Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 December 2008

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 477

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5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£95

Davis, J., Historical Records of The Second Royal Surrey or Eleventh Regiment of Militia, London, 1877, xxii + 468pp, some engraved illustrations, maroon leather, ribbed and gilt spine, all edges gilt, signed presentation copy from the author to Field Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge, ALS from Gerald Rickword, 5.vii.1953, tipped-in; Fyler, A., The History of the 50th…Regiment…to 1881, London, 1895, xviii + 380pp (2 copies, one with dedicatory inscription to Mr James Robson from Major Barker, late 50th Regt, 1896); Pearse, H.W. and Sloman, H.S., History of the East Surrey Regiment, vols. II and III, London, 1923-4, xi + 262pp, viii + 302pp; Harrison-Ainsworth, E.D., The History and War Records of the Surrey Yeomanry (Queen Mary’s Regt), 1797-1928, London, 1928, xiv + 335pp [6]. Publishers’ bindings, the first an attractive copy £50-70

Provenance:
First ex libris H.R.H. The Duke of Cambridge