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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… 顯示更多 MORNING SESSION BOOKS, PAPERS & MANUSCRIPTS PROPERTY OF THE LATE MR. JUSTICE JOHNSTONE. JUDGE MICHAEL JOHNSTONE DIED IN ITALY IN OCTOBER 2001, WHILE VISITING THE NAPOLEONIC BATTLEFIELD OF SOLFERINO IN THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS. HE HAD A LIFELONG PASSION FOR NAVAL AND MILITARY HISTORY WHICH HE EXPRESSED THROUGH HIS EXTENSIVE VISITS TO BATTLEFIELD SITES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD, AND THROUGH HIS BELOVED BOOKS. THE JUDGE COLLECTED A LIBRARY OF SOME 5,000 SPECIALISED VOLUMES OF NAVAL AND MILITARY HISTORY, ONLY A SELECTION OF WHICH ARE OFFERED IN THIS SALE, AND HE WAS ALSO MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY FOR NAUTICAL RESEARCH, THE NAVY RECORDS SOCIETY AND THE ARMY RECORDS SOCIETY. THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALES OF HIS BOOKS WILL BE DONATED TO THE ROYAL NAVAL MUSEUM, PORTSMOUTH, FOR AN ENDOWMENT TO BE KNOWN AS THE 'MICHAEL A. JOHNSTONE LIBRARY PURCHASE FUND' TO PURCHASE BOOKS AND OTHER LEARNING MATERIALS FOR THEIR LIBRARY.
"SECRET MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE HONOURABLE SIR CLOUDESLY SHOVEL, KT., ADMIRAL OF GREAT BRITAIN",

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"SECRET MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE HONOURABLE SIR CLOUDESLY SHOVEL, KT., ADMIRAL OF GREAT BRITAIN",
BY A GENTLEMAN WHO SERVED...UNDER THE COMMAND OF THAT ADMIRAL, LONDON, 1708 (LACKS PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE, EDGES OF TITLE AND FINAL PAGE SOMEWHAT RAGGED), CONTEMPORARY FULL LEATHER WITH REBACKED SPINE
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.