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Undated sketches showing layout of trenches on Western Front from World War One.

Seventeen tracings plotting the strategic development of the Battle of Jutland, 1916, with typescript list, drawn by Maj Gen Sir George (Grey) Aston of the Institute of Historical Research. Scale approximately 1 centimetre to 1 sea mile.

Eight small sketch maps showing the disposition of Allied and German forces during the Ardennes offensive, 1944, Operation MARKET GARDEN, Netherlands, 1944 and other World War Two fronts in north-west Europe during 1944, scale approximately 1 inch to 5 miles. 1 sheet

Sketch maps of East Germany and Czechoslovakia.

Manuscript map, showing estimated German counter-attack plan against 6 US Corps, Anzio, Italy. 1p.

Manuscript sketch map of unnamed Western Front trench with marked listening posts and German sniper positions. 1 map.

Manuscript sketch map of Western Front trench of 'C' Squadron 4 Hussars, by Capt J B Egerton, Officer Commanding, 'C' Squadron 4 Hussars. 1 map.

Manuscript sketch map of Western Front trench of 'A' Squadron 5 Lancers, by Capt P F Gell, ['A' Squadron 5 Lancers]. 1 map.

Sketch map of the Istrian Peninsula.

Sketch map of northern Greece taken from The Journal of the Royal Artillery, Vol LXXII, No 3, entitled 'Map C: Soter Ridge, Ptolemais and the withdrawal to the Ventrikos', and showing the route of British withdrawal behind the Olympus Line.

Sketch of the heights west of Keren, Eritrea, reproduced and drawn by 514 Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers. 1p. Two copies.

Sketch of the town of Keren, Eritrea, taken from aerial photographs, and showing areas such as the railway sidings, bridge and station, the native quarter, the fort, the barracks, and fortified posts. Drawn and printed by 514 Field Survey Company, Royal Engineers, on a scale of 1 inch to 250 yards. 1p. Three copies.

Sketch map of Greece taken from The Journal of the Royal Artillery, Vol LXXII, No 3, showing the network of roads and railways, and entitled 'Map A'.

Sketch map of Greece taken from The Journal of the Royal Artillery, Vol LXXII, No 3, showing the various positions of the artillery in the area around Ptolemais during the 1941 operations.

Sketch map entitled The advance to the Meuse and Rhine. The battle of Arnhem, showing the disposition of Allied forces during the campaign, in north west Europe,1944, scale approximately 1 inch to 8 miles.

Sketch by Arthur Edmunds (1874-1945), Hunterian Professor of Surgery, King's College Hospital, presented to the Hospital in 1962. Large. 1 item.

Papers of Ellen Gatter comprising note/sketch book containing anatomical drawings, mostly pencil sketches, occasional colour added, as well as some notes on anatomy. The volume also contain sketches of classical designs, and patterns and ornaments, and notes on 'the principles of ornament' [1905-1909]; note/sketch book, containing pencil drawings of anatomical subjects and human models, as well as bibliographic notes, 1907; sketch book, of anatomical drawings, some coloured, and sketches of models, 1905-1909, with sketches in the back depicting coats of arms, and armour. (3 volumes)

Papers, 1868-1932, of and concerning Walter William Skeat, including correspondence relating to the English Dialect Society, 1887-1912, letters to Skeat, 1868-1912, fragments of letters and drafts of letters by Skeat, 1873-1905, and correspondence of the Skeat family, 1914-1928. The bulk of the collection comprises working papers, almost all undated, including notes and transcripts of various manuscripts and texts, sometimes unattributed but among them Beowulf , The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, Piers Plowman by William Langland, Bodleian manuscripts, works of William Shakespeare, homilies, and proverbs; bibliographical references; dictionaries, thesauri, word lists, glossaries; notes on etymology, grammar, place-names, and pronunciation; lectures including 'The Language of Chaucer'; articles including philology, the language of Edmund Spenser with special reference to his Faerie Queen , emendations in Piers Plowman , and phonetics; proofs (largely undated) including an English dictionary, publications relating to Chaucer, The Kingis Quair , Pierce the Plowman's Crede , and an incomplete proof copy of The Seven Sleepers ; printed material by Skeat including William of Palerne (unbound, uncut), 'Souvent me Souvient' (reprinted from Christ's College Magazine), Troilus and Criseyde (incomplete) and A Charter of Canute (a passage from the York Gospels, edited by Skeat); printed material relating to Skeat's interests, including articles on etymology and the derivation of words; leaflets (1911) advertising the proposed University of London Institute of Phonetics; an incomplete copy of The Annual Register 1771 (1772); and an examination questions paper (1911) in English Language and Literature for King's College, University of London.

Sir Douglas Haig's Great Push, the Battle of the Somme, special series of illustrated journals, parts 1-6 (Hutchinson and Co, London, by arrangement with the War Office [1916-1918]). 1 file

Wide World Magazine, including the article by Foulkes in six parts, 'With the British to Sokoto', describing the Anglo-French Boundary Commission, including the journey up the Niger, stay at Lokoja in Northern Nigeria, the Niger Rapids between Wuru and Boussa, Yelwa village, the Dallul Mauri river and march to Sokoto, Dosso warriors and the city of Sokoto. Illustrated with his photographs. 6 vols