27th Nov, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
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SAS War Diary 1941-1945. The Originals Edition.
London: Extraordinary Editions, 2011, numbered limited edition of 100 copies signed by Jimmy Storie, last surviving member of The Originals, 'those few men who survived SAS Operation One', facsimile with colour and monochrome illustrations, original blind-stamped leather with leather strap, contained in bespoke 'ammunition box', thick folio.
Sold for £1,700
Estimated at £600 - £1,000
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 27th Nov, 2024
Highlights include a first edition of an important work on the English colonies in America and the West Indies published in 1687, a collection of watercolours depicting landscapes and ancient sites of Egypt and the Middle East, and a selection of mid-19th century albumen print photographs of Rome. Further notable lots include plates from a mid-18th century plan of Paris by Michael Etienne Turgot, a Victorian autograph album and a copy of Eugene Grasset's 'Plants and the Application to Ornament'.
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