Caldwell (Charles). Elements of Phrenology, (Second Edition, Greatly Enlarged), with a Preliminary Discourse in Vindication of the Science, Against an Attack on it by Francis Jeffrey... , printed by A. G. Meriwether, Lexington, Kentucky, 1827, engraved frontispiece, some indistinct pencil notes and underscoring throughout, heavily browned, author's presentation inscription to James De Ville to front free endpaper, dated 25 June 1841, later ownership signature of E. Basil Wedmore (1898) to following endpaper, original linen-backed boards, soiled and worn, 8vo, together with:Mackenzie (George Steuart), Illustrations of Phrenology, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co., 1820, engraved portrait frontispiece and 17 plates, publisher's adverts at rear, inner hinges broken and preliminary leaves unstitched, browned throughout, untrimmed, contemporary boards with crude linen reback, soiled and worn, 8vo, plusStruve (Gustav von), Handbuch der Phrenologie, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, 1845, half-title, 6 lithographic plates and illustrations to text, heavy spotting or browning throughout, uncut, original printed wrappers, a little rubbed and soiled, 8vo, plus others related on 19th-century phrenology practitioners and the debates, including some pamphlets and extracts and 4 volumes of Edinburgh Review, plus 10 modern reference worksQTY: (38)
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Chaucer (Geoffrey). The Works of Our Ancient, Learned, & Excellent English Poet, Jeffrey Chaucer … Together with the Life of Chaucer…, edited by Thomas Speght, London: [‘J. H.’], 1687, engraved frontispiece, [34], 660, [24] pp., largely printed in black letter, double column, large woodcut arms on recto of c1 (mis-signed ‘d’), 7-line cancel slip pasted over bottom right-hand stanza on p. 42, a little spotting and dust-soiling, armorial bookplate of F. Fortescue Turvile, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, some edge wear and a little frayed at head of spine, joints cracked and weak, folio (330 x 195 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Francis Fortescue-Turvile (1750-1839) of Bosworth Hall, Leicestershire (bookplate); thence by direct family descent via the Turvile (or Turville) and Constable-Maxwell lines of Husbands Bosworth Hall, Leicestershire.Pforzheimer 179; Wing C3736.‘This is the last black-letter edition and is, except for the then recently discovered conclusions of the Cook's and Squire's Tales, [final leaf verso], a reprint of the 1602 edition ... without any additions.’ (Pforzheimer).
Marshall (William). The Rural Economy of the West of England: Including Devonshire; and parts of Somersetshire, Dorsetshire and Cornwall. Together with minutes in practice, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for G. Nicol and others, 1796, folding engraved map, some light spotting and toning, contemporary tree calf, rebacked with original spines relaid, a little rubbed, 8vo, together with [Aikin, John]. The Woodland Companion: or a brief description of British Trees with some account of their uses, 1st edition, London: Taylor and Wilks for J. Johnson, 1802, 28 double-page engraved plates, previous owner inscription erased from head of title, evidence of small label removal from front blank, contemporary half calf, spine label peeling, rubbed with some edge wear, 8vo, plus Sang (Edward, editor). The Planter's Kalendar; or the Nurseryman's & Forester's Guide, by the late Walter Nicol, 2nd edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1820, 3 engraved plates (2 hand-coloured), some light spotting, contemporary half calf, spine a little darkened and rubbed, 8vo, with 2 others: The Planting and Rural Ornament, by William Marshall, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, 1803, and Essays on the Picturesque, by Uvedale Price, 3 volumes, revised edition, 1810 QTY: (9)
Cruikshank (George). Phrenological Illustrations, or an Artist's View of Craniological System of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim, London: republished for the artist by Frederick Arnold, 1873, vignette title with printed re-issue statement to verso, one other leaf of text, 6 hand-coloured engraved plates with a total of 34 figures, author's signed presentation inscription at head of title with dedicatee torn away and missing, 'With the compliments of Geo. Cruikshank, Janry. 10th 1874', some finger soiling, marginal fraying and light damp staining, original linen-backed printed wrappers, creased and soiled with some marginal fraying, oblong folio, together with:Mackenzie (George Steuart), Illustrations of Phrenology, with Engravings, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Company, 1820, engraved portrait frontispiece and 17 plates at rear, bound withAbernethy (John), Relfections on Gall and Spurzheim's System of Physiognomy and Phrenology, Addressed to the Court of Assistants of the Royal College of Surgeons, in London, in June, 1821, 1st edition, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821, author's signed presentation inscription for James Wilson at head of title verso, bound with Three Familiar Lectures on Craniological Physiognomy, Delivered before the City Philosophical Society, by a Member, 1st edition, London: Effingham Wilson, 1816, folding hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece and 2 uncoloured engraved plates, bound with Report of the Proceedings of the Phrenological Society, Since its Establishment on 22d February 1820, to the Close of the Second Session, on 23d April 1821, Edinburgh: printed by P. Neill, 1821, final 2 leaves detached, some spotting and occasional browning throughout, ownership signature of E. Basil Wedmore (1899) to front free endpaper and earlier ownership signature of George Rogers MD to front pastedown, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, worn, covers detached and split vertically along spine, 8voQTY: (2)NOTE:For George Rogers MD see note to lot 383.
Gordon (Sir Robert of Gordonstoun). A Genealogical History of the Earldom of Sutherland, from its origin to the year 1630, with a continuation to the year 1651 published from the original manuscript, 1st edition, Edinburgh: George Ramsay for Archibald Constable, 1813, half-title, engraved portrait frontispiece, title with engraved vignette, engraved armorial plate, folding facsimile manuscript, occasional minor spotting, contemporary half calf gilt, lightly rubbed, folio, together with Kelly (James). A Complete Collection of Scotish Proverbs Explained and made Intelligible to the English Reader, 1st edition, London: printed for William and John Innys and John Osborn, 1721, occasional minor spotting, bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh, Easton Neston Library shelf label, contemporary speckled calf gilt, vertical split along spine, 8vo, plus [Dalrymple, Sir David]. The Additional Case of Elisabeth, Claiming the Title and Dignity of Countess of Sutherland, by her Guardians, circa 1770, folding pedigree at rear, occasional light spotting, contemporary owner signature at head of title, later calf-backed marblled boards, 4to, with others including Works of William Robertson, 1809-12 (History of Scotland, 4 volumes, 19th edition; History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles V, 4 volumes, 13th edition; History of America, 4 volumes, 12th edition; Historical Disquisition Concerning the Knowledge, which the ancients had of India, 5th edition), and The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, 2 volumes, circa 1870QTY: (25)
O'Keefe (Georgia). Catalogue Raisonné, 2 volumes, Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1999, colour illustrations throughout, original black cloth lettered in silver, dust jackets, 4to, contained in original pictorial slipcase, together with:Noon (Patrick). Richard Parkes Bonington, the Complete Drawings & Paintings, 2 volumes, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2011, colour illustrations throughout, original grey cloth lettered in silver, 4to, plusGill (Eric). The Engravings, edited by Christopher Skelton, London: The Herbert Press, 1990, black and white illustrations throughout, original green cloth gilt, dust jacket, 4to, with 2 volumes of The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable QTY: (7)
Willcocks (General Sir James). With the Indians in France, limited issue, London: Constable and Company, 1920, photogravure plates, folding maps, folding facsimile letter, some offsetting to title, endpapers toned, bookplate of I. W. Ross, front hinge reinforced, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, spine faded, a few small marks, 4to, limited edition 57/150 initialled by the publisher, presentation copy, inscribed at front 'Freda, with love from the author, 4th April 1921', together with Pearse (Henry H. S., editor) The History of Lumsden's Horse. A Complete record of the corps from its formation to its disbandment, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1903, folding map, half-tone illustrations, light spotting to frontispiece, previous owner signature to half-title, endpapers toned, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt, spine faded, a little rubbed with small marks, 4toQTY: (2)
Thornbury (Walter). Old and New London..., 6 volumes, London, Paris and New York: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, circa 1880, frontispiece, numerous illustrations, light spotting to a few leaves, 20th-century purple half-calf over marbled boards, gilt decorated spines with morocco title labels, large 8vo, together with:Watt (Robert). Bibliotheca Britannica; or a General Index to British and Foreign Literature, 4 volumes, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, et al., 1824, armorial bookplate of Edward Nicholas Hurt to front pastedowns, 20th-century full calf, gilt lettering and morocco title labels to spine, a little stained and spotted, 4to, plusWilliams (William Freke). The Life and Times of the late Duke of Wellington..., 2 volumes bound in 1, London, Edinburgh, Dublin and New York: John Tallis, 1853, portrait frontispieces, vignettes to title pages, numerous engraved plates (some folding), damp staining to a few leaves, upper hinge cracked, 20th-century full navy diced calf, elaborately gilt-decorated spine with morocco title labels, 4to and 10 other large volumes, mostly in 20th-century bindings QTY: (21)
Shaw (George Bernard). The Works, 33 volumes, London: Constable & Co, 1930-38, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, some spines lightly soiled, a few light marks, 8vo, 489 of 1000 copies, together with:Stevenson (Robert Louis). The Works, 20 volumes, Pentland edition, London: Cassell and Company, 1906-12, black and white illustrations throughout, some light spotting, original black buckram gilt, spines somewhat faded, a few marks, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, 215 of 1550 copies, with the accompanying bibliography volume QTY: (54)
Henry VIII (King of England). Assertio septem sacramentorum adversus Martinum Lutherum. Antwerp: Michiel Hillen, 1522, title within wide woodcut historiated border, woodcut initials, with final blank, later ink ownership signature to front free endpaper, ‘Ex Libris Fr: Fortescue’, marbled endpapers, 17th-century calf with roll-tooled gilt panel with fleuron corner-pieces within double fillet border, gilt-decorated spine with five raised bands, lacks spine label, rubbed, rear pastedown lifted and separated from board, a little frayed at foot of upper joint, old dark circular stain to lower board with small (20 mm diameter) hole filled in with cement paste, small 4to (198 x 135 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Adams H247; PMM 50 (for first edition, 1521).First published in London by Richard Pynson in 1521, the Defence of the Seven Sacraments marks ‘a critical moment in the history of the English Reformation’ (PMM). Henry VIII dedicated the treatise to Pope Leo X, for which he earned the title ‘Fidei Defensor’ (‘Defender of the Faith’) in October 1521. The title was revoked following the king's break with the Catholic Church in the 1530s, but re-awarded to his heir by the English Parliament.Jisc Library Hub Discover cites three copies only, at Lincoln Cathedral, Chetham's and Christ’s College, Cambridge.Provenance: Sir Francis Fortescue (1563–1624) (ownership inscription); thence by direct family descent via the Turville and Constable-Maxwell lines of Husbands Bosworth Hall, Leicestershire.Francis was the eldest surviving son of Sir John Fortescue of Salden at Mursley and his wife, Cecily Ashfield. His brothers were William Fortescue and Thomas Fortescue II. In 1589, he married Grace Manners (1571-1634), daughter of Sir John Manners of Haddon Hall. In 1600, Francis became the Custos Rotulorum of Buckinghamshire and in 1608 High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire. In 1589, 1593 and 1597 he was MP for Buckingham, and in 1601 MP for Buckinghamshire. He was also an esquire of the body to Queen Elizabeth.‘He may have been the Francis Fortescue who served in the Earl of Leicester’s train in the Netherlands. By 1596 his father was seeking on behalf of Francis and himself a grant of the bailiwick of Wychwood forest in Oxfordshire. Two years earlier, Francis had acquired a lease of three royal hundreds in Newport, Buckinghamshire. Fortescue’s marriage linked his family with that of the earls of Rutland. His father-in-law Sir John Manners not only took over the education of one of his children, but was also a candid counsellor in the years following his succession to his father, as when in 1608 he advised him ‘not to be noted as a man opposed to the King’s proceedings’. In 1612 Fortescue appears on a list of Oxfordshire recusants, ‘and most of the officers under him ... convicted recusants or non-communicants’.’ (History of Parliament online)After her husband’s death Lady Grace Fortescue, a recusant, purchased Bosworth Hall in Leicestershire, and went to live there with her son William. Since 1632 Bosworth Hall has been the home of the following families: Fortescue (1632-1763), Fortescue-Turville (1763-1900), Turville-Petre (1907-1945), Turville-Constable-Maxwell (1945 to present day), all of them Roman Catholic.
Grégoire (Pierre). De republica libri sex et viginti, in duos tomos distincti, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, Pont-à-Mousson: Nicolas Claudet, 1596, [20], 1035 [i.e. 1043], [137]; [12], 479, [37] pp., first title-page printed in red and black, printer’s device to both titles, woodcut initials and head-pieces, printed side-notes in italics, index at end of both volumes, partly sprung with some leaves detached, the first and last few leaves somewhat creased and slightly frayed at margins without text loss, gilt-gauffered edges, fine contemporary (English?) gilt-decorated full calf with large arabesque centrepiece, the field semé with stylised Maltese Cross or flower device, large corner-pieces, with small fleurettes to outer corners, single gilt ruled outer border, spine gilt-tooled within raised bands, spine worn at head and foot with some loss, and associated small area of loss to foot of lower board, lacks ties, folio (240 x 160 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Adams G1092.Provenance: Most likely Sir Francis Fortescue (1563-1624), thence by direct family descent via the Turville and Constable-Maxwell lines of Husbands Bosworth Hall, Leicestershire.
R.S.P.C.A. Life Saving Medal, bronze (William Sweetland. 1920) with integral ‘For Humanity’ top brooch bar, nearly extremely fine £140-£180 --- Police Constable Harris and Mr William Sweetland (Sweetman) rescued a flock of 20 sheep in danger of being drowned in the marshes near Cowley-road, Exeter on 11 January 1920. The medals to both men were presented by the Mayor of Exeter at the Exeter Police Court on 11 February 1920. Sold with copies of newspaper reports of presentation including images of both recipients and letter from R.S.P.C.A. confirming the awards.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Lieutenant N. R. Hitchon, West Yorkshire Regiment attached West Riding Regiment, late Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, who was decorated for gallantry in action to the north-east of Cambrai on 11 October 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘Lieut. N. R. Hitchon. Oct. 4th. 1918.’, with replacement suspension; 1914-15 Star (2490 Pte. N. Hitchon. L.N. Lan. R.) minor official corrections to number and name; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut N. R. Hitchon); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Chief Inspr. Norman Hitchon) the Great War awards polished and worn, with some edge bruising, therefore good fine, the last good very fine (5) £600-£800 --- M.C. London Gazette 2 April 1919: ‘For conspicuous gallantry during operations on 11 October 1918, east of Naves, in command of his platoon, which he led with great courage and determination under heavy shell fire until wounded. While lying helpless on the ground, he continued to give orders to his platoon. He showed a fine disregard for danger.’ Norman Relton Hitchon was born in Bolton on 15 December 1892, and attested for the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment at the outbreak of the Great War, served as a Private on the Western Front from 12 February 1915. Appointed to a commission in the Yorkshire Regiment on 30 October 1917, he was later attached to the 1/7th Battalion, West Riding Regiment and was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry. Repatriated via Dover on 14 October 1918, it is believed that he was admitted to the Hammerton Hospital in Sunderland the following day. Hitchon claimed his medals in 1923, his address at that time recorded as 34 Gilnow Road, Bolton; his ties to the town are further reinforced in 1939 where he is listed as a master butcher and special constable residing at Inverlael Avenue in Bolton.
Pair: Special Constable H. Knight, Lincolnshire Police Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 3 clasps, Long Service 1949, Long Service 1956, Long Service 1966 (Harold Knight) with named card box of issue ‘1,154 Lincolnshire. Harold Knight’, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service, 1948 (Harold E. Sharpe) in named card box of issue to ‘1762 Lincolnshire. Harold E. Sharpe’, extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- Sold with an original typed letter of notification from the Traffic Department of Lincolnshire Constabulary, awarding the Special Constabulary Long Service Medal to H. Knight on 26 April 1953. Harold Ernest Sharpe was born in Little Bytham, Lincolnshire, in 1896, and attested at Lincoln for the 4th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment on 10 December 1915. A butcher by trade, he served in France from 24 February 1917 and was gassed on 5 November 1917; admitted to No. 6 British Red Cross Hospital at Etaples, he was evacuated to Woking for medical treatment before returning to the Western Front and was awarded the D.C.M. whilst serving as a Private in the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment (London Gazette 30 October 1918). The official citation states: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He covered his company’s withdrawal with his Lewis gun team, inflicting heavy losses on the enemy and holding them up. Next day, when his team became casualties and his gun was buried, he dug it out himself, and in a few minutes had it in action against the advancing enemy. During the remainder of the action he fought his gun with the greatest determination with only a small scratch team, inflicting serious losses on the enemy. He did fine work.’ Sold with the original typed letter of notification from the Traffic Department of Lincolnshire Police to ‘Special Constable Harold E. Sharpe, DCM. Swayfield’, dated 17 January 1949.
Three: Private G. McDonald, Devonshire Regiment and Devon Special Constabulary British War Medal 1914-20 (2635 Pte. G. Mc Donald. Devon. R.); Defence Medal, with named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. G. McDonald, 2, Cumberland Villas, Sidmouth, Devonshire’; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 2 clasps, Long Service 1940, Long Service 1960 (George Mc. Donald) mounted for wear, extremely fine (3) £60-£80 --- George McDonald was born in Sidmouth in 1893. A law clerk by occupation he enlisted into the 4th (Territorial) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 3 September 1914. Embodied, he served in India prior to be transferred to the 378 Home Service Company of the Labour Corps. Demobilised on 29 March 1919 he returned to Sidmouth were he was appointed as a Special Constable on 6 April 1920. He was employed as a clerk with the Sidmouth local brewery and was later advancing to managing director of the company. During the Second World War he was Area Officer Devon Special Constabulary. He died in Sidmouth on 15 May 1968, aged 74. Sold with the recipient’s original Certificate of Disembodiment on Demobilisation; original Appointment as Special Constable, dated 6 April 1920; enclosure slip for Defence Medal; and copied research.
Three: Police Constable A. H. Rickard, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. A. H. Rickard. M. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. A. H. Rickard. 3rd. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C., A. H. Rickard.) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2002. Albert Henry Rickard was born in Datchet, Berkshire, in 1875. Appointed Metropolitan Police Constable, with Warrant No. 81468 on 27 July 1896, he was posted to M Division and was awarded Queen Victoria’s Jubilee (Police) Medal the following year. He transferred to the 3rd Division, Devonport Dockyard, on 12 October 1898, and was awarded King Edward VII’s Coronation (Police) Medal in 1902 and King George V’s Coronation (Police) Medal in 1911. He transferred to the 4th Division, Chatham (Sheerness Dockyard) on 11 March 1915, and resigned to pension on 31 July 1922. He died at Milton Regis on 8 June 1958, aged 83. Sold with copied research.
Pair: Chief Constable W. B. Jones, Ramsgate Constabulary, late Grantham Constabulary Coronation 1911, County and Borough Police (W. B. Jones, Chief Constable. Ramsgate.); Grantham Constabulary, Diamond Jubilee Medal, V.R., silver (W. B. Jones, Chief Constable. 1897.) good very fine and better (2) £120-£160 --- William Benjamin Jones was born in Upper Llanvrechva, Monmouthshire, around 1867. The Western Mail of 23 January 1899, notes: ‘Mr. W. B. Jones, who has recently been appointed Chief-Constable of Ramsgate, is a native of Monmouthshire, and at one time was engaged in journalistic work on behalf of the “Western Mail”. Born in 1857 [sic], he was educated, primarily, at a well-known public school at his birthplace, and at the age of ten was fortunate enough to come under the tutelage of the Rev. D. Thomas, the principal master in classics and mathematics at the Baptist College. Developing a strong liking for police work, and a shorthand clerk being required in the Chief Constable’s office in the city of York, Mr. Jones was selected to fill the vacancy. During his career in the ancient city, he occasionally assisted in the work of the detective department, and in October, 1897, he had the gratification of being one of the selected candidates for the office of Chief Constable of the city. After twelve months at York, he was appointed Sergeant and chief clerk in the Gravesend police force, and was quickly promoted to the rank of inspector. Upon leaving Gravesend to become the Chief Constable of Grantham he was the recipient of some valuable presents.’ Furnished with an impressive bronze clock, Jones was later named by the East Kent Times and Mail as the recipient of a silver medal ‘for the services rendered by the Chief Constable and the police during the Diamond Jubilee festivities’. The following year, Jones was unanimously selected from amongst 80 applicants for the position of Chief Constable of the borough of Ramsgate at a rate of £250 per annum. He retired from the position in July 1916 and relocated with his wife to Paignton in Devon.
Pair: Corporal W. P. Keirle, Royal North Devon Yeomanry Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (51 Cpl. W. P. Keirle. R.N. Devon: Yeo.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Walter P. Keirle) nearly extremely fine (2) £100-£140 --- Walter Percy Keirle was born in Ashford, Braunton, Devon, in 1885. A farmer by occupation, he enlisted circa 1899 into the Royal North Devon Hussars Yeomanry and was awarded the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal in July 1911. Discharged Corporal, ‘Time Expired’, on 3 April 1912, he re-enlisted at South Molton into the 1/1st Wessex Divisional Veterinary Hospital on 8 December 1915 and was mobilised as Private, Wessex Veterinary Hospital, on 23 May 1916. Compulsorily transferred as a Gunner to the Royal Field Artillery at Athlone on 17 May 1917, he was posted as Gunner to the Royal Garrison Artillery, Anti-Aircraft Company, at Epping. He was demobilised to the Reserve on 8 February 1919, having served 3 years and 62 days’ service at Home and in Ireland. In the 1939 Register he is shown as a Mixed Farmer residing at Greinton, Somerset and a Special Constable, Somerset. He died at Chilton Polden, Somerset, on 9 January 1971, aged 85. Sold with copied research which confirms that this is his complete medallic entitlement.
The unique Second War M.B.E., Great War M.C., D.C.M., and M.M., and Second War B.E.M. group of ten awarded to Company Sergeant Major Charles Fraser, 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, later Lieutenant, Glasgow City Police and Co-ordinating Officer for Civil Defence, Glasgow The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge; Military Cross, G.V.R.; Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (437 Sjt. C. Fraser. 2/A: & S: Hdrs.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (437 Sjt. C. Fraser. 2/A: & S: Hdrs.); British Empire Medal (Civil), G.VI.R. (Charles Fraser.); 1914 Star, with clasp (437 Pte. C. Fraser. 2/A. & S. Highrs); British War and Victory Medals (437 W.O. Cl. 2 C. Fraser. A. & S. Highrs.); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937, mounted for display nearly very fine or better (10) £10,000-£14,000 --- Provenance: Matthew Taylor Collection, Christie’s, November 1990. M.B.E. London Gazette 9 January 1946: ‘Charles Fraser Esq., M.C., D.C.M., M.M. B.E.M., Co-ordinating Officer for Civil Defence, Glasgow.’ M.C. London Gazette 30 July 1919: ‘Company Sergeant Major, D.C.M., M.M., 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.’ ‘During the operations near Neuvilly on October 10th and 11th, 1918, he displayed conspicuous coolness and courage. During the attack on the morning of the 11th, all the platoon commanders in his company became casualties. He rallied the men of the company and led them on to their objective under heavy point-blank fire from field guns. He subsequently collected stragglers, reorganised them, and brought them into line with the rest of the company. While consolidation was being carried out he went round the line and set a fine example in assisting the section commanders in their work.’ D.C.M. London Gazette 22 September 1916: ‘Sergeant, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.’ ‘For conspicuous gallantry. During a night advance two platoons of his company had got disconnected on a very broad front. Sergeant Fraser volunteered to search for them, found and reorganised them, and led them back through heavy fire.’ Annotated Gazette states: ‘Bazentin le Petit, 19-21st July 1916.’ M.M. London Gazette 28 July 1917: ‘Sergeant, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.’ B.E.M. London Gazette 2 January 1939: ‘Lieutenant, Glasgow City Police Force. For services in connection with Air Raid Precautions.’ Charles Fraser was born in Duntocher in 1892 and joined the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1909. He served in France with the 2nd Battalion from 10 August 1914, and was discharged in the rank of Company Sergeant Major in 1921. He was later that year appointed Probationary Constable, City of Glasgow Police, was posted to ‘A’ Division, and later transferred to ‘C’ Division as a Detective Constable. He was made Sergeant in 1930; Inspector in 1933; Chief Drill Instructor of the Glasgow Police Training School from 1933 to 1937; and Lieutenant in 1936. Fraser was appointed Air Raid Precaution Officer and Chief Air Raid Warden for the City of Glasgow in 1937; seconded to the Corporation of Glasgow as Assistant to the city’s A.R.P. Co-ordinating Officer in 1939; and resigned from the Glasgow City Police in 1942 to take up an appointment as Co-ordinating Officer for Civil Defence in the city. Sold with copied research.
Historical Account of Discoveries and Travels in Africa by the late John Leyden, 2 volumes, first edition, half-titles, 3 folding engraved maps, contemporary calf, 8vo, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1817. *CR Light browning, neatly rebacked, new endpapers, larger map slightly torn.
George Bernard Shaw. Man and Superman, one of 100 copies printed for the Actor's Fund Fair, portrait frontispiece of Robert Loraine, signed, original cloth, slipcase, 8vo, New York: Brentano's, 1907; The Inca of Perusalem, printed rough proof, inscribed by Shaw on upper cover "Major Loraine", original wrappers, 8vo, London: Constable and Company, 1915 (2) *In February 1917 Shaw was one of the distinguished visitors to make a semi-official tour of the British Front. He spent several days at Trezennes and attended a dress rehearsal of The Inca of Perusalem which was acted by the men. *CR (i) half title, title, and frontispiece loose (ii) upper cover soiled.
Roald Amundsen. The South Pole, 2 Volumes, first English edition, half-titles, frontispiece, tissue guard, plates, with a portrait of Amundsen tipped in to the free end-paper, SIGNED BY AMUNDSEN, folding map, original cloth, top edges gilt, 8vo, London: John Murray, 1913; The North West Passage, first English edition, half-titles, plates, 2 folding maps, original cloth gilt, top edges gilt, 8vo, London: Archibald Constable, 1908 (4). *CR (i) a few plates slightly loose, blocking on upper cover of volume one slightly marked (ii) spines slightly chipped, volume one partly detached.
Montagu (Sir Henry) Manchester, Al Mondo, third impression much inlarged, tiny hole to title (not affecting text), heavily faded ink signature of Francis Quincey to title, occasional pencil underlining, occasional faint staining, front free endpaper becoming loose, cracked hinges, late seventeenth century sharkskin, remnants of paper spine label, rubbed, bumping to corners and extremities, short splits to spine extremities, 12mo, John Haviland, for Francis Constable, 1636.
Rackham, Arthur (illus.). 1920 Snowdrop & Other Tales by the Brothers Grimm illustrated by Arthur Rackham. Publ. Constable & Co. Ltd, originally published in Grimm's Fairy Tales 1909, reissued separately. Publisher's orig. full cloth binding, gilt pictorial front board and spine, light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities, gilding to spine a little discoloured, pencil inscriptions to ffep, odd spot to first and last leaves, leaves and plates occ. lightly soiled to edges, otherwise a smart example. 4to.
Military and First World War interest. A collection of early 20th century cloth-bound books. The lot to include 1922 Sir Douglas Haig's Command by George A. B. Dewar & Lieut-Col. J. H. Boraston, first ed. in two volumes; The Fifty-First in France by Captain Robert B. Ross (1st ed); 1919 A Private in the Guards by Stephen Graham (1st ed.); 1914 by Field-Marshal Viscount French of Ypres, blind stamped to title Presentation Copy, publ. Constable and Company Ltd. 1919; The Battle of Jutland by Commander Carlyon Bellairs; along with seven books in publisher's pictorial boards, including With Beatty off Jutland by Percy F. Westerman, Modern Weapons of War by Cyril Hall, A Hero of Liege by Herbert Strang, Dearer than Life by Joseph Hocking, With the Allies by Richard Harding Davis, etc. Twenty works in lot, 8vo.
John Constable RA (1776-1837) The Gravel Pits of Hampstead Oil on paper laid on board, c.1820-22 18.1 x 25.8cm; 7 x 10¼in Provenance: Probably Charles Golding Constable (1821-1878); Probably with Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell, London, 1890s (the above according to inscription to reverse); Sotheby's, London, c.1952, where purchased by B. Y. McPeake; And by family descent “The world is wide. No two days are alike, nor even two hours; neither were there ever two leaves of a tree alike since the creation of all the world … In a sketch, there is nothing but the one state of mind – that which you were in at the time." -John ConstableThe Gravel Pits of Hampstead is a previously unpublished oil sketch by one of the great masters of not only British but of European art, John Constable. Painted in c.1820-22, it depicts workers at a gravel pit on Hampstead Heath. The Heath and its surroundings were one of the mainstays of Constable’s art in the second half of his career. He first took lodgings there in 1819, in part to help improve the health of his young family. However, with its combination of panoramic views across London and the rustic ruggedness of its steep banks and hollows, the area also held great appeal to him as an artist. He spent most summers there until 1827, when he purchased a house in Well Walk that was to remain his home for the rest of his life.It is Constable’s Hampstead period, alongside his time in Suffolk, which is most associated with the oil sketches, such as our painting, which today are amongst his most admired and best loved works. The Gravel Pits of Hampstead would have been executed in a single sitting and with its fluid, vigorous brushwork, it provides a fascinating insight into his working technique. Constable had the virtuoso ability to paint rapidly wet-on-wet, or alla prima, creating spontaneous impressions of the landscape around him. Constable painted these open air sketches in Hampstead, Suffolk and other locations until 1829, when he ceased the practice. These works were never intended for exhibition or sale, but instead he could refer back to them as he worked on larger compositions. In fact along the edges of our painting one can see the evenly placed pencil marks which indicate the artist intended to place ‘squaring threads’ in order to work up a larger version of the composition. There are also pin holes in the corners of the sheet, suggesting that Constable either had it pinned to a board whilst working in the open air, or that he had it attached to a studio wall as a compositional aid.An inscription to the reverse of the board reads ‘This sketch on paper, formerly the property of Captain C Constable, son of John Constable was mounted on this card by Dowdeswell the picture dealer.’ The London dealers Dowdeswell and Dowdeswell did in fact purchase works by John Constable at his son Charles Golding’s posthumous sale on 11 July 1887, including lot 70 (‘Sketch of Hampstead Heath – 1821’), and lot 74 (‘Hampstead Heath 1823’), both purchased for £21. It is conceivable that one of these lots is the present work.In the early 1950s the work was purchased by Ben McPeake, who was Managing Director of International Magazines, part of William Randolph Hearst’s publishing empire. The company published a number of titles, including McPeake's personal favourite, The Connoisseur magazine. McPeake lived for a time at Frognal House in Hampstead, and so it seems plausible that he acquired the present work, in part for the local subject matter.Constable’s oil sketches have always been held in the highest esteem and, for some, are more sought after than his finished paintings. The landscape painter Frederick Richard Lee wished to buy some, and was refused, and Samuel and Richard Redgrave wrote that ‘Constable himself knew the value of such studies, for he rarely parted with them. He used to say of his studies and pictures that he had no objection to part with the corn, but not with the field that grew it’. The oil sketches were also hugely influential on future generations of artists, both in Britain and in Europe, and even 100 years after his death John Piper wrote ‘His sketches mean more to us today than his big paintings in the end; they are so complete, vivid and timeless. … Constable … deeply affected the course of the [landscape] tradition and made the Impressionist movement, and ultimately the whole of the modern movement, possible and necessary’.We are grateful to Anne Lyles for her assistance in cataloguing the present work. Please note, this painting is displayed in a loan frame from Douglas McLeod Framing Ltd. Salisbury. Should you wish to purchase it please contact a member of the Old Masters, British & European Paintings department.
A mixed group of Scottish silver flatware; including a pair of Old English pattern dessert spoons by James McKay Edinburgh 1809, four Oar pattern teaspoons by William Constable, Edinburgh 1809, a pair of single struck Hourglass and Shell teaspoons and an Australian?? silver Fiddle pattern table spoon,
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[Mostyn John Armstrong]: 'History and Antiquities of the County of Norfolk', Norwich 1781, 10 volumes, 8vo, folding map of Norfolk and city plan of Norwich plus 57 engraved plates (including folding plate of Scole Inn sign, Tacolneston Hall, Redenhall Church, Earsham Hall, Barningham Hall, Cromer, Felbrigg Hall, Sheringham, Blickling Hall, Heydon Hall, Wolterton Hall, Wood Dalling, Caister Castle, Great Yarmouth, Cossey Hall, Wymondham Abbey, Castle Acre, Map of Fens, Houghton Hall, Walsingham Priory, Bixley Hall, Venta Icenorum plan, Melton Constable, Ditchingham Hall, Langley House (extra plate), Letton Hall, Beeston House, various Norwich Cathedral, Castle, various portraits incl. Robert Walpole, Henry Spelman, Edward Coke, Roger L'Estrange, etc etc, full list loosely inserted, extra plates for Langley & Stiffkey but lacking King Edmund, Broomholme, Binham & Holkham), old half calf gilt, marbled paper covered boards, later leather labels to spines (10)
Seven volumes assorted Motoring and Motor Racing books, comprising Hugh Conway & Jacques Greilsamer: 'Bugatti', Lausanne, Hobbycar, 1982, 304pp, full page & in text colour illustrations throughout, oblong large 4to (24 x 32cm), original cloth gilt, original slipcase; Anthony S. Heal: 'Sunbeam Racing Cars 1910-1930', Foulis/Haynes, 1989, 1st edition, 384pp, illustrations throughout, oblong 4to (25 x 28cm), original leatherette gilt, all edges gilt, dust wrapper, original slipcase; Donald Cowbourne, 2 titles: 'British Trial Drivers: Their Cars and Awards 1919-1928; 1929-1939', Smith Settle, 1998-2001, 1st edition, 2 volumes, oblong 4to, uniform original cloth gilt, dust wrappers, 'British Rally Drivers: Their Cars and Awards 1925-1939', Smith Settle, 1996, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; G.S. Davison: 'At the Wheel. Impressions of the leaders of Britain's greatest industry: Sir Herbert Austin, K.B.E., Sir William Morris, Sir Frederick Royce, Lord Wakefield, etc.', London, Industrial Transport Publications Ltd, 1931, 1st edition, foreword by Sir Malcolm Campbell, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper. Scarce; W.A. Robotham: 'Silver Ghosts and Silver Dawn', L, Constable, 1970, 1st edition, orig. cloth, dust wrapper, glassine protective cover (7)
A Bath Special Constabulary long service medal group of 4 covering service over both world wars. British War and Victory Medals, “45798 PTE. W.F.J. HOPKINS HAMPS R.”, Defence Medal 1939-45, unnamed as issued, Special Constabulary Long Service Medal. GVIR 1st type, with 2 additional service clasps, Long Service 1948 and Long Service 1949, “WILLIAM F.J. HOPKINS”. First 2 mounted as worn. Accompanied by the following items, card box of issue for Great War medals, issue letter and registered postal envelope for Great War medals to ‘MR WFJ HOPKINS, 31 PARAGON, BATH’, card box of issue for Special Constabulary medal, with label ‘BATH, WILLIAM FJ HOPKINS’ 2 medal ribbon bars, Great War entitlement and full group and 2 cap badges (Hampshire Regiment and Royal Berkshire Regiment). William Hopkins was born in Bath on 19th May 1899, during the Great War he served in the 1st Hampshire Regiment and 2/4th Royal Berkshire Regiment. In 1939 he is shown as a Plumber and Gas Fitter living in Bath also being a Bath Special Constable. He died in Bath on 17th August 1985.
A nice City of London Coronation and Long Service group of 4 medals,1897 Police Jubilee Medal, City of London reverse, “PC 532 A.W. BRIDGES”, 1902 Police Coronation medal in bronze, City if London reverse, “P.C. AW BRIDGES”, 1911 Police Coronation Medal, City of London reverse, “P.S. A W BRIDGES”, Special Constabulary Long Service medal, GVR 2nd type, “ALBERT W. BRIDGES”. Group mounted as worn. Albert William Bridges was born in St Albans, Hertfordshire on 11th March 1873. He joined the City of London Police on 18th May 1893 aged 20 with warrant No. 6425 and collar number 532. He retired on 18th August 1929 and later served as a Special Constable in Ramsgate, Kent. In 1939 he is shown as a Police Pensioner living in St Lukes Avenue, Ramsgate.
An interesting pair of Great War Victory Medals, Victory Medal, “19357 PTE. G.A. BAKER D OF CORN L.I.”- George Albert Baker was born on 11th March 1893 in Hoxton London. He was discharged on 9th May 1917 unfit for further service due to shell shock. The cause of this is documented in his service record, on 27th July 1916 he was buried by a shell but remained at duty until he was rendered unconscious by another shell. By 1939 he is shown as being a Police Constable in ‘G’ Division, Metropolitan Police. He died in Worthing in December 1965; Victory Medal, “40896 PTE. J. THORNTON LEIC. R” – John Thornton from Newcastle, Staffordshire was killed in action of 11th April 1917 serving with 9th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment and now rests in an identified grave in Wancourt British Cemetery.
Robertson (Alec).In the Little Things. Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1969, one of 40 copies produced for private circulation out of a total printing of 300, presentation inscription from the author, abbey library stamp to limitation page and bookplate to front pastedown, printed on Japanese paper, original cloth; Belloc (Hilaire). A Remaining Christmas.Stanbrook Abbey Press, 1976, limited edition of 400 copies, abbey library bookplate, original wraps;Forrest (G.F.). Misfits, A Book of Parodies.Oxford: Frank Harvey, 1905, first edition, bookplate of Laurence Eyres, initialled binding;Barker (Ernest). W. P. Ker, A Scholar.Cambridge: Nicholas Barker at the St Nicolas Press, 1953, numbered limited edition of 200, presentation inscription from the author, abbey bookplate, original wraps;Schnitzler (Arthur). Rhapsody, A Dream Novel.Constable, 1928, limited edition of 100, illustrated, abbey bookplate to front pastedown, original vellum-backed boards (shelf label scar to lower spine);Bandry (Anne) & Day (Geoffrey) edits. The Clockmakers Outcry Against the Author of the Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy.Winchester College Printing Soc., 1991, limited edition of 200 copies, prospectus inserted, abbey bookplate, original quarter cloth; Bunyard (Edward A.). The Anatomy of Dessert. Dulau & Co., 1929, signed limited edition of 1000, frontis, top edge gilt, original cloth. With seventeen others including signed presentation copies [lot not collated]. (24)
WALTER BLAKE "Braidston Hall Norfolk August 24" watercolour study, signed to bottom centre, titled and dated 1964 to the lower margins, 19 cm x 38 cm together with WALTER HENRY BLAKE "Buckenham Marshes Norfolk" watercolour, unsigned, bears labels verso including Alpine Gallery Club dated November 1933, signed Amy E Blake, 33 cm x 50 cm together with 19TH CENTURY EAST ANGLIAN SCHOOL "By water's edge with cattle in foreground" oil on canvas, unsigned, could be a Constable, 46 cm x 61 cm (3)
This original oil on board features a picturesque landscape where a farmhouse and haystacks are partially hidden by trees growing near a quaint pond. The artist painted beautiful clouds reminiscent of the atmospheric studies of 19th century English painter John Constable. Initials on lower right: M.S. Housed in plaster covered wooden frame with ornate designs. Artwork dimensions: 13"L x 9"H. Frame size: 17.25"L x 13"H x 2.50"W. Issued: Late 19th-Early 20th centuryCondition: Age related wear.
A First World War Special Constabulary certificate to Robert J. Herbert for his services for the Borough of Scarborough in Yorkshire from 9th December 1914 to 19th July 1919, 'this certificate is given as a mark of appreciation of his patriotic and efficient services', with printed signatures of the Mayor, Chairman of the Watch Committee and Chief Constable, framed and glazed, 26.5cm x 42cm*This was likely awarded to Robert Johnson Herbert, elementary schoolmaster (b.1874). Scarborough is noted for suffering a bombardment by two German battleships on 16th December 1914, killing 17 inhabitants and injuring many more.
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE (1993-1999) - Julian Bashir's (Alexander Siddig) Screen-Matched Light-Up Cortical Stimulator - Julian Bashir's (Alexander Siddig) screen-matched light-up cortical stimulator from Rick Berman and Michael Piller's Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Crew aboard the titular space station used Starfleet-issue devices for medical research in episodes such as "Things Past" and as engineering tools in episodes including "The Magnificent Ferengi" and "The Siege of AR-558." Pinstriping, paintwork, and the alignment of the decals on this cortical stimulator screen-match to when Bashir attempted to stabilize Section 31 agent Luther Sloan (William Sadler) in order to get info on Constable Odo's (Rene Auberjonois) disease.This futuristic, four-tiered conical device is cast from resin, hand-painted silver-color with black striping, and applied with various colored decals to resemble buttons. It features static buttons on its side and bottom, and one button that activates a small red light in the front. The decals exhibit peeling and the paint exhibits flaking in several places from handling and production use, exposing the resin beneath, and a small red button that once covered the real button that activates the light is no longer present. Dimensions: 2" x 2" x 3.5" (5 cm x 5 cm x 9 cmContains electronics; see electronics notice in the Buyer's Guide.Estimate: $2,000 - 4,000Bidding for this lot will end on Sunday, August 18th. The auction will begin at 9:30AM PDT and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. Note other lots in the auction may close on Thursday, August 15th, Friday, August 16th, or Saturday, August 17th.
STAR TREK: DEEP SPACE NINE (1993-1999) - Odo's (Rene Auberjonois) Face Appliance - Odo's (Rene Auberjonois) face appliance from Rick Berman's and Michael Piller's television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Constable Odo, a Changeling capable of assuming any shape but who normally chose to appear as a humanoid, served as Deep Space Nine's Head of Security throughout the series.This foam latex face appliance with the smoothed-out features typical of the Changeling species is painted peach-color and mounted to a velvet-covered bust for stability. It features holes for the eyes, mouth, and nostrils, but exhibits the left ear torn from the appliance, the right ear extremely fragile, and torn latex around the eyes and chin. The appliance should be handled with caution.Estimate: $800 - 1,600Bidding for this lot will end on Sunday, August 18th. The auction will begin at 9:30AM PDT and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. Note other lots in the auction may close on Thursday, August 15th, Friday, August 16th, or Saturday, August 17th.
Economics.- True State of England (The). Containing the Particular Duty, Business and Salary..., first edition, light marginal water-staining to first few leaves, one or two marginal tears, some worming slightly affecting text, the odd spot, contemporary calf-backed boards, covers detached, rubbed and worn with loss to spine ends, C. King et al., 1729 § Lauderdale (Earl of) An Inquiry into the Nature and Origin of Public Wealth, first edition, lightly browned, foxed, Edinburgh, Arch. Constable and Co., 1804 bound with Lauderdale's Observations, together 2 works in 1 vol., hinges reinforced, contemporary calf, spine cracked at end of first work, rebacked and recornered preserving original backstrip, some surface wear § Sturt (Charles) The Real State of France in the Year 1809, second edition, title spotted, J. Ridgway, 1809, in Miscellanies of France, no.353, early nineteenth century half calf, red morocco spine label, spine rubbed, upper joint slightly cracked; and c.160 others, mostly nineteenth century pamphlets and reports, v.s. (c.160)
Medals of 6729 Private Robert Davidson of the 4th Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers and Special Police Constable who was wounded 12th July 1915 comprising WWI war medal, victory medal and 1914-15 star [6729 PTE R DAVIDSON K O SCO BORD], WWII defence medal and George V Special Constabulary medal with LONG SERVICE 1940 clasp, the five medals mounted together on dress bar, also a Services Rendered badge [499063]. (6)
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