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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Selected Antique Furniture & Collectors’ Items Books, Maps & Ephemera | |||
| Auctioneer: | W & H Peacock | Location: | Bedford |
| Contact: | Tel: 01234 266366 | ||
| Date: | 4th July 2014 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing details: Friday 27th June, 5pm - 8pm Saturday 28th June, 9am - 1pm Thursday 3rd July, 9am - 6pm Morning of the sale from 9am |
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| Auction Lots - Page 9 | |||
| 678 | |||
| Vintage Postcards. A substantial collection of 200+ 'loose' monochrome and coloured postcards dating from the early 20th.C. onwards, featuring the following categories : Humour, Glamour & Show Business, Seaside Entertainers, People & Places and the Seaside Town of Brighton. Well preserved and contained in cellophane packets. Estimate £60 - £80 |
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| 679 | |||
| Mackintosh Burn Ltd.,Gillanders Arbuthnot & Co., Calcutta. Architecture and Craftmanship. Early 20th.C. Brochure for this company featuring colonial buildings and interiors completed together with workshops and construction yards. Vg. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 680 | |||
| Scripophily : A Chinese 1912, 5% Gold Loan, £20 Bond, No. 01359. Large format, blue decorated borders and yellow underprint with coupons. Estimate £80 - £100 |
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| 681 | |||
| Bigot G. : O-HA-YO . Nd. C. 1880. Qto. Unusual publication with stiff paper covers featuring part glazed intricate pattern and thin cord flush binding. The contents feature 30 etchings and 10 woodcuts on Japanese paper. The etchings depict Japanese occupations and frequently bear the name 'G.Bigot' in the lower l/h corner. The woodcuts form a separate section with the title 'Une Chasse' and feature Duck hunting. ( We understand the main title O-HA-YO to read 'Good Morning' and the vertical Japanese heading to be a girl's name - 'Nanoyo' - possibly the name of another artist involved ). Generally well preserved and very scarce. Estimate £80 - £100 |
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| 682 | |||
| Joshua Reynolds : A Discourse Delivered at the Opening of the Royal Academy, January 2, 1769 by the President. 1769. Original qto. dis-bound section featuring the complete speech. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 683 | |||
| Mr. Cazaud : Account of a new Method of cultivating the Sugar Cane. Communicated by Joseph Banks, esq., P.R.S. 1779. Complete paper extracted from Vol.69 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London. Contents include : Observations on the climate of Grenada; Table of rain fallen in the Eastern part of the island of Grenada from 1st.June 1772 to 1st.June 1773; Natural History of the Cane; Large folding engraved plate of the stages of growth of the Sugar Cane Plant. Dis-bound qto. section but well preserved and scarce item. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 684 | |||
| Journal of a Voyage from Dublin to Bordeaux. A Tour to Pau, through the cities in the South East of France, The Pyreenees (sic) & Spain from 1st.February to 4th.October, 1842. Three folio volumes containing a manuscript account of this journey. The volumes are qtr. bound with red spines, marbled boards and black leather labels on the upper boards indicating their contents in gilt lettering with decorated borders. The written account describes the journey in detail with reference to a range of features and episodes including : 1. The outward journey from Dublin to Bordeaux by the Schooner 'The Harp' - ''Left the Custom House dock in the schooner, Neil Fletcher Master, bound for Bordeaux from whence she brought wines and fruits. I was accompanied by my servant George Montgomery, a fine steady lad of about 18 years of age, a good protestant & reared on the Estate of Lord Eniskillen in Fermanagh, he therefore was a True Blue.'' There follows details of the crew and the ship's dog which had been rescued from drowning by the Captain and a favourite of all. 2. At Lazaretto,checking for plague aboard ship - ''Request the attendance of the Doctor on board to examine us & see if any of us were plaguy (sic) looking people.'' 3. Accomodation at Pau -''We marched into a monstrous large house where we heard a suite of rooms was to be had, so they could, we were asked 500 Francs per month .... 'Bon Jour Madame' and off we went. 4. Complaints - 'We took up our quarters at the Hotel Vidal, it was recommended to me by a friend in Pau, Mr.Markham a Bookseller, because it was cheap. It certainly was ''cheap'' but at the same time it was ''nasty''. The house was dirty and I crept into a bed without curtains.'' There are also extensive descriptions of significant buildings, statues, works of art and topographical features together with a few illustrations. A unique, fascinating and original work. Estimate £80 - £140 |
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| 685 | |||
| Philately. King George V Card, Victorian Registered Letter together with other related items. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 686 | |||
| Cricketing Autograph Album. Well preserved album containing signatures of team members involved in County Cricket Tournaments in 1954. County teams include the following : Surrey; MCC; Middlesex; Hampshire; Worcestershire; Kent; Warwick; Glamorgan and Lancashire. Among two pages featuring 'Gentlemen / Players' for 1954 are the signatures of Colin Cowdrey, David Sheppard, Trevor Bailey, Tom Graveney and Peter May. Also featured are the signatures of the 1954 team from Pakistan. The autographs were collected by Len Dolding, former Chelsea footballer and Middlesex cricketer; there is a newspaper article about him pasted into the album. The autograph of Dirk Bogarde on a piece of paper is also included in the album. Estimate £80 - £120 |
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| 687 | |||
| Football 1953 Cup Final Programme : 'Final Tie - Blackpool v Bolton Wanderers, Saturday, May 2nd. 1953. This Cup Final became known as the 'Matthews Final' where Stanley Matthew's performance enabled Blackpool to a 4-3 victory over Bolton Wanderers. This is an original, well-preserved programme which features annotated team photographs and players' positions in a plan of the field of play. Minor discolouration on the upper and lower blank margin of the back cover o/w vg+. Estimate £40 - £60 |
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| 688 | |||
| History on Record. A Dramatisation in Sound of the Years 1939 - 1949. 'Told in voices that made history and illustrated by the great events that are part of it.' Written by Frederic Mullally and narrated by John Snagge. (BBC). Set of five long-playing records in a dedicated folder. Events featured include : Arnhem, London Blitz, Hindenburg Disaster, Royal Wedding, Abdication Speech, Battle of Britain and the voices of Churchill, Roosevelt, Montgomery, H.G.Wells, William Joyce, Goering and Nehru. Together with other records featuring the 'Swing Era - Music of 1940 - 1942. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 689 | |||
| 2nd. World War, HMSO Publications, 1940 - 45. A collection of booklets including : The Eighth Army, The Mediterranean Fleet, Bomber Command and His Majesty's Submarines, together with other similar items published immediately post-war by the Ford Motor Company and the Daily Mail. Ten titles in total. Estimate £10 - £20 |
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| 690 | |||
| Navigation Charts. A miscellany of original charts including the following: The Bay of Bengal ( inc. Ceylon ) with insets featuring Trincomalie Harbour, Coringa Bay, Galle Harbous and the Hoogly River, 1878; The West Coast of South America extending from Valparaiso to Truxillo with plans of the principal harbours, 1855; St.George's Channel ( UK ), with many inset vignettes of related Harbours and river mouths and including the Isle of Man and Anglesey. All maps feature engraved titles and territorial boundaries. Bengal Chart with some tears. Estimate £40 - £60 |
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| 691 | |||
| The Rifleman - The Official Organ of the Society of Miniature Rifle Clubs. Bound set of this periodical for the dates August 1913 - June 1915. Qto. Hb. cloth binding. Range of articles, illustrations and contemporary advertisements. Scarce Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 692 | |||
| Racing Drivers' Autographs :Small album containing the autographs of James Hunt, Jack Laffete, Patrick Tombay and John Watson. Estimate £25 - £35 |
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| 693 | |||
| Commonplace Album, C.1900. Small qto. with black textured leather binding, aeg. Contains some competent pencil/ink sketches and watercolours together with copied verse and epigrams featuring some accomplished calligraphy etc. Leather spine disintegrating o/w generally vg. Estimate £20 - £30 |
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| 694 | |||
| Railwayana : British Railways Book of Rates - applicable to the carriage of merchandise by passenger train or other similar service, 1957. ( Includes the carriage of Milk, Fish, Asparagus, Dogs with chain and collar, Wild animals at Owner's risk, Corpses and Theatrical!); BR Western Region Working Timetable and Books of Rules and Regulations, 1975 & 78; Loads of Passenger Trains 1954; Working Manual for Rail Staff; BR Instructions Relating to Passenger Facilities, 1958 & 62. ( A substantial folio hardback file covering a multitude of regulations relating to a similar range of passenger and merchandise categories and corresponding fares ). All items in generally vg condition. Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 695 | |||
| German Cigarette Card Albums : Gold Film Bilder, Albums 1 & 2 in a red card binding and two other similar albums, three with coloured cards and one with monochrome cards, all featuring film star portraits. C.1930s. Together with a mounted, framed and glazed autographed colour photograph of Bob Hoskins from the film ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit?.'' VG. Estimate £120 - £150 |
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| 696 | |||
| Original German 1930s Cigarette Card Albums : Die Nachkriegs Zeit 1918 - 1934 ( After the War Time ); Uniformen Der Marine und Schutstruppen ( Uniforms of Marines and Soldiers ); Deutschland Erwacht Werdeb, Kampf und Sieg der NSDAP ( Germany Awake : The Beginning of the Struggle and Victory of the NSDAP ( National Socialist Workers' Party ); Raubstraat England ( Robber State England ). C.1941 - Nazi propaganda, under the guise of a cigarette card album, which compares England to a 'Pirate Power'. Scarce collectors' items in very good condition and all complete. Estimate £120 - £150 |
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| 697 | |||
| The Bedford Record : January - December 1932. Folio bound copies, qtr. binding marbled boards. Some familiar themes : 'Town Planning - Bedford Rural Council to takes its time' (12th.Jan.); 'Will Bedford Lose its Theatre?' ( 2nd. Feb.); ' Howard's Works to Close Down, Last Night's Bombshell. Nearly 500 men thrown out of work' ( 16th.Feb.); Easter in Bedford - Weather Spoils Open-Air Holiday' (29th.March); The River Rising - North Bedfordshire Floods and Bedford Precautions' (24th.May); 'Genuine Work-Seeking? Unemployed Marchers and a ''Test Case'' - Protest against Labour Exchange Action. Protests against the discontinuance of benefit.' ( 30th.August); 'Milk Dispute - No Increase in Price to the Bedford Public.' (27th.Sept.) 'Night Incidents at Goldington - two charged with being drunk and disorderly.' (15th.Nov.) and finally 'Bedford's Day for the Unemployed - Mr.Peacock's Kindly Thought.' ( 20th.Dec.). Very good condition Estimate £30 - £40 |
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| 698 | |||
| Dickens C. : The Works of Charles Dickens - The Household Edition, contemporary monthly magazine format, Part 4 ( October 1871 ) to Part 65 ( November 1876 ) complete. Original blue illustrated covers with engraved illustrations and advertising. Covers with some wear and minor loss but generally complete and clean. Contents vg. Estimate £40 - £50 |
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| 699 | |||
| Ampthill and District ( Bedfordshire UK ) :A collection of original, larger monochrome glass plate photographic negatives ( measuring 16.5cm by 12cm. ) featuring local scenes of Ampthill and other locations nearby, dating from the early 20th.C. Images include a number of street scenes in Ampthill, Wrest Park, Houghton House, nearby villages ( inc. Maulden, Steppingley), local residents with contemporary vehicles and motorcycles, the local fire-brigade with full kit and 'emergency' vehicle, church harvest festival, road accident featuring a traction engine, steam train together with other scenes in 45+ plates. The plates are stored in a purpose-built wooden box and are generally in very good condition. Two plates partially broken. Estimate £75 - £100 |
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| 700 | |||
Original Magazine format of 'With the Flag to Pretoria'. Complete 72 issues of the magazine published C.1900 - 1901. Featuring the illustrated covers of the magazine rarely found in the bound copies of this work. Complete sets scarce. Generally vg. Estimate £30 - £40End of the Sale |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Selected Antique Furniture & Collectors’ Items Books, Maps & Ephemera | |||
| Auctioneer: | W & H Peacock | Location: | Bedford |
| Contact: | Tel: 01234 266366 | ||
| Date: | 4th July 2014 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | Viewing details: Friday 27th June, 5pm - 8pm Saturday 28th June, 9am - 1pm Thursday 3rd July, 9am - 6pm Morning of the sale from 9am |
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