General Auction Including Antiques, Collectables, Militaria, Nautical, Gold & Silver (14% Buyers Commission)
Lot 57:
Description
This collection comprises a variety of volumes and media focused on naval and military history. Included is The Discovery of the Bismarck by Robert D. Ballard and Rick Archbold, with an introduction by Ludovic Kennedy; The D-Day Experience from the Invasion to the Liberation of Paris by Richard Holmes, published by Sevenoaks in association with the Imperial War Museum, presented as a large-format quarto with pictorial boards; and Without Trace: The Last Voyages of Eight Ships by John Harris, a hardcover volume with a dust jacket. Further titles include The Voyage of the Matthew: John Cabot and the Discovery of North America by Peter Firstbrook, a BBC publication with a foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh; Modern Submarine Warfare, a detailed survey with pictorial covers; and Great Sea Stories of the World, bound in turquoise boards. The lot also contains a World War II Special 8 DVD Collection box set of documentary footage. Accompanying the books is a framed maritime display containing three sepia-toned photographs.
Framed item width: approximately 38cm.
Condition report:
The items are in generally good condition with minor shelf wear and scuffing to the corners of the boards. There is some rubbing and light edge wear to the dust jackets and the DVD box set exterior. The framed item shows minor scuffing to the frame edges but remains intact.
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