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The author gave the hardback copy, one of the first 500 to be printed, to her neighbour in Edinburgh to pass on to her two young relatives.

He presented the copies of Goldfinger and From Russia With Love to assistant Una Trueblood - the inspiration behind Mary Trueblood, a glamorous MI6 secretary in Dr No.

Courtesy of Bonhams The manuscript journal of Colonel Christopher Rigby sold for £56,500 ($78,200). London — The handwritten journal of Colonel Christopher Rigby, British Consul on Zanzibar, recording his strenuous attempts to put a stop to the business of slavery in the Sultanate, and his success in securing freedom for thousands of individual slaves sold for £56,500 at Bonhams Travel and Exploration sale in London on February 10. It had been estimated at £10,000-15,000. The sale made mor...

The aftermath of Rorkes Drift: Battlefield where British garrison held off 4,000 Zulu warriors is seen in 141-year-old photographs belonging to Lieutenant Chard who led the famous defence Photographs show the aftermath of the 1879 battle in which a British garrison fended off 4,000 Zulu warriors They also show scenes from Zululand and the aftermath of an earlier British debacle at Battle of Isandlwana Lieutenant John Chard compiled the album following the battle - later immortalised in the 1964...