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Click here to subscribeMiddle East.- Saudi Arabia.- Mecca.- French School (late 18th century) Le Temple de la Mecque, view of the Temple at Mecca, engraving on laid paper with text-based watermark, platemark 335 x 550 mm. (13 1/4 x 21 3/4 in), sheet 415 x 605 mm. (16 1/4 x 23 3/4 in), old folds as issued, some surface dirt, rough edges, unframed, [circa 1800].
CINEMA: Selection of unsigned printed brochures issued for various films including The Greatest Story Ever Told, Ben-Hur, King of Kings, Spartacus, The Fall of the Roman Empire, Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia, Battle of Britain, Cleopatra, The Sound of Music, Anne of the Thousand Days, Battle of the Bulge, Mutiny on the Bounty, El Cid, The Cardinal, The Alamo, Ryan's Daughter etc. Also including various printed ephemera etc. relating to other topics including the film composers Miklos Rozsa and Max Steiner, religion, the British royal family (small selection of letters from private secretaries and ladies in waiting etc.) etc. Some age wear, generally G to about VG, 68
NORDEN (FREDERICK LEWIS NORDEN)Travels in Egypt and Nubia, 2 vol. in 1, 7 engraved maps and plates (some folding), Lockyer Davis and Charles Reymer, Pritners to the Royal Society, 1757--IRWIN (EYLES) A Series of Adventures in the Course of a Voyage Up the Red-Sea, on the Coasts of Arabia and Egypt, half-title, Dublin, W. Slater, 1780, 3 folding engraved maps, contemporary calf--SONNINI (CHARLES NICOLAS) Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt, Undertaken by Order of the Old Government of France, 3 vol., translated by Henry Hunter, 40 engraved plates and maps (one folding), contemporary half morocco, John Stockdale, 1799, 8vo (5)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
Lawrence, T.E. Secret Despatches from Arabia. The Golden Cockerel Press, [1939]. 4to, quarter Niger over linen by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g.; port. frontis. Limited ed., no. 940 of 1000. idem The Mint. Jonathan Cape, 1955. 4to, org. cloth and jacket. First ordinary ed. Bell, Gertrude The Arab War. The Golden Cockerel Press, [1940]. 4to, quarter Niger over linen by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Limited ed., no. 240 of 500. [3]Linen boards a touch marked, spine of Arab War dulled, internally v. slight foxing but evidence of water-staining to lower edges of both, more concentrated towards inner margins.
Six stamp albums including Iraq printed 'On State Service', Iraq Field Post Office postmark, Lebanon, Liberia blue star, Saudi Arabia, Syria O.M.F. revenue printed, Tunisia, Ajman, United Arab Emirates, twelve pages of China depicting red and white character mark 10c / Emperors / sailing boats / planes / postmarks, Ruanda-Urundi, Qiwain block stamp sheets.
Wilkinson’s ATLAS CLASSICA, published Robt. Wilkinson No 125 Fenchurch Street, 1808, numerous handcoloued maps and charts, marbled boards, together with John Bunyan PILGRIMS PROGRESS, 1797 edition, also Chevalier D’ Arvieux - TRAVELS IN ARABIA THE DESART’ 1718, and part of an early Encyclopaedia. (4)
Claude Rains signed 7x5 black and white photo. 10 November 1889 - 30 May 1967 was an English film and stage actor whose career spanned several decades. After his American film debut as Dr. Jack Griffin in The Invisible Man 1933 he appeared in classic films such as The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939, The Wolf Man 1941, Casablanca and Kings Row both 1942, Notorious 1946, The Pied Piper of Hamelin 1957, and Lawrence of Arabia 1962. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a 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 £7.99.
Lawrence (T.E.) Secret Despatches from Arabia, number 312 of 1000 copies, portrait frontispiece, bookplate of John Albert Jones, original morocco-backed cloth, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, t.e.g., others uncut, light soiling and a few marks to upper cover, small 4to, Golden Cockerel Press, [1939].
NO RESERVE Middle East.- Burton (Sir Richard Francis) Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinak and Meccah, 2 vol., plates, browning to endpapers, covers mottled, damp-staining to vol.1, 1898 § Wilkins (H.) The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton, 2 vol., plates, occasional foxing, browning to covers, extremities rubbed, 1897 § Lawrence (T. E.) The Mint, dust-jacket, light soiling, 1955 § Erskine (Mrs Steuart) The Vanished Cities of Arabia, plates, [1925]; and 17 others, similar, 8vo (23)
MILITARY INTEREST FABRIC & OTHER MAPS, twenty-two evade, escape, operational and navigation, OS and war office restricted official use only, cold war period double sided maps for France and Spain 1953, 81 x 100cms, Hofuf and Bandar Abbas 1957, USA Airforce for Oman and Saudi Arabia 1969, Moskva 1952, 62 x 48cms, Smolensk and Leningrad 1952, Sumatra and Java Minsk, Amsterdam, Warsaw ETC 1953, 65 x 95cms, mostly doubles or multiples along with two folding sheet maps and two tissue
8th century BC-3rd century AD. A carved alabaster male head with finely modelled features, inlaid glass(?) eyes with black glass pupils; mounted on a custom-made stand. Cf. marble head from Arabia Felix from the later centuries BC in the Louvre, Paris; Musée du Louvre, Atlas database: entry 13290. 8.5 kg, 31.5cm (12 1/2"). Acquired by the current owner in 2007; formerly in a private collection since 1983; accompanied by an Art Loss Register certificate no. S00054659. Very fine condition.
Late 17th century AD. A long Western two-handed executioner sword of German making; the pear-shaped pommel is mounted on the original still preserved wooden grip; the cross guard is straight, ending with straight quillons; the double edged blade is broad and flat, without fullers, having a round tip and a three holes for the blood at the point; the sword is marked on both sides: on one side there is a circle inside which a Christian monogram (chi-ro) cross is inscribed, supported by a short staff; on the other side there is the image of a gallows, both inlaid in copper. See Fischer, Kunst und Antiquitätenauktion antike Waffen und militaria, Montag, 30. August, bis Montag, 6. September 2004, Luzern, 2004; Ni?oi A., Posea R., 'Spade de execu?ie ale ora?uluj Bra?ov ?n perioada medievalã ?i modernã', in Rela?ii Interetnice în Transilvania, Militaria Mediaevalia în Europa centralã si de sud-est, Sibiu, 2018, pp.113-126. 2 kg, 1.12cm (44 1/4"). From an important private family collection of arms and armour; acquired on the European art market in the 1980s, and thence by descent; believed originally from Liege, Belgium; accompanied by an academic report by military specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato. This Sword of Justice was employed for capital executions. The executioner sword was a symbolic and ‘facilitator’ of judicial law. Many courtrooms displayed executioner swords on their walls. Specimens similar to the sword here published are well known in public and private European collections (Fischer, 2004, cat.99 and 126"). The marks impressed on the blade are identical to a sample published by Fischer in the auction of 2004, having, like our specimen, a wide, flat, double-edged blade, marks, brass-plated wheel and gallows, with the adding of engraved scrolls and floral decor. A further similar model survives in the Medieval Crime Museum (Mittelalterliches Kriminalmuseum) in Germany. Such swords come at the tail end of the period in which swords were used in Europe for executions (a period from the 16th century to the 1720s. They feature similar characteristics: a long, heavy blade that ended not in a point but with a distinctive flat edge. The blades of the executioner’s swords were often decorated, and while in some cases the sword would be inscribed with the executioner’s name in other cases were put inscriptions like I spare no one – a brutal message for criminals (or poor victims or the state's reason) facing this sword’s edge. Sometimes the messages were more merciful, like in the case of a blade recently published by the Museum of the Artifacts, made in Germany in about 1600 AD: the inscriptions is saying: when I raise this sword, so i wish that this poor sinner will receive eternal life. The blades of executioner's swords were often decorated also with symbolic designs, showing instruments of execution or torture, or the Crucifixion of Christ (like in our specimen) combined with the moralistic inscriptions over mentioned. When no longer used for executions, an executioner's sword sometimes continued to be used as a ceremonial sword of justice, a symbol of judicial power. Recently, important samples of executioner's swords from Transilvania have been published by Anca Nitoi and Rozalinda Posea. Along with Sibiu and Cluj, the city of Brasov holds spectacular items with regards to late and early modern time executioner's swords. The three swords published by the Rumenian archaelogists ranges from the 16th to the XVIII century. The first two had a hilt very similar to the specimen here represented, and are considered by the authors as belonging to the Oakeshott sub-type XVIIIb of his sword's classification. Interesting are the three inscriptions on the blade of one of the XVI century sword: JESVS DIR LEB ICH, JESVS DIR STIRB ICH, DEIN BIN ICH TOT UND LEBENDING (Jesus for You I live; Jesus for You I die; I am Yours in life and in death"). The inscription confirms that in any case a sense of mercy was given to the condemned, letting him to repent of his sins until the end, even with a sort of blessing left on the blade destined to put end to his life. Most probably our specimen is coming from a palace as it is in such excellent condition. Executioners’ swords were more common in continental Europe from the 1400s, particularly Germany, with England still preferring the axe. The sword hilt was normally of conventional cruciform shape with a large counter-balancing pommel. It was very well constructed, with high-quality steel used for the manufacture of the blade. The blade edge was extremely sharp and it was a requirement of the executioner to keep it well honed so that the head of the victim could be severed in one mighty blow. Blades were broad and flat backed, with a rounded tip. These swords were intended for two-handed use, but were lacking a point, so that their overall length was typically that of a single-handed sword (ca. 80–90 cm (31–35 in)"). The quillons were quite short, and mainly straight, and the pommel was often pear-shaped (like in our specimen) or faceted. The sword was designed for cutting rather than thrusting, so a pointed tip (as in the case of military blades) was unnecessary. Differently from the arming sword and the double handed bastard sword of the late Renaissance and Baroque Age the tool of the executioner's sword was not designed for combat, instead being intended for the quick death – usually through decapitation – of the condemned. This weapon would not need to be combat worthy, but would still be capable of fulfilling its intended purpose. By the early 1700s swords were no longer used in Europe for executions, but they still functioned as symbols of power. However, the last executions by sword in Europe were carried out in Switzerland in 1867 and 1868, when Niklaus Emmenegger in Lucerne and Héli Freymond in Moudon were beheaded for murder. Swords are still used to carry out executions in Saudi Arabia. Fine condition. Very rare.
Father and Son Medal Groups: WW2 British RAF Medal group to 532527 W/O WA Massey, RAF comprising of : 1939-45 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, War Medal, ERII RAF Long Service and Conduct Medal, all mounted on a bar, along with a boxed ERII General Service Medal Radfan and South Arabia Clasps named as above. Also included is the ER II General Service Medal with South Arabia clasp in box of issue named to CO688702 SAC WRA Massey, RAF. (Son of W/O Massey)
Africa.- Leo Africanus (Johannes) Historiale Description de l'Afrique, tierce partie du monde, collation : *, **8, A-Zz8, a-e8, f4, g-i8, second edition in French, woodcut printer's device on title and verso of final leaf, woodcut head-pieces, initials and 20 woodcut illustrations, contemporary ink inscription to foot of title, lightly water-stained, mostly at beginning and end, paper flaw hole to L2 with loss of catchword, short tear to lower margin of Tt2, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, rubbed and stained, [Not in Adams], 8vo, Antwerp, Christopher Plantin, 1556.⁂ The first book on Africa written by an African. Johannes Leo Africanus, real name Hasan ben Mohamed Alfasi, travelled all over the Moslem African countries and in 1517 was captured by Christian pirates, who took him and the manuscript of his travels to Rome. There, under the protection of Pope Leo X he translated his manuscript into Latin for publication. It was later translated into French by Jean Temporal and published by the translator in Lyons in the same year as this Antwerp edition. The woodcut illustrations include personifications of Africa, Arabia, Egypt, Alexandria and the Nile and depictions of camels, veiled women, date palms and crocodiles.
Lawrence (Thomas Edward, intelligence officer and author, 1888-1935) Autograph Letter signed "TE Shaw" to Colonel Sir Walter Coote Hedley, 2pp., RAF Cadet College, Cranwell, Lincolnshire, 26th January 1926, initially on recognising Shaw as Lawrence, "The postmaster with a grin gave me your letter, saying 'This is perhaps for a friend of yours!'", turning down the offer of writing an article, "I've given up the hope and attempt to write", and his admiration of Charles Montagu Doughty (1843-1926), explorer, travel writer, and poet, "Old Doughty was a genius, and his poems are wonderful. I'd put 'Adam cast forth' at the head of them. Of course Arabia Deserta is very good too... . I'm very sorry he died... but he had written everything he ever wanted to write: and was satisfied with having lived. So'd I be, if I'd written an epic!", folds, tipped-in to a third impression of Robert Graves' Lawrence and the Arabs, 1927, with a bookticket of Lieut-Commander Atwood RN (Retd) and signature of Anna S Hedley on front free endpaper, original cloth, gilt spine, chipped at head of spine, 8vo.⁂ "Dr. Hogarth heard that Lawrence was at a loose end and got him given a week's trial, as a favour, by Colonel Hedley, the head of the Geographic Section of the General Staff at Whitehall. Three weeks later Hogarth met Hedley and asked him, 'Did you find young Lawrence any use? 'He's running my entire department for me now,' said Hedley shortly. Lawrence's task here was making maps of Sinai, Belgium and France." - Robert Graves. Lawrence and the Arabs, p. 81, 1927.Colonel Sir Walter Coote Hedley KBE CB CMG (1865-1937), British Army officer who began his career in the Royal Engineers and later moved into military intelligence.
VILLEROY & BOCH BONE CHINA 'CHEYENNE' PATTERN OCTAGONAL PART SET COMPRISING AN ELONGATED DISH,(W. 34 CM), BOWL, FOUR SOUPS, SIX PLATES, TUREEN WITH COVER, TWO TEA CUPS, TWO COFFEE CUPS, TWO SAUCERS, FOUR CHECKER PATTERN MUGS, WREN 'MACKINTOSH ROSE' MUG, FOUR CAITHNESS CONISBAY GLASSES, DARTINGTON VASE AND AN ARABIA KANERVA VASE, BOXED EXCEPT FOR THE MUGS (38)
David Lean signed album page. (25 March 1908 - 16 April 1991) was an English film director, producer, screenwriter and editor. Widely considered as one of the most influential directors of all time, Lean was mostly famous for his large-scale epics such as The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and A Passage to India (1984). Dedicated. Good condition Est.
GOLD-BRACELET. Probably Arabia, ca. 1970. 900/- yellow gold, total weight: 87.0g. L.ca. 17.5cm. Arabic coin on delicate chain. Explanations to the CatalogueJewellery 20th century Bracelet Yellow gold ArabiaGOLDARMBAND. Wohl Arabien, um 1970. 900/- Gelbgold, Gesamtgewicht: 87,0g. L.ca. 17,5cm. Arabische Münze an feinem Kettchen. Erläuterungen zum KatalogSchmuck 20. Jahrhundert Armband Gelbgold Arabien- - -29.00 % buyer's premium on the hammer priceVAT margin scheme, VAT included, but not indicated and not reclaimableOptional:19.00 % VAT on the hammer price25.00 % buyer's premium on the hammer price19.00 % VAT on buyer's premium
A collection of 16 "Champion" 2002 Fifa World Cup TY Beanie Baby Bears. All with original Ty tags, 15 have Official Licensed Product tags. Comprising: Russia, France, China x 3, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Costa Rica, Republic Of Ireland, Argentina, Brazil, Poland, USA, England, Italy and Belgium. From a private collection.
Sale Item: ARABIA FINLAND WALLCLOCK Vat Status: No Vat Buyers Premium: This lot is subject to a Buyers Premium of 15% + Vat @ 20% Additional Info : Lots purchased online with the-saleroom.com will attract an additional charge for this service in the sum of 4.95% of the hammer price plus VAT @ 20%
FOOTBALL, selection, inc. magazines, Le Miroir des Sports (2), France v England, 12th May 1921 & 31st Mar 1938; newspaper articles from the 1938 World Cup, Brasil v Poland, Italy v Brasil & Hungary v Sweden; 1950s-1960s foreign magazines, Il Calcio el Ciclismo 1952 (England v Italy), Lancio 1961 (England v Italy); promotional & launch brochures (5+), England kit 1987, FA Rehabilitation Centre 1987, FA Cars by GM ; stadia in Saudi Arabia 1988 & Northampton Town, G to EX, Qty.
Lawrence of Arabia: A collection of items from RAF Sergeant Hall who was a friend of T.E Lawrence, he was referred to as Brummie including photograph of them both, 2 Memorial tickets for Service of Dedication of Memorial at St Paul's Cathedral 1936, books "Seven Pillars of Wisdom" and "The letters of T.E Lawrence" various military buttons, sewing kits, tins etc
A Gulf War group of seven to '24507518 Cpl W A Wanstall ACC':, Gulf Medal 1990-1991 with clasp, UN Profor, NATO bar Kosovo, NATO bar former Yugoslavia, QEII Golden Jubilee, Saudi Arabia Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait and Kuwaiti Liberation Medal together with corresponding miniatures and ribbon bar.
Delacour (Jean). The Waterfowl of the World, 4 volumes, 1st edition, London: Country Life Limited, 1954-64, original cloth, dust jackets, 4to, together with: Meinertzhagen (Richard), Pirates and Predators. The Piratical and Predatory Habits of Birds, 1st edition,Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1959, 44 colour and halftone plates, original cloth, dust jacket, 4to, together with: Vaurie (Charles), The Birds of the Palearctic Fauna, a Systematic Reference. Order Passeriformes [-Non-Passeriformes], 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1959-65, original cloth, dust jackets, 4to, Allen (Mark), Falconry in Arabia, London: Obris Publishing, 1980, original cloth, dust jacket, 4to , and approximately 110 others, 20th-century general ornithology reference including species guides, original cloth or boards, dust jackets, various formats (Qty: approx. 120)
A collection of vinyl LPs, 7" singles and 33rpm shellac records, singles including 'The Benny Goodman Story', 'A Private Affair' starring Brigitte Bardot, 'Guys and Dolls' Marlon Brando and Gene Simmons, Judy Garland, Lionel Barthes, Maggie May, 'Love Me Tender' by Julie Andrews and Johnny Cash, 'My Baby Just Cares For Me' by Gene Kelly, the original soundtrack recording from 'Lawrence of Arabia', Nina and Frederick, Maria Carlos, 'Carmen Jones', Billy Ocean, Judy Garland 'If You Feel Like Singing', the soundtrack to '2001: A Space Odyssey', 'That Bad Eartha' by Eartha Kitt, 'Garden of Eden' Frankie Vaughan on 78, a number of other 78rpm shellac records and 'Judy Garland Portrait Of' 2-CD set and two Mills and Boon audio books, 'Savage Interlude' and 'Tiger Man'.
Ibn Saud and the Shah, original press photograph [either London or New York, 1955] single photograph, creased and trimmed along right-hand side of image, imprint sticker “1” to reverse with cut-out of newspaper article from the press release pasted to reverse, 195 by 220 mm.; in modern silver frame, under glass The press release pasted to the reverse of this photograph reads: “Ibn Saud and the Shah - King Saud of Saudi Arabia salutes as he travels by jeep with the Shah of Iran to view Iranian army manouvers. King Saud was paying a state visit to his Persian Gulf neighbour. Both the King and the Shah are oil-wealthy Middle East potentates”.
KHALID OF SAUDI ARABIA: (1913-1982) Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. King of Saudi Arabia 1975-82. An excellent signed colour 5.5 x 8 photograph by King Khalid, the image depicting the King seated in a formal half length pose. Signed in bold blue ink to the lower white border of the image, and dated in his hand in April 1981, also dated according to Islamic calendar, 1401. The photograph is cleanly affixed to the inside of a white folding card, bearing to the front cover an embossed Saudi Arabia monogramme with a palm and two sabres. VG £200-300
FAISAL OF SAUDI ARABIA: (1906-1975) Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. King of Saudi Arabia 1964-75. An excellent 6 x 8 photograph by King Faisal, the image depicting the King seated in a formal half length pose. Signed in bold blue ink to the lower white border of the image. Dated 19th November 1974, also dated according to Islamic calendar 4th November 1394. The photograph is cleanly affixed to the inside of a white folding card, bearing to the front cover an embossed monogramme of Saudi Arabia. Accompanied by the original envelope. VG £300-400
Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust stainless steel gentleman's bracelet watch, ref. 16030, circa 1979, serial no. 577xxxx, milled bezel, circular silvered dial with baton markers, outer minute markers, date aperture and sweep centre seconds, screw-down crown with quick set date, cal. 3035 27 jewel adj. five positions + temperature movement, signed case numbered 16000, jubilee bracelet, 35mm - ** in good condition, Rolex box ref. 67.00.3, Rolex wallet, guarantee certificate stamped Ishaq A. Kooheji, Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia and dated 6 May 1980, purchase receipt from Kooheji Store, Prince Khaled Street, Alkhober, Saudi Arabia dated 3/5/80, Rolex tags, Rolex calendar, Rolex Oyster Chronometer certification booklet -360 VIEW-Condition Report: - Movement - currently functioning. Dial - good. Glass - light surface marks. Hands - good. Case - generally good, some light marks. Crown - adjusting correctly. Bracelet - ref. 67510H with 555 end links, mild swelling to the links, surface corrosion to one link. Box - good. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
ƟJohn Speed, “The Kingdome of Persia with the Cheef Citties and Habites described”, copper plate engraving on paper, hand-coloured, Chiswell and Basset [London, 1676] single leaf, copperplate engraving, hand-coloured details, excellent dark impression on paper, slightly creased along old folds with minor surface soiling, overall very good condition, 410 by 520 mm.; in early twentieth-century frame, under glass A very attractive Speed map of Persia, with vignettes of Isfahan, Hormuz, Tabris and Gilan along the upper edge and depictions of Persian social classes to outer edges, including a Persian nobleman, a common citizen, a countryman and a Turk. Each of these figures are set across from their respective female equivalent forming a decorative frame around the cartography. The map itself focuses on Persia, which includes modern-day Iran and its borders with Russia, Iraq, Armenia, parts of the Turkish Empire and India. Also included along the lower edge of the map are early depictions of the regions of the Gulf now modern Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Oman. A map from Speed's Atlas entitled “A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World”, compiled during his lifetime (1551-1629), but not printed until the Chiswell and Bassett publication in 1676, in which many maps were published for the first time. Ɵ Indicates that the lot is subject to buyer’s premium of 25% exclusive of VAT (0% VAT).
GB, Commonwealth and World in Two Large Boxes - Untidy assortment but with better noted. Including GB 1964 Botanicals and 1965 Churchill presentation packs, Improved album with mint KG6, 3 International albums, old springback with early Saudi Arabia, cover album with illustrated 1964 Botanicals, Sudan 1st Flight cover etc. Worth a good look. (13 volumes in 2 boxes)
Rare 1911 Map and Mentioned in Dispatches Certificate from George Roy Hutton 1914 - 1919, Gallipoli Palestine and Mesopotamia. British War Office Lithographed Map printed in 1907 , and redone in 1911 of Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf. Measures 29 x26 inches, 75 x 67cm. The map was the property of a Surveyor Soldier from the British Expeditionary Forces , who fought in several campaigns in that area of Arabia during WW1 often using that particular map as a reference point . George Hutton , the Surveyor , was mentioned in Dispatches certificate included with the Map for his rescue of a number of soldiers lost in the desert on one of their skirmishes against the Ottoman army there . He later went on after surviving the war, to become the Surveyor General of the County Of Oxfordshire until his retirement, also comes with his Surveyors Certificate . The Map in question, was carried throughout the region during all of the battles he fought during the Great War. On a scale of 1:1,0000, is in very good condition considering it's vintage and all that it went through during the war years . It has excellent detail of the area involved at the time , including the different Arab tribes and Railroad and road links present then plus details of the Anglo-Arabian Oil pipeline and telecommunication lines that was the reason for it all in WW1. Shows physical features, Turco-Persian frontier, ethnic and tribal affiliation, populated places, cultivated land, major ancient and modern roads, railways, waterways, and communication lines telephone runs along the Anglo-Persian Oil Company's pipe line. Covers south eastern Iraq, south western Iran, Kuwait, and upper Persian Gulf. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Lithographed at War Office, Nov. 1907.and seems to be a very accurate depiction of the state of things at the time in that part of the world. George Hutton RE served in the Royal Engineers from age 19 in Mesopotamia throughout the War years and fought at Gallipoli, in Palestine under the command of General Allenby fighting the Turks in the British Expeditionary Forces advance up the Euphrates River Valley. In 1920 graduated as a Surveyor and in 1924 qualified as an Architect. He later was appointed County Architect in 1937 of Oxfordshire, he died in 1975. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Rare Elizabeth II Gulf War 1990-91 Campaign Medal to Romanian Hospital Staff, the medal with single clasp 16 Jan to 28 Feb 1991, awarded to “SG C C OPRESCU SP MIL CHR 100”. The medal is mounted for wear. The Romanian Army as part of the Multinational Peace Force in the Persian Gulf, supplied a Military Hospital during the 1990-91 Gulf War. This was a 200 bed hospital and 363 medical staff. Based at Al Fabayl, Saudi Arabia. They provided medical assistance to the British Forces involved in Operation Granby and provided medical assistance to Prisoners of War and civilians.
Anne Watts - Felt tip, 14cm x 19.5cm. Framed and glazed.Anne Watts is the author of two inspirational books describing her experiences of nursing children around the world, including Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. She is a great supporter of Doves for Peace.Provenance: Acquired by Heather Anderson in June 2019.
TAMIROFF AKIM: (1899-1972) Armenian-American Actor. A good, interesting A.L.S., Akim, two pages, small 4to, Langham Place, London, 8th May 1964, to Peter, on the printed stationery of St George's Hotel. Tamiroff enquires as to how his correspondent is and continues to inform him 'I am soon finishing shooting “Lord Jim” and I'm moving from London to Rome…..London is pleasant - no fog, no rain, even sunshine. Moscow Art Theatre is playing here and there are so many friends of mine among the company. Boris Chaliapin is also here……and also Katia Sevastianoff, Stanislavsky's nephew - now a New Yorker', further remarking 'I have missed a very interesting part in M-G-M (British) production of “The Yellow Rolls Roice” (sic) in an episode with Ingrid Bergman and Omar Shariff (sic) (there are 4 episodes in this film). Too bad!! They are talking to my Rome agents about a part for me in Mastroiani's picture “Casanova”, I hope it will materialize. Picture business is very, very slow all over Europe, and if nothing will come up in the near future, we will soon return home'. The actor returns to the subject of his current work, 'It was very pleasant to work with such actors as Peter O'Toole (a great fellow) and James Mason. The director, Richard Brooks, is good - lot of temperament and energy. It seems I am not bad in this film……Brooks likes me very much and says so. I got very friendly with O'Toole; often we have dinner together……I am sure he will be sensational as Lord Jim, probably even better than Lawrence of Arabia or “the King” in Beckett (sic). The photography of our picture is absolutely breathtaking - the same men who shot “Lawrence of Arabia”.' A letter of excellent content, not least for its references to Peter O'Toole. VG The adventure film Lord Jim (1965) was directed by Richard Brooks and starred Peter O'Toole in the title role (once commenting that it was the finest role he ever performed). Tamiroff portrayed Schomberg in a cast which also included James Mason, Curt Jurgens, Eli Wallach, Jack Hawkins and Paul Lukas. The film fared poorly at the box office and the critical reviews of O'Toole's performance were not good.
CINEMA, souvenir brochures, inc. Annie Get Your Gun, Ben Hur, Oliver, Young Winston, Battle of Britain, Camelot, The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, The Wild Geese, Live and Let Die, Tomorrow Never Dies, Jungle Book, West Side Story, Cleopatra, Mary Poppins, Lawrence of Arabia, Love Story etc., slight duplication, some scuffing to edges, G to VG, 50*
Bent, Theodore & Mrs Theodore Bent Southern Arabia London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1900. 8vo, portrait frontispiece, 25 plates, 6 maps (5 of which are folding), original red cloth gilt, half-title, stamps, blindstamps and bookplate of Manchester Free Public Library, hinges cracked, some quires loose
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