Auction Catalogue

26 April 2010

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Military Books

Lot

№ 165

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26 April 2010

Hammer Price:
£30

[Barratt], Tributes to my Father, 1841-1914, newspaper cuttings mounted in a green leather bound scrap book - relating to Mr Thomas J. Barratt, of Messrs. A. F. Pears [of ‘Pear’s Soap’ fame and well-known ‘Nelsonian’ collector], covers a little worn, otherwise good condition; [Barratt], Leather bound Scrap Book, with newspaper cuttings re Thomas J. Barratt’s purchase and gift to the nation, of Nelson’s ‘Log’ from H.M.S. Victory, dating from 1911; includes a telegram from Winston Churchill expressing his hearty congratulations to Barratt that the log was secured for the nation, good condition (2)