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Boxed ltd edn Weta Doctor Who The Doctor and Davros figure, excellent condition, vg box

Collection of boxed Sci Fi toys, figures and games to include Star Wars, Doctor Who, Star Trek & Lord of The Rings featuring Star Wars 1/7 Snap Fit Darth Maul by ArtFX, Gentle Giant Bust-Ups Clone Tropper Army Builder Set, Invasion of Theed Adventure Game etc

Box of approximately 92 Marvel Doctor Who Monthly magazines from the 1980's

Marilyn Milian signed 10x8 b/w photo. American retired Florida state circuit court judge who currently presides over the American television series The People's Court. She is the first Latina arbitrator to preside over a court show. By the end of the show's 28th season (2012-13), Milian had completed twelve-and-a-half seasons presiding over The People's Court, making her the longest-presiding arbitrator on the series. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

David Kelly signed 6x3 b/w photo. 11 July 1929 - 12 February 2012) was an Irish actor who had regular roles in several film and television works from the 1950s onwards. One of the most recognisable voices and faces of Irish stage and screen Kelly was known for his roles as Rashers Tierney in Strumpet City, Cousin Enda in Me Mammy, the builder Mr O'Reilly in Fawlty Towers, and Grandpa Joe in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Another notable role was as Michael O'Sullivan in Waking Ned. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Tom Courtenay signed 6x3 b/w photo. English actor who came to prominence in the early 1960s with a succession of films, including The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962), Billy Liar (1963), and Doctor Zhivago (1965). Since the mid-1960s, he has been known primarily for his work in the theatre, although he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for the film adaptation of The Dresser (1983), which he had performed on the West End and on Broadway. He received a knighthood in February 2001 for his service to cinema and theatre. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Paul Scofield signed 6x4 b/w photo. (21 January 1922 - 19 March 2008) was an English actor of stage and screen who was known for his striking presence, distinctive voice, and for the clarity and effortless intensity of his delivery. Regarded as one of the greatest Shakespearean actors of all time, Scofield preferred the stage over film. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Robson Green signed photo. Green portrayed Fusilier Dave Tucker in Soldier Soldier (1991-95) and Dr. Tony Hill in Wire in the Blood (2002-08). He also presented Extreme Fishing, Extreme Fishing Challenge, and Tales from Northumberland, as well as playing hospital porter Jimmy Powell in BBC drama series Casualty. He currently plays Detective Inspector Geordie Keating on ITV's Grantchester. He was one half of the singing duo Robson & Jerome, who had several No. 1 singles in the 1990s. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Tom Baker signed 10x8 colour photo as the voice of Bendu. Better known as Dr Who. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Garrick Hagon signed Dr Who - the mutants vhs cover. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Nick Courtney signed Dr Who - the green death vhs cover. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Deborah Watling signed Dr Who - the enemy of the world DVD slip cover. DVD included. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Peter Miles and John Gleeson signed Dr Who - the scripts book. Dedicated. Signed on inside front page. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Craig David signed 12x8 colour photo. English singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer who rose to fame in 1999, featuring on the single "Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger. David's debut studio album, Born to Do It, was released in 2000, after which he has released a further five studio albums and worked with a variety of artists such as Tinchy Stryder, Kano, Jay Sean, Rita Ora, Hardwell and Sting. David has 20 UK top-40 singles, and seven UK top-40 albums, selling over 15 million records worldwide as a solo artist. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Sacha Distel signed 12x8 colour magazine photo (29 January 1933 - 22 July 2004) was a French singer and guitarist who had hits with a cover version of the Academy Award-winning "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" (originally recorded by B. J. Thomas), "Scoubidou", and "The Good Life". He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'Honneur in 1997. Dedicated. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Catherine Schell signed 10x8 colour photo. Hungarian-born actress who came to prominence in British film and television productions of the 1960s and 1970s, best known for her portrayal of Maya in the science fiction series Space: 1999. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Alex Ferguson signed My Autobiography hardback book. Signed on inside title page. Scottish former football manager and player who managed Manchester United from 1986 to 2013. He is regarded by many players, managers, and analysts to be one of the greatest and most successful managers of all time. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

John Terry signed My Winning Season hardback book. Signed on inside title page. English professional footballer who plays for and captains Championship club Aston Villa. He commonly plays as a centre back. He was previously captain of Chelsea and the English national team. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Phil Kelsall signed 33rpm record sleeve of The Blackpool Bounce. Record included. English theatre organist who has been principal organist at the Blackpool Tower Ballroom since 1977. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Jimmy Greaves signed It's a funny old life hardback book. Signed on inside title page. former England international footballer who played as a forward. He is England's fourth highest international goalscorer (44 goals), Tottenham Hotspur's highest ever goalscorer (266 goals), the highest goalscorer in the history of English top-flight football (357 goals) and has also scored more hat-tricks (six) for England than anyone else. He finished as the First Division's top scorer in six seasons. He is a member of the English Football Hall of Fame. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Michael Watson signed The Biggest Fight hardback book. Signed on inside title page. British former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1991. He held the Commonwealth middleweight title from 1989 to 1991 and challenged three times for a world title between 1990 and 1991. Watson's career was cut short as a result of near-fatal injury sustained during a loss to Chris Eubank for the WBO super-middleweight title in 1991. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

David Tennant signed Dr Who the official annual 2007. Signed on front cover. Some of the puzzles inside have been written on. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Itamar Franco signed 10x8 colour photo. June 28, 1930 - July 2, 2011) was a Brazilian politician who served as the 33rd President of Brazil from December 29, 1992 to January 1, 1995. Previously he was Vice President of Brazil from 1990 until the resignation of President Fernando Collor de Mello. During his long political career Franco also served as Senator, Mayor, Ambassador and Governor. At the time of his death he was a Senator from Minas Gerais, having won the seat in the 2010 election. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Hubert Horatio Humphrey signed album page. (May 27, 1911 - January 13, 1978) was an American politician who served as the 38th Vice President of the United States from 1965 to 1969. He twice served in the United States Senate, representing Minnesota from 1949 to 1964 and 1971 to 1978. He was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1968 presidential election, losing to Republican nominee Richard Nixon. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Henry Kissinger signed 10x8 b/w photo. American political scientist, diplomat and geopolitical consultant who served as the United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford. A Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany with his family in 1938, he became National Security Advisor in 1969 and United States Secretary of State in 1973. For his actions negotiating a ceasefire in Vietnam, Kissinger received the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize under controversial circumstances, with two members of the committee resigning in protest. Kissinger later sought, unsuccessfully, to return the prize after the ceasefire failed. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Tony Curtis signed irregular cut colour magazine photo. June 3, 1925 - September 29, 2010) was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades but who was mostly popular in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Football Roque Santa Cruz signed 12x8 signed colour photo pictured playing for Paraguay. Roque Luis Santa Cruz born 16 August 1981) is a Paraguayan footballer who plays as a striker for Primera División Paraguaya club Olimpia Asunción. Santa Cruz represented Paraguay from 1999 to 2016. He is currently the leading scorer of the Albirroja with 32 goals and is also the sixth Paraguay national team player to reach 100 appearances. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Football John Stones 12x8 signed colour photo in action for England. John Stones (born 28 May 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays for Premier League club Manchester City and the English national team. Mainly a centre back, he can also play as a right back. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Football Gary Stevens 10x8 signed colour photo pictured with the Community Shield (charity shield). Gary Michael Stevens (born 27 March 1963) is an English retired footballer who is best remembered playing in defence for a successful Everton side of the 1980s, as well as for the England national football team. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

James Cagney signed 7x5 sepia photo. Dedicated, American actor and dancer, both on stage and in film, though he had his greatest impact in film. Known for his consistently energetic performances, distinctive vocal style, and deadpan comic timing, he won acclaim and major awards for a wide variety of performances. He is best remembered for playing multifaceted tough guys in films such as The Public Enemy (1931), Taxi! (1932), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), and White Heat (1949), and was typecast or limited by this view earlier in his career. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked him eighth among its list of greatest male stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Orson Welles said of Cagney, maybe the greatest actor who ever appeared in front of a camera and Stanley Kubrick considered him to be one of the best actors of all time. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Mark Wynter signed album page. English actor and former singer, who had four Top 20 singles in the 1960s, including "Venus in Blue Jeans" and "Go Away Little Girl". He enjoyed a lengthy career from 1960 to 1968 as a pop singer and teen idol, but developed later into an actor in film, musicals and plays. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Lonnie Donegan signed album page (29 April 1931 - 3 November 2002), known as Lonnie Donegan, was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the King of Skiffle, who influenced 1960s British pop musicians. The British Hit Singles & Albums lists him as "Britain's most successful and influential recording artist before The Beatles". Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Sacha Distel signed album page. (29 January 1933 - 22 July 2004) was a French singer and guitarist who had hits with a cover version of the Academy Award-winning "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head"(originally recorded by B. J. Thomas), "Scoubidou", and "The Good Life". He was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'Honneur in 1997. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Billie Piper signature piece mounted below colour photo from Dr Who. Approx. overall size 11x17. English actress, dancer, and former singer. She made her debut in Scratchy & Co. (1995-1998), and at the age of 15, she signed a recording contract and released her debut single Because We Want To, which entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart and made her the youngest artist ever to enter at number one on the chart. Piper's transition into acting began in 2004. She played Rose Tyler, companion to The Doctor from 2005 to 2006, in the BBC sci-fi series Doctor Who, reprising the role in 2008, 2010, and 2013. More recently, Piper has taken to the stage. She has starred in five critically acclaimed plays and picked up numerous best-actress awards, most notably a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance in Yerma which was described as earth-quaking by The Guardian and a generation's greatest performance by The Stage. She went on to pick up a total of six best-actress awards for that one performance, making it one of the most acclaimed and awarded stage performances in British theatre history - and the only female actor to have picked up six out of an available six best-actress awards for a single performance. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Rosamund Pike signed 10x8 colour photo. English actress who began her acting career by appearing in stage productions such as Romeo and Juliet and Skylight. After her screen debut in the television film A Rather English Marriage (1998) and television roles in Wives and Daughters (1999) and Love in a Cold Climate (2001), she received international recognition for her film debut as Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (2002), for which she received the Empire Award for Best Newcomer. Following her breakthrough, she won the BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Libertine (2004) and portrayed Jane Bennet in Pride & Prejudice. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Stunning Doug Bradley Hellraiser hand-signed 14x11 mounted display. This beautiful hand-signed 14x11 display depicts a hand-signed 10x8 photo of Doug Bradley who played the role of Pinhead Cenobite, together with a photo printed plaque of the Hellraiser logo. This signed display is guaranteed authentic and is supplied from one of the UK's leading autograph memorabilia companies. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Stunning Dave Prowse Darth Vader Star Wars hand-signed 14x11 mounted display. This beautiful hand-signed 14x11 display depicts a hand-signed 10x8 photo of Dave Prowse who played the role of Darth Vader, together with a photo printed plaque of the Star Wars logo. This signed display is guaranteed authentic and is supplied from one of the UK's leading autograph memorabilia companies. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Hardy Kruger signed 6x4 b/w photo. German actor who appeared in more than 60 films since 1944. Extremely popular in his own country, Kruger is also known for his appearances in international films like Hatari! Sundays and Cybele, The Flight of the Phoenix and Barry Lyndon. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.95

Four Halcyon Days Enamel Nursery Rhymed Themed Bonbonnieres: Humpty Dumpty, Mary Mary Quite Contrary, The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe and Little Miss Muffet, all boxed with certificates. (4)

Fleming, Ian. Signed copy of 'From Russia, with Love', 12th printing of the Pan paperback edition, 1963. Autograph in blue ink to opening page. a.f. Provenance: The book bears an ownership inscription for a Margaret Allen who was friends with Ian Fleming; the vendor's parents were friends with Margaret Allen and acquired this book from her in the 1960s.

Laurel & Hardy signed black & white photograph, the autographs in blue ink.Provenance: Inherited by vendor from a great uncle-in-law who had stored the photograph in a movie scrapbook.

Travel & Exploration Interest: Typewritten diary/journal of a voyage to Cairo (where the author describes meeting up with Howard Carter, the British archaeologist and Egyptologist). The journey begins in Birkenhead on January 10 1930. The author describes weather conditions; fellow passengers ('He then proposed that the loser should stand drinks when we got on board. I told him that I did not drink. He seemed to wonder what fun I had in life. I told him that life was extraordinarily interesting to me. He apparently had not a friend in the world who cared for him, and I told him I thought he was a "human tragedy." This seemed quite a new idea to him, and he said that perhaps I might be right.'); living conditions on board the ship ('little groups are gradually forming in the lounge and smoke-room...I get my bath (hot sea water).'); lunch with Howard Carter ('Caviare, cold tongue, and stewed figs with lemonade and coffee'); inhabitants ('some of the natives don't like being photographed'); natural history / animals; landscape/topography. The journal mentions Marseilles, the Mediterranean, Red Sea, Grand Hotel Khartoum, being on the Nile, Grand Hotel Aswan, Winter Palace Hotel Luxor, Savoy-Continental Hotel Cairo, the Bay of Biscay. The diary closes on March 5 1930 ('Tomorrow morning we arrive at Plymouth and I am sending this to say D.V. and weather permitting I shall be home on Friday...Don't get anything for me. If home early, I will run down to Effra Road'). Author's name not given, but does include a typed copy of a telegram to 'My dear Bess...from your loving brother, ALF'. 'Another week and tombs and temples, sunsets and Soudanese, Arabs, Egyptians, bazaars, beggars, camels, donkeys, dust and flies will only live in memory.' 91 pages.

Fleming, Ian. James Bond collection, comprising: 'Octopussy and The Living Daylights', first edition, Jonathan Cape, 1966, with dust-jacket (10s 6d price); 'From Russia with Love', Book Club edtion, no date [1957], with d.j.; 'Dr. No', Book Club, no date [1957], with d.j.; 'Dr. No', Book Club, 1958, with d.j.; 'Goldfinger', Book Club, 1959, with d.j.; 'For Your Eyes Only', third impression, Jonathan Cape, 1962, with d.j.; 'Thunderball', Book Club, 1961, with d.j.; 'The Spy Who Loved Me', fifth impression, Jonathan Cape, 1963, with d.j.; 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service', Book Club, with d.j.; 'You Only Live Twice', second impression, Jonathan Cape, April 1964, no d.j.; 'The Man with the Golden Gun', Book Club, 1965, with d.j. Together with 'The James Bond Dossier', Kingsley Amis, first edition, Jonathan Cape, 1965, with d.j., and 'James Bond in the Cinema', John Brosnan, London: The Tantivy Press, 1972, with d.j. (12)

Legal / Criminal History / Welsh Borders Interest: A small collection of 18th and 19th century documents relating to proceedings/cases at 'Clun Court' or 'Lord Clive's Courts at Clun', some mentioning 'Purslow' and 'Earl of Powis', various notes, including a six-page handwritten document dated May 1821, 'Form of Proclamations... Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! All Persons who have have anything to do in the King's court of Record now here to be holden, for this town and liberties, draw near and give your attendance'). One document mentions a 'Simon Simpleton'; one mentions a 'William Weathercock'; one refers to 'The False Claim of Digory Duckling and Gustavus Gosilng'.Provenance: Vendor was landlord of a pub called 'Hundred House Inn' during the 1970s in a hamlet called Purslow, Clun, in the Welsh borders; he discovered these documents in the back of a cupboard in the pub. Vendor went on to discover that the pub was once used as a small court house; apparently the old Magistrate's chair was still being used for seating at this time.

William Wilberforce (1759-1833), English politician and philanthropist who was a prominent figure in the abolition of slavery. Autograph letter, handwritten in black ink on wove paper bearing manufacturer's watermark (IPING 1805), undated, signed, bearing wax seal. Addressed to Sir Thomas Bernard (1750-1818), the English social reformer, Wimpole Street.Provenance: The vendor's grandmother, a Mrs. Mordaunt, was a collector of signed letters and autographs; the letters that she amassed in her lifetime are being offered in this Library Auction.

British Political History Interest. Collection of autograph letters, comprising the following: Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784-1865), British statesman who twice served as Prime Minister, autograph document signed and dated 22nd July 1806, procuring the probate of the will of the Earl of Roden, on laid/chain-lined paper bearing manufacturer's watermark (C Ansell 1806 with image of Britannia). Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), British statesman of the Conservative party who served twice as Prime Minister of the UK and is regarded as the father of modern British policing, autograph in black ink on laid paper, trimmed from a sheet of correspondence. Sir John Lawrence (1811-1879), British Imperial statesman who served as Viceroy of India, autograph letter, signed and dated 27th July 1857. Lord Curzon (1859-1925), British Conservative statesman, autograph letter on headed paper (Hatfield House, Herts), signed and dated May 29 1896. James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie (1812-1860), Scottish statesman who served as Governor-General of India, autograph letter, signed 'Dalhousie', dated October 1854, addressed to a Lieutenant Colonel Lawrence. George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823-1900), Scottish peer and Liberal politician, autograph letter, signed and dated 1872, the paper bearing an 'India Office' blind-stamp. Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1850-1942), member of British Royal Family who served as Governor General of Canada, autograph letter signed and dated July 8th 1889, on paper headed 'Government of Bombay'. Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Earl St Aldwyn (1837-1916), British Conservative politician known as "Black Michael", autograph letter on headed paper (Netheravon, Salisbury), signed and dated October 2 1889, complete with original envelope bearing postmarks for Board of Trade and Windsor. John Evelyn Denison, 1st Viscount Ossington (1800-1873), Speaker of the House of Commons, autograph letter in black ink, 'Speaker's House, Westminster'. Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava (1826-1902), Viceroy of India, autograph in black ink on slip of paper trimmed from correspondence, headed 'Viceroy's Camp'. Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook (1826-1904), British Liberal statesman and Viceroy of India who was dedicated to upgrading the quality of government in the British Raj, autograph letter in black ink on headed paper (Stratton, Micheldever Station), signed and dated May 27 1897: 'Dear Colonel Impey, I will write to Lord George Hamilton to give my testimony to your good services in India when I was Viceroy'. Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930), British statesman who served as Prime Minister, autograph letter ink black ink, signed and dated October 3rd 1899, headed paper (10 Downing Street) with blind-stamped crest for 'First Lord of the Treasury', together with an earlier letter, signed and dated January 17th 1894, on paper headed '4, Carlton Gardens'. Also six documents for the "Proposed Old Etonian Club", each bearing a signature for the person wishing to be placed on the General Committee. (19)Provenance: The vendor's grandmother, a Mrs. Mordaunt, was a collector of signed letters and autographs; the letters that she amassed in her lifetime are being offered in this Library Auction.

Collection of autograph letters relating to the arts (musicians, composers, painters, sculptors, actors, writers), comprising the following: Valentine Cameron "Val" Prinsep RA (1838-1904), British painter of the Pre-Raphaelite school, autograph letter giving his apologies for not attending a party, addressed to a Mr Henley, headed paper with embossed address (1 Holland Park Road, Addison Road, Kensington), black ink on paper bearing manufacturer's watermark (Joynson 1875). Harry Furniss (1854-1925), artist and illustrator, autograph letter on headed paper (The New Budget, Covent Garden), signed and dated 11th November 1895. Sir Alfred Gilbert RA (1854-1934), English sculptor and goldsmith, autograph letter in black ink on headed paper (16, Maida Vale). Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836-1912), painter, autograph in black ink on slip of paper torn from correspondence. Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900), English composer, autograph letter on headed paper (2, Queen's Mansions, Victoria Street, S.W.), 'Sir Arthur Sullivan presents his compliments to Mr Waddy & the Masters of the Bench & has much pleasure in accepting their invitation to dinner on Jan 22nd, 10/12/95'. Sir George Clement Martin (1844-1916), English organist who served at St. Paul's Cathedral, autograph letter in black ink on headed paper (4, Amen Court, S. Paul's Cathedral) bearing manufacturer's watermark (A Cowan & Sons 1909), 'I am just off to Ascot and I hate the journey on a wet Sunday night'. Sir Hubert Parry (1848-1918), English composer, autograph letter on headed paper (Highnam Court Gloucester), signed and dated January 2nd 1898, 'Dear Mr. Dumford, A capital idea! and I hope the Club will be a great success. Wishing you a happy new year'. Harry Plunket Greene (1865-1936), Irish baritone, autograph letter on headed paper (Park Lodge, Albert Gate, S.W.), dated November 11 1894. Sir Squire Bancroft (1841-1926), English actor-manager, autograph letter in black ink on headed paper (18, Berkeley Square), signed and dated 1898. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (1852-1917), English actor and theatre manager, autograph letter in black ink on headed paper (Theatre Royal Haymarket). E. Holman Clark (1864-1925), British stage actor, autograph letter written from the Savoy Theatre, complete with original envelope postmarked November 3 1924. E. F. Benson (1867-1940), English novelist, autograph letter on headed paper (102, Oakley Street, Chelsea). John Galsworthy (1867-1933), English novelist and playwright, autograph in black ink on scrap of paper taken from a sheet of correspondence. Edmund Hodgson Yates (1831-1894), British journalist, novelist and dramatist, proprietor and editor of The World society newspaper, autograph letter on headed paper ("The World", 1 York Street, Covent Garden. W.C.), signed and dated August 16 1887, complete with original World envelope postmarked 1887. (14)Provenance: The vendor's grandmother, a Mrs. Mordaunt, was a collector of signed letters and autographs; the letters that she amassed in her lifetime are being offered in this Library Auction.

Collection of autograph letters, comprising the following: Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche (1810-1873), English traveller, diplomat and author, 'I hope you told Mr Morley all I had told you about the various places where ancient manuscripts are to be found, & I hope he has sufficient Bibliographical knowledge to enable him to appreciate the value of a book when he sees it', signed and dated Genoa May 10 1846. Edward White Benson (1829-1896), Archbishop of Canterbury, autograph letter in black ink on headed paper (Lambeth Palace), dated 29th April 1892. William Dalrymple Maclagan (1826-1910), Archbishop of York, autograph letter on headed paper (Bishopthorpe, York), addressed to Rev Austen Leigh, Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge. Charles Bowen, Baron Bowen (1835-1894), English judge, autograph letter in black ink. John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge (1820-1894), English lawyer, judge and Liberal politician, autograph letter in black ink on headed paper (1, Sussex Square, Hyde Park), dated 18th July 1891. Hardinge Stanley Giffard, 1st Earl of Halsbury (1823-1921), leading barrister and politician who served thrice as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain, autograph in black ink on torn receipt dated 1892 (a/f). Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887-1969), Queen of Spain and wife of King Alfonso XIII, autograph in black ink on scrap of paper torn from correspondence. General Sir Ian Standish Monteith Hamilton (1853-1947), senior officer in the British Army, autograph letter on headed paper (War Office, London, S.W.), with blind-stamped crest representing 'Commander in Chief', signed and dated 16th November 1903. Muhammad Ibrahim Ali Khan (Nawab of Tonk from 1867-1930), autograph letter in black ink, addressed to Captain L. Impey and offering congratulations for the festival day of Christmas, dated 24th December 1896. (9)Provenance: The vendor's grandmother, a Mrs. Mordaunt, was a collector of signed letters and autographs; the letters that she amassed in her lifetime are being offered in this Library Auction.

Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769-1852), Anglo-Irish soldier and statesman who twice served as Prime Minister and defeated Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Autograph letter in black ink on laid/chain-lined paper bearing manufacturer's watermark, signed 'Wellington' and dated February 15 1835. The document refers to a letter received from the Secretary of State and goes on to mention Lord Grenville and Lord Melbourne.Provenance: The vendor's grandmother, a Mrs. Mordaunt, was a collector of signed letters and autographs; the letters that she amassed in her lifetime are being offered in this Library Auction.

Collection of antiquarian and vintage books, to include: 'Useful Hints to those who make the Tour of France', Philip Thicknesse, second edition, London: Kearsley, 1770; 'Napoleon's Opera-Glass', by Lew Rosen, London: Elkin Matthews, 1897, presentation copy signed by the author with 'Green Room Club' bookplate; 'Coins and Coinage, United States Mint, and their Value', Philadelphia: A. M. Smith [no date]; 'The Adventures of Sig. Gaudentio di Lucca', translated from the Italian, London: J. Richardson, 1763; 'Epistolarum Edimburgensium Libri III', Edinburgh, 1819; 'A Pocket Topography and Gazetteer of England', by Pigot & Co., in two volumes, London [n.d.]; two theological/hymn books in Welsh, 1814 and 1821; 'The Pleasures of Hope, with other Poems', Thomas Campbell, seventh edition, Edinburgh: Mundell & Son, 1804; 'The Art of England', John Ruskin, Kent: George Allen, 1884; 'A List of the Meynell Hounds from 1818 to 1872 Inclusive', featuring handwritten records, and others, in one box. a/f

Collection of fourteen original copper engraved printing plates, each plate coated with zinc (with the exception of the crests, which is plain copper), various patterns for use in ceramics, c.1920 (some earlier), comprising: copper plate bearing numerous engraved crests including 'Boar's Head Hotel', 'Bury Golf Club', 'The Moss Steamship Co. Limited', 'Jenkins Restaurant', 'The Pier Refreshment Company', 'Rifle Volunteers', 'Freemasons Hall Doncaster' and others; J. Kent Fenton England 'Ye Olde Foley Ware', series of three topographical views with boats, cattle, figures, on one plate; two plates bearing JKL 'Mikado' floral designs (Levy Bros 628 630 646 George St. Brickfield Hill Sydney), and another Mikado plate bearing soup cover design; 'Amoy W.R.', oriental scene; 'J. Kent Ld Fenton England Ye Olde Foley Ware', series of four farmyard/cattle scenes on one plate; Foley Ware, two rural scenes with church and windmill, on one plate; Foley Ware, rural cottage scene with bridge, river, horses, figures; JKL Fenton England 'Chelsea Birds', series of birds of paradise, on one plate; J. Kent Ltd Fenton England 'Empress' floral plate design; worn floral plate design marked 'Patent' and possibly 'T & Co.' with royal coat-of-arms; J. Kent Longton 'Azalia' floral pattern; unmarked floral pattern plate rim designs (two on one plate). (14)Provenance: The vendor, who still works in the pottery industry, acquired this collection during the closure and demolition of a pottery firm.

An extensive collection of early 20th Century assorted ephemera relating to the women's Suffrage movement, previously belonging to Florence, Grace and Edith Hodgson. Comprising four white enamel Votes for Women flag pins; two Women's Freedom League 1909 pin badges 'It is the right of the subjects to petition the King and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal'; one red Women's Freedom League button badge; three Votes For Women WFL shield button badges; three green, gold and white enamel Votes For Women flag pins; one Votes For Women button badge; two guilloche enamel Votes For Women bar brooches; two small button badges with Mrs Despard (president of Women's Freedom League) portraits; two Free Church Federation For Woman Suffrage button badges; two Census Resisted No Vote No Cencus "A census for G Britain shall be taken in the year 1911 & the census day shall be Sunday the 2nd day of April in that year" button badges; two cast metal button brooches depicting Liberty with SUF FRA JUS GII, cast signature JOH DAN; two Votes For Women WFL cloth patches in original colours; two hallmarked silver buttons, cast with a portrait of a society lady thought to be Emiline Pankhurst, Birmingham 1902, A&J Zimmerman; a green and yellow enamel striped bar brooch, possibly American; a green cloth hand-made pouch bag with square Votes for Women WFL patch to front; three Women's Freedom League thin woven sashes (printed text); one green, gold and white banded sash; one purple white and green sash; two rectangular woven Votes For Women ribbons; a Women's Freedom League a printed yellow and black pennant with a printed scene of Holloway Prison above Holloway, in ink inscribed 'stone walls do not a prison make' with drawn downward arrows, approx 20cm long; a blue arm band with white painted dove symbol; a paper pamphlet (a few hints for those who have never marched in a procession before...); together with a large collection of period postcards contained in The Vote Album, 101 period postcards (photograph and chromolithograph) to include Mrs Pankhurst; Anna Munro (signed in ink); Lady Constance Lytton; Mrs Pethick Lawrence; Mrs Borrmann Wells (as suffragette at work in prison) and Teresa Billington-Greig (signed in ink), Muriel Matters (signed in pencil), ; various satirical postcards; plus loose duplicate and other cards (some printed Suffrage shop)Within the album are five hand-written postmarked cards, including one to Miss Hodgson, 39 Estelle Road London 'Urgently we have special work to do on Monday and Tuesday, helpers are urgently needed, can you spare at least two hours? Please call by the office anytime after 10am, Sincerely Yours, B. Borrmann Wells'To Miss G Hodgson, 34 Dartmouth Park Hill, Highgate 'Dear Miss Hodgson, I hope you have enough literature for your ? on ? on Tuesday, and that you will be able to sell a lot. If you want more - some of P. Snowden's Conciliation Bill, send me a line, and I will despatch on Monday, Mrs E Mitchell Hon Lit Sec'Miss Edith Hodgson, 39 Estelle Road, Hampstead NW, Aug 24 09, 'Dear Miss Hodgson, We are indeed very grateful for your offer to help with the picketing as we are very hard pushed - looking forward to seeing you, sincerely yours ??'Miss G. ch. Hodgson, 39 Estelle Road, West Hampstead NW, APL2709, 'Hope to see you arrive safely at class tonight. What do you think of the other side? L. ch. 'Provenance by descent, Florance, Grace and Edith Hodgson are known to have resided at 39 Laurier Road, Dartmouth Park, London; detailed in the 1901 census Florance is noted to work for The Post Office, Edith was a milliner and Grace was 13, by 1911 all three are absent from the census, probably in protest. Many suffragettes deliberately avoided the night before the cesus was taken, often gathering at the home of a 'census resister' or quite simply leaving the property and the census taker arrived. It's documented in London suffrages spent midnight walking around Trafalgar Square with a concert put on for entertainment and a vegetarian restaurant in Covent Garden staying open to provide refreshments. The Role of Honour of suffragette prisoners from 1905-1914 (National Archive reference 7LAC/2 held at The London School of Economics) references Grace Hodgson as a prisoner.

'The Pickwick Papers, India Proofs, Printed from the thirty-two Original Steel Plates Engraved by T. Onwhyn (who also signed under the pseudonyms "Peter Palette" and "Sam Weller")', London: George Allen, Ruskin House [1897]. First edition in publisher's green cloth portfolio. Complete (32 plates), generally good, clean and bright for age, occasional foxing to margins; lacking ribbon ties.

A19th Century old Sheffield plate night light, the body engraved with wreath festoons, the detachable cover with initials. Note in the base states this lamp belonged to Martha Dickinson who died in 1837

Follower of Sir Anthony van Dyck, portrait of Margareta de Vos, oil on ceramic, 52cm by 37.5cmNote: Margareta de Vos was the sister of the two Antwerp painters Cornelis and Paul de Vos. In 1611 she married Frans Snyders, the still life and animal painter, who was a friend of Anthony van Dyck and collaborated with his master Peter Paul Rubens. Van Dyck painted both Frans and Margareta, and this picture is clearly related to the portrait in the Frick Collection, New York.

*A Rare Mediterranean, Ashanti War and Great War Croix de Guerre Group of 6 to Colonel Hugh de Putron, Manchester Regiment, late 5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. Having seen service as a Captain in the Mediterranean theatre, he served as a Special Service Officer on attachment to the 2nd Battalion Central Africa Regiment during the Ashanti 1900 campaign, where he was one of the two British officers who took part in the capture of the powerful Ashanti Chief Kobina Cherri at Suinjam. He was for a time formally seconded to the Colonial Office in 1907, and later saw heavy fighting with the Manchester Regiment in the Great War. In WW2 he was made ‘Zone Commander’ for the Home Guard and A.R.P in Bedfordshire, comprising: Mediterranean Medal, 1899-1902 (Capt. H. de Putron, North’d Fus:); Ashanti, 1900, silver issue, no clasp (2/Lieut. H. de Putron. 3/ Manch: Rgt:); 1914 Star (Lieut: H. De Putron. Manch: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. de Putron.); France, Croix de Guerre, with palm; Group swing mounted on bar as worn, toned, extremely fine, and a scarce combination (6) Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh de Putron (1876-1949) was born in September 1876 at Stoke Newington, the son of John Augustus De Putron of Guernsey, and Mary Catherine De Putron (née Fair). He received was first commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, on 18 March 1896. Promoted to Captain, he served with this regiment in the Mediterranean Theatre, transferring soon after from the 5th Northumberlands to the 3rd Battalion Manchester Regiment for service in the Ashanti campaign, serving as a ‘Special Service’ officer on attachment to the 2nd Battalion Central Africa Regiment. He is mentioned by name in the book ‘The Ashanti Campaign of 1900’ by Armitage & Montanaro, as having taken part in the capture of the powerful war-leader and Chief, Kobina Cherri, of Odumassi: “The way in which the capture was effected was tis. Browne received information that Kobina Cherri was in hiding at a village called Suinjam, about two hours’ march from Odumassi, and he despatched Lieutenant Kington and Lieutenant de Putron each with two sections of the 1st and 2nd West African Frontier Force. Mr Daniells, a native officer, accompanied them. On arriving near the village, Lieutenant Kingston ordered the four sections to surround the village…carried out without the inhabitants being aware…Both these officers had accompanied Captain Carleton when he made similar attempts to capture Kobina Cherri, and he had carefully instilled into their minds the principle of caution when surrounding a village…the people running hither and thither were unable to break through the cordon of soldiers, and Mr Daniells, who understood the Ashanti language, heard them shouting to one particular man to hide himself. Suspecting the man to be someone of importance, he gave chase and seized him. The captive turned out to be Kobina Cherry, and he was brought back a prisoner to Odumassi…Kobina Cherri was tried by a Military Commission, found guilty, of murder, and sentenced to death.’ After this success, he continued to serve as part of the Manchester Regiment, being formally seconded to the Colonial Office on 12 October 1907. Restored to the establishment (from Supernumerary Lieutenant) on 18 March 1912, he served with the Manchester Regiment during the Great War and saw a great deal of hard fighting. Initially at the rank of Lieutenant, he embarked for service with the British Expeditionary Force in August 1914, joining the 2nd Battalion at Pontoise, and remaining with them until 14 November 1914. During this early period of the war (the Retreat from Mons), he would have been present during the actions at Pisseloup Ridge on 9 September 1914, where the Battalion suffered numerous casualties, and at Ste Marguerite on 13 September. The fighting continued in October 1914, and de Putron was also present at Richbourg l’Avoue and at Les Trois Maisons (as recorded by Wylly’s ‘History of the Manchester Regiment), on the latter occasion requiring a bayonet charge to clear the enemy. At Festubert, on 29 October, two men of the Battalion won the Victoria Cross (Second-Lieutenant Leach and Sergeant Hogan) for their part in restoring the battalion line after an enemy attack. Having survived this early fighting, he was promoted to Captain once again on 9 November 1914, and was later advanced to Major in May 1916. He was mentioned in despatched on 30 March 1917, and was later given the Brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel .He was confirmed as General Staff Officer 1st Class on 1 June 1918, and in the latter stages of the war, he was also awarded the French Croix de Guerre, with palm. In later life, during WW2, he was placed in charge of the Home Guard and A.R.P. in Bedfordshire, and given the position of Zone Commander (and the equivalent rank of Colonel). He married Marjory Rolt, daughter of Captain Thomas Rolt, of the Coldstream Guards, on 21 July, 1912 at St James’s, Hope, Manchester, and he died at ‘Fontaine Fleurie’, Guernsey, on 6 May 1949, at the age of 72. Ex Spink 25 September, 2001, lot 639.

*A Great War ‘Gallipoli Interest’ Group of 5 to Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Edward Gresham, 1st /7th Battalion, Manchester Regiment, who was the original Commanding Officer of his battalion at the outbreak of war in 1914. A 50 year old Mechanical Engineer and Co-Proprietor of the important Gresham & Craven Iron Works, Salford, he started his service as an officer in the 4th Volunteer Battalion, Manchester Regiment many years before in 1890, and was by the time of WWI a very experienced and well-respected officer. He served as C.O. with the 1st/7th Battalion in Egypt, Sudan, and at Gallipoli during which time he was invalided from service by an illness in June 1915 continuing to serve later in the Frontier Force Rifles, comprising: 1914-15 Star (Lt: Col: H. E. Gresham. Manch: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. H. E. Gresham.); Coronation 1911; Territorial Decoration, E.VII.R., bearing hallmarks for London dated 1908; Group swing mounted for display, and held within hardwood ‘Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company’ display case, toned, good extremely fine (5) Lieutenant-C0lonel Harry Edward Gresham (1864-1933) was born in 1864, the son of the well-known industrialist and head of the firm Gresham and Craven Ltd of Salford, Manchester. After receiving his education in Bedford and in Tours, France, he started work as a humble apprentice at his father’s ironworks in 1880, and in 1890 he joined the 4th (Volunteer) Battalion, Manchester Regiment as a 2nd Lieutenant. He made swift progress in both areas, being promoted swiftly through the civilian ranks of his firm as Assistant Engineer and Representative in 1887, as Director in 1901, and as Chairman in 1905 – becoming an important designer and developer of mechanical patents in his own right. Continuing all the while as a volunteer with the Manchester Regiment, by 1901 he was Captain and Instructor of Musketry, by 1911 he was made Major of the newly created 7th (T.F.) Battalion, Manchester Regiment, and at the outbreak of war in late 1914 he was an experienced Lieutenant-Colonel and an important local figure with 24 years’ experience in the volunteers. Leading his battalion for service abroad, he sailed from Southampton on 10 September 1914 aboard the Union Castle liner Grantully Castle, arriving at Alexandria on 25 September 1914. Now at the age of 50, he continued on with his men to Port Sudan and thence to Khartoum in early 1915 for garrison duties in connection with His Excellency Sirdar F. R. Wingate (the battalion’s honorary Colonel, and Governor General of Sudan) before taking part in the Gallipoli landings at V Beach on 7 May 1915 as part of the 127th Brigade, 42nd (East Lancs) Division. As recorded in contemporary newspapers reports, he is known to have seen heavy action in the trenches during his first month and remained in command until the end of May, before being invalided as sick to Malta for recovery in June 1915 (presumably from cholera or malaria). Apparently returning for further service (his M.i.C. notes that this was with the F.F.R. – Frontier Force Rifles), he continued throughout the remainder of the war and finally retired from further service on 29 July 1921, having reached the age limit. He returned to life as a civilian and died at Bournemouth on 29 November 1933.

*A Rare ‘Hut Tax War’ and Boer War D.S.O. Group of 7 awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfred Charles Norrington Hastings, Manchester Regiment, who served on attachment with a variety of African units during a long and varied career. He served with the Sierra Leone Frontier Police during the ‘Hut Tax War’ of 1898-99 during which time he was wounded in action, during the Boer War with the Manchester Regiment, and during the Mumshi Expedition of 1906 while seconded to the 1st Battalion Northern Nigeria Regiment. After seeing service in France in 1914, he returned once again to Africa, becoming the second Commanding Officer of the Sierra Leone Battalion, West African Frontier Force, with whom he served during the Cameroon Campaign of 1915-16, comprising: Distinguished Service Order, V.R., in silver-gilt and enamels; East and West Africa, 1887-1900, single clasp, Sierra Leone 1898-99 (Capt. W. C. N. Hastings. Manch: R.); Queen’s South Africa, 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (Lieut: W. C. N. Hastings, Manch: Regt); King’s South Africa, 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lt. W. C. N. Hastings. Manc. Rgt.); 1914 Star (Capt: W. C. N. Hastings. D.S.O., Manch: R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. Col. W. C. N. Hastings.); Group court-mounted as worn, minor wear to enamels of first, official correction to rank and initials of K.S.A., otherwise generally good very fine - the second probably unique to the regiment and rare thus (7) D.S.O.: London Gazette: 31 October 1902 - ‘In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa.’ M.i.D.: London Gazette: 29 July 1902 Lieutenant-Colonel Wilfred Charles Norrington Hastings (1873-1825) was born 24 December 1873 at Devonport, Devon, the son of the Reverend Francis Henry Hastings, retired Captain, R.N. After receiving his education at Trinity College School, Stratford-upon-Avon, he initially joined the South Wales Borderers in 1892, before being seconded from the 4th Bn S.W.B. to the Sierra Leone Frontier Police as Captain in February 1898. During this time he took part in the Karene War of 1898-99 in Sierra Leone, in which campaign British forces defeated an uprising led by the local leader and Chief Bai Bureh and his supporters, who aimed to resist the Governor’s new ‘Hut Tax’. Captain Hastings was slightly wounded during this campaign, and the next year was transferred as Second Lieutenant to the Manchester Regiment – being awarded his East and West Africa Medal with clasp (this believed to be unique to the Manchester Regiment). He then served with the 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment during the Boer War, being promoted to Lieutenant (1 December 1899) and then to Captain (25 December 1901). He was present at the actions of Biddulphsberg and Wittebergen in Cape Colony, and was rewarded with a mention in despatches and the award of a D.S.O. (one of just 7 to the 2nd Battalion). He was soon after employed with the West African Frontier Force, 28 March 1903 to 3 August 1909, and served with the 1st Battalion Northern Nigerian Regiment 1903; taking part in the punitive Munshi Expedition of 1906 while commanding Gambia Company. He also reputedly took part in the Delhi Durbar celebrations at Kamthi, despite not receiving a medal. He initially served on the Staff of the Manchester Regiment as Assistant Provost Marshall in the first year of the Great War in France during 1914, but then returned again to Africa to become Temporary Lieutenant Colonel 17 April 1915 in command of the Sierra Leone Battalion, West African Frontier Force. In this role as Commanding Officer (only the second in its history) he took part in the Cameroon Campaign, 1915-16. Serving post-war with the West African Regiment, he was placed on half-pay owing to ill health on 1 November 1922, retiring the following year. His chief pastimes were shooting, fishing and boxing (“The V.C. and D.S.O.” Creagh & Humphris, refers), and he died on 19 January 1925 at Osborne, Isle of Wight, and was buried at Whippingham. Ex DNW, 20 September 2002

*A Rare Great War ‘Senussi Campaign’ Armoured Cars M.C. Group of 7 awarded to Lieutenant John Davies Lawrence, Manchester Regiment, who commanded a Rolls Royce armoured car in action at the Dakhla Oasis in Egypt’s Western Desert while on secondment to the Motor Machine Gun Corps, capturing 4 officers and 109 other ranks in the process. He later served as a ‘Bimbashi’ in the Equatorial Battalion of the Egyptian Army as part of the Turkhana Patrol in 1918, and also took part in the fighting against the Aliab Dinka during the uprising of late 1919, comprising: Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved in contemporary upright capitals (2nd Lieut. J. D. Lawrence. Manchester Regt Nov. 1915); 1914-15 Star (2 Lieut. J. D. Lawrence. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, the latter with M.i.D. bronze spray of oak leaves (Lieut. J.D.Lawrence.); Africa General Service, 1902-1956, single clasp, East Africa 1918 (Lieut. J. D. Lawrence. Equatorial Bn. E.A.); Egypt, Order of the Nile, Officer’s 4th class breast badge in silver and enamels; Khedive’s Sudan, 1910-22, 2nd issue, single clasp, Aliab Dinka (Lieut. Manch. R.), with impressed naming; together with a matching set of seven individual dress miniatures, all mounted together in glass-fronted wooden case, about extremely fine, and rare  (14)   M.C.: London Gazette: 4 June 1917 - ‘Whilst repairing one of his two Armoured Cars in the desert (he) received a helio message from W.D.A. to proceed at once to operate against DAKHLA OASIS in conjunction with No. 1 L.C. patrol*. After working all day on the car he was able to start at midnight and owing to his skill in guiding the car over unknown ground was able to overtake the L.C. patrol 10 miles short of DAKHLA, having travelled all night. The Senussi main camp at AIN BARABI being found evacuated he pushed on to TENEDA taking 1 officer and 2 other ranks prisoners. Next morning pushing on quickly to BUDHKULU a party of 50 Senussi were encountered and after a short fight surrendered. Here the cars had to wait for supplies and on their arrival, he proceeded to MUT where another 50 prisoners were taken, 3 officers and 7 other ranks of whom were ex-Coastguard. Work in the Oasis itself was difficult for the Armoured Car owing to the narrow bridges.’   M.I.D.: London Gazette: 6 July 1917 (For Senussi campaign), and 18 January 1921 (For Aliab Dinka)   Egypt, Order of the Nile: London Gazette: 4 August 1922 - ‘for good services rendered during operations against the Aliab Dinkas in the Mongalla Province, Sudan, 1919-20’.   Lieutenant John ‘Jack’ Lawrence was born on 19 February 1896, in the suburb of Jeppestown, Johannesburg, South Africa, the son of Henry Lakin Lawrence, a Mining Engineer, and Emma Lawrence. Educated at Horton Preparatory School, Ickwellbury, Bedfordshire, and then at Tonbridge School (1911-1913), he proved himself as a prominent sportsman, winning school colours at cricket, football and rugby. Here he also took up an interest in the military, serving as a Sergeant Cadet with the Tonbridge School Contingent, Junior Division, Officers Training Corps.   He was initially apprenticed to the Midland Railway from 1913 to August 1914, but on 9 April 1914 he received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the 8th (Ardwick) Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Upon the outbreak of war, Lawrence was posted to Palestine on 10 September 1914, returning to the U.K. in March 1915 having been ordered to attend the Royal Military College. While at Sandhurst, on 20 October 1915, he was commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the Regular Army (Manchester Regiment) and posted for employment with M.G.C.   In March 1916 he was posted to Egypt, and he was officially seconded to the Motor Machine Gun Service on 20 October 1915. In Egypt he joined the Armoured Cars of Nos. 11 & 12 Light Armoured Motor Brigade, M.G.C., Desert Column, taking part in the Senussi Campaign in the Western Desert. His unit consisted of one Rolls Royce Armoured Car (commanded by Lawrence himself) and tender; six Ford cars and 12 motor bicycles. The remaining personnel consisted of two officers and 58 other ranks, with two Vickers and two Lewis guns in support. For his service in the Senussi campaign Lawrence was mentioned in despatches and awarded the M.C.   Lawrence left the M.G.C. on 10 September 1917, being afterwards transferred to the Equatorial Battalion, part of the Egyptian Army which was serving in the Sudan. Placed in command of No. 2 Company of the Equatorial Battalion, he took part in operations against the Northern Turkhana, Marille, Donyiro in Southern Sudan , west of Lake Rudolf, between 20 April and 19 June 1918 (British Battles and Medals, refers). Known as the ‘Turkhana Patrol’ this patrol was sent out to oppose and disrupt tribal slaving and cattle raiding, and saw some heavy fighting. The campaign itself was commanded by Major Richard Finch White, Essex Regiment, and having been present, for the duration with the , Lawrence became one of just seven British Officers, serving with the Egyptian Army, to earn the Africa General Service Medal with clasp “East Africa 1918”.   At the end of October 1919 a war-party of the Aliab Dinka attacked a police-post south of Bor (now capital of the Jonglei State in South Sudan), at Menkamon on the White Nile, killing eight policemen. This outbreak of violence quickly spread and Major Chancey Stigand, Egyptian Army (and Governor of Mondalla Province) sought to stamp it out with a few companies of the Equatorial Battalion, including those under the command of Lawrence (the article ‘Chauncey Stigand, Soldier, Governor and Writer’ by Henry Keown-Boyd, refers). As explained in the same article, owing to a shortage of officers Stigand accompanied one of the patrols himself, whereupon it was twice ambushed in quick succession overnight and in the morning on 8 December, in the long grass by several hundred Aliab Dinka tribesmen. Stigand himself, the Officer Commanding Troops Kaimakam (Lieutenant-Colonel) White, Yuzbashi (Captain) Saad Osman and twenty-four other ranks and carriers were killed. The remaining four officers, Bimbashi F. C. Roberts, V.C., D.S.O., M.C., (Worcs Regt), Bimbashi W. H. Wynne-Finch, M.C. (Scots Guards), A. H. Kent–Lemon (York & Lancs) and John Davies Lawrence, M.C. (Manch. Regt) were able to rally and restore the situation despite these losses, making a fighting and reaching Tombe on 13 December 1919. Keown-Boyd writes that: ‘The four surviving British officers - all veterans of the Great War and accustomed to reacting swiftly in desperate circumstances, rallied their companies and drove off the enemy, thus averting even greater disaster.’   Lieutenant Lawrence subsequently took part in the retaliatory operations against the Aliab Dinka, Bor Dinka and Mandari tribes in early 1920, for which he was awarded the Khedives Sudan medal with clasp ‘Aliab Dinka’. He was also awarded the Order of the Nile ‘for good services rendered’ during these difficult operations. Unfortunately, it appears that Lawrence contracted Malaria during this period, as he was examined by a Medical Board on 14 October 1920, which confirmed his disability from malaria (rated at 50%). After a lengthy period of treatment (and after his third Medical Board examination, on 6 January 1921) he was discharged to return to his regiment, relinquishing his commission on the same day.  ... For further information please see the catalogue pdf on www.mortonandeden.com 

*A Fine WWI ‘Manchester Pals’ Military Cross Group of 4 awarded to Major Henry William Walker, 21st (6th City ‘Pals’) Battalion, Manchester Regiment, awarded the M.C. for continuing to command “D” Company despite his severe wounds, and successfully capturing his objectives and some 90 prisoners in the process, at the ‘Salford’ and ‘Munich’ Trenches near Beaumont Hamel during the early hours of 11 January 1917, comprising: Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse engraved in contemporary upright capitals (Captain H. W. Walker. 11th January 1917); 1914-15 Star (Lieut. H. W. Walker. Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals, the latter with M.i.D. bronze spray of oak leaves (Major H. W. Walker.); Medals loose, once cleaned, extremely fine (4) M.C.: London Gazette: 3 March 1917 – ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. Although severely wounded, he continued to command his company, and succeeded in capturing the objective. He set a splendid example of courage and devotion to duty.’ M.i.D.: London Gazette: 21 December 1917. Major Henry William Walker (d.1937) was first commissioned as a temporary Second Lieutenant in the 21st Manchesters on 16 December 1914. Initially, and upon the arrival of the Battalion in France, Second Lieutenant Walker served in the role of Transport Officer, but as the war progressed he soon found himself dealing first hand with the hard realities of trench warfare. Promoted to Captain, he won the Military Cross for bravery during the battalion’s attack upon ‘Munich’ Trench on 11 January 1917. Leading his company in this trench attack, despite being severely wounded, his company succeeded in taking its objective, as well as some 90 prisoners to boot. He also later took part in leading and attack near Polygon Wood and Gheluvelt in late 1917. The Battalion history records the events as follows: “Subsequently the battalion moved up to the N.E. end of Polygon Wood, where “C” and “D” companies occupied Jetty Trench, while “B” company dug in round the Mound, where H.Q. were now established. This move was carried out under intense artillery fire. At 9.30 a.m. “D” company, under Major H. W. Walker, M.C. moved forward in support to 22nd Battalion Manchester Regiment, and came under the orders of Lt. Col. F.W. Woodward, D.S.O., commanding that battalion. About 2 p.m. “C” Company, under Captain E.P. Whitehead, was also sent forward, and upon Captain Whitehead becoming a casualty, Major Walker assumed command of both companies, and they remained under orders of the O.C. 22nd Battalion throughout the operations.” According to battalion histories, during one period away from the front lines he also invented a new adaptation of the local aperitif Amer Picon by adding rum and heating it up. By all accounts this ‘most potent beverage’ was ‘much appreciated by all who were introduced to it… (and) Headquarters, the seat of the invention, was much patronised at the time.’ He finally relinquished his commission upon completion of service on 22 March 1919, with the rank of Major. He died c.1937 in British Guiana.