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Boeing Helicopters, Vertol Division, sales brochure: 'CH-47C. The newest Chinook'. 2 copies

Boeing photograph: 'Boeing model 347 advanced technology helicopter'.

Press cuttings relating to First Boer War, 1881, and the Second Boer War, 1899-1902, notably concerning the death of Gen Sir George Pomeroy Colley at the Battle of Majuba Hill, 1881; the Transvaal Crisis, 1896; the Siege of Ladysmith, Natal, 1899; British rule in South Africa, 1899; the controversy over the publication of official despatches from the campaign at Spion Kop, Natal, 1900. Press cuttings relating to the Balkans, 1908-1913, concern most notably the rise of the 'Young Turks' movement in Turkey and the restoration of the Turkish Constitution, 1908; the first anniversary of the annexation of Bosnia-Herzegovina by Austria-Hungary, 1909; the general mobilisation of Bulgarian troops along the Turkish frontier, in the prelude to the First Balkan War, 1912; the mobilisation of Turkish, Serbian, and Greek troops, 1912; the comparative strengths of the Turkish and Greek navies in the prelude to the First Balkan War, 1912; the demands of the Balkan states of Bulgaria, Montenegro, Serbia, and Greece to Austria-Hungary and Russia, 1912; the formal declaration of war issued by the Balkan States of Bulgaria, Montenegro, Serbia, and Greece to Turkey, 1912; the first battles of the First Balkan War at Lule Burgas, Bulgaria, 1912; the fall of Adrianople, Turkey, 1913; the establishment of the new border between Bulgaria and Turkey, following the defeat of Turkish forces during the First Balkan War, 1913. Press cuttings relating to Irish Home rule concern the issue of the Government of Ireland Bill, Apr 1912; the establishment of a Provisional Government for Ulster, Sep 1913; the Government of Ireland Bill, 1920; the Conference on Ireland and the formation of the Irish Free State, Oct-Dec 1921. Press cuttings relating to the British Army in Ulster primarily concern the resignation of Lt Col Rt Hon John Edward Bernard Seely MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary, and subsequently Secretary of State for War, and the Curragh Incident, Dublin, 1914

Proof copy of article on his military career, 1915-1944, notably concerning his experiments with the transmission and interception of wireless messages and radar, [1962].

Copies of papers, 1909-1974, comprising typescript copy of the 'Interim Report of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics', 1909; night order book, HMS THESEUS, Korea, 1950-1951; newspaper cuttings on HMS THESEUS' departure from UK to Korea and subsequent return, 1950-1951; typescript transcript of Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies lecture by Bolt, Oct 1951, entitled 'HMS THESEUS in the Korean War and some special problems of naval aviation in that theatre' (subsequently published in the Journal of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies; standard circular letters to all retired admirals, containing Royal Navy news and information, from Chief of Naval Staff and First Sea Lord Adm Sir Varyl (Cargill) Begg, 1966-1968, Adm Sir Peter (John) Hill-Norton, 1971, and Adm Sir Michael (Patrick) Pollock, 1972-1974; article by Bolt on minesweeping in 1940-1941 by Vickers DWI (Directional Wireless Installation) Wellington aircraft entitled 'Minesweeping Wellingtons: Part 1: equipment and technique: early operations in the Thames Estuary', published in Air Pictorial (Apr-May 1979), with nine uncaptioned photographs of Wellington aircraft and a captured German magnetic mine.

Bombay Gin 4 (Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado, 1977), editors Mary McCarty, Jan Johnson: includes work by Gregory Corso (with photograph on front cover), Diane Di Prima, Philip Whalen, Frank O'Hara, Michael Brownstein, Sidney Goldfarb, Michael McClure;

Issue 5, 1977-1978: includes work by Michael Horovitz, Allen Ginsberg, Tom Clark, William Burroughs;

Issue 6, 1978-1979, editors Allen Ginsberg, Anne Waldman, Larry Fagin: includes work by Ted Berrigan, William Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Robert Creeley, Diane DiPalma, Robert Duncan, Michael McClure

Bomber Command, published by the Ministry of Information. 1 item.

Bomber Command/53 152/62/Ops minute: Wg Cdr J M Maud to Senior Air Staff Officer detailing amendments to slides for 'Presentation to Mr Woosey' on Bomber Command generally.

Bomber Command minute: by Menaul, Senior Air Staff Officer to Commander-in-Chief on suggested item for consideration at Chief of Air Staff's Conference.

Bomber Command Newsletter No 1 produced for ex-members of Bomber Command.

Bomber Command C/S.3152/62/Ops official minute: 'Cost of V-bomber force', signed by Gp Capt M J Beetham.

Bomber Command paper: 'Amplification of items proposed for consideration at CAS's conference', Chief of Air Staff's conference.

Bomber Command: 'Standard presentation' on the roles of Bomber Command including their role in Supreme Allied Commander Europe's Nuclear Strike Plan, presentation notes [by Menaul].

Copy of account of the Survey Service of the Eastern and 14 Army in India and Burma during the period 1942-1945, written in 1945.

Papers relating to Soldier true, the life and times of FM Sir William Robertson, 1860-1933 (Frederick Muller, London, 1963), dated [1960-1963], principally comprising Bonham Carter's corrected proof of the book, together with his typescript and notes. Papers relating to BBC television series The Great War , broadcast in [1964], dated [1963-1964], principally comprising programme summaries, Bonham Carter's notes, his drafts of the script and a joint script with Antony Jay.

Pageant book, programme.

Book by Rev Kyprianos Konstantinidis, ‘The Greek Orthodox Church of St. Demetrios in Edmonton (Athens, 2012). Also information on church services, Nov 2010 and Nov 2013. In Greek and English.

Book, You and Segregation by Herman E Talmadge. 1 item

Text of chapter, 'Refugees, home and trauma', by Renos K Papadopoulos, published in Therapeutic care for refugees. No place like home, edited by Renos K Papadopoulos (Karnac Books, London, 2002). In English.

Notebook with booklists and notes on defence organisation. Cottage mill. Made in Austria, Salzburg. 14 pp