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HENRY WOOD: Two letters, one TLS the other in hand but both with Wood's bold signature. £30-£40. | Nil |
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| 383 | JUVENILE THEATRE: Quantity of scenes, various sizes and Pollock's Juvenile drama 'The Battle of Waterloo', n.d. but circa 1890. | Nil |
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| 384 | MICHAEL SWAN 'The Idol': Typed manuscript, n.d. but probably early 1950s. £20-£30. | Nil |
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| 385 | MISCELLANEOUS THEATRE INTEREST: 3 cartons of miscellaneous theatre interest including volumes on stage design, Henry Irving theatre programmes, a quantity concerning Italian theatre etc (3 cartons) £50-£80. | Nil |
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| 386 | MUSIC: 5 volumes of music scores some with coloured covers, 3 volumes of The Harmonicon, A Journal of Music, London 1923 and one other. £30-£40. | Nil |
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| 387 | QUANTITY: of 1950s-70s theatre programmes and autographs. £60-£100. | Nil |
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| 388 | SHEET MUSIC: 120+ C20th in a box. Sound condition (a quantity) £40-£50. | Nil |
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| 389 | THEATRE POSTCARDS: A quantity including those relating to Isabel Jay and Lewis Walker. £60-£80. | Nil |
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| 390 | TUSCANINI: Bold signature on photograph possibly taken from programme n.d. but with two 1939 programmes. £50-£100. | Nil |
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| 391 | BURMA: Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Prize winner and Burmese Democracy campaigner. Signed photograph. In sound condition. £80-£120. | Nil |
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| 392 | CYCLING TOUR: from Dieppe to Monte Carol by Lieutenant Arthur Clive Bell of the Scots Guards 1898. Large long oblong folio album, 26" x 16". Photographs and maps of tour with associated ephemera, passport, hotel bill etc with commentary in manuscript circa 50 pages showing detailed route etc. £150-£200 | Nil |
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| 393 | CYCLING TOUR: from Dieppe to Monte Carol by Lieutenant Arthur Clive Bell of the Scots Guards 1894. Large long oblong folio album, 26" x 16". Photographs and maps of tour with associated ephemera, passport, hotel bill etc with commentary in manuscript circa 50 pages showing detailed route etc. £150-£200 | Nil |
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| 394 | DIRECTORY & CHRONICLE of China & Japan/settlements Indo-China & The Philippines 1910 complete with maps, front cover detached. £150-£250. | Nil |
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| 395 | HONG KONG, JAPANESE INTERNMENT & WWII ERA: Small and uncommon archive of B A Mathers Indian Army interned with his wife in Hong Kong, including extensive commonplace type book covering some aspects of prison life. Diary oblong folio book, 'Prisoner of War Camp Life in Hong Kong' by Skvorzov 1945 (Hong Kong). Manuscript accounts of individual soldiers treatment and lists of soldiers 'Prisoner's Pie' No 2 October 1942, oriental string folio magazine, 65pp produced in internment camp - flyer suggests only 7 copies produced, various newspaper cuttings and photograph; manuscript part account by Mrs Mather of life internment in Hong Kong. An uncommon archive £400-£600. | Nil |
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| 396 | INDIA: Photo album of The Punjab c1925 with two other items of Indian ephemera. £30-£50. | Nil |
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| 397 | IRELAND: Signed photographs of Ian Paisley and Gerry Adams. Together with military notice of October 1916 regarding the reemployment of an officer. Military notice a little dust marked, photographs in sound condition. (3) £80-£120. | Nil |
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| 398 | IRISH DEEDS: Earl of Drogheda 1686 and another Dublin 1728. £120-£150. | 17.5% |
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| 399 | ISRAEL: Meir (Golda). Signed head and shoulders photograph 1970. With original envelope. In sound condition. £20-£40. | Nil |
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| 400 | JAPAN: 'We Japanese': Guide to Japan, printed on thin paper, published on behalf of the Fujiya Hotel Ltd, Miyanoshita, 8vo, original woven silk covered boards, blue cloth slipcase with bone ties. With six leatherbound volumes of Charles Dickens. (7) £20-£40. | Nil |
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| 401 | JAPAN: British Military mission to Japan 1921. Small quantity of album leaves, photos of the British military mission to Japan with some of China interspersed. Most significantly there is a clear signature of Cecil H Mears, the Lieutenant Colonel who commanded the group of approximately 100 ex-Airforcemen who were sent to Japan in 1921 to teach the Japanese to fly! The results were clearly successful in view of Pearl Harbour 20 years later. Some pictures (small) approximately 6 x 4ins of flying machines. Below Mears' signature is (possibly in his hand) a picture of a sledge cart with sledge dogs. Mears is chiefly remembered as being the officer in charge of the dogs of Captain Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova expedition. 5 leaves 10 x 8ins £80-£120. | Nil |
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| 402 | LIVINGSTONE: Autograph signature 'Dr Livingstone' on scrap of paper in ink, n.d. £100-£200. | Nil |
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| 403 | MUSGRAVE: (George C): 'To Kumassi With Scott'...London, Wightman & Co, 1896. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, slightly sunned. (1) £40-£60. | Nil |
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| 404 | NARRATIVE OF JOHN BYRON: 'The Narrative of The Honourable John Byron'...London, 1768. 1st edition. 8vo, 20th century quarter calf, with frontis and half title (1) £150-£200. | Nil |
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| 405 | OVERSEAS: A gallimaufrey of letters, to documents to do with matters overseas, Russian documents, letters from America, letters from Gibraltar, the Ionian Islands, Burma, papers from India etc, etc. (A Quantity) £100-£200. | Nil |
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| 406 | SOUTH AFRICA, ROYAL SOCIETY: 'Transactions of The Royal Society of South Africa': Cape Town, published by the Society 1913-1925. Vols III-XII, lacking vol VIII (9 volumes). 8vo, later black buckram, gilt lettered. Numerous plates. Together with assorted antiquarian volumes in two cartons including topography, archaeology, leather bound etc. (2 boxes) £50-£80. | Nil |
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| 407 | TRISTAN DA CUNHA: Return of the Islanders 1953. Two commemorative covers, one with signatures of islanders. Together with sundry stamps. (Small quantity) £30-£50. | Nil |
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| 408 | WILLIAMSON (Thomas, Capt & Blagdon, Francis): 'The European in India; from a Collection of Drawings, by Charles Doyley, Esq'...London, Edward Orme, 1814. 4to, contemporary red morocco gilt, a.e.g. With half title and 20 hand coloured plates (1) £300-£500. | Nil |
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| 411 | SCOTT (Captain 1868-1912): 'Scott's Last Expedition'...London, Smith, Elder & Co, 1913. 2 vols. Large 8vo, original publishers blue cloth gilt, lower board of vol 2 dampsoiled, else vg (2) £100-£150. | Nil |
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| 416 | CITY OF LONDON: Coloured map, City of London showing the position of fire hydrants 1880 complete but splits to fold, approximately 48 x 30ins. £30-£40. | Nil |
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| 417 | EPPING FOREST: Large map approximately 48 x 30ins, coloured, showing the manors Epping Forest compiled by W D'oyley and published for the Corporation of London 1875. £30-£40. | Nil |
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