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Allen’s Navy List 1849, lists all Royal Navy and Royal Marine Forces, commissioned officers, Masters, Medical Officers, Pursers, Chaplains, Schoolmasters, distinguishing those who have received medals or other honours with details of the principal actions in which they have been engaged, Foreign awards etc., together with the list of effective ships and their present stations and officers on board, 333 pp., bound in blue buckram, scarce, good condition £60-80
Hammer Price: £60
Lean’s Royal Navy List, October 1888, the scarcer naval equivalent of Hart’s Army List, lists all commissioned officers, active and retired, with comprehensive war and meritorious services, including Chief Gunners and Gunners, Chief Boatswains and Boatswains, R. H. S. Medals etc., ships and vessels of the Royal Navy, 444 pp., bound in blue buckram, good condition £80-100
Hammer Price: £130
Lean’s Royal Navy List, April 1900, the scarcer naval equivalent of Hart’s Army List, lists all commissioned officers, active and retired, with comprehensive war and meritorious services, including Chief Gunners and Gunners, Chief Boatswains and Boatswains, R. H. S. Medals etc., ships and vessels of the Royal Navy, 480 pp., bound in blue buckram, good condition £80-100
Hammer Price: £110
Lean’s Royal Navy List, April 1908, the scarcer naval equivalent of Hart’s Army List, lists all commissioned officers, active and retired, with comprehensive war and meritorious services, including Chief Gunners and Gunners, Chief Boatswains and Boatswains, R. H. S. Medals etc., ships and vessels of the Royal Navy, 684 pp., bound in blue buckram, good condition £100-120
Hammer Price: £160
A Particularly Scarce 1940 Edition of The Dominions Office and Colonial Office List, respecting Overseas Dominions and Colonial Dependencies of Great Britain, with many coloured fold out maps, a most useful list of personell of each country or area with their standing or calling, historical and current information. Alphabetical lists of honours and a comprehensive list of over 200 pages services of officers and others connected with the Dominions or Colonies, 930 pp., bound in red cloth,...
£80–£120
The Annual Army List 1812, all officers of the Army and Royal Marines on full and half-pay, fully indexed, contemporarily and comprehensively annotated with those killed or wounded etc. in the Peninsula, possibly a War Office copy?, over 600pp., bound in brown buckram, good condition £100-150
Hammer Price: £120
The Quarterly Indian Army List October 1899, a comprehensive indexed list with war services of Officers on the active Indian List, Indian Volunteer Forces, Unattached List and the Subordinate Medical Service, 973 pp., bound in brown buckram, scarce, good condition £120-150
The Quarterly Indian Army List January 1909, a comprehensive indexed list with war services of British and Native Officers on the active Indian List, Indian Volunteer Forces, Unattached List and the Subordinate Medical Service, including honours and awards, 1055 pp., bound in red cloth, scarce, good condition £140-180
Hammer Price: £210
The Military General Service Medal Roll 1793-1814, by A. L. T. Mullen, 726 pp. red leather binding with marbled boards, good condition £30-40
Hammer Price: £85
The Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society 1964-1997, an incomplete run of 86 issues, containing much interesting information, generally good condition (86) £50-100
£50–£100
Who Was Who, 8 volume set published by A & C Black, London, the first seven volumes containing the biographies of those who died in the period 1897-1980, the eighth volume giving a cumulative index for the same period, all bound in matching red cloth, volumes 7 and 8 slightly larger format (8) £140-160
Hammer Price: £300
The Royal Engineers in Egypt and the Sudan, by Lieutenant Colonel E. W. Sandes, D.S.O., M.C. Published by the Institute of Royal Engineers, Chatham, 1937, with Foreword by General Sir R. F. Wingate, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., G.B.E., K.C.M.G., D.S.O. Part I covers all military operations including the Egyptian Campaign of 1882, Operations on the Red Sea Littoral, the Nile Expedition 1884-85, Gordon in Khartoum, the Dongolla Expedition of 1896, the building of the Railway and Telegraph through the...
Hammer Price: £150
History of the British Legion and the War with Spain, by Alexander Sommerville, published by James Pattie, London 1838. Contains an alphabetical nominal roll of the whole of the Officers that served in the British Auxiliary Legion at any time from its commencement to its close, with remarks, a complete listing of the appointments and attachments held by Officers, by Regiment and Corps, appointments by class to the Royal and Military Order of St Ferdinand, and a listing of those Officers...
Hammer Price: £240
The History of the King’s Messengers, by V. Wheeler-Holohman, published by Grayson & Grayson, London 1935. 291pp, 12 colour and b&w illustrations depicting the different designs of messenger badges from 1761 to 1935, various appendices including nominal roll of King’s and Queen’s Messengers from 1641 to 1935 with dates of appointment, cloth covers £60-80
The History of the Sudan Campaign, by Colonel H. E. Colville, C.B., Coldstream Guards, compiled by the Intelligence Division of the War Office, HMSO 1889, two volumes and a separate slip case of maps: Volume I 277pp, Volume II 327pp, illustrated throughout with battle plans, sketches and fortification diagrams. Volume III 10 large folded plans including the action at Abu Klea, the position at Gubat and the defences at Suakin; the 63 appendices include despatches covering each of the major...
Hammer Price: £430
Onori E Glorie, by Antonio Spada, a superb set of the three volumes of this valuable work, detailing and illustrating in colour period awards of Italy, Malta, Spain, Great Britain, Portugal, Brasil, France, Russia and Austria, a total of 840pp, each volume numbered ‘279’ of a run of 1,000, signed by the author, fully bound in red calf and contained in its marbled card slip case, an unused set in extremely good condition (3) £200-300
Hammer Price: £490
Defenders of New Zealand and Maori History of the War, by Thomas Wayth Gudgeon, published Auckland 1887, 620pp, containing biographies many accompanied with portraits of ‘colonists who distinguished themselves in upholding Her Majesty’s supremacy in these islands’, including an addenda giving an alphabetical listing of Volunteers and Militia men who received the New Zealand Medal having been under fire, or attached to Her Majesty’s Imperial Forces, during the War of 1860-1870,...
Hammer Price: £200
Officers of the Bengal Army 1758-1834, by Major V. C. P. Hodson, recent reprint of this otherwise rare work, four volumes, a total of 2,588 pp, containing a fully alphabetical liisting with comprehensive biographical detail of Officers serving with the Bengal Army between 1758 and 1834, very good condition (4) £100-150
Hammer Price: £400
British Jewry Book of Honour 1914-1918, edited by Rev. Michael Adler D.S.O., published London 1922, 1,00pp, including 364 pages of illustrations, numbered 1615 of a limited edition of 3,000 copies, original blue cloth bindings, good condition £100-150
The Invasion of the Crimea, by A. W. Kinglake, ‘an account of its progress down to the death of Lord Raglan’, published 1863 by William Blackwood and sons, eight volumes, original mauve cloth bindings, each bearing the book plate of Captain William Harrison, some bindings somewhat distressed, otherwise a good working set £100-150
£100–£150
Royal Military Calendar, five volumes, containing the services and progress of promotion of the Generals, Lieutenant-Generals, Major-Generals, Colonels, Lieutenant-Colonels and Majors of the Army, a recent limited edition reprint of this otherwise rare book first published in 1820, each book numbered ‘4’ of a limited edition of 100 copies, good condition £80-120
Hammer Price: £100
History of the Indian Mutiny, by Charles Ball, two volumes, total of 1312pp, ‘giving a detailed account of the Sepoy Insurrection in India, and a concise history of the great military events which have tended to consolidate the British Empire in Hindoostan. Illustrated with battle scenes, views of places, portraits and maps, beautifully engraved on steel’, damaged bindings, but worthy of restoring £100-150
Hammer Price: £180
The British Roll of Honour, by Professor P. L. Simmonds, London 1887, ‘A record of British subjects who have been decorated with, and enrolled in, the various Orders of Chivalry during the past fifty years’, with coloured and plain illustrations, 560pp, original red cloth binding, good condition £80-100
£80–£100
Ordres de Chevalrie, by Auguste Wahlen, published Brussels 1844, 342pp, containing 89 hand-coloured plates, restored original green bindings, good condition and very rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £280
Decorations of Japan, published by the Kinokuniya Bookstore Co., 1965, 113pp, including 21 colour plates, 17” by 12’, original bindings and card slip case, good condition and rare £150-200
Hammer Price: £360
The War in Egypt and Soudan, by Thomas Archer, ‘being a descriptive account of the scenes and events of that great drama and sketches of the principal actors in it’, published by Blackie and Son, London 1887, 4 volumes bound as two, total of 1,120pp, 47 plates, attractive original dark blue tooled leather bindings and banded spine, the title tabs a little damaged but otherwise very good condition £100-150
British Naval Medals, by the Marquess of Milford Haven, published by John Murray, London 1919, 499pp, a rare copy of this monumental work covering commemorative medals, Naval rewards, war medals, naval tokens, portrait medallions, life saving medals, etc., much descriptive detail and numerous illustrations, 16” by 11’, original cream cloth binding, very good condition and rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £520
La Legion d’Honneur, by Jules Renault, published, Paris 1925, numbered ‘964’ of a limited edition of 1010, 337pp, 65 plates, some coloured, modern half leather bindings, some plates inverted, good condition £100-150
The Dennis Huxtep Collection of Medals to the Black Watch, number 75 of a limited edition of 100 copies; together with Honours and Awards of the Indian Army 1914-21; miscellaneous books and pamphlets (14), good condition (16) £20-30
Hammer Price: £10
The 79th News 1891-1906, seven hard bound volumes containing the first 88 issues of the regimental magazine of the 79th Foot, containing a great deal of useful information on officers and other ranks of the regiment, a very useful regimental research source, generally good condition and rare (7) £150-200
£150–£200
South African Police Commemorative Album 1913-1988, a detailed history of the South African Police Force, 882pp, hard covers, good condition £20-30
Hammer Price: £15
The 79th News, the regimental magazine of The Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders, a large quantity of issues dating between 1946 and 1996, generally good condition (lot) £50-100
Roll of The Officers of The Second Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment, by Major G. A. Raikes, published by Richard Bentlley & Son, London 1885, being a complete record of services of officers of the regiment, original gilt blocked red cloth covers; together with, The York & Lancaster Regiment, by Donald Creighton-Williamson, bindings of first damaged, otherwise good condition (2) £20-30
Golden Commemoration of the Indian Mutiny Veterans 1907, Official Programme of the Inspection of Indian Mutiny Veterans in Hyde Park by Field Marshal Earl Roberts, and the Commemoration Dinner held in the Royal Albert Hall on December 23rd, 1907, containing a full roll of the surviving veterans, including officers, N.C.O’s and men; together with accompanying Menu and Programme of Music performed by the Band of the Royal Artillery, very rare £40-80
Berlin Olympic Games 1936, ‘Die Olympischen Spiele 1936, Band 1, Die Olympischen Winterspiele Vorschau auf Berlin’, printed in Germany by Cigaretten-Bilderdienst, Altona-Bahrenfeld, 1936; a commemorative book profusely illustrated with photographs of committee members and competitors of the 1936 Winter Olympics, original blue cloth, excellent condition and very rare £200-300
£200–£300
A scarce Peninsula and Waterloo pair awarded to Corporal-Major John Herbert, 1st Life Guards, later Yeoman of the Guard Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Vittoria, Toulouse (Serjeant, 1st Life Guards); Waterloo 1815 (1st Regiment Life Guards) fitted with replacement silver bar suspension, edge bruising and contact marks, therefore good fine but a scarce pair (2) £1500-1800
Hammer Price: £2,100
Pair: Private James Gearns, 42nd Royal Highlanders Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (Jas. Gearns, 42nd Foot); Waterloo 1815 (James Gearns, 42nd or R.H. Reg. Infantry) fitted with original steel clip and ring suspension, two letters of surname corrected on the second, contact marks, therefore nearly very fine but an attractive pair (2) £1400-1600
Hammer Price: £1,300
Four: Doctor George Mackay, M.D., Royal Navy, Inspector-General of Hospitals and Fleets and Honorary Surgeon to Queen Victoria China 1842 (Asst. Surgeon, H.M.S. Samarang) fitted with contemporary swivel-bar suspension; Crimea 1854-55, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Surgeon, H.M.S. Agamemnon) depot impressed naming; Order of the Medjidie, 5th class breast badge, silver, gold and enamel; Turkish Crimea 1855, Sardinian issue (Surgeon, H.M.S. Agamemnon) fitted with ring suspension, light contact marks,...
Hammer Price: £650
Pair: S. Buchley, Corporal, Royal Marines Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Corpl. R.M. H.M.S. Simoom) engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed and fitted with Crimea suspension, contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £80-100
Hammer Price: £95
The important campaign and Colonial Administrator’s group of four awarded to Major-General Sir Archibald Anson, K.C.M.G., Royal Artillery, Governor of Penang and Administrator of the Straits Settlements, and in charge of the Expedition in Sungei Ujong and Negri Sambilan during the Perak Campaign 1875-76 Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol (Captain, Royal Arty.) contemporary engraved naming; India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Perak (Maj. Genl., R.A. (Administrator of the Govt.);...
Hammer Price: £1,800
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