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WHYTES
SINCE 1783
,
616
Histories of Irish soldiers & regiments
The Irish at the Front, Michael Mc Donagh, Foreword by John Redmond
MP, Hodder & Stoughton, (1916); The Pals at Suvla Bay, Henry Hanna K.
C., Ponsonby, Dublin (1916); The Call to Arms: An Authentic Historical
Record of Ireland’s Defence Forces. (3)
€
250-
€
350 (£200-£280 approx)
617
World War I Histories of Irish soldiers & regiments
History of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, Vol. II, McCance, Captain S., Schull
Books (1996); Gallipoli, Robert R. James, Balsford, London (1965); Life of
an Irish Soldier. Godley, General Sir Alexander. John Murray., London.
(1939) (3)
€
80-
€
100 (£60-£80 approx)
618
1927-1933 An t-Óglac
The Irish Army Quarterly, 15 issues: 1927 Vol I, No. 1; 1928 Vol I, No’s. 2
& 3;1929 Vol II, No’s. 2 & 3; 1930 Vol III, No’s. 1-4; 1931 Vol IV, No’s. 1-
4; 1932 Vol V, No’s 1 & 2.; together with seven issues of An Cosantóir,
1940-45.
€
80-
€
120 (£60-£100 approx)
619
1939 Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf
Translated by James Murphy and published in eighteen weekly parts.
Unexpurgated edition. London: Hutchinson and Co. (Publishers),
Ltd.,1939.
Complete in 18 parts, illustrated throughout with over 200 photographs.
All covers present and generally bright, a few browned, some chips and
tears.
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
620
WWII A collection of 31 autographs of British army commanders
Field Marshals: Lord Alanbrooke; Lord Alexander of Tunis; Lord Ironside;
Lord Wilson of Libya; Sir Claud Auchinleck; Lord Harding of Peterton; Sir
Gerald Templar; Sir William Slim; Sir Francis Festing; Sir Richard Hull.
Generals: Sir Brian H. Robertson; Sir John Baggot Glubb (Glubb Paha); Sir
Alan Gordon Cunningham; Sir Hugh Stockwell; Sir Frederick Pile; Sir
Charles Keightley; Sir Robert Mansergh; Sir Roger Bower; Sir Miles
Christopher Dempsey; Sir Charles Loewen; Sir Richard Cllingwood; Sir
Robert Laycock; Sir Brian Horrocks; Sir Michael Redgrave; Sir Richard
Gale; Sir Leslie Hollis; Sir Campbell R.; Sir Ian Riches; W.G.Pike; Brig.
Peter Young. Letters of refusal: General Sir Harold Pyman; General Sir
Cecil Sugden; General Sir Richard Goodbody.
€
250-
€
350 (£200-£280 approx)
621
The autograph of Field Marshal The Right Honourable Bernard
Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein
Signed “Montgomery of Alamein - F. M.” in red fountain pen to a letter
requesting the autograph. 7 x 5½in. (18 x 13cm)
€
200-
€
300 (£160-£240 approx)
622
A collection of 18 autographs of Air Chief Marshals and Marshals of
the Royal Air Force.
Sir Dermot Boyle (Autographed 8” x 6” Photograph); Sir John M.
Salmond; Lord Portal of Hungerford; Lord Douglas of Kirtleside; Sir
Arthur T. “Bomber” Harris (Sir John C. Slessor); Sir William F.Dickson; Sir
Thomas Pike; Lord Tedder; Sir Harry Broadhurst; Sir Hugh Saunders; Sir
Edmund Cuthbert Hudleston; Sir Brian V. Reynolds; Sir Harold Maguire;
Sir John Rene Whitley; Sir Andrew McKee; Sir Geoffrey William Tuttle
(2); Air Commandant Dame Henrietta Barnett, Director Women’s Royal
Air Force (1959)
€
200-
€
300 (£160-£240 approx)
623
The autograph of Group Captain Sir Douglas Bader.
Signed “Douglas Bader - London. 26/3/59” in blue ballpoint on a sheet
from a memo pad printed “D.R.S. Bader”. 6½ x 4in. (15 x 10cm)
€
300-
€
500 (£240-£400 approx)
624
A collection of 21 autographs of Admirals of the Fleet and senior
officers Royal Navy.
Lord Fraser of North Cape; Sir Algernon Usborne Willis; Sir George Elvey
Creasy; Sir Philip Louis Vian; Lord Chatfield; The Earl of Cork & Orrery
(William Boyle); Sir Henry Francis Oliver; Sir Charles E. Lambe; Lord
Cunningham of Hyndhope; Sir Rhoderick Robert McGrigor; Sir Arthur
John Power; Sir John Henry Dacres Cunningham; Sir Casper John; Sir
Charles Morton Forbes; Rear-Admiral Sir Kenelm E.L. Creighton;
Commander J.S. Kerans (H.M.S. Amethyst-Yangtse Incident); Vice-Admiral
Sir Nicholas Alfred Copeman; Admiral Sir John Reginald J. Tyrwhitt;
Admiral Sir Peter Reid Admiral Sir Guy Grantham; Commandant Dame
Elizabeth Hoyar -Mallon.
€
200-
€
300 (£160-£240 approx)
625
The autograph of Admiral of the Fleet The Right Honourable The Earl
Mountbatten of Burma.
Signed “Mountbatten of Burma - A.F.” in green fountain pen on a slip of
pale green paper; accompanied by a compliment slip of the Secretary to
the First Sea Lord, The Admiralty. 6 x 3¾in. (15 x 8cm)
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
626
A collection of 13 autographs of American Generals.
General Maxwell D. Taylor, Chief of Staff U.S. Army; General Mark Wayne
Clarke; Lieutenant-General James C. Sherrill, USAF; General Nathan F.
Twining, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff.(Large Photograph); General L.L.
Lemnitzer, Vice Chief of Staff US Army (Large Photograph); General
Garrison H. Davidson, (Large Photograph); General Curtis E. LeMay’ USAF;
General Thomas D. White, Chief of Staff USAF; Admiral Arleigh A. Burke,
Chief of Staff US Navy; Admiral Jerauld Wright, Commander-in-Chief US
Atlantic Fleet; General Lauris Norstad, Supreme Allied Commander NATO
€
150-
€
200 (£120-£160 approx)
627
A Dublin-made, early 19th century Light Cavalry trooper’s sabre.
the blade curved with single fuller and broad asymmetric point, stamped
Mayfield, Dublin, the single iron knucklebow hilt of “stirrup” type and
foliate quillon. 36” long.
€
150-
€
200 (£120-£160 approx)
Weapons
628
A 19th century heavy cavalry officer’s sword
The wire-bound shagreen grip and honrysuckle pattern guard, in steel
scabbard. 42” long.
€
200-
€
300 (£160-£240 approx)
629
19th century Naval sword
A Navy officer’s sword by Highatt, Gosport, the lion head pommel and
shagreen grip with brass guard emblazoned with the Royal Navy anchor,
the etched steel blade broken 6” from the tip. Total length 36.5”.
€
100-
€
150 (£80-£120 approx)
630
Three 19th century Continental European bayonets
A Yataghan-style bayonet with brass handle and steel crossguard in steel
scabbard, by A&A Schnitzler, Germany; 28” long; and two late 19th
century French Imperial bayonets by Manufactures d’Armes de Tulle and
de Chatellerault, each 26” long.
€
60-
€
80 (£50-£60 approx)