1001 A locomotive paperweight featuring S R
King Arthur Class 4-6-0 “Sir Bors de Ganis”. This is 9in long on a cast plinth.
(£30-£50)
1002 Three carriage compartment Alarm Signal
plates. All are believed to be pre-war Metropolitan Railway (not marked). Each
bears the standard message “To stop the train pull down the chain. Penalty £5
for improper use”. Dished tinplate 5.5in x 3.75in cream letters on red ground
(message in this case “..... if improperly used”); red enamel plate 5in x3in
with cream letters and plastic (bakelite) 4in x 2in with red engraved letters.
Some surface scratches on metal plates o/w gc - plastic vgc. (3) (£30-£40)
1003 International Railway Congress London
1925. Gilt badge (No 33) with white and blue enamel. vgc. (£5-£10)
1004 London & Birmingham Railway
Centenary Bronze Medal in original case and outer box with LMS compliments slip
signed by Lord Stamp. Medal mint - case excellent. (£50-£60)
1005 G N R leather wallet clearly stamped in
two places 4.25in x 5.5in gc. (£10-£15)
1006 Set of six Ian Allan Locospotters Club
badges in regional colours - mint. (£60-£80)
1007 Two “pilotman” cloth armbands - one from
Arley & Fillongley Station Box (inscribed on back) virtually unused
complete with buttons; second a little grubby, lacks buttons. (2) (£8-£12).
********
1008 L N W R & Midland: “Towns and Places
to and from which the LNWR and MR Convey Goods from and to London” 85pp and
complete with folding map. Red cloth card covers with both companies’ crests in
gilt. vgc. (£30-£40)
1009 Eastern & Midlands Railways: a very
rare handbill promoting cheap tickets between Kings Cross, Peterborough and
Cromer, Sheringham, Lynn and Wisbech. Nov 1888. Some minor loss on edges (text
not affected) o/w vgc. (£20-£25)
1010 L N E and M & GN Rly: handbill for
(Spalding) Divisional Labour Party Corridor Express Excursion to Blackpool 27
July 1929. Folds, a little fading on edges and some pencil notes on back o/w
vgc. (£15-£20)
1011 Bodmin & Wadebridge Railway: small
notice/handbill 11in x 8.5in Swimming Match, Blackpool 6 August 1868. “Trains
will run Wadebridge to Dunmeer and Bodmin to Blackpool”. Return Fares 9d and 6d
respectively. Where was Blackpool? Clearly not Lancashire at those fares! Some
spotting o/w gc TOGETHER WITH Pay Sheet for Fortnight ending 18 May 1876. Staff
listed under heading of “Engine”, “Carriages & Wagons”, “Sundry Work”,
“Barges” and “Horses”. Corner mounted on cardboard, some spotting o/w gc. (2)
(£30-£40)
1012 Brecon & Merthyr Railway: Locomotive
Diagrams (9) in the form of blueprints 10in x 8in dated 5-8-21. Punched at
later date for filing o/w gc with usual marks of normal use. Classes 9 and 30
removed. (£20-£30)
1013 LM S (NS Section): small booklet 7in x
3.5in of blueprint locomotive diagrams of the former NSR. 28 diagrams with
index. Covers a little grubby o/w gc. A scarce item. (£30-£40)
**** ROYAL TRAIN MATERIAL ****
1014 Southern Railway: Instructions to staff
in connection with train from Victoria to Portsmouth Dockyard (South Railway
Jetty) conveying King George V and Queen Mary 26 July 1932. 7 page booklet,
folds o/w gc/vgc. (£20-£30)
1015 L B S C R: Timetable of Special Train
conveying HRH The Prince of Wales from Portsmouth Dockyard to Victoria. 11 Oct
1920. Folded card, printed blue and gilt. Very small amount of foxing on lower
edge o/w vgc. (£20-£25)
1016 G W R: Notice of Royal Trains for Visit
of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Wales 13/14/15 July 1927. Paddington
to Portskewett, Newport, Swansea, Pencader, Aberystwyth and Afon Wen (en route
Caernarvon and Euston) TOGETHER WITH special Train Notice Booklet giving
details of consequential changes and instructions for GWR Central Wales
Division 14/15 July 1937. Covers a little grubby o/w gc/vgc TOGETHER WITH
Central Wales Division Notice of Special Arrangements in connection with Royal
National Eisteddfod at Pwllheli August 1925. A little scruffy but complete. (3)
(£25-£35)
********
1017 L N E R: handbill for Pathe Mobile News
Cinema “attached to this train”. Programme for week commencing 24 June 1935.
Creases, but is intact and clean. Not many of these handbills survived. A
second copy is included but it has been mounted with sellotape and the
inevitable brown stain remains round the edges. (2) (£15-£20)
1018 Rhymney Railway: Line Clear Ticket
counterfoil. Llanishen Cabin to Tunnel North Cabin, Flaking on edges but a rare
survivor from the 1800s. Fragile. (£5-£10)
1019 L N W R: two used card train Staff
Tickets Hopton Top to Middleton Top 11/2/09 and 11/3/10 from Cromford &
High Peak Line. Some grubbiness round edges but complete with no tears or
creases. (2) (£30-£40)
1020 L C C Trams: Map and Guide 1922. 18in x
15in folding to 3.75in x 6in. County Hall and Tram in red illustration on front
panel which is slightly grubby o/w gc/vgc. (£20-£25)
1021 Metropolitan Railway folding map of
London (no date); British Empire Exhibition 1924 “...... its situation
described in relation to the railways of London. Coloured pictorial
diagrammatic map 29in x 20in folding to 4in x 7in TOGETHER WITH Sydney Suburban
and City Underground diagrammatic Map No 1 1939 clearly based on the famous
London Underground diagram map. All gc. (3) (£15-£20)
1022 Underground folding card coloured
diagram map of railways of London. no date but pre-LPTB. 6.5in x 5.5in and LT
Underground Railway Map No 1 1937 (map - not diagram) both gc/vgc TOGETHER WITH
Southern Railway Suburban Area Map 8.5in x 4.25in (folds into three). No date
but electrification of Epsom Downs and Tattenham Corner branches shown “in progress”. Some spotting, a little rubbed on
folds. (3) (£15-£20)
1023 L T maps: a collection of six.
Underground - an early version of the Beck coloured diagram; the 1948 and 1951
issues; Underground map No 2 1939; the Beck diagram No 2 1936; Central Area bus
map Jan 1949 TOGETHER WITH Southern Railway London - Brussels timetable card 2
Oct 1927. All gc/vgc. (7) (£15-£20)
1024 L M S: Grangemouth Docks Tide Tables and
General Information. 1936. Small (3.75in x 4.75in) 106pp booklet with folding
plan of docks; thin card covers - one hole punched on front cover o/w gc/vgc
TOGETHER WITH a Grangemouth Tide Table booklet for 1934 issued by J Hay &
Sons Ltd, Ship Brokers. Hole punched for stringing o/w gc. (2)(£25-£30)
1025 Midland Railway: Map of Lines &
Stations 1888. 20.5in x 25.5in on linen dmf to 4in x 7in in brown cloth board
book type cover with gilt titling. Covers stained and map lacks one panel o/w
map is clean with no endorsements. (£20-£30)
**** TIMETABLES ****
(See also Lots 701-786 and Lot AZ)
1026 Midland Railway PTT 1 July 1874 ufn.
Front paper cover flaking on edges remainder of contents gc/vgc but lacks rear
cover. It has been mounted between outer board covers (repaired). Includes full
1874 Programme of Tourist Tickets (green pages). (£60-£80)
1027 L B S C and Western of France Railway:
“General Arrangements” (i.e. timetables and fares) via Newhaven and Dieppe to
Paris, Switzerland, Italy and South of France. June 1903 ufn. 3.5in x 5in.
60pp, paper covers. Some spotting on front cover o/w virtually mint. (£20-£30)
1028 Talyllyn Railway: small folding
timetable card 3.5in x 4in (down to 3.5in x 2in) July, Aug & Sept 1909.
vgc. (£20-£30)
1029 Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway:
official Time Table & Guide May 1930 ufn 8pp in orange paper covers. Rusty
staple o/w vgc. (£20-£30)
1030 Lynn & Fakenham Railway: WTT October
1882 ufn. Covers both sections Lynn to Lenwade and Yarmouth to North Walsham.
Some foxing and a small ink stain o/w gc. The first we have seen from this
railway. (£40-£60)
1031 Woolmer Instructional Military Railway:
“Summer Time Table commencing 21-5-30 ufn. Travel on the W.I.M.R is Free to the
Public”. Single sheet in form of blueprint 15in x 11.5in. Issued by H Q Railway
Training Centre RE, Longmoor Camp. (£30-£40)
1032 Jersey Eastern Railway Co Ltd: Summer
Time Table and Continental Service 1904. Folding card with coloured pictorial
cover 3.5in x5.5in when folded. Four double sided panels. Sellotape repair
along one fold and one other rubbed - holding along half its length o/w vgc.
(£30-£40)
1033 Kent & East Sussex Railway: Official
Time Book (i.e. PTT). Nov 1915 ufn. 8in x 6in landscape format. 8pp including
map. vgc. (£30-£40)
1034 Dublin & Lucan Steam Tramway: Pocket
Time & Fare Tables March 1884 ufn. Single sheet 8.25in x 8.25in folding to
2.75in x 4in. Slightly grubby on folds o/w vgc. (£25-£35)
1035 Knott End Railway: sheet timetable 1 May
to 11 July 1913. 20in x 30in. Minuscule loss in one time column o/w vgc.
(£30-£40)
1036 Highland Railway: WTT October 1914 ufn.
Has two severe horizontal creases with page tears along top one and a few other
tears but no loss. Definitely only a “gap-filler” TOGETHER WITH PTT Modified
Train Service in consequence of Coal Strike 15 April 1912. Again, a gap-filler;
creases and tears but with only minuscule loss. (2) (£20-£30)
1037 B R (WR): large (qr) sheet timetable for
former Cambrian Lines 18 June - 9 Sept 1962. Also includes Barmouth-Ruabon
Neath & Brecon and the three N G lines (Vale of Rhiedol, Tallylyn and
Festiniog). Folds, small loss on lower margin (text not affected) o/w gc.
(£15-£25)
1038 L N W R: the LNWR section of Bradshaw
produced for LNWR Service Use Only - Not for distribution to the Public. Jan
1918. Proof copy in outer soft cloth cover. title page a little faded with
three small archival repairs o/w vgc. (£15-£25)
**** SHIPPING ITEMS ****
1039 White Star Dominion Line to Canada:
Unusual illustrated brochure 8.5in x 3.75in trimmed to the shape of a log.
1924. 12pp (incl covers) with illustrations of ships and interiors. Doric,
Pittsburgh, Regina, Cedric and Celtic featured. vgc. (£30-£40)
1040 Yokohama Municipal Electric Bureau:
special ticket issued in honour of visit of HMS Renown and HMS Durban to
Yokohama in connection with visit of Prince of Wales 1922. For use by RN
officers and men on a trip on city tramways TOGETHER WITH two third class passes for travel on
Japanese Government Railways during same visit. Colourful folding card with
insert railway, tramway and harbour diagram plan. All contained in special
paper wallet 3in x 3.5in. The wallet is somewhat grubby but other items
virtually mint. (£30-£50)
1041 Great Eastern Train Ferries Ltd. Opening
of Harwich - Zeebrugge Train Ferry Service Thursday 24 April 1924. Inaugural
Luncheon at the Felix Hotel, Felixstowe. Folding Menu and Toast List (4in x
6in) with embossed coloured house flag and illustrations of train ferry and
Felix Hotel. gc/vgc. (£20-£30)
1042 North of Scotland & Orkney &
Shetland Steam Navigation Co Ltd. Sailings for July Aug and Sept 1934. 20pp
booklet with coloured pictorial covers, other illustrations and map TOGETHER
WITH similar for May to Sept 1954 (36pp
with map but covers not coloured). In both cases covers a little grubby but
contents gc. (2) (£15-£25)
**** RAILWAY MENU CARDS ****
1043 G W R Fishguard Car (2) Dinner 20 July
1934. Folding card 6in x 10in. Royal Hotel Teignmouth (line drawing) featured
on front with system map on back. Some grubby marks, horizontal fold o/w gc.
(£25-£30)
1044 L M S Coronation Scot Menu: 1st Class
15/8/39. 6in x 9in folding card in three sections with information panels about
the train, golf and a system map featuring LMS Hotels. vgc. (£50-£60)
1045 L N E R Coronation: 3rd Class Dinner
Menu 17 Sept 1937. Folding card blue gilt and orange “4489 Dominion of Canada”
on back. vgc. (£40-£50)
1046 L M S: Restaurant Car Menu 3rd Class
Dinner 20/5/39. Folding paper 6in x 9.5in. vgc. (£30-£40)
1047 N E R: 50th Anniversary of Opening of
Stockton & Darlington Railway. Banquet 27 Sept 1875, Folding menu card (5in
x 8in) with programme of music and vignettes of locos and scenes. 2in tear on
fold (no loss) o/w vgc TOGETHER WITH Toast List insert also vgc. (£30-£40)
1048 G E R: Lunch Menu for Abercorn Rooms 19
April 1911. Embossed gilt company title (in full) with vignettes of Liverpool
Street Hotel and Restaurant Car interior. Horizontal fold (only just visible)
o/w vgc. (£25-£35)
1049 L & Y Central District Goods and
Passenger Department 10th Annual Dinner at Derby Hotel, Bury 14 Dec 1912.
Folding menu card (4.5in x 7in) with embossed decorative border and gilt
company crest. Also gives train times, toast list and musical programme vgc.
TOGETHER WITH a slightly smaller item
for 7 Dec 1907 at Grant Arms Hotel Ramsbottom - a little grubby and some
foxing. (2) (£20-£30)
1050 L M S: Chief Accountant’s Office Audit
Section. Programme of Complimentary Social Evening in honour of F J Pollard on
the occasion of his retirement after 44 years in the Audit Section 27 Jan 1938.
As well as the Dinner Menu, this folding card indicates a following visit to
the Gaiety Theatre at 8.15pm featuring Leslie Henson, Fred Emney, Debroy Somers
and his band etc TOGETHER WITH the menu card and programme for the 8th Annual
Dinner of the same Section (formerly LNWR, now LMS) 2 March 1923. Both folding
cards approx 4in x 6in. Slightly grubby
on outer panels o/w gc/vgc. (2) (£20-£30)
**** IAN ALLAN ABCs ****
(All unmarked)
1051 Combined Volume 31 August 1950. Blue
boards a little rubbed on extremities o/w contents vgc. (£60-£80)
1052 Combined Volume Winter 1953/54. A few
minor marks on blue boards o/w vgc. (£60-£80)
1053 Combined Volume Summer 1961. Surface
marks on front cover adjacent to spine o/w contents vgc TOGETHER WITH ABC
Southern Electrics 1943 and ABC Southern and LMS Electrics 1946. Both vgc. (3)
(£50-£60)
1054 Set of four of the original 1943
editions SR, LMS, LNER, and GWR (the latter with a little minor foxing on
cover) o/w all vgc. (4) (£30-£40)
********
1055 Bond’s Model Catalogues: 1931-1932 and
1939-1940 Editions. Both vgc. (2) (£15-£20)
1056 Hornby Book of Trains 1938-39 (includes
a full colour priced catalogue) vgc. (£25-£30)
1057 L N E R: Naming of V2 “Kings Own
Yorkshire Light Infantry” in Doncaster Works Yard 20 May 1939 by the wife of
General Sir Charles Deedes. Invitation card from the General and Officers of
the Regiment to Luncheon at the Danum Hotel after the ceremony. vgc. (£15-£20)
1058 B R (ER and LMR): Commemorative booklet
issued to mark the inauguration of electrically hauled passenger services
between Manchester and Sheffield 14 Sept 1954. Slight grubbiness on title page
o/w gc TOGETHER WITH menu for special
luncheon on 14th September 1954 at Midland Hotel Manchester AND LNER booklet
“Failures of Steam Railcars and how to deal with them” 1931. (3) (£20-£30)
1059 Derby Railway Institute. 32pp
illustrated booklet (4.5in x 5.5in) 1930 TOGETHER WITH Midland Railway List of Arrangements for
Conveyance of Parcels from Derby 1898. Both a little grubby but o/w gc. (2)
(£20-£30)
1060 G W R: Periods Etc of the Opening of the
GWR and Branches. Prepared by the Passenger Department. An interesting
manuscript listing of the opening dates and distances of the GWR from 1838 to
1863 with additional footnotes up to 1875., Three foolscap sides. Probably the
original reference document of distances in the Passenger Department. Torn on
creases and grubby on the outer panels but no loss. (£20-£30)
1061 A description of Mr Macneill’s method of
laying down railway sections and plans in juxtaposition as adopted by the
Standing Order Committee of the House of Commons 1837. Published John Weale.
Complete with three folding plates. An early “standard” for submissions of
plans and sections to Parliament to support railway bills. Some surface dirt,
minor spotting and lacks back cover (a later brown paper addition) but is
complete and free from tears. (£30-£50)
1062 Southern Railway Musical Society Concert
at Caxton Hall 24 March 1938. Programme book (8in x 10in) with no less than
92pp. Of these, details of the concert and spread over 12 green pages in the
centre. The rest contain advertisements (with an index). With a full orchestra
and choir the series of annual concerts were clearly of a high standard to
attract nationally known artists - on this occasion they included Arthur Askey
whose autograph appears on the programme. Some minor spotting and grubbiness on
covers o/w vgc. (£25-£35)
1063 London General Omnibus Co Ltd: a small
ring binder notebook (4.5in x 6in) containing an immense amount of historical
information for the period of the first world war. Some examples: List of
Garages with names of Superintendents, Chief Foremen and Divisional and Asst
Divisional Inspectors; Schedule & Actual Miles % lost miles due to traffic;
Private Chauffeurs - rates of pay; Bonus Scheme details; Garage Clerical Staff
- pay scales; Prices of Uniforms 1916; Tickets issued in Sept 1916; LCC
Tramways - all classes of cars with seating capacity; List of fatal accidents;
Operating Department - position of rolling stock returns; samples of
geographical stages on tickets for various services. A veritable mine of
information and hence a very important archive. Most of the information is hand
written in the smallest, neatest hand I have seen. (£70-£80)
1064 N B R: via Aberfoyle to the Trossachs.
The pre-group forerunner to the better-known LNER publication. 16pp
illustrations and map. Printed for the North American market. Paper covers yapp
edges with a few nicks o/w vgc. (£25-£30)
1065 L N W R Information for Visitors to
Great Britain. 1914. 68pp illustrations and folding map. vgc. (£30-£40)
1066 Metropolitan Railway: A Day in the
Country. 32pp brochure with stiff card covers, illustrations, map and full
details of reduced fare facilities. Two minor creases on cover o/w contents
vgc. (£20-£30)
1067 South African Railways: Tourist Map
(full colour) of South Africa 1937. 26.5 in x 21.5in folding to 4.5in x 9in in
paper cover. Map vgc; cover gc. (£12-£20)
1068 L N E R: 8 Footplate Staff Record Cards
from West Hartlepool Depot. Somewhat grubby in places but interesting histories
from the steam eta. (8) (£10-£20)
1069 L M S: Details for the sale by auction
of railway property in Hull on the corner of King Edward Street and Saville
Street in Edward’s Place. Foolscap 7pp with coloured floor plans etc. Slightly
grubby card covers o/w gc. (£10-£20
1070 Parliamentary Bill to form West Midland
Railway 1860. Slightly dirty edges o/w gc. (£8-£12)
1071 Mold & Denbigh Junction Railway:
nine Directors’ Reports & Accounts for half years ending 31/12/10, 30/6/11,
31/12/11, 30/6/12, 31/12/12, 30/6/13, 31/12/13 and years ending 31/12/15 and
31/12/16. All vgc TOGETHER WITH a short
engineering description of Liverpool Overhead Railway in French and English -
eight page brochure. (£20-£25)
1072 G W R gauge conversion. An interesting
printed leaflet from Hendy & Co pointing out the benefits of sending coal
direct from colliery to destination in one set of wagons and “this means house
coals are offered at very low prices .....” (to stations “below” Exeter). vgc.
(£8-£12)
1073 Swindon Marlborough & Andover
Railway. 16 items of paperwork concerned with the promotion, purchase of land
and cutting of the first sod on 28 July 1875. All vgc. (£20-£30)
1074 A small panel (6in x 2in) of woven silk
depicting locomotive and two carriages: Stephenson’s “Triumph”. Woven in the
York Exhbition 1879 by Thomas Stevens, Inventor & Manufacturer. Some stain
marks on mount but silk vgc. (£40-£50)
1075 L M S: The English Lakes. Illustrated
Guide with coloured pictorial covers. 127pp complete with folding map. vgc.
(£30-£40)
1076 Furness Railway: Rock-Climbing in
Cumberland. June 1914. Illustrated guide. 43pp. Paper covers somewhat grubby.
Rusty staples o/w contents vgc. A scarce item. (£40-£50)
1077 Snowdon Mountain Railway: small (3.5in x
4.5in) guide with sepia toned photographs by Photochrom. 30pp No date but
probably 1930s. vgc. (£40-£45)
1078 L N W R: Gradient Tables. Jan 1914.
127pp soft cloth covers - front cover has central vertical crease and title
page has surface dirt o/w tight and gc/vgc. (£30-£40)
1079 Midland Railway Gradient Diagrams 1902
with index. Folded linen sheets in soft cloth cover 13in x 7in (landscape
format) vgc. (£40-£50)
1080 L N E R: 1946/47 publicity folding
leaflets for new/re-introduced named trains East Anglian, Master Cutler,
Yorkshire Pullman and for hotels at Kings Cross, Sheffield, Parkeston Quay,
Bradford and Grimsby. 11 - all vgc. (£15-£25)
1081 L N E R/GWR/SR publicity handbills and
booklets from the 1946/47 period i.e. some of the last pre-nat issues. 30 LNER,
12 SR and 12 GWR. All gc/vgc. (54) (£30-£40)
1082 G N & N E Railways: Tourist Programme
The East Coast Express Route to Scotland 1 July 1895 ufn. 49pp coloured
pictorial covers but bound in special red leather outer covers as a souvenir of
the International Railway Congress with gilt titling. Outer covers well rubbed
on edges and spine but pictorial covers very well preserved - almost mint.
Stitching to outer covers holding - just o/w contents tight and vgc. (£30-£40)
1083 South Wales miscellany. TVR: a very
early Notice (to staff) stating rules to be followed in case of accidents 6 Nov
1857. Folds with some tears (no loss) and a little grubby. Brecon &
Merthyr: special circular - Fogs and Snowstorms Dec 1913. Folds and a little
grubby. B & M booklet on Prevention of Accidents to staff 1918. GWR:
Telephone Directory for Swansea Exchange (No date) gc. (4) (£30-£40)
1084 The Great Western Railway of England
Illustrated Guide. May 1893. Printed for North American market. 24pp with map
showing the three (sic) GWR routes between Liverpool and London. Paper covers
detached with slight loss at one corner o/w contents tight and vgc. (£25-£30)
1085 L N W R: Information for Passengers
intending to Visit England, Ireland, Scotland and Europe generally. April 1892.
24pp plus folding map. Two routes to London described in “travel chart” style:
Liverpool and Holyhead to Euston. Paper covers - a few edge nicks and one half
inch tear (no loss) o/w gc/vgc. (£25-£35)
1086 G W R miscellany. Four publicity items:
Sunny Cornwall 28pp with folding map vgc; Wessex White Horses 15pp +
illustrations and folding system map vgc; Through the Window Paddington to
Birkhead. 1925. 95pp. Covers slightly grubby o/.w contents vgc and catalogue of
GWR travel publications 1928 vgc. (4) (£35-£45)
1087 L M S & L N E R joint publicity:
Through the Trossachs folding brochure 1938 with pictorial map on centre spread
gc; Scotland for the Holidays. (no date) 64pp with coloured pictorial cover
(waterfall) slightly grubby with nicks on spine o/w vgc and 1937 brochure for
Coronation Year produced by the “big four” for North American market vgc. (3)
(£25-£35)
1088 L N E R: illustrated booklet “London -
The World’s Largest City”. 36pp, coloured cover (marching band outside
Buckingham Palace). No date vgc TOGETHER WITH booklet “Night Travel at Half
Fares 26 Sept 1938 - 30 April 1939. Folds o/w gc. (2) (£15-£25)
1089 L D E C R: invitation card for a Mr R
Davies to attend the “Ceremony of Cutting the First Sod of the New Railway and
to Luncheon afterwards at the Stephenson Memorial Hall, Chesterfield 7 June
1892” On reverse “A special train will leave St Pancras 9.30”. gc/vgc TOGETHER
WITH the original envelope grubby but intact. (2) (£30-£40)
1090 Midland Railway: 17 handbills, all
different. All have the usual tear/piece missing where strung o/w condition
varies - mainly gc. (£40-£50)
1091 G N R: 11 handbills plus 1 LMS, 1 LNER
and 1 SECR, total 14. Condition similar to previous lot. (£30-£40)
1092 Approx 30 handbills for excursions etc
from the 1950s. Many from lines/stations now closed. Mainly from the midlands
and north. Many do not have the usual tear where strung. gc/vgc. (£15-£25)
1093 Approx 27 handbills for excursions etc
from the 1950s. Similar to previous lot but mainly from Scotland and NE.
(£20-£30)
1094 Southern Railway: five of the booklets
in “Off the Beaten Track” series: No 1 - The Dolomites; No 2 - A trip up the
Rhine; No 5 - the Dalmatian Coast; No 15 - Egypt (The Winter Playground) and No
17 - Lake Garda. Nos 5 and 15 1924 - the rest 1927 TOGETHER WITH two London and
Paris folding leaflets services and fares for 1 Jan - 14 May 1939 and an early
BR (SR) issue 1 Dec 1949 ufn. All vgc. (7) (£20-£30)
1095 L M S (Northern Division): Programme of
Tours & Excursions in Scotland and Tourist Fares to places in Scotland and
England. Season 1924. 160pp with folding map. Cover a little grubby and part of
rear cover missing and sellotape repair o/w contents tight and gc/vgc.
(£20-£30)
1096 L M S Northern Division: Passenger Fares
between Principal Stations; Workmen’s Fares and Weekly Zone Fares. June 1930.
51pp with neat ink and tipped in amendments TOGETHER WITH Tourist Return Fares
Booklet from stations in Scotland 1 May - 31 Oct 1930. 66pp with some neat ink
amendments AND two joint LMS/LNER booklets: Programme of Tourist Return Fares
1939 (from certain stations in Scotland) 44pp and Parcels by Passenger Train
from Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow 1936. 52pp. All four have marks of
normal use but are basically gc. (4) (£30-£40)
1097 Railway Riot: “The Ideal Game for motor
outings, the beach , holiday camps, sports clubs ..... etc”. Complete unused
pad sufficient for 12 players. Some foxing on front cover o/w vgc. (£10-£20)
1098 L M S: Station Departure Sheets 1 May -
2 July 1939 for Market Harborough, Kettering and Wellingborough. Rolled vgc.
(3) (£25-£30)
1099 L M S: rolled system wall map varnished
linen on wooden rollers top and bottom with original hanging ribbon. This
example is in the best condition of the many similar maps we have seen -
excellent. (£25-£30)
1100 Midland Railway: a collection of 10
official 0.5in : 1ft outline drawings of proposed locomotives from 1912-14
period - only one of which was built: the 0-10-0 “Lickey banker”. Wheel
arrangements featured include 2-10-0, 0-6-6-0, 2-6-6-2; 2-8-2 as well as the
0-10-0 and 2-6-2T TOGETHER WITH five similar drawings of locos that were built
(these to scale of 0.25in : 1ft). All gc. (15). (£30-£40)
1101 L M S: 7 outline carriage and two wagon
drawings from the 1930s (approx 19in x 10in) TOGETHER WITH a drawing of
“Proposed Standard Locomotive Stock” showing outlines and weights of Class 6
4-6-0 passenger and Class 4 and Class 2 0-6-0 freight locos. Dated 16-3-1943.
All gc/vgc. (£20-£30)
**** JIGSAW PUZZLES ****
1102 Victory “three - dimensional” wood
jigsaw complete with tray: RH & DR locomotive “Typhoon”. 9in x 7in in
original box unopened. (£20-£25)
1103 G W R: King Arthur on Dartmoor. Complete
vgc. Blue lift lid box poor. (£35-£40)
1104 G W R: King George V complete (one piece
cracked o/w vgc). Original orange slip case box fair. (£30-£35)
1105 G W R: King Arthur on Dartmoor. Complete
(3 replacement pieces). Book type box poor. (£15-£25)
**** CARRIAGE PANELS ****
(See also Lot DH)
1106 Great Central Railway: a pair of
original colour tinted photographs by Photochrom Ltd in original mount (19in x
9.5in). Shakespeare's Birthplace (Stratford-on-Avon,via Woodford) and Clumber
House, The Dukeries (Worksop Station, Great Central Railway). An interesting
original handwritten note appears on the back: "Two Lunch or Dine adverts
in one compartment only is quite in order" The mount is torn in one place
and there is edge fading. There are some marks on the "sky" of
Clumber House which could almost certainly be removed by careful restoration.
Pre-group carriage prints in original mounts are rare and this is the first GCR
we have seen. (£80-£100)
1107 North London Railway: this is smaller
than normal (22in x 5.5in) printed on thick card with three
"messages": Caution about opening doors prematurely; Smoking in
Carriages and "Notice, Passengers are particularly requested not to put
their feet on the cushion and seats of carriages". Some stain marks o/w
gc. (£30-£50)
1108 London Transport: wartime panel notice
printed in red and black "In Air Raids" and "In the
Blackout". gc/vgc. (£20-£30)
1109 London Transport (Met. Line Compt.
Stock): "What to do in Air Raids". Blue printing on white paper.
gc/vgc. (£20-£30)
1110 London Transport Underground:
Metropolitan Line map (line shown in green) Very minor creases on card and a
little staining on lower edge o/w gc/vgc. 24.5in x 8.5in. (£15-£25)
1111 L N E R: Hotels Owned by the LNER - a
listing, printed black on thin white card with slight defacement on two corners
o/w gc TOGETHER WITH similarly titled list but printed in black and orange with
art deco coloured panel on left "The Quicker Way to Comfort". Some
staining on edges and two tears - very minor loss on one corner and between the
E and R of "LNER". Not in the best of condition but a rare item. (2)
(£15-£25)
1112 L N E R: Great Central Suburban Lines
Route Diagram. Some very minor creases on edges o/w gc. (20in x 10in) (£15-£20)
**** POSTERS & PRINTS ****
1113 Caledonian Railway: small (15in x 20in)
letterpress poster. Train alterations Glasgow to Gartcosh 1917. Folds with a
few edge nicks o/w vgc. (£8-£15)
1114 Metropolitan Line poster (25in x 28.5in)
from the 1906s modernisation contrasting old and new stations, folds o/w gc/vgc
TOGETHER WITH a vertical "strip" poster diagram of the line from
Harrow North Junction to Amersham and Chesham describing modernisation works
July 1958-June 1962 8.5in x 39in. Folds vgc. (2) (£15-£25)
1115 "Railway Notice" issued by the
principal main line railway companies (including the Southwold Railway!) in
January 1927 notifying increases in charges. dr letterpress. Folds, a few edge
nicks o/w gc. (£10-£20)
1116 Great Southern Railway: Excursion
Tickets from Dublin (Eastern Section). dr letterpress Dec 1939. Folds o/w vgc.
(£20-£30)
1117 Great Southern Railway: Reserve Your
Seat in Advance. dr letterpress two colour (blue and red). May 1937, 4in tear
on one edge (only very minor loss); other edge nicks, folds o/w gc. (£20-£30)
1118 Highland Railway: three letterpress
posters. Lochmoddy Cattle Market 8 Sept 1882 (20in x 12.5in); Dingwall Holiday
* 19 April 1882 (15in x 20in); Conservative Demonstrations at Dingwall * 14 Oct
1884 TOGETHER WITH Caledonian Canal Steamers Excursions on Loch-Ness* Sept
1884. All have folds and three marked * have some minor loss on folds. (4)
(£20-£30)
1119 County Donegal Railways: two letterpress
posters approx 18in x 23in. Excursion Season 1932 Cheap Tickets - Quicker
Trains (blue on white). Folds edge nicks o/w gc TOGETHER WITH Christmas
Holidays 1925 (black on green). Folds, some edge tears - minor loss not
affecting text. (2) (£15-£25)
1120 Joint Railway, Southampton and Cowes
Companies' Steam Packet Service to and from Isle of Wight 1 June 1901 ufn.
Letterpress 15in x 20in with picture of steamer and giving times of sailings to
and from Ryde, Portsmouth, Southsea and Stokes Bay. Folds, one or two very
small edge nicks o/w vgc. (£30-£50)
1121 St Mary's Loch & Tibbie Shiels.
Early small letterpress poster (17in x 10in) advertising the start of a coach
service from Innerleithen Railway station from 2 July (no year stated).
Archival repairs o/w gc. (£15-£20)
1122 Train Departure Sheets (dr): Lancaster
Castle (Morecombe & Heysham Line) 14 June 1965 to 17 April 1966. Folds o/w
vgc and Morecombe Promenade Saturdays 20 June - 5 Sept 1964. Folds, edge tears
with minor loss. (2) (£15-£20)
1123 BR: Inter City 125. London-Bristol-South
Wales. Coloured pictorial dr. vgc. (£8-£15)
**** CUNEO ITEMS ****
(See also Lots 579 and 1495)
1124 Terence Cuneo: Mallard 33in x 28in
print. vgc. (£15-£25)
1125 Terence Cuneo: The Great Marquess 33in x
24in print. vgc. (£15-£25)
1126 Terence Cuneo: (Talyllyn Railway Train
on Viaduct) Untitled 29in x 24in print. vgc. (£15-£25)
1127 A set of 12 Cuneo prints (approx 17in x
12in) in gold coloured folder. The original paintings were commissioned by BR
and used for posters and a 1980 calendar. A limited edition set (with
introductory sheet) was also prepared for, but believed never put on, public
sale. A few sets survived and this one is virtually mint. The prints are Night
Freight; Memories of Willesden Junction; The Last of the Thoroughbreds; An
Engine is Wheeled; A4 on the Forth; The Penydarren Tramroad Locomotive; Clear
Road Ahead; Royal Albert Bridge; Clapham Junction; Into the 80s; Autumn of
Steam and Forging Ahead. (£80-£120)
1128 Terence Cuneo: colour print from the
original painting "Castles at Tyseley" 33in x 28in vgc apart from
tear in one margin (image not affected) (£15-£25)
********
1129 Forsyth's Improved Railway Signal by the
Queens Royal Letters Patent". A single sheet 28in x 19in printed with six
illustrations of locomotives with headlamps around a central illustration of a
train with three lamps approaching a station with tall "Signal" post
with six lights. Four strips along the bottom, three of which are hand coloured
blue, green and red. "Showing the comparative value of coloured lights for
signalling purposes." Printed by Bradshaw and Blacklock. There are some
edge tears which have been repaired and a piece missing from one corner
(central panel area not affected) o/w vgc for age. (£40-£60)
1130 B R (WR): "Bath in 1828 by the New
Steam Carriage", dr coloured pictorial 1960 vgc. (£50-£60)
1131 B R (WR): Weston Super Mare in Sunny
Somerset. dr coloured pictorial photographic. vgc. (£40-£50)
1132 "The Ravenglass & Eskdale
Railway Serving Western Lakeland" Anon. Photographic centre panel of a
train at Irton Road. Rolled. Only 20in x 30in. gc. (£20-£30)
1133 B R (NER): "See Yorkshire by
Train". 1963 dr. Two coloured vignette views of DMU in scenic locations.
One horizontal fold, two minor holes o/w vgc. (£35-£45)
1134 British Railway (War Time) posters.
"More Cheap Fares. 1 Jan 1940" dr. two colour. Folds, a few very
minor edge nicks o/w vgc TOGETHER WITH "Goods by Rail - bad packing and
faulty addressing cause loss and damage ... etc", 20in x 25in. Folds, o/w
vgc (2) (£15-£20)
1135 Midland Railway: dr letterpress, black
on orange "Whitsuntide Holidays: Cheap Excursion Train to London. May 1874
from Bradford Leeds, Sheffield etc". folds o/w vgc for age (£40-£50)
1136 Midland Railway: dr letterpress.
Excursions to Morecombe. July 1873 from Sheffield area stations. Black on blue
paper. (£35-£45)
**** CARRIAGE PRINTS ****
1137 G W R Carriage Panel - Jersey Coast from
the Devil's Hole - produced by Photocrom in late 1890's replacement mount,
framed and glazed, 10in x 8in.
The
following lots are all un-framed coloured prints in vgc unless o/w stated.
Prices are estimated in the range £15 to £60 depending on rarity. Items marked
with * are slightly grubby on the outer edges and some may have minor edge
nicks but images not affected.
1138 Great Yarnmouth by E.T. Holding.
1139 Stirling Bridge, Stirlingshire by Jack
Merriott.
1140 Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire by
Claude Buckle.
1141 Woodbridge, Suffolk by Jack Merriott.
1142 Brightingsea, Essex by Leonard Squirrel
1143 The School of Transport, Derby by
Kenneth Steel.
1144 Richard III at Leicester 1485 by A.R.
Whitear. (1in tear on margin - image not affected)
1145 The Peasant's Revolt 1381 by Edward
Mortelmans.
1146 Jacobite Army at Preston 1715 by Edward
Mortelmans.*
1147 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, at
Kenilworth by Winslade. *
1148 King Charles I at the Phoenix Tower,
Chester 1645 by Winslade.*
1149 Lady Jane Grey at Bradgate House,
Leicester, early 1550's by Sawyer.
1150 William Caxton visited by King Edward IV
1476 by Winslade. *
1151 John Bunyan in prison by Sawyer. *
1152 Richard of York and the Earl of Somerset
prior to the Wars of the Roses by Edward Mortelmars. *
1153 King Edgar on the dee at Chester A.D.
973 by Edward Mortelmans. *
1154 Albanus, our first martyr, near
Verulanium A.D. 303 by A.R. Whitear.
1155 Stealing of the Crown Jewels by
"Colonel" Blood by Winslade (creased in margin - image not affected)
1156 Roman's 20th Legion on Deva, on River
Dee by A.R. Whitear.
1157 Travel in 1840. Derby Station. by C.
Hamilton Ellis.
1158 Travel in 1850. L & N.W.R. train at
Sandbach. by C Hamilton Ellis.
1159 Travel in 1855. Maryport & Carlisle
railway train by C Hamilton Ellis.
1160 Travel in 1865. West Coast Express
leaving Shugborough Tunnel by C Hamilton Ellis.
1161 Travel in 1865. Blackpool to Manchester
train of the L.Y.R. by C. Hamilton Ellis.
1162 Travel in 1870. N.L.R. train for Broad
Street by C. Hamilton Ellis. *
1163 Travel in 1885. Steaner
"Gondola" on Lake Coniston by C Hamilton Ellis. *
1164 Travel in 1895. East & West Junction
Railway train by C Hamilton Ellis.
1165 Travel in 1895. Wirral Railway train to
Birkenhead by C Hamilton Ellis.
1166 Travel in 1900. L & Y.R. Liverpool
express by C Hamilton Ellis. *
1167 Travel in 1905. M.R. Manchester express
by C Hamilton Ellis. *
1168 Travel in 1910. Coniston steam motor
train. Furness Railway by C Hamilton Ellis. *
1169 River Wharfe near Ilkley, Yorkshire by
Gyrth Russell.
1170 River Allen near Bardon Mill, Co Durham
by L.R. Squirrell.
1171 Sandsend, Nr Whitby, Yorkshire by Jack
Merriott.
1172 St Osyth Priory , near Clacton on Sea,
Essex by F.W. Baldwin
1173 The River Wharfe, Ilkley, Yorkshire by
Frank Sherwin.
1174 The Roosevelt Memorial, London by F.
Donald Blake.
1175 Maldock, Essex by Henry J. Denham.
1176 The Lune Valley near Tebay, Westmorland
by Greene.
1177 Culzean Castle, near Maybole, Ayrshire
by Kenneth Steel.
1178 Lock Katrine and Ben Venue, Perthshire
by Jack Merriott.
1179 M.V. Swan. B.R. Lake Windermere Service
by Claude Buckle.
1180 The Groves and River Dee at Chester by
Lander.
1181 Wivenoe, Essex by Jack Marriott
1182 Pickering, Yorkshire by Jack Merriott.
1183 Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex by Charles King
1184 Blythburgh near Halesworth, Suffolk by
Henry J Denham.
1185 London, Horse Guards, Whitehall by John
L Baker *
1186 London, Tower Bridge by John L Baker.
1187 Thaxtead, near Elsenham Essex by F.W.
Baldwin.
1188 Blyburgh, near Halesworth, Suffolk by
Eric Scott.
1189 Wymondham, Norfolk by L. Squirrell.
1190 Buckden Palace, Huntingdon by Edward
Walker.
1191 Appleby, Westmorland by Ellis Silas. *
1192 M.V. Cambria. B.R. Holyhead Dun
Laoghaire Service by Claude Buckle.
1193 T.S.S. Duke of Lancaster, B.R. Heysham
to Belfast Service by Claude Buckle.
1194 Citedel Station, Carlisle by Kenneth
Steel. *
1195 Rolleston-on-Dove, Staffs by Ellis
Silos. *
1196 Ettrick Bay, Island of Bute by Alisdair
Macfarlane. *
1197 Kyles of Bute, Firth of Clyde by
Alisdair Macfarlane.
1198 Old Bridge of Dee, Aberdeenshire by
Alisdair Macfarlane.
1199 Wemyss Bay and Rothesay Car Ferry, Firth
of Clyde by Alisdair Macfarlane.
1200 Lomond Hills from Tervit, near Cupar
Fife by J. Mcintosh Patrick. (1in tear - border only)
**** SPECIAL ITEMS ****
1201 HASSELL J: TOUR OF THE GRAND JUNCTION
(Canal) Illustrated in a series of engravings; with an historical and
topographical description of those parts of the Counties of Middlesex,
Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire through which
the canal passes. London 1819 1st Edition. 147pp + index. Black (?original?)
embossed leather boards with gilt borders and raised bands on spine and with
gilt page edges. Some rubbing on board edges and spine. A little foxing on
pages. Contains the 24 coloured acquatint plates for which this early work is
particularly noted. Only the frontis plate is slightly affected by foxing in
this copy. A scarce book. (£400-£500)
1202 G W R: Running Powers, May 1927 Edition.
Copy No 50 of the post grouping book in the usual red leather ledger - type
binding with gilt tilting. Some rubbing and marks of normal use on boards but
contents tight and virtually mint. A nice copy. (£200-£300)
1203 N E R: Distance Tables 1892. This is a
modern rebinding in superb black full calf with gilt titling and marbled end
papers in maroon slip case. There is some staining on the early pages and the
index and Northern Division title page are torn for about 2in in the middle
close to the spine (no loss). A few pages have minor edge nicks - obtained
during use in original binding. A number of amendments have been made with new
sheets being tipped in. There are many distance diagrams as well as tables. A
very good reference copy. (N.B. page numbering is not in sequence and not all
page numbers are used). (£200-£300)
1204
L & Y / L M S: 40 Private
Siding Diagrams in book cloth covered cardboard folder with gilt titling.
Overall folder measures 26.5in x 11.5in but size of individual diagrams varies.
All are believed to be on the former L & Y system and many are so titled.
Some were originated during L M S days and there are a few re-issues recording
changes at particular locations. Condition varies but the majority are sound
and not torn or creased. (£70-£80)
1205 A Popular Description of The Steam
Engine designed to convey a clear idea of the principle and action of that
wonderful machine. Published by James Reynolds, 174 Strand in 1848 including
two large dmf coloured diagrams on canvas, each 34in x 22in: one of a double
action beam condensing steam engine and the second of a “locomotive engine”.
Some spotting but basically vgc. In contemporary cloth board binder with gilt
titling - repaired on spine. The coloured diagrams are most attractive.
(£50-£70)
1206 WHISHAW: THE RAILWAYS OF GREAT BRITAIN
AND IRELAND. 1840 1st Edition complete with appendix and all plates. Has been
recased preserving the original cloth boards with Euston Arch crest on front.
Corners are bumped and there are marks of normal careful use which one would
expect after 160 years. The pages are remarkably clean and free from spotting;
One folding plate has a 2in tear (no loss). Some minor curling of page corners
at beginning and end of book. A chance to acquire one of the railway classics -
the first general survey of UK railways. (£250-£350)
1207 COLBURN ZERAH: LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERING
AND THE MECHANISM OF RAILWAYS. 1871 Volume 1: Text. 320pp with many woodcuts
and Volume 2: Plates with 64 engraved plates. Original publisher’s brown cloth
boards. Vol 1 covers are well rubbed and front board is holding - just.
Although a little ragged, original spine cloth is virtually intact. Vol 2
covers are in generally good condition. Normal marks of use with rubbing on
corners and lower edges. Spine cloth faded with usual nicks top and bottom. The
contents of both volumes are tight and vgc with only a small amount of foxing
on the plates. Colburn took his own life when the text was only half complete
and the work was completed by D.K. Clark. (£150-£200)
1208 BREES S C: APPENDIX TO RAILWAY PRACTICE:
A copious abstract of the whole of the evidence given upon the London &
Birmingham and Great Western Railway Bills .... to which is added A Glossary of
Technical Terms used in civil engineering ... and the details of Hawthorne’s
celebrated locomotive engine for the Paris and Versailles Railway. London 1839.
373pp plus 6 plates. Recently re-cased in half calf with panelled spine. Contents
have some fading around edges of pages and some fading/foxing on plates but o/w
a very good copy. (£120-£150)
1209 CENTRAL LONDON RAILWAY: (1911)
CORONATION SOUVENIR. A 36 page book 7in x 11in specially published by the CLR
for sale at 1s/6d. The title page states “Some London Views” - in fact there
are 15 beautifully coloured views with a full page description for each on the
facing page. (All text is printed in gilt). Additionally there are coloured
portraits of their majesties (also reproduced on the front cover) and of the
coronation state coach. The covers are thick green card with a gilt spine cloth
and stamped gilt titling. Surrounding the portraits on the cover is a raised
marquetry frame which gives the impression of a miniature “picture”. A delightful
and unusual item with a map of the CLR. The contents are in excellent condition
and the covers have a few marks of normal use with a little rubbing on corners
and edges. (£100-£150)
1210 Lincoln Railway Committee Minute Book
May to Sept 1844. This was a committee formed by the inhabitants of Lincoln to
watch over the town’s interests in the plethora of railway promotion. In the
six months they noted nine proposed railways with which they needed to be
concerned because they were - or were not - proposing to come to Lincoln. 23
pages of formal minutes and a further eleven pages (other end of book)
recording brief details of presentations given by three rival companies. Most
of the book is blank. Foolscap, thick board covers, spine paper peeling but
contents tight and gc/vgc. (£40-£50)
1211 Wood N: A Practical Treatise on
Rail-Roads and Interior Communication in General. 3rd Edition 1838. A very
thorough work on the technology of the expanding railway scene - the standard
book of the period on this subject. xxvii + 760pp + 14 folding plates, drawing
and tables. This was Col H C B Rogers’ copy. An early recasing, this book has
green cloth boards with blind stamped pattern and gilt titling on spine. Well
rubbed on corners and nicks on (faded) spine cloth. Contents tight and
generally gc. Some minor sporadic foxing on text pages; moderate foxing on
plates. (£100-£150)
**** LIGHT & NARROW GAUGE RAILWAY ITEMS ****
Shropshire
& Montgomeryshire Light Railway:
1212 Passenger Book (Booking Clerk’s Train
Book) from Llanymynech Station. Covers period 1 Sept 1920 to 31 Dec 1931. A
full record of all passenger tickets issued over an 11 year period. Thick board
covers well rubbed on edges (as one would expect). End papers split along spine
but contents clean and gc. (£60-£80)
1213 Llanymynech Junction Train Book. This
train register covers the period 26 April 1923 to 19 Nov 1924. In similar
condition to previous lot. (£50-£60)
1214 A similar lot but for period 2 Aug 1926
to 3 Oct 1929. Similar condition. (£50-£60)
1215 Paper ticket book from Llanymynech. In
use from 13 July 1929 to 24 Sept 1931. During this period only nine paper
tickets were issued! The rest of the book has had some blanks torn out but
remainder are complete from 2243 to 2299. Similar condition to previous lots.
(£30-£40)
1216 Sheet Timetable 11 July 1927 ufn. 10in x
14in. Some foxing, folds o/w gc. (£20-£30)
1217 Sheet Timetable 2 May 1932 ufn. 10in x
15in. Folds o/w vgc. (£20-£30)
1218 Meole Brace Station Parcels Book from 28
July 1911 to Feb 1939 for Outwards and from 5 Aug 1911 to Dec 1947 for Inwards
parcels. Appears to be a complete record. No outwards parcels during the war?
Condition similar to the other books above. (£40-£50)
Western
Clevedon & Portishead Light Railway:
1219 Cheap Return Excursion Tickets 20 Sept 1926 ufn. Small poster 9.5in x 15in TOGETHER WITH Sheet Timetable 9in x 11in (same date). Small piece