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AFTER CONSTABLE. Unsigned oil on canvas 'The Haywain'. 33" x 27.1/2"

MAJOR J J GREIG [HEAD CONSTABLE OF LIVERPOOL]: LETTERS AND RECOLLECTIONS, circa 1872, manuscript detailing the events of 1867, ie the Fenian attack on Chester Castle etc, small fo, hf cf

TWO WATERCOLOUR STUDIES of labradors, two hunting prints, a print after Bernard Buffet and a pair of Constable prints

Four: Serjeant J. T. Day, Dorsetshire Regiment 1914-15 Star (11129 Pte., Dorset. R.); British War and Victory Medals (11129 Sjt., Dorset. R.); Special Constabulary Long Service, G.V.R., 2nd issue (John Day) fine and better (5) £40-60 Serjeant John T. Day served in the 2nd and 5th Battalions, Dorsetshire Regiment, in Gallipoli and Egypt. After the war he served as a Special Constable in the Bournemouth Police Force. Sold with Dorsetshire Regiment cap badge. £40-£60

A Boer War D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant T. W. Vine, City of London Imperial Volunteers, formerly 3rd Middlesex Volunteer Artillery and later South African Constabulary distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (Serjt. T. W. Vine, S.A.C.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Johannesburg (706 Sgt. T. W. Vine, C.I.V.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (942 T. Sjt.-Maj. T. W. Vine, S.A.C.) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £2000-2500 D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901: Sergeant T. W. Vine, City of London Imperial Volunteers. Although Vine’s D.C.M. is named to the S.A.C. it was unquestionably won whilst he was serving with the C.I.V. thomas Walter Vine was born on 22 July 1870, and joined the Volunteers on 20 July 1887, serving in the 3rd Middlesex Volunteer Artillery. He received the Royal Humane Society’s Honorary Testimonial in October 1891, ‘for having on the 18th April 1891 gone to the rescue of Gunner Sharman, who was in imminent danger of drowning at Shoeburyness, and whose life he gallantly assisted in saving.’ A jeweller and watchmaker by trade, he volunteered to join the City of London Volunteers in January 1900, then aged 29, and served in South Africa with No. 1 Mounted Infantry Company. He was mentioned in despatches (London Gazette 10 September 1901) and awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal. He was discharged from the C.I.V. Mounted Infantry at Pretoria on 1 October 1900, at his own request to be employed with the South African Constabulary. He served as a Troop Sergeant-Major in the S.A.C. for the remainder of the war and later became a Head Constable. He was discharged from the S.A.C. upon its withdrawal from Swaziland in March 1907, and transferred to the Swaziland Police with whom he served until 1925. sold with extensive file of copied records. £2000-£2500

A rare New Zealand Long Service group of four awarded to Captain J. Coleman, New Zealand Staff Corps, late Permanent Militia queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, South Africa 1902 (S.S.M. Instr., 2nd Regt. 10th N.Z. Cont.); New Zealand (Permanent Militia) L.S. & G.C. (No.171 1/c Gunner, N.Z.P.M. 1895), ring and straight bar suspension; New Zealand L.S.& G.C., V.R. (No.171 Bombr., No.1 Service Coy. N.Z.P.M. (1900)); New Zealand Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R.., 4th issue, robed bust (Staff Serg. Major (W.O.) N.Z. Perm’t. Staff 1911) very fine and better (4) £900-1200 Staff Sergeant-Major J. Coleman is known to have been issued with a replacement New Zealand L.S.& G.C. - the above is the original. He is also known to have been issued with a replacement New Zealand M.S.M. - the above is the replacement; the original medal is known to exist. The New Zealand (Permanent Militia) L.S. & G.C. Medal instituted in 1887 and discontinued in 1898 was of the same design as the New Zealand Police L.S.& G.C. Medal; 105 are known to have been issued. joseph Trevor Coleman was born at Chester, England, on 10 January 1862 and arrived in New Zealand as a young man. His trade prior to enlistment was groom. He enlisted in the Armed Constabulary Field Force on 26 September 1881 and was transferred on 7 October to Opunake, being mobilised to ‘quell the Maori rising at Parihaka, on the West Coast of Taranaki.’ At this time, Parihaka was the centre of a very strong movement of passive resistance against the encroachment of Europeans. It was this movement which caused the Armed Constabulary to be called out to ‘quell the rebellion.’ Although his wife claimed after his death that he possessed the New Zealand Wars Medal, there is no evidence of this. Constable Coleman was transferred to the Waikato District on 4 March 1882. in 1886, after the passing of the Defence Act, the Permanent Militia was established and many personnel of the Armed Constabulary transferred to the Artillery Section of the Permanent Militia. This later became No. 1 Service Company of the Permanent Militia and, in 1902, the Royal New Zealand Artillery. Joseph Coleman served for 13 years in the artillery at Fort Takapuna, Auckland as an Artillery and Drill Instructor and was promoted to Bombardier. In 1898 he applied for a transfer to Dunedin and also permission to get married. He was transferred to No. 1 Service Company detachment at Lyttelton on 19 July 1898, three days after his marriage. He was detailed for temporary duty as a Volunteer Drill Instructor at Christchurch and was also employed as a Gunnery Instructor at Fort Jervois during the period of the Lyttelton Naval Volunteers 'in camp' training. Coleman was transferred on 15 May 1900 to the Militia and Volunteer Staff as a Sergeant Major Instructor, Permanent Staff, and was also an Instructor for the Mounted Corps, particularly the 1st and 2nd Canterbury Mounted Rifles, and assisted with training of personnel for the 3rd and 7th New Zealand Contingents for the South African (Second Boer) War. He was also involved in the Royal Visit in 1901. sergeant Major Coleman served with the South Island Battalion, 10th New Zealand Contingent in the South African War (Second Boer War). Major W.S. Pennycook stated that Coleman actually served in the rank of Regimental Sergeant Major in 2nd Regiment of the 10th New Zealand Contingent during May-June 1902. He was attached to the 9th Contingent at Durban in July 1902 for the return journey to New Zealand aboard the SS Orient. On arrival in New Zealand he was transferred to Auckland in October 1902. In late December 1906, he applied for a commission in the Permanent Forces. This was declined as was a similar application in 1908. In 1909 he applied for promotion as Warrant Officer and was appointed as such on the New Zealand Permanent Staff on 4 June 1909. He applied again for a commission in 1910 but this was again denied on the grounds that he did not have the attributes of an officer. Supported by a number of very senior officers, the case finally reached the Prime Minister. Coleman was posted to the 4th Waikato Mounted Rifles at Hamilton and on 12 November 1913 he was finally commissioned as a Lieutenant in the New Zealand Staff Corps, and subsequently promoted Temporary Captain on 19 January 1914, and appointed Adjutant. He was next appointed Group Commander at Hamilton. Captain Coleman was then posted as Commander of Group 20 at Wanganui, where on 29 November 1916 he suffered a stroke. He was retired on superannuation on 3 June 1917 after 25 1/2 years of continuous service and an aggregate of over 29 years total service. Joseph Trevor Coleman died at Christchurch on 23 April 1919 aged 57 years, leaving a widow and two children. He had married Elizabeth Ann (surname unknown but born at Sandhurst, Victoria, Australia) at Takapuna on 16 July 1898. joseph Coleman applied for the award of the New Zealand Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 28 December 1899 and was presented with this award on 24 May 1900 at Christchurch. He applied for the award of the Meritorious Service Medal in March 1905 and, at the same time, requested that his New Zealand (Permanent Militia) Long Service Medal be returned to him. This latter medal had been surrendered by Coleman in 1901 on being awarded the New Zealand Long Service and Good Conduct Medal as regulations did not permit the wearing of two medals with the same ribbons. This regulation had in the meantime been amended, and the medal was ordered returned to him on 15 May 1905. Sold with copied research. £900-£1200

Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (James Cullen, Serjeant, 81st Regment Foot 1836) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, good very fine £600-700 the recipient was born in Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim and served in the 81st Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) and the 3rd and 9th Royal Veteran Battalions. The medal was despatched to the Ballyshannon Chief Constable on 23 February 1838, for onward transmission to Cullen. The naming around the edge of the medal is illustrated in The Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal 1830-1848, by McInnes and Gregson, Plate iii. £600-£700

A rare long service group of four to Constable A. F. Clegg, British South Africa Police, late Rhodesian Native Infantry and South African Constabulary queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1325 Tpr., S.A.C.); British War and Victory Medals (1371 3-Sjt., Rhodesia N. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Southern Rhodesia (No.1371 Const. Alfred F. Clegg, B.S.A.P.), mounted for display, good fine and better, last rare (4) £1000-1200 Ex Upfill-Brown Collection, B.D.W. December 1991. only 130 Southern Rhodesia Long Service and Good Conduct medals awarded between 1923 and 1939. alfred Frederick Clegg joined the Royal Navy in 1907 following several years with the South African Constabulary, including service in the Boer War, but in 1910, after twice receiving voluntary discharge from the former service, he enlisted into the ranks of the British South Africa Police. With the exception of wartime employment in the Rhodesia Native Regiment, during which time he was wounded and taken prisoner, Clegg served 22 years with the B.S.A.P., and was commended for his 'promptitude and action in arresting two very dangerous criminals' on 19 April 1914. In light of a charge for drunkeness committed outside duty hours, Clegg had to personally apply for his L.S. & G.C. award which was finally granted in 1932. £1000-£1200

Corporation of Glasgow Special Constabulary Services Rendered Medal 1914-19 (2), obv. coat-of-arrms, rev. inscription (name engraved), ‘Presented by the Corporation to John Stewart Special Constable in acknowledgement of Services Rendered’, with ‘3 Years’ brooch bar; another, to ‘John Muir Jr.’, with ‘4 Years’ brooch bar, very fine (2) £60-80 £60-£80

Goldsmith, Oliver, The Deserted Village, illustrated by W. Lee Hankey, signed by the illustrator, Constable and Co. Ltd 1909, number 1 of 250 copies, tooled vellum binding

W HEATH ROBINSON. "Bill the Minder". 16 col pltes comp, all with captioned tissues, orig, cl gt, onlay, thick lg 8vo Constable 1912 good copy.

Circle of John "Warwick" Smith 1749-1831- View from a wooded Crag towards a distant lake and ruins; watercolour, 33.9x48cm: English school early 19th century- "View of Coventry"; signed and dated Tudor Norman(sic), Oct 9, 1805: Follower of John Constable 1776-1837- Study of trees; oil sketch on paper, together with one other pencil sketch depicting figures by a cottage by a different hand, (4) (unframed)

A Constable (Bromley) "The CC Lightweight" split cane trout fly rod, two piece, 9'

An oval coloured Print, after Constable, in a treen frame; and a vintage treen and wirework Key Box (2)

Hugh Golding Constable (1868-1948) (John Constable's Grandson) six pencil studies - ships under sail in glazed frames, signed and lot related ephemera, also six other pencil sketches in portfolio

DARWIN (BERNARD)-EVERY IDLE DREAM, 1st Ed. Collins 1948, orig. yellow cloth, dw; WEBBER (ROY)-THE PLAYFAIR BOOK OF CRICKET RECORDS, London 1951, orig. blue cloth, dw; WRIGLEY (ARTHUR)-THE BOOK OF TEST CRICKET 1876-1964, Epworth Press 1965, orig. green cloth, gt. lettering & vignette, dw; HOLMES (REV R.S.)-THE HISTORY OF YORKSHIRE COUNTY CRICKET 1833-1903, Constable 1904, portrait frontis of Hawke with facsimile signature (detached), numerous b/w photographic plates, errata inserted on contents page, orig. purple cloth, gt., faded; Hutton (Len)-Cricket Is My Life, n.d., 22 illustrations, orig. green cloth, gt. lettering; KILBURN-(J.M.)-CRICKET DECADE, England v Australia 1946 to 1956, Heinemann 1959, dw; Davor (W.M.)-The Cricket Annual 1892, orig dec. green cloth (2 copies); Playfair Cricket Annual 1950-1853, 1959, 1960 (14)

William Smyth (British, 19th Century) The artist Thomas Churchyard painting his mother Mrs Churchyard's house at Henley Park inscribed on reverse "William Smyth, May 1859" watercolour 21 x 30cm A true artist of Woodbridge, Thomas Churchyard was born in Melton in 1798 just before the start of the Napoleonic wars. A bright child, he was sent to Dedham Grammer School, where John Constable had been a pupil twenty years earlier.

A Coalport vase and cover, commemorating the bicentenary of the birth of John Constable (1776-1837), limited edition number 35 of 100, of pedestal, two handled form and painted with a view of 'The house in which the Artist was born', 31cm high (a/f) within original box

HEATH ROBINSON (W) Illustrator A Midsummer Night's Dream, London: Constable & Co 1914, 11 tipped in coloured plates and frontispiece, other illustrations, pictorial green cloth gilt (head and foot of spine a little bumped)

DULAC (Edmund) Illustrator Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, printed from the second edition, London: Hodder and Stoughton, frontispiece and 19 colour plates tipped in, pictorial cream cloth gilt; BALFOUR (Ronald) Illustrator Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, London: Constable and Company 1920, 4to, frontispiece and 37 mostly coloured plates tipped in, discoloured binding (2)

DE FILIPPI (Filippo) Karakoram and Western Himalaya 1909 an account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy, London: Constable and Company 1912, 4to, photogravure frontispiece and plates, tissue guards, illustrations from photographs, some spotting and yellowing otherwise generally good with tight binding, in somewhat marked vellum backed clock, and accompanying folder of Plates and Maps as required (crease to spine) (2)

After Constable, coloured print 'The Haywain' and other various pictures

Dundee - a pair of Scottish provincial stuffing spoons by William Constable of Dundee, marked Edinburgh 1833 - 34, WC, of Fiddle pattern with engraved initial S in foliate script to terminal (2) 29cm long, combined weight 7.5oz

Dundee - a pair of scottish provincial stuffing spoons by William Constable of Dundee, circa 1820, marked pot of lilies struck four times, WC, of Oar pattern with engraved initial H in script (2) 30cm long, 5.5oz

Dundee - a Scottish provincial spirit label by William Constable of Dundee, marked Edinburgh 1817-1818, WC, duty head, of canted rectangular form, with reeded border incised 'BRITISH WINE' suspended from a belcher link chain 4.2cm wide, 10g

Dundee - a Scottish provincial spirit label by William Constable of Dundee, marked WC, Edinburgh 1814-1815 (town mark lacking), of canted rectangular form with double reeded border, incised for 'PORT', suspended from a belcher link chain 4.3cm wide, 10g

PRINGLE, John 'Observations on The Disease of The Army in Camp and Garrison', Millar, London, 1753. 2nd edn. 1 bl. Tp. Preface, Contents xxvii. errata, 3 parts- 306pp. App. - 403pp. Index. Bound with 'Observations on Nature and Cure of Hospital and Jayl-Fever in a Letter to Doctor Mead', Miller, 1750. 52pp. Rebound 1/2 marbled bds. Tog.with HENNEN, John, 'Principles of Military Surgery', Constable, Edinburgh, 1820. 2nd. edn. 4to. 6 plts. Military Medical Officers Library stmp. light foxing. Tp. (no 1/2 tp). dedication. preface, errata, 569pp, Index 580pp. New endpp. Rebound 1/2 marbled bds. Plus COPLAND HUTCHINSON, Alex. 'Practical Observation in Surgery more Particularly as Regards The Naval and Military Service', Underwood, London, 1826. 8vo. 1 fldg. plt. 1/2 marbled bds. 3

* Cavendish 19/20th century- Figures in an Oriental river scene; watercolour, signed, 33x17cm: After Joan Miro 1893-1983- Abstract form; reproduction print: together with two reproduction prints after John Constable RA and others, (4)

Joan Barrington, oil on canvas 'Bruce' (spaniel), signed and dated 1937 and a painting after Constable

Stewart, Colonel David Sketches of the character, manners and present state of the Highlanders of Scotland. Edinburgh: Constable & Co, 1822, 2 volumes, 8vo, hand coloured folding map [torn along folds], modern half calf gilt, some foxing; Scotland A journey through Scotland. London, 1732, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked, one advert leaf at start, interior clean; Dalrymple, Sir James Collections concerning the Scottish history. Edinburgh, 1705, 8vo, later calf gilt, worn, two ink inscriptions on title; Crawfurd, David Memoirs of the affairs of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1767, third edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, worn, browning to page edges, ink inscription on front endpaper and another copy; Bond, Mr. Buchananes history of Scotland. London, 1722, second edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary calf gilt; and seven others (15)

Original artwork - Watkins, Dudley An original illustration of Oor Wullie in his shed, signed and dated by Watkins 1945, approx 11cm by 15cm, with a moveable door opening to show Oor Wullie seated on his buchet eating a sandwich, on a leaf in an autograph book Provenance: A gift from the artist to the vendor in 1945, during his time as a War Reserve Constable in Kincardine-on-Forth, Fife.

Hazlitt, William The round table, a collection of essays on literature, men and manners. London: printed for Archibald Constable, 1817, 8vo, 2 volumes, contemporary calf gilt by Bedford, rebacked, bookplate; Ibid. Liber amoris. London, 1823. First edition, 8vo, half title, vignette title, contemporary calf gilt, rebacked, corners worn, repair to half title, some water staining (3)

Storer, J & H.S. Views in Edinburgh and its vicinity. Edinburgh: Constable & Co, 1820. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, 2 folding plans, 97 plates, later half morocco gilt, some foxing (2)

JOHN HOYLAND (B. 1934) HOMMAGE TO CONSTABLE Screen print, signed and dated 1976, numbered 48/100, published by Waddington Graphics Plate size: 54cm x 85cm (21.25in x 33.5in)

FOLLOWER OF JOHN CONSTABLE - 'A stormy coast', brown wash drawing, 2 3/4" x 4 1/4", ex Bonfiglioli Ltd., 13 The Turl, Oxford, December 1963 Cat No 74 and with label verso.

GEORGE S CONSTABLE OF ARUNDEL (19TH CENTURY) A figure on a path approaching a windmill under a stormy cloud filled sky, bears initials JC and date ? 21, oils on panel, 8 1/4" x 10", bears paper label verso inscribed 'Sketch of John Constable RA - A view in Suffolk about 1821 no 5 David Lucas'. Attributed to George Constable of Arundel by Dr John Hayes of the National Gallery according to a handwritten note verso (see illustration).

Bernard Shaw, Translations and Tomfooleries, published by Constable and Company, 1926, signed and inscribed by the author.

Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway Truncheon. Truncheons for this railway follow a standard pattern and are generally made to a very high standard. Fenn Clark and Dicken both illustrate fine examples in their books (Fenn Clark page 74, number 5 and Dicken plate 10, number 1). Fenn Clark states his truncheon was issued to T. Ward and used during the Bread Riots of the 1840’s. As Ward is recorded as working with George Stevenson as his assistant it is likely that during the riots he was acting as a special constable. The B&DJR opened in 1839 running from Hampton-in-Arden to Derby. It amalgamated with the Midland Counties Railway and North Midland Railway to form the Midland Railway in 1844.

London and Brighton Railway Truncheon. Like the London and Birmingham Railway, examples can be found with both the initials of the company and the full title. The first of these are decorated with a crown over script lettering ‘LB’, ‘R’ and a red cartouche with the word ‘Constable’ within. Dicken illustrates an example of this type, which came to him by way of the secretary of London Brighton, and South Coast Railway, thereby confirming these as London and Brighton truncheons rather than London and Birmingham.

Nineteenth century walking cane, the grip carved as a soldier's? head wearing a glengarry, and a George VI Special Constable truncheon, bearing transfers

Attributed to John Constable, RA (British, 1776-1837) Cottage in a Landscape pencil 8 x 8cm Provenance: From the Isaacs Collection Sabin Galleries Ltd., 4 Cork Street, London, W1 (according to an old label on the reverse)

Military and other badges: enamelled Manchester 1915 Volunteer Regt. (lapel type), enamelled Armstrong Whitworth Munitions (lapel type), enamelled City of Manchester Special Constable and War Service, 1915 (lapel type), plus British Red Cross for War Service, 1914-1918, other badges, metal (2) and cloth (2) and buttons (3), mainly good condition (12)

Marie Walker Last, The Eye of the Wind, oilMarie Walker Last (1917-), The Eye of the Wind, signed, inscribed and dated 1963 on verso, oil on canvas, 90 x 120cm.; 35.5 x 47.25in. * She trained at the Chelsea School of Art, under Vivian Pitchforth and, later under Sir Terry Frost and Robert Medley. She and her husband were great friends of Ben Nicholson and Dame Barbara Hepworth, and she mixed in London with many of the great painters of the day; she also met Alfred Wallis, who was such a great influence on the work of Ben Nicholson. In her earlier days, she exhibited world-wide, with Exhibitions in London, Paris, Athens, Florence and Australia, and in 1988, she won First Prize in the Druce Constable Award at an exhibition of contemporary British landscape painting in the Camden Arts Centre. Her works are in the Collections of the Bank of England, the Halifax Building Society, Granada Television, the Arthur Haigh Collection, the Open University, Yorkshire Television, Bradford Art Galleries and Museums and the Universities of Leeds, Bradford and York.

Tom Keating, The Haywain, oilTom Keating (1917-1984), The Haywain, after John Constable, oil on canvas, 59 x 74.5cm.; 23.25 x 29.5in.

BETJEMAN, John, 'An Oxford University Chest', Miles, 1938. 1/4 marbled leather. Tog.with BELLOC, H. 'The Old Road', Constable, 1911, frontis Plus GUEDALLA, Philip, 'Conquistador American Fantasia', Ernest Benn, 1927. 1st edn. 1/4 cl. worn. 3

BROOKE, Stopford, A. 'On Ten Plays of Shakespeare', Constable, 1905. cl. worn. Tog.with JONES, Ernest, 'Shakespeare Hamlet, with a Psycho-analytic Study', ill. Robert Johnson, Vision, 1947, in d/w, plus other related & Dryden. 2 boxes

JOHN LESLIE "The Philosophy of arithmetic exhibiting a progressive view of the theory and practice of calculation with an enlarged table of the products of numbers under 100", published by Archibald Constable & Co., Edinburgh 1817, marbled boards with tooled and gilded leather spine and corners, together with JOHN LESLIE "Geometrical analysis and geometry of curved lines, being volume second of a course of mathematics, and designed as an introduction to the study of natural philosophy", published Edinburgh 1821, JOHN LESLIE "Elements of geometry and plane trigonometry with an appendix ... ", 4th Edition, published Edinburgh 1820, and one volume of "The report etc. on the action of damages brought by Mr.John Leslie against William Blackwood, Bookseller of Edinburgh", cloth board bound with tooled and gilded leather spine and corners

BALFOUR (Ronald, illustrator) The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, London: Constable & Co 1920, tipped in plates, soiled covers, lacking spine strip; Lawrence (T E) The Seven Pillars of Wisdom, 1935 (2)

After J Constable R.A pair nineteenth century prints in glazed maple frames entitled 'The Cornfield' and 'The Valley Farm' (2)

(ARR).John Hoyland-(1934-)-"From John Constable, Orange"-A large abstract screen print in orange, yellow and green, pencil signed and dated 76, numbered 47 of 100, 55 cm by 85 cm, unframed.

An R.V.M. group of five awarded to Serjeant E. C. Carew, Liverpool Regiment, late Grenadier Guards Royal Victorian Medal, E.VII.R., bronze (No.13614 Private E. C. Carew, 1st Bn. Gren. Gds.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (13614 Pte., 1/G. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (13614 Pte., G. Gds.), B.W.M. re-mpressed; Coronation 1937, unnamed, mounted as worn, fine and better (5) £200-240 Edgar Charles Carew was born in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset on 29 May 1886. A railway Porter by occupation, he attested for the Grenadier Guards at Bristol on 19 February 1908, aged 21 years, 9 months. On service at Home, Private Edgar Charles Carew, was one of a number of men of the Kings Company, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, who were awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in bronze for their services on the occasion of the funeral of King Edward VII. On 19 February 1911 he was transferred to the Army Reserve on the termination of his period of service and was employed as a Police Constable. Mobilised with the onset of war, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 6 October 1914, serving with the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards. At Ypres, 2 November 1914, he received a gunshot wound to the left shoulder and lung and on 3 December 1914 was invalided to England. After treatment he was posted in July 1915 to the 21st Reserve Battalion Liverpool Regiment. Promoted to Serjeant in September 1915 he subsequently served as an Instructor with the 26th and 3rd Battalions in England. Carew was discharged from the Army in December 1918 and was employed by the Gloucestershire Constabulary. In the Coronation Medal 1937 nominal roll he is recorded as a Police Sergeant in Gloucestershire. Sold with a quantity of copied service and medical papers.

Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. J. Burton, C. Divn.); Visit to Ireland 1903 (C. A. Bentley, R.I.C.), lacks brooch bar Pair: Police Constable R. Stent, Metropolitan Police Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police (P.C., K. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C.), fine and better (4) £60-80

The Duke of Wellingtons Orders of Knighthood, Dickinson., London., 1852, landscape folio, 35 coloured plates, with dedictaion by one who had the honour of serving under His Grace for so many years as his Aide-de-Camp and Asst.-Military Secretary [Sir Ulysses Bagenal Burgh]; each plate is a coloured representation, with highlights in gold and silver, with obverse/reverse where applicable and a detailed text opposite with an interleaf to protect the plate: viz The Arms & Supporters of the Duke of Wellington; the Garter; the Bath; the Annonciade of Sardinia; The Golden Fleece of Spain; the Tower and Sword of Portugal; the St. Esprit of France; the Elephant of Denmark; the Sword of Sweden; St. Andrew of Russia; the Black Eagle of Prussia; the Red Eagle of Prussia; Fidelity of Baden; St. Alexander Newsky of Russia; St Januarius of the two Sicilies; Maria Theresa of Austria; Military Merit of Wurtemberg; St George of Russia; the Lion d'Or of Hesse Casel; Max-Joseph of Bavaria; St. Ferdinand of Sicily; the Crown of Saxony; St. Federinand of Spain; the Lion of Baden; St. Hermenegildo of Spain; the Guelph of Hanover; and Wilhelm of the Netherlands; War Medals for 11 Battles and 2 Sieges; the Duke's Baton as Field Marshal of England; Marshal Jourdan's Baton; The Duke's Batons as Field Marshal of Russia; of Hanover; and as High Constable of England; and Medals for Battles and Sieges in India. Rebound retaining original but worn decorative red cloth covers, lacking title page, some light foxing and water stains not affecting images, and although boards worn and shaken, the contents are generally good £200-250

Four: Police Constable G. H. Smith, Metropolitan Police, late 6th Dragoons Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (5038 Pte. G. H. Smith 6/Drgns.); Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police issue, bronze (P.C. G. Smith, W Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police issue, bronze (P.C. G. Smith, W Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police issue (P.C. W. Smith), occasional edge bruising, generally very fine (4) £220-250 George Horace Smith, who was born in December 1872, served in the 1st Royal Dragoons 1889-96, following which he joined W Division of the Metropolitan Police. Recalled to the Colours on the advent of hostilities in South Africa, he served in the 6th Dragoons from October 1899 to November 1900, and again from February to May 1901, before returning to his duties as a policeman. He was pensioned from T Division of the Metropolitan Police in March 1922, having onetime served on mounted duties in the Mitcham area.

Nine: Captain J. H. Howell, South African Forces, late Hartigans Horse and South African Police, a veteran of the defence of Kimberley - in which he was wounded - who died in September 1943 while serving in the Essential Services Protection Corps Queens South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State (1773 Pte. J. H. Howell, Cape P.D. 1); Kings South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1773 Pte. J. H. Howell, C.P. Dist. 1); 1914-15 Star (Cpl. J. H. Howell, Hartigans Hse.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Cpl. J. H. Howell, Hartigans Hse.); War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal 1939-45, these two officially inscribed, 702308J. H. Howell; South African Police Good Service Medal, 1st type (No. 592 (M.) 1/C. Sergeant J. H. Howell); Mayor of Kimberleys Star, hallmark letter a, the reverse privately inscribed, J. H. Howell, Cape Police, the first two somewhat polished, nearly very fine, the remainder very fine and better (9) £600-700 James Henry Howell, who enlisted in the Police at Kings William Town in August 1898, was actively engaged as a Private in the Cape Police (District 1) from October 1899 to May 1902, in which period he was wounded in the defence of Kimberley. Having then witnessed further action in Hartigans Horse in 1915, he returned to his police duties and retired, aged 50 years, as a Head Constable, in February 1930. However, the advent of hostilities in 1939 witnessed his return to uniform, this time as a Captain in the Essential Services Protection Corps, in which capacity he was serving at the time of his death on 4 September 1943, aged 63 years. He left a widow resident at Port Elizabeth, where he was buried in the South End Cemetery. Sold with the recipients original South African Police certificate of discharge, dated at Pretoria, 13 February 1930, together with a related forwarding letter from the Deputy Commissioner of Police (I shall be glad if you will kindly convey to Head Constable Howell the Commissioners and my appreciation of his services and excellent record whilst serving in the Force ... ); and official communications addressed to his widow regarding his entitlement to the 1939-45 War and Africa Service Medals, these dated 10 December 1945 and 7 November 1947.

Five: Private T. Martin, Royal Irish Rifles, latterly a Constable in the Ulster Special Constabulary 1914-15 Star (124 Pte., R. Ir. Rif.); British War and Victory Medals (124 Pte., R. Ir. Rif.); Special Constabulary Long Service, E.II.R., Ulster reverse (Thomas Martin); France, Somme Medal, bronze, unnamed, mounted as worn, fine and better (5) £140-180 Private Thomas Martin, 16th (Service) Battalion (2nd Co. Down) (Pioneers) Royal Irish Rifles, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 2 October 1915. Later transferred to the Labour Corps, he was discharged sick on 22 November 1918 and was entitled to a Silver War Badge (Number B/208503 on the S.W.B. list). Sold with copied m.i.c. and other research.

* After John Constable RA 1776-1837- "The Young Waltonians, Stratford Mill"; oil on canvas, 30.2x41cm

Scott, Sir Walter. The Works, Edinburgh; A. Constable, 1822-1833, 51 volumes only, 8vo, engraved portrait, engraved title-vignettes, contemporary red calf and half calf, spines gilt, spines faded, one spine torn, lacking one label, very slightly rubbed Provenance: From the library of Glendoune House,

City of London Police helmet plate, post 1909, C 153 (Bishops Gate Constable/ Detective)

Edward VII Imperial yeomanry medal for long service and good conduct awarded to 52 Serjt. C.Roberts Herts.I.Y., Herts V.R cap badge and Herts special constable long service lapel badge