‘silver’ on reverse, in Gieves presentation case, a small gold metal and enamelled RAF Wings brooch, and a pair of brass collar flashes (6)

£200-300

157* Supermarine ‘Spitfire’. A well built static scale wood model of N3071, finished in all-over duck-egg blue with RAF roundels, rotating three blade propeller, glazed cockpit canopy and windscreen, dummy riveting incised out-line for control surfaces, cockpit detail includes pilot’s seat and control column, with retractable main undercarriage and fixed tail wheel, 9in (22.8cm) wingspan (1)

£200-300

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158* Boyce (Linda, nee Butler, formerly Longbottom). A tiny hand carved wooden talisman in the form of a winged airman, believed to have been created by Shorty Longbottom's wife, Linda, and given to him as a good luck charm which he apparently carried with him everywhere, approx. 2cm high Linda Longbottom trained at Liverpool College of Art and after her husband's death she became a full-time art teacher at Liverpool Girls College and continued there until her retirement. She was obviously a talented artist/craftsman with creative skills in a range of media, including sketching, carving, ceramics and jewellery-making. Linda died in 2009 and her old school, Merchant Taylors Girls School in Crosby, Liverpool, organised a small 'Encomium' to commemorate her work. Linda's daughter, Andrea, has been kind enough to loan us a few other items of her mother's handiwork to support the provenance of this charming little 'airman' talisman.

(1) £70-100

GROUP CAPTAIN PETER DOUGLAS THOMPSON, DFC, AE (1920-2003)

The following lot being offered for sale as one collection represents the remarkable career of a dedicated, brave and much appreciated fighter pilot whose wartime service spanned many of the key areas of aerial conflict – the Battle of Britain, the defence of Malta, the Western Desert, and the final heavy bombing of Germany.

Perhaps inspired by the same sense of service as his father, who had been commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War, Thompson joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve at the time of the 1938 Munich Crisis. Having trained on Tiger Moths at Gravesend he was trainee pilot by the outbreak of war. In July 1940 he was commissioned and soon moved to 32 Squadron flying Hurricanes. During the ensuing Battle of Britain Thompson brought down three German aircraft over the Channel flying from Croydon with 605 Squadron. His logbook notes other possible ‘kills’. When Malta was under siege in 1941 Thompson was one of 24 pilots who volunteered to fly Hurricanes to the island from HMS Ark Royal. As one of the more experienced pilots he was kept on in Malta and had a lucky escape when

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he baled out after his Hurricane was hit by an enemy aircraft, landing in the same field as his crashed machine. Accounting for another three enemy aircraft in the fierce battle in defence of the island he was awarded his DFC in January 1942. After a stint as a flying instructor at Khartoum Thompson joined 601 Squadron flying Spitfires in support of the Eighth Army in the Western Desert and later continued to fly in its support as it moved up Italy. He was re-called to England and given command of 129 (Mysore) Squadron flying Mustang Mk III fighters, supporting ground troops in France, defending London against Doodlebugs, and escorting bombers on the final heavy bombing raids against German cities. After the war Thompson was granted a regular RAF commission and took over command of Biggin Hill in 1956. It was here, at what was probably the most famous Battle of Britain aerodrome, that he originated the idea of putting together the aircraft that became the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. His final posting was as Air Attaché at the British Embassy at Lima in Peru. He died in 2003, aged 82.

159* A fine Malta DFC group of eight medals awarded to Group Captain P.D. Thompson, RAFVR Distinguished Flying Cross GVIR (dated 1942 on reverse); 193945 Star with Battle of Britain clasp; Atlantic Star with France & Germany clasp; Africa Star with North Africa 1942-43 clasp; Italy Star; Defence Medal; War Medal 1939-45 with Mention in Despatches oakleaf on ribbon; Air Efficiency Award GVIR (Flt Lt P D Thompson, RA.F.V.R); mounted court style, condition Good Very Fine or better, now displayed in a velvet backed frame with full dress pilots wings; together with the original case for the DFC, his RAFVR Commission, Mention in Despatches certificate, two original portrait photographs, copied obituary, etc.

Group Captain Peter Thompson, wartime fighter ace, was awarded the DFC in January 1942 for his service in the defence of Malta, during which he raised his personal score to six enemy aircraft.

RAF Pilot’s Flying Logbook for P. D. Thompson. Brought forward from Book I. Previous log book destroyed in a bombing raid on Halfar in April 1941. Commencing 85(F) Sqdn., Malta, May 1, 1941… May 67 ‘P/o Dredge crashed – Intarfa -myself badly shot up. P/o Gray and Sgt. Branson bailed out. (3 109s shot down but nobody will claim)’… December 18 ‘Luftwaffe returns to Sicily!!!’… ‘December 25 ‘Bombing football match with bog rolls’, December 29 ‘Mix up with 6 ME109 Fs. One confirmed destroyed. Shot up by A/A landed on one wheel’… Jan 25, 1942 ‘Wing was split up at 18000 feet by 12 ME 109 Fs on my own at 15, 000. Spotted 4

Ju. 88s over Halfar attacked and probably destroyed one. Was attacked by 3 109 Es. Engine packed up at 3000 feet tried to force land caught fire at 500 feet bailed out.

Hit ground with a hell of a bump!!!

Admitted to Tarfar with slight shrapnel wounds’ [discharged 3.2.42] 30 January 1942 awarded D.F.C.’ … 61(F) Squadron, Gabes-La Fauconnerie, April 26, Spitfire UFR ‘Crashed taking off at Mellaha!! A trifle burnt’ [Hospitalised, rejoined 601(F) Sqdn.

A.A.F. at Lentini West-Sicily after an absence of 3 months]. P.G.I.T.W. No. 1 C.G.S. Catfoss, RAF Millfield, 129 (Mysore) Sqdn., Brenzet… Sept 30, 1944 ‘100 Lancs bombing Stackrade oil plant in Ruhr above 10/10ths-4000’… Jan 3 1945 ‘Lancs bombing factory at Dortmond thro 10/10ths M.B.G.’, Jan 5 ‘Ludwigshaven Marsh. Yards 4 Me109s seen. 2 dest. by F/L Parker and P/o Hetherington’… A.P.C. Warmwell, Air HQs (Ops) B.A.F.O., C.G.S. Leconfield, A.F.C. Brize Norton, No. 64 Sqdn. Linton, Duxford, Air Ministry, RAF Biggin Hill.

The second logbook recommences at RAF Biggin Hill, May 22, 1957 and carries through to June 1962 with occasional entries for 1966, 1967, 1968 and final entry, April 1972 ‘Islander – self, E. Galatzine – local in Lima’.

Uniforms. Comprising mess kit with silver wire pilot’s wings, miniature medal group, a collection of mess shirts, blue and white waistcoats, together with a tropical mess jacket in white, with Group Captain’s epaulettes, gold and silver wire pilot’s wings, tropical number 1 jacket with Group Captain epaulettes, embroidered pilot’s

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wings and ribbons, a working tropical jacket with embroidered pilot’s wings and medal ribbons, three service cummerbunds by ‘Allkit’ and others, a collection of buttons, ribbons and other accessories, Wing Commander rank shoulder badges, RCAF gilt and silver wire pilot’s wings, mourning armband, braces, three number 1 uniforms (with trousers) by ‘R.E. City Ltd., London & Sleaford’ and others, Group Captain’s peaked cap by Gieves Ltd., London, Aidede-Corps lanyard, name tag, patent leather shoes by Moss Bros., winter dress scarf and a selection of various ties.

Gold and ruby eyed Caterpillar Club brooch engraved ‘S/Ldr P.A. Thompson’, in orig. Irving Air Chute presentation box, with plastic membership card and Caterpillar Club tie (there are two types of Caterpillar pin, one with ruby eyes and the other with emerald eyes. You were awarded the ruby-eyed version if your aircraft was on fire when you bailed out).

No. 129 (Mysore) Squadron Royal Air Force, a hand-painted Squadron crest, heightened with gold, with twenty-two original signatures, together with a photographic portrait of Maharaja Jaya Chamaraja Wodeyar (final ruler of Mysore), signed and dated 1942, in hallmarked silver frame, engraved ‘To No. 129 (Mysore) Squadron R.A.F. 1942’ and a Mysore hallmarked silver gilt medallion, plus an original charcoal head and shoulders portrait of S/Ldr. P.D. Thompson, DFC, 129 Squadron, signed Orde, 21 Jan 1945, image approx. 15 x 10 in (38 x 25cm).

Photographs. A private album containing approx. fifty black and white photographs, including 185 (F Squadron), Malta, 194142, 601 (F) Squadron, December 1942December 43, 129 (F) Squadron, June 1944-May 1945, and family photographs, March 1945-September 1946 inc. some in Germany, October 1945-June 1947, orig. padded blue morocco, a little rubbed oblong 4to, together with a group of twelve various photographs, c. 1939-57 (mostly RAF Biggin Hill), signed and captioned on the reverse in later years

by Thompson, and a further group of approx. thirty RAF official photographs of the Biggin Hill ceremony date stamped 26 September 1957, plus fifteen 6.5 x 8in (16 x 20cm) b & w Air Ministry photographs by Mike Chase of Spitfire Te 330, flown by Wing Commander Peter Thompson at the closing ceremony of Biggin Hill, the most famous Battle of Britain airfield, in 1958 (together with newspaper article), nine large-format b & w photographs, mostly air-to-air including one by Charles E. Brown and another large-format publicity photograph by Russell Westwood, used on the front cover of Illustrated magazine, September 17, 1955, showing Squadron Leader Peter Thompson DFC standing beside his

Hawker Hunter fighter and instructing two young boys on the finer points of flying, and finally eight 8 x 10in (20 x 25cm) b & w photographs of USS Forrestal CVA 59, aircraft carrier, aircraft and personnel.

South America. Thompson's final RAF appointment was as Air Attache at the British Embassy in Lima, Peru. He learned Spanish for this assignment and judging by the number of mementos from this period, he was obviously very successful and popular. Items include: A silver plated circular wall plaque, with applied bronze crest ‘Fuerza Aerea Del Peru’ and further engraved ‘Al Group Captain R.A.F. Peter Thompson Agregado de Defensa de Gran Bretana en El Peru. Lima, 18 de Abril 1975’, with rococo-moulded edging, 12 in (30cm) diameter, a silver metal cigarette box, engraved inside the lid ‘La Asociacion de Agregados Castrenses Acreditados Ante El Gobierno De Peru Al Coronel Peter Thompson Lima, Abril 1975’, a .925 silver gilt Wings badge in case of issue and approx. twelve souvenir pennants.

Miscellanea - The End of the Archive. A fine embroidered orange silk banner presented to Thompson as a souvenir of his time in the Far East with No. 60 Squadron RAF Tengah (Singapore), together with a souvenir programme for

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the Disbandment Parade and Flypast, 30 April, 1968, and an EPNS tankard engraved 'Presented to WG CDR P.D. Thompson by the Engineering Officers RAF Tengah, November 1969'. There are many more items in the collection that cannot be fully described in this catalogue, including a number of recently published books with author inscriptions.

There is also much more of the Thompson story yet to be told, particularly his postwar career. Through his work at Biggin Hill in the 1950s he is now finally recognised as the person primarily responsible for the creation of what has become the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. While at the Air Ministry in the early 1960s, he promoted the development of vertical and/or short take-off and landing aircraft (P1127 Harrier) apparently upsetting a number of the top brass at the time, and ironically, almost fifty years later, the government has just announced the scrapping of HMS 'Ark Royal' and her entire fleet of Harrier jump jets. And then there was his tour of duty at USAAF Air Force Base Langley, Virginia, flying F104s & Phantoms! Peter died on 2 March 2003 aged 82 and is survived by his wife Marie (Mimi) and son and two daughters.

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AVIATION EPHEMERA

160* Aerial photography. Town & Country Planning, written and compiled by Rolf Hellberg F.R.I.B.A., December 1945, original illustrated typescript of an unpublished work laid out as a book, title and 64 pp., the majority of text pages consisting of two tight folio pages pasted side by side, plus a total of approx. 150 b&w photos, including mosaic pattern composite images pasted in with ink captions beneath, the majority of aerial photos, various sizes, including large format, plus a few reproductions of maps, plus tables, etc., contemp. cloth loose leaf binder, large long folio (39 x 54cm) Rolf Hellberg, a Coventry architect, who served as President of the Coventry and Warwickshire Society of Artists, from 1962 until 1981. The indexed photographic headings on the title page verso includes Obliques, Filters, Plotting, Shadows, Ports, Archaeology, Waterways, Forestry, War Damage and Reconstruction, etc., the official aerial photos used include photographs of Oxford, Raynes Park, Kinlochleven, Packham Harbour, Glass Houses in Holland, Canterbury, Leicester, Wesel, Darmstadt, City of London, etc.

(1) £150-200

162 Italy. Notiziario di Aeronautica No.2, Agosto, 1923, Commissariato dell’ 136pp., photographs Aeronautica, captioned in manuscript, folding blue diagramatic plans of aircraft, technical drawings etc., typescript text, some spotting, original wrapper, light spots, folio Provenance: Caproni Library (label to cover).

(1) £200-300

161 Italy. Rassegna Aeroplani Inglesi, Settembre 1939-XVII, Ministero dell’ Aeronautica, 37 numbered typescript leaves, photographic illustrations of British warplanes, original plain stiffened wrapper with manuscript title, folio Provenance: Caproni Library (bookplate).

(1) £100-200

163* Amy Johnson - International Tourist Trophy Race Donington Park. An original race-card entry list & lap-score sheet for the event September 3rd 1937, autograph signed in pencil verso inscribed “Amy Johnson”, four-page fold-out format, shows some age-wear According to the previous owner this was acquired by his father, who had been in attendance at the race, and the Aviatrix, who was herself a keen sporting motorist was spotted in the paddock and gave her autograph upon request to the excited recipient.

(1) £100-150

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164* Avro (A. V. Roe & Co Ltd). A ‘Tutor’ brochure printed in English, French and German, with additional coverage for the 626, ‘Cadet’, 636, 642, 652 and 652A ‘Anson’, 18 pp., Avro embossed in red on cover, together with three other company brochures, plus George Parnall & Co A rare brochure for the Parnall ‘Parasol’ monoplane built at Yate, near Bristol, three orig. photos of K1128, text, diagrams, orig. paper covers with gilt titles, and a copy of ‘How Longbridge spanned the Years of War’, pub. Austin Motor Co. Ltd, 1945, 52 pp., illustrations after the orig. photos, colour certificate on page 51, with an R.F.D. Co. Ltd brochure, and Miles Aircraft Ltd. Brochures for the ‘Messenger’, ‘Gemini’ and ‘Merchantman’, together with a Percival Proctor IV brochure (13)

£150-200

165* Baker (Captain Valentine Henry).

“In Memory of a Fearless Pilot”, a rare brochure published as a tribute to Val. Baker, a director of the Martin-Baker Aircraft Co. Ltd, and former Chief Flying Instructor at Heston, killed in a flying accident on Sept. 2nd 1942, with dedication signed James Martin, 8 pp., 3 colour plates, oblong folio, orig. covers, cord bound, together with three R.A.F. ‘Red Arrows’ aerobatics team brochures, and a 50th anniversary of the de Havilland ‘Mosquito’ brochure plus five other commemorative brochures (10)

£70-100

166* Battle of Britain. Fighter Pilot Profile Collection, pub. Military Gallery, Bath, 1984, an album containing twentysix profiles of famous pilots of World War II, each profile with orig. pencil signature, with certificate of authenticity, orig. blue padded mock morocco gilt-decorated album, 4to (31 x 29.5 cm) Limited edition of 2000.

The signatures comprise Wing Commander P.P.C. Barthropp; Group Captain F. Carey; Air Marshal Sir Denis Crowley-Milling; Group Captain John Cunningham; Air Commodore A.C. Deere; Group Captain Hugh Dundas; Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher Foxley-Norris; Colonel J.A. Goodson; Group Captain D. Gillan; Squadron Leader P. Whaley Heppel; Group Captain P.H. 'Dutch' Hugo; Air Commodore P.G. Jameson; Air Vice Marshal J.E. Johnson; Air Vice Marshal Sandy Johnstone; Wing Commander D.E. Kingaby; Group Captain B. Kingcome; Wing Commander P.B. Lucas; Group Captain R.W. Oxspring; Air Vice Marshal David Scott-Malden; Sir Alan Smith; Group Captain Duncan Smith; Wing Commander Rod Smith; Wing Commander R.R. Stanford-Tuck; Wing Commander H.M. Stephens; Group Captain Peter Townsend, Group Captain J.L. Waddy. dw (1) (1) £300-400

167* Battle of Britain. Bomber Aircrew Profile Collection, pub. The Military Gallery, Bath, 1984, an album containing twentysix profiles of aircrew who served with distinction in bomber command during the Second World War, each profile with orig. signature in pencil, with certificate of authenticity, orig. blue padded mock morocco gilt-decorated album, 4to (31 x 29.5cm) Limited edition of 2000. The signatures comprise Group Captain T.G. ‘Hamish’ Mahaddie; Warrant Officer Norman Jackson VC; Flight-Lieutenant Bill Reid; Air Vice Marshall Don Bennett; Marshall of the Royal Air Force Sir Michael Beetham; Air Commodore John Searby; Warrant Officer Derek Tulloch; Air Marshall Sir Harold Martin; Air Marshall Sir Ivor Broome; Flying Officer W.S. Parker; Flying Officer Roland Hammersley; Wing Commander Roderick Learoyd VC; Flight-Lieutenant Victor Azzaro; Group Captain J.B. (Willie) Tait; Flight-Lieutenant Benison; Wing Commander Roy Ralston; Squadron Leader D.J. Shannon; Flying Officer Danny Daniel; Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC; Flight-Lieutenant Douglas Cameron, Squadron Leader John Costello; Air Chief Marshall Sir Wallace ‘Digger’ Kyle; Group Captain Leonard Trent VC; Air Chief Marshall Sir Lewis Hodges; Air Chief Marshall Sir Augustus Walker; Group Captain Ken Batchelor.

(1) £200-300

170* Bleriot (Louis, 1872-1936). Postcard signed ‘L Blériot’, stamped and postmarked 6th August 1908, the b&w image from a photograph showing the Blériot aeroplane used at the ‘Concours de 150 metres a Issy-les-Moulineaux’, neatly signed in left sky area, stamp and franking mark to right margin of image, small paper adhesion mark to upper outer corner and light stain to lower part of image

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£100-150

168* Blériot (Louis, 1872-1936). An original pen and ink caricature of Blériot by Charles Fontaine, signed by the artist and dated 1909, created in the year of Blériot’s successful pioneer Cross-Channel flight, also signed in pencil by Louis Blériot, Charles Voisin, Gabriel Voisin and Alessandro Anzani, contained in framed mount, 6 x 4in (15 x 10cm) (1)

£400-600

169* Bleriot (Louis, 1872-1936). Postcard signed ‘L Blériot’, stamped and franked 25th August 1910, the b&w postcard being no. 28 from Les Pionniers de l’Air series and featuring Blériot and his crossing of the English Channel on 25th July 1909, stamp and franking mark on left of picture, neat signature in sky area below aircraft, postcard verso unused (1)

£100-150

171* The Bristol Aeroplane Company Ltd. The Britannia Story and a collection of five brochures for the Type 170, 171, 173 and a Company publicity booklet, with text and illustrations after the orig. photos, 16 pp., pub. c. 1939, together with a Westland-Sikorsky S.51 brochure, with cover cover, and three other Westland brochures, the story of Blackburn Aircraft 1910-1937, reprinted from Flight 25/5/39 and a Blackburn Botha reprint from Aircraft Production 1941 (12)

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£100-150

Lot 173 172 Bristol Type 164 ‘Brigand’. A scarce publicity brochure for this aircraft, 62 pp., photos after the original, technical details, 8 appendices, two fold-out line drawings, orig. covers, col. frontis., c. 1949, together with a ‘Bristol Sleeve-valve and Turbine engines’ brochure, 40 pp., English and French text, col. and b & w photos after the originals, col. technical drawings, colour reproduction of the ‘Brabazon’ after the original painting by Terence Cuneo dated January 1950, colour photo frontis. of coupled ‘Proteus’ test rig, orig. embossed cover, both oblong folio (2)

174* Brown Bros. A presentation folder, c. 1917, containing fifteen 4.75 x 7in (12 x 17.8cm) prints of Avro, BE 2E &c, Bristol, de Havilland, F.E., Handley-Page, Marlinsyde, Nieuport, R.E., S.E., Short and Sopwith aircraft, together with a de Havilland ‘Flamingo’ brochure, a Gloster Accomplishment brocure, a Fairey ‘Primary Trainer’ folder and two other items

176 Catalogue. Appareils Richard speciaux pour la Locomotion Aerienne et l’Exploration de l’Atmosphere par Ballons libres, Ballons captif Ballons sondes Ballons dirigeables, Aeroplanes, CerfsVolants, Jules Richard, Paris, c. 1910, orig.

24 pp. manufacturer’s brochure, num. b & w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, dust soiled, slim 8vo

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£80-120

£200-250

£100-150

173 British European Airways. A collection of BEA promotional brochures and leaflets, etc., mostly c. 1946-1960, including 1946-1956 ‘Ten Great Years of Achievement’ triple-fold leaflet, 1952 ‘How We Fly’ brochure, 1955 flight pack, various route maps and timetables, BEA Comet 4B poster, a free gift of a sprig of silk flowers ‘Muguet des Bois’ in orig. printed packaging and a bound file of BEA Engineering Department Progress Charts (copy no. 10, Mr Brooks, Control Chart Room), c. 1956/7, etc.

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£100-150

175 Catalogue. Appareils d’Aviation SAF (Brevets E. Badin). A. Solinot, Constructeur - depositaire, 9, Rue Emilio-Castelar, Paris XIIe, 1913, orig. 12 pp. catalogue of aircraft accessories, b & w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, minor dust soiling, slim 8vo (1)

£150-200

177 Catalogue. Instruments de Precision.

Barometres, Altimetres, Manometres, Anemometres, Statoscopes Simples et Automatiques, Boussoles, etc. Enregistreurs Altimetriques pour l’Aviation, E. Hue Fils, Paris, c. 1910, orig. 20 pp. manufacturer’s catalogue printed in sepia, num. illusts., orig. paper wrappers, upper cover printed in colour with a scene showing a early biplane, a dirigible and two hot air balloons, staples rusted, minor dust soiling, slim 8vo (1)

Lot 174

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£200-250

178 de Havilland Gazette, 51 orig. issues, June 1947-August 1961, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, some a little rubbed, folio & 4to

181* Doman-Ambrosini D-10. A manufacturer’s six-page fold-out brochure for this helicopter, English text, a four-page leaflet and a Company publicity album of photographs, text, copy test certificate, correspondence, etc.

Comprises issue numbers 39, 40, 42, 43, 45, 46, 60, 66, 67, 69-71, 74, 77-80, 87-92, 94-99, 102109, 111-124 (plus duplicate number 87).

(51) £70-100

179 Deutsche Lufthansa 1926-1936. 10 Jahre Deutsche Lufthansa 6 Januar 1926 - 6 Januar 1936. Ein Jahrzehnt! Mehr Nicht! Und Dennoch Mehr!, 96 pp. commemorative brochure with fine col. artwork throughout, orig. stiff wrappers, tied on spine with silk cord, minor soiling, slim folio (1)

£200-300

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£100-150

180 Deutsche Lufthansa A.G. Streckenmappe. Zur Einsichtnahame fur unsre Fluggaste, [1936], printed index and twenty laminated coloured air route maps, some part-folding, orig. printed boards with vellum backstrip, oblong folio (1)

£200-300

182* Doncaster Flying Week. Souvenir of England’s First Flying Week held at Doncaster from October 15th to 23rd, 1909, orig. printed tissue napkin produced

by The Eclipse Stationery & Printing Co., 79 Vicker Lane, Leeds, depicting an early flying machine in the clouds, within a Japanese style border incorporating figures and buildings, paper lanterns, cherry blossom trees, etc., approx 14 x 13.5in (35.5 x 34cm), framed and glazed (1)

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£70-100

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183* Early Aviation Tickets. A group of forty-four early aviation tickets, c. 19091913, corner-mounted in a partially completed album and including thirtyseven French aviation interest with meetings and demonstrations at Lyons, Paris, Troyes, Dijon, Rennes, Nantes, Anjou, Montchamp, etc., and including three ballooning interest tickets (18831906), three English aviation tickets (Blackpool x 2, Burton-on-Trent), and one USA ticket (Belmont Park, Long Island), two torn with small loss, generally very good condition and including only a few duplicates, three with unperforated stubs still attached, plus three early aviation postcards (Paris, 21st October 1909; Circuit de l’Est, August 1910, signed; The Fatal Crash of Captain Rey at Villenauxe, 2nd July 1913, postally used), the latter with an accompanying corner-mounted piece of cloth, neatly identified in ink on the fabric (5 x 7cm) as being a souvenir from the fatal crash collected by G. Fleury, contemp. half cloth, rubbed, 4to Admission tickets are the ultimate example of ephemera rareity - created for a single moment in time and immediately discarded thereafter.

Trés rare!

(1) £1200-1500

184* Early French Aviation postcards.

An album containing twenty-nine cornermounted b & w aviation postcards in partially completed album, c. 1903-1911, including fourteen real photo postcards and thirteen signed postcards, signers include Maurice Chevilliard, Marcel Hanriot (x3), Albert Louis Kimmerling, Alfred De Pischoff, Frank Barra, Emile Train, Ernie Marie Duval, Emile Dubonnet, Charles Van Den Born, Jules Vedrines and Emil Aubrun, some postally used with messages, mostly showing aircraft and aviators, the earliest postcard showing a photograph of the Brazilian Alberto SantosDumont in an early motor car with onlooking crowd, the card with a message written in an unidentified hand from Sao Paulo, 14th September 1903, during a festival celebrating Santos-Dumont and his lighter than air achievements, addressed to Mademoiselle Nicola Netto at the Brazil Consulate in Paris, contemp. cloth, 4to (1)

£400-600

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185* “En Aeroplane”. Decorative board game printed sheet, French c. 1912, decorative design for parlour game played with dice, including hazards & consequences etc, full-colour lithograph on paper, un-mounted, complete with printed instructions & rules sheet (in 3 languages) (1)

£70-100

186* English Electric ‘Canberra’. A ‘First Ten Years’ brochure, together with a Canberra 50th Anniversary folder, a ‘Nimrod’ brochure and others for ‘Harrier’, ‘Hawk’, ‘Coastguarder’and HS-125 (16)

£70-100

187 “Escadrilles” de l’Armee de l’Air 1914-1918. A set of three printed booklets celebrating the history of the French Air Force & Founding Squadrons of the Great War, published by the Secretariat of State for War, [1950], each 20 pp., num. col. illusts. of squadron badges and motifs, orig. col. card wrappers depicting the development of aircraft design, entitled “Chasse”, “Reconnaissance” and “Bombardiers”, for designs by Marcel Jeanjean & Paul Lengelle, silk cord to spines, contained in orig. card folder, 4to (1)

£70-100

189* Focke-Wulf Fw.200 ‘Condor’. A file of original manufacturers’, copy press and other photographs of this elegant aircraft, known as the ‘Scourge of the Atlantic’ the Fw.200 had a distinguished career in both civilian and military guise, images include Lufthansa aircraft, the Dania Airlines OYDAM in model form, D-AETA “Westfalen”; D-AERE “Saarland”, D-ACON and others.

Military machines illustrated include F8 + EH; SG + KS, KE + 1J; KE + 1W and other airframes, further images of damaged aircraft, crews, groundcrews and recovery operations of an Fw.200 lost in Norway in 1942 complete this lot, contained in a plastic folder Ex-Kruger Collection. (approx. 60)

£100-150

190* Focke-Wulf Fw.190 series. A good collection of photographic images of this much respected fighter, dubbed the “Butcher Bird” the Fw.190 was a fine aircraft, loved by those that flew it and those that maintained it, this file of photographs covers the history of the type from the Fw.190 V-1 through the various marks to the final ‘Dora’ series, included are fine air-to-air and ground images, many copies from private albums and collections, details of abandoned and damaged airframes, reproductions and similar interesting material, contained in a modern ring binder Ex-Kruger Collection. (approx. 200)

£200-300

192* General Aircraft Ltd - the Monospar ‘Croydon’. A rare brochure for this twin-engined low-wing monoplane civil transport-aircraft, text, illustrations after the original photographs, diagrams and technical specifications with price list, 37 pp., pub. Harrison and Sons, London, c.

1935, together with a Rohrbach brochure, c. 1928, a Grahame-White Co. souvenir brochure commemorating the visit by King George V and Queen Mary to the company’s aerodrome on 4/12/17, and a Royal Aero. Society Grahame-White lecture brochure dated 1919 (4)

188* Fiat CR. 32. A rare fold-out brochure for this 1930s biplane fighter aircraft, printed in Italian, German, Spanish and English text, technical specifications and repro’ photos, after the originals, fine artdeco colour cover, pub. 1936, together with a companion twelve page CR booklet, oblong, folio, and a Fiat brochure for the G.50 and B.R.20, 20 pp. text, three-view drawings, date 17-1-36 (3)

191* Garros (Roland G., 1888-1918).

Postcard signed ‘R.G. Garros’, stamped and franked with indistinct date, c. 1910, b & w illust. from a photo of the Hotel Continental and the Pont du Rion at Cannes, stamp and franking mark upper left, a little corner creased and soiled, signature written diagonally in message area to verso, addressed to Angele Quaglia in an unidentified hand, sl. soiled and marked (1)

£150-200

£100-150

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£80-120

193* Handley-Page Dart-Herald. A group of three brochures for the Military Transport and Military Trainer, Military Transport, and Close Support Military Transport versions of this aircraft, each containing full details, drawings, diagrams and specifications, pub. Handley-Page 1962, 50 pp./40 pp./68 pp., orig. covers, oblong folio (3)

£100-150

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194* Hawker VC, DSO (Lanoe George, 1890-1916). A signed copy of No. 24 Squadron R.F.C. Operation Orders for July 20th 1916, typed in the field, July 1916, pilots’ names listed on left against morning and afternoon patrols in blue ink (by Hawker?), identifying names as self, Knight, Sibley, Wilson, and Wood, signed in pencil by Hawker as Commander lower right, a few minor spots and creases, one page, folio Hawker from Longparish in Hampshire, was to become the first pilot to earn a VC for aerial combat. He was killed in a dogfight with the Red Baron on 23rd November 1916 and his autograph is thus very rare.

(1) £400-600

195* Heinkel. A comprehensive collection of photographs, including some personalities, technical and airborne images, works pictures and press images relating to various Heinkel aircraft including He.112; He.114; He.115; He.116; He.118; He.119; He.162; He.170 and He.176 contained in a modern ring binder Ex-Kruger Collection.

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£300-400

196* Heinkel He.111 Series. A remarkable and important folio of manufacturers’, operational, private and other images of this much respected aircraft, flight crews and ground engineers with support staff, included are numerous illustrations of Heinkel He.111 production, servicing, operational views, air-to-air images, original war reports by war-photographer Stempka from Jever circa 1940, other material includes prototype and trials aircraft including D-ALIX “Rostock”, D-ARCG with interior views; early bomber versions including D-AXOH, Spanish, Iraqi and other variants, some duplicates, pilots and crews at work, damaged aircraft, radar equipped machines flying bomb and torpedo carriers, anti-balloon aircraft, the “Zwilling” and others, an historic collection Ex-Kruger Collection.

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£500-800

197 Imperial Airways. A group of promotional brochures and other literature, including two original full-colour folding poster brochures, ‘Imperial Airways Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia’, and ‘Imperial Airways - Travel in Perfect Comfort by the Largest Air Liners in the World’, both c. 1934, artwork by Rowland Hilder and K. L’Danvers respec., showing cut-away details of Hercules and Hannibal classes, and Scylla, Atlanta and Scipio class of flying boats, overall dimensions 19.5 x 29.5in (49 x 75cm), both split in folds (the first with travel agent’s indelible ink stamp on the front), together with an Imperial Airways ‘Facts’ multi-folding leaflet, c. 1930s, printed in red, blue and black, and six other Imperial Airways items, all contained in manilla folder (1)

£200-300

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198* Imperial Airways. England and East Africa, a first day cover addressed to The Rt. Hon. Lord Amulree dated 19-Mar. 31, with block of four Kenya and Uganda 15c red postmarked Kisumu (x3), the cover enclosing a letter from Imperial Airways with Air Route details (1)

£50-80

199* Junkers Ju.52/3m. series. A fine collection of official manufacturers’, Luftwaffe, private and other photographs of this immortal aircraft, images of civilian and military examples are included with operational photographs from the Norwegian and African campaigns; mass formations to supply the Afrika Corps; the para-drop over Crete; recovery of wrecked aircraft; float-plane operations; restorations, and many other similar subjects make up this splendid portfolio, contained in a modern ring binder Ex-Kruger Collection.

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£300-400

200* King (Horace Frederick, born 1915). An archive of King’s research material, mostly 1960s/1970s, largely arranged in folders and envelopes, each marked and containing cuttings, photocopies, magazines, some photos and correspondence, etc., one large folder marked ‘Chinese aviation’ and one bound copy typed script marked ‘R&D Contributions to Aviation Progress’ (Radcap), vol. 2, appendices 1-9, some handwritten notes, a galley proof of his Putnam book on Sopwith Aircraft, plus some book reviews, personal correspondence, etc., the majority of aviation interest, but including folders of material relating to cars, trains, Rudyard Kipling, politics, weapons, etc.

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£200-300

Lot 205 201* Luftwaffe and other aviation personalities - an A-Z. A fine collection of photographs with biographical details of hundreds of pilots and other military and civilian men and women from the world of aviation, comprising many fine portraits, some private images of pilots with ground crews, World War Two survivors in later Luftwaffe service, obituaries, press releases and similar documentation, contained in nine modern ring binders, including many hundreds of images Ex-Kruger Collection.

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£700-1000

202* Messerschmitt Bf109 and Bf110. A miscellaneous collection of photographs, mostly from private sources of these Second World War Luftwaffe fighters, approx. 80 images (some faded), together with a collection of manuscripts for “Der Zweite Weltkrieg” by Alfred Krüger in a ring binder Ex-Kruger Collection.

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£80-120

203* Messerschmitt Bf.109F-HA. A similarly comprehensive collection of original and other photographs of the later variants of this standard Luftwaffe World War Two fighter, fine colour images of restored FM + BB accompany a large archive of original material, including Luftwaffe propaganda photographs, many ‘aces’ seated in or standing by their machines, maintenance work, wrecked aircraft, pilot and ground-crew group shots, cockpit details, captured aircraft, production details and similar, a fine reference with companion technical data makes this a complete and useful archive, contained in three modern ring binders Ex-Kruger Collection.

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204* Messerschmitt Bf.109V-E. A good and comprehensive collection of original manufacturers’ press, private, and other photographs of this popular single-seater fighter, many images, some colour, from private collections from the Spanish Civil War to the period of replacement of the Etype, included are aircraft of many Geschwader, damages by allied action, pilots, ground crew, famous aces, details of aircraft with ‘kill’ bands on rudders, each image annotated as necessary, a remarkable archive with the companion collection of associated technical data contained in two modern ring binders Ex-Kruger Collection.

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£300-500

205 Miscellaneous aviation ephemera.

A group of BOAC and other commercial airline publicity and promotional brochures, timetables and other printed ephemera, mostly c. 1940s-1970s, together with company newsletters, aviation magazines, a small quantity of aviation souvenirs and mementos, a framed poster ‘Air Bus. The Stamp of Excellence Built on European Tradition’, another framed and glazed poster ‘Norman Parkinson, Art of Travel’, approx. ten rolled aviation posters and a small quantity of aviation souvenirs and mementos including a brass desk top model of a Wellington Bomber, wingspan 8.5in (22cm) (-)

£200-300

206* Pilots Licence. An early Federation Aeronautique Internationale pilot’s licence for Capitaine Felix Gilbert Casse issued 3rd March 1911, with original photographic portrait, signed by Casse and stamped by the Aero Club de France, orig. dark blue morocco, upper cover lettered in gilt, 11 x 7.5cm Brutus Felix Gilbert Casse (1879-1925), a pioneer of French military aviation, obtained his pilot’s brevet on 2 May 1911. He was the 7th French military aviator to receive this, the first being Commandant Charles Tricornot de Rose.

(1) £150-200

207 Profile and other publication ephemera. A miscellaneous collection of reproduction material of work produced by the artist for numerous publications, including tear-sheets, printed three-view drawings, an album of printed ephemera, various framed prints, two watercolour drawings and other printed ephemera of a similar interest (a carton)

£500-800

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£100-150

209 Programme. Grande Semaine d’Aviation de la Champagne, Reims 3-10th July, 1910. A rare original programme for the event, comprehensive details of each day’s flying activities, and full listing of the leading pioneer aviators of the time, 20 pp., orig. card covers, tied on spine with cord, slim 8vo

208 Programme. Grande Semaine d’Aviation de la Champagne, sous le Haut Patronage de M. Armand Fallieres, President de la Republique... Organisee par le Comite d’Aviation de la Champagne sous le Patronage de la Commission Aerienne mixte avec le concours de l’AeroClub de France, 22-29 August [1909], orig.

20 pp. official programme, printed in red and black, orig. pict. printed wrappers, with silk cord, a little soiled, slim 8vo The programme lists a total of thirty-eight pilots and their machines, including Paul Tissandier, Glenn Curtis, Hubert Latham, Santos Dumont, Louis Breguet, Louis Blériot, Henry Farman et al.

The “Grand Semaine de Champagne” was the first international aviation meeting in the world. It was a spectacular affair, financed by the cathedral city of Rheims and the neighbouring Vintners, the 10-square kilometre flying field boasted hangars, grandstands, barber shops, florists, and a sixtyseater terrace restaurant. Prominent aviators from all over the world took part in various contests, including the first contest for the Gordon-Bennett Aviation Trophy, which was won by Glenn Curtiss, beating Blériot by just six seconds!

(1) £200-300

Autographed in pen and pencil by 27 pioneer aviators viz. Leon Morane, Hubert Latham, Walter de Mumm, Andre Bouvier, Emile Dubonnet, Roger Sommer, Alfred Le Blanc, Louis Blériot, Edouard Nieuport, Charles de Lambert, Geo Chavez, Marcel Hanriot, Jean Bielovucic, Alfred de Pischof, Henri Sullerot, Alexandre de Petrowsky, Michel Efimoff, Jean Daillens, Leon Verstraeten, Emile Wiencziers, André Noël, Raymonde de Laroche (a particularly rare autograph), León Bathiat, Georges Legagneux, Henri Farma, Albert Biel and André Crochon. An extraordinary and unique item of historic aviation literature.

(1) £1000-1500

210* Short Bros - Sunderland Flying Boat III. A rare original factory blue-print for the aircraft type, 1941, dye-line printed of original specification drawing No 094, Scale 8 .:1, giving sections of main-frame and sub-components including 4x Bristol “Pegasus” engines etc, dimensions and annotations etc all contained on large single-sheet inscribed “for the late Flt. Lt. R.E.J. gough, 204 Squadron RAF, November 1941-December 1943, Gibraltar, The Gambia Iceland & Scotland - R.I.P.”, 31 x 45 in (1)

£80-120

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211* Short Brothers. A group of brochures including a general Seaplane Works Rochester publication, covering the ‘Rangoon’, ‘Singapore’, ‘Sarafand’, R24/31, ‘Scipio’, ‘Scylla’, ‘Scion’ and accessories, English, French and Spanish text, photos after the originals, specifications, 32 pp., pub. London 1936, as a reprint from ‘The Air Annual of the British Empire’, together with a ‘Sealand’ brochure, another for the ‘Shetland’, a Scottish Aviation Twin Pioneer brochure and six others (11)

£80-120

212* Siai Marchetti. A presentation album containing seven sepia photo reproductions, after the original, of the construction and assembly of the S.71 IAAYP and flying-boat I-SAAT, orig. cloth covered boards, oblong folio, together with a second World War period Italian aircraft recognition booklet and other items of similar interest (-)

£70-100

213* Stroud (John). An album containing fourteen postcard size and smaller pen and ink drawings of civil, military and futuristic aircraft, including Westland ‘Wessex’ G-ABVB, the ‘Gee-Bee’, Imperial Airways Short ‘Scylla’ and other types, each signed by the artist, some dated 1935, the album formerly the property of Diana Tatham-Waite, cord bound, together with a further group of six pen and ink drawings of aircraft by John Stroud, various sizes, the largest 4 3/4 x 6 5/8in (12 x 17cm), subjects include the Russian TB3, Vickers ‘Viastra’ G-ACCC, Vickers ‘Vimy’ and others (7)

215* Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers) Ltd. A ‘Seagull’ Mk V brochure with colour cover, after an original painting, text, diagrams and illustrations after the original photographs, 16 pp., pub. London Nov’ 1933, staples rust stained, cover with some creases, together with a VickersSupermarine ‘Scapa’ brochure and three other items, plus a Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd technical publications department brochure for the Supermarine ‘Attacker’ and other aircraft, one page cut, plus a AW55 Mk1 ‘Apollo’ brochure and five others 214* Stroud (John, 1919-2007). A collection of approximately 110 original pencil drawings of civil and military aircraft, c. 1930s-40s, mostly on tracing paper, including British, Continental and Japanese aircraft, a few cabin interiors and other details, mostly captioned and dated, some with additional technical data, a few signed, average size approx. 7 x 10in (18 x 26cm) (approx. 110)

£200-300

£150-200

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£150-200

216 Technical Manuals. A large collection of approx. 70 mostly A.P. Aviation Manuals, c. 1960s/1990s, numerous illusts. and diagrams, some occ. library markings, including ‘Restricted’ stamps, etc., linen backed printed boards, and ring binders, mostly 4to/folio Titles include: Aircraft Pneumatic Equipment: Teddington Aircraft Controls, Rover Airborne Auxillary Power Plant, Mk.10201, Naval Aircraft Technical Instructions Book 1, Aircraft Hydraulic Equipment Dowty, Dunlop Spares Book No. 2, Connectors and Examinations: Identification, Tooling & Accessories, Technical Handbook for the Flyplane Predictor System Mark 5, vols. D & E, Dowty Rotol Maintenance Manual No. 847/1, Excaliber Airways Ltd Operations Manual vol. 5, and DC10 Operations Manual vol. 2. (approx. 70) £300-500

217 Temple (George Lee, 1892-1914). A printed flyer for a flying exhibition at Hillingdon Court, Uxbridge, Boxing Day [Friday, 26th December 1913], printed John King, Uxbridge, [1913], advertising the main event as ‘The “Gazette” is organising the Flying Exhibition to be given

by Mr. Geo. Lee Temple, the famous Aviator, who was the first Englishman to fly upside down in this country, who will give a thrilling Exhibition of .. Banking, Volplaning, Spiral Descents, Vertical Descents, Low Flying, Taxing, &c., &c ...’, printed text in various point sizes, centred on buff paper, 215 x 120mm On 25th November 1913 Temple became the first Englishman to attempt the bunt (loop) in England. The attempt was made at Hendon using the Bleriót XI-2 and about which the journal Flight (29 November 1913) reported: ‘He set out to do it or die ... Temple pushed the nose of the machine down, and in 30 seconds he had won through - he had flown upside-down and was safely landed. It was a splendid feat for one with only such small experience as he, and he had not any very definite knowledge as to whether he had really been upside-down or not, and none at all as to how he got back again, as he admits himself; but there were some on the ground with experience sufficient to judge, who will agree with me that he is very lucky to be alive, and wish with me that he will now be satisfied and leave it alone - at any rate, for a time ... He is clever, he has pluck and nerve, and will make a first-rate pilot - if he will only try not to go too fast.’ The same journal (3rd January 1914) refers to his exhibition flights over the grounds of Hillingdon Court where he received ‘a tremendous ovation from a large crowd’.

Continuing to take extreme risks, Temple attempted an exhibition flight at Hendon on 25th January 1914 in spite of the cold and gusty weather and whilst still recovering from a bad case of influenza. The engine of his Bleriót cut out and the aircraft crashed, Temple dying from his injuries. He was buried in Acton, the place of his birth.

(1) £100-150

218* Voisin (Gabriel, 1880-1973). Typed letter signed ‘Gabriel Voisin’, on Aeroplanes Voisin, Billancourt letterhead, n.d., c. 1910, without saluation and possibly the final page of a carbon copy, referring to Chalons where they intend to attempt a speed of at least 75 km an hour over 10 km distance, and hoping that the Colonel [Renard?] to whom the letter is written is agreeable and awaiting his instructions, boldly signed with a soft coloured pencil, one page, 4to Voisin was one of aviation’s earliest pioneers and the creator of Europe’s first engine-powered, heavier-than-air flying machine, successfully flown by Henry Farman on 13 January 1908. He later became a major producer of military aircraft, and then after World War I he concentrated his efforts on making automobiles.

(1) £150-200

219 Wallis (Barnes, 1887-1979). A silver metal button worn by Barnes Wallis as a boy at Christ’s Hospital, between 19001904, with paper tag and accompanying typed letter, both signed by Wallis

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The letter dated 15th July 1970 reads ‘Dear Mr Harris, Further to my letter of the 13th July, I enclose herwith a button as worn by me, as a boy at Christ’s Hospital. I hope you will find this of interest, and that it will help raise funds at your auction. Yours sincerely, Barnes Wallis.

Encl: Christs’ Hospital was founded in 1553

by Kind Edward VII whose effigy is stamped on the button’.

(2) £100-150

221* WWII - RAF 303 Polish (F) Squadron. A group of three pilot’s flying logbooks belonging to F/O B. Zborowski, covering the period 9th March 1943 to 30th January 1946, initially showing training then including flights to Sywell, Newton, Cranwell and a few others, plus Tiger Moth, Master III, Spitfires I, II & V, printed tables neatly completed in ink manuscript with occ. stamps and pict. cuttings, orig. cloth, soiled and sl. frayed, 4to, together with a small quantity of approx. fourteen related items including receipts, personal letters, etc., plus a group of sixteen Polish air force journals, c.

1970s-1980s, orig. printed wrappers, 8vo (approx. 30)

220* WWI - Richthofen. A certified true copy of Captain A. R. Brown’s Combat Report claiming victory over Manfred von Richthofen, on 21st April 1918, the copy dated 9th June 1936, one typed page in which Roy Brown describes how he ‘dived on pure red triplane which was firing on Lieut. May. I got a long burst into him and he went down vertical and was observed to crash by Lieut. Mellersh and Lieut.

May’, additional red typed note indicating that this is a certified true copy from the original extracted for permanent retention by the Squadron, signed by H. A. Jones [British Official Historian for The War in the Air], one page, folio The dispute as to whether Roy Brown fired the shot that killed The Red Baron has raged for years. While a majority believe that he was not responsible for shooting down Richthofen’s triplane, the mythology over the death of the Red Baron makes this report an important historical document.

(1) £200-300

£100-150

223 Ziegler (Frank). The Story of 609 Squadron Under the White Rose, 1st ed., 1971, b&w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. rubbed and chipped d.j. with brown paper protectors covering, 8vo, together with Bag the Hun!, pub. Air Ministry, reprint, November 1943, volvelle to p.15 and target transparency in envelope at rear both still present, orig. printed wrappers, sl. frayed on the spine, oblong 8vo 222* Zeppelin Bombing-Raid. An original copy of the Los Angeles Evening Herald newspaper dated Wednesday January 20th 1915, a rare surviving edition declaiming the first aerial bombing raid on Britain during the Great War, the headline inscribed “Zeppelins Terrorize England” and related articles & sub-headlines including quotes by H.G. Wells, who had predicted such atrocities in his fictional works decades earlier, mounted in original polished oak glazed frame, 21 x 18in (54 x 46cm) (1)

£80-120

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The front free endpaper and title pages bear a total of 42 signatures of personnel associated with 609 Squadron. Many of the names are neatly identified in pencil beneath and include Sheep Gilroy, George Darley, Alec Ingle, John Bisdee, Count du Monceau, General Mike Donnet, Bee Beamont, Binkie Stark, Eric Roberts, Moose Evans, Frank Ziegler, G. H. Ambler Geerts, Harald Peake, et al. Provenance: David R. Shaw, former chairman of the 609 Squadron Association who obtained this first edition at the book launch of R.A.F. Club in London.

(2) £200-300

AVIATION BROCHURES & EPHEMERA FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN CRAWLEY

224 A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd. A good group of original sales brochures and promotional publications, c.

1946, including “Lancastrian”, “York”, “Tudor” MkI & II, and “Nineteen” types, all dated 1946, together with original headed mailing envelope dated February 1947 (6)

£80-120

225 Air Ministry “Lecture Notes for Pupil Pilots”. Publication No.1723, c.

1940s, folio-format loose-leaf pages, hardcovers cord-bound, copiously detailing comprehensive instructions for pilot training in the RAF, complete with fold-out cutaway diagrams for aircraft types etc.

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£70-100

£70-100

£50-70

226 Airspeed Aeroplanes. A group of original promotional brochures and related promotional ephemera, c. 1940s-1950s, including “Ambassador”, “Envoy Convertible”, and “Consul” types, sales brochures, specification leaflets and ‘flyers’ etc.

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227 Airspeed Aeroplanes. A group of original promotional brochures and related promotional ephemera, c. 1940s-1950s, including Airspeed “Oxford” Pilot’s Handbook, and sales related material for “Ambassador”, and “Consul” types, sales brochures, specification leaflets and ‘flyers’ press-reports etc.

229 Auster Aircraft & others. A similar group of scarce early sales brochures and advertising promotional material, c. 1940s, including Auster “Autokrat” and “Arrow” etc., together with “How to Fly a Piper Cub” instructional booklet dated 1944, fully illustrated with colour plates, 32 pp. soft covers, together with some duplicated sales brochures

228 Auster Aircraft & others. A group of scarce early sales brochures and advertising promotional material, c. 1940s, including Auster “Autokrat” and “Arrow” etc, together with “How to Fly a Piper Cub” instructional booklet dated 1944, fully illustrated with colour plates, 32 pp. soft covers, together with some duplicated sales brochures (5)

£70-100

£70-100

230* Austin “Whippet”. A rare early 20th c. advertising ‘flyer’ for the “Single-seater Biplane”, c. 1920, cutaway semiphotographic illustrated single-sheet advertising sales leaflet, monochrome with winged-wheel manufacturers heading to top, giving brief specification details of the machine “For Private Use”, (selling off war-surplus aircraft to the civil aviation market), together with early newsprint magazine articles describing wartime aircraft of the fighting powers during the Great War 1914-1918, with specification sheets inscribed “Aircraft in War” including SE5A, Albatros, HandleyPage, RE8, B.A.T. “Basilisk”, Nieuport “Scout” and Avro “504” etc, and details of engines including Le Rhone, Gnome, Green, Hispano-Suiza etc.

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£100-150

235 Bristol Aircraft Co. A group of sales brochures and promotional publications, 1939-46, including “The Gen” small-format instruction & specification handbook for Bristol “Hercules” engines of various types, “Famous Military & Civil Aircraft” promotional booklet, Military & Civilian” types 22 p. photo-illustrated 1939-49, “Wayfarer” and “Sleeve-Valve Engines” promotional material etc.

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231 Aviation Sales Literature. A compilation group of sales brochures and related material, c. 1940s-1950s, including Auster, Bristol, Percival etc, including Auster “Autokrat” & “Arrow”, Bristol “Hercules - The Gen” engine specifications booklet for the types Mk VI, XI, XVI and XVII, 24 pp. small-format handbook, Percival “Prince” & “Merganser” leaflets, together with Chrislea “Super Ace” sales brochure, and Airspeed “Consul” & “Ambassador” sales leaflets (24)

£100-150

233 Battle of Britain Memorial Window Foundation 1947-1949. An original commemorative brochure published by Rolls-Royce dated January 1949, “The Unveiling of a Window to commemorate Pilots of the Royal Air Force who in the Battle of Britain, turned the Work of our Hands into the Salvation of our Country”, in celebration of their support and involvement with the Royal Air Force through engine supply and development for the mainstay aircraft of the Battle of Britain and WWII, held at the RR Factory in Derby, soft covers large 4to format, cordbound with embossed relief gold tooling to covers, contained in original mailing envelope, together with two original “Battle of Britain Day” inaugural programmes for the first memorial day September 1949 (3)

£100-150

236* British Aircraft Corporation Concorde. A group of official promotional colour photographs, c. 1970, professional enlarged studies depicting aircraft nos. FWTSA and G-BBDG in flight and at rest, fine studies having printed captions to lower border, tipped-in on card mounts, largest 16 x 11in (42 x 28cm) (8)

232* B.C. Hucks. A good original photographic postcard portrait of the pioneer aviator on his Bleriot monoplane, signed autograph in black ink lower right “B.C. Hucks”, manuscripted in pencil verso inscribed “Skegness dated August 21st 1913”, with further annotation giving brief specification of the aeroplane inscribed “200 - 250ft Flying Height 1 passenger or 1850 with 2-8 cwt, 75-80hp rating, 120 miles (range), 45% duty etc”, some foxing, 3 x 5 in (1)

£120-150

234 Blackburn Aircraft etc. A group of sales brochures and promotional publications featuring full-production range, c. 1939-45, including “Botha” building specifications, Blackburn Aircraft 1910-1939, “Skua”fighter dive-bomber, and “Shark” aircraft, together with Boulton Paul “The Balliol” fully illustrated sales brochure for Advanced Trainer aircraft type (7)

£80-120

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£50-80

£100-150

239 English Electric Co. A rare original sales brochure for the “Canberra” MkII type, c. 1950s, together with HawkerSiddeley promotional brochure, and similar for Armstrong-Siddeley “Sapphire” and “ASS” & “Turbo-Jet” engines, with others including “Mamba” & “Python” propellerturbine engines (4)

£50-80

242 “Flying-Flea”. A rare early 20th c. advertising sales leaflet for the miniature light aeroplane, c. 1920s, photo-illustrated, four-page fold-out format, full-specification details as kit-form components, or fully assembled at 50 (some tears to fold marks), together with sales leaflets and promotional ephemera for “Cygnet” & “Owlet” and “Prestwick Pioneer” light aircraft machines

237 Civil Aviation. A group of original sales brochures and related promotional publications, c. 1940s, including HandleyPage “Hermes IV”, Saunders-Roe SR/AI, “Princess” and “Duchess” types, VickersArmstrongs “Viking” Mk10, and De Havilland “Dove” Supplement to DH Gazette dated 1946 (5)

£70-100

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238* Deutsche-Lufthansa. Two very rare early passenger flight time-tables 1934 & 1937, “Winter-Flugplan” dated November 1934-March1935, believed the inaugural printed schedule for the newly-formed Airline company, also with “SommerFlugplan” similar subsequent brochure for the half-season dated 4th April-2nd Oktober 1937, poster-size fold-out format comprehensively detailing European and Pan-Global flights with destination map and full calendar timetables, condition the former printed on cheap newsprintquality paper, shows fragility of age with tears rubbing and distress, the latter in good little-used condition (2)

£100-150

240 Fairey Aviation Co. & others. A group of original sales brochures and promotional literature, c. 1940-1950, including Fairey “Girodyne” Helicopters, Fairey “17” Anti-submarine carrieroperated aircraft, “Firefly” attack pursuit machines, together with related pressreleases on factory letter-headed specification-sheets etc, and with “Firefly” Target Tug, also with Westland “Whirlwind” and Percival “Airfreighter, and Armstrong-Whitworth “Albemarle” etc.

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£70-100

241 Flying Boats & Sea-planes. A group of original sales brochures and related publications, 1930s-1940s, including Supermarine “Walrus”, Short “Empire Flying-Boats”, “Thirty Short Years” promotional brochure (1939), “Sea Otter”, Short “Mayo Composite Aircraft, “Scion”, “Sunderland” and “Golden Hind” types variously dated 1935-1942, Vickers Armstrongs Tribute to Air-Sea Rescue, Supermarine “Walrus” and another similar entitled “Pride in Achievement” (Walrus) dated 1943 and 1942 respectively (10)

£100-140

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£80-120

243 Gloster “Meteor”. A group of advertising brochures and related promotional ephemera etc., c. 1940s-1950s, including an original enlarged monochrome photographic study, original print used for subsequent brochure production, together with sales literature, pamphlets, specification sheets, and ‘flyers’ etc, also including Meteor “Trainer” two-seater and Meteor Mk IV types etc (8)

£80-120

246 Lockheed Aircraft Corporation and others. A group of manufacturer’s catalogues and sales brochures, c. 19391945, including Lockheed “12”, “Lodestar 18”, “Constellation” “Electra 10” and P38 “Lightning - The Boomfighter”, together with Northrop Full range catalogue dated 1943, and Bell Corporation “Airacobras”, Martin Aircraft Flying Boats historical brochure 1944, and Douglas C54 design analysis brochure 1944 (9)

244* Gloster Meteor “Trainer”. Three original advertising brochures and related promotional ephemera etc., c. 1940s-1950s, including sales literature, pamphlets, specification sheets, and ‘flyers’ for Meteor”Trainer” two-seater and Meteor Mk IV Fighter types etc, together with Lockheed “Lightning” and “Constellation” fold-out model-makers plans (8)

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£70-100

£100-150

247 Miles Aircraft Ltd. A group of original sales brochures and publicity material AprilNovember 1946, including “Messenger”, “Gemini”, “Aerovan” etc, full specifications with photo-illustrated texts etc.

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£70-100

£80-120

245 Light Aircraft. A group of original sales brochures and promotional literature, c. 1930s, including Globe Aircraft “The Swift” full-range brochure, “Chrislea Super Ace”, Auster IV Artillery Spotter, Auster “Arrow” and “Autokrat” and Military “Mark VI” aircraft

249 Percival Aircraft. A group of original promotional brochures and related ephemera, 1940s-1950, including “Prince”, Proctor” and “Merganser” types, fold-out and folio format catalogues, photoillustrated with cutaway drawing and related specification sheets etc., some duplicated

248* Military & Civilian Dual-Purpose Aeroplanes. A group of professional and press-release studies, WWII & early 1950s, including Airspeed “Oxford” Avro “Anson”, “Tudor”, York”, “Lancastrian”, Miles “Aerovan” & “Marathon”, General Air Co Universal Transport, Percival “Merganser” etc., tipped-in to card mounts for filing & display with copy of original captions verso (approx. 17)

250 Percival Aircraft. A similar group of original promotional brochures and related ephemera, 1940s-1950, including “Prince”, Proctor” and “Merganser” types, fold-out and folio format catalogues, photoillustrated with cutaway drawing and related specification sheets etc, some duplicated (13)

£70-100

£120-160

£80-120

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251* Pioneer Aircraft, Pilots & Personalities. A good collection of original photographs and photo-postcards depicting pioneer aviators and their machines, c.

1908-1919, including Cody, Rolls, Gibbs, Hucks, Pegoud, Prosser, Rowland-Ding, Spratt, Salmet, Graham-White, Dickson, Desoutter, Roch-Kelly, Beatty and others, aeroplanes including Cody, Bleriot, Farman, Deperdussin, Martin-Handasyde, B.E., Bristol “Pullman”, Handley-Page, LVG, Airships & Dirigibles etcvariously featured at Brooklands, Hendon and other venues, variously captioned or annotated, contained in loose-leaf library file (approx. 48)

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£400-500

252 Third Reich Air Ministry “Lehrmittal des BFL”. A rare pre-war sales catalogue for scientific & technical instruments published by Reichsluftfahrtministerium, c.

1930s, full specification details of highquality precision instruments for use in the aviation industry, 20 pp. soft-covers, showing age-wear and rubbing (1)

£70-100

254 USAF - Military and Civil Aviation WWII and later. A good collection of original sales brochures and related promotional publications, c. 1939-1949, including Bell “Airacobra” and Bell Helicopters, with accompanying pressrelease specification sheets etc., Beechcrafts full range brochures, Lockheed “Constellation”, “Lightning” & “Saturn” types, Consolidated Vultee B24 “Liberator” with related specification sheets for “Liberator” and “Valiant” types, Douglas “DC-4” and Company News magazine press-release material, ChanceVought P47 “Thunderbolt” brochure, and specification sheets for F4U-1 “Corsair” and “Kingfisher” types variously dated 1944-1945, also with Ryan “PT22”, Fairchild “Packet”, Martin “Mariner”, North American P51 “Mustang” and B25 Bomber, and related press-release specification-sheets etc, contained in library hard-cover lever-arch file (approx. 40)

£280-350

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253 Trainers and Light Commercial Aeroplanes. A group of professional and press-release photographs, 1930s-1940s etc., including De Havilland “Tiger Moth”, Auster “Autokrat” Miles “Magister”, “Messenger” and “Gemini”, Percival “Proctor”, Gull, “Q6”, General Aircraft “Cygnet” and “Owlet” etc, tipped-in to card mounts for filing & display with copy of original captions verso, mostly 6 x 8 in (approx. 24)

256 Vickers Armstrong Ltd - “Spitfire High-Speed Trainer”. A rare catalogue reprinted courtesy of ‘The Aeroplane’ journal dated November 22nd 1946, depicting the two-seat version of the MkVIII type, two-page fold-out format with cutaway illustration by J.H. Clark, together with similar related brochures for the Spitfire MkXIV, dated August 16th 1945 and similar publications dated variously 1942-1945

£100-150

255* Vickers Armstrong Aviation. A group of three original commemorative prints in celebration of the Armistice of WWII 1939-1945, full-colour oleograph prints after the originals by various artists including Terence Cuneo, including Vickers “Warwick” Air-Sea rescue entitled “The Sea Shall Not Have Them”, together with similar prints entitled “Spits Looking for trouble” and another entitled “Seafires”, all on original publisher’s cardstock boards, the latter still contained in original packaging envelope, unopened, 13 x 10in (33 x 26cm) (3)

£80-120

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£150-200

257 WWII Aircraft Recognition and Identification. A group of leaflets and publications, 1939-1945, including original photographs etc for various types including Focke-Wulf 190, Heinkel, ME109, Tempest etc, together with other identification charts including Spitfire etc, also including “German & Italian Aircraft” Recognition booklet, 96 pp. fully illustrated, c. 1940s, ‘The Aeroplane’ Recognition Tests Booklet, identification charts and related publications including “Aeroplanes in Detail” by J.H. Clark for Spitfire, Junkers Ju88, DH Mosquito, Catalina, Hurricane, Tempest & Typhoon and others, also with original Hawker Aircraft Specification-sheets sent out to Observer Corps officer during WWII (approx. 20)

£100-150

258 WWII RAF Bombers. A group of original promotional brochures and publications 1939-46, including Vickers “Wellington”, Short “Stirling”, Armstrong “Whitley” etc., including specification sheets & related material (10)

262 WWII - Hawker Aircraft. A group of original photographs, c.1940s, official company or Air Ministry images enlarged studies, some by Cyril Peckham, Charles E. Brown and others including Hawker Hurricane “Last of the Many”, final production aeroplane on test flight by C. P Bulman (3 studies) together with Hawker “Tempest” MkV and “Typhoon” etc, tipped-in on card mounts with handannotation, 11 x 14in (28 x 36cm)

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£160-220

£150-200

£70-100

259* WWII RAF - Bristol Aeroplane Company. A group of original photographs of military aircraft, c. 1940s, professional studies for press and promotional purposes etc, including “Beaufighter”, “Beaufort”, “Firebrand”, “Blenheim” MkI & MkIV types, “Bisley” and related material including photographic copies of original artworks for promotional and propaganda leaflets etc., all mounted and variously captioned frontis & verso, 7 x 9in (18 x 23cm) (24)

260* WWII USAF. A group of original photographs of military aircraft, c. 1940s, professional studies for press and promotional purposes etc., including P51 “Mustang” variants, Bel “P” & “XP” series “Airacobra” & “King Cobra”, Republic P$&D “Thunderbolt”, Vought F42C-1b “Corsair”, North American BT9 and AT6 “Texan”, & Type “50”,YP “Lamcer” and “Vindicator”, AT12 “Guardsman” and Ryan Air Corp range of publicity prints etc.

£150-200

261* WWII USAF. A group of original photographs of military aircraft, c. 1940s, professional studies for press and promotional purposes etc, including Glen Martin Flying Boats “Mariner” and “Mars”, also with “Maryland” twin-engined bomber type 167, “Marauder” B26, “Baltimore” Type 187, Boeing B29 “Superfortress”, Douglas A26 “Invader”, North American B25, Bell P59 and Early Helicopters, and Chance-Vought OS2U “Kingfisher” seaplane, all original factory press photographs sent on request to Observer Corps member during WWII, 8 x 9.5in (20 x 24cm) (20)

£150-200

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263* WWII - Hawker Aircraft. A group of original photographs, c. 1940s, official company or Air Ministry images enlarged studies, some by Cyril Peckham, Charles E. Brown and others including Hawker “Fury” MkI and “Sea-Fury” etc, together with Boulton Paul “Balliol” MkII, tipped-in on card mounts with hand-annotation, 11 x 14in (28 x 36cm) (7)

£150-200

264* WWII - de Havilland Aircraft. A group of original photographs c. 1940s, official company or Air Ministry images enlarged studies, some by Planet News, Cyril Peckham, Charles E. Brown and others including “Mosquito”, “Hornet”, “Sea-Hornet” etc, together with another depicting Handley-Page “Halifax” bomber, tipped-in on card mounts with handannotation, largest 11 x 16in (28 x 41cm) (10)

£180-250

266 WWII - Bristol Aircraft. A group of original photographs, c. 1940s, official company or Air Ministry images enlarged professional studies initialled variously “R.C” including “Beaufighter”, “Blenheim”, “Buckingham”, “Brigand”, “Buckmaster” etc, all mounted on original factory cardstock display board with applied ‘Bristol’ script logo and printed captions to mounts, together with two further studies depicting Bristol “Brabazon” and “Wayfarer” aircraft, tipped-in on card mounts with hand-annotation, mostly 10 x 14in (26 x 36cm) (10)

£180-250

268 WWII -Vickers Armstrongs Aviation.

A group of promotional brochures and literature, 1940-1944, including Supermarine “Spitfire - The Fastest Fighter in the World” ‘Flight’ publication dated February 10th 1944, with similar folioformat brochures for Supermarine “Walrus” 1942, “Spitfire” and Vickers “Wellington” c. 1943, etc., together with “Aircraft in Detail” publications with cutaway and other illustrations by J. H. Clarke, including British & German machines of the Second World War, variously published by ‘Flight’ and ‘The Aeroplane’ magazines etc. c. 1944 and related Battle of Britain memorial brochure (5)

265* WWII - de Havilland Aircraft. A group of original post war photographs, c.

1940s-50s, official company or Air Ministry images enlarged studies, mostly by Charles E. Brown including “Vampire”, “SeaVampire” DH “108”, DH “Dove” and “Chipmunk” etc, together with further studies depicting Lockheed P38 “Lightning”, tipped-in on card mounts with handannotation, largest 11 x 15in (28 x 38cm) (11)

267* WWII - Avro and Airspeed Aircraft.

A group of original post war photographs, c. 1940s-50s, official company or Air Ministry images enlarged professional studies including Avro “York”, “Lancastrian”, “Tudor” MkII & IV and Avro “XIX”,Together with further images depicting Airspeed “Ambassador”, “Envoy” and Lockheed “Constellation” etc, tipped-in on card mounts with hand-annotation (8)

£100-150

£150-200

269* WWII RAF & Military. A group of fine original press photographs and promotional Air ministry studies, 19391940s, including Boulton Paul “Defiant”, Blackburn “Roc” & “Skua” and “Botha” bomber, Hawker “Hurricane” & “Typhoon”, Dornier, Vickers Supermarine “Spitfire”, Westland “Whirlwind” & “Lysander”, General Aircraft “Hamilcar” glider, Tailless Research Glider, Gloster “Meteor”, and Saunders Roe “26” tipped-in to card mounts for filing & display with copy of original captions verso (tba)

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£80-120

£120-160

AVIATION PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION OF PETER GREEN

270* WWII RAF - de Havilland Mosquito. A group of good original photographs, press and promotional Air ministry studies some by Charles E. Brown, c. 1941-1945, variously captioned numbered and dated to negative, together with two aerial studies of RAF stations Woodbridge and Stradishall dated 1944, variously captioned frontis, tipped-in to card mounts for filing & display with copy of original captions verso (14)

£140-180

272* The Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment.

A comprehensive collection of photographs, cuttings and brochures relating to the development of this world famous facility, from its beginnings at R.A.F. Upavon, the move to Martlesham and then to Boscombe Down, numerous official and private photographs neatly compiled and inscribed, each American aircraft type tested clearly labelled, many marked ‘Secret’, subjects include H.M. King Edward VIII visit 8.7.36, ‘Spitfire’ prototype K5054, captured Luftwaffe Heinkel He III AW177, many World War Two types, some fine aircraft air-to-air portraits, approx. 200 images contained in a modern ring binder A valuable record for the historian.

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271* WWII Vickers Armstrongs Charles E. Brown. A group of original photographic studies for Air Ministry and Manufacturers press-release, including Supermarine “Spitfire” 2 seater trainer, “Spiteful”, “Seafire”, “Sea Otter”, and with another depicting Handley-Page “Halifax” bombing-up prior to a sortie (Planet News), and with Saunders-Roe SRA 1 jet Flyingboat piloted by Geoffrey Tyson, etc. variously captioned frontis, tipped-in to card mounts for filing & display with copy of original captions verso (11)

£150-200

274* Miscellaneous. A mixed collection of photographs, of numerous aircraft types flown by many air forces and civil operations, 1919-1970, including Bristol ‘Belvedere’, Hawker ‘Horsley’, Brewester ‘Bermuda’, Douglas ‘Havoc’, Avro ‘York’, Consolidated ‘Liberator’ G-AGCD, Saunders Roe ‘Princess’ and many others, together with a quantity of air-to-ground photographs of airfields and some negatives, approx. 120 images contained in two boxes and a file wallet, mostly images inscribed verso (2 boxes & a file)

£100-150

£400-600

273* Consolidated ‘Liberator’. A comprehensive collection including many Air Ministry archive images, including FL949 and other aircraft in combat, air-toair portraits, accidents, the Ploesti raid, aircraft with nose-out, in U.S. Navy livery, air and ground crews, some technical details, the aircraft converted for civil use including G-AHDY of Scottish Airways, most images inscribed verso with historic data and source, approx. 120 images contained in a modern ring binder, together with a large quantity of copy negatives from the Oughton collection contained in a folder

275* Overseas Airfields. An extensive collection of photographs compiled from numerous sources, together with many Royal Air Force souvenir brochures, menu cards, greetings cards, and similar ephemera, many images copied from originals featuring an airfield or landing ground layout, motor transport, personnel barrack block and tented accommodation, aircraft types, some formations and others similar, most inscribed to verso, a wealth of historic material with an emphasis on the R.A.F. inter-war expansion period including the N.W. Frontier, post World War Two, aircraft graveyards, flying-boat bases and others similar, approx. 200 images contained in two modern ring binders

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£200-300

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£300-400

276* Royal Aircraft Factory, Farnborough.

An interesting collection of original and copy photographs related to the history of Farnborough since establishment to c.

1970, military flying at Aldershot, staff photographs, ballooning, the construction of the Royal Army Aircraft Factory, the massive airship sheds, various airships including the ‘Astra Torres’, early aircraft types on test, testing of early jet aircraft, captured German types of World War II, the enemy aircraft display of November 1945, some fine air-to-ground views of subsequent Farnborough air shows, numerous brochures and other associated literature, approx. 100 images with associated literature contained in a modern ring binder (1)

£200-300

277* United States of America. A good collection of U.S. aircraft photographs arranged in a metal cabinet in order of manufacturer A-Z, each image or copy image inscribed verso, each alphabetic section containing images of aircraft in the military or civilian markings of many nations, some in colour, a few postcard images, various photographers and agencies including the Ministry of Supply, various manufacturers, A.A. Southeran Ltd., numerous private collections and others, approx. 960 images (a metal cabinet)

£700-1000

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ZEPPELIN EPHEMERA FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION

Lot 278 282* Luftschiff Graff Zeppelin. Weltfahrt 1929. Hamburg-Amerika-Linie. A rare original menu and wine list, stylishly printed in dark brown and silver on cream stiff paper, with red inkstamp to verso ‘An Bord des Graf Zeppelin. Luftschiffes 16 Aug. 1929’, and a very rare printed business card for Henry Keuler, the Paris representative for Hamburg-Amerika Linie (2)

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278* Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei.

Fracht Deutschland-Nordamerika. An original three-fold promotional brochure, c. mid 1930s, printed entirely in blue, the front cover showing the airship ‘Hindenburg’ D-LZ 129 airship flying over New York, together with two similar threefold leaflets (with timetables) for transatlantic flights to North and South America (one in English and one in German), both dated 1936, 8vo All three leaflets depict the ‘Hindenburg’ with swastika motif on the tailfins.

(3) £200-300

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279 Graf von Zeppelin (Ferdinand).

Zeppelin-Weltfahrten. Vom ersten Luftschiff 1899 bis zu den Fahrten des LZ 127 ‘Graf Zeppelin’, 1932, pub. Bilderstelle Lohse, Dresden, 1933, port. of Count von Zeppelin, 265 mounted photo-cards (complete), diags., col. map, orig. pict. stiff card wrappers, a little marked and minor wear, oblong folio (1)

283* Graf Zeppelin First Europe PanAmerican Flight, 1929. A rare original menu card for the onboard ‘Third Day Supper’ (Lakehurst-Friedrichschafen), printed in black with LZ monogram in gold and tipped-in b & w illust. ‘The Graf Zeppelin over New York, the SherryNetherland Hotel’, edged in blue, 8vo (1)

£200-300

£80-120

280* Graf Zeppelin First World Tour August 1929. A rare original menu card for the onboard ‘First Luncheon’ (Los Angeles to Lakehurst), printed in sepia with a photogravure illustration on the front cover showing the airship ‘Soaring over Los Angeles Biltmore’, 8vo (1)

Lot 279

£200-300

£200-300

281* Graf Zeppelin First World Tour August 1929. A rare original menu for the onboard ‘Second Day Dinner’ (Tokyo-Los Angeles), printed in black and gold, with tipped in col. illust. in the Japanese style, showing ‘The Graf Zeppelin over the Imperial Hotel, Tokyo, 8vo

284* ‘Graf Zeppelin’, Hamburg-Amerika Linie, 1930s. Two triple-fold publicity leaflets, one printed in orange and sepia and dated 1934, the other printed in blue and terracotta, French text, both showing the comfortable onboard facilities, with sample menu, etc.

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£200-300

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£200-300

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285* Luftschiffes ‘Graf Zeppelin’.

Hamburg-Amerika Linie.

Sudamerikafahrt 1930. An Bord Speise und Getrankekarte, a rare orig. printed menu. the front cover printed in blue, yellow and grey with a design by Fuss representing a view from the cabin window (small liquid stain), 8vo

286* ‘Graf Zeppelin’ LZ 130. A very scarce original three-fold promotional leaflet for the new and larger replacement LZ 130 airship due in service for the 1938 transatlantic season, printed mainly in black, blue and orange, with a scene of the airship flying over the Empire State Building, 8vo

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The newly designated LZ 130, intended as a replacement for thefor the ‘Graf Zeppelin’ LZ 127, was never completed or put into service following the ‘Hindenburg’ disaster at Lakehurst in 1937, as a result of which, following lengthy discussions, it was decided to discontinue international airship travel altogether and the LZ 130 was scrapped.

(1) £100-150

£150-200

Lot 286

287 ‘Graf Zeppelin’ Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, Hamburg-Amerika Linie, c.

1930s. An original 16 pp. promotional brochure, signed in pencil on the front cover by Dr. Hugo Eckener, printed entirely in blue with text in German, Spanish, Portuguese and English, num. illusts. showing the interior comforts as well as the scenery en route, 8vo ‘Across the South Atlantic in 3 days. This is all it takes in the Zeppelin to carry you from Continent to Continent. And yet, you are conveyed just as safely, comfortably and reliably as you would if you travelled by any other modern method... the ‘Graf Zeppelin’ alone covered more than 470, 000 miles in the past few years when she made cruises to the Tropics, to the Polar Regions, across the seas and around the world. Why don’t you travel by Zeppelin?’. Dr. Hugo Eckener (1868-1954) was the manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and was commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most if its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history.

(1) £200-300

288 ‘Graf Zeppelin’. Another copy of the same brochure, (unsigned), together with an original b & w photographic postcard of the airship ‘Graf Zeppelin’ LZ 127, signed in ink by Dr. Hugo Eckener, c. 1930s (postally unused) (2)

Lot 287

289* “Luftschiff Hindenburg”, Hamburg-Amerika Linie. A rare unused original letter-head sheet, c. 1930, together with related unused “An Bord” post-card and mailing envelope, with embossed lettering, “Luftschiff Hindenburg” (3)

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£200-300

£200-300

290* ‘Luftschiff Hindenburg’ D-LZ 129.

A rare original printed menu ‘An Bord Speisenkarte’, c. 1930s, giving lunch and dinner menu options, the front cover showing the airship flying over the factory at Friedrichshafen, 8vo

292* Zeppelin Passagierfahrten Reisebestimmungen.

HamburgAmerika Linie, mid 1930s. An original four-fold promotional leaflet printed in black and white, together with a similar four-fold promotional leaflet printed in blue and black ‘Kommt zum Luftschiff “Graf Zeppelin” liegt in der Luftschiffhalles des Flug-und-Luftschiffhafen Rhein-Maine bei Frankfurt am Main und ist zur Innenbesichtigung Freigegeben!’, 1938

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£200-300

£150-250

294* Zeppelinfahrten. Hamburg-Amerika Linie. An original four-fold promotional leaflet printed in blue, mid 1930s, text in German, English, French, Spanish and Portuguese (split along one fold), together with a Zeppelin Sudamerik-Dienst timetable, 1935, and an unused HamburgAmerika Linie luncheon menu card, with a photogravure illustration of the Graf Zeppelin D-LZ127 airship, commanded by Dr. Eckener, flying over the twin funnel passenger liner ‘New York’ (3)

£200-300

295 Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei.

Sailings and Fares of the Transatlantic Service... , issued March 1936, 3-fold leaflet printed in blue, with image of the Zeppelin with swastika tailfins, together with Horario-Tarifa Zeppelin Brasil-EuropaBrasil, 1935, orig. timetable printed in sepia, the cover stamped 'File Copy', holepunched for filing (2)

291* Luftschiff ‘Graf Zeppelin’.

Amerikafahrt, August 1929. A rare original menu and wine list card, printed on both sides in blue and light green, 8vo

293* Zeppelin Flight Souvenir. A rare lightweight flower-vase, c. 1928, of baluster form in lightweight machine-spun aluminium, stamped to base with Zeppelin motif and inscribed “3.3-28”, presumed cabin-table decoration(?), 8.5in (22cm) tall

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£200-300

£100-150

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£70-100

AVIATION PICTURES & PRINTS All lots unframed unless otherwise stated 296* Bagley (Laurence, 1922-83).

‘Shorts Seamew’, c. 1955, orig. watercolour heightened with bodycolour, depicting a Royal Air Force Shorts Seamew flying over a Royal Navy aircraft carrier, signed by the artist, image size approx. 14 x 19in (35.5 x 48cm), wash mount, framed and glazed The ‘Short Seamew’ first flew on 23rd August 1953 and was selected to fulfil Admiralty specification M.123D for a simple lightweight anti-submarine aircraft capable of unassisted operation from any of the Royal Navy’s aircraft carriers in all but the worst of conditions.

(1) £150-200

297* Bailey (Robert). Unscheduled Arrival. After successfully marking the target, a 627 Squadron Mosquito makes for home, pub. 1995, fine coloured print with artist’s remarque in pencil, captioned ‘Hurricane I - Robert S. Tuck 1940 257 Squadron’, signed in pencil by F/O Bob Boyden DFC, Bar Wing Commander Jack Meadows, DFC, AFC, A.E., F/Lt Marie Wright and one other unidentified, image size 16 x 27.5in (41 x 70cm), painted frame, glazed Artists proof 44/50.

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Lot 296

£100-150

298* Bennett (A. G.). ‘Teamwork’. A Royal Navy Fairey ‘Swordfish’ flying low over a choppy sea, the three crew members alert at their stations, oil on canvas, 15.25 x 15.25in (38.7 x 38.7cm), framed, together with a watercolour of a Handley Page ‘Halifax’ (2)

£100-150

299 Catling - “Cody Kites”. An original painting retrospectively illustrating Cody’s man-lifting kites, depicting early flight attempts on his distinctive tethered gliders, oil on board, signed by the artist, possibly for book illustration, 30 x 18in (79 x 46cm) (1)

£80-120

300* Chesterfield Cigarettes. An advertising banner depicting lady aviator, c.

1948, photo-lithograph on linen, pasted to backing board and in framed mount, 22 x 52in (56 x 132cm) (1)

Lot 299

£70-100

301* CIT - Italian Tourist Board. An original mid 20th c. poster for Tourist Flights to Italy, c. 1940s, full-colour decorative lithograph design, excellent clean condition, un-mounted, 40 x 30in (101 x 76cm) (1)

£100-150

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302* Clark (Barrie A.F.). Vickers Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB of 243 Squadron, pub. 1978, fine coloured print after the original, signed by Squadron Leader James ‘Ginger’ Lacey, overall dimensions approx. 22 x 42in (56 x 107cm), four light horizontal creases to lower edge of image, with certificate of authenticity adhered to cardboard tube (1)

£70-100

305* The Dam Busters. The Official 617 Squadron Photograph, pub. 1999, reproduction photograph showing 617 Squadron at RAF Scampton in 1943, signed in pencil by nine surviving air crew, image size 12 x 23in (30 x 58cm), walnuteffect frame, glazed Limited edition 80/500, with certificate of authentification verso.

(1) £150-200

303* Concorde. Concorde in Flight, n.d. c.1980, acrylic on canvas, signed by artist (G.E.Lea) in lower right corner, 49 x 75cm (19.25 x 29.5in), framed, together with, Hawker Hunter WB188, Hawker Hunter in flight, 1981, acrylic on canvas, signed and dated by artist (R.Brighton) in lower right corner, 39 x 50cm (15.25 x 19.75in), framed (2)

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£100-150

£70-100

304* Coulson (Gerald). The First Blow.

Published to mark the 50th Anniversary of the First R.A.F. Bombing Raid of the Second World War on September 4th 1939 by the Blenheims of 107, 110 and 139 Squadrons, pub. Solomon & Whitehead, 1989, fine coloured print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and Flight Lieutenant George Booth, image size approx. 17.5 x 23.5in (43 x 60cm), gilt frame, glazed (limited edition 1016/1089), together with Wootton (Frank), Blenheim Mk IV, n.d., c. 1990, fine coloured print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and five WWII veterans, including the Rt. Hon. Viscount Rothermere, Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom, Air Commodore Edward Sismore, Group Captain Teddy Frayn and leading Aircraftsman Robert Butcher, image size approx. 15 x 24in (38 x 61cm), gilt frame, glazed (limited edition 713/850), plus Turner (Michael), The First Flight of the British Aerial Museum’s Bristol Blenheim Mk. IV WM-Z, pub. 1993, fine colour print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and Graham Warner and John Romain, image size 14.5 x 19in (37 x 48cm), gilt frame, glazed (3)

307* Eden (J.A.). “Lancaster Bomber”, an original painting retrospectively illustrating the famous British bomber of WWII, depicting aircraft no GP-J against blue skyscape, oil on board, signed by the artist, and with original studio label verso inscribed “The Peaceful Moment”

306* de Havilland Aircraft Division “Flare-Path”. An original poster for a production by the DH Amateur Dramatic Society dated November 28th 1946, depicting Mosquito fighter-bomber in silhouette, lithographed in blue on cream ground, showing original fold-marks and pin-holes to corners, otherwise excellent original condition (1)

£80-120

£150-200

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308* Homes (Ronald). VC 10 at Brize Norton, 101 Squadron, 1996, watercolour, signed and dated in lower right corner, 29 x 37cm (11.5 x 14.5in), mounted, framed and glazed (1)

£100-150

309* “Hurricanes”. A framed limited edition print after the original by Robert Taylor dated 1979, autographed by Battle of Britain pilot Bob Stanford-Tuck DSO, DFC, signed in pencil to border, together with “Spitfire” a fine and large colour print after the original by Barrie A F Clarke, also with further related prints and posters, including “Vulcan” etc., largest 20 x 40in (51 x 102cm), and a group of framed colour prints after original artworks, including “Touchdown” (Robin Clifton) Sunderland MkV ML778 of 201 Squadron 1945, with “Sunderlands at Pembroke Dock 1944” (Barry Price) , one signed and numbered limited edition, together with two similar prints, unframed etc., largest 17 x 24in (43 x 61cm) (10)

further images after Robert Taylor, both signed in pencil by the pilots, each approx.

34 x 48cm (13.5 x 19in), mounted (5)

£100-150

312* McCormick (R.). ‘Wellington Flight’, original watercolour, signed, depicting a flight of four Wellington bombers led by aircraft EK-N against a clouded skyscape, together with “Short Sunderland”, orig. oil on board by the same artist depicting flying-boat no. KG-B on take-off, largest 17 x 23cm (43 x 59cm), framed and glazed (2)

£150-200

£100-150

Lot 315

310* Imperial Airways. Trans-African Services. Egypt, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Uganda, Kenya Colony, n.d., c. 1930s, orig. double-sided folding poster-style advertising brochure printed in colours, depicting the ‘Atalanta’ class of air liners, creased where previously folded, a few minor pinholes, approx. 19 x 29in (48 x 74cm), now framed and double-glazed (1)

£70-100

311* Lothian (Graeme). Combat over Normandy, Spitfires of R.C.A.F 144 wing led by Wing Commander ‘Johnnie’ Johnson in combat with ME 109’s (G10) of JG3 ‘UDET’ Geschwader over Arromanches, France, June 1944, n.d., c.1980, colour reproduction print, signed in pencil by artist and Air Vice-Marshall J.E. ‘Johnnie’ Johnson, Air Commodore Pete Brothers and Wing Commander Geoffrey Page, limited edition of 296/850, 52 x 74cm (20.5 x 29in), mounted, together with, Taylor (Robert), ‘Mosquito’, n.d., c.1980, colour reproduction print, signed in pencil below image by Leonard Cheshire, 31.5 x 46cm (12.5 x 18in), mounted, with, Taylor (Robert), Johnnie Johnson leading 144 Canadian wing over the Normandy Beaches, 6th June 1944, 1980, colour reproduction print signed in pencil below image by Johnnie Johnson, three squadron badges above image, 37.5 x 48cm (14.75 x 18.75in), mounted, plus two

313* Mitchell (J.W.). ‘Spitfire - Final Action’, Kota Tinggi, Malaya, 31st.

December 1950, pub. Mirage Fine Art, 1987, colour reproduction print, signed in pencil below image by the artist and W.G. Duncan Smith and R.P. Keogh, blind stamp to lower right corner, limited edition of 243/480, image size 41 x 57cm (16 x 22.5in), framed and glazed Supplied with a ‘Certificate of Authenticity’ describing the last action of the Spitfire fighter plane.

(1) £70-100

314* Parpy (George). ‘Sopwith Pup and Fokker Eindekker’, original pen, ink and watercolour drawing depicting aerial protagonists of WWI, together with “Tiger Moths”, original pen, ink and watercolour drawing depicting a flight of three aircraft, numbers XNHA, XNHB & BMX, largest 12 x 18in (31 x 46cm), both framed and glazed (2)

£100-150

315* Poster. Air France “Fleche d’Orient”, original col. litho. poster for TransEuropean Flights dated 1936, art-deco style artwork by Garetto, mounted & framed, 39 x 24in (100 x 61cm) (1)

£150-200

316* Posters. Aero. Finnish Air Traffic Company, [1938], orig. col. litho. poster by Suhonens(?) depicting a Fokker triplane airliner high in the clouds, over the sea, with Olympic five-ring symbol in the centre, together with DDL. Det Danske Luftfartselskab. Danish Airlines, c. late 1930s, orig. col. litho. poster with striking artwork by Bjorvic, plus Ugentlig Tysk Luftposttjeneste. Europa-Sydamerika Paa 3 Dage. Deutsche Lufthansa Syndicato Condor Ltda Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederei, c. late 1930s, orig. col. litho. poster by von Axster-Heuelhass(?) depicting a German seaplane with swastika motif on the tailfin, flying high in the clouds above a Zeppelin, with map details of the South Atlantic route below, some minor edge damage to each, approx. 39.5 x 25in (100 x 53.5cm) and sl. smaller (3)

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£200-300

318* Posters. Europe - Air France, 1948, orig. col. litho. poster by Falcucci, minor edge damage, not affecting image, 39 x 24in (99 x 61cm), together with another Air France poster, Near East-Far East, 1949, orig. col. litho. poster by Lucien Boucher, a little creased around the edges, old sellotape repairs to each corner, both approx. 39 x 24in (99 x 61cm), in stained wood frames with perspex panel, with two other smaller Air France world map posters, c. 1950s, both framed and glazed, plus a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines poster, torn with sl. loss, framed & glazed, and a modern plastic album containing a collection of approx. 35 items of airline ephemera, including menus, postcards and luggage labels, c. 1950s-80s (6)

Lot 318

£200-300

319* RAF. An original WWII exhortation poster published by HMSO for War Savings Committee, c. 1940, depicting monoplane fighter-plane, duo-tone lithograph on cream ground, un-inscribed campaign location, shows some age wear and rubbing to edges, 30 x 20in (76 x 51cm) (1)

£70-100

320* Rayson (John). ‘Thank You Canada’.

Handley Page Halifax, painted as a tribute to all who served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II, n.d., c.

1980s, fine col. print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and A. C. Hull(?), image size 13.5 x 20in (34 x 51cm), limited edition 223/500, together with Gower (Thomas), Remember the Spitfire, n.d., c. 1980s, fine coloured print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and numbered 417/1500, image size 15 x 23in (38 x 58.5cm), framed and glazed, and three other aviation pictures including a modern oil on board portrait of Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, by Ray Tootall (5)

317* Posters. K.L.M. Koniglich Hollandische Luftfahrtgesellschaft. ‘Der Fliegende Hollander’, [1933], orig. col. litho. poster by Jan Wijga, depicting a fourengined Fokker F XXXVI airliner flying over the sea, with a triple-masted galleon in the background, some minor damage, mostly to top edge, all edges strengthened with masking tape on reverse, together with K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines. The Flying Dutchman, n.d., c. mid 1930s, orig. col. litho. poster after Arjen Galema, printed Kunstdruk & Co., Amsterdam, some minor damage, pin holes to corners and edges strengthened on the reverse, both approx.

39.5 x 25.5in (100 x 65cm) (2)

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£200-300

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321* Rayson (John). ‘Little Snoring Intruders’, De Havilland Mosquito, N.F.II. pub. Wood & Richardson Limited, 1991, colour reproduction print, signed in pencil below image by artist and eight pilots?, limited edition of 11/175, 420 x 560mm, mounted, framed and glazed (1)

£70-100

322* Rayson (John). ‘Lets call it a Day’, Handley Page Halifax MK II, n.d., c.1980, colour reproduction print, signed in pencil below image by the artist, Leonard Cheshire, Gus Walker and Bobby Sage, limited edition 332/500, 390 x 530mm, mounted, framed and glazed (1)

324* Rondott (Michael). ‘Hawker Hunter FGA.9’, pub. 1980, coloured print after the original by the artist, signed in pencil by the artist and five pilots, viz. Air Vice Marshal Peter Latham, Roger Topp (111 Squadron), Frank Bullen, Bill Bedford, Frank Murphy and the legendary Neville Duke, approx. 42 x 65cm, gilt frame, glazed, together with Rodmill (Kenneth), Lightning Reactions, pub. 1988, coloured print after the original by the artist, signed in pencil by the artist and numbered 0315/2500, approx. 49 x 69cm, framed and glazed Squadron Leader Neville Duke (1922-2007) has a remarkable record as a fighter pilot during the Second World War; he was decorated for gallantry six times and went on to become one of the world’s foremost test pilots. Duke was the chief test pilot of the Hawker Aircraft Company at a time when transonic and supersonic flight was at a highly experimental and extremely dangerous stage. He was one of a small group of test pilots, some of whom would lose their lives, exploring the regions of the “sound barrier”. On September 6 1952 at the Farnborough Air Show he was to fly the supersonic Hawker Hunter jet fighter. He was scheduled to take off at the end of a display by the new de Havilland DH 110. As John Derry and his observer Alan Richards flew over the airfield at high speed, the DH 110 disintegrated, killing 28 spectators and the aircraft’s crew. Without hesitation Duke took off as soon as the runway was cleared. Although deeply saddened and shocked by the disaster and by the loss of his close friend Derry, Duke, ever the professional, flew an immaculate display, ending with a sonic boom in salute to his dead friends. “My Dear Duke”, the Prime Minister wrote to him the next day, “it was characteristic of you to go up yesterday after the shocking accident. Accept my salute. Yours, in grief, Winston Churchill.”

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327* Shell - Imperial Airways “6, 000 Miles Without Decarbonising”. A rare early 20th c. advertising poster by Shell Oil Co., c. 1930, full-colour lithograph depicting biplane airliner, artist designers monogram to lower right inscribed “BCM no 129” very slight water stain to lower margin, contained in beechwood glazed display frame, 30 x 44in (76 x 112cm) (1)

Lot 327

£70-100

£50-80

326* Shell Aviation “The Power Behind The Pilots”. A group of pictorial advertising boards for Museums or Aero-Club display, depicting various aircraft including Spitfire, DH Mosquito, Avro Shackleton, Avro Vulcan, Sopwith Camel and DH Dragon Rapide etc., some duplicated, 30 x 20in (76 x 51cm)

£70-100

323* Red Arrows. Collett (Roy), The Red Arrows over Lincoln, n.d. c. 1980, colour reproduction print, signed in pencil by artist and eight pilots, limited edition of 62/850, 57 x 64cm (22.5 x 25.25in), mounted, together with, Squadron Prints (pubs.), ‘Forty years of Excellence, The Red Arrows 2004’, colour reproduction print, signed in pencil by ten pilots, 28 x 39.5cm (11 x 15.5in, mounted, framed and glazed, with, Sqaudron Prints (pubs.), Hawk T1A XX237 The Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team, 2005, colour reproduction print, signed in pencil by ten pilots, 28 x 39.5cm (11 x 15.5in), mounted, framed and glazed, plus, Broomfield (Keith), The Red arrows Air Display Season, 1980, colour reproduction print, signed in ink, biro and felt pen by twelve pilots, 35 x 53cm (13.75 x 21in), mounted, framed and glazed, with two souvenir ‘Red arrow clocks’, each with a colour printed metal plaque, plus a souvenir plastic plaque of the Red Arrows 1000th display at Greenham Common in 1977, 30 x 35cm (11.75 x 13.75in), framed (7)

325* Salisbury (Frank Owen, 18741962). The Briefing, colour print of British RAF airmen prior to a mision, signed in pencil by the artist, 26 x 49.5cm (10 1/4 x 19 1/2in), framed and glazed

£400-600

Lot 329

328* Spitfire Ia X4162 ‘LO-J’. 602 (City of Glasgow) Squadron, RAF Westhampnett, pub. 1990, signed in pencil by Sandy Johnstone, image 28 x 43cm, framed and glazed (limited edition 245/8850, with certificate of authenticity verso), together with Walding (Barry), Brabazon - Lord of the Skies. Sunday September 4th 1949 The Bristol Brabazon Mk1 first took to the skies over Filton. Here with its majestic 230 foot wingspan, the giant aeroplane approaches the runway of finals, watched by a crowd of enthusiastic onlookers, pub.

1998, coloured print, signed in pencil by the artist and one other, image size 14 x 22.5in (35.5 x 57cm), no. 560 of 850 copies, framed and glazed, with eight other various aviation prints, all but two framed and glazed, including the Red Arrows and Concorde flying over the Queen Elizabeth passenger liner, with facsimile signatures to lower margin, also a Bruce Draper photograph ‘Adieu Ma Belle’ (Goodbye my love), pub. 1990, plus a framed set of twenty-five Player’s cigarette cards of Squadron badges, three cigarette card booklets and three aviationrelated commemorative porcelain plates (16)

Lot 330

329* WWII “Battle of Britain”. An original painting, c. 1940, depicting downed Heinkel near the White Cliffs, watercolour on art-paper, signed by the artist, mounted in original oak frame with makers label verso inscribed John Mathieson, Edinburgh, 18.5 x 18.5in (47 x 47cm) (1)

£140-160

330*Supermarine ‘Attacker’. Watercolour and gouache, heightened with white, 25 in x 20 in (63.5cm x 50.8cm) with artist’s logo dated 1946, on card, together with an interesting collection of bizarre aircraft design studies dated 1935 for the [?] B.P.I., a cabin monoplane, a twin-engined ‘Concordia’-type passenger airliner with twin fins and rudders, a biplane, a ‘Pterodactyl’-type military aircraft dated April 1937, a four-engined airliner, a twinengined twin-boom float-plane labelled (?)

Watson Whale and five other drawings and watercolours (18)

£250-300

£100-150

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331* Taylor (Robert). The Lancaster V.C.’s, n.d., c.1980, colour reproduction print, signed in pencil below image by Norman Jackson and Bill Reid, 36 x 47cm (14 x 18.5in), mounted, together with, Halifax, n.d., c.1980, colour reproduction print, signed below image in pencil by pilot?, 35 x 47cm (13.75 x 18.5in), mounted, with, Wellington, n.d., c.1980, colour reproduction print, signed below image in pencil by pilot?, squadron badge above image, 41 x 47cm (16 x 18.5in), mounted, plus, The Dambusters, n.d., c.1980, colour reproduction print, signed below image in pencil by pilot?, 36 x 47cm (14.25 x 18.5in), mounted, together with another three prints after Robert Taylor and N.E.Hoad, various sizes (7)

£100-150

332* Taylor (Robert). Eagle Squadron Scamble, 1983, colour reproduction print, signed in pencil below image by pilot?, three squadron badges above image, 39 x 51cm (15.25 x 20in), mounted, framed and glazed, together with, Taylor (Robert), Hurricane, 1979, colour reproduction print, signed in pencil below image by a pilot?, 38 x 47cm (15 x 18.5in), mounted, with, Taylor (Robert), Ramrod 792, 1981, colour reproduction print, signed in pencil below image by Johnnie Johnson, 35.5 x 47cm (14 x 18.5in), mounted, with two further colour reproduction prints after Robert Taylor and Michael Swanson, each signed by pilots, each approx. 37 x 47cm (114.74 x 18.5in), mounted (5)

£100-150

333* Taylor (Robert). Memorial Flight.

The Spitfire, Hurricane and Lancaster of the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, 1984, coloured print, signed in pencil to lower margin by Leonard Cheshire, Johnnie Johnson and Peter Townsend, image size approx. 14 x 22in (35.5 x 56cm), together with ‘Mosquito’, by Robert Taylor, n.d., c. 1980s, coloured print, signed in pencil by Arthur T. Harris MRAF and Leonard Cheshire, image size 12 x 18in (31 x 46cm), plus ‘Stirlings outward bound’, by Robert Taylor, 1983, signed in pencil by Hamish Mahaddie, image size 10 x 14in (25 x 36cm), plus Stirling Work’, by Stuart Brown, n.d., c. 1990s, coloured print, signed in pencil by Alfred Price, Ron Scoones, Geoffrey Malcolm, Hamish Mahaddie, and three others, image size 14 x 21.5in (36 x 55cm), all framed and glazed, with twelve other miscellaneous aviation pictures, including a large-format coloured photo by Charles E. Brown of Short Stirlings of No 15 Squadron (16)

334* Taylor (Robert). Out of Fuel, and Safely Home. A B-17 Fortress of the American 8th Air Force, with two engines out, makes a successful forced landing in an English cornfield. After an eight hour mission, with tanks dry, the pilot brings the might Warbird down safely in the first available field, pub. 1995, signed in pencil by the artist and five surviving aircrew, image size 17.5 x 27.5in (44 x 70cm), mahogany frame, glazed Limited edition 710/1250.

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£100-150

335* Turner (Michael, 20th c.). Pilot Officer Dick Edwards Climbing away in RAF Spitfire LZ-F TB752 after a dogfight with an Me 109, orig. pencil drawing, signed and dated by the artist ‘79, image size 17.5 x 21in (44 x 53cm), together with a similar smaller original pencil drawing by Michael Turner showing Squadron Leader ‘Hank’ Zary, commanding officer of No. 403 Squadron RCAF destroying an Me 109 on his first flight in Spitfire TB 752, signed and dated by the artist ‘86, image size 11.75 x 10in (30 x 25cm), plus a preparatory pencil sketch for the painting entitled ‘Final Victory’, signed, image size 6.75 x 8in (17 x 20cm), and a colour print of the completed ‘Final Victory’, signed by the artist and Flying Officer Frederick W. Town, image size 11.5 x 15.75in (29 x 40cm), all framed and glazed (4)

£100-15

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336* Williams (Christopher David, 1873-1934). Portrait of Lieutenant Harry Atheling Russell Boustead, R.F.C., 1892-1917, oil on canvas, signed lower right, and dated 1918, 112 x 81cm (44 x 32 ins), some minor flaking to upper left corner, contemp. gilt moulded frame, incorporating laurel leaves and berries (with framer’s label of Chapman Bros., 241 Kings Road, Chelsea, to verso), small handwritten label to verso ‘Lieut. Har. Boustead R.F.C., mentioned in Despatches, painted

by Christopher Williams, 71 Eardley Rd., S.W.5’ Harry Boustead was the fourth and youngest son of John and Leila Boustead. He attended Harrow School, where he became Head of House and won the champion senior swimming cup. He went on to University College, Oxford, winning the 100 yard swimming race for Oxford v Cambridge in 1913, and gaining his BA in 1914. On the outbreak of war, Boustead obtained a commission in the 2/8 Middlesex Regiment, and travelled with them to Egypt in August 1915, where he saw active service on the Western Frontier Campaign against the Senussi. On his return in 1916, he was attached to the Royal Flying Corps, and after a month’s training obtained his wings and was posted to France in October 1916. He saw six months flying service, once bringing down two German machines in one day, but was killed on April 5th 1917 in an aerial fight with two hostile machines. His observer was killed, and though terribly wounded, he fought off the enemy and succeeded in re-crossing British lines, making a safe and successful landing, where he died an hour later. Lieutenant Boustead was subsequently mentioned in Despatches on December 13th, 1917. His Wing Commander wrote to his father ‘Your son was a very gallant officer and died a magnificent death, and even if he receives no official recognition of his gallantry, the story of his last fight will remain as fine a memorial as any official reward could be’. See Harrow Memorials of the Great War, pub. 1918-21. Christopher David Williams (1873-1934) a portrait, figure and landscape painter, was born at Maestag, and educated in Cardiff and Oswestry. He studied painting at the Royal College of Art and the Royal Academy Schools and exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Royal Society of Portrait Painters.

(1) £1500-2000

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Lot 337 337* Woodcock (Keith). Mc Donnell F101 ‘Voodoo’, pastel and pencil original artwork, signed by the artist in pencil, 9 in x 13.5in (22.8cm x 34.3cm), framed and glazed (1)

£150-200

338* Wootton (Frank). The Dam Busters.

Published for 617 Squadron to mark the 50th anniversary of the formation of the Squadron on March 24th 1943. The painting portrays the attack of the Mohne Dam on the night of May 16th/17th 1943 with Gibson in AJ-G and Martin in AJ-P circling either ends of the dam at the moment the breach was first seen, pub.

1993, signed in pencil by the artist and five surviving air crew, image size 19.5 x 23.5 (in (50 x 60cm), gilt frame, glazed Limited edition 80/850. Signed by Wing Commander Jonathan H. Dickinson, George A. Chalmers DFC, DFM, Jim Clay DFC, Basil Feneron, Dudley Heal DFM, Edward C. Johnson, DFC and David J. Shannon, DSO, DFC. (1) £150-200

Lot 338

339* Wootton (Frank, 1914-1998).

Mosquito. Published to mark the 50th Anniversary of the maiden flight of the de Havilland Mosquito on November 25th, 1940 [pub. 1990], fine coloured print after the original, signed by the artist and six WWII pilots, image size 16.5 x 24in (42 x 61cm), gilt frame, glazed, signatures include: G. Farlny Nare, Paddy Tufield, Ivor Bloom, Pat Fillingham, Eric Brown and John Cunningham, (limited edition of 850 copies), together with Pugh-Jones (Seimon), Clean Sweep. Pilot Officer Broom, in a Blenheim IV of 107 Squadron leading an attack on shipping in Argostoli Harbour, Cephalonia, Greece on the 13th December 1941, pub. 1994, fine coloured print after the original, signed by the artist and Air Marshal Sir Ivor Broom, image size 14 x 22.5in (35.5 x 57cm), stained wood frame, glazed (limited edition 22/300), plus Turner (Michael), The First Flight of the British Aerial Museum’s Bristol Blenheim Mk. IV WM-Z, pub. 1993, fine coloured print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and Graham Warner and John Romain, image size. approx. 14.5 x 19in (37 x 48cm), stained wood frame, glazed (limited edition 183/850) (3)

£150-200

340* Aviation Prints. A large mixed collection of aviation prints and posters, etc., mostly late 20th c., approx. 500+ colour printed images of civilian and military planes, from biplanes to jets, some ballooning interest, plus approx. twelve aviation calendars, etc.

(3 folders)

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£100-200

SQUADRON LEADER REGINALD (‘REG’) WILLIAM LEWIS DFC (1922-2009)

Born in Poplar, London, Reginald attended the local school before going to Clarks College, Walthamstow. During the Blitz his family were bombed twice in the space of a month so as soon as he was old enough, he volunteered to fly with the RAF because he ‘wanted to give them a taste of their own medicine’. He was accepted and sent to Canada for training as a navigator.

For most of 1942 he was on bombing operations over Germany with No. 15 Squadron, flying the four-engined Stirlings.

Lewis successfully completed thirty operations at a time when only about 25% of crews survived so many missions and he

and the rest of the crew were then due a rest tour but when their Captain, 23 year old Squadron Leader Tom Cooke DFC AFC DFM, offered the possibility of flying with a special duties Squadron, they all volunteered, arriving for duty at Tempsford in Bedfordshire in 1943.

the course of the next twelve weeks, enduring many hardships and with the help of the Resistance, he managed to avoid capture and made his way back to Britain, becoming one of the celebrated ‘Evaders’.

All the members of his crew managed to evade capture and got back to England.

Reginald and his crew had already complete fifteen operations dropping supplies and SOE agents from converted Halifax bombers to ground parties in occupied Europe, when on February 7 1944, they were given the important task of resupplying the highly successful Resistance network in south-east France, known as ‘Jockey’. Weather conditions were appalling and Lewis’s skills as a navigator were stretched to the limit as the aircraft was forced to descend and fly at very low level down the Rhone Valley. When they were forced to climb to avoid rising ground, the engines began to ice up before two of them caught fire owing to the increased strain. The SOE agent was ordered to bail out, and soon after the crew were forced to follow. Lewis landed in deep snow and over

Lewis was awarded a DFC for his outstanding work in navigating to remote dropping zones that were lit by ground parties using a handful of torches. He later served in south-east Asia on the personal staff of Air Marshal Sir Keith Park, the Allied Air Commander. Released from the RAF in July 1946 he embarked on a long and successful career in investments in the City of London. He served on the executive committee of the RAF Escaping Society, which assisted surviving helpers and the dependents of those who had given their lives for shot-down airmen and he later became the Society’s secretary, serving until it was disbanded in the late 1990s. He was also Treasurer of the Bomber Command Association.

343* Taylor (Robert, 1911-69). ‘No Turning Back’. A Lancaster of No 61 Squadron, RAF, piloted by Flt. Lt. Bill Reid... , pub. The Military Gallery, Bath, 2001, fine coloured print after the original, signed in pencil to lower margin by the artist and Bill Reid VC, Wilf Burald, Ivor Bloom, Reg Lewis, Denis Woolley and nine others, image size 16 x 25in (40.5 x 63.5cm), unframed

341* Cuneo (Terence, 1907-1996). ‘The Last Halifax’, 1981, fine coloured print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and Arthur T. ‘Bomber’ Harris, MRAF, image size approx. 20 x 25in (51 x 64cm), framed and glazed, limited edition 790/850 (1)

Reg Lewis died on October 12, 2009

£100-150

342* Brind (Terence J.). ‘Last of the Knights’, n.d., c. 1980s, fine coloured print after the original, with original pencil remarque of a Spitfire, signed by the artist, and two other signatures, image approx.

24 x 17.5in (61 x 44cm), framed and glazed Limited edition 38/500.

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Presentation copy of a limited edition print.

(1) £100-150

344* Wootton (Frank, 1914-1998).

‘Lancaster Bail Out’. Published for the Caterpillar Club and the Bomber Command Museum, n.d., c. 1980, fine coloured print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and Bill Reid V.C., and Norman Jackson V.C., image size 12.5 x 18.5in (32 x 47cm), framed and glazed Limited edition 752/850.

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£80-120

Lot 349 345* Pannett (Denis). Westland Lysander Mk III. ‘Night Operations’, published to benefit the Battle of Britain Museum, 1979, signed in pencil by the artist, Odette Hallowes and five others, image size 13 x 20in (33 x 51cm), framed and glazed (1)

£70-100

347* Harold (Anthony C.). ‘A September Evening - 1942’. Wellington Mk III - 150 Squadron, n.d., c. 1980s, fine coloured print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist and Group Captain W.S.O. Randle, C.B.E., A.F.C., D.F.M., image size 11 x 17in (28 x 43cm), framed and glazed, together with Hancock (K.B.), ‘Friday the 13th’, signed in pencil by the artist, image size approx. 20 x 30in (51 x 76cm), framed and glazed, and two other large framed prints (4)

£80-120

348* Aspinall (Keith). ‘Twilight Departure’. Tornado GR. 1 XV Squadron RAF Larbruch, 1990, fine coloured print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist, image size 11.5 x 16in (29 x 41cm), framed and glazed (limited edition 102/300), with eleven other aviation and military prints, all framed and glazed (12)

£70-100

346* Harris (Arthur T. ‘Bomber’, 18921984). Coloured photographic portrait of Sir Arthur Harris in later years, seated at his desk, in uniform, signed in pencil to lower left-hand corner, image 14 x 11.5in (36 x 29cm), gilt frame, glazed Propbably personally signed for Reg Lewis.

(1) £70-100

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349* RAF First Day Covers and Miscellanea. A collection of approx. 140 first day covers, some signed, including Escaping Society 25th Anniversary (42, of which 6 are signed) and Escape from Crete series (16, of which 6 are signed), Squadron Anniversary series (40, of which 1 is signed), with copy correspondence from R.W. Lewis to various RAF Commanders and Officers, with an original handwritten reply from Arthur T. Harris and another from Viscount Portal of Hungerford, together with seven bone china limited edition RAF commemorative plates, various place mats and drinks coasters, and four aviation prints (rolled) (a carton)

£100-150

AVIATION MEMORABILIA

352* Aviation Souvenirs - WWI and later. A propeller-hub mantel clock, mounted on decorative plinth raised on bun feet, period time-piece inset having decorative enamel dial to face, probably French c. 1918, together with a propellerblade section of laminated mahogany in original varnished finish with applied makers transfer inscribed “The Integral Propeller Company Ltd”, and having painted over fabric-covering to tip, plus a Shell “Aviation Spirit” 2-gallon petrol can dated 1930 (3)

350* Aero Engine Con-Rod Souvenir.

A pre-war radial engine con-rod, c. 1930, of polished machined steel billet, having inset contemporaneous altimeter gauge to central hub, unknown English origins (1)

£100-150

351* Aviation Souvenir. An unusual French domestic accoutrement in the form of a kitchen utensil hanging rack, c. 1910, white enamelled steel splash-back with transfer decorative illustration in blue depicting an “Antoinette”-style monoplane above a watermill, approx. 20 x 12in (51 x 31cm) (1)

£150-200

353* Aviation Roulette Game. An unusual decorative parlour board game, French, c. 1912, having decorative illustration depicting definitive aviators and their respective pioneer aeroplanes including Bleriot, Antoinette, Wright and Farman machines, and featuring international capitals of the world as destinations for the players, printed lithographic fold-out-format, maker inscribed “B.K. - Paris”, 36 x 37in (92 x 94cm) (1)

£250-350

£100-150

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Lot 354 354* ‘The Avroplane’. An important Pioneer and “Daily Mail” Prize-contest design model by Edwin Alliot Verdon-Roe, 1907, a unique exhibition display model of a pioneer flying-machine, created by Alliott Verdon-Roe (the founder of AVRO and Saunders-Roe Aircraft Companies) later knighted for his services to the Aviation Industry, this model, numbered “B2”, is the second maquette for his winning example of two versions submitted for the prize-contest sponsored by the Daily Mail, for a free-flight aeroplane design. Of biplane format utilising pusher-type airscrew powered by a three cylinder Anzani motor, the open-work wire-braced wooden airframe featuring a large forwardmounted lifting-surface, under which was situated the pilot’s control-seat, with dual surface main-planes to the rear, and with additional movable aileron-control surfaces mounted in parallel between the mainplanes. The engine mounted centrally behind the pilot, driving the rear-mounted propeller via a long shaft to clear the main flying surfaces. Well fabricated of wood, brass and metal construction, with cottonthread simulating rigging wires, creampainted flying surfaces, with black open frame fuselage and silver gravity fuel tank etc, this model represented a sturdy

airframe structure with practical application for scaling up to a full-size machine capable of flight, wingspan 12 in, length 7.5in (30 x 19cm), the designer having graduated through engineering via railway and marine practical experience, now turned his attention to aeronautics, and this his first serious design, was subsequently built by Roe in a small rented shed at the newly opened Brooklands Motor Circuit, with its flying field within the central curtilage of the track. The prototype was his first successful aeroplane in a long series of nowvenerated machines, produced subsequently by his enlarged enterprise at the Manchester factory where he ultimately relocated The following year by June 1908, Verdon-Roe had built his first aeroplane to the model-pattern and flew it for a short duration - the first true Englishman to design and build his own heavierthan-air powered machine. A full-size flying replica of this aeroplane was specially re-created to celebrate its centenary in his memory, and is now on display at the RAF Museum at Duxford - a testament indeed to this genius, who laid the foundations of the British Aircraft Industry. The model is contained in his original wooden transit-box, ailerons lacking, and showing some age wear and deterioration to cotton rigging wires.

(1) £1800-2500

355* Ballooning & Zeppelin Memorabilia. “The Conquest of the Air”, eight coloured glass slides, each with early ballooning scene, some accidents and balloon meets, in original box, together with a packet of ‘Zeppelin’ razor-blades, three match boxes with illustrated labels, a silvered-brass ‘transport’ St. Christopher plaque in leather case and a box collection of “Mit Graf Zeppelin un die Erde” cards (-)

356* Biplane Car Mascot. An early 20th c. radiator embellishment in the form of a bi-plane, c. 1920s, of nickel-plated brass with striations to upper wing surface, freely rotating propeller, surmounting a contemporary nickel-plated radiator-cap, formerly adorning a “Bullnose” Morris motorcar (1)

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£280-350

359* Camera. A Williamson & Co. Ltd. aircraft Camera Type G45 No. 13912, complete with magazine in original packaging, the box 15.25in (38.7cm) long, together with an Air Ministry pattern Course & Speed Calculator MK IIA, a kneepad mounted Navigation Computer Mk III D, a navigation plotting scale rule and a trolley-ack starter cable (5)

360* Control Column Wheel. A fine large early aeroplane or airship control-wheel, c.

1920, cast-aluminium with polished walnut hand-grip, indented rounded rectangularformat with double woodruff-key pattern hub and pinch-bolt fixing, possibly from “Heracles” type large passenger biplane etc.

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£600-800

£100-150

361* de Havilland Gipsy Moth. A good propeller-hub souvenir clock c. 1930s, of laminated hardwood, professionally fitted inset timepiece with polished brass bezel and matching brass bolts to stud-holes, copiously stamped with maker’s markings inscribed “DH Gipsy I - Issue 14, Drg. No DH 5180/1 - D 6’ 4” P5 - 1 Aug /32 - A.C. 27581“ stamped “R12/32”, fitted wallhanging mount to back, 11 x 17in (28 x 44cm) (1)

Lot 360 357* Bovey Pottery. A rare ceramic figure of a pilot by Bovey Pottery, Devon, c. 1940, one of a series of maritime figures created

by Gwyneth Flock & Fenton Wyness, cream overglaze slipware, 8in (20cm) (1)

£140-160

Lot 361 358* Breitling Chronograph Wristwatch.

An early aviators wristwatch, Swiss, c.

1920s, having nickel-plated casing with black-faced dial (hands replaced) and inset elapsed-time, stop-watch and stop-time facilities with sweep seconds hand, later leather-strap and perspex lens, (apparently working movement) (1)

£300-400

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£220-260

Lot 362 362* de Havilland “Vampire” T11 Cockpit-pod. A near-complete cockpit section of Vampire Trainer No. XH330, c. of laminated-wood frame 1950s, construction with fabric-covered plywood monocoque and aluminium panels, retaining both ejector-seats and dual-control fittings, with main instrument panel in-situ, cockpit canopy intact (hinge detached) with one rear Perspex panel lacking, mounted for display purposes supported on original nose-wheel and assembly, with additional wheeled support struts to rear of cockpit section for ease of movement and mobility, lacking engine, nacelle and main wings, but comes with twin tail-booms and transverse tail-plane section Formerly in service as dual-instruction trainer at RAF College Cranwell in 1954, it comes with a good historical archive-file delineating its history and that of the type - together with useful information as to current surviving aircraft and availability of spare parts to facilitate restoration to a full static gate-guardian for museum or private collection display. At time of viewing and during sale, the cockpit section will be on a flatbed trailer and available for transport within a 50mile radius of the saleroom.

(1) £1600-2200

Lot 362

363* WWI Fire-station alarm bell. An Air Ministry pattern, metal bell, 9in (22.8cm) diameter, engraved with the military ‘broad-arrow’ mark, inlaid with black highlight, clapper missing, unrestored condition, 8.5in (21.6cm) high, overall (1)

£200-300

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364* Flight Helmet. A scarce mid 20th c.

Pilot’s High Altitude Helmet type “E”, c. 1960s, Reference No 22C/2095 “Taylor Pressure Helmet” No 870 - size Medium, fibreglass shell with applied makers logo transfers and manuscript serial numbers inscribed “PPH 123/256.78.11”, having padded and lined interior, complete with inbuilt oxygen mask with connecting supply-tube, head-phones & intercom with connecting jack-plug lead etc, zip closure to neck fitting with retaining lanyard, sealed clear vizor with tinted overshield and protective cover, contained in original makers fitted hard carrying-case with lock and leather strap handle, together with related “Restricted” test-check data sheets and annotated check-list etc. dated 1960 (1)

£300-500

367* Flying Helmet. WWI period fullcover helmet, c. 1916, of soft black kidleather with cotton cloth lining, six-piece segmented close-fitting with neck cape, and featuring overstitched reinforced padding to forehead, adjustable straps for neck fitting to sides, and with button-down ear-flaps, possibly continental origins, excellent original condition (1)

£180-220

365* Flying Gauntlets. - A pair of preWWII RAF issue pilots’ gauntlets, c. 1930s, durable pigskin with woollen and leather linings to hand a wrist respectively, variously numbered, marked “C- Size 9” stores-ref: CT336/3831, original unused condition (2)

£70-100

366* Flying Goggles. A rare pair of “Luxor 12” goggles, by E.B. Meyrovitz, No.1 Bond Street, London, c. 1930s, the finest quality private pilot issue, having adjustable bridge nickel-plated vented frames, stamped maker’s name, with sorbo-rubber cheek-pads and elasticated head-strap, laminated glazed lenses, excellent little-used original condition

368* Flying Helmet. WWI or inter-war period, c. 1918, of soft black kid-leather with cotton cloth lining, 5-piece segmented fitting, button-down ear-flaps, and nape protective flap, nickel-plated buckle and fittings (1)

370* Flying Helmet. A fine and rare early pioneer aviator’s leather flying helmet by B. Starling of London, c. 1912, balaclavapattern in soft calfskin with chamois lining with applied printed silk maker’s label within, having wind-protective ear-pieces and adjustable strap fittings to forehead and neck, excellent little-used original condition, some minor moth-holes to lining, together with a pair of contemporary period goggles, having brass folding glazed lenses, with chenillelined kid leather cheek protection, good original condition, c. 1912.

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£300-350

£120-160

These deluxe private-purchase goggles were made famous by the “Picture Post” magazine and a series of propaganda articles published during July 1940 at the height of the Battle of Britain, depicting the archetypal young airman (later named after the war as Pilot Officer Gillman) who, like so many of his youthful contemporaries, was shot down just a month later giving his life in the service and defence of his country.

(1) £280-350

369* Flying Helmet. An inter-war period flying wind-cap, c. 1930, dark tan leather with woollen cloth lining, 6-piece segmented fitting with button-down peak ear-flaps, together with two pairs of prewar flying gauntlets, various conditions (5)

£100-150

371* Flying Helmet. A good pre-WWII aviators’ helmet by D. Lewis of London, c.

1930s, well-fitting in soft black glace-kid leather with chamois lining and maker’s applied label within, adjustable leather strap to forehead and button-down padded ear-flaps for ear-phone fitting, complete with an original pair of ‘Gosport-tubes’ having nickel-plated fittings with braided flexible couplings (2)

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£150-180

377* Miles Master. An aviation presentation deskpiece, c. 1940s, depicting the RAF WWII advanced trainer monoplane, silver plated brass, surmounting polished marble base, shows age-wear and discoloration, w/span 7in (18cm)

372* Flying Helmet. A good pre-WWII lady-aviators’ helmet by “Kett” of London, c. 1930s, fine quality in white soft kidleather with mohair lining and applied makers label within, button-down flexible peak and ear-flaps, with buckle chinstrap fastening, excellent little-used original condition (1)

£120-150

373* Frog Flying Scale Aeroplane. Mark IV Interceptor Fighter (Foreign Markings), c. 1930s, lightweight lithographed tin fuselage, detachable paper covered wings and paper-covered tailplanes and fin, metal propeller powered by elastic band, orig. manufacturer’s cardstock box fitted with air screw winding mechanism, printed lid Good original condition.

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376* Imperial Airways. A group of fifteen glass negatives of Imperial Airways aircraft and advertising literature, etc., c. 1930s, a mixture of original and copy images including Imperial Airways and Qantas airliners and flying boats, one particularly good shot of passengers embarking on Imperial Airways Syrinx airliner, plus 'Mercury taking off, Rochester', 'Falcon - Looking down on wing', 'Delia at Geneina during rainy season', 'Karachi Airport signpost', and six copies of Imperial Airways publicity brochures, etc., mostly 4 x 5 in (10 x 13 cm), plus five similar film negatives (19)

£200-300

378 Ministry of Transport & Civil Aviation. Personal Flying Log Book (Aircraft Operating Crew) of Captain John Bruce Rush, Aden Airways & Dragon Airways, 1954-57, flying mostly DC3s, Herons and Viking aircraft and clocking up a total of 4,547.45 flying hours, orig. printed blue cloth, a little rubbed and creased, small 4to, together with an interesting collection of approx. 180 b & w snapshot photographs of Asmara, Khartoum, Kuwait, Mukeiras, Bagdad, Bahrein, etc., giving a good flavour of local life at the time, mostly 2.75 x 4 in (7 x 10 cm), many captioned on verso Many of the photographs are reproduced in Red Sea Caravan. The Aden Airways Story,

by Dacre Watson, pub. 2008, a copy of which is included with this lot.

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£100-150

374* Triplex ‘Aero-Motor Goggles’ C2. A pair of early 20th c. aviators or motorists protective eye-wear for a lady, c. 1910, light tortoiseshell frames with Triplex Safety Glass, fur trimmed edging to fabric eye-piece protection with elastic strap, contained in original black leatherette case (1)

£70-100

375* Handley-Page 0400. An original piece of airframe wing-spar from the Heavy bomber of WWI c. 1918, part-section of ash hardwood, rebated for lightness, with original grey paint to surfaces A souvenir of Britains largest aeroplane in service during the Great War (1) £70-100

Lot 378

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£100-150

£150-200

379* Miscellanea. Collector’s plates, ‘Heroes of the Sky’ series, nos. 1-3, issued

by Bradex, 1993, three Royal Doulton pictorial bone china plates after the originals by Michael Turner, entitled ‘Spitfire Coming Home’, ‘Lancaster Low Overhead’, and ‘Hurricane Victory Pass’, together with seven similar plates in the ‘Heroes over Home Territory’ series, and one other, all 21cm diam., together with Rondot (Michael, 20th century), “The Longest Minute”, limited edition signed print after the artist’s original, depicting RAF Jaguars in “Desert Storm” action, dated 17th February 1991, numbered 408/500 signed by the artist and by squadron pilots and crews (22 signatures), plus eight framed maritime pictures and prints, a group of motoring badge plaques, including Motor Club Hamburg, Antique Automobile Club of America, Indianapolis State Insurance Assn, Vieux du Volant, Assurance Brabacone, and one other, together with an Opel Commemorative Anniversary ceramic plate, and a small number of aviation books, WWII H.M.S.O. pamphlets, etc. (a carton)

£70-100

383* Pilot’s Head. A plaster head of a 1920s pilot wearing an enveloping flying helmet with goggles, approx. 9 in (23cm) high, together with a portrait photograph of Donald Campbell wearing his world waterspeed record attempt kit and helmet, and a photograph of ‘Bluebird’ K7 at speed on Coniston Water, both framed and glazed and with facsimile signatures, the largest 15.5 in x 19.5in (39.3cm x 49.5cm) (3)

384* Propeller. An early miniature pioneerperiod propeller, c. 1910, of polished and varnished wood, stampted no. ‘50’ to hub, having nickel-plated central boss with retaining nut to shaft sleeve fitting, possibly maker’s sample or small aerial generator propeller, 20in (51cm) length (1)

382* Periscope Binoculars. A fine pair of WWII period Japanese trench-type periscope binoculars, stamped NIKKO No. 175 JES 81266 8x6 with ocular lateral adjustment, fine focusing, the black enamelled aluminium sighting tubes with folding black-enamelled brass tripod and stand adjustable for azimuth, with lock screw and leather strap, 21in (53.3cm) high

380* NSFK “Flugzdeutschen Weinstrasse”. A pre-WWII German Aviation commemorative rally souvenir dated 1937, heavily embossed relief bronze-patinated plaque, inscribed as above frontis with winged figure of Icarus and further inscribed verso “Mit unser Fuhrer in gleichen schritt und tritt fliegen wir fur unser ewiges Deutschland” and raised relief signatory, shows some agewear to edges

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Lot 384

£200-250

381* A U.S.A.F. parachute with pack, harness and carrying bag, by Mills Mfg. Corp., the harness by Irving Air Chute Co., dated 1968, the canvas carrying bag stencilled “L-Spatz” (1)

£70-100

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£100-150

385* Propeller. An early manufacturer’s demonstration model variable pitch propeller by Chauviere Integrale Company, c. 1910, having laminated hardwood blades with maker’s transfers to each, nickel-plated housings with well engineered gear-casing mechanism with drive-fittings and lubrication pipes to jointed components (some minor external distressing to mechanical parts), 33in (84cm) length

With label inscribed in ink “Japanese Periscope Binoculars Acquired at Kohima by Col. W. A. Bickford who was awarded the D.S.O. for his leadership during that battle. These binoculars can be used to observe the enemy from below a bank or from behind a tree“.

(1) £300-400

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£100-150

£300-500

Lot 389 386* R.A.E. A WWI period laminated mahogany generator propellor, with polished aluminium and steel fittings, 17in (43cm) long, together with Luftfart Airlines. Luftfartsbogen. Redigeret og Udgivet Af: det Danske Luftfartselskab A/s, Copenhagen, 1926, 40 pp., b & w illusts. from photos., orig. printed wrappers, split on spine, slim 8vo, with a K.L.M. Royal Dutch Airlines advertising leaflet ‘Send your goods by K.L.M. and satisfy your customers’, 1926, with general information and freight prices, plus The Flying Book. The Aviation World Whos’ Who, Industrial Directory and VadeMecum, edited W.L. Wade, 1917, num. b & w illusts. from photos., diags. to text, ads. both front and rear, orig. boards with pict. panel to upper cover, crudely repaired on spine, 8vo, with other misc. aviation books, brochures and photographs, etc., including WWII period aircraft identification booklets, etc. (a carton)

£150-200

387* RAF WWII aviation compass, for Pilots or Navigators, c. 1930s, stores ref.

No. 188B/53 pattern 261, painted metal casing with fluid-filled gimbal-mounted indicator to compass-points and with mirror-readable digits, on extended leather adjustable strap for knee or wrist fitting (1)

£180-250

388 RAF. A pair of squadron emblem embroidered cushions, c.1960s, blue satin with red, white & blue rope-twist piping to border edges, machine embroidered RAF motif inscribed “No 33 Squadron FTS (Flying Training School), white on royal-blue ground, 16 x 16in (41x41cm) (1)

£80-120

389* RAF. A group of personal memorabilia relating to Group-Captain W.A.Toyne DFC (1917-1994), including silver-plated cigarette-box commemorating his service career, engraved & inscribed 1936-1967, rare original framed Commission certificate as acting PilotOfficer, signed by the newly-crowned King inscribed “George R.I.” in red ink (faded) with gilt title, printed and manuscript format with inked signatories of F.W. Bowhill and Donald Banks “by His Majesty’s Command” for the Air Council dated 1937, also with a Graduate Diploma Certificate from USAF War College dated 1954, a printed armorial crest for 213 Fighter Squadron, together with War Service medals group including France & Germany star with Battle of Britain clasp, Aircrew Europe star etc sundry related badges and ephemera including invitation to Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace dated 1972 (-)

390* RAF Gloster Gladiator. An original cockpit altimeter instrument, c. 1938, souvenir of WWII, retrieved from aircraft no K7987, black-faced inscribed “ICAN Altimeter” dated 1938, and with servicecheck recorded inscriptions to casing dated 1943, and 11/1944 with aircraft number K7987, together with Mach-Meter MkIA instrument stores ref. 64/2194 (1259/50), and with WWII or later Astro Compass No. AC27901, US Maker, c. 1940s It is understood that some Gladiator Aircraft, although out-dated and out-gunned in the European sphere, were still utilised in the Defence of Malta, Afghanistan and Middle-East well into the mid-1940s, hence the dating on the altimeter instrument as above being regularly operationally-checked on those dates, whilst the aircraft was still in service.

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£180-220

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391* RAF WWII Battle of Britain period Car Mascot. A rare edition representing the Miles Master Mk I fighter-trainer monoplane c. 1938, well detailed chromeplated brass with transfer roundels to wing-tips, mounted upon a contemporary chrome-plated radiator-cap, repair to propeller-blade, w/span 8in (16cm) (1)

396* RNAS/RFC - Propeller Fragment.

An original propeller section hub, c. 1916, a souvenir of war, retrieved from crashlanding, laminated hardwood, previously doped-fabric covered, with brass reinforcement to leading edge, variously stamped and having applied brass collartab badges for Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Flying Corps to central hub, length approx. 40 in

£280-350

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392* RAF WWII Vickers Wellington presentation desk-piece mascot, representing the famous medium bomber, c. 1940s, well detailed chrome-plated brass with transfer roundels to wing-tips, mounted on polished onyx ash-tray base, w/span 8in (20cm) (1)

394* RAF WWII Army Auster. An original access-door, c. 1940s, a rare surviving souvenir from the liaison/spotter aircraft type, lightweight “Duralloy” frame with fabric panel, original paint-scheme in camouflage pattern, some distress damage (1)

£200-300

£180-250

393* RAF WWII “Battle of Britain”. An original tapestry cushion-cover, in celebration of aerial supremacy, c. 1940, depicting RAF armorial crest to centre with silk embroidered emblems depicting Spitfire aeroplanes to each corner, 18 x 24in (46 x 61cm) (1)

£200-250

£150-180

395* RFC. An original propeller-hub souvenir, 1914-1918, fabricated from the central hub, formed as a circular liddedbox, having applied gilded RFC badge to cover, and celluloid plaque inscribed “Aero Art Product - Guaranteed to be made from British Aircraft propellers of the War period 1914-1918”, 7.5 in diam. (16cm) (1)

£100-150

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397* Rotary Engine Car Mascot - “The Ammco-Whirlplane”. A fine large and extremely rare early 20th c. radiator embellishment in the form of a Rotary Aero-engine and propeller, c. 1918, castaluminium hexagonal crank-case with 6 clearly defined cylinder-barrels, with large broad-bladed propeller affixed, two engine cylinders having concealed light-bulbs within, for illumination during darkness, made by and inscribed “Anglo Machine Manufacturing Co., New York City”, patent pending, with original nickel-plated clampmount to radiator-neck, complete with electrical wiring (tested & working on 6volt system), exceptional original condition, 12in (31cm) diameter (1)

£1600-2200

402* RFC - Propeller-Hub Souvenir. A good WWI aviation relic, c. 1917, formerly a four-bladed propeller of laminated walnut and mahogany, inscribed no. G. 315 - N80, having inlaid silver-plated mount to centre with each mounting hole filled with polished brass .303 calibre spent cartridge cases, and with brass & gilt bezel clock to centre with RFC badge and eagle with king’s crown motif applied to opposing bladestems, showing original green paint verso

Lot 398 398* Royal Flying Corps - Lt H.F Moore RFC/HSC. The original aviators Pilot’s Certificate licence issued by via Royal Aero club, dated 1915, blue-leather cloth covers with gilt tooling inscribed “Federation Aeronautique Internationale” (British Empire) bearing photograph of subject, signature in black ink and dated 10th May 1915 (1)

£400-500

£400-450

399* Royal Flying Corps - Lt H.F Moore RFC/HSC. The original aviator’s servicedress pilot’s “Wings”, c.

1915, embroidered silk on blue cloth ground, showing minor age wear (1)

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£200-250

401* Royal Flying Corps - Lt H.F Moore RFC/HSC. The aviator’s RFC-issue flying helmet and goggles, c. 1917, the helmet of soft tan leather with woollen cloth lining and having button-down peak and earflaps, inscribed in black ink to neck “H.F. Moore”, together with similar period standard issue flying goggles with nickelplated frames, gauze cheek-protection and adjustable elasticated strap Lt Harold Foster Moore commissioned into the RFC in May 1915, one of the fledgling pilots of the early days of WWI, wounded in action September 1915 and invalided home. Variously struck-off pilot registration due to injuries in 1916, but re-enlisted in 1917 and promoted to squadron commander by end of hostilities in 1919.

(2) £100-200

400* Royal Flying Corps - Lt H.F Moore RFC/HSC. A wooden service travellingcrate, c. 1916, painted airforce grey with white lettering inscribed as above, together with a decorated oak RFC Squadron armorial plaque, and officer’s’Sam Browne’ leather uniform-belt with shoulder-strap (3)

Lot 403

£100-150

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403* Royal Flying Corps - Ceremonial Sword to Lt K Muskpratt MC, 56 Squadron RFC & RAF. A fine dress-sword

by Henry Wilkinson of Pall Mall, London, c.

1916, having heavily etched decorated blade inscribed by maker and with recipient “K. Muskprat” and with Royal Standard armorial decoration inscribed “GVR” and stamped no. 50872, nickelplated blade & basket hilt with pierced decoration including applied RFC badge, with silver bullion wire-wound shagreen hilt and silver-plated pommel, contained in original brown leather covered scabbard Commissioned via the Dorset Regiment Lt. K. K. Muskprat was seconded to the RFC in 1916, promoted to Flight Commander with Captain’s rank in 1917 after he was awarded the military Cross for Conspicuous Gallantry on an offensive patrol and Gazetted in October 1917. Designated an ‘Ace’ and credited with 8 kills he remained in the service with the newly created Royal Air Force, but subsequently lost his life in a flyingaccident in 1921.

(1) £400-600

404* Royal Flying Corps 1914-1918. A rare issue NCOs brass cap badge by J.R. Gaunt, London, together with a pair of original shoulder tabs, embroidered silk on black cloth and khaki ground (3)

£80-120

405* Royal Flying Corps. RFC ‘Wings’ embroidered in coloured silk threads on canvas backing, with RFC motto below ‘Per Ardua Ad Stra’, image 22 x 34cm, framed and glazed (1)

407* Scramble Bell. A fine Air Ministry pattern metal scramble bell, 12 5/8in (32cm) diameter, engraved with the King George crown and A. M. cypher dated 1939, the iron clapper with loop for rope attachment, in ‘as-found’ and unrestored condition, 11.5in (29.2cm) high, overall 406* Santos-Dumont (Alberto, 18731932). A rare painted plaster caricature figurine of Santos-Dumont, looking slightly downwards with hands raised so as to grip the rim of the original wicker work balloon basket, with orig. suspension strings, c.

1910, the figurine shows Santos-Dumont dressed in familiar brown double-breasted jacket with high collar shirt and tie, with orig. straw boater (somewhat dust soiled), approx. 6in (15cm) tall, some old damage Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873-1932) was a Brazilian early pioneer of aviation. He designed, built and flew the first practical dirigible balloons.

In doing so he became the first person to demonstrate that routine, controlled flight was possible. This “conquest of the air”, in particular winning the Deutsch de la Meurthe prize on October 19, 1901 on a flight that rounded the Eiffel Tower, made him a celebrity in Europe and throughout the world. He won several more prizes and became a friend to millionaires, aviation pioneers, and royalty. The public eagerly followed his daring exploits. Parisians affectionately dubbed him le petit Santos. The fashionable folk of the day mimicked various aspects of his style of dress from his high collared shirts to singed Panama hat. He was, and remains to this day, a prominent folk hero in his native Brazil.

(1) £200-300

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408* Scramble Bell. A WWII period Air Ministry pattern metal scramble bell, 10.5in (26.7cm), engraved with the King George crown and AM cypher, dated 1940, the crown cypher and date inlaid with black highlight, with wire suspension loop, clapper missing, in unrestored condition, 11in (28cm) high, overall (1)

£70-100

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£400-600

409* Scramble Bell. A similar bell, the crown, cypher and date inlaid with black highlight, dated 1943, in unrestored condition, with wire suspension loop, the clapper missing, 11in (28cm) high, overall (1)

£300-400

412* Trinket Box. A fine WWI period ladies silver and tortoiseshell mounted circular trinket box, the hinged lid with finely engraved R.F.C. pilots wings, opening to reveal a plush lined interior, on three moulded fleur-de-lys feet, the base stamped The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company Ltd, 112 Regent Street, W. Birmingham, 1916, 3in (7.6cm) diameter (1)

£250-350

410* Short Sunderland Flying-Boat. An original Cylinder-barrel Souvenir from Pratt & Whitney radial engine, c.1930s, previously removed from Sunderland Flying-boat, heavily finned monobloc incorporating cylinder head (lacking valvegear) & machined steel barrel This cylinder barrel was removed from one of the engines powering the last remaining activeflying Short Sunderland flying-boat, after mechanical problem at Calshott in 1990.

(1) £200-300

414* Vickers “Varsity”. Original controlcolumn head, c. 1950s, double grip control yoke, black-celluloid hand-grips over blackpainted aluminium casting, splined-fitting to hub centre, shows some age-wear, together with an aluminium aircraft tailwheel, split-hub pattern, c. 1940s (2)

£80-120

415* WWI Propeller-Blade Souvenir. A laminated hardwood propeller-blade, c.

1918, well-patinated and polished formerly used as a decorative coat-hanger, length WWII 42in (107cm), together with Aviation Instruments & memorabilia. A group of mid 20th c. Navigation Accessories, 1940s-1960s, including AM Cockpit Lamp Mk.IA Ref. No. 5C/446, dash-panel compass No. 9030/KH1/54, Turn-and-Bank indicator, Dead-Reckoning Computer Mk.4B ref. No. 6B/2835, Navigational computer Mk.III H ref. No. 6B/250, Glider Kneeboard GB3, Douglas Combined Protractor, Pye Radio Intercom Set, an ammunition cartridge canister and related sundries, etc.

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411* Trench Art - Racing Seaplane. A finely crafted artificer’s model of an early float-plane c. 1918, monoplane format, in the style of Sopwith”Tabloid”, of nickel-plated metal with rotating propeller, plating shows some age and wear, W/span 6in (15cm) (1)

£150-180

413* USAF Navigators Sextant. A rare early post WWII navigation instrument Type KSH 2530, c. 1940s, verticalmounting “periscope” pattern type as used in Boeing B-29 Superfortress aircraft, together with An original Air India Sextant navigators instrument type 1426C/05, c.

1960s, periscope-type, contained in reinforced carry-case bearing two Air-India inscribed inspection-check tags, complete with chrome-plated battery-pack, shows much age-wear (2)

£300-400

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£100-150

Lot 416

416* WWI Trench Art. A good example by a German aviation artificer of the Great War depicting an early single-seat monoplane, of brass and copper construction from spent bullets & shellcasings etc, well-detailed with rigging wires revolving propeller and wheels etc, with applied decoration of Maltese Crosses to wing-tips, mounted upon the base of an 80mm cannon shell, variously marked, inscribed “ 177 - Polte Magdeburg and dated January 1916”, w/span 7.5in (18cm) (1)

£180-250

418* WWI Imperial German Air Force souvenir. A rare early fabric fragment from a downed German aeroplane, c. 1915, featuring a black-painted Balkan cross on off-white ground on doped canvas, showing fitting marks verso where previously attached to wooden air-frame, old fold-marks from storage, 24 x 24in (56 x 56cm) This very early marking on German aeroplanes is likely to have been removed from an aeroplane downed or captured in the period 1914-1915 as it is painted on white or cream canvas, and was soon superseded by camouflage or other coloured fabric covering to airframes; the cross also changed with an additional black border surround.

(1) £1500-2500

419* WWI Imperial German Air Force souvenir. A rare early fragment section from a downed German aeroplane, c. 1917, a part section of wooden panelled fuselage believed from an L.V.G. type aeroplane, of thin three-ply laminate featuring a black painted Balkan cross with white border edging on lacquered natural wood surface, and with indelible inked manuscript annotation verso inscribed “Taken from a downed German Scout Cambrai May 1917” 417* WWI Trench Art - SE5A c1917. A good example by a British aviation artificer of the Great War representing a single-seat biplane, of brass and copper construction from spent bullets & shell-casings etc, well-detailed with revolving propeller and wheels etc, engraved and inscribed to underside lower wing “Major G.J. Maxwell RFC - SE5A 56 Squadron 1917” and further inscribed with 20 notches, denoting number of “kills” attributed to the pilot, an “Ace” amongst his fellow aviators (1)

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£280-350

£150-200

420* WWI Imperial German Air Force Lieutnant R. Schreiber “Pour le Merite” award-holder. A good and large propeller tip memento inscribed to a fallen German Airman of the Great war 1914-1918, a wide section propeller-blade tip with full coppersheathing, having painted decoration in Memoriam to a hero of the Air War, variously adorned with artistic imagery of pilot and his medal awards including the “Blue Max” (Pour le Merite) and Iron Cross etc, together with squadron details and date of his fatal combat, attached verso copy script obituary and photograph of the subject giving full details of his heroic action for which Germany’s highest military honour was posthumously rarely awarded Lot 418

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£600-800

Lot 421

421* WWI - Miniature Aeroplane Models. A group of early 20th c. Prisonerof-War models of aircraft of the fighting powers c. 1916, beautifully handcrafted in wood and metal, depicting mostly German biplanes including Gotha Bomber, LVG, Albatros DII & DV and Halberstadt types, also Nieuport and Sopwith machines, varnished and painted with identification markings, some with detailed cotton rigging-wires, largest w/span 9in (23cm) (9)

Lot 422

423* WWII Flying Boots. A pair of RAF issue sheepskin lined suede flying boots, c.

1944, size 9 stamped AM and with ref. nos 10147, E3644, 352, good original condition, together with a faded green leather suitcase containing various aviation accessories including Polaroid goggles in box, two Airlight 62 headsets, WWII(?) vintage headphones, three flight computers, MkIII D, one on knee board, etc.

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£50-80

£200-250

422* WWII - British RAF Fighter Pilot Dinghy. An unused K-type, c. 1944, yellow rubberised cotton, fitted with cape and apron and points to attach sail, multilingual instructions printed on side, folded as issued (and believed in working condition) in contemp. R.A.F. Quedgeley stores box, date stamped 22nd November 1944, the dinghy chalk-dusted and a little soiled, reference 27C/1927, complete with telescopic mast and sail contained in orig. cloth bag with printed English instructions to side, plus paddle (x2) (27C/1906) in orig wax paper packaging and box, plus Thwart (two pieces of yellow plywood, metal components somewhat rusted), plus inflator (27C/2083) in orig. box, date stamp 24th September 1945

424* WWII Waco Glider. A section of original airframe, c. 1940, lightweight plywood hollow construction, filled with corrugated cardboard overlaid with doped fabric, original silver-painted surfaces with painted fabricated steel fittings (somewhat rusted) etc., 24in (61cm) long (1)

£100-150

425* Zeppelin LZ77. A framed souvenir of the Airship brought down during a raid in 1916, an aluminium fragment fashioned in the shape of the airship, stamped and inscribed “Zeppel LZ77 - 1916” (sic), mounted on card backing in original oak frame, printed inscription below a decoration of Bristish Allies flags, inscribed “Portion of framework of ZEPPELIN brought down in Essex by the Aircraft Defences, Sept. 23/24th 1916 Sold for the Benefit of the L&NWR War Seal Fund”, 8 x 10in (26cm) (1)

Rare. Originally introduced in 1941, these K-type dinghies were attached to the parachute harness and inflated immediately on entering the water (the inflator included as a back-up) to pump the dinghy manually). After a number of drifting aircrew had been found dead from exposure, the dinghies were equipped, as here, with sails to enable the pilots to hit the land.

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£150-180

COLEMAN COLLECTION Quentin Bland (1941 – 2009) Honorary Historian of the 384th USAF Bomber Group dropped on Germany were carried on planes which flew from Grafton. The airmen and crews stationed there were very kind to him as a boy, saving their sweet rations for him and allowing him to climb up into the planes for a guided tour. The village children were also treated to a Christmas party every year thrown by the airmen.

“Dad was born in August 1941, in Grafton Underwood, Northants. As a small child he spent all of his time watching the B-17 bombers take off and land on their missions to Germany, counting them out, counting them back. The airfield at Grafton Underwood was home to several ‘Bomb Groups’ one of which was the 384th Bomb Group (Heavy). The first and last bombs

Dad kept in touch with the air crews over the years, regularly writing to them, and he was honoured to be bestowed with the Honorary title of Historian for the 284th B.G. Since his early childhood he had collected any information, memorabilia and photographs pertaining to the war years, and because of his unrivalled knowledge on the subject, he was asked to provide information to the makers of the movie ‘Memphis Belle’, and travelled down as a guest to watch the filming, to make sure they kept it true to life. He also

collaborated with several writers including Roger Freeman and Phillip Kaplan with their books on WWII. He also spoke on the subject to many groups, put on extremely popular films in the Grafton Village Hall, and was on the radio regularly.

Dad was extremely well thought of in his field, and travelled to the USA on several occasions with his family as guests of the 384th B.G. reunion group, which were always unforgettable, and he loved to see his American friends, both in the States, and he also single-handedly put together the reunions on British soil, in which the veterans travelled over en masse to re-visit the airfield, attend church services and memorial dedications, and enjoy themselves at dances, medieval banquets and the like.

They were always a roaring success.”

Contributed Samantha.

by

Quentin’s

daughter,

426* US Air Force and others. A quantity of uniform clothing and apparel etc., 19391945, including “Flying-Jacket Type Man’s N38”, heavy cotton, fleece-lined with furcollar by Skyline Clothing Corporation, sheepskin leather flying helmet and pair of goggles, also Pilot’s calf-skin flying-gloves M-1950 by Steinberg Bros Inc, size 3, together with a lightweight air-sea rescue kite, a Pilots black leather flight-case, and a pannier-type holdall inscribed James A. McGovern, Millerstown Pa., and other sundries and related paraphernalia (approx. 20 items)

£100-200

427 US Air Force and others. A large group of clothing & memorabilia, 19391945, including uniform hats and helmets, officer’s headwear including service dress caps, steel-helmets (one with liner), various accoutrements including overalls, Sam Browne, badges, insignia, flags, webbing and related (a large carton)

Lot 427

£150-180

428* USAF Bomber Aicraft WWII. A rare original aircraft fuel-tank dipstick, c. 1940s, heavy bronze casting, painted olive-drab, inscribed “5651 - JB-Z172”, graduated calibration from 10-450 Gallons, 36in (90cm) (1)

£100-150

429* USAF WWII. A good group of aviation instruments and navigational equipment, 1939-1945, including Drift Calculator, Directional Giro-compass, cockpit instruments, Compass type 14096 (boxed), proportional dividers (cased), Astro-compass (boxed) compass-mounting bracket and related material including onboard emergency escape-axe and sundry components and salvage souvenirs etc.

(7 medium boxes)

£150-250

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Lot 428

431* Flying Fortress B-17 G. A group of salvaged aircraft-part souvenirs, comprising two cockpit perspex sliding panels, one extensively inscribed by hand with nick-names of squadron aircraft including “Nuttall’s Nut-House”, “BarrelHouse Bessie”, “Silver Dollar”, “BattleWagon Daisy”, “Damn Yanky”, “Liberty Run”, “Salvage Queen“, “Stardust”, “The Joker”, “Royal Flush”, “Piccadilly Commando” and many others, together with a part cockpit control column and a Radio direction-finder housing nacelle (4)

£300-500

Lot 429 432* Flying Fortress B-17F. Exhaust manifold, a large aero-engine component, of welded-steel fabrication, having manufacturer’s applied plate variously stamped & inscribed “Model B-17F, Delivery Date: 2-8-43, Made by Fisher Body Detroit Division General Motors Corp.” etc., intact condition

430* Flying Fortress B-17 G. A large quantity of crash-site relics & souvenirs from aircraft No. 44-6923, crashed on landing after aborted sortie near GraftonUnderwood, Northamptonshire, various components, some identified and mounted for display, formerly part of private collection amassed by the late Quentin Bland Friday 6th April 1945 - The USAF 384th Bombardment Group of 36 B-17s took off for a raid on the railway marshalling yards at Leipzig, with others from the 1st Air Division. One aircraft, No. 44-6923, call-sign JD-J of the 545th Bomb Squadron, piloted by 1st Lt. D.A Mackeller, developed an engine fire shortly after take-off. The pilot elected to turn back to make an emergency landing back at base, but lost height rapidly and the pilot and co-pilot F/O O.F McLaughlin attempted a belly-landing in a field to the west-side of the A43 KetteringNorthampton road. Now too low for the crew to bale out, the Flying Fortress landed heavily with full 4,000lb bomb-load, which exploded on impact, killing all crew members instantly. Even more poignant was the fact that 6 of the eight crew members were on their 35th and final tour of duty, and that hostilities ceased in Europe the following month. These artefacts, excavated during an archive dig in September 1990, remain as a tragic memorial to the bravery of the aircrews of the second World War. (-) £200-250

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£100-200

433* Flying Fortress & others. A group of air-frame salvage parts and components etc., including frame-work sections, panels, gun-turret mounting, identificationplates and sundry components etc.

(-)

£100-150

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434* USAF WWII Service Medals. A group of American Wartime Service medals 1939-1945, including General Service, Victory, “Good Conduct” “For Military Merit”, Antarctic Service” and others etc., complete with ribbons, un-mounted (8)

£60-80

435* USAF WWII - Medals and Insignia.

A group of American Air Force medals badges & insignia, 1939-45, including silver winged uniform badges for Pilots, Bombardiers, Paratroopers, Navigators and other service personnel, together with service-uniform medal ribbons (variously mounted) some with stars and oak-leaves for battle commendations, “Expeditionary Service”, squadron and unit identity badges, Presidential Unit Citation enamelled “ribbon” badge, “Military Merit” and “Purple Heart” awards, Air Medal with 5 oak leaves and other related decorations etc.

(-)

£160-220

436* USAF WWII - Medal Awards. A group of replacement American Air Force medal awards, 1939-45, including Distinguished Flying Cross, “Purple Heart” For Military Merit, Silver Star for “Gallantry in Action” and Air Medal, all contained in presentation cases with attendant miniature enamelled lapel badges and mounted service-dress ribbons with pin-fixing (4)

Lot 435

£100-150

437* USAF WWII - Medal Awards. A group of original American Air Force medal awards to Major Thomas Dale Hutchinson USAF 1939-45, including Distinguished Flying Cross, “Purple Heart” For Military Merit, Silver Star for “Gallantry in Action” and Air Medal, all contained in original presentation cases with attendant miniature enamelled lapel badges and mounted service-dress ribbons with pinfixing. Together with two original “stars” war-service medal awards “Good Conduct” & “European & Middle Eastern Campaign” cased with ribbon-bars in original cardstock boxes, together with a further group of related medal awards & stars etc including Purple Heart, Air Force cross, Air Medal (with oak-leaf) etc.

Lot 436

Major Hutchinson was a Squadron Commander in the 384th Heavy Bomb Group based at Grafton Underwood leading 25 Missions over Germany & Occupied Europe. He survived, in spite of several flying incidents, to the end of the war, and these were acquired subsequently after his death in 2003.

(12) £220-250

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442* USAAF - B-17 Squadrons. A group of memorabilia including table-lighter in the form of a Flying Fortress, souvenir cigarette-case, and retrospective mementos & souvenirs relating to operations in Europe during WWII (-)

£70-100

Lot 439 438* USAF Bomber Aircraft WWII. Three scratch-built wooden models of American bombers, c. 1939-45, including B24 Liberator, B25 and Fortress types etc; together with a diorama and kit-built models of Boeing B17 “Fortress” types, various conditions & distressing

443* Pickelhaube. A WWI period German Trooper’s service dress-helmet, c. 1914, of hard black-leather with gilt-brass embellishments, spike to top and ornate winged-eagle motif badge to front inscribed “Mitt Gott fur der Vaterland”, lacking chinstrap, shows age-wear and distressing

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Believed a souvenir of the Great War brought back by Pte J.B. Bland: see following lot.

(1) £80-120

£80-120

439* Wartime Toys. A group of war toys etc., 1930s-1940s, including large scratch built tinplate and wooden “pull-along” heavy tank, camouflage painted with swivel turret etc, together with a quantity of lead and slush-cast toys of soldiers, aeroplanes figures and accessories, including Britains and other makers etc, also with tinplate clockwork motor car, Light Tank, also with aviation cigarette-cards, albums, cardgames and related juvenilia The scratch built toy tank was made for Quentin Bland, the son of local post-master at Grafton Underwood in Northamptonshire, where USAF Bomber Group was stationed - he used to visit the air-base and was befriended by groundcrews and pilots who fabricated this to for him as a Christmas present c. 1943.

(-) £100-150

440* Hornby Train-Set. A boxed early post-war clockwork ‘O’-Gauge train set No. 201 “Tank Goods Set”, c. 1940s, including 0-4-0 locomotive in green LNER livery with two wagons and tank-wagon, sections of track, including original Instructions and Guarantee sheets etc, all contained in original maker’s cardstock box (distressed), also with additional rolling-stock including Guard’s-Van and Tipper-wagon (-)

441* Jolley (M.). “Air-Gunner”. An original painting, c. 1943, depicting the nose-turret gunner on a B-17 aircraft, oil on canvas, signed by the artist, contained in original mount, having applied printed captions to top and lower frame giving brief detailed history of the Squadrons based at Grafton Underwood 1942-1945, together with another similar original painting depicting B17 grounded due to winter conditions against an airfield backdrop, unframed.plus a naive painting by US serviceman depicting B17 Bomber, together with a quantity of retrospective prints depicting FlyingFortress and other combat aircraft of WWII, depicting action scenes, together with related photographs and ephemera etc.

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£100-200

£70-100

444* WWI and WWII. A 1914-18 medal award pair to Pte J.B. Bland, including War Service and Victory medals, both inscribed to rim, together with War Service Medal award for WWII to W. Bland Esq, contained in original mailing box, (father & son family group) (3)

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£40-60

UNIFORMS & FLYING CLOTHING

445* American Flying Jacket. A rare early World War II 1st American Volunteer Group (A.V.G.) leather flying jacket, the breast and upper arms sewn with decorated and woven circular and shield-shaped badges with the emblem of this clandestine group, size unknown, no name tab, a complete and most historic piece of flying clothing, the back sewn with a ‘blood chit’, with Chinese Republic flag over an inscription in Chinese which translated reads; ‘This foreign person has come to China to help in the war effort. Soldiers and civilians, one and all, should rescue and protect him.’

The 1st American Volunteer Group (A.V.G.) “The Flying Tigers” was established, with the approval of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, by Claire L. Chennault, a retired U.S. Army Air Corps. officer, for the purpose of helping to defend China from the Japanese. Chennault had been an advisor to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in 1937 and was director of the Chinese Flying Training School at Kunming, so he became the natural choice to lead this new unit. Pay for pilots, groundcrews and administrators was well above the then going rate and very soon after the establishment the A.V.G. had assembled 100 pilots and perhaps 200 supporting engineers and administrators. During the winter of 1940-41 Chennault oversaw the purchase of 100 Curtiss P-40s which were diverted from Royal Air Force order; a few ruffled feathers then perhaps? Once they arrived in Burma the aircraft were assembled and flown on test by pilots of the Central Aircraft Manufacturing Co. before being handed over to the A.V.G.. Decorated with a shark’s nose and mouth these P-40s in the hands of the volunteers accounted for themselves with honour. Many raiding Japanese aircraft were destroyed during the defence of Rangoon, the three Flying Tiger Squadrons “Adam & Eve”, “Panda Bears” and “Hell’s Angels” remained operational, with considerable difficulty until the end of the Burma campaign in July 1942.

Literature: Numerous publications and reference works are available via the Sino-American Heritage Foundation, Annals of The Flying Tigers and other publications.

See lot 108 in this catalogue for an illustration of the Flying Tigers P-40.

(1) £3000-5000

446* American Flying Jacket. A fine quality leather flying jacket, with maker’s label printed Jacket Type A2 Pilots U.S.A.A.F., Made in England by Aviation Leathercraft, Thruxton Airport, nr. Andover, Hants, date of manufacturer unknown, with sheepskin lined collar, original Prym 4GB fasteners, pockets, zip and waist band, size unknown (1)

£80-120

447* American Flying Jacket. U.S. pattern leather flying jacket, with polyester lining, the sleeves lined with nylon, with labels giving details of fabrics, the supplier’s label inscribed MARC New York Andrew Marc, size XL, Made in China (1)

£140-160

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Lot 450

448* Despatch rider’s coat. A good example of this water and windproof gabardine rubberproofed coat, size 2, with J. Diner Ltd. maker’s stamped label dated Oct. 1944, complete with Newey fasteners, buttons, straps and belt buckle (1)

Lot 452 452* RAF WWII Heated Flying Suit. A very rare Sidcot-pattern one-piece pilot’s suit, c. 1940s, of double woven quilted silk, complete with heating elements & plugs, small size, excellent original condition

£100-150

449* Flying Coat. A fur-lined gabardine three-quarter length coat, fur-lined collar and maker’s label for A.Bol Mats Larsson Malung, with pockets, buttons and straps, size M/L (1)

£120-160

450* Flying Jacket. An Irvin-pattern sheep skin fleece-lined flying jacket, with maker’s label by Aviation Leathercraft, Thruxton Airport, nr Andover, Hampshire, with YKK zips, belt and suspension loop to collar, size 48 (1)

This suit was worn by former Spitfire reconnaissance officer flying PRU Spitfire, stationed at RAF Benson, Oxfordshire.

(1) £400-600

£160-220

451* RAF WWII. An NCO’s RAF Servicedress uniform, c. 1945, blue serge fabric, comprising short tunic (blouse) with applied war-service medal-ribbon group including France & Germany and Africa stars, having applied makers label to lining variously and in part inscribed “War Service Dress, Size 7, by Sindall & Co”, having applied Corporal rank chevrons to upper sleeves, , fitted with black bakelite non-reflective buttons, complete together with a pair of matching trousers and forage side-cap with brass cap badge to front, excellent condition, appears little-used as date of issue (suggests demobilisation shortly thereafter) (1)

£200-250

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453* USAF WWII Flying Jacket. An original wartime issue Sheepskin Pilots Jacket Type ‘B3’, c. 1940s, bearing makers label to inside neck lining variously inscribed “Type B3, Dwg. 33H5595, AC Order No. (535) 42-1269 OP, Size 42R, Property Air Force US Army, sound condition, showing some age-wear and older minor repairs (1)

£200-300

PROPELLERS

Lot 454 454* Cessna 150 Propeller. A twinbladed propeller as used on the aircraft type, c. 1940s, black-painted cast alloy, inscribed Macaulay Ind. Corp, Dayton Ohio, USA, shows some age-wear and usage, 69in (175cm) (1)

£70-100

455* Propeller. A large two-bladed propeller possibly c. 1918, of laminated hardwood construction , unknown origin due to excessive stripping and sanding of original surfaces, latterly dark-stained and with replacement brass sheathing to leading edges Sold as seen, not subject to return.

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£300-500

456* Propeller. A fine and large pre-war propeller, laminated construction of variegated polished walnut woods, variously inscribed CAB F200 P, No 236, P176, D12.132, .AC. 74720 .AC., TM, 36, excellent condition, Continental origins, 113in (287cm) (1)

Lot 456

£1800-2500

457* Propeller. A fine pre-war propeller, c. 1920s, laminated construction of pale walnut, oak and beech, having scalloped format brass-trim to leading edge extended to cover propeller-tips, affixed with copper nails, variously stamped and inscribed “CA 3A, 11 V4 160HP, Diam 215, PAS 114-116, DIS 015” and verso “26. 3.

925. 134”, Continental origins, length 106in (270cm) (1)

£1800-2500

458* Propeller. A scarce early Pioneer period propeller, c. 1912, of laminated walnut and mahogany hardwoods, stamped and inscribed numbers 2762 & 6589 to central hub, 87in (221cm) (1)

£800-1200

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459* Propeller. Bristol Jupiter, A fine and large fourbladed propeller, c. 1926, of laminated hardwoods manufacture, having scalloped brass trim to leading-edges affixed with copper nails, constructed in two half segments, each identically stamped and marked inscribed “Tipo.CA.80.2.MOT. Jupiter.400CV., D.2.75, P.191.193, DIS.004, dated 14.12.26 and stamped inspection mark GA3”, each half numbered to be mounted at 90 degrees to the other and located by three hardwood pegs, then clamped by steel plates and held together by (new) 10-bolt hub fitting arrangement, fine original condition, can be used on both “tractor” and “pusher” types of aircraft, blade length 112in (275cm) (1)

£4000-5000

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460* Propeller. Avro 504. A fine original two-blade propeller for the aircraft-type, c.

1918, variously marked and stamped “AD 644 RH, 130 Clerget, D2950, P2650”, laminated hardwoods fabrication with original matt painted sage-green fabriccovered blades, stamped Air ministry markings, and further inscribed to hub “G1270 N59 - Right-Hand”, excellent original condition, length 102in (260cm) (1)

£1800-2500

461* Propeller. Maurice-Farman. A fine early 20th c. original two-bladed propeller, c. 1914, of laminated walnut fabrication, with original painted fabric covered bladetips, variously stamped and inscribed “1PC, DG67 - 1914, 70HP REN(Renault), M. Farman, No B 19754”, length 114in (290cm) (1)

462* Propeller DH-4 Rolls Royce 250HP. A fine and large original four-blade propeller by Maple & Co, London, as fitted to RFC fighting biplanes of the DH-4 type, dated 1917, constructed of laminated hardwoods with full specification details stamped to central hub inscribed “DH4250HP Rolls Royce - Drg No 2450 No 479 M & Co - Left-Hand” and A/D stamps, and numbered to each blade”, dark-green painted bands to each blade and with black-painted doped-fabric reinforcement to blade-tips, good original condition clearly showing original makers transfer insignia to each blade, minor repair to small screw-holes on two blade surfaces, 106in (270cm) (1)

£4000-5000

£1800-2500

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463* Propeller. A laminated mahogany two-blade propeller, the boss stamped N2213 7/41 DRG. L.A. 611R. Cheetah X. L.H.T. D.7.16’.P.8.96., further marked with AID inspection stamp, the boss with fore and aft extensions to increase depth, painted all over matt black with yellow tips, 86in (218cm) diameter (1)

£250-350

464* Propeller. A fine English laminated mahogany two-blade propeller, the boss stamped G.1039.N.41 SE.5A. Viper DG.AB.7673.RH D.2414 P.1710, additionally with 2913 stamped on one boss face, one blade with four A.I.D. inspection marks, (one very faint), 95in (241cm) diameter, minor damage to one tip (1)

Lot 464

£1500-2000

465* Propeller. A fine, perhaps unused, de Havilland Constrollable Pitch two blade aluminium propeller, the blades with makers label and British Aerospace Dynamics Group label inscribed DH 13714 Serial No. BA578, with additional Group Balanced Blade label, each blade with deicing leading edge and hub strip numbered and with inspector’s inscription dated I/Q/80, the geared hub cover marked Type PD 190/212/1 Serial DH 13714, the blades with yellow tips, 84in (213cm) diameter (1)

£300-500

466* RAF WWII Armstrong-Whitworth.

A variable-pitch propeller-blade by Rotol Ltd., c. 1940s, single wooden blade with brass leading edge, complete with ring-gear to hub base, fabric covered black-painted, as used on various aircraft types including Whitley and Wellington bombers etc.

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£200-300

467* WWII USAF Grumman F-4 Wildcat. A Hamilton-Standard propellerblade from the aircraft type fitted with Wright-Cyclone radial engine, c. 1940s, original paint-finish with maker’s decorative transfer to centre, minor damage and loss to tip, length 59in (160cm) (1)

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£300-400

AVIATION MODELS

471* Beech Model 100 ‘King Air’. A good desk-top display model, the composition airframe incorporating wing fences and well modelled engine nacelles for the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft of Canada PT6A-28 turbo propeller engines, decorated in pale cream with red lining and detail, de-icing boots to wing and tail surface leading edges, and representing aircraft N100K, on labelled display stand, 17.25in (43.8cm) wingspan Lot 468

468* Avro 504 E-3404. An extremely fine and well constructed flying scale model of this superlative ab-initio training aircraft, the fabric covered wooden air frame finished in olive-green upper surfaces and clear dope under surfaces, with national markings, strut and wire braced mainplanes, the upper main plane with dummy fuel tank, fully working ailerons, rudder and elevators, cockpit detail with instruments and windscreens, on wire and strut braced main undercarriage incorporating an anti nose-over skid, and sprung tail skid, the metal engine cowl enclosing an inverted Meteor miniature single cylinder engine driving a two-blade 18in (46cm) diameter wooden propeller, 73in (185.5cm) wingspan (1)

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469* Avro ‘Lancaster’ B1, YZ-P/PD 133.

A well constructed and presented exhibition standard 1/48th scale static model, the aircraft depicted carrying a 22000 lbs ‘Grand Slam’ bomb, in the process of fuelling and with attendant ‘Typhoon’, mounted on a simulated concrete hand-standing, 28.25in (71.8cm) square, with perspex protective cover Privately commissioned by a previous owner and built by professional model maker Ian Shaw.

(1) £300-500

£800-1200

Lot 469

£200-300

470* BA Swallow, G-AEVZ. An unusual flying scale model of this delightful light aircraft, the fabric and balsa covered wooden airframe finished in chocolate and cream, some cockpit details, fully working flying control surfaces, on strut and braced rubber tyred main undercarriage and tail skid, engine lacking, but with 10.75in (27.3cm) diameter wooden propeller, 74in (188cm) wingspan (1)

£350-450

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472* Bell-Boeing V-22 ‘Osprey’. A fine exhibition standard 1/24th scale static model of this ‘Tiltrotor STOL/STOUL’ aircraft, built by Space Models, London, finished in the livery of the U.S. Marine Corps, the engine nacelles arranged to demonstrate the rotor tilt from horizontal to vertical flight, with three bladed propellers to each dummy turboshaft engine, 26.5in (67.2cm) wingspan with nacelles, with two spare propeller blades, part display stand and with transit crate 27 x 36 x 48in (68.5 x 91.4 x 122cm) (1)

£300-400

473* Blackburn ‘Buccaneer’ S.2. A fine desk-top model of this Royal Air Force strike reconnaisance aircraft, the wooden airframe with cockpit, the canopy enclosing pilot and navigator, finished in standard R.A.F. livery and markings for the period c. 1985, mounted on a display stand, 11in (28cm) wingspan, together with the original Hawker Siddeley Aviation storage cardboard box (1)

£250-350

474* Bristol Type 105 ‘Bulldog’. A well constructed and presented flying scale model of this popular biplane era singleseat fighter, the fabric and wood covered wood airframe with flying control surfaces, on braced undercarriage, the main wheels with rubber tyres, and tail skid, cockpit detail (unfinished) includes seat, rudder pedals, windscreen and control column, the strut braced main planes with bracing wires, the forward fuselage with dummy machine guns and covered with aluminium foil, with dummy Bristol ‘Jupiter’ nine cylinder radial and 18in (45.7cm) diameter wood propeller with spinner, finished in allover silver and Squadron markings, aircraft number not allocated, 63in (160cm) wingspan

Lot 473

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£400-500

475* Bristol M.IC. Monoplane. A flying scale model of this popular 1917 fighter aircraft built by the British & Colonial Aeroplane Co. Ltd., with fabric and wood covered airframe, the braced undercarriage with rubber tyred main wheels and tail skid, with working flying control surfaces, wire braced main and tail planes, single dummy machine gun, 15in (38cm) diameter wooden propeller driven by a single cylinder glow-plug engine, finished with brown upper and sky-blue lower surfaces and national markings, 63in (160cm) wingspan

Lot 474

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£300-400

476* British Aerospace (BAe) ‘Nimrod’ AEW Mk3. A desk-top display model of this ‘cold war’ era maritime reconnaissance aircraft, the composition airframe finished in white over maritime grey with Royal Air Force markings, with tripod display stand, 11.75in (29.8cm) wingspan, the underside with label for A G Models, together with a similar aircraft with flight-refuelling probe, finished in grey-green, both models with makers cardboard box

Lot 475

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Lot 476 105

£200-300

Lot 477

Lot 478

477*British Aerospace (BAe) ‘Jetstream’ Super 31. A fine manufacturer’s 1/12th scale display model by Space Models London, well finished in Aerospace livery, the dummy Garrett TPE 331-10 turboprop engines with aluminium spinners, 53in (134.6cm) wingspan, with chromium plated tripod stand and with transit crate 23 x 26.75 x 52in (58.4 x 68 x 132cm) (1)

£400-600

478* British Aerospace (BAe) ‘Jetstream 41’. A well presented exhibition stnadard 1/24th scale static model of this twin engined turboprop powered feeder and regional airliner as developed by BAe from the original Handley Page ‘Jetstream’, finished in the livery of South African Airlink, the dummy Allied Signal turbopropeller engines with five bladed rotating propellers, 29.5in (75cm) wingspan, on chromium-plated tripod stand and with transit crate 22 x 22.25 x 46.25in (56cm x 56.5 x 117.5cm) (1)

Lot 479

£200-300

479*British Aerospace (BAe) ‘Jetstream’ 61. A fine exhibition standard 1/24th scale model of this twin Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127D turboprop driven aircraft, first delivered in 1994 the Jetstream 61 failed to achieve mass production, it is believed that only four aircraft were delivered before production ceased, this rare model has a wingspan of 49in (124.5cm), the dummy engines fitted with six blade propellers, well-finished in airline livery by Space Models of London, with chromium plated tripod stand and transit case, 15.5 x 22 x 46.25in (39.3 x 56 x 117.5cm) (1)

£300-500

480*British Aerospace (BAe) ‘Jetstream’ 41. A fine exhibition standard 1/12th scale model

by Space Models, London, of the prototype ‘Jetstream’ 41 G-JMAC, the 41 first flew on 259-91 and was certified for European service on 23-11-92, production ceased in 1997 after 100 aircraft had been delivered to operators worldwide, the model is fitted with dummy Garrett TPE331 turboprop engine nacelles and five blade propellers, 60in (152.3cm) wingspan, with transit crate, 27 x 31 x 74in (68.5 x 78.8 x 188cm) Jetstream 41 G-JMAC is now in the care of the Jetstream Club and is on display at the Crowne Plaza Liverpool John Lennon Airport Hotel. The tripod shown in the illustration is not included with this model.

(1) £600-800

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Lot 481 481* British Aerospace 146-100 Sideloading Tactical Airlifter. A fine exhibition standard wood and composition static scale model based on the BAe QT cargo aircraft by Space Models, London, with dummy refuelling probe, air opening paratroop sliding door, lifting cargo door with associated swivelling ramp and folding extensions with retractable wheel support, with four-wheel main undercarriage and twin nose wheels, painted in military grey and green camouflage, the detachable main planes with dummy engine pods, 43.25in (110cm) wingspan, complete with numerous models of military stores and accessories including netted equipment boxes on pallets, vehicles, loading crew and other similar models, the aircaft with glazed fuselage panel incorporating internal lighting via a 115 volt/240 volt transformer with fuse arranged to operate from a mains electricity socket, a rare, possibly unique model contained, with accessories in a transit crate, 19.25 x 27.75 x 52.5in (48.8 x 70.5 x 133.3cm) The BAe S.T.A. was one of a number of proposed military conversions of the successful BAe 146/Avro RJ series high wing air liners of which approximately 390 were built. Displayed at the 1989 Paris Air Show and subsequently extensively demonstrated no firm production orders for this aircraft were forthcoming, so this fine model remains as an historic reminder of what may have been.

(1) £800-1200

482*British Aerospace (BAe) ‘Jetstream’ Super 31. A fine exhibition standard static 1/24th scale model by Space Models, this aircraft’s ancestry can be traced back to the original Handley Page 137 in service with the Royal Air Force, after the closure of Handley Page production was continued

by Jetstream Aircraft in cooperation with Scottish Aviation which later merged with BAe, the Super 31 was certificated in 1982, over 160 Jetstream 31 aircraft have been built, the Royal Navy operate the J31 designated as the Jetstream T3, this model painted to represent the BAe demonstrator is supplied with a table tripod stand, 26in (66cm) wingspan, with transit crate 14.5 x 31 x 32.5in (36.8 x 78.7 x 82.5cm) (1)

£250-350

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483*British Aerospace (BAe) ‘Jetstream 31’. An anti-submarine 1/24th static scale model by Space Models, an unusual, possibly unique, representation of the proposed development of this successful regional airliner, the composition air-frame with dummy engines, four-blade rotating propellers, various AS radomes and search radar attachments, finished in marine grey with black de-icing boots on leading edges, 26in (64.8cm) wingspan, without stand, with transit crate 9.5 x 27 x 30.5in (24.2 x 68.5 x 77.5cm) (1)

£200-300

484* British Aerospace/Avro RJ100, “The Spirit of Partnership”. A fine static display model of wood and composite construction, painted all over white with silver-grey flying control surfaces, dummy windows and doors, the lettering in black, 90in (228cm) wingspan, on chrome-plated tripod stand, the aircraft and stand arranged to be dismantled and stored in the original packing and transit crate, 104 x 31 x 34in (264 x 78.7 x 86.4cm) (1)

£400-600

485* Canadair CL-215 Water-bomber. An unusual desk-top display model of this specialised twin-engined amphibian, the composition airframe finished in all-over yellow with red cheat lines, wing tips and tail plane, the two dummy Pratt & Whitney radials with rotating white-metal propellers, on display stand, 12in (30.5cm) wingspan, together with makers cardboard box

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£150-200

488* Etrich ‘Taube’ (Dove). A flying scale model of this popular aircraft, designed by Igor Etrich originally in 1910 and subsequently built by many manufacturers including Albatross, Gotha and Rumpler, with fabric covered wood airframe, rubber tyred main undercarriage and tail skid, with cockpits for pilot and observer, fitted with a single cylinder glow-plug engine, driving a 14in (35.5cm) diameter simulated laminated wood ‘Top Flite’ propeller, finished in pale yellow and olive green with national markings, 61.5in (156.3cm) wingspan (1)

£380-450

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486* de Havilland DH82A ‘Tiger Moth T6818’. An exceptional flying scale model of this ‘ab-initio’ flying training aircraft, the well detailed fabric covered wood airframe with operating flying control surfaces, braced rubber tyred main undercarriage, the wheel discs with D.H. logo and sprung tail skid, with fine cockpit detail for pilot and student including instrument panels, seats with straps, windscreen and fire extinguishers, the hinged access doors with spring catches, the mainplanes with strut and wire bracing, pitot tube, fuel tank and fuel lines, the hinged engine cowling opening to reveal a single cylinder glowplug engine driving a two blade mahogany propeller 12.75in (32.3cm) diameter, with control wires to all flying surfaces, finished in World War Two camouflage and markings, 66in (167.5cm) wingspan (1)

487* de Havilland D.H. 60. A fine 1/48th scale model of De Havilland D.H.60 “Cirrus Moth” G-EBLV, built by Tony Woollett, finished in blue over silver with exceptional detail to cockpit and instrument board, rotating propeller and flying wires, 7.5in (19cm) wingspan The G-EBLV is currently airworthy at the Shuttleworth Collection.

(1) £100-150

£1000-1200

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489* Fairey Delta FD-2. A rare bakelite and metal desk-top static display model of this World Speed Record aircraft, 6.25in (15.8cm) wingspan, raised from the smoked acrylic triangular base, the gilt Fairey Company logo with inscription The Fairey Delta 2 World Speed Record 1132 mph, further engraved Wing Commander H.A.C. Bird-Wilson, D.S.O., D.F.C., A.F.C. 1.56M on 24th June 1956 (1)

£150-200

490* FMA 1A-58 ‘Pucara’ (Fortress). A well modelled desk-top display aircraft of composite construction, with twin rotating aluminium propellers, dummy cockpit and canopy, finished in pale grey with the national markings of Argentina, to represent AX-02, on display stand, 14.25in (36.2cm) wingspan, together with original wood carrying case (1)

£200-300

491* Fokker DR.1. Triplane. A well-built flying scale model of this famous World War I fighter aircraft, the fabric covered wooden airframe finished in all-over red with the Imperial German Air Force ‘Maltese’ cross on upper and lower mainplanes, rudder against a white background and both fuselage sides, with fully working flying control surfaces, strut and wire braced main undercarriage, the wheels with rubber tyres and discs, with tail skid, powered by a single cylinder two-stroke engine driving a 21.25in (54cm) diameter, wood propeller, with olive green painted cowling, 73in (185.5cm) wingspan (1)

£500-600

492* Fokker DRI Triplane. A very fine 1/8th-scale model, representing the famous fighter of the Imperial German Air Force c. 1917, professionally built from the Hasegawa model-kit, with incredible attention to authentic detail, of wood and metal construction featuring “Cutaway”-style sections to show airframe construction methods wire-bracing, controls and interior fittings, painted to external surfaces with authentic finish with squadron markings etc., wingspan 36in (90cm) (1)

£1600-1800

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493* Fokker EV (DVIII) Parasol Monoplane 157/18. An exceptionally fine flying scale model built by C. J. Redshaw, the scale wooden air frame constructed as per the original aircraft, the two main spars of jelulong wood webbed with balsa and ply at the centre section, the fuselage and wings covered in fine fabric and very thin marine ply, detail includes dummy riveting, cockpit detail with control column, gimbal mounted compass, magneto isolation switch, rudder bar, seat and other controls, the twin dummy Spandau machine guns with ammunition belts and bullet counters, the engine cowling enclosing a dummy Le Rhône J type rotary engine with laminated brasswood and mahogany 27.5in (69.8cm) diameter propeller, the engine bay designed to accept a Lazer 300 V engine, on strutt and wire braced undercarriage with wing-section fairing and rubber tyred main wheels with discs and sprung tail skid, finished in olive-green and lozenge camouflage with national markings of the 1918 period, fitted with a Futaba 6E6S 2.4 Giga Hertz radio system less transmitter, 89.5in (227.4cm) wingspan, together with some spares, all working drawings, documentation, patterns and moulds (1)

£1200-1500

494* Gloster ‘Gauntlet’ K4087. A well constructed flying scale model of this popular interwar R.A.F. expansion period biplane fighter, the fabric and balsa covered wooden airframe finished in all-over silver with R.A.F. Squadron markings of the period, with working ailerons, rudder and elevators, some cockpit details, strut and wire braced mainplanes, on braced main undercarriage with rubber tyred wheels and tailwheel, the dummy radial engine and Townend ring concealing a single cylinder miniature engine driving a twoblade 22in (56cm) diameter wooden propeller, 67in (170cm) wingspan (1)

£600-750

Lot 494 495* Handley-Page HP42 G-AAGX “Hannibal”.

A flying scale model of this famous Imperial Airways airliner, the fabric and balsa covered wooden airframe with strut braced mainplanes, working ailerons, rudders and elevators, duplex four-blade propellers to the upper pair of dummy Jupiter radial engines, the lower pair with twoblade propellers driven by glow-plug single cylinder engines, on rubber tyred main undercarriage and tailwheel, finished in all over silver with black lettering, dummy cabin windows and glazed cockpit, 96.5in (245cm) wingspan (1)

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£500-700

499* Hawker P.0181. An original manufacturer’s desk-top model of VX279, the modified P.1052 designed to meet an Australian Government request to study performance prior to the possibility of an order for a jet fighter aircraft, the solid wood air frame with cockpit details painted pale pea-green with R.A.F. markings, on a desktop stand, 15.5in (39.3cm) wingspan Reference: Mason (Francis K.), Hawker Aircraft Since 1920, pub. Putnam 1961, (p. 333-334).

(1) £200-300

Lot 496 496* Hanriot HDI. A well-built flying scale model, with doped fabric covered wood airframe, flying control surfaces, strut and wire braced mainplanes, the forward fuselage and engine cowling finished with fine gauge aluminium, the cockpit with seat and windshield, the braced main undercarriage wheels with rubber tyres, with fixed tail skid, currently fitted with a single cylinder spark ignition engine driving a two blade 18in (45.7cm) diameter mahogany propeller, finished in pale yellow with national markings markings, 72in (183cm) wingspan (1)

£700-800

498* Hawker ‘Hunter’. An early desk-top static model in aluminium, painted all-over silver with RAF roundels, black shaded canopy and windscreen, the wing upper and under-surfaces incised with the outline of ailerons, flaps and undercarriage doors, on shaped display stand, 8.25in (21cm) wingspan, minor damage to fin (1)

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£150-200

£150-200

497* Hawker ‘Hunter’ F.6. A stylish desktop model of this famous single-seat jet fighter aircraft, by Space Models, London, the composition air frame finished in Royal Air Force livery and markings, on display stand, 8.5in (21.5cm) wingspan, together with maker’s cardboard box (1)

500* Hawker Siddeley T-AV-8s ‘Matador’. A good desk-top model of this famous Hawker ground attack and fighter aircraft, the composition airframe finished in camouflage with pale blue-white undersurfaces, the main planes and under fuselage with rocket pods and other external stones, cockpit detail includes pilot and ejection seat, on table stand, 6.25in (16cm) wingspan, together with maker’s cardboard box

£150-200

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501* North American F-100 ‘Super Sabre’ FW-757. A desk-top static display model, finished in USAF markings, 8.25in (21cm) wingspan, on shaped iron stand with label (1)

£80-120

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Lot 503 502* Scale kits & models. A large collection of unmade scale kits and models of railway engines, warships and armoured fighting vehicles, etc., various scales and makers, including Trevithick’s Locomotive, Stephenson’s ‘Rocket’, ‘The General’, BR ‘Mogul’, ‘Evening Star’ and ‘Biggin Hill’, NY Central ‘Hudson’ and 1872 ‘Vulcan’, other models by Air Fix, Matchbox, Heller, Orohek, Lindbergh Line, Hasagawa, Nitto, Esci and Caldercraft, etc., all contained in original boxes (approx. 50)

£100-200

503* SE5A - A fine 1/4-Scale former flying model, representing the famous fighter as used by Mannock & McCudden etc during 1917-1918, well-fabricated with careful attention to detail, including cockpit instrumentation with pilot, machine guns, adjustable rigging wires, finished in authentic colour scheme of the Royal Flying Corps, the aeroplane still fitted with a large two-cylinder aero-motor within dummy V-8 engine housing, W/span 76in (194cm) (1)

504* Sopwith ‘Camel’ F3164. A good and well presented flying scale model of this famous WWI fighting scout, with fabric covered wood airframe, working flying control surfaces on braced rubber tyred main undercarriage and tail skid, the forward fuselage and engine cowling of mottled fine gauge aluminium, cockpit detail includes some instrumentation, ring sight for the dummy twin machine guns, leather padding and polished wood surround, with dummy Clerget 9 cylinder air-cooled rotary engine and 17in (43.2cm) diameter mahogany propeller finished in overall R.F.C. olive drab with national markings, 56.5in (142.2cm) wingspan (1)

£300-400

505* Supermarine Swift. A stylish 1950s period desk-top static model, the all-over silver single-seat jet fighter with RAF roundels, 6.25in (15.8cm) wingspan, raised on a serpentine column and polygonal base with stepped stand (1)

506* Tupolev Tu. 144. A desk-top static model of this ‘Concorde’ look-a-like affectionately known as the ‘Concordski’, painted in Aeroflot livery (paint defective), on shaped stand with inscription in Russian, dated 1975, 22.5in (54.5cm) long, 10.25in (27.3cm) wingspan (1)

£50-80

507* Vickers ‘Vanguard’. A well presented static display model, finished in the livery of Air Canada, 20in (50.8cm) wingspan, on chrome-plated tripod stand, propellers and spinners missing, with original wooden transit case, 21.25 in x 21.25 in x 8in (54cm x 54cm x 20.3cm), together with a static display model of a ‘Viscount’ 700 in the livery of Ansett-Ana with lowered undercarraiage, 18.75in (47.6cm) wingspan, with original wooden transit case, 21.75 x 21.75 x 8.5in (55.3 x 55.3 x 21.5cm) (2)

£300-400

£100-150

£700-800

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508* Vickers ‘Viscount’ 630. A fine static display model of G-AHRF by Westway Models of Acton, with rotary-table mountings, lowered undercarriage and rotating propellers, 22in (55.8cm) wingspan, on chrome-plated tripod stand, with wooden transit case, 21.25 x 21.25 x 8in (54 x 54 x 20.3cm) (1)

509* Vickers ‘Viscount’ 700. A rotarytable display model by Westway Models of Acton, finished in the livery of TransCanada Air Lines, with lowered undercarriage and rotating four blade propellers, 23in (58.5cm) wingspan, with original wooden transit case, 21.25 x 21.25 x 8in (54 x 54 x 20.3cm) (1)

£200-300

510* Vickers ‘Viscount’ 800. A rotarytable display model by Westway Models of Acton, finished in the K.L.M. livery for “De Veiegende Hollander” (The Flying Dutchman), with lowered undercarriage and rotating propellers, 23.5in (59.7cm) wingspan, with original wooden transit case, 21.25 x 21.25 x 8in (54 x 54 x 20.3cm) (1)

£200-300

£200-300

511* Vickers ‘Vimy Transatlantic’. A well constructed flying scale model of the Alcock and Brown ‘Vimy’, the wood airframe covered with fine-fabric, finished in natural pale yellow, the strut and wire-braced biplane-form wing structure in port, centre and starboard sections with dowel location points and securing screws, the biplane-form tail structure with twin fins and rudders, with working flying control surfaces, the four wheel main undercarriage with rubber tyres and wheel discs (one disc missing), with wire and strut braced nose wheel (omitted for the trans-atlantic flight in order to save weight), and a tail skid, the cockpit with dummy pilot and navigator, the Rolls Royce Eagle engine nacelles each containing a miniature single cylinder engine driving a two-blade Mejzlik propeller, 18in (45.7cm) diameter, wingspan 140in (356cm) (1)

£1200-1500

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MOTORING PICTURES All lots unframed unless otherwise stated

512* Celor Lux - Fuels & Lubricants. A French manufacturer’s original poster proclaiming achievements, 1926-1934, fullcolour lithograph design by Studio BB Paris, depicting Amilcar-style racing car, linen-backed, 23 x 31in (58 x 80cm) (1)

£280-350

Lot 514 514* Marsh (Roger). Motor Racing Through the Ages 1906-1950s, a group of four original artwork illustrations depicting racing cars of a bygone era, including Peugeot, Lorraine, Bugatti, Maserati & Porsche, blue-ink with monotone watercolour wash, two signed by the artist and dated 1962 & 1963 respectively, all contained in common mount for display, un-framed, 7.5 x 10in (19 x 26cm) (4)

513* Ham (Geo., Georges Hamel). Le Mans 1950-1954, a set of four coloured illustrations for ‘Les 24 Heures du Mans’,

by Roger Labric, originally pub. 1949, including Talbot-Lago, Ferrari, Jaguar, etc., professionally mounted with colour-coded matching frames, image size approx. 12 x 9in (31 x 23cm), together with a quantity of posters and retrospective prints, including Geo. Ham pair of enlarged prints depicting Bentleys at Le Mans, c. 1930 and AstonMartin & Alfa-Romeo c. 1935, together with Montaut “Circuit de la Seine Inferieure” 1907, Reims c. 1953, and motor racing and rally posters etc., 1960s-1980s, etc.

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£100-150

£70-100

515* Montaut (Marguerite, ‘Gamy’).

“La Tour de France Automobile” 1913, an original pochoir print depicting the “Voiture Majola Pilote par Doutre” dated 1913, hand-stencilled colour lithograph, variously captioned for components suppliers, mounted on original frame, glass lacking, shows some age-wear and discoloration, 16 x 32in (40 x 80cm) (1)

£100-150

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516 Motor racing posters. MercedesBenz, by Walter Gotschke, c. 1951, offset col. litho, 84 x 59.5cm (33 x 23.5in), together with A Czech racing poster for the ‘Mil Ceskoslovenskyeh, Memoriel Bohumila Turka’, 1976, col. printed, , 63.5 x 45.1cm (25 x 17.75in) (2)

£200-300

520 The Autocar. A Journal Published in the Interests of the Mechanically Propelled Road Carriage, edited H. Walter Staner, vol. 19, July 6-December 28, 1907, num. b & w illusts. and ads., first and last few leaves loose and sl. frayed at edges, contemp. cloth, worn, thick 4to (1)

£100-150

521 Annual Automobile Review/ Automobile Year, vols. 5-17, 1957-70, together 14 vols., num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, ads. etc., orig. boards, all but vol. 5 in d.j. (earlier vols. sl. frayed), 4to (14)

517 Motor racing poster by Hans Liska (1907-83). Mercedez-Benz, gewinnit in hartem Kampf, gegen starkste Konkurrenz auch das schnelle Rennen, um den “Groben Preis von Italien 1954”, 1. Juan Manuel Fangio, 4. Hans Hermann, c. 1954, Mercedez-Benz racing poster celebrating Juan Manuel Fangio’s win in 1954, offset col. litho., 84 x 59.5cm (33 x 23.5in) Juan Manuel Fangio commonly known as ‘bandy legs’switched allegiance to the Mercedes team, winning eight of the twelve Grand Prix races during 1954 to take the World Championship for that year.

(1) £400-600

518 Annual Automobile Review/ Automobile Year, vols. 3, 7, 8, 18, 20, 21, 23, 29, 30, 32, 33, 35, 41, 42, 43 & 46, 1955-6-1998-99, together 16 vols., num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, ads. at front and rear, orig. boards in d.j. (d.j. of first vol. a little frayed and torn), 4to £200-300

519 The Autocar. A Journal Published in the Interests of the Mechanically Propelled Road Carriage, edited H. Walter Staner, vols. 12 & 13 bound in 1, April 2-December 31, 1904, num. b & w illusts. from photos, first and last few leaves det. and sl. frayed at edges, contemp. cloth, some wear, thick 4to (1)

522 Court (William). Power and Glory.

The History of Grand Prix Motor Racing, vol. 1, 1906-1951, reprinted, 1988, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., 4to, together with Touch Wood!, By Duncan Hamilton and Lionel Scott (Additional Material by Doug Nye), 1990, num. b & w illusts. from photos, edition de Luxe bound in dark green morocco, 4to, plus Coe (John J.), In the Left-Hand Seat.

A Sporting Biography of the Hon. John Dawson-Damer, pub. Sydney, [2001], num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., oblong 4to, and Loveridge (Guy and Richardson, Bob), Mintex Man. Behind the Scenes of 1950’s & 1960’s Motor Racing. A Tribute to Lionel Clegg, 1st ed., 2001, signed on title by Guy Loveridge, num. col. illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., oblong 4to (limited edition 920/1000), and others of motor racing and motoring history (2 cartons)

MOTORING BOOKS

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£150-250

£100-150

£150-250

523 Dalton (Lawrence). Rolls-Royce. The Elegance Contiunes, reprinted, 1977, RollsRoyce. The Classic Elegance, 1st ed., 1987, Rolls-Royce. The Derby Phantoms, 1st ed., 1991, The Godfather of Rolls-Royce. The Life and Times of Henry Edmunds, M.I.C.E., M.I.E.E., Science and Technology’s Forgotten Pioneer, 1st ed., 1993, num. col. and b & w illusts., all orig. boards in d.j., 4to, and others Rolls-Royce related, including brochures and booklets (approx. 27)

£70-100

524 Ferrari. Berlinetta, 250/Le Mans, pub.

February 1990, fold-out col. brochure with blindstamped red leather covers, two further brochures in orig. col. wrappers and a compact-disc (complete), all contained in orig. metal case with clip, approx. 7.75 x 5.5in (1)

£100-150

525 Frostick (Michael). Return to Power.

The Grands Prix of 1966 & 1967, 1st ed., 1968, b & w illusts. from photographs by Maxwell Boyd, orig. boards in sl. rubbed and dust soiled d.j., slim 4to, together with Moretti (Valerio), When Nuvolari Raced... , translated and edited by Angela Cherrett, 1994, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., square 4to, plus Schlegelmilch (Rainer W. and Lehbrink, Hartmut), Mercedes, 2 vols., pub.

Konemann, 1997, num. fine col. illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j. and slipcase, some minor dust soiling, 4to, plus other miscellaneous motoring books, including motor racing, plus a file of paperwork relating to Frederick ‘Paddy’ Nevin, motoring artist, comprising an exercise book and other research papers relating to a book that Nevin was intending to publish entitled International Tourist Trophy Race (Ards Circuit), an original pen, ink and wash d.j., titled ‘Art for Ards Sake’, a volume entitled ‘Power and Speed. The Story of the International Combustion Engine...’ , with his ownership signature and a small volume entitled Racing Cars and Record Breaker 1891-1921, with a small original pen and ink sketch on verso of title (3 cartons)

526 Gladwin (David). Coaching Cavalcade 1910-1970, 1st ed., Brewin Books, Studley, Warwickshire, 1991, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., folio, together with Stevens-Stratten (S.W.)British Lorries 1900-1992, reprinted 1994, b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., 8vo, with Davies (Hunter), The Eddie Stobart Story, 2001, b & w plts., orig. boards in d.j., 8vo, and Heaton (Paul), The Wynns Fleet, 120 Years of Road Haulage, 2003, b & w illusts., orig. pict. boards, 4to, with Wynn (John), Wynns, The Last 20 Years, 1996, b & w illusts., orig. pict. boards, 4to, and Ingram (Arthur), Truck Nostalgia, 1985, b & w illusts., orig. boards in d.j., 4to, plus other similar transport related etc.

(2 cartons)

£100-150

527 Hay (Michael). Bentley: The Vintage Years, pub. Dalton Watson, 1986, numerous illustrations, a.e.g., original green morocco gilt, slipcase, 4to Limited edition, 50/200. Signed by the author to title.

(1) £150-200

528 Hunt (James). James Hunt Against All Odds, 1977, coloured and b & w illustrations, original cloth, d.j., 8vo Signed by the author.

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£100-150

£70-100

529 Louche (Maurice). 1895-1995. Un Siecle de Grands Pilotes Francais, 3 vols., 1995, numerous colour and b & w illustrations, original cloth, two spines slightly rubbed, slipcase, 4to (3)

£70-100

530 Mays (Raymond). Split Seconds. My Racing Years, 2nd imp., 1952, b & w illusts. from photos, together with Davis (S.C.H.), A Racing Motorist. His Adventures at the Wheel in Peace and War, 2nd imp., 1949, plus Moss (Stirling), A Turn at the Wheel, 1st ed., 1961, and All But My Life. Stirling Moss Face to Face with Ken W. Peurdy, 1st ed., 1963, b & w illusts. to each, all orig. boards in sl. frayed and chipped d.j.s, 8vo, and other motor racing biographies, including Fangio, Jim Clark, Nickie Lauda, Nigel Mansell et al, mostly G/VG (38)

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£100-150

£150-200

531 Monkhouse (George C.). MercedesBenz Grand Prix Racing, 1934-1995, 1st UK ed., pub. White Mouse Editions, 1984, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. silver laminated boards in glassine d.j. with slipcase, oblong 4to, plus Ludvigsen (Karl), Mercedes-Benz Quicksilver Century, 1st ed., 1995, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. navy mock morocco boards with d.j., thick 4to, plus Conway (H.G.), Grand Prix Bugatti, 1st ed., 1968, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., 4to, with other marque histories, including Jaguar, Porsche, BMW, Ford, etc., mostly G/VG (approx. 55)

534 Moss (Stirling). Autobiography, authors corrected copy, page proofs by Wodderspoon, pub. Motor Racing Publications Ltd, 1953, starts on p.7, num. ms. annotations and corrections by Moss throughout, upper hinge repaired with tape, lower hinge near-detached, orig. printed card wrappers, rubbed, small 4to, together with Nixon (Chris), Aston Martin Virage, 1st ed., pub. Osprey, 1989, bookplate to front endpaper signed by Stirling Moss, signed by author and illustrator to title, col. illusts. from photos

by Richard Newton, orig. green leather gilt, oblong 4to

535* Motor Racing. A group of fifty-six b&w photos, mostly c. 1940s, showing motor races, speed trials, etc., mostly vintage but including some later printings, some with captions to versos, and several with photographer’s name stamp of P. G. Neaverson to verso, mostly approx. 16 x 22cm (56)

536* Motor Racing. An album containing 112 corner-mounted vintage b&w photos, c. 1950-55, mostly single car action shots at Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Goodwood, each 8.5 x 11cm, mostly mounted four to a page with full details of driver, race and date beneath, contemp. plain brown boards with ink title and pencil drawing of a motor car to upper cover, a little rubbed and soiled, oblong folio (1)

£100-150

537 Motor Sport (incorporating Speed and The Brooklands Gazette), a large quantity of orig. issues, c. 1950s-80s, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, ads. etc., orig. printed wrappers, 4to (4 cartons)

Lot 535

£200-300

532 Moss (Stirling). Ferrari, 250 GT Sperimentale “No 2643”, pub. La Mille Miglia Editrice, 1st ed., 1990, col. and b&w illusts from photos throughout, pict. endpapers, orig. red blindstamped calf, very slightly rubbed, in orig. pict. slipcase, folio Signed Limited Edition 893/1500, signed by Stirling Moss.

(1) £100-150

533 Moss (Stirling). Fangio. A Pirelli Album, In Association with MercedesBenz, 1st ed., 1991, bookplate signed by Sterling Moss to title, col. and b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth in d.j., oblong 4to, together with Nixon (Chris), Mon Ami Mate, the Bright, Brief Lives of Mike Hawthorn & Peter Collins, 1st ed., 1991, inscribed to title ‘A great tribute to two of racings characters & friends of mine.

Stirling Moss’, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt in d.j., 4to (2)

£100-150

£80-120

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£70-100

538 Motoring Ephemera, etc. A quantity of mid to late 20th c. promotional brochures and sales literature, etc., including Mercedes Benz 540K c. 1937 & related typescript specification sheets, also including Austin Healey Sprite, AC Cobra, Corvette, Daimler, Fiat 2300, Lamborghini, Lotus Eclat, Triumph TR2 Sports, TR4A, Spitfire, Pegaso Z102, Aston-Martin Tickford, Mercedes-Benz T300 Series, Mazda MX5, Toyota, and other sundry publications including Shell ‘The Modern Motor Car, c. 1930s, with five coloured sectional diags., and Shell Achievements booklets, 1935 & 1936 (rear cover of 1935 missing) (a carton)

£100-150

539 Pomeroy (Laurence). The Grand Prix Car, 2 vols., 3rd/4th imp., 1960 & 1964, num. b & w illusts. from photos, folding diags., orig. dark green cloth gilt in sl. frayed and torn d.j.s, 4to (2)

£70-100

Lot 542 540 Racing Programmes. A collection of approx. 320 racing progammes from numerious venues, incl. Silverstone, Brands Hatch, Donington, Oulton Park etc., 1965-90, col. and b&w illusts., orig. pict. wrappers, some with curling to edges, 8vo/small folio (2 cartons)

£200-300

541 Stanley (Louis T.). Grand Prix. The 1964 World Championships, 1st ed., 1965, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in sl. frayed d.j., 4to, together with Klemantaski (Louis and Frostick, Michael), British Racing Green 1946-1956, 1st ed., 1957, inscribed verso of half-title ‘Paul best wishes Louis’, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in sl. soiled and frayed d.j., slim 4to, and Boddy (W.), The Story of Brooklands. The World’s First Motor Course, vol. 3, 1st ed., 1950, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in d.j., 8vo, and other motor racing history and similar, mostly G/VG (38)

£150-200

542* Talbot-London - Motor Racing highlights and Achievements 1930s. A photograph album depicting factory cars in racing action during the 1930s, compiled from official company archive photographs, depicting action-studies in various events including Le Mans, Brooklands, Tourist Trophy Races Belfast, Mille Miglia etc, also including factory production-line at Barlby Road, North Kensington and London Showrooms, with further images of production cars illustrating various coachwork styles 19291939, twenty-two double-mounted pages, spine part detached, images 7 x 10in (18 x 26cm)

544 Mathieson (Taso). Grand Prix Racing 1906-1914. A History of the Grand Prix de l’Automobile Club de France, 1st ed., 1965, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth with slipcase (slipcase a little soiled and worn), square 4to, together with Klemantaski (Louis, and Frostick, Michael), Motor Racing Circuits of Europe/For Practice Only, both 1st eds., 1958/59 respec., b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in frayed d.j., slim 4to, plus Stirling Moss’s Book of Motor Sport, edited Wayne Mineau, 1st ed., 1955, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in frayed d.j., slim 4to, and others, mostly motor racing interest

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(2 cartons)

£150-180

543 Thompson (Jonathan). The Ferrari Formula 1 Cars, 1948-1976, 1st ed., 1976, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. boards in sl. frayed d.j., together with Lyons (Pete), Ferrari. The Machines and the Man, 1989, num. col. illusts. from photos, orig. laminated boards in d.j., plus Rogliatti (Gianni), Ferrari & Pininfarina, n.d., c.

1990, text in Italian and English, num. b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in d.j., all 4to, and Cancellieri (Gianni), Ferrari Glory.

Monoposto/Single-Seaters/Monoplaces.

Vittorie/Victories/Victoires 1948-2000, pub.

2001, num. col. and b & w illusts. from photos, pict. endpapers, orig. boards in d.j., oblong folio (limited edition 436/2200, and others of Ferrari interest including Ferrari annuals 1984/85, 1995, 1999 & 2002, etc. (approx. 50 items in all), VG (a carton)

£200-300

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£150-200

545 Tractors and farm machinery, etc. A miscellaneous collection of books, manuals, brochures and magazines, etc., mostly 20th c., various conditions (3 cartons)

£100-200

546 A similar lot (3 cartons)

£100-200

MOTORING BROCHURES & EPHEMERA FROM THE COLLECTION OF JOHN CRAWLEY

547 Charles Roberts & Co. Commercial Vehicle Coachbuilders 1914-1930s. A good group of original manufacturer’s promotional photographs, depicting varied bespoke coachwork styles on Ford and other manufacturers chassis’including Morris, Austin, Scammell, Leyland etc, professional studies mostly blindstamped with Chas. Roberts Co Norbury, Wakefield address, tipped-in to card mounts for filing (14)

£100-150

548 Commer and Karrier. A collection of original manufacturer’s handbooks, spareparts manuals and instruction books etc., c. 1930-1950s, including “Superpoise” All models (Nov 1947), including lubrication charts, “Commando” 28-32 seat Passenger Coaches (March 1947, including lube-charts and factory letter), Commer Supplement No 304 “Superpoise” models (June 1947), Driver’s Instruction Book 15 & 25cwt Models, Karrier Instruction books for “Cob” and “Cob Junior” models (Jan 1947) KT4 Four-wheel drive Vehicles as supplied to Indian Govt dated contracts Dec 1939-Jan 1940, and Commer 15 & 25cwt Spare Parts list book no. 303 (April 1947) (11)

550 Ford & Fordson. A collection of original manufacturer’s sales brochures, catalogues and promotional material etc., 1950-1960s, including “The Great New Thames Range” (1957), “New Thames 5&7cwt Van” (1961), New “Transit” Range 12-35cwt full-range models, full-colour artwork illustrations (dated 2/66), Ford “Transit” Range (1967), Ford Trucks Dealer Specification Price Quotation Brochure and a group of related ‘flyers’ and specification sheets and related promotional material c. 1960s, mounted on display cards (-)

Lot 551

£80-120

551 Ford Agency Dealership Suppliers.

A good group of early 20th c. Motor Manufacturer’s letterheads and related publicity and promotional material, 19141930s, extensively detailing specifications for bespoke coach building and related supplies to Ford Agency dealerships, including illustrated ‘flyers’, photographs, price lists, Agency Agreement documents etc, contained in loose-leaf sleeves leverarch file (approx. 22)

£200-250

£100-150

552 Ford Agency Dealership Suppliers.

A good group of rare early 20thC Motor Manufacturer’s publicity & promotional material, 1914-1930s, extensively detailing a range of bespoke and factory-built coachwork on Ford Commercial Vehicles, including Convertible Cars, Vans, Light Commercials, Trucks, Low-Loaders, Charabancs and Buses, mostly applicable to the Model T Chassis and some later models, comprising photo-illustrative single-sheet ‘flyers’ specification-sheets and related ephemera etc., contained in loose-leaf sleeves in lever-arch file (approx. 20)

549 Daimler & Lanchester. A collection of original manufacturer’s handbooks, spare-parts manuals and instruction-books etc., c. 1940s-1950s, including Daimler “Conquest” Saloon, Complimentary Copy fully-illustrated handbooks dated 1950 (x2), and with similar for Lanchester “Fourteen” models (c. 1950), Lanchester “Ten” Coachbuilt models (1950-51), Spare Parts Catalogue for Straight Eight “DE 36” Models and similar for 2.5. Litre “Special Sports” Models (c. 1950) (6)

£70-100

Lot 552

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555 Ford Cars. A collection of original manufacturer’s handbooks, spare-parts manuals and instruction-books etc., c.

1930-1950s, including Ford “Eight” Instruction book (1938), “Popular De Luxe” Eight and Ten models (May 1953), “Anglia & Prefect” models Repair and Operations Manual (Sept ‘54), Spare-Parts List for V-8 “22” Model 62 (1936-39) dated 1947, “Anglia & Prefect” Spare-Parts List (1953), “Anglia, Prefect, Escort & Squire” Repair Charges, Ford “Popular” (1953-59) FollowOn Service Voucher booklet including 8hp 5cwt &10cwt Vans, etc., “Consul & Zephyr Six” (April 1954), Zephyr Zodiac Repair Schedule (June 1956), Zephyr Owners Handbook (Aug 67), Zodiac Ford Service Card Book (March 1966) (13)

£100-150

553 Ford Agency Dealership Suppliers.

A good group of rare early 20th c. Motor Manufacturer’s publicity & promotional material, 1914-1920s, extensively detailing a range of bespoke designs and factorybuilt coachwork on Ford Cars & Vehicles, especially applicable to the Model T Chassis and some later models, comprising photo-illustrative single-sheet ‘flyers’ specification-sheets and related ephemera etc, contained in loose-leaf sleeves in lever-arch file (approx. 20)

£200-250

554 Ford Cars 1950-1960. A group of original factory press-release and promotional publicity photographs, depicting production models including Zepyhr 4, Zephyr 6 & Zodiac models MkI, II & III types, also with Ford “Anglia 105” & “Prefect”, “Executive” and “Classic” model types, mounted for filing with press-release “snipes” verso, contained in loose-leaf sleeves in lever-arch file, mostly 7 x 9in (18 x 23cm) (approx. 50)

557 Ford Cars. A collection of original manufacturer’s sales brochures, catalogues and promotional material etc., c. 1950s, including “The Five-Star Cars” Consul & Zephyr Six, colour artwork illustrative foldout format (c. 1950), “Zephyr Six & Consul” models full artwork illustrative 12 doublepage format, soft-covers (c. 1950), Passenger-Car Price List (Oct ‘52), Ford “Rairlane” large fold-out format full-model range colour artwork illustrations, US Edsel Ford Publication (1958) ford Colour Chart & Price Guide for the “Capri” Models (c.

1960s), and with Ford “Escort” related promotional gift item (1967) (7)

556 Ford Cars. A collection of original manufacturer’s sales brochures, catalogues and promotional material etc., c. 1930-1950s, including “The DeLuxe Ford” full-range catalogue for the “Eight” models, full-colour artwork illustrations 8 double-pages, soft covers dated 1937, together with “The Prefect” 4 pp. fold-out format with colour artwork illustrations dated 1948, “The New V-8 Pilot” 3.6 litre fold-out format 1947, and related material including exchange engine units (1935) and Dagenham Works promotional booklet dated 1938 (5)

£80-120

558 Ford Cars and Commercial Vehicles. A collection of original photographs, 1912-1930, principally comprising professional studies for coachwork designs for sales promotional and publicity etc including Model “T” and later factory production chassis’ including cars, tractors, vans and trucks, tipped in to cardstock sheets for filing and display, variously captioned verso, contained in loose-leaf sleeves in lever-arch file (approx. 25)

£150-200

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£80-120

£80-120

561 Ford Salesman’s Literature. A collection of Agency brochures, booklets and literature 1940s-1960s, including Ford Company Instructions for sales, priceguides, Business Planning for Sales Pitch, Colou-charts, Price-comparison Guides, Sales & Product Training catalogues, Salesman’s specification-books for Consul, Zephyr, Zodiac, Prefect, Anglia, Squire, Escort Light Car range and Small Commercials, New-Car Selling Guide and related material 559 Ford Cars and Commercial Vehicles. A collection of original photographs, 1920-1960s, principally comprising professional factory pressrelease images etc., coachwork designs for sales promotional and publicity etc. including Model “T”, Ford “Thames” 10/12 & 15cwt chassis & bodywork styles, Fordson “Utilicon”, “Squire” etc., also with related press-cutting and published articles on typpe history, together with some copy-negative photographs and original photographs of vehicles in period, tippedin on card sheets for filing and display, variously captioned verso, contained in loose-leaf sleeves in lever-arch file (approx. 40)

£100-150

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£70-100

562 Ford Saloon Cars. A group of UK sales brochures and catalogues etc., 19601970, including Consul “Corsair” spiralbound photo-illustrated, “Capri” & Consul “Classic” full coachwork illustrations, with price-lists and ‘flyers’ together with a Ford Factory promotional brochure and “Escort” Ford Service Booklet 1950s1960s (6)

£70-100

564 Ford V-8 Cars and Lincoln Zephyr. A group of original sales brochures and literature, c. 1930s, including “The New Ford V-8” full-colour artwork illustrated catalogue with tipped-in price-list dated 1936, together with Lincoln Zephyr foldout format format photo-illustrated dated 1935, als with Ford V-8 Body colour-charts booklet c1930s, and Engine Replacement promotional flyer (4)

565 Ford “Taunus” and Continental Ranges. A group of factory sales brochures for the German & European Market promotions, 1960s-1970s, including Taunus full range catalogue illustrated with pprice-listings for “Capri”, “17”, “20”, “26M”, “Escort”, model ranges, also including “Capri” models for the UK market sales promotions (8)

560 Ford Commercial Vehicles. A collection of original manufacturer’s sales brochures, catalogues and promotional material etc., c. 1930-1950s, including “The Ford 5cwt Van full-colour illustrative artwork, 8 pp. (dated 1935), together with “New 8-Cylinder 3-Ton and 15cwt Ford Van” catalogue, photo-illustrative fold-out format (Oct 1935), Fordson “ForwardControl” 2-Ton Chassis extensions and “Dragon” Trailers (c. 1935), similar for “Pullmore” range, also with “Thames New 5cwt Van” colour-photo illustrated catalogue (dated 1954), and “Thames 10cwt Vans” (1956), also with Commer “15cwt Chassis” Standard Van, fold-out format (Oct 1935) (8)

563 Ford V-8 and V-8 “Pilot” etc. A group of original sales brochures and literature, c.

1930s-1940s, including V-8 Pilot large foldout poster format with colour artwork illustrative range, and also with similar for Ford “Anglia” with Engine Reconditioning booklet c1935, and with Ford “Prefect” fold-out 4 pp. brochure c. 1948 (4)

£80-120

£100-150

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£80-120

£80-120

566 Fordson & Oliver. A collection of scarce original manufacturer’s handbooks, spare-parts manuals and instruction-books etc., c. 1920-1950, including Spare-Parts List 1917-1945, 115 pp. soft-covers, together with Fordson “Elite” plough & harrow instruction manual dated 1947, “The Tractor” No 6, 112 pp. General Manual dated 1946, F_R Mounted Plough (Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies & Ford Motor Co July 1947, “Repair Charges” Fordson & Fordson “Major” July 1947, Fordson Tool-Bar & Equipment 1948, and also with Oliver “90” & “99” Models Tractor Operating Instructions, dated 1944, and related publications (9)

£80-120

570 Humber. A collection of original manufacturer’s handbooks, spare-parts manuals and instruction-books etc., c.

1940-1950s, “Heavy Utility” all variants incl “Pullman” Limousine, 4X2 “Light reconnaissance”, “Wireless Truck” etc (dated February 1944), also with Humber “Hawk” 46 Models, “Hawk” 48 Models, “Hawk” MkIII (August 1949) and “Pullman” (1948) hard-covers, good original conditions (5)

567 Fordson Tractors and Others. A collection of scarce original manufacturer’s sales brochures, catalogues and promotional material etc., c.1920s-1950s, including Fordson “Oliver” ploughing range, “Oliver No 7” Tractor plough, Rotary Cultivator, Disc Harrows, Myers Mowers for Fordson, Trucks, Tractors & Cars etc., c.

1920s-1930s, small-format photoillustrative booklets depicting full-range, “Oliver 90 & 99” Tractor Range, Case Heavy Duty Model “LA”, Chamberlain Tractors, Minneapolis-Moline range foldout formats c. 1940s-1950s, and FieldMarshall “Series 3” etc, together with related press-release photographs and related promotional material (approx. 21)

£150-220

568 Fordson. A group of scarce original manufacturer’s handbooks, spare-parts manuals and instruction-books etc., c.

1930-1950s, including 15cwt Van SpareParts List 1936-1939 (dated May 1947), “Trucks” 24 and 30 Horsepower 19361939 (dated Nov. 1946), together with “Repair Charges & Schedules” variously for “Thames” Commercials (Jan 1950), “Thames 2-3 Ton Models (1956), 5cwt Van (‘56), 5 & 10cwt Commercial vehicles (Jan ‘53), Thames Semi-Forward Control Commercials (Jan ‘53), V-8 Petrol and ^Cylinder Diesels (May 1955), and 5cwt Van (June ‘56) (9)

£100-150

569 Hillman. A collection of original manufacturer’s handbooks, spare-parts manuals and instruction-books etc., c.

1930s-1950s, including Hillman “16”, ”Hawk” and “80” Models 1936-37 (dated 1945), Hillman “Minx” (1946) and (1948), and “Minx” MkIII models (c. 1953), fully illustrated, soft-covers good original conditions (4)

£50-80

573 Motoring Miscellany. A group of Mercedes-Benz sales literature, c. 19702000, with various other sales literature including Jaguar, Volkswagen Gold, Vauxhall, Proton and other etc. (a carton)

£100-150

£80-120

574 Rootes Group. A collection of original press and publicity photographs for Cars & Commercials, 1940-1950s, including Sunbeam & Sunbeam-Talbot, Alpine Rally Competition Team groups and sports cars, Hillman “Minx”, Humber “Hawk” & “Pullman”, Commer & Karrier Commercial Vehicles, and two original sales brochures for Early post-war Hillman “Minx” models dated 1947, mounted for filing with pressrelease “snipes” verso, contained in loose-leaf sleeves in lever-arch file (approx. 23)

571 Motoring Miscellany. A collection of original press & publicity photographs for various makes, 1940s-1970s, professional studies including Bond “Minicar” (Sharp’s Commercials) and “Mini-Truck”, Daimler “Conquest”, “2 E. Litre” “Consort”, Reliant “Scimitar” MkI & II, Renault, Range-Rover, Triumph P1 2.5 MkII, Lancia “Fulvia”, together with a fine early study of Wolseley 16hp Tourer c1912 and related images etc., mounted for filing with pressrelease “snipes” verso, contained in loose-leaf sleeves in lever-arch file (-)

£100-150

572 Motoring Miscellany. A group of varied motoring publications and brochures, 1920s-1960s, including “Commercial Motor”, introducing Ford “New Thames Trader trucks” range, Foden “The Truck Makers” glossy sales brochure in slipcase c.1960s, Dearborn & Michigan Hinckley-Myles Garage and Service Equipment catalogues No10 (1930s), Ford D800 Series sales catalogue, James Motorcycle 125cc Handbook, and Whiteleys “Buying A Car” dealers Guide handbook for all makes, 96 pp. soft covers Great Portland and Queens Rd London dated 1928 (7)

£50-80

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£150-180

575 Rootes Group. A quantity of salesman’s literature and handbooks etc., c. 1940s, including Commer Trucks, Humber “Hawk”, Hillman “Minx”, Commer “5 & 7 Tonners”, “Tyres For Hillman”, and with a Price’s “Motorine” Motorists logbook, for Morris 8 Deluxe Saloon dated 1936, including road-maps, service & maintenance instructions etc.

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£50-80

576 Tractors - Ford and other Makers. A group of sales brochures and literature etc., 1930-1960, including Fordson Major Salesman’s Handbook, c1950s, together with Oliver No.7 Tractor plough c1930s, and with John Deere Model “R” Diesel Tractor large fold-out poster format c1950, Massey-Harris Full-range 32pp fully illustrated c1950, Fordson Tractors “Square-Deal Used Equipment Marketing Plan for dealers, large folio-format with sales sheet ‘flyers’ and promotional stickers & ephemera etc, also with “Major International Power” a rare and large factory folio salesman’s-pack including catalogues, full-range brochures, price-lists etc for sales to large commercial operators such as County Councils and contractors (-)

£150-200

MOTORING MEMORABILIA 581* Fiat-Abarth. A sports accessory steering wheel, c. 1970s, laminated wood rim alloy three-spoke edition by E. Nardi, complete with horn-button assembly to hub centre, minor de-lamination to part rim, 15in (39cm) diam.

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£100-150

Lot 578 577* Brooklands BARC. A rare original Bar-Tariff printed card from the Member’s Clubhouse, c. 1935, autographed in pencil

by Billy Cotton, well known band leader and amateur racing driver, together with Malcolm Campbell’s Bluebird “Flicker Book” and Daimler Original Owners Handbook for 15hp 4 cylinder models, and a Dunlop & Ranken catalogue, 1932 (4)

£70-100

578* Chism (Gordon). “Moss the Master at Monaco”, a fine bronze sculpture depicting Stirling Moss driving the Maserati 250F to victory in the Monaco Grand Prix 1955, dark patinated bronze with polished highlighted No “28” and trident badges to cockpit sides, well detailed action-study, stamped inscribed G.M. Chism ‘93, approx. 22in (56cm) (1)

579* Enamel Sign. Shell Motor Oil, a vintage period enamel sign of convex form, the pale yellow-orange ground with red lettering and company logo outlined in black, some old chips to enamel, 17.75in (45cm) square (1)

£250-350

580* Enamel Signs. “Ice Cream Tariff” enamelled sign with tariff listing & prices, c. 1930s, black lettering on white ground, with black & white border, part of set as used on J. Lyons & Co tricycle ice-cream floats, together with another for Parker’s “Little Giant” cement mixers, small rhomboid format (2)

£50-70

582* Motorists Goggles. “La Cyclope”. A fine and rare early 20th c. motorist’s protective vizor, French, c. 1905, half-face one-piece, having curved glazed single lens to nickel-plated frame, with chenillelined soft kid leather, decorated with a black & white braided-silk border to lens surround, and elasticated headband, believed unused, minor oxidation to frame, contained in original cardstock box with maker’s decorative applied label frontis, inscribed “For Automobilists and Cyclists (1)

£280-350

£400-600

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583* Motorists Goggles. A cased pair of Edwardian motoring goggles by C. Briard, Douai, Belgium, c. 1908, having tinted curved glazed lenses in nickel-plated frames with chenille-lined gauze cheek protection, contained in original protective leatherette covered hard case with buttondown cover (1)

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£100-150

584* Motorists Goggles - Sir Malcolm Campbell. A fine pair of specialist goggles

by E.B. Meyrovitz of No.1 Bond Street, London c. 1930s, believed formerly used by the racing motorist, of the finest quality, having adjustable-bridge nickel-plated vented frames, stamped maker’s name, with sorbo-rubber cheek-pads and elasticated head-strap, laminated ovate curved glazed lenses, contained in original leather case with gold tooled makers name frontis, showing some age-wear According to information, these goggles were donated by a member of the Campbell family to a charity auction held by Sotheby’s to raise money for the late Soames Langton, critically injured in a motor racing accident at Brands Hatch: the case still bearing the lot number label dated 1997.

(1) £280-350

588* Okill Pressure Indicator. An Okill Patent Pressure Indicator ND1 1885, patent no. 144034, made by G. Taylor (B) Ltd., Bolton, c. 1920, metal cylinder with vents and screw thread parts, lacks counter mechanism and spring for pointer, length 20.5cm, together with a 2” wooden ruler (20 to the inch) by Dobbie McInnes Ltd The first truly successful peak-pressure indicator was patented by John Okill (1875-1947) in 1908.

The patent for this maximum-pressure indicator was granted to Okill & Tate on 10th June 1920.

Rather than the pressure scale being engraved on the front of the body as in earlier versions, this new patent showed the pressure setting numerically.

(2) £100-150

Lot 586 585* Motorist/Aviator Goggles “Occiali Cigogna”. A good cased pair of specialist goggles by G. Ratti, Milano, Italy, c. 1930, having adjustable-bridge nickel-plated vented frames, stamped maker’s famous “Stork” motif, with sorbo-rubber cheekpads and elasticated head-strap, laminated ovate curved glazed lenses, showing some age-wear, contained in decorative lithographed tinplate protective box with hinged cover (1)

£180-220

586* Motoring coat. A pre-war motoring/aviation leather coat, c. 1930s, of soft dark tan leather, double-breasted, having reinforced double-skin layer for shoulder protection and with beaver-lamb fur collar, part cotton-silk and woollen cloth inner lining with elasticised-cuff sleeves, and leather belt to waist, good overall condition, some distressing to lining (1)

587* Motoring Deskpiece. A rare early 20th c. German ceramic novelty, c. 1920s, in the form of a motorcar cigarette-holder dispenser, terracotta colour over glazed bisque, with black-helmeted driver in overalls to central cockpit and match holder to front bonnet, stamped to base and numbered 6447, 6.5in (16.5cm) (1)

589* Petrol Cans. A group of pre-war 2gallon petrol and fuel cans c. 1930, including Shell “Aviation Spirit”, Esso, Redline & Pratts etc, mostly repainted in good condition (5)

£50-70

£100-150

£100-150

590* “Plumeau de L’Automobile”. A rare early 20th c. Chauffeur’s motoring accessory, c. 1905, in the form of a feather duster, contained in original manufacturer’s protective cardstock case with applied maker’s label inscribed as above and proclaimed “Extra Souple - Speciale pour L’Automobile”, having ostrich-feathers in binding to turned wood stem with matching detachable turned wood handle (1)

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£70-100

TOYS & MISCELLANEA 593* Britains and others - Farming. , A group of pre-war lead cast & moulded toys, c. 1930s, including Fordson Tractor (x2), miniature “00” scale Fordson tractor, fourwheeled horse-drawn farm wagon, horsedrawn hay-rake, farmer and farm figures, poultry and sundry accessories etc.

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591* Alfa Romeo “P3”. A fine-scale model assembly kit by “Revival”, complete, un-made and contained in original box, together with a tinplate push-and-go toy model of the “Disco Volante” sports coupe, and a Schuco “Studio” tinplate clockwork Mercedes Benz racer, also with a press-out model kit of Grand Prix Bugatti (4)

£100-150

£100-150

594* Clockwork Toys. A group of pre- & early post-war tinplate and die-cast clockwork toys etc, including Streamlined record-breaker, and five saloon cars 1930s1940s, a tinplate clockwork ambulance, and clockwork plastic boat in original box, various makers including Minic, Schuco, Joustra, JNF, Chad Valley, etc.

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592* Alta single-seat racing car. A scarce diecast toy model by Scamold, c.

1930s, together with original makers promotional leaflets and spares etc., including motorized rear-axle, suspensionsprings, starting-handles and wheels etc., together with Morestone AA Motorcycle Scout sidecar patrol outfit (contained in original box), and a pre-war diecast model of an MG sportscar by Hubley etc.

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£120-150

595* Collectors Models. A large group of modern collectors & retrospective diecast toys & vehicles etc., including Dinky Toys, Days Gone, Lledo, Corgi Cubs, Lesney, Models of Yesteryear, Matchbox, Corgi Toys & others, mostly unopened in original boxes and packaging, together with a group of original toys sales catalogues, brochures and Collectors History publications etc (-)

597* Dentist’s Chair. An unusual metal framed transforming dental chair, for transport and possible campaign use, with adjustable leather head rest, pierced back wood armrests, rubber and mahogany framed seat, foot rest and wood base, the various sections hinged and pinned, unmarked, 44.5in (113cm) high, with head rest lowered (1)

£200-300

598* Diecast Toys. A large quantity of boxed diecast collectors toys and models, various makers including Corgi Toys “Donnington” Collection, Franklin Mint, Models of Yesteryear, Days Gone, Matchbox, Cameo Collectables, Liberty Classics, SuperRacer, and others, mostly contained in original boxes and pacakging, some unopened (3 cartons)

£150-200

£100-150

£80-120

Lot 593

596* Corking-Press. An unusual Victorian Chemist’s shop ornamental corking-press, in the form of an alligator, French, c. 1890s, realistically detailed in heavy relief castiron, with opening back hinged at the neck revealing triple indentations of different sizes for compressing corks for glass medicine phials etc.

599* Dinky Toys and others. Racing and Sports Cars, a group of pre- & early postwar diecast models 1930s-1960, including “Speed of the Wind”, “Thunderbolt”, MG Record-car, Alfa-Romeo, Ferrari, CooperBristol, Maserati, Talbot-Lago, Vanwall, Aston-Martin, Bristol, MG TF, Cunningham, Austin Atlantic etc, some duplicated and some with original boxes. Together with Solido Fiat Abarth, Spot on Triumph TR2, and Mercedes Benz 300SL etc.

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(approx. 28)

£100-150

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600* Dinky Toys. A group of pre-& early post-war toys and accessories etc., 1930s1950s, including Garage forecourt petrolpumps and oil cabinet, traffic-lights, roadsigns, police & telephone boxes etc., together with related small scale toys representing AA & RAC Motor-cycle patrol combinations, MG racer, etc. and with “Matchbox” Jaguar E-type (boxed) Ferrari “Sharknose” and “Schuco” Mercedes W196 streamliner etc.

602* Dinky Toys & Dinky Supertoys.

Civil Engineering and Agricultural Vehicles etc., c. 1950s., a group of post-war toy vehicles including, Blaw-Knox Bulldozer (x2), Heavy Tractor (x2), Euclid Dump-Truck (x2), Aveling-Barford Road-Roller (x2), Coles Mobile Crane (x20, Massey-Harris Tractor (x2), Land-Rover (x3), Large Concrete-mixers (x2), Farm-trailer, Muckspreader, Moto-Cart tricycle, hand-truck, wheelbarrow and sundry items etc.

(approx. 25)

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£80-120

£120-160

604* DinkyToys - Post-War Saloon Cars.

A group of early post-war diecast models 1940s-1960, including Rolls-Royce Wraith (Boxed), Standard Vanguard, Triumph Renown, Austin A40, Hillman Minx, Morris Oxford, Studebaker, Hudson, Ford Fordor Saloon, Shooting-Brake, Daimler Ambulance, BMW Isetta, VW Karmann Ghia, Porsche 356, Riley RME etc, together with rare Sunbeam-Talbot saloon by Chad Valley for Rootes Group and Corgi Toys Aston-Martin DB4, some duplicated (approx. 24)

601* Dinky Toys - Military Vehicles. A group of pre- & early post-war Military Vehicles, 1930s-1940s, including Medium Tank (x2) Light Tank, 6-wheel Army Lorry, Bren-gun Carrier (x2), Mobile Anti Aircraft Gun (x2), Gun Limber (x2), Humber 6wheel Staff-car, Austin “Champ” 4x4 etc.

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£120-160

603* DinkyToys - Motor Cars. A group of pre-& early post-war die-cast models, 1930s-1940s, including London Taxi (x3), Daimler, Rolls Royce, Open Sports-tourer, Ambulance (x2), Armstrong-Siddeley, Alvis, Lagonda, Sunbeam-Talbot, Packard, Oldsmobile, Studebaker, Lincoln Zephyr etc, some duplicated (approx. 20)

£160-220

605* Dinky Toys - Commercial Vehicles. A group of pre-& early post-war diecast models, 1930s-1950s, including Double-decker Bus, Coaches, Post Office Vans, Light Lorries, Trailers, Bedford Vans, Leyland Lorries, Streamline Coaches, Breakdown Truck, Articulated Mechanical Horse-Trailer, Petrol Tankers, Fire Engine and others, many variants some duplicated. group of pre-& early (approx. 40)

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£180-250

£280-350

606* Dinky Toys and Crescent - Racing and Sports Cars. A group of pre-war and early post-war diecast toy models, 1930s1950s, including Mercedes Benz W96, Alfa-Romeo, Connaught, Ferrari, BMW 328, Lagonda, Cunningham, Jaguar etc.

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610* Dinky Toys - Commercial Vehicles.

A group of early post-war diecast models, 1940s-1960s, including Foden Tanker, Foden Open Truck, Guy “Slumberland” Vans (x2) and Open truck, Leyland Trucks, Bedford Tipper, Open Truck, Refuse trucks and Articulated lorries (1 with original wooden beer-barrels), Trojan “Esso” van, Bedford “Kodak” Dormobile van, “Express Dairy” Milk-floats (x2), Commer Breakdown truck, Trailers etc., various duplicates (approx. 21)

£160-220

611 Flute. A six-key rosewood flute, stamped Potter, London & Aldershot, Bristol Constabulary, c.1800, rosewood flute in four sections (head joint in two sections), with six open keys, and six metal keys, several splits in the wood and apparently not functioning, overall length 554mm (21.75 ins)

£100-150

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607* Dinky Toys & Others. A good quantity of early post-war and later diecast toys & models, 1940s-1960, including Rolls-Royce, Humber, Rover, Packard, BMW 328, Ferrari, Talbot-Lago, Alfa Romeo, Jaguar, MG etc, also including a group of American Convertibles and other in original boxes, Cadillac, Packard, Buick, Chrysler etc. (approx. 40)

£80-120

615* Hovis “Golden Brown - Baked Daily”. A fine large decorative advertising mirror, c. 1930s, gilt lettered with black shadowing to back-silvered glass, excellent condition in orig. frame, 51 x 24in (130 x 61cm) (1)

£150-200

612* Hornby Trains. A group of six boxed tinplate ‘O’Gauge railway toys, including 0-4-0 Tender Locomotive No 50153 (51), ‘MO’ Coach, ‘MO’ Wagon, No 1 Buffer Stop (x2), all excellent original condition in red cardstock boxes (6)

£70-100

Lot 611 616* Lead Soldiers. A good group of late 19th & early 20thC toy soldiers, French origins, 1890-1910, including mounted Cuirassiers, Dragoons, Cavalry with officers and marching infantry, representing troops from Napoleonic and Franco-Prussian war periods, solid-cast hand painted with attention to fine -detail

£250-280

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£100-150

£150-180

609* Dinky Toys & others. A group of mostly boxed diecast toys, 1950s-1970s, including American Jeep (2), Armoured Car, Armoured Personnel Carrier, Water Tanker, 1-Ton Cargo Truck, Ford Zodiac Police Car, Lotus Cortina Rally Car, Ford Mustang, Dinky Classic “Bentalls” Commer Van & “Classic Toys” van, Corgi Toys Massey Ferguson tractor, Hillman ‘Hunter’ London-Sydney Marathon winner, also ‘FAB I’ Lady Penelope’s Rolls Royce and a LWB Landrover Safari (15)

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£100-150

608* Dinky Toys & Minic. A group of early post-war diecast and tinplate toys, c.

1940s-950s, including pre-war pattern ambulance, flatbed lorry, covered truck, Packard, Buick and Loudspeaker van, also with Foden ‘Regent’ Tanker, Foden flat-bed lorry, Dinky Toys ‘Dublo’ scale Houston Taxi (boxed), and Minic British Railways van, etc., (some toys show age wear, some lacking tyres) (14)

614* Hornby Speedboat. A pre-war tinplate clockwork motorboat c. 1930s, contained in original box, (some age-wear), together with a model racing hydroplane having electric motor in pre-formed plastic hull, Italian, c. 1950s, some distressing, largest 14in (36cm)

£100-150

613* Hornby Dublo “Duchess of Atholl” Passenger Train Set No. EDP2. A good boxed set, c. 1950s, comprising LMS 4-62 Pacific type electric locomotive in original maroon livery, together with a pair of bogie passenger-coaches, a quantity of track straights and curved sections, 240volt mains transformer controller, complete with sundry accessories, and original instructions sheets and guarantee leaflet, contained in manufacturer’s cardstock box (some distress and detached side panels) (-)

£100-150

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617* Mercury Toys - Racing Cars. A group of rare early post-war diecast toy model racing cars, c. 1940-1950s, including Ferrari 166 , Cisitalia, SVA, Ferrari”Super-Squalo” Mercedes W196 “Streamliner” and W196 Open-wheeler (in original box), Lancia D50 and D25 sportsracing, various conditions, Italian Maker (8)

£160-220

618* Military Figures. A group of military figures and soldiers, etc., collectors retrospective toys and models by Britains Ltd, handpainted metal models “Collection Series”, including bandsmen, horseguards, Cheshire Regiment, Marine Corps and related models, all contained in original presentation boxes, some unopened (a carton)

£100-120

Lot 623 621* Rolls Royce & Bentley. A good quantity of diecast toys and models, 1950s-1980s, by various makers including Dinky Toys, Matchbox, Lesney, Budgie, Solido, Corgi Toys, Age d’Or etc., many contained in original boxes and packaging (approx. 40)

619* Military Vehicles. A quantity of early post-war and later diecast vehicles 1940s1970s, including Dinky Toys 6-wheeled lorry with tinplate tilt cover, mobile antiaircraft gun, Austin Champ, 108mm Gun by Britains, Military Ambulance, Kubelwagen, Armoured Command Vehicle, and together with two WWI troop transport lorries (kit-built) together with a quantity of hand-painted plastic soldiers of WWI, represented in bright uniforms of 1914 period, including infantrymen, sappers, troopers, pilots, officers and personnel etc.

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£100-120

620* Radio Speaker. A rare Art Deco period free standing aluminium framed speaker “The Martian”, by Phillips, Type 2113 No. 18829, c. 1929, the speaker and stand with four tapering legs terminating in spade feet lacquered to give a bakelite finish, 29in (73.6cm) high, together with an early 20th c. wood and metal plues ear trumpet, mounted on chromium stand (2)

£180-250

624* Shackleton - Foden Lorry. A large diecast construction-toy scale-model flatbed truck, c. 1950s, clockwork powered, well detailed with many moving mechanical parts including steering and transmission to eight-wheeled chassis, contained in original manufacturer’s cardstock box, 14in (35cm)

622* Scalextric. A group of electric slotcar racing models, including early pattern Bentley 4 1/2 litre Supercharged Le Mans (one black in original box) also with boxes, Alfa Romeo 8C Le Mans (x2), F1 Ferrari “Sharknose”, and with some later boxed models including Martini Porsche, MiniCooper, BRM P160, and others

625* Timpo Toys & Others. A group of miscellaneous diecast and other models & toys, 1920s-1960s, including land-speed record cars, Riley saloon, silver-plated speltre inkwell, and two un-made assembly kits etc.

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£100-150

623* Sir Henry Segrave’s “Golden Arrow”. A large tinplate clockwork toy model of the famous Land-Speed recordbreaker by Kingsbury U.S maker, c. 1929, well detailed pressed tin construction in original gold paint finish, powerful clockwork motor to rear, wheels fitted with Dunlop “Cord” Racing Tyres, diecast driver to cockpit, adjustable steering etc, good original condition, minor play-wear and ageing to paint, 20in (51cm) (1)

£580-650

£150-200

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£150-200

£60-80

626* WWI Tinplate Toy Horsedrawn Field-kitchen detachment. A rare toy group, c. 1914-1918, comprising handpainted tinplate 2-wheeled limber drawn by pair horses with mounted rider and having two seated “Tommy” helmeted figures in khaki dress, pulling a further 2wheeled mobile field oven, well detailed with cooker covers and folding-chimney for transit (detached) and water-pail etc, horses & figured of hand-painted moulded composition manufacture (-)

£140-160

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STEAM LOCOMOTIVES & MODEL RAILWAYS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE BRIAN HARRIS 627* ‘00’ Gauge. A large quantity of ‘00’ gauge 2-rail electric track, scenic effects, accessories, super quick and other buildings and control units all by various makers (-)

£80-120

628* ‘00’ Gauge. Scratch and kit built ‘00’ gauge 2 rail electric locomotives and modern Hornby Hobbies pullman coaches, including white metal parallel boiler Royal Scot and tender in LMS lake, Southern locos, including ex LSW 4-4-2 well tank no. 525, ex-LBSC 04-2 Stroudly tank no. 2356, A1 Terrier no.

2635 and nickel silver ex-LSWR Adams 4-4-0 and 6 wheel tender, all painted and lined in SR olive green to a good standard, two Hornby pullman coaches “Leona” with illuminated table lights, in orig. boxes, all in good condition, some minor damage to locos (9)

£100-150

630* ‘00’ Gauge. Assorted ‘00’ gauge 2rail electric freight rolling stock by various makers and kit built, Master Models, W.H. Smith bookstall (lacking card infill), gents outdoor WC in two parts, Dublo Dinky small van and tractor and Dinky double decker bus in red and cream with Dunlop adverts (minor chips), all items generally in good condition (32)

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£120-180

£100-150

631* 0-0 Gauge. A miscellaneous collection of 0-0 gauge locomotives, wagons and coaches, mixed livery, some boxed, mostly plastic, some kit built, by various manufacturers, approx. 50 items (a carton)

629* ‘00’ Gauge. Assorted ‘00’ gauge 2rail electric locomotives and rolling stock by different makers, including Graham Farish BR ex-LMS Black 5 no. 44753 in original condition with lightweight tender drive through to loco in good original condition, Triang-Hornby LMS Coronation and tender in gold lined lake, (some wear to gold), mainline BR 4.6.0 4 MT loco and tender no. 75006, (some damage to cab), in orig. box, and LNER 060 tank in lined green no. 581, kit built Stanier 2-6-4 tank on Hornby chassis, Graham Farish Pullman Minerva, (some distortion to roof), one 06-0, SE tank and 3 wagons, all items generally good condition

633* Hornby Dublo 3-rail electric locomotives and rolling stock, including ED L11 ‘Silver King’ BR streamlined 4-6-2 and 8-wheel tender in lined gloss green, EDL12 ‘Duchess of Montrose’ and 6wheel tender in lined matt BR green, L30 Bo Bo Diesel electric loco in matt BR green and grey, LT25 LMR 2-8-0 8F locomotive in BR black in original box, LMS side corridor and 3rd corridor brake lithographed in lined lake, 2 wagons and furniture container and an EDL7 0-6-2 LMS tank no. 6917, generally good to very good, some slight scuffing and minor wear, one box poor

£50-80

632* Hornby Dublo 2- and 3-rail goods rolling stock, including two “traffic services” tank wagons in silver, Saxa Salt, bulk grain and ICI bulk salt, both fitted Triang couplings, two gunpowder vans and United Glass bottle open in yellow all with original couplings and twenty others, mostly good to very good condition (approx. 30)

£80-120

£100-150

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634* Hornby Dublo 2-rail electric locomotives, including 20738 ‘City of London’ 4-6-2 and 6-wheel tender in lined BR lake, slight wear, 20741 ‘Golden Fleece’ streamlined 4-6-2 and 8-wheel tender in lined matt BR green, 21380 Co Co Diesel electric in matt BR green and grey, EDL 18 converted and repainted 264 tank, 0-6-0 Southern region tank converted, finished BR black, 20732 8F 2-8-0 and tender in black and 2231-0-6-0 Diesel shunter in BR green, in orig. box, EDL7 converted LNER 0-6-2 tank, original body numbered 9596, mostly good condition, some wear and blemishes, all couplings replaced, box fair, some tape damage (9)

£120-180

636* Hornby Dublo moulded kit railway buildings, including 5020 assembled goods depot, in damaged original red box, 5005 engine shed and 5006 engine shed extension kit, all made up and joined to 5005, both including original illustrated boxes, (both very good), all items generally very good condition (2)

635* Hornby Dublo 3-rail electric, Exley and Triang loco and rolling stock, including EDL18 BR264, standard tank, breakdown crane with Jib truck match trucks and 4 jacks all in red, TPO Royal Mail post set in orig. box, some green over-paint to base and hut, Traffic services and Mobil tank wagons fitted triang couplings, other rolling stock and an Exley type K5 LMS travelling post office Royal Mail no. 30033, lacks corridor connections, all in good to very good condition (13)

£150-200

£100-150

637* Hornby Dublo moulded kit, covered station roofs and buildings, 2 assembled with platform extensions, some track and accessories, all items generally very good condition

638* Hornby-Dublo layout. A wellconstructed 00 gauge three-rail layout, possibly built for commercial construction purpose, with signalling and points, control, mains power unit by C&W Electronics, with numerous buildings, some of metal, a level crossing, bridge and boxes of original accessories, the layout mounted on a table frame, 97 in x 52.5in (246.5cm x 133.3cm)

639* L.M.S. Locomotive and Tender. A well engineered 3.5in gauge model of the L.M.S. Black 5 4-6-0 locomotive and tender no. 5030, having brazed copper boiler and twin safety valves, back-head fittings include water and pressure gauges, screw reverse and usual steam fittings, chassis details include twin double acting outside cylinders with Walshaert’s valve gear and fluted motion, details include fine riveting, lamp irons, lamps and couplings, tender details include hand feed pump and operating brake gear, steps and hand irons, finished in all-over matt black with red lining, some blistering to top of fire box, 48 3/4in (123.5cm) long, overall

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£100-150

£200-300

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£1500-2000

Lot 640 640* G.W.R. Locomotive and Tender. A well engineered 3.5in gauge model of the G.W.R. 4-6-0 locomotive and tender no.

6019 ‘King Henry V’, with brazed copper boiler and twin safety valves stamped 159, fittings include water and pressure gauges, whistle, brake and other back head controls, chassis detail includes four double acting cylinders with Stevenson’s link valve gear and transverse rockers, fluted motion, good riveting, lamp brackets with lamps, couplings, tender details include hand feed pump, brake, steps and hand irons, finished in G.W.R. green with black and tangerine lining and polished brightwork, some paint deterioration on the firebox sheeting, 51 3/4in (131.4cm) long overall (1)

£1800-2200

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Lot 641

641* L.M.S. Locomotive and Tender. A very well engineered and detailed 3.5in gauge model of the L.M.S. 4-6-0 locomotive and tender no.

6100 ‘Royal Scot’, in its original form, fitted brazed copper boiler and twin safety valves, with well modelled fittings including whistle, steam dome and back head with water and pressure gauge, screw reverse, brake and other controls, chassis details include twin acting cylinders, with Walschaert’s valve gear, fluted coupling and connecting rods, name plates, couplings and lamp irons, Midland pattern tender details include hand feed pump, and operating brake gear, steps and hand irons, finished in L.M.S. lined lake livery, 47.25in (120cm) long, overall (1)

£1800-2200

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645* Passenger and Freight. A quantity of 2-rail passenger and freight rolling stock by various makers, including Hornby, Triang, Grafar, Lima and others, stock includes 2 Triang R621 4-wheel rocket set Liverpool and Manchester coaches and R652 tender, all in good condition (26)

646* G.W.R. Passenger Coach. A 5in gauge, commercially built passenger carrying bogie non-corridor model of a G.W.R. suburban coach, with moulded body and details, well finished in G.W.R. livery, 65in (165cm) long, together with a part-built copper boiler with fire box, 22in (56cm) long

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642* L.M.S. Side Tank Locomotive. A well engineered and built 3.5in gauge model of an L.M.S. 0-6-0 ‘Jinty’ side tank locomotive, with brazed copper boiler and safety valves, good back head detail including water and pressure gauges quadrant reverse and brake, whistle and other controls, the chassis fitted with twin inside double acting cylinders, good detail, fluted motion, couplings, steps and hand irons, finished in bright polished metal, 24in (61cm) long (1)

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644* Minic Motorways electric road track, vehicles and accessories, including double deck bus, repaired, luxury coach, breakdown crane, fire engine, flat bed lorry with container, BP tanker, an Army tank, various saloon cars, spare parts and a quantity of road sections, a Matchbox garage and pumps and 4 Dublo Dinkies, fair to good (a lot)

£70-100

£200-300

647* Wallwork of Manchester. A late 19th century (c. 1892) English cast iron floor train, including 4-4-0 loco express, 8 1/4 in long, 6-wheel tender, two 1st-3rd 6wheel coaches and 1st-3rd 6-wheel brake, 2 open wagons and goods brake van, all with outside wheels to approx. 2 1/2” gauge, proportions approx. ‘0’ gauge size, all finished in bronzed and gold, fired enamel Wallwork appears to have been the only British manufacturer to have used cast iron to make toy trains. The company’s catalogue listed only two styles of locomotives and some coaches, which looked as if they were modelled on trains in use during the 1840s. The spacing of the wheels was quite wide, which gave the feeling of the GWR broad gauge.

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£800-1200

643* Mamod gauge ‘I’ (narrow gauge).

A boxed set comprising a 0-4-0 side-tank locomotive with open and log wagons and quantity of track and accessories, together with boxed goods and passenger wagons, a guards van and a set of points in a box

£100-150

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£100-150

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648* Wallworks of Manchester. A rare late 19th century (c. 1892), English cast iron steam roller floor toy, with belt from rear wheel axle to fly wheel, finished in bronzed and gold fired enamel, 9” long (1)

£150-200

649* Wren, Hornby Dublo, and other makers. A group of 2-rail electric, SR locos and rolling stock, including Wren 2073 Barnstaple and tender in lined green, slight wear to tender, Triang M7 0-4-4 tank in SR lined green no. 245, some front end damage, 2 Hornby Dublo Pullman cars, no.

74, and brake no. 79, one fitted Triang couplings, long wheelbase horse box in green, fitted Triang couplings, upper horse doors fixed, a Triang bogie utility van and two other coaches, all items generally good to very good condition (9)

£100-180

Lot 651 651* Gardner Stationary Engine. An early 20th c. single cylinder Mill or Agricultural engine, c. 1910, cast iron monobloc base with makers name in raised relief, watercooled single-cylinder, three-bearing open-crank stamped no.

13157, with dual fly-wheel drive facility, open valve-gear, complete with carburettor and exhaust outlet, water-reservoir and gravity fuel-tank, mounted upon a stout wheeled cradle for ease of mobility, appears good original condition (1)

£380-450

650* Layout for ‘00’ gauge. A part-built ‘00’ gauge 2-rail electric layout, with numerous buildings, accessories, unmade-up locomotives, wagons and lineside accessories by Hornby, Triang, Mainline, Airfix and others, many boxed wagons unused, some unboxed, the circuit on platform base, 96 x 48in (244 x 122cm), with scenery (-)

£200-300

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652* ‘0’ Gauge. A large quantity of ‘0’ Gauge model railway collectors toys and models, various makers, etc., including Graham Farish, Airfix, Lima, Hornby Railways, Mainline Railways, Life-Like and others, containing locomotives, rollingstock, scale track sections, line-side models and accessories, etc., together with related books, journals and publications, etc., mostly in original boxes, some unopened (4 cartons)

£150-200

RAILWAY PICTURES & BOOKS

653* Cuneo (Terence). Castle on the Coast, pub. 1973, fine coloured print after the original, signed in pencil by the artist, image 16 x 28in (41 x 71cm), framed and glazed Limited edition 104/500.

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£100-150

654* Great Western Railway. King George V (Britain’s Most Powerful Passenger Locomotive). Built at Swindon, England, by Mr. C.B. Collett, Chief Mechanical Engineer, GWR, n.d., prob. c.

1960s, coloured print, image size 22 x 56cm, contemp. gilt frame surmounted by royal crown, glazed, with approx. twentytwo miscellaneous framed railway prints and photographs, etc., including a hand drawn notice ‘Warning to passengers. Do not step on to running board... ‘ (23)

656* Hanney (Clifford, 1890-1990).

Tribute to the Glosters, oil on canvas, signed lower left, 73.5 x 91.5cm (29 x 36 ins), framed, with handwritten label of the artist to verso Formerly No. 5017 was known as the “St. Donat’s Castle” but was re-named as a tribute to the First Glosters, after the regiment’s outstanding achievement during the Korean War. The regimental badge is seen on the splasher below the name-plate (handwritten note to verso, supplied by the artist).

(1) £300-500

£50-80

658* Inn Sign, “The RailwayTavern”, original artwork design depicting pannier-tank locomotive with carriages exiting a tunnel, double-sided oil on wood panel, complete with wooden frame surround, some weathering, verso, 60 x 28in (153 x 71cm) (1)

£200-300

655* Hanney (Clifford, 1890-1990).

Midland Queens at the Turn of the Century, oil on canvas board, signed lower right, 56 x 76cm (22 x 30 ins), framed, with handwritten label by the artist to verso (1)

£200-300

657* Inn Sign, “The Station Inn”, original artwork design depicting GWR 4-6-2 steam locomotive with carriages, oil on board, complete with wooden frame surround, some weathering, 42 x 28in (107 x 71cm) (1)

£200-300

659* Poster. Winter Sports in France.

Alpes, Jura, Vosges, Pyrenees, Auvergne.

French National Railways, 1947, orig. col. litho. poster by Vecoux, some very minor edge damage, not affecting image, approx.

39 x 24in (99 x 61cm), modern stained wood frame with clear perspex (1)

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£200-300

Lot 660 660 The Engineer, 103 vols., a broken run from vol. 3, 1857 to vol. 118, 1908, lacks vols. 9, 21-28, 30, 31, 108 & 111, num. wood-engs. and other illusts., some folding, several of the earlier vols. with facsimile title-page, most vols. with index present, occ. damp stains and soiling (vol.

48 particularly badly affected), later uniform navy blue cloth with contrasting labels to spines, folio A fabulous reference source from the zenith of the industrial age, covering every conceivable item of agricultural, industrial and domestic machinery, large and small, from bridges and industrial dynamos to locomotives, traction engines, ships, shotguns and sewing machines!

Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.

(103) ÂŁ1000-1500

Lot 660

661 Engineering. An Illustrated Weekly Journal, Conducted by Zerah Colburn, vol.

1, Jan-June, 1866, wood-engs., recent buckram, together with vols. 6, 7, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16 & 17, 1868-74, contemp. half calf gilt, contrasting labels to spines, some wear, plus vol. 18, July-December, 1874, recent buckram, vol. 30, contemp. cloth, worn on spines, covers det., vols. 32 & 34 (both July-December), 1881 & 1882, recent buckram, vols. 109 & 110, JanDecember, 1920, recent buckram, plus two bound vols. containing extracts, 190614 & 1907-12, recent buckram, all folio

662 London & North Western Railway Company. Plan of the Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Stour Valley Railway ..., Surveyed by Charles Hull, Euston Station, London, 1886, printed title with vign. hand-coloured reference key, nine hand-coloured litho. plans, scale 2 chains to an inch, all printed to rectos only with each sheet linen-backed, a little marginal dust soiling but otherwise contents in very good condition, orig. half morocco gilt, backstrip def. and covers det., some corner wear, large oblong folio (68 x 110cm)

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ÂŁ100-150

135

ÂŁ200-300

663 Railway tickets and ephemera.

A collection of approx. 130 railway tickets, luggage labels, carriage forms, etc., c.1920s-40s, relating to various companies including GWR, LMS, LNER and Southern Railway, not stuck down, all contained in album, together with a small quantity of later railway ephemera, comprising magazines, brochures, leaflets, postcards, etc., incl. a run of Festiniog Railway Magazine (a folder)

MARITIME PICTURES & BOOKS

£70-100

664 Simmons (Jack). The Railways of Britain. An Historical Introduction, 1st ed., 1961, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth in sl. frayed d.j., 8vo, together with Tustin (R.E.), Garden Railways, 1st ed., 1949, b & w illusts. from photos, diags. to text, orig. cloth in sl. torn d.j., slim 8vo, plus Evans (Martin), Outdoor Model Railways, 1st ed., 1970, b & w illusts. from photos, diags. to text, orig. cloth in d.j., slim 8vo, plus others of railway interest including Hornby railways catalogues, c. 1970s-90s, etc.

(4 cartons)

Lot 666

£100-150

666* British Warship. “Heavy Cruiser in Heavy Weather”, early 20th c., original oil on canvas, signed indistinctly, depicting a four-funnel ‘County-Class’ warship in a stormy sea, late WWI period, period heavy gilt frame, captioned verso ‘To Eric from Lloyd - on the occasion of his marriage, July 1926’, 18 x 30in (46 x 76cm) (1)

665 Walker (James Scott). An Accurate Description of the London and Manchester Rail-way, the Tunnel, Bridges, and other Works throughout the Line; an account of the Opening of the Rail-way, and the Melancholy Accident which occured; A Short Memoir of the Late Right Hon. Wm. Huskisson, and particulars of the Funeral Procession, &c..., 2nd ed., Liverpool, 1830, 52pp., two eng. plts., one folding, contents generally dusty and soiled, orig. printed front wrapper boundin (soiled and sl. edgefrayed), bound with two other pamphlets unrelated, 20th c. boards (marked), slim 8vo William Huskisson (1770-1830), politician, was the first fatality of the railway age, when he alighted from the train during a stop at Parkside, Liverpool, and fell into the path of the oncoming ‘Rocket’ engine.

(1) £150-200

£200-300

667 Chapelle (Howard I.). The History of the American Sailing Navy, the Ships and their Development, 1st ed., New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1949, b & w plts. and folding diagrams, author’s signature to front free endpapers, orig. cloth in priceclipped and slightly torn d.j., 4to, together with Freeston (Ewart C.), Prisoner-of-War Ship Models 1775-1825, 1st ed., 1973, one col. plt. and b & w plts., author’s signature to title, orig. cloth in d.j., 4to, with Davis (Charles G.), The Built-up Ship Model, 1st ed., Massachusetts: Marine Research Society, 1933, b & w frontis., plts. and diags., orig. cloth in torn d.j., 8vo, with Ballard (Admiral G.A.), The Black Battlefleet, 1st ed., 1980, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., large 4to, and Longridge (C. Nepean), The Anatomy of Nelson’s Ships, reprinted 1961, b & w frontis., plts. and folding diagrams, orig. cloth gilt, marked at foot of spine, 4to, plus other maritime related (approx. 70)

£150-200

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668 Jane’s Fighting Ships, 1953-54, & 1957-2001, an unbroken run of forty vols., plus one duplicate, four facsimiles of older editions (1898-1905-06, 1906-07 & 1919), plus Jane’s Armour and Artillery, 10 vols., 1981-92, lacking the vol. for 1990-91, all exlib. with ink stamps to titles and occ. other marks, orig. cloth, some in d.j.s, library sticky labels to foot of spines of cloth and d.j.s, folio (56)

£150-200

669 Journal de la Marine, approx. 80 orig. issues, c. 1919-1923, illusts. and ads., orig. printed wrappers, together with a quantity of marine history and maritime publications, including “Shipping Wonders of the World”, vols. I & II, complete with indexes c. 1930s, “The Americas Cup” 1851-1983 (Rousmaniere) and related titles and sailing manuals etc. (a carton)

£70-100

MARITIME MODELS & MEMORABILIA

670* “Bunting”. Art Deco style novely Sailing Yacht fireside heater by Bunting Electric Co, England, c. 1930s, heat-reflecting chrome-plated brass sails and decking, with twin coiled wire elements concealed within mast-support, white painted hull with applied maker’s transfer to bows, rewired, currently without connector-plug, for display purposes, excellent original condition (1)

£100-150

671* “My Lucky Princess”. A large scale model of a canal narrow-boat, of wooden and metal construction with cabin amidships and canvas covered cargo compartment for’ard, removable sections to superstructure reveal electric motor propulsion with remote control steering etc., shows some usage and wear, length 85in (215cm) (1)

Lot 672 674* Ensigns. A blue ensign by Wolff of Southampton, 25 x 53.5in (63.5 x 136cm), another smaller, a white ensign, 15 x 30in (36 x 76cm), a red ensign, 13 x 30in (33 x 76cm) with staff and a brass rudder yoke with rubber pulleys, 18in (45.7cm) wide

£100-200

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672* The Royal Navy in the 20th Century. A fine unique collection of handmade miniature-scale model waterline ships representing the Royal Navy strength from c. 1914-2000, comprising a large group of approximately 3,000 individual vessels commissioned into service during the period. Of wood and wire construction, each hand-crafted model finished in appropriate painted finish, every type of vessel represented by its original counterpart, replacement and new type including the smallest corvette and minesweeper to the largest capital ships and aircraft carriers etc.

Contained in a series of display shelves in fitted cabinet, together with owner's logbooks and record-sheets etc.

The whole collection, devised, formulated and crafted by Lt. Cmdr. Horace Jeremy Spencer Walpole (1924-2001). Walpole attended St. George's School near Wellington, New Zealand from the age of 7 to 13 and then went to Dartmouth Naval College from age 13 to 18. During WWII he served on Destroyers and Frigates on North Atlantic Convoys, and on minesweepers in the English Channel during the latter part of the war. He ended his naval career as a submarinner, retiring in 1959.

Back on dry land he ran the Farmhouse Hotel, Lower Swell, Gloucestershire, 1960-68, and then became a science teacher at Oakley Hall School, Cirencester, 1968-89. Lt. Cmdr. Walpole was a direct descendent of England's first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole (First Earl of Orford, 1676-1745).

(-) £700-1000

673* Carrier Operations in The Pacific War 1944-1945. A photograph album containing many private and official images of Grumman ‘Avenger’ and other aircraft from the Carrier ‘Indomitable’ in action over Pandalanbrandan and other venues, many images of deck landing accidents, men at work, Japanese suicide attack, recovery of prisoners, the Japanese surrender, Sydney Harbour, ship’s officers and crews, approx. 60 images, some images inscribed verso (1)

£150-200

675* Ephemera. A bronze plaque commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Chambre de Commerce d’Anvers, dated 1913, signed A. Lf. Mauqucy, 3in (7.6cm) wide, together with a collection of postcards of liners and approx. fifty postcard sized photographs of naval ships of various types and other items (-)

Lot 574

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£100-150

£50-80

676* Inn Sign - “The Nelson”. Original artwork design depicting the “Hero of Trafalgar”, head & shoulders portrait oil on aluminium sheet, single-sided, some weathering, lacking frame, 42 x 28in (107 x 71cm) (1)

£200-250

Lot 678

677* Saluz (L). Picchiotti Tigress Mk II, watercolour and gouache, heightened with white, 13.5 in x 23in (343cm x 59.7cm), signed, framed and glazed, with two others by the same artist (3)

£150-200

Lot 680

678* Telescope. A late 19th century 3 inch brass refracting telescope, unsigned, the 37/5in (95.2cm) long, body-tube with rack and pinion focusing, raised on an alt’/azimuth mounting and tapering pillar support on folding cabriole legs with pad feet, with three eye pieces, contained in the original pine case, 40in (101.6cm) long (1)

680* White Star Line - R.M.S. “Titanic”.

A scarce original elongated photographic postcard, c. 1912, a promotional souvenir printed by Walton & Co, Royal Avenue, Belfast for the shipping company, depicting the ill-fated ship in profile at fullsteam ahead, printed inscription “The New White Star Liner ‘Titanic’, the twinlargest vessel in the world Gross-register 66, 000 tons displacement, Speed 21 knots, Acc. 2, 000 passengers & 860 crew”, 4 x 11in (10 x 28cm), postally unused

£300-500

679* The Thames Tug ‘Sundial’. The mast-head pennant, white lettering on blue, 92in (233.5cm) long, with maker’s stencil (indistinct), together with a wheelhouse name board with suspension chains 10 3/8in (26.2cm) long, a photograph of ‘Sundial’ another of a former Captain as a postcard ‘Sundial’ built 1899 by Dundee Shipbuilding Co Ltd, with compound steam engine by Whyte & Mair, lost to enemy action in 1940.

(4) £150-200

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Lot 679

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£70-100

EDUCATIONAL POSTERS 683* Educational posters. A group of seven posters of industrial works and locomotives, printed in Germany, c.1950s, including a birds-eye view of Hamburg Harbour, mostly lithographic, typical size 52 x 80cm (7)

£200-300

681* Educational posters. A group of seven posters relating to transport and industry, pub. Germany/Austria, c.1950, including a sheet illustrating steam power showing Stephenson’s engine, plus others similar, typical size 68 x 98cm, some with wooden batons at head and foot (8)

685* Educational posters. Five posters showing locomotives, industry in the Ruhr, car mechanics, etc., published in Germany & Austria, c.1950, colour printed, each approx. 69 x 98cm (5)

£200-250

£100-150

682* Educational posters. A group of four posters illustrating forms of transport with cut-aways showing the internal workings, pub. Germany, c.1950, including a jet aeroplane, tractor, motorcyle and motorcar, colour lithographs, each 68 x 97cm, wooden batons at head and foot (4)

684* Educational posters. A set of five posters produced Osterreichischer Automobil Motorrad und Touring Club (OAMTC), published Vienna, c.1950, each showing the various potential perils of using the road, colour litho., reinforced with card batons at head and foot, each 117 x 84cm (5)

£150-200

£200-250

686* Educational poster. An original poster of a cross-section of a busy street showing an underground train and related service tunnels, pub. Stuttgart, c.1930s, lithograph on card, 61 x 89cm (1)

687* Educational poster. Original poster

by Demmer showing six aircraft including a glider, four engined propeller plane, seaplane, jet passenger plane, helicopter and a single engined propeller plane, pub.

Vienna, c.1950, colour litho., 42 x 120cm (1)

Lot 687

Lot 683

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£70-100

£80-120

MILITARY BOOKS 693 Firth (Sir Charles). The Regimental History of Cromwell’s Army, 2 vols., 1940, old tape marks to endpapers, orig. cloth, spines faded, 8vo, together with Harrison & Sons (pub.), The Land Forces of the British Colonies and Protectorates, Compiled in the Intelligence Division, War Office, 1902, Revised by the General Staff, War Office, pub. 1905, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed and some wear to spine ends, 8vo, plus Drew (Lieutenant-General Sir Robert), Commissioned Officers in the Medical Services of the British Army 16601960, 2 vols., 1968, orig. cloth gilt, 4to, plus twenty-six other military various, incl.

Army Records Society, Grierson, Scottish Volunteer Force, reprinted, 1972, etc (31)

Lot 690 688 Army Lists. The Official Army List..., a broken run, 186 vols., 1881-2001, bound in a mixture of monthly, quarterly, halfyearly and yearly vols., mostly modern cloth gilt, a few vols in contemp. cloth gilt (worn), thick 4to, together with twenty-six others various Sold as a periodical, not subject to return.

(212) £700-1000

689 Corbett (Sir Julian S.). History of the Great War based on Official Documents...

Naval Operations, 5 vols. (incl. maps), 1921-23, orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo (5)

£100-150

690 Dredge (James). Modern French Artillery (the St. Chamond, De Bange, Canet, & Hotchkiss Systems), with illustrations of French Warships, 1892, halftitle, numerous b & w plates and illusts., many full-page and double-page, first and final leaves foxed, endpapers renewed, near contemp. red half morocco gilt, sl. rubbed and marked in places, folio A scarce volume, containing amazingly detailed illustrations and diagrams.

(1) £150-200

691 Esposito (Col. Vincent J., edit.). The West Point Atlas of American Wars, 16891953, 2 vols., New York, 1959, numerous full-page maps and plans, orig. cloth, oblong folio, together with Pallud (Jean Paul), Blitzkrieg in the West Then and Now, 1st ed., 1991, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. mock leather in d.j., folio, with Le Tissier (Tony), The Third Reich Then and Now, 1st ed., 2005, b & w illusts. from photos, orig. printed boards in d.j., folio, plus other military related (2 cartons)

£100-150

692 Evans (Geoffrey). Slim as Military Commander, 1st ed., 1969, port. frontis. signed ‘Slim’, b&w illusts. and maps throughout, orig. cloth gilt in rubbed d.j., 8vo, together with Middlebrook (Martin), The Battle of Hamburg. Allied Bomber Forces Against a German City in 1943, pub. 1980, inscribed to title ‘For Air ViceMarshal Michael Hedgeland, C.B.E., with best wishes, Martin Middlebrook’, b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., 8vo, plus Churchill (Winston S., Grandson), Defending the West, 1981, inscribed to front endpaper ‘Inscribed to Quintin, with warmest admiration & affection, by the author, Winston S. Churchill, Manchester, 27 November, 1981’, b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt in d.j., 8vo, plus six other military books various, incl. From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow, vols. 4 & 5, by Arthur J. Marder, 1969/1970 respectively (both signed by author) (8)

£100-150

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£150-200

694 Fortescue (Hon. J. W.). A History of the British Army, 20 vols. (incl. maps and plans), mixed eds., 1906-30, num. maps and plans, many folding, last map vol. provided in facsimlle, modern uniform red cloth gilt, with black morocco title label to spines, 8vo, together with The British Army 1783-1802, Four Lectures Delivered at the Staff College and Cavalry School, 1905, three folding maps at rear, orig. cloth gilt, 8vo (21)

£150-200

695 Fortescue (John & Beadon, Colonel R. H.). The Royal Army Services Corps, A History of Transport and Supply in the British Army, 2 vols., Cambridge University Press, 1930-31, b&w port. frontis., orig. cloth gilt with title label to spine of each, some fading, 4to, limited ed. 13/227, together The Story of the Royal Army Service Corps 1939-1945, pub. 1955, b&w illusts. from photos throughout, orig. cloth gilt, thick 8vo, plus War Department, Handbook on German Military Forces, 1945, col. and b&w illusts., orig. cloth gilt, 4to, plus twenty-five other British and German military related (29)

£100-150

696 Gliddon (Gerald & others). VCs of the First World War, 13 vols. (complete), 1994-2005, b&w illusts. throughout, orig. cloth gilt in d.j.s, slight fading to spines, 4to, VG (13)

£100-150

697 Gloucestershire Regiment.

Historical Record of the Sixty-First, or, the South Gloucestershire Regiment of Foot..., 1844, two col. plts., orig. cloth gilt, some wear to extrems., 8vo, together with Shropshire Regiment, Historical Record of the Fifty-Third, or the Shropshire Regiment of Foot..., 1849, three plts. (incl. two col.), orig. cloth gilt, spine faded, rubbed, 8vo, plus Royal Welch Fusiliers, Battle Honours, 1913, col. plts., orig. printed cloth, 8vo, plus A Short History of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, by Major E. O. Skaife, 1927, col. plts., orig. printed cloth, some fading, 8vo (4)

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£150-200

699 History of Allied Force Headquarters, Part One, AugustDecember 1942; Part Two (Section Three), Tunisian, Sicilian, and South Italian Campaigns, December 1942-December 1943 & Part Three (Section Three), Italian Campaign from the Winter Line to Rome, December 1943-July 1944, pub. c. 1945, orig. col. printed cloth, ‘Major General Whiteley’ printed to upper cover of each, some rubbing, 4to

701 Jonas (Lucien). Avec la 1re Division Americaine sur le Front ..., Paris, 1918, sixteen litho. plts., each signed and numbered in pencil by the artist 176/500, loosely contained as issued with printed title and contents leaf (some spotting) at front, orig. half cloth portfolio, gilt-lettered upper cover, sl. frayed and soiled, folio (41 x 32cm) Limited edition, 176/550 copies.

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£200-300

702 Journal of the United Service Insitution of India, vols. 31, 34, & 35 only, Simla, January to October 1902, 1905 & 1906, a total of sixty-six plates including folding maps and plans, ex-lib. with a few inkstamps including to titles, contemp. half morocco gilt, library marks at foot of spines, rubbed, large 8vo

Major General Whiteley was Deputy Chief of Staff at AFHQ. (3) £200-300

Articles include ‘Cavalry and The Boer War’ by Lieut.-Col. J. A. Coxhead; ‘The influence and application of seapower on expeditions based on India’, by Major F. G. Cardew; ‘Modern cavalry equipment’ by BC; ‘The Balkans’, by Captain J. Fitzgerald-Lee; ‘A precis of a study of the Rosso-Japanese war by Chasseur’, by Captain G. M. Orr. (3) £200-300

700 Jarvis (S.D. & D.B.). The Cross of Sacrifice Series. Officers Who Died in Service of British, Indian and East African Regiments and Corps 1914-19, 5 vols., 1993-2000, orig. cloth gilt in d.j.s, 4to, VG

703 Lovett (John). Contact, 1st ed., pub.

Salisbury, Galaxie Press, 1977, foreword from J.J. Wrathall (President of Rhodesia), b&w illusts. throughout, orig. gilt dec. cloth in d.j., old tape marks to verso of d.j., 4to

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This book pays tribute to the Rhodesian Security Forces and the civilians who played a part in the war effort. It also stands as a record of the honours and awards given to Rhodesians.

(1) £70-100

£80-120

£200-300

705 Oman (Charles). A History of the Peninsular War, 7 vols. (complete), 1st eds., Oxford, 1902-30, ports., folding maps and battle plans, all orig. red cloth gilt, a little rubbed and some minor marks and sl. fading to spines, sixth vol. with repaired cloth tear to head of spine, 8vo

£70-100

698 Harrison & Sons (pub.). British Minor Expeditions 1746 to 1814, Compiled in the Intelligence Branch of the Quartermaster-General’s Department, 1884, nine b&w folding maps, orig. cloth gilt, some fading, 8vo, together with Royle (Charles), The Egyptian Campaigns 1882 to 1885, New and Revised Edition, Continued to December, 1899, pub. 1900, folding maps, b&w illusts., orig. dec. cloth gilt, spine faded, rubbed, 4to, plus Callwell (Colonel C. E.), Tirah, 1897, pub.

1911, five maps and plans (incl. two folding, as list), orig. cloth gilt, spine faded, 8vo, plus twent-eight other mostly military biography related (31)

704 Maurice (Major Gen. Sir Frederick).

The Life of General Lord Rawlinson of Trent, 1st ed., 1928, seventeen b&w plts., one col. plt. and three maps (as list), orig. cloth gilt, rubbed, 8vo, together with Gough (General Sir Hubert), The Fifth Army, 1931, col. folding maps throughout, orig. cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Hankey (Lord), The Supreme Command 1914-18, 2 vols., 1961, num. b&w plts., orig. cloth gilt, plus approx. sixty-five other WWI various, incl. memoirs

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706 Oman (Sir Charles). A History of The Peninsular War, 7 vols., Greenhill Books, 1995-97, facsimile reprint with new material, together with a new volume 8 (Biographical Dictionary), by John A. Hall, completing the set, 1998, together with Napier (W. F. P.), History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France ..., 6 vols., 3rd ed., facsimile reprint, 1992-93, all orig. cloth in d.j.s., VG+ (14)

£70-100

707 Schirach (Baldur von). Die HitlerJugend, Idee und Gestalt, Leipzig, 1934, orig. cloth in d.j., together with Leers (Johann von), Reichskanzler Adolf Hitler, Erweiterte Ausgabe, Leipzig, 1933, b&w plts., orig. printed wrappers, a little rubbed and some minor marks, plus Fader (Gottfried), Das Programm der N.S.D.A.P., reprinted, Munich, 1938, orig. printed wrappers (designed by Sussmann), and Busucht Bayern, Die Heimat Adolf Hitlers, Ein Werbeheft, Verlag fur Nationale Propaganda, Munich, 1933, numerous b&w illusts., orig. printed wrappers, plus other Third Reich propaganda publications and related, mostly printed in German, including Martin Sommerfeldt, Hermann Göring, 8th ed., 1932, Hans Krebs, Kampf um die Autonomie, 1933, Walter Oehme & Kurt Caro, Kommt Das Dritte Reich?, 1930, Der Volkssportprozess, 1932, The Trial of German Major War Criminals, Nuremberg, Opening Speeches/Speeches of the Chief Prosecutors, 2 vols., 1946, etc., orig. cloth/printed wrappers, including pamphlets, mainly 8vo (65)

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£150-200

£300-400

708 Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19, vols. 1-22, 24-63, 66, 70 & 74-80, pub. Suffolk, J.B. Hayward & Son, 198889, together 69 vols. bound in 70, orig. cloth gilt in d.j.s, spines faded, 4to, VG (69)

£200-300

709 Stacke (Captain H. FitzM.). The Worcestershire Regiment in the Great War... forming part of the Worcestershire County War Memorial, pub. Kidderminster, [1928], port. frontis., errata slip tipped in after p. vii, b & w illusts. from photos, num. folding maps and battle plans, some a little frayed at edges, orig. green cloth, soiled and broken on spine, thick 4to Ownership signature on half-title, ‘Sgt. W. Pill D.C.M. 240451’.

(1) £70-100

710 Thackeray (Col. Sir Edward T.).

Biographical Notices of Officers of the Royal (Bengal) Engineers, 1900, five b&w plts. (as list), orig. cloth gilt, spine faded, rubbed, 8vo, together with Barat (Amiya), The Bengal Native Infantry, its Organisation and Discipline 1796-1852, pub. Calcutta, 1962, first half the vol. with slight staining to extreme margin, orig. cloth, faded and stained, 8vo, plus Swinson (Arthur), North-West Frontier, People and Events 1839-1947, 1st ed., 1967, b&w illusts. from photos, orig. cloth, 8vo, plus Mason (A.W. & Owen, Geo.), The East-India Register and Directory for 1819..., Containing Lists of the Company’s Servants, Civil, Military and Marine..., 1819, folding tables, orig. cloth with gilt title label to spine, rubbed, small 8vo, plus twenty-one other mostly Indian military related, incl. The Quarterly Army List..., Madras Establishment, Corrected to the 31st March 1861, pub. Madras, Pharoah & Co., 1861 & The Quarterly Army List...

Corrected to 31st December 1878, pub.

Madras, 1879 (25)

£150-200

711 Third Reich. Deutschland Erwacht Werden, Kampf und Sieg der NSDAP, Hamburg, 1933, numerous coloured and b & w photographs, previous owner signature, original cloth gilt, d.j., some creases, 4to (1)

£70-100

Lot 707

713 WWI. Reims en ruines, pub. Vernant et Dolle for Pommery & Greno Ltd, 1920, eight etchings each signed by the artist (R.Varin), below image, occ. slight spotting largely confined to margins, contained in orig. pubs. folio, with etched image and sponsers label to upper board, original linen ties, slight staining, bumped at extrems., slim folio

712 Thomas (Lowell). Count Luckner, the Sea Devil, 1st ed., New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927, b&w frontis., inscribed to front blank ‘To the famous Cecil B. de Mille in appreciation for the wonderful afternoon at his studio. In cordial memory, Count Felix Luckner, Long Beach, IX, 28, 27’, bookplate for Cecil B. de Mille to verso of front endpaper, b&w illusts. to text, orig. cloth gilt, spine faded, some marks, 8vo Cecil B. de Mille (1881-1959) was a famous American film director. He was also an Academy Award winning film producer. Some of his best known films include Cleopatra (1934) and The Ten Commandments (1956).

(1) £100-150

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Supplied to clients by the Champagne house ‘Pommery & Greno’, the portfolio also contains a letter, dated July 18th 1918 - presumably to a wine merchant in England - explaning that because of the recent ‘Military situation’ (World War I), and their inability to gain access to their cellars, and the subsequent discovery that a great deal of their stock hand been looted or consumed by the occupying German forces, they are unable to fulfil an order for the 1911 vintage Cuvee. Reims Cathedral suffered dreadfully during the 1914-18 war but was rebuilt and restored to its original glory in 1938.

It is of course the major cathedral for the Champagne region of North-Eastern France. A fascinating piece of vinophilia.

(1) £70-100

MILITARY EPHEMERA

Lot 714

714 Armoured Vehicles. A collection of manufacturer’s sales brochures and leaflets, etc., c. late 1950s-early 1980s, including Stalwart Cross Country Amphibious Load Carrier (one copy with French text and two copies with German text), the other with German text, Daimler Fox Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance ?? (5 copies with English text and one with Chinese text), Alvis Saracen Armoured Personnel Carrier (2 copies), Alvis Leonides 530 and 550 Series Aero Engines, Rover & Alvis Military Vehicles and Equipment booklet (3 copies in English), Alvis Salamander Fire Crash Tender Chassis (FV651), Drivers Notes for the Alvis Saracen Armoured Personnel Carrier booklet, Alvis Apprenticeship Scheme brochure (2 copies in English), Alvis Dis??

Protected Vehicles leaflet, Alvis Scorpion Light Tank single sheet leaflet (20 copies), and others similar incl. dups., all VG (72)

£150-200

715* Blomfield (Rear Admiral R.M.).

Lecture by Rear Admiral R.M. Blomfield R.N., Controller General, Ports & Lights Administration on Aboukir. Delivered at Ramleh, Alexandria on the 1st April 1897, privately printed, [1897], 33pp., author’s own copy, with holograph notes including seven pages at rear, orig. linen-backed printed wrappers, a little soiled, together with three small sheets of loose notes and nine related letters to Blomfield from various correspondents, plus eight photographs including four studio portraits, three of military groups and one of HMS Agincourt, two of the photographs somewhat soiled and in poor condition, various sizes (approx. 20)

Lot 717

716 British Intelligence Objectives SubCommittee. A large collection of approx.

180 orig. cyclostyled printed reports, c. mid to late 1940s, many with folding plans and b&w illusts., etc., orig. printed wrappers, occ. stamps and annotations, some browning and occ. fraying, large 8vo These reports cover a wide range of topics relating mostly to German industry immediately following the Second World War. Titles include: Radiological Activities in Germany, Miscellaneous Information on Fuels, Detergents and Lubricants, German Handtools Industry, Scythes, Sickles and Hooks, The German Doll Industry, German Shipbreaking Methods, German Laboratory Instruments Industry, Electrical Tachometers, Small Generators and Indicators, The German Metal Window Industry, Debris Utilisation in Germany, Brown Coal Dust, Preparation, Handling and Utilisation, The German Nitrogenous Fertiliser Industry (excluding Cyanamide) in the Western Zones, Investigation of German Heavy Forging Plants, German Umbrella Components Industry, Report on Dams and Hyrdo-Electric Schemes in South West Germany, Investigation into the Design, Manufacture and Inspection Technique of AeroEngine Gears, Recovery of Aluminium Alloys from Aircraft Scraps, German Piston and Piston Ring Industry and Developments in Aircraft Construction Using Plastic, Paper, Veneer, and Thin Metal in Sandwich and Other Formations. A monumental archive of technical information. (approx. 180) £400-600

£100-150

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717* Daimler Benz. A photo album containing seventy mounted b&w photos, compiled c. 1950s, the album largely arranged with copy prints of the Works damaged during the War facing vintage photos of the matching scene in the 1950s with the newly constructed or restored building, each approx. 16 x 23cm, plus five sl. smaller copy prints of war time damage pasted at the front and a 1950s three-part panorama tipped-in at rear, sl. creased and split cleanly along folds, overall 17 x 67cm, contemp. cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed, oblong folio, together with a souvenir photograph album of a trip in East Germany in 1973, plus two other photo albums with family snapshots in East Germany, c. 1950s/1960s, all oblong folio/8vo, plus a loose group of approx. sixty-five mostly larger photographs (approx. 20 x 25cm) of East Germany, the Alps, etc., c. 1960, loosely contained in a card wallet, plus a copy of Manner im Dritten Reich, Bremen, 1934, lacking five of the 250 colour ‘cigarette card’ portraits (6)

£200-300

718* European Bicycle Tour. A scrap album relating to a cycling tour made by the Reverend Charles A. Roach, to Budapest, the Rhine, Czechoslovakia, Austria and Germany, 1933, comprising approx. sixteen postcards, most stamped and sent with messages home, approx. twenty other letters and sheets of notes, approx. 100 corner-mounted b&w snapshots, all small format including many approx. 3 x 4cm, many of the photos with Roach’s captions to verso, the snapshots showing views and some showing Roach with Storm Troops and cycling with Nazi soldiers, plus Nazi parades, also containing various youth hostel cards, permits, cuttings, etc., many items det. and album leaves generally loose, contemp. wrappers, oblong small folio, together with two unrelated albums, one containing World War I German Navy photograph interest and one largely a German society snapshot album from the early 1920s, both oblong folio

720* Romanian Royalty. An archive of letters written by Edith Frances Greer (“Diddo”), while Governess to the children of Princess Ilena & Anton, Archduke of Austria, from April 1938 to March 1939, a total of over 400 handwritten pages on large sheets, written by Diddo from Romania to her family in England, concerning life in the various castles, the guests who visited the Princess and her family, the villages, the places they visited, the Archduke’s fascination with flying, written partly in code, together with a small quantity of related photos, postcards, a tin containing four small cigarettes specially made for Queen Marie of Romania, a 1938 Christmas card signed by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, etc.

A fascinating insight into the lives of the family of the daughter of King Ferdinand I of Romania, immediately prior to the War. The letters end abruptly on 18th March 1939. On 15th March Germany had invaded Czechoslovakia and it may have been this event that prompted Diddo to return home quickly. Diddo died in 1942, aged just 38. Some of the events related in the letters, which sometimes to fourteen pages, are recorded in Hannah Pakula’s book ‘The Last Romantic: A Biography of Queen Marie of Roumania’ (1985). Included with the lot is a word-processed print-out containing partial transcriptions of over fifty letters and a list of some of the codewords used by Diddo. As Diddo knew some of her letters were being opened on route home, she devised these codes to evade censorship. The Archduke was frequently referred to as Mungo, the Princess as Arnold and Hitler was referred to as Mr Cuthbert. The war was generally spoken of as some golfing event. (a folder) £300-500

721* Royal Engineers in India. A photograph album containing twelve mounted albumen prints of ‘L. C. Officers’ constructing bridges and pontoons for artillery support, mounted back to back in pairs on four leaves, each approx. 21 x 28cm or similar, a further thirteen large albumen print views of Venice (each approx. 37 x 27cm), plus twelve smaller miscellaneous albumen prints including two Indian views in Friths series, mounted back to back throughout, album leaves partly spotted and browned, contemp. half morocco, covers det. and backstrip def., large folio (1)

A cutting at the front of the first album indicates that Roach published his account of the tour in some format for a lecture tour. Several of the news cuttings refer to travelling in Germany and include one letter to The Times penned by Roach, where in spite of the many practical examples of the desire of the German people to gain his friendship (including the hospitality of the Storm Troops) he did nonetheless agree with the Press about the dangers of travelling in Germany at this time.

(3) £200-300

719 The New Pioneer. vol. 1, nos. 1-11, December 1938 to October 1939, 276 pp., continuously paginated, adverts cut from final leaf, some spotting and soiling, stapled as issued and loosely contained in contemp. cloth journal binder, damp stained and soiled, folio The New Pioneer was a far-right monthly magazine founded by Lord Lymington (Gerard Wallop) and John Beckett. It followed the proGerman line until it ceased publication in January 1940.

(1) £70-100

Lot 720

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£250-350

722* Serocold (Claude Pearce, 18751959). A scrap album compiled by Serocold during the first world war while working as a personal assistant to Admiral Sir Reginald Hall, Director of Naval Intelligence, a total of approx. thirty documents, letters, cuttings, etc., including a typed letter signed from General Sir John French, Commander in Chief, British Expeditionary Force, to Field Marshal Lord Roberts, 22nd October 1914, ‘I am very much obliged to you for all the trouble you have taken in collecting stalking glasses and field glasses. They will, I am sure, be of great value to the troops in the field’, one page, folio, a ticket and Order of Service for the funeral of Roberts, military passes, permits and similar, a letter and a note concerning the amputation of an arm and a leg of Vivian Rose, original copies of a dump (XXIII Division), vol. 1, no. 1, Xmas 1915, the Camp Magazine, no. 2, May 1915, and ‘a merry new ballad of Dr. Woodrow Wilson ...’, Glasgow, 1915, plus a six-page typescript entitled ‘A tale of two interpretations, being the true and inward account of the stupendous events which occurred in the week ending Saturday 6th November 1915’, a few with later notes added, contemp. folded thick buff paper sheets, large folio (1)

£100-150

724* Sudan - Gordon Relief Expedition.

A photograph album containing fifty-six mounted albumen prints, 1880s, including nineteen relating to Suakin, images with captions in the negative include town and harbour of Suakin, HMS Dolphin, Officers Grenadier Guards, Brig-General Hudson CB & Staff Indian Contingent, Handub Camp of 24th Company, R.E., Otao, from Signallers’ Hill with Terminus S & B Railway, others identified on mounts include Michali’s Store, Suakin from the land side, 28 Bombay N.I., 15th Sikhs, Suakin from the Harbour, Ladies of Suakin, Sir G. Greaves, Lord Wolseley [and others on horseback], MacNeil’s Zeriba from a drawing by Lt. F. Erskine, Scots Guards, and two back to back images with vertical splits of Sepoys for 15th Sikhs and 9th Bengal Cavalry, many approx. 16 x 20cm, plus four copy (?) albumen print photos possibly relating to the holding of Otao by the Scots Guards and the 5th Lancers in April 1885, twenty-one smaller snapshots of an expedition to Lagos in May on board the riverboat Margaret, plus two albumen prints of Port Said, three of Tenerife, four of Maderia, and seven of England and Ireland, various sizes, mounts somewhat brittled and broken, and a few images det., contents somewhat loose in contemp. half morocco with gilt title to upper cover ‘Suakin 1885’, worn, oblong folio (1)

£300-500

723* South Africa - Nightingale Family.

A scrap album largely relating to Thomas Slingsby Nightingale in South Africa, c.

1890-1918, containing numerous news cuttings, some albumen prints of family, friends and views, plus invitations, menus, etc., a total of approx. sixty leaves, bookplate of Thomas Slingsby Nightingale, contemp. half morocco, rubbed, 4to

725* Third Reich. A Luftwaffe officer’s peaked cap, (some stitching loosening), together with a Nazi leather framed pennant, three later? Nazi armbands, a Lusitania Medal (British issue), plus some U.S. Civil War ephemera including six replica? Confederate various denomination Dollar bills, bond coupons etc (20)

726 U. S. Artillery. An Introduction to Guided Missiles, The Artillery School, AntiAircraft and Guided Missiles Branch, Fort Bliss, Texas, July 1949, restriced document, iv + 269 pp., b&w illusts. and diagrams and one folding coloured chart, errata sheet stapled to title, orig. printed wrappers, sl. creased and soiled, 4to, together with an untitled secret handbook on guided missiles, 38 leaves printed to rectos only, plus chart dated 12th September 1950, contemp. card lower wrapper, lacks upper wrapper (with title?), small folio (2)

Thomas Slingsby Nightingale, cmG, CBE (18661918) was secretary to the High Commissioner of the Union of South Africa, and most of the newscuttings relate to his appointments plus South African news stories, obituaries, etc. The album begins with the death of his father, Percy Nightingale, Inspecting Civil Commissioner in Cape Town, and excepting a few later family inclusions, ends with the death of D. S. Nightingale on 7th October 1918. Percy Nightingale was the son of Captain Thomas Henry Nightingale, cousin of Florence Nightingale.

(1) £100-150

Lot 724

145

£100-150

£200-300

727* World War II Newspapers. A group of over 300 original newspapers, c. 1941-45, including quantities of Die Zeitung, Palestine News, Boon (leaves separated), The Rabaul Times, The Atlantic Echo and the Daily Express, some marginal brittling and browning, all but last title laid flat, together with two bound vols. of Journal de la Marine Marchande et de l’Empire Francais, Jan-Dec 1943, b&w illusts. and ads., orig. printed wrappers retained, contemp. qtr. lib cloth with labels to spines, sl. rubbed, 4to (a carton)

£100-150

728* WWI - German Propaganda Photographs. A group of approx. 125 b&w photographs, mostly slightly later enlarged copy prints, many with negative numbers in the image and all with numbered printed caption strips in Swedish pasted to lower edge, showing German officers, battle scenes, prisoners of war, wreckage, etc., and including a group of approx. thirty relating to the German Navy including scenes on board the dreadnought SMS Posen and other torpedo boats, approx. 24 x 30cm and similar

Lot 729

729* WWI - Photography. A group of approx. fifty vintage b&w photographs, the majority portraits of British soldiers and including some studio portraits and real photo postcards, mostly single subject but including some large groups, together with a group of approx. sixty vintage small b&w photos in Egypt, immediately postwar, the majority views but including one indistinct image captioned as the landing of De Gaulle with Allenby in Alexandria, plus four contemp. unrelated photo albums containing First World War British military interest at home and abroad

730* WWI - Royal Navy. The manuscript diary of A. F. B. Woodhouse [Commander Alfred Frederick Bell Woodhouse], 18th June to 16th August 1911, and 15th May 1914 to 11th April 1915, a total of approx. 86 pp., seemingly written up in occasional bursts, beginning on board HMS Fantome on the North West Coast of Australia, then skipping to HMS Research in May 1914 before joining HMS King Alfred on August 4th 1914, then with much patrolling in Scapa Flow, etc., on 29th August reporting ‘Sighted Drake in dog watches. She told us that BCS had had a scrap on Friday morning with a good deal of success. Light cruisers, destroyers and one BCS raided near Helgoland & intercepted German miners & destroyers returning on Friday early. Result: two German L.Cruisers & two destroyers sunk ...’, on 1st September, ‘At 6.30 suddenly sounded off Night Defence station. Falmouth had seen a submarine following the Galy (?) into harbour and had waited til her connig tower came up & then fired at her. She says she hit her twice ... we left at midnight after the battle fleet had left’, contemp. cloth with ownership name to upper cover, soiled and worn, 8vo, together with a group of forty-four mostly postcard size b&w photos relating to the Zeebrugge Raid of 1918, a little creased and soiled, uncaptioned and with no details to versos

(a small carton)

(45)

(approx. 125)

£300-500

£300-400

£150-200

Lot 728

Lot 730

146

731* WWI - Second Battle of the Somme. An original cyclostyled Battle Note No. 3, action of a RFA Battery during the Second Battle of the Somme [by Major General H. J. Elles], Tank Corps, 23rd July 1918, 7 pp. report with cyclostyled cover leaf, this copy marked for Major Gibbs, leaves pinned upper left, minor spotting and fraying, together with a half-page cyclostyled Special Order no. 15 by Major General H. J. Elles thanking all the ranks for the success so far, dated 13th August 1918 (2)

£100-150

732* WWI Journal. A manuscript account of an unidentified Malay medical officer enlisting at the age of 46 as a medical orderly in the 179th Brigade, 1915/16, a total of approx. 16, 000 words written in pencil to the rectos of approx. 85 leaves, beginning with reasons why and how the writer joined the army to becoming part of the 179th Brigade when formed at Deptford in June 1915, and embarking for France in March 1916, with details of life at the front, including shellings, ‘We once more adjourned to the Hotel, secured our horses & started for Fleurbaix. In spite of it being almost dark on arrival, we could see that something unusual had happened, paths were blocked with fallen debris, shell holes filled the road & disorder was evident everywhere. We rode on past our billet & only on reaching the stables learned the cause of it all. During our absence from the village the Huns had started pumping heavy stuff into it catching everyone unaware, a large number of troops were about in the streets & the first shell landing on the far side of the main street burst wounding several & killing two. All who could then made for shelter but another shelling got a direct hit on a house where a number of men were billetted & bursting amongst them did most of the damage, meanwhile calls for the doctors were sent to me (?), as the shells kept coming over and there were a number of men lying about in exposed positions. After about thirty shells had dropped in and around the village the Huns switched their guns on somewhere else & by the time we arrived back all the wounded had been removed to the nearest field ambulance & the dead placed under cover. The casulaties during the short shelling totalled 9 killed and 20 wounded, chiefly the Royal Sussex being the chief sufferers’, contemp. feint-ruled Army book with printed boards and linen spine, covers det., and backstrip def., folio Written up after the events, the account seems to have been written somewhat breathlessly in one sitting and probably is unpublished.

(1) £300-500

733* WWI Scrap album. A scrap album compiled by members of the family of Arthur Hampden Vilett Rolleston, 1914-18, containing news cuttings, postcards, ration, insurance certificates and forms, etc., plus a small number of letters and postcards, one postcard written in pencil from the trenches on 25th September 1914, writing partly indistinct, ‘... we are living in trenches with shells & bullets for companions... ‘, and later, ‘... when we arrived in the country at every village we biletted in the Mayor & principal inhabitants came to meet us with enormous bouquets of flowers & it was no uncommon sight to see an officer carrying as many as three... ‘, postmark and censor stamp, plus a three-page letter from Rolleston at home in Dover, dated 10th December 1914, writing to a relative Allie reporting [on a German submarine attack on Dover], ‘You have missed a most exciting time of it this morning, about three I was awakened by what sounded like a big explosion, but nothing else seemed to happen, til at 5 o’clock I heard several guns at sea over the Eastern Area, I called Stella [his daughter] & for about twenty minutes we watched the flashes & listened to heavy firing, who or what it was I have had heard nothing as yet... I wonder what it was all about’, plus a few letters and ephemera relating to Stella’s work at the recruiting office in Coventry, including three semi-literate letters reporting shirkers, one named Robert Mills of 10 Melbourne Road, one named H.B. Ford of 2 Windmill Road, Foleshill, Coventry, ‘Aged 29 looks in the pink of condition just the man the country is in need of - just now has done no work for about 26 weeks. They keep a fried fish business and make an open boast that they have not sent him his papers. He leads a very nice life’, and a third from Miss Tanly, back of 59 Wells Street, Coventry, ‘Sir I have got a lad who knockes me about and I should be glad if you could send him for a soldier I have tried him in every shape and form is father can’t do nothing with him he is seventeen years and six months I should be very glad if you could send him away I have reported him to the Police But they take no notice do your Best for me sir get him away as soon as you can’, plus another letter from Private Claude A. Roxburgh of L Company, Gordon Highlanders in Aberdeen, writing to Captain Caldicott, recruiting officer in Coventry declining his invitation to the Masonic Hall as he expects to be in France on the suggested date and hoping to postpone the meeting until after the war, the album containing a total of approx. seventy items including some loose, many leaves blank, a.e.g., contemp. green morocco gilt, rubbed, 4to (1)

£200-300

734 WWI - XXIII Division. The Dump, XXIII Division, vol. 1 no. 1, [France], Christmas, 1915, 28 pp., b & w illusts. including cartoons, orig. stapled pict. wrappers, somewhat soiled and sl. creased, slim 4to On the upper wrapper verso is written a letter in pencil, from Fred to his wife Mrs Vardy of 31 Stoneyford Lane, Stanton Hill, Notts., the address appearing on the rear wrapper. Private Frederick Vardy was killed in action on 7th June 1917. The Dump continued to be published until 1918.

(1) £70-100

147

735* WWI - Royal Suffolk Hussars. A large album relating to Reverend Ernest Powles, who served as Chaplain to the Royal Suffolk Hussars through the First World War, the album containing approx. 270 items including approx. 170 (mostly handwritten) letters, fifty photographs and fifty miscellaneous printed and manuscript ephemeral items, initially compiled to cover 1914-1919 but extended with a small quantity of later material, correspondents include Lord Howard de Walden, Captain the Honorable Henry Lygon, Captain Festing DSO, Captain Ivor Davis MC, etc., mostly to Powles or his wife and written from Palestine, France, etc., including letters from the trenches, letters from Gallipoli, details of other actions, ballooning in France, etc., various lengths and sizes, the majority of items hinged on to album sheets with Powles’ brief caption at head, photographs include small snapshots in Palestine plus English photographs, subjects include Captain Festing, Captain Davis, Lady Diana Manners, the total number including loosely inserted letters, telegrams, etc., compiler’s note dated 1920 at front, contemp. cloth-backed boards, some soiling and wear, folio Reverent Ernest Powles (1867-1931) was rector of Snailwell, a small village in Cambridgeshire, from 1895 until his death.

(1)

148

£1000-1500

736* WWI - 3/3rd London Field Company. A small group of ephemera relating to Lance Corporal H. W. Isaacks, including a copy of A Brief Record of the Advance of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force ..., Cairo, 1919, port. frontis., tinted maps, collaborator’s copy with presentation bookplate to Isaacks, orig. printed cloth, a little soiled, 4to, plus a vintage panoramic b&w photo of the 3/3rd London Field Company R.E. 60th London Division, minor creasing and soiling, approx. 20 x 95cm, plus Isaacks’ Attributed British War and Victory Medals in orig. plain envelopes and collapsed box with separate ribbons, plus an arm badge, plus a modern print photo of Isaacks in military uniform (8) £100-150

737 WWII - Changi Prison. A poor copy of Edward F. Strange’s ‘The Colour Prints of Hiroshige’, 1925, many plts. detached and pp. v-xii of prelims. deficient, red pencil ownership name of Lieutenant E.F. Stacy of the 560th Field Company, Royal Engineers inscribed to half-title, and facing to front pastedown a pencil note ‘Reference only’ and the ink location mark R.AR.4 [fourth book in the art reference section?], orig. cloth, soiled and worn, covers detached and backstrip deficient, 4to The inference being made is that this book was held in the Library at the notorious Changi Prison in Singapore. In an article by Professor P.H.G. Allen in the Royal Engineers Journal (vol. 106, no. 1, April 1992) E.F. Stacy is identified as having been drafted into the notorious ‘H’ Force which left Changi gaol in April 1943, heading for work on the Burma Railway. The current owner believes the book somehow came into his father’s possession at the time of Liberation in September 1945, his father having been a prisoner of war in Singapore throughout this whole period.

(1) £100-150

738* WWII - Malta. An album containing thirty-two mounted vintage b&w photos, 1937-45, each with printed tissue paper caption, including many scenes before and after the Blitz, George Cross Presentation Ceremony, various celebrations, etc., numbered 1-31 + 26A, each approx. 15 x 10.5cm, presentation inscription by the compiler (?), a Sapicuza to front pastedown, orig. cloth with spine tie, and Maltese Cross motif to upper cover, rubbed, oblong 8vo (1)

£100-150

739* WWII - Mediterranean Fleet. An album containing forty-seven cornermounted b&w photos, including images of HMS Warspite, HMS Royal Oak and HMS Courageous, commercial snapshots of Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler, The Duke and Duchess of Windsor, six photographs of Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1939, an Italian liner ablaze at Alexandria, images of Chinese and Japanese atrocoties, etc., mostly approx. 6 x 9cm, some ink captions to mounts, a few photos det., contemp. cloth, rubbed, oblong 8vo (1)

£100-150

740* WWII - Naval Album. An album containing fifty vintage b&w photos, c.

1930-43, including school sports team photographs, naval cadets and parades, ship inspections, battle ships at sea, and in dock, various sizes, some white ink captions but now largely indistinct, many leaves loose, contemp. boards, soiled and some wear, oblong folio

742* WWII - Operation Overlord. An original typed copy of top secret document M-559, being 21 Army Group Orders for the Battle of the Rhine, issued by Field Marshal Montgomery, 9th March 1945, 6 pp., typed to rectos only, some spotting and sl. soiling, together with orig. copies of two signal messages from 2nd Army Main relating to the unconditional surrender of German forces (7th May 1945) and the earlier partial surrender of German forces in Holland (4th May), plus a copy outline map showing towns in northern France, all sl. soiled and frayed, folio (4)

£100-150

743 WWII - Final Battle in Tunisia, 1943.

A group of original copies of typed secret reports, three unpaginated sections totalling fourteen pages plus a further thirty-six page report with four pages appendices (lacking final appendix), all typed to rectos only, plus a further report titled ‘Tunis Victory Parade - Rehearsals’, marked Secret 3/TP/G(Ops), 18 May 1943, including some folding maps, with pencil note ‘Master copy’ to first page, plus four contemp. sl. frayed panoramic collotypes of Constantine in Algeria (a folder)

£200-300

A modern note loosely inserted indicates that this album belonged to Jack Leventhorpe who lost his life during World War II [aged 22, 23rd October 1943, while serving as Sub-Lieutenant with the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on board HMS Charybdis].

(1) £100-150

741 WWII - Second Army. A short account of the operations of the Second British Army, prepared by G. (Ops) Second Army, 2 vols., [1945], bound photocopies of typed sheets, plus a few photographs, folding coloured maps, sketches and plans, etc., orig. printed boards with spine ties, a little soiled, folio, together with an original copy of the secret photocopied pamphlet by the Second Army titled ‘Eclipse ABC’, Germany, March 1945, folio sheets with cloth spine tie, orig. printed wrappers, slightly chipped and soiled, oblong folio Operation Eclipse was defined as the plans and preparations for the operation of occupying Germany. The Eclipse ABC lists alphabetically all major subjects that were likely to be met by Commanders and Staff in the execution of their duties and giving them a reference to the subjects contained in other pamphlets.

(3) £200-300

149

744* WWII - HMS Warspite. An album of thirty-three corner-mounted b & w photos compiled by C.J. Cave Ch.X2157, mostly real photo postcard or snapshot photos plus a few larger group photos, including scenes in Norwegian fjords, a German destroyer at Narvik, Italian bomb explosions at sea, action at Crete, the majority with neat white ink inscriptions to mounts beneath, a few photos loose and a few photos now missing, contemp. chalk and pastel drawing (of Cave?) dated 1943 loosely inserted, ownership inscription to inside front cover, orig. wrappers, some wear, oblong folio (1)

£100-150

MILITARIA 745* Bayonets. Two military bayonets, including Franco Prussian War pattern No. 31130, c. 1870s, having serpentine blade with ribbed brass hilt, contained in original steel scabbard, together with an English Lee-Metford pattern bayonet, having triangulated blade with muzzle-sleeve pattern fitting, variously stamped WD with broad arrow and Edward VII and Royal Crown motifs to brass-mounted leather scabbard, some rusting and age-wear, c.1902 (2)

£70-100

746* Bayonets. A group of late 19th c. bayonets and infantryman’s edged weaponry including Franco-Prussian War pattern pair, one inscribed to blade and dated 1871, together with Mauser Pattern type with Arabic engraved inscription, two English barrel-locking pattern bayonets, one inscribed W/D marks and another earlier pattern bayonet inscribed 75/1, French bayonet inscribed 11ie Armes de Chateau Juillet 1883, and three others of Continental origins, various conditions (9)

£180-250

747* Boer War & WWI. A group of infantrymans bayonet edged weapons, including German Mauser “Butcher” bayonet 1889/1905 pattern with scabbard, Swiss Mauser Schmidt Rubin 1889 pattern and scabbard, German WWI pattern by W & K Solingen and leather scabbard, English Lee Metford W/D stamped 1892 (overstamped 1895), and another similar (undated), also with English Lee-Enfield MkI bayonets, one dated 1907, and German Mauser Pioneer bayonet inscribed “Waffen Fabrik Newshausen” with scabbard (8)

£200-250

748* Cavalry Badges. A decorative framed collection, comprising a Victorian full dress officer’s pouch and belt of the 7th Queens Own Hussars in gilt bullion on scarlet cloth, 16th Lancers ORs KC lance cap plate, a George V period mounted officer’s bullion embroidered pistol holster cover, plus a collection of 34 cavalry cap and puggaree badges including Victorian examples of 5DG and 18H, versions of 21st Lancers with both straight and crossed lances, and both single and double scroll 19th Hussars; a group of Medical Corps badges including 4 Victorian examples, 4 cavalry epaulettes, etc., all contained in early 20th c. oak wall mounted display case with green baize backing, enclosed by single glazed panel door, 46.5 x 24in (118 x 61cm) (a lot)

Lot 748

£400-600

150

754* Hitler Liebstandardt Ceremonial presentation letter-knife, of Romanesque dagger format, c. 1940, fabricated of nickel-steel with damascene decoration to blade surfaces, and with inlaid white-metal inscriptive signature “H. Himmler” and key motif verso, length 9in (22cm) (1)

£120-150

749* Colts Fire Arms Co. An orig. wooden box, the lid embossed 'Colt's Fire Arms Co. Pimlico Works London', late 19th c., with later red morocco lining, approx. 12 x 8.75in (31 x 22cm) Samuel Colt opened a factory in London after the 1851 Great Exhibition.

(1) £150-200

750* Daggers An Indian ceremonial dagger with an ivory handle and silk covered scabbard, 60cm long, together another shorter dagger and an early 20th century bayonet (3)

752* French 1812 period other ranks.

Stamped brass guard Artillery shako plate, shows imperial eagle with cross cannons surmounted by flaming bomb (1)

£200-250

£30-50

755* Adolf Hitler. A ceramic bust depicting “Der Fuehrer”, c. 1938, cream overglazed porcelain with sculptor’s signature to rear of base, “Prof. E. Seger”, manufactured by Hutschenreuter, Selb, Bavaria, with applied label numbered “01338/3”, old crack to back of the neck, height 14in (36cm) (1)

751* Fire-screen panel. An unusual WWI period souvenir panel, made up of a patchwork of thirty-two woven silk ‘hands across the sea’ and ‘forget-me-not’ postcard fronts, sent from men at the front to lovers at home, subjects include ‘Souvenir de Abbeville’, ‘Souvenir of Ypres’, RAMC, Scots Guards and ASC crests, and a rare image showing two RFC airmen in an early monoplane (some staining), stained wood frame, glazed, overall dimensions, 27 x 25in (69 x 64cm) (1)

£200-300

753* Grenadier Guards (1st Foot) Officers' 1812 shako plate. Stamped brass gilt back plate with royal garter and GR centre, blue enamel back plate mounted on Silver Star, two wire loop fittings to the back (1)

£500-600

£200-300

Lot 754

756* Imperial Russian Army. A scarce Pioneer Corps Falschrim cutlass pattern sword, c. 1890, having broad steel blade with serrated upper edge, brass hilt with heavily ribbed handgrip, variously stamped markings and issue numbers to blade and hilt, contained in original black japanned steel scabbard (1)

151

£350-450

757* Mameluke hilted cavalry officer’s sword, early 19th c., the gently curving blade with single broad fuller, lightly engraved near the forte with geometrical and floral designs and the Latin motto Pro Deo et Patria, probably of German manufacture, the hilt with ivory grips, straight brass quillons terminating in hexagonal olive style finials and diamond shaped double langets, the black leather covered brass mounted scabbard with long chape, fitted mouthpiece and two suspension rings, of very sturdy construction, length 39.5in (100cm)

759* German Navy Badges. A group of three WWI & WWII period badges in plushlined fitted morocco case, comprising a brass U-Boat breast badge stamped verso "C. JUNKER BERLIN", together with a zinc gilt High Seas Fleet breast badge, stamped verso "L/12", and a silver 25 years service medal with blue ribbon (3)

£400-500

Swords of this Turkish Mameluke style became fashionable in European armies following Napoleons invasion of Egypt (1798-1801). Such swords used by the British light cavalry tended to have more decoratively treated brass mounts and, although bearing no maker’s marks, this very sturdy and well constructed weapon suggests perhaps a French origin. The French Imperial Manufacturer Boutet at Versailles produced very similar hilts and scabbards.

Similar swords were also adopted by British officers serving in India and German blades were highly regarded by officers throughout Europe.

(1) £500-700

758* “Military &c Menu Stands”. A rare and unusual Regimental Mess set of 6 cased diners’ Menu-Card Holders dated 1887, each having artist’s hand painted decoration depicting uniformed officers of various regiments including 83rd, 11th Hussars, 4th Dragoon Guards, 26th Cameronians, etc., each hand captioned in gold with gilded edging to mounts, depicting a leading officer of the regiment, each illustration signed by the artist A. Robertson, together with a group of unwritten menu-cards for insertion to mounts, contained in leatherbound lockable case with lift-out tray, by Harding & Co., Piccadilly S.W., dated to front MD 1887 (-)

760* Punniar Star Medal, 1843. Bronze with silver star centre, Punniar Dec. 1843, back name to J. Thomas. H.M. 40th REGt., complete with original swivel bar fittings and ribbon (1)

£280-350

£150-250

Lot 757

Lot 759

761* Scottish Victorian 93rd Regiment Shoulder Belt Plate. Brass gilt back plate, silver devices fitted by slide pins to the front, hook and stud fittings to the back, very good condition (1)

152

£280-350

762* Royal Artillery. A decorative framed collection, comprising a Victorian officer’s full dress pouch and belt together with a full dress waist belt, an undress pouch with gilt badge, a good pair of gilt brass 19th century epaulettes, a post 1901 officer’s waist belt clasp, plus various Artillery badges and buttons including a few Victorian examples, all contained in early 20th c. wall-mounted stained wood display case with green baize backing, enclosed by single glzed panel door, 39.5 x 25in (100 x 63.5cm) (-)

£300-400

763* Third Reich - SS WWII Dress-sword. A fine and rare presentation SS officer’s dress-sword by P.D. Luneschloss, Solingen, c. 1930s-1940s, having damascene single-edged decorative blade with inlaid gilt metal inscription “Meinem Treuen Kampfer - Ludwig Deutsch” and with inlaid facsimile signature inscribed “Heinrich Himmler”, with further engraved inlaid inscription verso “Meine Ehre heist Treue”, silver-plated hilt with bullion-wired grip, applied eagle & swastika in oak-leaf wreath bronze relief badge, and nickel-plated hiltguard, and having knotted bullion-wired short ribboned sash with macramé acorn finial embroidered with “SS” motif to hilt, together with original black japanned steel sheath, ornamented nickel-plated decorative mount to top, complete with leather belt-frog and steel clasp attachments, the whole encased in original soft chamois leather protective outer sheath, 36in (92cm) long (1)

£2600-3200

Lot 763

153

Lot 764 764* Third Reich SS - Drum-cloth. A rare original bandsman’s kettle-de-drum paradedrape cover, c. 1930s-1940s, having white applied cloth “SS” motif and with Skull-&Crossbones emblem on black cloth ground, black silk lined backing, with silver bullion-embroidered tessellated decorative lower border edging, with hand-marked indelible inscribed numeration 88-723, and with original makers brass name-plate attached with sewn threads inscribed “Heinrich Zeisig, Breslau, Neben Kissling” (1)

£2000-2500

Lot 766

765* Third Reich. An Officer’s Ceremonial Presentation Dagger by Carl Schmidt Sohn, Solingen, c. 1939-45, having double edged blade etched and inscribed “Alles Fur Deutschland” and stamped NS to hilt-bar, having polished walnut stock hand-grip with inlaid Eagle and oak-leaved Swastika motif to centre, and further inlaid monogrammed motif above, gilded nickel fittings to hilt and steel scabbard sheath (1)

£280-350

766* Third Reich. Adolf-Hitler Platz, Nuremberg, 1945, enamel street sign, with two bullet holes (shot at by U.S. soldiers, April, 1945), some rust marks, 15 x 95cm (6 x 37.5 ins) (1)

767* Waffen SS Official ink-stamp, circular format, c. 1930s, of etched copperplated zinc with raised relief and with turned stained wood handle grip, used for stamping official passes and documentation of SS authorization (1)

Lot 765

154

£1200-1500

£120-150

768* Waffen SS WWII Uniform. A rare original NCO’s service-dress uniform tunic of the Adolf Hitler Unit 1939-45, of “feldgrau” serge fabric having applied makers label inscribed Soderbergs, Uppsala, long tunic pattern with external lower outerpockets, with medal-award ribbon through upper button-hole, and with applied regimental embroidered flashes, rankchevron and tabs, “SS” and rank tabs to collar, nickel-plated pin-fixing badge to leftbreast pocket, pierced format of bayonetfixed rifle in oak-leaf border design, original painted metal buttons, applied embroidered identity ribbon to left sleeve inscribed “Adolf Hitler” in gothic script, shows age-wear and usage (1)

£1200-1500

Lot 773 769* [Wellington]. Two open razors with slab horn handles, in fitted brown leather case, lid embossed, in gold "Sir Lowery Cole".

Cole was one of Wellington's Commanders in the Peninsular Wars.

(1) £100-150

770* WWI & WWII. A group of infantryman’s small edged weapons and bayonets, etc., including Austrian-pattern bayonet inscribed WP “Perron”, Belgian FN Toledo bayonet No 7603 U and scabbard, 4 x L/E No 4 MkIII bayonets, two Kukhri sheathed knife sets, and three small oriental sheathed daggers (11)

£150-180

771* WWI. Two pairs of Victory & War Service 1914-1918 medals to Pte. B.J. Grigg, Devon Rgt. and Pte. O. Littler RAMC respectively, together with a good photograph album compiled by an Officer during the Great War, depicting scenes prior to embarkation, war damage, in the trenches, etc., including hand annotation, dates and descriptive text alluding to exploits of bravery under fire, etc.

(-)

£100-150

Lot 769

155

772* WWI. Death Plaque & Service Medals to Pte. Jack Lapper, mounted jointly in velvet lined glazed display case, including ‘Victory’ & ‘War Service 19141918’ medals, together with a group of military cap-badges and uniform insignia of the Great War period, and a framed embroidered silk-work sampler to the Manchester Regiment dated 1914 to 1920, depicting regimental flags and highlighting major battles and campaigns including Mons, Le Cateau, Marne, Aisne, Ypres, Somme, Hindenburg Line, Rhine & Mesopotamia, etc.

(-)

£100-150

773* WWI. The West Yorkshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales’s Own), embroidered silk work sampler, depicting regimental flags and highlighting the major battles and campaigns, including Armentieres 1914, Neuve Chapelle, Somme, 1916-18, Ypres, 1917, Canbray, 1917-18, Vilers Brittonneux, Oys, Tardenois, Piave, Suvla, approx. 20 x 23.5in (51 x 60cm), modern clip frame (1)

£100-150

774* Imperial Germany. A WWI period Flieger pilot's silver and enamel stick pin, with inlaid winged propeller, within crowned wreath, verso stamped "Munchen 950", in plush-lined fitted blue leather case (1)

£300-400

775* WWI A bayonet practice rifle with spring loaded end, the butt stamped ‘W. Greener, Birmingham, 1915’, some wear commensurate with age and use, overall length 63.5in (161cm) (1)

£70-100

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776* WWII - Japanese Flag. A signed Japanese silk flag, printed red sun centre design, inscribed all around in Japanese characters, some age browning along some folds, 70 x 80cm The inscriptions were made by Japanese prisoners awaiting execution for war crimes in Changi Prison, Singapore, after the war. George Peach of Portsmouth was one of the soldiers guarding them who asked the prisoners to sign his flag. Most of the inscriptions are four character phrases and translations include: ‘Defeated, but the spirit lives on’, ‘Had we tried harder, we still could not have achieved our goal’, ‘May the luck of the Samurai last forever’, ‘With my whole heart I served Japan’, ‘Far from Japan I cry, thinking of our promise of victory to a hundred million people’, ‘Dedicated to courage’.

The flag is accompanied by a printed card plaque used when it was displayed at the D-Day Museum in Portsmouth.

(1) £1500-2000

777* WWII German Army Gas-Mask. An original Wehrmacht-issue standard pattern respirator, c. 1940, contained in original cylindrical ribbed metal canister-case, together with a military bayonet stamped inscribed No. 06517 to hilt mounting, with original steel scabbard-casing marked 22586 (2)

£70-100

780* WWII -Third Reich. A German ensign flag reputedly recovered during the liberation of Cherbourg during the Normandy Campaign, 1944, having swastika motif to central applied panels, black printed on white cotton roundels, stitched applied to each side onto red cloth ground, the white section having SS inked stamp markings and applied brass makers plate inscribed “Gauleitnung der NSDAP - Oberdouau”, 30 x 41in (76 x 105cm) Apparently retrieved from the submarine-base at Cherbourg by Pte. Cook and his platoon from 398 Engineers Regiment, together with a period photographic snapshot of the subject with his fellow soldiers, taken during a lull in the hostilities.

(1) £300-500

781* WWII. A group of medals to Lieutenant A.E. Baker MBE, Parachute Rgt. including 1939-45 Star, France & Germany Star, War Service Medal & Victory Medal, together with related photographs, press-cuttings and correspondence etc., including four photograph albums depicting his Military Service during peace time in the 1930s

778* WWII Luftwaffe. A pilots insignia Paratroop Squadron tunic badge, c. 193945, gilt metal diving eagle within oak-leaf wreath raised-relief border, vertical pinfixing, contained in original presentation case with gothic text inscription (1)

£180-250

Commissioned in 1935, Lt. Baker served in Egypt & Middle East, until recall for European duty in 1939.

Parachuted at Arnhem, wounded and captured, escaped and returned “presumed missing” eight months later for which he was awarded MBE. (-) £100-150

779* WWII Third Reich - Officer’s Leather Trench-Coat, c. 1939-45, a finequality private-tailored officer’s leather-coat

by Hohenstein Zuverlassig Altbenahrt, possibly Kriegsmarine issue, black cowhide with cotton-silk lining, zipped inside pockets, belt-fastening only, approx.

46in (117cm) chest measurement (1)

£180-250

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782* WWII. A large high explosive shell, cast aluminium with bronze bound cast iron base, de-activated, variously stamped 155 HDM, 1106 LCT SIL-1.3, Number DL12, together with an ARP Warden’s steelhelmet, white painted, inscribed “W”shelter, and two other similar black-painted helmets (one lining detached), also with two ‘Baby-Respirator’ Infant’s wartime gasmasks with in-built cradle support, two handlamps and two other gas-masks, etc.

(10) £80-120

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3. The buyer shall pay the price at which a lot is knocked down by the Auctioneer to the buyer (“the hammer price”) together with a premium of 17.5% of the hammer price. Where the lot is marked by an asterisk the premium will be subject to VAT at 17.5% which under the Auctioneer’s Margin Scheme will form part of the buyer’s premium on our invoice and will not be separately identified (the premium added to the hammer price will hereafter collectively be referred to as “the total sum due”). By making any bid the buyer acknowledges that his attention has been drawn to the fact that on the sale of any lot the Auctioneer will receive from the seller commission at its usual rates in addition to the said premium of 17.5% and assents to the Auctioneer receiving the said commission.

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11. (a) Unless otherwise instructed in writing all goods on the Auctioneer's premises and in their custody will be held insured against the risks of fire, burglary, water damage and accidental breakage or damage for which insurance the Auctioneer will charge a premium of £1.50 per £100. The value of the goods so covered will be the hammer price, or in the case of unsold lots the best bid, or in the case of loss or damage prior to the sale that which the specialised staff of the Auctioneer shall in their absolute discretion estimate to be the auction value of such goods. (b) The Auctioneer shall not be responsible for damage to or the loss, theft, or destruction of any goods not so insured because of the owner’s written instructions.

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12. The Auctioneer shall remit the proceeds of the sale to the seller thirty days after the day of the auction provided that the Auctioneer has received the total sum due from the buyer. In all other cases the Auctioneer will remit the proceeds of the sale to the seller within seven days of the receipt by the Auctioneer of the total sum due. The Auctioneer will not be deemed to have received the total sum due until after any cheque delivered by the buyer has been cleared. In the event of the Auctioneer exercising his right to rescind the sale his obligation to the seller hereunder lapses.

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13. In the case of the seller withdrawing instructions to the Auctioneer to sell any lot or lots, the Auctioneer may charge a fee of 12.5% of the Auctioneer's middle estimate of the auction price of the lot withdrawn together with Value Added Tax thereon and any expenses incurred in respect of the lot or lots.

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