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Robinson (William Heath, illustrator). Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer-Night's Dream, London: Constable & Co., 1914, 12 tipped-in colour plates, monochrome illustrations, short closed marginal tear to p. 113, scattered light spotting, original green pictorial cloth gilt, a little rubbed at spine ends, 4to, together with A Song of the English, by Rudyard Kipling, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1909], 30 tipped-in colour plates, a few light spots, front hinge a little tender, original pictorial cloth gilt, spine a little faded, 4toQTY: (2)

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J. M. Barrie, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 7th edition, 1910, 50 tipped-in colour plates, each with captioned tissue-guard, some overall spotting mainly to preliminaries, rebacked, retaining original gilt decorated red cloth, original spine laid down, rubbed, 4to, together with Aesop's Fables, 1912, plusRobinson (W. Heath). The Water-Babies, by Charles Kingsley, London: Constable & Company Limited, 1915, 8 colour plates, black and white illustrations throughout, hinges cracked, some spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, rubbed, 4to, and Wilde (Oscar). A House of Pomegranates, London: Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1915, 16 tipped in colour illustrations, some overall spotting, pictorial endpapers, free endpapers toned, original gilt decorated blue cloth, slightly faded, spine faded, head of spine fraying, 4to, with 15 others including: Nister's Panorama Pictures, Mother Goose illustrated by Kate Greenaway, etc., mainly 8vo or 4toQTY: (18)

Pogany (Willy, illustrator). The Tale of Lohengrin, Knight of the Swan, after the Drama of Richard Wagner by T.W.Rolleston, London: G. G. Harrap, [1913], 4 mounted colour plates, illustrations throughout, brown cloth with tooled and gilt decoration, spine with title etc. in gilt, 4to, together withRackham (Arthur, illustrator). Rip Van Winkle, by Washington Irving, Copenhagen: Peter Hansens Forlag, 1st Danish edition, 1905, 50 full colour tipped-in plates (including frontispiece), each with captioned tissue guards, limitation to verso of title-page 138/250 copies, Rackham's press-stamped signature below, toning to edge of title-page, top edge gilt, original green cloth with gilt decoration, spine with gilt, large 4to, plusRobinson (W. Heath). Bill the Minder, London: Constable & Co. Ltd, 1912, 16 mounted colour plates, with captioned tissue guards, letterpress illustrations, some full-page, original gilt decorated green cloth, colour illustration mounted to upper cover, spine faded, 4to, and two others comprising: The Child's Christmas, illustrated by Charles Robinson, and A Flower Wedding, illustrated by Walter Crane, both 4toQTY: (5)

Rackham (Arthur, Illustrated). The Ring of the Niblung: The Rhinegold & The Valkyrie and Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods, by Richard Wagner, translated by Margaret Amour, London: William Heinemann Ltd, 1939, 48 colour plates including frontispieces, black and white illustrations, pictorial endpapers, edges foxed (occasionally encroaching into margins), original teal cloth, dust jacket present, edges frayed and chipped in places, tear to head of spine with associated slight loss to front panel, 4to, together withPeter Pan in Kensington Gardens by J.M. Barrie, New Edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, circa 1912, 50 colour plates, with printed tissue guards, 7 black and white plates (one detached), free endpapers toned, original gilt decorated green cloth (gilt to spine slightly dulled), 4to, plusSome British Ballads, London: Constable & Co., circa 1920, 16 tipped-in colour plates, rough-trimmed edges foxed, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine faintly sunned, 8vo, and four other illustrated books comprising: The Book of Old English Songs and Ballads, illustrated by Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, [1915]; Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman, illustrated by Margaret Cook, 1913; Shakespeare's Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, illustrated by W. Hatherell, [1913]; and The Work of George W. Joy, 1904, (preliminaries loose), all 4to QTY: (7)

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). The King of the Golden River, by John Ruskin, signed limited edition, London: George Harrap & Co, 1932, 4 full-page colour illustrations, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original publisher's limp vellum gilt, 8vo, contained in original slipcase, 339 of 570 copies, together with:Thomson (Hugh, illustrator). The School for Scandal, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, London: Hodder & Stoughton, circa 1911, 24 mounted colour illustrations, lengthy gift inscription in blue ink to front blank, pictorial endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original publisher's pictorial full vellum gilt, lightly rubbed and marked, lacking ribbon, 4to, plusRackham (Arthur, illustrator). The Ingoldsby Legends, Mirth & Marvels, 1st edition thus, London: J. M. Dent, 1907, mounted colour illustrations (each with tissue-guard), further tinted and black and white illustrations (both full-page and in-text), hinges slightly tender, original publisher's pictorial green cloth gilt, some wear with loss at foot of spine, rubbed and marked, 4to, withLittle Brother & Little Sister, and other tales by the Brothers Grimm, 1st edition thus, London: Constable & Co, 1917, 12 mounted colour illustrations, further black and white illustrations, a few light spots, original publisher's green cloth gilt, 4toQTY: (4)

Twelve plays - eleven in hardback, 1925-1959, mostly 1950s: OSBORNE, John - Look Back in Anger (Faber & Faber sixth impression 1959) RATTIGAN, Terence - The Deep Blue Sea (Hamish Hamilton 1952) RATTIGAN, Terence - Separate Tables (third impression Hamish Hamilton 1957) BECKETT, Samuel - Waiting for Godot (1957 third impression Faber & Faber) MORTIMER, John - The Dock Brief (Samuel French 1958 booklet) SHAW, George Bernard - Caesar and Cleopatra (Constable & Co. 1931) FRY, Christopher - A Sleep of Prisoners (OUP third impression 1951) FRY, Christopher - The Lady's not for Burning  (OUP fifth impression 1949) LONSDALE, Frederick - The Last of Mrs Cheyney (W. Collins 1925) MORGAN, Charles Langbridge - The Flashing Stream (Macmillan 1948 revised edition) MORGAN, Charles Langbridge - The River Line (Macmillan 1952) MORGAN, Charles Langbridge - The Burning Glass (Macmillan 1953)

John Northcote Nash R.A. (British, 1893-1977)The River Box oil on canvas55.9 x 76.2 cm. (22 x 30 in.)Footnotes:ProvenancePentus Brown, acquired from The Royal Academy exhibition, thence by descent to the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedLondon, The Royal Academy of Arts, Summer Exhibition, 29 April-13 August 1961, cat.no.11The present work is accompanied by a letter from the artist to Pentus Brown which states, 'The River Box is a small tributary of the Suffolk Stour and is situated in what is known as 'the Constable County'.'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 Queen Elizabeth II Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, inscribed Constable Ronald A Fowers.

Police interest. A Queen Elizabeth II Police Long Service medal, inscribed to Constable John A Peverill, cased, and a Metropolitan Police 150th Anniversary medallion, 1829-1879 (Tower Mint), cased. (2)

Two Police Special Constabulary alloy armband plates, one inscribed Special Constable 2975, by Hiatt & Co, Birmingham, the other inscribed Special Constable 742.

A Lincoln City Police helmet badge and King's Lynn police buttons, also King's Lynn Police enamelled Special Constable lapel badge.

Constable (John). English Landscape Scenery, London: Henry G. Bohn, 1855, 40 mezzotint plates by David Lucas after Constable, some light spotting to margins throughout, plate 21 with some smudge marks to margins, contemporary blue half straight grain morocco, rubbing to extremities, some small areas of loss to left corner of lower board, gilt title to spine, folioQTY: (1)

Four: Corporal G. J. Pass, Royal Fusiliers British War and Victory Medals (26731 Cpl. G. J. Pass. R. Fus.); Defence Medal (Gilbert Pass) privately impressed naming; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Gilbert Pass.) mounted for wear, contact marks, very fine (4) £50-£70 --- Gilbert J Pass, a school master from Eastbourne, Sussex, was born in Marylebone, London, in 1881. He attested into the Royal Fusiliers for service during the Great War at Mill Hill, London, on 10 December 1915, and served on the Western Front with the 17th Battalion from 23 July 1916. Advanced Corporal, he saw later service with the Army Pay Corps and was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 14 January 1919. He later appears in the 1939 Register as the proprietor of a coaching (teaching) establishment in Eastbourne, and is also noted as a Special Constable. He died in Eastbourne in early 1952. Sold with copied Medal Index Card and copied extract from the 1939 Register.

Five: Private H. Tokelove, Royal Berkshire Regiment and Special Constabulary 1914-15 Star (16385. Pte. H. T. Tokelove. R. Berks. R.); British War and Victory Medals (16385. Pte. H. T. Tokelove. R. Berks. R.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Henry Tokelove) contact marks, very fine Defence Medal, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. W. Hamilton, 7 Academy Terrace, Londonderry. N.I.’, with Home Secretary’s enclosure, very fine (6) £80-£100 --- Henry Tokelove, a labourer from Newbury, Berkshire, attested into the Royal Berkshire Regiment for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion from 18 May 1915. He transferred into the Labour Corps and was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 4 May 1919. He later joined the Special Constabulary and appears on the 1939 Register as a Special Constable serving with the Gloucestershire Constabulary. Sold with copied discharge papers, group photographs of the recipient in the Special Constabulary, and a Berkshire Regiment lapel badge. William Hamilton, from Newtownards, Co. Down, attested into the Royal Ulster Constabulary on 6 December 1935, and was discharged with exemplary conduct, in the rank of Sergeant, aged 50, on 10 May 1967. Sold with Royal Ulster Constabulary Discharge Certificate, Sergeant stripes, named Masonic certificate and original photographs.

Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, General Medal, silver (P.C74A., Fredk Ellis. For Stopping a Runaway Horse Attached To a Cart In Lime St. 7th Aug. 1901) 3 clasps, Second Service 21. July. 1902, Third Service 9th June 1910, Fourth Service 4th. Jan: 1913 with integral top riband buckle, good very fine £500-£700 --- Extracts from the Society’s records: ‘Silver General Medal and Vote of Thanks to Police-constable 74 A (Frederick Ellis), for stopping a runaway horse attached to a cart in Lime Street, on August 7th; also 20s. to John Thornton for assisting.’ ‘Silver Clasp and Vote of Thanks to Police-constable 74 A (Frederick Ellis) for stopping a runaway horse attached to a cab containing three ladies, in Elliot Street on 21st July (Police-constable Ellis already holds the Society’s silver medal).’ ‘Silver Clasp and Vote of Thanks to Police-constable 74 A (Frederick Ellis) for stopping a runaway horse attached to a shandry in Lime Street on 9th June.’ ‘Silver Clasp to Medal and Certificate of Thanks to P.C. 74A (Frederick Ellis) for stopping a pair of runaway horses attached to a van in St. John’s Lane on 4th January.’ Frederick Ellis was born in Moseley, Birmingham. He served with the Liverpool City Police, and resided at 20 Northbrook Street, Toxteth, Liverpool. He died in Liverpool in 1935. Sold with copied research.

Victory Medal 1914-19 (L-44243 Dvr. A. F. Doel. R.A.) nearly very fine £50-£70 --- Arthur Frederick Doel, alias William Sinclair, was born - according to the register of Dorchester Prison - on 17 January 1897. He served with the Royal Field Artillery during the Great War and married Florence May Hamilton at the Parish Church, Southwark, on 6 January 1924. The young couple soon set up home at 38 Hatfield Street, Lambeth, but it wasn’t long before Doel was in trouble with the civil authorities for burglary. According to the Advertiser and Gazette of 4 November 1927: ‘Squeezing through a hole [to an office], Doel filled his boots with loot before calmly catching the train home and handing his wife 25s. of the proceeds.’ The Magistrates sentenced Doel to a month’s imprisonment with hard labour. Setting his sights on more typewriters and a life of crime, Doel adopted the name ‘William Sinclair’ and was caught again, this time breaking and entering the Clapham offices of Lucy Hulbert & Co. Ltd. Having ripped the back off the office safe at 5.30am on 20 May 1932, Doel was promptly apprehended by Police Constable Charles Francis whilst carrying a bulky package down Beddington Lane; it was at this moment that Doel produced a knife, but was challenged by a nearby railway worker with a pole. Clearly keen to escape, Doel then scuffled with the officer inflicting a number of wounds. The affair was finally ended when he produced a dummy revolver. Doel subsequently declared in court that he was in possession of a revolver in order to use it as a ‘jazz instrument’ in a band; an unimpressed Judge Holman Gregory subsequently labelled him a ‘dangerous thief’ and sentenced Doel to three years’ penal servitude. It was later confirmed in court by Detective-Sergeant Barnes that ‘Sinclair’ was in fact Arthur Frederick Doel and that he had other convictions. Listed in Dorchester Prison in 1939, he returned home to London during the Blitz and was named in The West London Press & Chelsea News of 6 September 1940 when he stepped up to protect his sister in an Anderson shelter - not from the attentions of the Luftwaffe, rather the violent actions of his brother-in-law, Mr. Andrew Michael Dentice: ‘My husband came down and started arguing with me. The next I remember was my husband struggling with me and biting my left side. He was holding my wrists. He said he would show me who was boss in the house. I screamed for someone and my brother came along... My husband then started fighting with my brother and bit his arm. I have bruises on both wrists and teeth marks on my body.’ It appears that Doel continued in his life of crime until his death around 1962.

Pair: Police Constable D. Crosbie, Scottish Police Coronation 1911, Scottish Police (P.C. David Crosbie) renamed; Jubilee 1935 (P.C. D. Crosbie) contemporary engraved naming, very fine Visit to Scotland 1903 (P.C. R. Bannerman.) complete with integral top thistle bar suspension; Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. A. Herbert) contact marks, good fine (4) £70-£90

Four: Lance-Corporal Damarbahadur Rai, Gurkha Signals, late Royal Signals (Gurkha), who served in Singapore as a Police Constable in the Gurkha Contingent in the 1960s and was present during the confrontation with Indonesia between 9 August 1964 and 9 August 1966 General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, E.II.R. (21137382 Sigmn. Damarbahadur Rai R. Sigs. (Gur)); General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Borneo (21137382 L/Cpl. Dambahadur Rai. Gurkha Signals.); Singapore, Police Long Service Medal, silver (PC: 7020 Dhanbahadur Rai); Singapore Police Defence Medal 1964-66, unnamed, very fine and a scarce combination of awards (4) £240-£280 --- The Gurkha Contingent was formed as part of the Singapore Police Force on 9 April 1949, replacing a Sikh unit which has disbanded. Designed to provide a ‘strong arm’ within the Singapore Police capable of quelling civil disturbance and carrying out specialist security tasks, the majority of its officers and men comprised Gurkhas recruited from the British Army or direct from the foothills of Nepal; these Gurkhas were known to possess the qualities best suited to service in the Contingent, specifically physical and mental robustness, resourcefulness and an uncomplaining dependability. The unit continues to function today at the forefront of home security.

Orkney Collection of works on Orkney including Orkney imprints, 19th-20th century [Sutherland, Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, Duchess of]. Views in Orkney and on the North-Eastern Coast of Scotland. Taken in MDCCCV. [?London: privately printed, 1807]. First edition, folio (38 x 26cm), contemporary roan-backed boards, [2] 27 pp., half-title, etched title-page, 28 etched plates (a few with multiple images), etched head and tailpieces in text, tissue-guards, binding worn, half-title and title-page spotted, ink- and blind stamps of Malcolm Stewart of Hoy estate office to front pastedown and title-page respectively;Low, George. Fauna Orcadensis. Edinburgh: by George Ramsay and Company, for Archibald Constable and Company, 1813. First edition, 4to, modern quarter calf, initial blank discarded;Mitchell, J. M. Mesehowe: Illustrations of the Runic Literature of Scandinavia. Edinburgh: R. Grant and Son, 1863. First edition, 4to, inscribed by the author on the half-title, original cloth, 8 plates, cloth mottled,Farrer, James. Notice of Runic Inscriptions discovered during Recent Excavations in the Orkneys. [?Edinburgh]: printed for private circulation, 1862. First edition, 4to, inscribed ‘Dr Deighton from James Farrer’ on the half-title, original cloth, 13 lithographic plates (plate 10 marked), binding slightly marked;and 17 others (these not collated), including: J. B. Craven, History of the Church in Orkney 1558-1662, Kirkwall, 1897 (2 copies, first editions, 4to, original green cloth, one with water-damage to front cover); ibid. History of the Church in Orkney … 1662-1688. Kirkwall, 1893 (2 copies, first editions, 4to, original green cloth, one with covers somewhat mottled and with newspaper cuttings mounted to endpapers); ibid. History of the Episcopal Church in Orkney 1688-1912, Kirkwall, 1912 (2 copies, second editions, 4to, original green cloth, covers sprung);Sir John Sinclair, The Orkney Parishes, Kirkwall, 1927 (2 copies, first editions, 4to, original cloth, one with rear inner hinge repaired); Monumenta Orcadica, Oslo, 1906 (4to, original cloth); George Barry, History of the Orkney Islands, 1808 (2 copies, second editions, later half calf, both defective, one copy with front board detached, folding map backed on linen, with 2 plates of 11 only, the other lacking map); and similar (quantity)

After John Constable "The Corn Field", oil on board

A George IV City of Exeter constable or night watchman's truncheon, polychrome painted hardwood with shaped and turned ring handle (pierced for suspension but lacking leather strap), painted deep blue with red, black, white and gold decoration depicting the Royal Crown cypher and coat of arms above triple-towered castle for the City of Exeter and SEMPER FIDELIS motto, IV GR and numbered 26, length 45.5cmWorn and with several dents.Losses to paint, notably to coat of arms and handle.

Craddock, Harry (comp): The Savoy Cocktail Book, with Decorations by Gilbert Rumbold, 1st edition, London: Constable & Company, Ltd, 1930, lacks errata slip, pp. (284-87) are unused. 8vo.

Five gilt framed John Constable Prints to include Hampstead Heath, The Haywain, Deadham Lock, Flatford Mill and The Leaping Horse, 18 1/4" x 16 1/4".

A Victorian Special Constable painted truncheon. Length 38cm together with another painted truncheon. (2)

Robyn Denny (1930-2014)For John Constable"The World is wide, no two days are alike, not even two hours...."Signed and numbered 46/100.Denny's leaf partial collageScreenprintUnframed. The dimensions of the leaves 103 x 62cm***Artists resale rights may apply to this lot***

Pair; General Service Medal with 'Brunei' Clasp and Campaign Service Medal with 'Borneo' Clasp engraved to 399 Police Constable Dominic Naim, with copy of North Borneo Police Commendation

Hamish Constable Paterson (Scottish, 1890 - 1955) Portrait of a young woman, quarter length Signed and dated London 1922, watercolour, 31.5cm x 24cm.  ARR

Antiquarian and Later Books. The Last Journals of David Livingstone in Central Africa, two-volume set, first edition, London: John Murray, 1874, some stains and foxing, otherwise unexamined, original publisher's decorative cloth bindings, gilt pictorial, uncut, 8vo; further African travel and exploration, including Stanley & Livingstone, The Sudan; Vernon (Paul E.), Morocco from a Motor, London: A. & C. Black, 1927, colour plates, original pictorial cloth, 4to; Dodman (G. Sutherland), A Voyage Round the World in 500 Days, second edition, London: Mackie, Brewtnall and Co., 1880, folding map, plates, original cloth, 8vo; Fine Regency Binding: Scott (Walter, Esq.), The Lady of the Lake, twelfth edition, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1819, half-title, engraved plates, contemporary straight-grained crimson morocco, tooled in gilt and blind, rubbed spine, boards bright, if somewhat bowed, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 8vo; defective calf bindings; Victorian and leather cloth bindings; children's annuals and books; etc., mixed bindings and sizes, (37) Mixed condition; some volumes affected by former damp. Sold as seen and not subject to return.

F C Barnard, 1970 - after Constable, 19th century river with horse and cart, framed, 54cm x 64cm overall

A collection of various military buttons and badges, KCC Special Constable, and a silver RAF sweetheart ring, size O

John Hoyland RA (1934-2011)Homage to ConstableSigned, dated and numbered 15/100 John Hoyland 76 (in pencil to margin)Lithograph and acrylic70 x 98cm (sheet)

Φ Ivor Abrahams (1935-2015)Garden Suite IV (Four Bushes); For John ConstableTwo, the former signed, dated and inscribed A.P. Ivor Abrahams 70 (in pencil to margin), the latter signed, dated and inscribed 36/100 Ivor Abrahams 76 (in pencil to margin)Both screenprint, the former an artist's proof in addition to the edition of 7558.8 x 78cm; 55.9 x 79.2cm (sheet)Unframed (2)

Neolithic Period, circa 4000 years B.P. Biconvex in section with square butt an broad cutting edge, regular in shape. Cf. MacGregor, A. (ed.), Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of Lord MacAlpine of West Green, Oxford, 1987, item 4.192, for type. 1.3 kg, 22 cm (8 5/8 in.). Found whilst fieldwalking in the Melton Constable area, Norfolk, UK, in the 1960s; thence by descent to the finder's daughter. From the collection of a Norfolk, UK, lady collector. [No Reserve]

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BUREAU-CABINET ATTRIBUTED TO WRIGHT AND ELWICK, CIRCA 1770 The elaborate scrolled, beaded and foliate-carved pediment centred by a plinth and with foliate and pierced strapwork brackets above a concave cornice with foliage and pendant husks, the doors with reeded gothic arched and foliate astragal glazing and enclosing two shelves and three short drawers, above a stiff-leaf waist moulding, the cleated fall front with engraved brass shield-shaped escutcheon revealing a fitted interior with pigeon holes, drawers and concealed document drawers around a central sliding compartment with mirrored architectural interior, ebony and ivory parquetry floor with central boxwood stepped plinth and with further secret drawers behind, above two short and three long drawers with rope-twist cockbeading, on an associated foliate-carved plinth with ogee bracket feet, with a concealed, spring-loaded drawer to the right side waist moulding, restorations, perhaps with later embellishments 240cm high, 117cm wide, 64cm deep Provenance: H. Percy Dean, Esq. Acquired in 1909, 'A very fine Chippendale bureau bookcase with finely carved mouldings & pediment...,' Literature: P. MacQuoid, The Age of Mahogany, London, 1906, fig. 146The cabinet corresponds to designs published by Thomas Chippendale in the various editions of The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director. In particular the glazing pattern of gothic arches featured in a bookcase design of 1762, pl. CXVII, and was employed in the bookcase (probably one of four) supplied by around 1766 by Chippendale for Sir Rowland Winn's London house in St. James's Square (C. Gilbert, The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale, London, 1978, vol. II, p.41, figs. 64 and 65), while the distinctive foot pattern corresponds closely to the design for a Desk & Bookcase (bureau-cabinet) that was first issued in the first edition of the Director, 1753, and again in the third edition, 1762, pl. CIX. The latter also featured a fret-carved panel between the upper doors and the flap which Chippendale noted `may be two drawers'; in the lot offered here a bank of conventional drawers are located behind the glazed doors, while a further shallow drawer is concealed behind the leaf mouldings on the right side. The swan-neck pediment with a central vase stand bears comparison with Chippendale's bookcase design also issued in the third edition of the Director as plate XCII.  Chippendale's designs were celebrated and widely adopted by contemporaries and competitors. Among them were the Wakefield, Yorkshire, cabinet-makers and upholsterers Messrs Wright and Elwick, whose business was established in the 1750s and who became the pre-eminent furniture-makers in Yorkshire in the second half of the 18th century. Richard Wright was probably employed at, and may have directed the Soho tapestry manufactory in London before forming a partnership with Edward Elwick, furniture maker and designer, in Wakefield. Both were subscribers to the first edition of Thomas Chippendale's The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director, 1753, and they went on to supply an enormous number of houses in Yorkshire including Wentworth Woodhouse, Wentworth Castle, Temple Newsam House, Cusworth Hall, Cannons Hall and Burton Constable; they likely also worked at Nostell Priory since Chippendale referred in correspondence (in disparaging fashion) to `the Ingenious Mr. Elwick'. Their furniture often aligns closely with Chippendale's designs but with additional or more elaborate and idiosyncratic carving, as noted in Christie's catalogue for the sale of furniture from Wentworth Woodhouse, London, 8 July 1998, and elsewherePlease note, Dreweatts have applied for a de minimis exemption licence for the ivory in this lot (X4CGM12C)   Condition Report: Overall in good condition, clean and structurally secure with dents marks and scratches and shrinkage cracks due to age and use. There are some minor old losses and repairs to the carving, for example to the carving of the door astragals. To the upper section there are minor marks to the right (as you view the cabinet) upright where door hinge screws were too long and disturbed the front surface. There are also minor blemishes around the escutcheon and an old door knob has been removed below the escutcheon. Patched repair to veneers to the lower member of the right door and the central division- well executed and well blended. The concealed side drawer released by a button on the right internal drawer. To the lower section, the fall front has a horizontal shrinkage split, the engraved escutcheon probably added. The fretted spandrels to the pigeon holes probably added. The central cabinet with mirrored interior released by a catch in its 'ceiling'. The interior of the pull-out section and the parquetry panel in front of it apparently original. Many of the small internal drawers with loose bottom boards. To the reverse are eight drawers concealed behind a sliding panel. There are patched repairs/replacement to veneers on the drawer divisions and the uprights. Drawer locks apparently replaced. The plinth a feet are a slightly lighter colour but the extravagant and idiosyncratic carving seems consistent with the remainder of the cabinet. Feet secure and with sturdy (apparently original) blocks behind). Minor old repairs to swan neck pediment. Overall a handsome and imposing cabinet, the quality of carving throughout is excellent.Condition Report Disclaimer

A matched canteen of Scottish Oar and Fiddle pattern flatware, comprising: nine table spoons by William Constable, Edinburgh 1823 ten table forks by John Wilkie, Edinburgh 1846 seven dessert spoons by Alexander Cameron (Dundee), Edinburgh 1826 four dessert spoons by Alexander Cameron, Edinburgh 1816/17 a single dessert spoon by William Constable, Edinburgh 1824 ten dessert forks by William Arthur, Glasgow 1860, engraved with B, 2173g, (76.6oz), gross (41)

Nine George III or IV silver oblong or oval wine labels, all London marked and named including HOLLANDS and LISBON, except one Scottish by William Constable, Edinburgh 1805, inscribed BRANDY, 4.4cm (1 1/2in) long, 77g (2.45 oz), (9)

William Constable, London a silver pair-cased pocket watch the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals and gold spade hands, the movement having a chain fusee, pierced and engraved balance cock with diamond endstone and Tompion regulation, the backplate engraved with floral decoration and signed Willm. Constable, London, No. 816 with the inner cuvee engraved with a repeat signature, the inner case hallmarked for London 1800, and stamped with the case maker's initials GS, probably George Scott, watch case maker of St. Luke's, London, diameter 56mm, total weight ca. 132.06gms.

Vedder, Elihu "Rubaiyatt of Omar Khayyam" Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, Bernard Quaritch, London, plates, Bull, Rene "The Arabian Nights" Constable & Co. Ltd. 1912, col. plates with lettered tissue guards, ills through the text, slight spotting to initial pages, rebacked with original pictorial cloth laid down, Baynes, Pauline Diana (ills.) "The Arabian Nights" Blackie 1962, blue cloth with gilt titles, Soper, George (ills.) "The Arabian Nights" Headley Bros. col plates tipped in with lettered tissue guards, front board detaching slightly, pictorial endpapers, pictorial cloth, Szyk, Arthur (ills.) "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam"  The Eastern Press, Connecticut, watersilk endpapers, silk ribbon marker, full leather with gilt pictorial decorations, t.e.g, Tutin, J.R. arranged by, "Sappho The Queen of Song" T.N. Foulis inked inscription ffep dated '23, col.plates tipped in, small 8vo. pictorial boards, and various other volumes

Sullivan Edmund J. (ills.) "Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" Methuen & Co. 1913, col frontis with tissue guard, black and white plates, front hinge cracked, original publisher's gilt decorated and titled red cloth, t.e.g. fine binding "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" George G. Harrap & Co. col.plates, decorated text, full brown leather with gilt rules, vine leaf decoration, gilt titles to front board, t.e.g. other copies ills by Margaret R. Caird, photogravures after Gilbert James, Charles Robinson, Willy Pogany (Thomas Crowell & Co. in fitted box) Robert Stewart Sheriffs, (full blue leather with gilt titles, slip case), and another similar, E.A. Cox (ills.) F. Lewis, The Tithe House, Leighton on Sea, number 93 of 1000 copies, de luxe edition, pictorial boards, Sarkis Katchadourian, Ronald Balfour (Constable and Company 1922) vellum paper over boards) and other volumes (11)

Quantity of illustrated books to include:- Heath Robinson, W "Peacock Pie", Constable & Co 1920, 2nd impression, colour plates, pictorial boards Robinson, Charles (ills) "The Four Gardens", William Heineman 1912, coloured plates with lettered tissue guards, purple pictorial cloth Housman, Laurence (ills) "The Sensitive Plant by Percy Bysshe Shelley", London Aldine House 1898, plates with tissue guards, some foxing, gilt titles to front board Strang, William and Clark, J B (ills) "Sinbad the Sailor and Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves", Lawrence & Bullen 1896, black and white illustrations and plates through the text, pictorial boards Robinson, Charles (ills) "A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson", John Lane, The Bodley Head, colour frontis and other colour plates, black and white illustrations throughout, pictorial boards Doddridge Blackmore, Richard "Fringilla; some tales in verse", illustrated by Louis Fairfax Muckley and drawings by James Linton, published Elkin Matthews 1895, black and white plates with tissue guards, decorated tp, pictorial cloth, booksellers catalogue description paste inside front board Hudson, W H "Green Mansions", illustrated by Keith Henderson, Three Sirens Press, New York, n.d., woodcut illustrations and plates with tissue guards, dust wrapper, glassine cover, another copy illustrated by Keith Henderson, New York Illustrated Editions Company, green cloth, quarter black backstrip and other illustrators to include John Austen, Violet Brunton, Mary Carey, Arthur Wragg, etc (2 boxes)  Condition Report All plates present and in good order in the Aladdin - the book has been read, binding not tight, and cloth covers faded

Sullivan, E.J. ( ills.) Carlyle, Thomas "The French Revolution" Chapman and Hall 1910, two vols, number 13 of 150 copies signed by the artist, plates, ills throughout text, quarter vellum over grey cloth with gilt titles and decorations, gilt titles to back strip, glassine covers, slight foxing to deckle edges, "The Vicar of Wakefield" Constable & Company Limited 1914, number 22 of five hundred copies signed by the artist, col. plates with lettered tissue guards, other b.w ills. original blue cloth with gilt rules and titles, slight foxing to deckle edges, "The School for Scandal and The Rivals" , Sheridan, MacMillan & co. 1896, one of two hundred and fifty large paper copies, uncut, deckle edges, reddish cloth, paste down title to back strip, "Sintram & His Companions" La Motte Fouque, Methuen & Co. 1908, frontis after Durer, b/w plates, inked inscription inside ffep dated 1908, pencil comment on where bought in 1968, decorated cloth, 8vo. with Aldin, Cecil" The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club" Charles Dickens, Chapman and Hall 1910, two vols, col plates, original publisher's cloth with titles, dustwrappers, off setting on end papers, foxing to deckle edges, Reynolds, Frank "The Pickwick Papers" Charles Dickens, Westminster Press by arrangement with Hodder and Stoughton, col plates tipped in with lettered tissue guards, red publisher's cloth with gilt and black titles, with silhouette of Mr Pickwick, dust wrappers, Thomson , Hugh (ills.) "The Merry Wives of Windsor"  William Shakespeare, William Heinemann 1910, col plates tipped in with lettered tissue guards, blue publisher's cloth with pictorial gilt and titles, corners a little bruised, brown dustwrapper (9)

James, M.R. "Ghost Stories of an Antiquary" Edward Arnold 1915, 9th impression, grey cloth with black titles and red rules, inked inscription inside front board, Pardoe, Rosemary (ed)  "Tales from Lectoure" pamphlet [2006] cover ills by Nick Maloret, Asquith, Cynthia " When Churchyards Yawn..." Hutchinson & Co. 1931, black cloth, silver titles to backstrip, inked inscription dated 1931 on ffep., Jerome K. Jerome "Told After Supper" The Leadenhall Press 1891, ills Kenneth M. Skeaping, hinges cracked and binding loose, pictorial red cloth, Dale, Harrison  (ed.) "Great Ghost Stories" Herbert Jenkins 1931 , green cloth, black titles, "More Ghost Stories "Herbert Jenkins 1932, green cloth, gilt and blindstamped titles, de la Mare, Walter "Broomsticks & Other Tales" designs by Bold, Constable & Company Limited 1925, light brown cloth, gilt titles to backstrip and Benson, E.F. "The Room in the Tower and Other Stories" Alfred Knopf 1929 , Eichenberg, Fritz  ( ills.) "Tales of Edgar Allan Poe", Random House, 1944, green cloth, Sayers, Dorothy L. ( ed.)  "Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror" Victor Gollancz, 1928, black cloth, red titles, "...Second Series" 1931. "....Third Series " 1934 and other related volumes including Folio Society (2 boxes)

Crime & Detective Fiction. A collection of 11 novels comprising: YORK, Andrew. Appointment in Kiltone, first edition, ex-library, Victoria: Hutchinson of Australia, 1972; GILBERT, Michael. The Crack in the Teacup, first thus, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1973; FRANCIS, Dick. High Stakes, first edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1975; INNES, Michael. The Gay Phoenix, first edition, London: Victor Gollancz, 1976; LE CARRE, John. The Honourable Schoolboy, first edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1977; PAGE, Emma. Every Second Thursday, first edition, London: Collins (The Crime Club), 1981; EKSTROM, Jan. The Ancestral Precipice, first thus, London: Macmillan, 1983; NASH, Padder. Grass in Idleness, first edition, London: Robert Hale, 1983; SHEPHERD, Stella. Murderous Remedy, first edition, London: Constable, 1989; COHEN, Anthea. Recording Angel, first edition, London: Constable, 1991; HELEY, Veronica. Murder by Committee, first edition, New York: Severn House, 2005. All in publisher's cloth with wrappers, 8vo, many with protective cellophane covers. Condition varied, sold as one collection with all faults. Together with Photo Crime, "The Crime Club Party Game", by Pepys, boxed, containing 12 cards & instructions (12)

Fisher, G: A Genealogical Atlas. 1832, 1st. Edn. Covers rubbed, hinges cracked and with tears; internally clean & complete; Somerville & Ross: A Patrick's Day Hunt. Constable, nd (1902), 1st. Oblong folio, 8 colour plates. Pictorial boards, missing piece from lower spine; a couple of plates loose; L'Indochine Française - Annam. 1919. Oblong 4to. Original pictorial boards. Fully illustrated; Bartlett, W H (ill): The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland. Two volumes bound in one. Virtue, c1840. With 112 of 120 plates (lacking 8 plates. Cont. half leather; Munnings, Sir Alfred: The Autobiography, in 3 vols. 1950-52, 1st. Edns. DWS. Tears to dws, Otherwise VG; PLUS: Ballads and Poems. 1957, 1st. Edn. DW (8)Provenance: Anne F Sutton's collection, most with her bookplate.

Collectors books, 'The Adventures Of A Black Girl In Search for God', Bernard Shaw, 1st Edition December 1932, Constable & Company (reprint December 1932)

Stevenson (Robert Louis), Works, Edinburgh edition, 32 vols, edition limited to 1205 numbered sets, original cloth, T and A Constable, 1816.

William I [known as William the Lion], King of Scots, c. 1142-1214) Charter grant by William I to his clerk Helyas de Munros (i.e., Elias of Montrose) of rights of passage and the land of Alan close by, which Richard de Banet [had] held of the King; granted to Elias and his heirs, for an annual rent of two marks of silver (payable in halves, at Pentecost and Martinmas). Witnessed by Matthew, bishop of Aberdeen [1172-99], Andrew, bishop of Caithness [d. 1184], Walter de Bidun, Chancellor [Chancellor from 1171; d. as bishop elect of Dunkeld 1178], Richard de Morevill, Constable [d. 1189 or 1190], Walter FitzAlan [steward of William I and founder of the Stewart line; d. 1177], William de Veteri Ponte [or Vieuxpont], Walter Olif[ard the Elder, royal justice], and five others, manuscript charter in Latin, written in a fine early gothic documentary cursive hand with elaborately flourished ascenders and descenders, on vellum, in black ink, 14 lines, lacks seal, torn at tail where seal tag was originally appended not affecting text, corner-mounted onto modern card folder, 176 x 140mm, between 1172 and 1177. *** Unpublished and hitherto unrecorded original charter. Not mentioned in the standard scholarly edition of The Acts of William I, King of Scots 1165-1214, ed. G.W.S. Barrow and W.W. Scott (Edinburgh, 1971).The grantee, Elias of Montrose, is almost unknown today, but he was doubtless a man of substance as well as influence: the remarkable set of witnesses is one sign of his status. The late G.W.S. Barrow wrote of the royal clerks in the twelfth century that it was "they more than the moneyers or seal-makers, very much more than the chroniclers, who ensured that the rulers of Scotland were kings of Scots", and that "It is clear that much discretion was given to them by the country's potentates, that they bore a good deal of responsibility for the way in which royal authority was communicated and for the language which formed the continuous framework of governmental and legal tradition" [G.W.S. Barrow, Scotland and its Neighbours (London, 1992), p. 101].The charter is undated, but is datable to between 1172 and 1177 and thus to quite early in William's reign. It is also known that Elias of Montrose had died by 1187 at latest, and perhaps by 1178 [Barrow, Acts of William I, pp. 270-1, no. 228]. Barrow ascertained that there were eight professional scribes in William's service, although only six were identifiable as named individuals (and three of these became bishops). Elias may be identifiable as a seventh; and it is possible that he died too early in his life to gain promotion to high ecclesiastical office.

A case of butterflies in four rows - including Charaxes Cedreatis, White Edged Constable and Common Blue Charaxes

A collection of vintage 20th century art reference books and artist's biographies. The lot to include Constable, the Painter and his Landscape, Vincent Van Gogh by Hans Bronkhorst, The Paintings of Matisse, Miro by Walter Erben, Vermeer of Delft by Albert Blankert, 20th century Drawings by Studio Vista, Mondrian by Susanne Deicher, Henry Moore: Animals, John Piper A Painter's Camera, and others. Majority hardback in dust wrapper. Approx. 20 books in lot.

Nathaniel Hone RHA (1831 - 1917)Yachts in Dublin BayOil on canvas laid down, 34 x 52cm (13¼ x 24½")Provenance: Acquired from the artist by Sir Robert Henry Woods (1865-1938) and thence by descent; On reverse a label of Daniel Egan, 26 Lower Ormond Quay, DublinThis and the previous lot, both by Nathaniel Hone (1831-1917) come from the collection formed by the artist’s friend, the eminent Dublin surgeon and Member of Parliament, Sir Robert Henry Woods (1865–1938). Born in Tullamore in humble circumstances, he enjoyed a glittering career at Trinity College, Dublin and, as the Dictionary of Irish Biography notes, ‘graduated MB, BAO, B.Ch. in 1889 and the following year received a surgical travelling prize which enabled him to visit Austria. Following in the footsteps of Sir William Wilde, he studied ear, nose, and throat surgery in Vienna. Though he is known principally for his work in ENT surgery, he made fundamental contributions to the understanding of the biophysics of cardiac function’. On his return to Ireland Woods secured several eminent positions in Dublin hospitals and opened a private practice at 39 Merrion Square. He soon won a European-wide reputation and, according to his pupil, Oliver St John Gogarty, was a ‘dextrous’ and ‘masterly’ surgeon. Woods was a popular figure in Irish cultural circles and served as president of the Royal Dublin Zoological Society, presenting ‘a number of animals to the zoo following a visit to the Far East to see one of his sons, who was a barrister in Malaysia’ (DIB). He was knighted in 1913. Respected on both sides of an increasingly polarised Irish society, in July 1921 Woods took part in the Mansion House Conference which led to a truce in hostilities between Republican and British forces.Nathaniel Hone painted the sea in all its varied conditions with greater skill and understanding than perhaps any Irish artist. His deep knowledge of the sea was based on first-hand experience. As Julian Campbell notes, he came from a keen yachting family and ‘developed an interest in all kinds of boats and sailing vessels’ – including, as here, distant yachts – and some of his most appealing works are his relatively rare pure seascapes, especially a group painted in Dublin Bay and in the West of Ireland in the late 1880s and ‘early ‘90s. In his ‘wave paintings’ the traditional focus of maritime painting, the depiction of shipping, is relegated to distant specs on the horizon. The influence of John Constable and Gustave Courbert is clear and specifically the latter’s The Wave  (La vague) exhibited at the Salon in 1870 and acquired by the Louvre eight years later, and a group of associated works.  Campbell writes: ‘although his paintings lack the frozen rock-like weight of Courbert’s seas and leaden skies, and the heavy symbolic quality, Hone’s wave paintings are also expressive of the artist’s feelings in the face of elemental nature’  (Julian Campbell, in Nathaniel Hone, NGI, catalogue, 1991, 57). Hone had also looked at the seascapes by James Abbott McNeill Whistler and the work of Impressionist artists such as Claude Monet, but, as so often, he deploys lessons learnt on the continent to create recognisably Irish imagery.  Closely comparable and contemporaneous works include A North-East Breeze, showing Ireland’s Eye from Portmarnock (Private collection) and Coast of County Clare (Dublin City Gallery, the Hugh Lane).

Poetry & Children – Potter (Helen Beatrix, Mrs. William Heelis, 1866-1943), The Tale of Mr. Tod, London, Frederick Warne 1912, 18mo, 94pp coloured plates and vignettes, cream embossed boards and titles mounted colour print, cover a little dirty; Nodier (Charles) illus. Fraser (Claud Lovat), The Woodcutter’s Dog, London, Daniel O’Connor 1922, 8vo, 20pp, colour printed vignettes, printed yellow boards mounted titles; Nodier (Charles), illus. Fraser (Claud Lovat), The Luck of the Bean Rows: A Fairy Tale, London, Daniel O’Connor 1921, tall 12mo, 60 pp, colour printed vignette illus., harlequin boards, titles yellow printed, blue cloth spine; Perrault (Charles), Tales of Passed Times Written for Children, 1st edn., London, Selwyn & Blount, 1922, 8vo, 63pp, colour frontis and vignettes by John Austen (MS signature), no. 84 of an edition of 200 copies, armorial bookplate Frederick John Handcock Lloyd, buff boards, colour printed vignette and titles; Perrault (Charles), trans. Gant (Roland), illus. Clauss, The Vindication of Wives, 1st edn., London, Rodale, 1954, 12mo, 27pp, coloured illus., cream printed boards, red cloth spine, gilt titles; Regnard (Jean-François, 1655-1709), trans Gant (Roland), illus. Clauss, Satire against Husbands, a poem, 1st edn., London , Rodale, 1954, 12mo, 30pp, numerous coloured illus., colour printed boards buff spine, gilt titles; Cassiodorus (Fl. Magnus Aurelius Senator, c. 490-585), trans Merton (Thomas), A Prayer of Cassiodorus from the treatise de Anima, Worcester, Stanbrook Abbey, 1967, tall 12mo, 16pp, handset 12pt monotype, marbled boards, gilt titles, cellophane d.w.; various authors, Granny’s Glasses and a Peep Through Them, London, Ernest Nister/New York, E. P. Dutton, 1892, royal 8vo, unpaginated, colour lithographs and vignettes, chromolithographic boards, green spine; de la Mare (Walter, OM, CH, 1873-1956), illus. Fraser (Claud Lovat), Peacock Pie: a Book of Rhymes, London, Constable, 1924, large 8vo, 128pp, 16 coloured prints, blue boards embossed with gilt peacock, gilt titles to spine (9)

Pictures & Prints - a large portfolio of 19th and 20th century prints, including Auguste Renoir, John Constable, botanical prints, etc (qty)

Irish Interest: The Petty-Southwell Correspondence 1676-1687. Edited from the Bowood Papers by the Marquis of Lansdowne. PETTY, William: Published by London: Constable, 1927 Vol 1-2; The Boyne Water-The Battle of The Boyne 1690 by Peter Berresford Elis plus 2 others (5)

The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, illustrated by Ronald Balfour, signed, published by Constable and Company Ltd, London 1920.

A Great War pair of medals to the East Kent Regiment which includes a self-awarded Victory medal. British War medal, “202953 A.SJT E.R. OBBARD E. KENT. R.”, Victory medal, unofficial engraved naming, “202953 A.SJT E.R. OBBARD E. KENT”. With Princess Mary 1914 Christmas tin, some minor dents and dried residue inside and a trench art white metal identify bracelet mad from a Turkish coin erased on 1 side and crudely engraved with the emblem of the Queen’s Regiment and engraved ‘J T KEMP, THE QUEENS, FRANCE PALESTINE’. Born on 15th October 1895 in Brenchley, Kent, Ernest Reginald Obbard attested for service in the East Kent Regiment on 18th November 1914. He served in India from 18th November 1916 being awarded a British War medal for his service. He clearly felt he was also due a Victory medal and probably had this medal renamed to wear alongside his official medal. In 1939 he was living as a Farm Bailiff in Cranbrook, Kent and was also a Special Constable. He died on 6th March 1950.

Special Constable Duty Armbands: City of London Special Constable Group Leader armband, three printed armbands, stitched felt Special Constable armband and Civil Defence. 6 items

Special Constable Duty Armbands: Special Constable Inspector badged armband, Special 250 Constable badged armband and Special 190 Constable badge only. 3 items

Good Assortment of Various Obsolete Police Insignia, special constable badges, RAF police, UN Police Former Yugoslavia, Metropolitan Special Duties lapel badges, one HM silver 1978, Air Ministry Constabulary WW2, Royal Hong Kong Police, Army Depot Police Cyrus cap badge & sealed pattern title, (Grouping)

Follower of John Constable, 'Old House, Hampstead', oil on board, 24.5 x 34.5cm.

Scotland.- [Creech (William)] Letters, addressed to Sir John Sinclair, Bart. respecting the Mode of Living, Arts, Commerce, Literature, Manners, &c. of Edinburgh, in 1763..., first edition, half-title (soiled and frayed at foot, repaired), modern calf-backed marbled boards, uncut, [Goldsmiths' 15518; Kress B.2469], Edinburgh, 1763 § [Grange (James Erskine, Lord)] Reasons against the Bill before the House of Lords (For Disabling the Lord Provost of the City of Edinburgh...and for Fining the said City...), first edition, with final blank, 19th century morocco ruled in blind, rubbed, spine frayed at head, S.Osborn, 1737 § Tait (George) A Summary of the Powers and Duties of a Constable in Scotland..., third edition, advertisement leaf at end, a little soiled and browned, modern cloth-backed marbled boards, uncut, Edinburgh, 1815; and 3 others on Scotland including a bound volume of pamphlets and speeches relating to Edinburgh by the Scottish Liberal Party politician Duncan M'Laren of 1835-79 (family copy with bookplate of Lord Aberconway), 8vo (6) *** The second item was published in the aftermath of the Porteous riots in Edinburgh in September 1736. John Porteous (c.1695-1736) was the unpopular Captain of the City Guard of Edinburgh. After losing control of an angry crowd during a public execution in April 1736, a panicked Captain Porteous ordered his men to fire on the mob, killing a number of people. Tried and convicted for murder, Porteous was sentenced to be executed. Misjudging the level of popular anger, Walpole intervened on Porteous' behalf and had his execution deferred. An angry mob was able to overpower the Tolbooth prison guards, drag Porteous from his cell, and lynch him in the street. This pamphlet puts forward Lord Grange's argument, based on constitutional grounds, against the Lord Provost being held responsible and the city as a whole being fined for the actions of certain "wicked persons".