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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)

Medals of Special Constable Major Digby C Cayley comprising WWI war medal [MAJOR D C CAYLEY], Special Constabulary long service medal [DIGBY C CAYLEY], WWII defence medal, also miniatures to include 1914-15 star, WWI war medal, victory medal, WWII defence medal, George VI coronation medal and Special Constabulary medal, also a Victorian silver box by Wright & Davies (William Thomas Wright & Frederick Davies) London 1872 [D CAYLEY BROMPTON YORK]. Also a WWI victory medal [LIEUT W A S CAYLEY RN].

Starling, oil on board surreal beach scene; W A Dawling, study of Felixstowe Ferry 1973 and a coloured Constable print

A GROUP OF COLLECTORS PLATES, comprising a boxed Royal Worcester 'Happy and Glorious' millennium-issue collectors plaque, limited edition 274/2000 with certificate, a Coalport 'Festival of Flowers: Red Anemone' 845/2500 plate, two Coalport 'Still Life Fruit' limited edition plates, a Coalport 'Golfing Classics: The Belfry' 510/10000 plate, three Crown Staffordshire 'John Constable' plates, six Finsbury China 'The Famous Herring Hunting Scenes' plates with four similar Debonair Pottery examples, five Seltmann 'Thanksgiving' plates with one box, ten Lilien Porcelain 'The Masterpieces of Franz von Defregger' plates (one chipped), four The Bradford Exchange 'A Mediterranean Orchard' plates, a boxed Wedgwood Silver Jubilee 1977 plate, a Royal Worcester 'The Darling Buds of May: Strawberry Picking' plate, a Coalport 'Skating at Sunset by Neils H Christiansen' plate, a boxed Langenthal 'Ankers Erbe: The First Smile' plate, a Berlin Design 'The Kappelmann Family's Holiday Week: Thursday' plate, a Peter & Marie Graves 'The Armorial Bearings of The Royal School of Chemistry' plate, an Argyle China 'Millenium 2000' plate, a Sheltonian 1986 Royal Wedding plate, four Weatherby Falcon Ware and Liverpool Rd Pottery 'Cries of London' plates, a boxed set of five Centenary Collection miniature plates, five as new wire plate hangers, some plates have certificates (50 + plate hangers + certificates + 4 boxes) (Condition Report: most plates appear in good condition, specific obvious damage as stated, sd to boxes/certificates, some duplicates)

A GROUP OF COUNTRYSIDE THEMED COLLECTORS PLATES FROM NAMED MANUFACTURERS, to include Royal Doulton eight 'Countryside Remembered' one 'As Once They Worked the Land', two 'Harvest Home', two 'In the Footsteps of Constable', Wedgwood, eleven 'Life on the Farm', (some duplicates one large plate), Royal Grafton, 'Quite corners of Old England', Coalport, 'The Tale of a Country Village', (Condition Report: all plates are in good condition some have boxes and certificates not all), (qty)

HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. NICOLSON, Harold. Diaries and Letters 1930-39, 1st edition, London: Collins 1966, bkpl, yellow cloth, dj, 8vo; IDEM. another copy, 2nd impression 1966, dj price clipped; IDEM. Diaries and Letters 1939-45, 1st edition, London: Collins 1967, bkpl, yellow cloth, dj, 8vo; IDEM. Diaries and Letters1945-62, 1st edition, London: Collins 1968, bkpl, yellow cloth, dj, 8vo; IDEM. another copy, ownership inscriptions to ffep, dj price clipped with tears and creases; IDEM. Friday Mornings 1941-1944, 1st edition, London: Constable & Co Ltd 1944, rubbed navy cloth, 12mo; together with 58 others, various authors, some pbk, history and biography (64)

London Interest 'Lost London', being a description of Landmarks which have disappeared picture by J, Crowther circa 1879-87 and described by E. Beresford Chancellor, printed at the Chiswick Press for Constable and Company Limited and Houghton Mifflin Company 1926, limited to 1025 copies; 'Alistair Macdonald & Beresford Chancellor, 'London Recalled', Basil Blackwell, 1937; Loftie, J. - 'London City - Its History, Streets, Traffic, Building, People' (Leadenhall Press 1891) with 1890 subscriber's receipt (Thomas Bliss MNSL) together with the companion volume to 'London City Suburbs', Leadenhead Press, 1893.

EDWARD ARDIZZONE: 2 first edition titles: TIM ALL ALONE, London, OUP, 1956; PAUL, THE HERO OF THE FIRE, London, Constable and Company, 1962. Both with original dustjackets, some wear and tear, both unclipped (2)

WILLIAM PAGE (Ed): A HISTORY OF LONDON, Volume I, London, Constable and Company, together with A HISTORY OF MIDDLESEX, Volumes II, III and V. (4)

MIXED LITERATURE: 5 titles: M DE VOLTAIRE (translated) by Webster Murray: THE HISTORY OF CANDIDE OR ALL FOR THE BEST, London, Richard Lesley & Co (nd). Blue cloth with gilt pictorial cover and titling to spine, uncut, together with COUNT LYOF N TOLSTOI and ISABEL F HAPGOOD (Trans): SEVASTOPOL, London, Walter Scott, 1890. First Edition. Blue cloth boards with gilt pictorial cover and spine decoration.Tolstoy short stories used later as the basis for some of War and Peace; BERNARD SHAW: 3 titles: THREE PLAYS FOR PURITANS London, Grant Richards, 1901, Ex libris; SAINT JOAN, London, Constable and Co, 1924; MISALLIANCE / THE DARK LADY OF THE SONNETS / FANNY'S FIRST PLAY, London, Constable and Co, 1914,Ex libris (5)

CYRIL DAVENPORT: ENGLISH HERALDIC BOOK-STAMPS, London, Archibald Constable and Co, 1909. With frontis showing the book stamp of His Majesty King Edward VII. Boynd in red cloth (worn and marked) with gilt title to spine

MEDIEVAL SOCIAL HISTORY INTEREST: 5 TITLES: HELEN M JEWELL: ENGLISH LOCAL ADMINISTRATION IN THE MIDDLE AGES, Newton Abbott, David and Charles, 1972; G G COULTON: A MEDIEVAL GARNER - HUMAN DOCUMENTS FROM THE FOUR CENTURIES PRECEDING THE REFORMATION, London, Constable and Company, 1910; W EDWARDS: A MEDIAEVAL SCRAP-HEAP, london, Rivingtons, 1930; G G COULTON: SOCAIL LIFE IN BRITAIN FROM THE CONQUEST TO THE REFORMATION, Cambridge, CUP, 1919; G G COULTON: THE MEDIEVAL VILLAGE, Cambrige, CUP, 1925 (5)

Collection of overseas medals including Pakistan, Rhodesia named to 21337 Constable Maridzi, Imperial Service Medal named to Owen Ellis Ellis, General Service Medal (copy), Baltic Medal (copy) and Naval General Service Medal (copy), together with some badges, etc

British WW2 medal pair comprising 1939/1945 Star and Italy Star together with a Police Special Constable For Faithful Service Medal named to Geoffrey I Orchard and a Civil Defence Instructor's badge

A George V silver sugar caster by Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh, 1929; a cased Victorian Ambrotype photographic portrait; a collection of pens and propelling pencils, to include Parker and Yard-o-Led; gramophone styli etc. Note: One pen and one propelling pencil are marked "C.G. Burrows" - Clement Burrows, Chief Constable of Oxford 1956-68. Condition Report:Available upon request

Post WW2 RAF / Police medal pair, awarded to Senior Aircraftman, Thomas F. Morrison RAF / Constable Thomas F. Morrison. To include: the 1918-62 General Service Medal with clasp for Cyprus, named to 4166293 S.A.C. T.F.Morrison R.A.F, and the Police Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, named to CONST Thomas F. Morrison. Both medals are court mounted for wear with a pin back. Condition: very good. Minor signs of polishing / contact marks to the GSM.

A WW1 Military Cross and Mentioned in Dispatches medal group, awarded to Lt Harold Bourne of the Royal Engineers, who was later a casualty of WW2 in 1944. To include: the Military Cross in original case of issue (unnamed as issued), the British War Medal, Victory Medal, and a corresponding miniature group mounted on a pin bar for wear. Notes: Harold’s medal index card confirms the pair, plus the MC and MID as his full entitlement. The full size oak leaf emblem that should be attached to the Victory medal is absent. He first entered the conflict in France on July 29th 1916. His M.I.D is gazetted on May 18th 1917, where his rank was noted at T/2nd Lt. The gazette for his Military Cross appears in the June 3rd 1918 (issue number 30716). Both named medals show his rank as Lieutenant, and he would appear to have served in WW2, as there is a December 28th gazette entry stating that Harold Bourne M.C, A.M.I.E.E was to be a Lieutenant. During WW2, the now Captain Harold Bourne M.C died on September 7th 1944 at the age of 57, and is commemorated at the Manchester Crematorium. Information supplied by the vendor also states that Harold Bourne also served as a Special Constable in 1926, likely during the General Strike. The group has been with the family since the conclusion of WW1, and has never been previously offered for sale. As can be seen in the images, there is a photograph of Lt Bourne sat on his horse, Daisy in 1917. This is a copy, with the location of the original being unknown. Condition: generally good to the medals. The Military Cross is a deep gunmetal grey with tarnish to the front side, and slightly less so the reverse side. The medal is complete with its original ribbon and pin clasp. The cross fits perfectly in the case, and the recess where it has sat is of a much lighter colour. The MC case is very dilapidated, with the lid being almost detached, and losses to the leather covering to both side. The BWM has toned with age, but does not appear to have been polished for some time (ribbon absent) The Victory medal is complete with its original and is in good condition. The miniature medal group has some fraying to the MC ribbon, but is otherwise good condition, with the oak leaf emblem being present on the Victory medal ribbon.

An interesting 1950’s / 60’s Staffordshire County Police group, formerly belonging to P.W.29 Mary D.Robinson, who was the first female Special Constable in the Willenhall Division. Comprising of a cased Police Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, named to ‘Const Mary D Robinson’ (issued in August 1978). Also, a 1950’s Staffordshire County Police chromed badge, a West Midlands Police chromed badge, and a pair of epaulettes with applied chrome service numbers ‘E 29’. Plus, a 2002 Royal Mint issued Golden Jubilee medallion for the West Midlands Police, a handwritten S.O. Book 121 with notes inside made by Mary regarding legal definitions, a uniform photograph, group photographs, 1950’s books on criminal law, several handwritten notebooks, pocketbooks, several volumes of ‘The Book For Police’ (from 1958), and 8 pieces of mid 20th century Staffordshire County Police pottery by Grindley Hotel Ware. All of the items are housed in a vintage toleware metal trunk. Condition: generally good to most pieces. The medal is generally good and just has some contact marks to the surface from wear, and similarly the cap badges are also in good condition. The period documentation, notebooks and books show a little wear from age and handling, but this is nothing that detracts. The trunk is corroded to the top, but there are no holes or splits to the metal. The pottery items are used, with a couple having chipping at the base. Important note: the trunk and its contents are heavy, and pick up of the item is strongly advised.

Sheets of 1/6 Lowry Stamps, Constable, Lawrence and Other Stamps

Police. A Victorian painted beech truncheon, with crown, DC and scarlet cartouche CONSTABLE, 36.5cm l Much original paint, unrestored, minor ascending hairline cracks at base of shaft

Charles Dickens Edition collection and others by J Otho Paget, "Spider" Jackson. Charles Dickens, The Charles Dickens Edition, sixteen of eighteen volumes, Chapman & Hall, 1869, facsimile of Charles Dickens signature on original green cloth covers; J Otho Paget. The Art Of Beagling. H F & G Witherby, First edition 1931, tan cloth cover; Beagles and Beagling. Hutchinson & Co. 1923, blue cloth cover; "Spider" Jackson. Horses from Dealer to Covert. Constable & Company, 1933, green cloth cover.Qty: 19

Pair of small oil studies rural scenes together with a coloured print after Constable

Victorian oil on board study of river scene together with a print after Constable (2)

A carved oak barometer and a coloured print after Constable

A very large quantity colour prints after John Constable, 'A View of Osmington Village with the Church and Vicarage 1816', each 26x30.5, with COAs

A large quantity of colour prints after Constable, 'Weymouth Bay 1816', all numbered in pencil

A group of Poole pottery, to include various plates depicting famous paintings, to include Boat Building Near Flatford Mill by John Constable, The Laughing Cavalier by Franz Hals, Housemartin by John Gould, together with a Poole pottery figure of a dolphin, 14cm high, other Poole pottery animals, etc. (a quantity)

AFTER JOHN CONSTABLE (1776-1837): AN OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS DEPICTING FIGURES FISHING BY A STREAM WITH A WINDMILL AND FARMHOUSE, 38cm x 28cm Mounted in a frame.48cm x 39cm Restored/relined.

"The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899 through to 1902" in 5 vols, red cloth with gilt titles; Creswicke, Louis "South Africa and the Transvaal War", 6 vols, blue gilt decorated cloth; De Wet, C R "Three Years War (1899-1902)", Archibald Constable & Co 1902, uncut pages, blue cloth, some foxing; Conan Doyle, A "The Great Boer War", Smith Elder & Co 1900, blue cloth with gilt titles, "The Military History of World War I", "Triumphs and Tragedies in the East" 1915-1917, dust wrapper, various Pen & Sword and other volumes (4 boxes) 

Dulac, Edmond "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam", Hodder & Stoughton, colour plates tipped in with lettered tissue guards, some slight foxing, printed name and date on ffep 1923, red gilt decorated cloth, sellotape repair to the top of the backstrip, Rackham, Arthur (ills) "The Springtide of Life, Poems of Childhood by Algernon Charles Swinburn", William Heinemann 1918, colour plates and lettered tissue guards, front hinge cracked, slight foxing, green pictorial cloth with gilt decorations, Rackham, Arthur (ills) "Some British Ballads", Constable & Co, colour plates tipped in, binding is loose, front board and backstrip are detaching, blue cloth with gilt titles, backstrip stained and chipped, Reynolds, Frank (ills) "The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens", The Westminster Press, colour plates tipped in with lettered tissue guards, some foxing but not affecting plates, red cloth with gilt titles, backstrip faded and Everett, Ethel "A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens", The Daily Chronicle, colour plates tipped in, no tissue guards, quarter cloth, pictorial pastedown to front board (5) 

Eight assorted display plates including Wedgwood Country Days series, Royal Doulton Village Life series, Coalport John Constable, a small selection of blue and white ware and a Woods Burslem 'Falmouth' display plate etc.

‡ JOHN BARNARD JENKINS (Welsh 1933-2020) ink on paper - Celtic inspired design produced whilst serving time in HM Prison Albany, Isle of Wight, printed signature verso, 37.5 x 26cmsAuctioneers Note: John Barnard Jenkins was a Welsh nationalist and a British army soldier who was convicted of bombing-related offences. He led the Welsh nationalist group Mudiad Amddiffyn Cymru (Movement for the Defence of Wales) from 1964 until his arrest in 1969. During his tenure, the organisation embarked on a campaign against the British government and bombed numerous sites in and around Wales. The first bombing targeted a water pipeline at Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant and the campaign continued with attacks on numerous targets for several years, including tax offices, monuments and an English-owned business. The attacks culminated in four bombs being planted to disrupt the Investiture of Prince Charles, at Caernarfon Castle, in 1969. The first device exploded prematurely, killing two MAC members, while two failed to detonate. One of these laid undiscovered for several days before seriously injuring a 10-year old boy who had discovered the device. The last exploded in the garden of a police Chief Constable. Later that year, Jenkins was arrested and charged with theft and explosive offences in relation to the bombings and was sentenced to ten years in prison.Provenance: private collection KentComments: framed and glazed, ready to hang

A selection of amateur artworks by Gordon Smith, principally being after John Constable, to include various views, all being oil on canvas (9)

A quantity of Collins and Constable books on natural history, ornithology and lepidopterology

19th century English School a peaceful landscape scene with figures in a boat in the foreground and figures and a windmill in the distance, oil on canvas, signed and dated lower left 'J Constable 1817', in a gilt frame. 78 x 93 cm.

Folio Society publications – all near mint in slip cases except where marked by an asterisk(*), in varying size formats: Barber (Richard) ed., The Pastons; Barrow (Sir John, 1st Bt., FRS, FRGS, FSA), The Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS Bounty; Boswell (Hon. James of Auchinleck, WS), Boswell’s London Journey 1762-3; Darracott (Joseph), England’s Constable*; FitzRoy (V/Adml. Robert, FRS, RN), A Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Beagle; Falkus (Christopher), The Private Lives of the Tudor Monarchs; Hakluyt (Richard), The Tudor Venturers; Hillaby (John), Journey Through Britain, bkplt. Audrey Harbord*; Housman (Professor Albert Edward), A Shropshire Lad; Hudson (Roger), Travels of A Victorian Photographer; Kilvert (Revd. Robert Francis), Journal of a Country Curate; Lycett-Green (Candida), Betjeman’s Britain; Macaulay (Rt. Hon. Thomas Babington, 1st Lord Macaulay, PC FRS), A History of England 1485-1685; A History of England from the Accession of James II Vols. I & II (cased together); A History of England from the Accession of James II Vols. II to V (cased together), A History of England in the Eighteenth Century; Maré (Eric de), Wren’s London*; Scott (Capt. Robert Falcon, RN), Scott’s Last Expedition; Vallance (Rosalind), Dickens’ London; Vickery (Amanda), The Gentleman’s Daughter; Wilson (Harriette), Memoirs of Harriette Wilson; Worsley (Cdr. Frank Arthur, DSO, OBE, RD, RNR), Shackleton’s Boat Journey (25)

Carroll (William). The Angler's Vade Mecum, containing a descriptive account of the water flies, their seasons, and the kind of weather that brings them most on the water, 1st edition, Edinburgh: printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1818, half-title, 12 hand-coloured plates of flies, small marginal repair to plate 3, a little minor spotting, previous owner signature, later half morocco, spine a little rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Westwood & Satchell pp. 50-51.

Bates (Henry Walter). The Naturalist on the River Amazons, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, 1864, frontispiece, wood-engraved plates (full-page and in-text), armorial bookplate of Frederic Silva to both pastedowns (rear upside down), text block detached from backstrip, a few preliminary leaves loose (including frontispiece), original green pictorial cloth gilt, rear joint split, head and tail of spine frayed, some marks, 8vo, together with:Trevor-Battye (Aubyn). Ice-Bound on Kolguev, a chapter in the exploration of Arctic Europe to which is added a record of the natural history of the island, 1st edition, London: Archibald Constable and Company, 1895, 24 full-page plates, 3 folding maps at rear, rear hinge cracked, occasional spotting, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original brown buckram-backed cloth lettered in gilt, rubbed, 8vo, withWheelwright (Horace William). A Spring and Summer in Lapland, 2nd edition, London: Groombridge and Sons, 1871, 6 hand-coloured lithographs, neat contemporary ownership inscription to front free endpaper, front free endpaper and frontispiece loose, front hinge cracked, all edges gilt, original purple cloth gilt, backstrip faded, head of upper joint split, 8vo, plusMitchell (K. W. S.). Tales From Some Eastern Jungles, 1st edition, London: Cecil Palmer, 1928, colour illustrations throughout, rear hinge split, original green cloth, backstrip faded, marked, 4toQTY: (4)

Andrews (William). Famous Frosts and Frost Fairs in Great Britain, chronicled from the earliest to the present time, 1st edition, London: George Redway, 1887, monochrome illustrations, some very minor marginal toning, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine very lightly rubbed, 4to, limited edition 379/400, together with:Kitchiner (William), The Cook's Oracle; containing receipts for plain cookery on the most economical plan for private familie:..., 4th edition, London: printed for A. Constable & Co., 1822, small mark to the title page, some light spotting, contemporary plum cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed & faded, 8vo, plusGilpin (William S.), Practical Hints upon Landscape Gardening: with some remarks on domestic architecture,..., 2nd edition, London: printed for T. Cadell, 1835, 16 monochrome plates, modern endpapers, some light marginal toning, rebound in modern green cloth retaining original embossed green cloth boards & partial spine, slightly rubbed & faded, 8vo, and other 19th century literature & reference, including history, rural affairs, biography, mostly original cloth, overall condition is generally good to very good, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)

Constable of Bromley, England, The CC lightweight 9' 2 piece split cane trout fly rod, pale cane with red whipped snake guides, red agate butt ring, fly keeper ring (rewhipped), 10" shaped cork handle, wood spacer, black up screw reel fitting, smart clean rod, in MOB.

A fine Clifford Constable of Bromley "The Sawyer Symph Rod" split cane, action approved by Frank Sawyer to resemble the Pezon et Michel original. Purchased from Dermot Wilson, Nether Wallop Mill, Stockbridge, Hants in 1980 by current owner. No 31 8ft 9" 2pc line 4#, alloy sliding reel fittings, burgundy agate lined butt ring, in Dermot Wilson cloth bag. Light use

South Yorkshire Police - The life and career of Deputy Chief Constable William Bowler, serving between 1935 - 1974, with original police college "A" course squad photograph scroll dated 1954, South Yorkshire Police certificate of retirement, black and white photographs, education certificates, faculty of law, Sheffield University photography scroll, Masonic letters of thanks addressed 'Worshipful Master', 1950's Ration Books, his private family and wedding day photographs etc, with Gabardine Police uniform waterproof overcoat and another Policing coat, housed in a travel trunk

An extensive library of art / architecture interest to include Cezanne, Van Gogh, Japanese Ceramics, Constable & others (60+)

Library of books on photography and art, to include Constable, Van Dyck, Snowdon and Disney etc (22)

Gardening. Turner, Tom - British Gardens: History, Philosophy and design. Abingdon: Routledge, 2013. Hardback in dust jacket.; Maynard, Arne - The Gardens of Arne Maynard. London: Merrell, 2015. Hardback in dust jacket.; Compton, Tania (ed.) - The Private Gardens of England. London: Constable, 2015. Hardback in dust jacket. (3)

A History of the County of Cumberland - Archibald Constable and Company Limited 2 Volumes

Twenty-six volumes in small sets: CONRAD, Joseph - The Arrow of Gold (J.M. Dent 1924) and three others SHAW, Bernard - Short Stories, Scraps and Shavings (Constable & Co 1934) and five others MORGAN, Charles - Challenge to Venus (1957) and seven others  SPRING, Howard - All the Day Long (Collins 1959) and These Lovers Fled Away (1956) SHAW, Bernard - Translations and Tomfooleries (Constable & Co 1926) and The Apple Cart (Constable & Co 1930)

Eighteen hardbacks with dustjackets:  LANCASTER, Osbert - Progress at Pelvis Bay (John Murray 1936) LINKLATER, Eric - A Sociable Plover (Rupert Hart-Davis 1957) LINKLATER, Eric - A Spell for Old Bones (Johnathan Cape 1949) THOMAS, Dylan - Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (Dent 1968) THOMAS, Dylan - Quite Early One Morning (Dent 1967) STARK, Freya - A Winter in Arabia (John Murray 1940) MOOREHEAD, Alan - The Fatal Impact (Reprint Society 1967) MORGAN, Charles Langbridge - Liberties of the Mind (Macmillan 1951) EVERETT, Katherine - Walk With Me (Constable 1951) HOLMAN-HUNT, Diana - My Grandmothers and I (second impression Hamish Hamilton 1960) LEIGH FERMOR, Patrick - Mani - Travels in the Southern Peloponnese (John Murray 1958) JOAD, C.E.M. - Pieces of Mind (Faber & Faber 1942) MORGAN, Charles - The Voyage (Macmillan 1940) MITFORD, Nancy - Madame de Pompadour (Hamish Hamilton 1954) ANOUILH, Jean - The Lark (Methuen & Co 1955) COUSTEAU, Jacques-Yves - The Silent World (Hamish Hamilton ninth impression 1954) MEYNELL, Viola - The Best of Friends (Rupert Hart Davis 1956) SOMERVILLE & ROSS - Maria and Some Other Dogs (Methuen & Co. 1949)

Biography and autobiography, sixteen volumes: KITSON, Arthur - Captain James Cook (John Murray 1907) CHURCHILL, Winston S. - Lord Randolph Churchill (Odhams Press 1951) in two volumes HASSALL, Christopher - Edward Marsh (Longmans 1959) NICHOLSON, Harold - King George the Fifth (Constable & Co 1952) LUDWIG, Emil - Napoleon (Grace Allen & Unwin (1927) LANE, Margaret - Edgar Wallace (William Heinemann 1938) HARRIS, Frank - Bernard Shaw - An Unauthorised Biography (Victor Gollancz 1931) CARRINGTON, Charles - Rudyard Kipling (Macmillan 1935) WILLIAMS, Francis - Ernest Bevin (Hutchinson 1932) HOUSMAN, Laurence - A.E.H. (Jonathan Cape 1937)  COWARD, Noel - Present Indicative (Heinemann 1937) and Future Indefinite (Doubleday & Co) EDEN, Anthony - The Eden Memoirs, Facing the Dictators (Cassell 1962) BARING, Maurice - The Puppet Show of Memory (William Heinemann 1922) ASQUITH, Margot - The Autobiography of ... (Thornton Butterworth 1920) BIRKENHED, Lord - Rudyard Kipling (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1978)

Thirty-four volumes to include: WAUGH, Evelyn - Labels (Duckworth 1930) WILDER, Thornton - The Bridge of San Luis Ray (Longmans Green 1928 fourth impression) MITFORD, Nancy - Don't Tell Alfred (Hamish Hamilton 1960), Madame de Pomadour (Hamish Hamilton 1954) and Voltaire in Love (Hamish Hamilton 1957) DURRELL, Lawrence - Bitter Lemons (Faber & Faber 1957) and A Zoo in my Luggage (Rupert Hart-Davis 1960 second impression) NICHOLS, Beverley - Merry Hall (Jonathan Cape 1951), Sunlight on the Lawn (Jonathan Cape 1956) and A Thatched Roof (Jonathan Cape 1937 second impression) WOLF, Virginia - Between the Acts (Harcourt Brace & Co 1941) SITWELL, Osbert -  The Man Who Lost Himself (Duckworth 1929), Tales My Father Taught Me (Hutchinson 1962) and Great Morning (Macmillan & Co 1948) LUCAS, Edward Verrall - Lemon Verbena and Other Essays (Methuen 1932) and Windfall's Eve (Methuen 1929 second edition) MACNEILE DIXON, W. - The Human Situation TRACY, Honor - Mind You I've Said Nothing (Methuen 1953) FARSON, Negley - Bomber's Moon (Victor Gollancz 1941) NICHOLSON, Harold - The English Sense of Humour (Constable & Co. 1956) and Comments 1944-1948 (Constable & Co. 1948) GREENE, The Hon. Mrs - Cushions and Corners (Frederick Warne & Co) with owner's name Muriel Innes Currey [MBE (1884-1974)] DEAN, C.G.T. - The Royal Hospital (Hutchinson 1950) signed by the author

Nineteen volumes on the English countryside, mostly illustrated: FAIRLESS, Michael - The Roadmender (Duckworth 1923) illus. E.W. Waite JEFFERIES, Richard - The Story of My Heart (Duckworth 1912) WATKINS-PITCHFORD, Denys - The Countryman's Bedside Book (Eyre & Spottiswoode, second impression, Jan. 1942) WATKINS-PITCHFORD, Denys - The Wayfaring Tree (Hollis & Carter 1945) GIBBINGS, Robert - Lovely is the Lee (Readers Press 1945) WHISTLER, Laurence - The English Festivals (William Heinemann 1947) LEIGHTON, Clare - Country Matters (Victor Gollancz 1937) GRANT WATSON, Elliot Lovegood - Walking With Fancy (Country Life 1943) WHITE, Gilbert - The Natural History of Selborne (George Routledge 1893) BEACH THOMAS, Sir William - The Way of a Countryman (Michel Joseph 1944 second impression) BEACH THOMAS, Sir William - A Countryman's Anthology (Adam & Charles Black 1943) HARMAN, Richard - Countryside Character (Blandford Press 1947) GREY, Edward - Fallodon Papers by Viscount Grey of Fallodon (Constable 1926 second impression) GREY, Edward - The Charm of Birds Hodder & Stoughton (1927) YOUNG, Gerard - Down Hoe Lane (Arundel Press 1950) HADFIELD, Miles - An English Almanac (J.M. Dent 1950) THOMAS, Edward - The Heart of England (J.M. Dent 1932) FRENCH, C.N. - A Countryman's Day Book (J.M. Dent 1929) WARREN, C. Henry - Miles from Anywhere (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1944)

Midland & Great Northern Railway enamel railway station direction sign M&GN STATION ATTLEBRIDGE with feathered arrow. Double sided measuring 24.75in x 9.5in. Both sides are in very good condition with minor edge chipping. Attlebridge was between Norwich City and Melton Constable and closed in 1959.

HENDERSON WILLIAM, Chief Constable of Edinburgh.  Clues or Leaves from a Chief Constable's Notebook. Orig. pict. green cloth. Ownership inscription across title. Edinburgh, 1889.

HOLINSHED RAPHAELL.  Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotland & Ireland. The set of 6 vols. Quarto. Half brown leather, some rubbing & wear, some internal foxing & tanning but a useful enough set. Bookplate of Marmaduke Constable Maxwell. 1807-1808.

Roland (George) signed copy [..]  A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing and continued by Easy and Progressive Lessons from the Simplest Position to the most Complicated Movements, 1st edition, published by Archibald Constable and Company, London, 1823. This was the first manual of fencing to be illustrated by lithographic plates with some offsetting from text, with occasional spotting, some tears to the outer extremities and worn at the edges, faded and stained boards.  Note: He was the fencing master at the Royal Academy of Edinburgh and son of Joseph Roland, fencing master at the Royal Military Academy of Woolwich. 

MEREDITH, George (1828-1909). The Works, London, 1896-1912, 39 volumes, large 8vo, plates, attractively-bound in contemporary green half calf gilt. NUMBER 864 OF 1,025 SETS INITIALLED BY THE AUTHOR. (39)MEREDITH, George (1828-1909).  The Works. London: Archibald Constable and Co., 1896-1912. 39 volumes, large 8vo (217 x 140mm). Frontispiece portrait of the author after John Singer Sargent in vol. one, frontispieces after various artists in some other vols., titles printed in red and black (some spotting and staining). Attractively bound by Hatchards in contemporary green half calf gilt, top edges gilt, others uncut. (spines faded, some light rubbing, scuffing and scratching). NUMBER 864 OF 1,025 SETS INITIALLED BY THE AUTHOR. Volume 37 ("Illustrations Prepared for the Memorial Edition of the Works of George Meredith") contains 60 photogravure plates and 4 collotypes of reproductions of manuscripts. Please note that only the first ten volumes of this set are illustrated. (39)

Keith Vaughan (British, 1912-1977)The Garden at Ashton Gifford pen and ink and wash on paper21 x 28cm (8 1/4 x 11in).Executed circa 1942-1943Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Estate of the ArtistWith Gillian Jason Gallery, LondonWith Albemarle Gallery, London, where acquired by the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.During the early part of the war Vaughan was stationed at Codford in Wiltshire, serving in no. 9 Company of the Pioneer Corps. He and his comrades were given the task of clearing the overgrown grounds of Ashton Gifford House in the summer of 1942. Greenways Preparatory School had been evacuated there in 1940 from Bognor Regis. He had recently been engaged in stacking sacks of coal, filling sandbags, quarrying gravel and mowing acres of grasslands. He wrote in his journal: 'I live with as much purpose and enthusiasm as a cow. A belly-filling existence. Driven and chivvied all day by NCOs we have no idea of the beginning or the end of a job or what its purpose it. This more than the labour itself is what makes it exhausting. Day follows day with no more change than the date on the calendar.' (Keith Vaughan, Journal July 1941)The clearing of the Ashton Gifford woodland now offered the recruits worthwhile community service and provided fuel for the army in the form of wood. Using little more than chopping axes, they felled dozens of trees and then cut them up into regulation-sized logs with handsaws. Despite the backbreaking work, Vaughan found aesthetic qualities in his surroundings, enough to write about them to his friend, the painter Norman Towne: '...white and ochre branches plunging down into the oceanic surging of tangled nettles. People walking through the waist-high grass, through the aqueous leaf-green shadow, arms full of dead wood...and the wall running as an indefatigable horizontal, losing and finding itself in the jungle of weed and ivy...I wanted to capture this in lassoes of line and nets of colour, but it's more difficult than writing about it.' (Keith Vaughan, letter to Norman Towne, October 12, 1942)During his cigarette breaks and rest periods, Vaughan recorded his daily activities in his sketchbooks. Then, on his return to the barracks in the evening, he worked his sketches into more detailed images such as we see here. Cosmo Rodewald, a fellow comrade, recalled him painting and drawing in uncomfortable surroundings whenever army duties permitted. 'He was always at work in the evenings by candlelight or lamplight, lying on his straw paillasse, his back propped up by a pile of blankets.' (Cosmo Rodewald, letter to Gerard Hastings, May 1980). He also remembered Vaughan cadging candle stubs from his barrack room comrades, not so much to provide light from which to work, but to use in his wax-resists. The romantic, overgrown setting inspired several pen, ink and gouache pictures (see The Working Party, (1942); Tree Felling, Ashton Gifford, (1942-3), illustrated p. 71: Keith Vaughan, His Life and Work, Malcolm Yorke, Constable London, 1990; The Wall at Ashton Gifford, (1943/1944, several versions), illustrated p. 161, Keith Vaughan, Vann and Hastings, Lund Humphries, 2012). The present version is typically Neo-Romantic in execution. The composition is held together with a mesh of pen and ink lines, while expressive washes and translucent tonal layers create an interplay of light and brooding shadow, echoing the darkness and blackout of wartime Britain.We are grateful to Gerard Hastings for compiling this catalogue entry.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A WWI two medal campaign group named to 201052 Pte. H Jeskins Royal Berkshire Regiment, the police Special Constable medal named Albert Jeskins (Private H Jeskins father) with ribbons Location:If there is no condition report shown, please request

A Great War ‘Western Front’ I.D.S.M. pair awarded to Jemedar Kale Khan, 8th Cavalry, Indian Army Indian Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Jemdr. Kale Khan, 8th Cavy.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Jemdr. Kala Khan, 8 Cavy.); together with a Colonial Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue (8784 Const. Kala [sic] Khan s/o Mir Zaman, Fed. Malaya Police) minor edge bruise to last, good very fine (3) £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: John Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, March 2009. Kale Khan entered the Indian Army on 12 September 1890 and was commissioned Jemedar in the 8th Cavalry on 1 July 1915. He served during the Great War attached the to 2nd Lancers, and was awarded the I.D.S.M. ‘for gallantry and distinguished service in the field’ on the Western Front, by General Order 536 of 16 March 1918 (Gazette of India 1918, p.399). He is listed in the April and July 1921 Indian Army Lists as the senior Jemedar in the 8th Cavalry, and no longer appears in the January 1922 Indian Army List. The Colonial Police L.S. & G.C. was awarded to Constable Kala Khan as a Constable in the Federation of Malaya Police in 1949 (Federation of Malaya Government Gazette 3 November 1949); given the fact that it is a relatively common name, and that the ex-Jemedar would have been in his mid-70s when he was awarded his Long Service Medal, it is probable that these medals were not all awarded to the same man. Sold with copied research.