The Fine Sale, Auction 159 10th & 11th October 2018

123 1326 John Arnold, Tricyclist / Cyclist interest. A collection of thirty medal fobs awarded to J. F. Arnold (including eighteen silver & enamel fobs), circa 1940s-90s, together with a group of other items, including an original black & white photograph depicting Arnold & Crimes (?) racing there tandem tricycle; a silver gilt fob awarded to K. Rayton in 1966; a book entitled 'A Wheel in Two Worlds, The Ron Kitching Story, inscribed to front free endpaper 'To John, With best wishes, Ron Kitching' (Arnold's own copy); two other cycling related books; two cycling pin badges etc., John Arnold was a legend & record breaker in the sport of tandem tricycle racing. He and his partner (A Crimes) still hold several world records which they set in the 1950s, including fastest Lands end to John O Groats; fastest London to Liverpool & fastest Liverpool to Edinburgh. Arnold passed away at the age of 84 in 2013. £100 - £200 1327 Photograph, unusual Flea Circus by William Kemp at Southall Fair 1948, 40cm x 50 cm, framed and glazed, taken from the original negative. £30 - £40 1328 Literature, Autograph, J.B. Priestley (1894-1984), signed white card, dated to reverse13.1.1948 £30 - £40 1329 Le Petit Journal, 15th October 10 16th December, rebound in black boards, with covers, interesting colour prints and articles on the Boer War, Disasters, Boxer Rebellion, Indian Famine, 1900 Paris Expo, Theatre Fire, Military. £100 - £120 1330 Original poster from WW2 detailing how to tackle a fire bomb £80 - £100 1331 Military, an unusual autograph album (lacking covers), with 276* signatures of various soldiers visiting Rendlesham Camp, inc. many Norfolk Yeomanry (various troops), A.S.C. (Swansea), Suffolk Regt., East Lancs, R.A.M.C., Montgomeryshire Yeomanry, probably collected by local photographer Ada Mannall of Blaxhall, she photographed a lot of the troops at Rendlesham Camp , 1915-16, some of the soldiers have written the battles they fought in when in France, interesting local item £30 - £40 1332 Map/Plan Stowmarket, Great Finborough Hall Estate by R.C Knight and Sons with estate boundaries in colour, minor holes in some of the creases £30 - £40 1333 Literature, Marie Corelli (1855-1924), signed cream card, from the Arthur Brierley Collection £30 - £40 1334 Lawrence (T. E.). Seven Pillars of Wisdom, a triumph, 1st edition, publiished Jonathan Cape, 1935, black & white frontispiece, black & white plates throughout, original gilt decorated cloth, 4to £30 - £50 1335 Polar Exploration, Raymond Priestley (1886-1974), signed white card with 'Shackleton & Scott Antarctic Expeditions 1907-13, scarce in this format, from the Arthur Brierley Collection, signed 5th November 1958 £40 - £60