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History of Mountbatten (Cattewater)

The History of Mountbatten (Cattewater) Typescript and Original Photographs

A typescript with original photographs bound with card covers with printed title and RAF crest of Royal Air Force Station Mountbatten, produced for internal use only. A unique item from the family of TE Lawrence companion Tom Beaumont, with Ministry of Defence stamp to rear board dated 3 Oct 1966. Comprising 27 typed pages and some 20 original photographs documenting the history of the station incldes views of the site and a 200 motor boat and Sunderland flying boat etc. Mentions TE Lawrence (Shaw) on 6 and 10. Please contact us for further details.

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Sir Francis Drake’s First Voyage

Reprinted From A Tract Of 1594 In The Plymouth Museum, Devon.

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Joy of a Library

“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! — When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice