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"Beyond The Border" by W D Campbell, published by Archibald Constable & Company 1898, first edition, pictorial gilt covers and spine.There is rubbing to the gilding on the spine top and bottom and the front board bottom right-hand corner.  The boards front and back internally are still attached but show the bindings as the paper is ripped the length of the boards.  The flyleaves are discoloured but internally the pages are in very good condition with a nice clean colour with no inscriptions.  Overall I would classify this book as being in good condition.

Registration No: MRE 3B Frame No: PJ 175 MOT: ExemptGood provenance No reserveFrom a deceased estateUnderstood to be in excellent condition with V5CDawson’s Motors Wolverhampton commenced production of a range of Villiers-powered lightweights in 1950 in Sedgely. The firm built its first competition models in 1952 and introduced a scrambler a couple of years later. A scooter, the 98cc Bambi, had been added to the range by 1960, but DMW’s next offering in this category would be more unusual. First seen in 1961, the Deemster was intended to combine the riding position and handling characteristics of a conventional motorcycle with scooter-type weather protection and enclosure. The Deemster’s twin-cylinder Villiers 250cc 2T engine was located centrally, in the motorcycle position, while the interchangeable wheels were 12” in diameter. Suspension was by leading-link fork at the front, with rubber ‘spring’ and single hydraulic damper, and by swinging arm at the rear. The frame was made up from a combination of round and square-section tubing to which a large box fabricated box was attached, supporting the seat and rear dampers while providing sufficient luggage space to accommodate two crash helmets. With its tall screen, twin headlamps, generously sized leg shields and voluminous front mudguard, the Deemster was certainly eye-catching. Only 350 were produced and a police version proved the bulk of these sales with around 250 sold to police fleets.This scooter’s known history from new starts when Staffordshire Police purchased eight of these machines registered MRE 1B through to MRE 8B. First registration is stated as 1st August 1964, as confirmed by the accompanying old style blue log book The original rider assigned was Constable Frederick Fox and we have learned that Fred was so attached to the machine that when it was retired from service he bought it. He later donated it to the Staffordshire Police museum which, in 2002, released it onto the market when it was purchased by our vendor though he never used it. The scooter is complete and appears to be in exceptionally good original condition having been stored with a coating of grease which has even preserved all rubbers. No attempt was made to start it upon inspection but we observed that the engine turns freely. Offered with current V5C, original tools, users handbooks and a workshop manual for the Villers engine. For more information, please contact: Paul Diamond info@vintagescooters.co.uk 07768 313001

Alison Catley, British b.1960 - Seascape with Drowned Figure (Cleethorpes); oil on board, titled and inscribed on the reverse, 40.8x56cm (ARR) Provenance: private collection of Victor Aubrey Lownes III (April 17, 1928 January 11, 2017); Roseberys, Modern & Contemporary British Art, 4th November 2020, lot 180; private collection, UK, purchased from the above Note: Lownes was an executive for HMH Publishing Company Inc., later known as Playboy Enterprises, from 1955 through the early 1980s. Behind the image of a high-flying suave sophisticated, non-stop, executive, Lownes was a relaxed man who enjoyed everything English. He was the iconic Playboy skiing in Europe and Aspen swimming in his jacuzzi with the inevitable bevy of beauties flying a helicopter to the races enjoying riding to the hounds and country sports from his home Stocks House in Hertfordshire and although a patriotic American through and through Victor was his happiest here in England . He had a keen eye for art and furnished every property he had with interesting paintings. Incredibly erudite, Lownes knew what he liked, proved by some of the paintings he invested in over the years, artists as diverse as Francis Bacon and Egon Schiele intermingling with more traditional artists such as Gainsborough and Constable. 

Fine Modern Bindings to include: Cervantes (Miguel de) The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha, London: Constable and Company, 1922, 4to, illustrated by Jean de Bosschere, full calf gilt bound by Asprey, marbled endpapers, aeg, tipped in cover, frontispiece and multiple further plates; Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von) Faust, translated by Abraham Hayward with illustrations by Willy Pogany, London: Hutchinson & Co. [circa 1908], 4to, full red calf gilt with black stamped title to cover, bound by Henry Sotheran, marbled endpapers, aeg; Davenport (Marcia) Mozart, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1932, 8vo, full art deco style calf with blind tooled title to spine (3)Mozart: covers lightly sunfaded to the edges, top edge gilt, small white spot to spine and top back cover, black pastedown a little rubbed in parts, internally good and bright, Faust: front board with slight abrasion to centre, gilding bright with top edge slightly spotted, internally good with light toning to pagesDon Quixote: light scuffs and water spotting to cover, half title, title and first few pages spotted, minor marginal foxing, pages lightly toned

Equestrian Sports & Horse-Racing to include: Browne (Captain TH) History of the English Turf 1904-1930, London: Virtue & Co., 1931, 4to, two volumes, publisher's cloth; Gray (David) Gallops, New York: The Derrydale Press, 1929, 8vo, two volumes, original red publisher's cloth with gilt stamped cover, half titles, volume 1 signed by the author; Ogilvie (Will) Galloping Shoes, London: Constable and Company, 1926, 5th impression, lacking plates (5)

James Ferrier Pryde, Scottish 1866–1941 - Sketch for 'The Shrine'; gouache and pencil on squared-up paper, signed lower left 'Pryde', 19.2 x 16.3 cm Provenance: J. Leger & Son, London (inscribed label attached to the reverse); Sotheby's, West Sussex, 6th May 1987; Pyms Gallery, London, stock. no.D783 and purchased from the above (label attached to the reverse) Exhibited: J. Leger & Son, London, 1949, no.33 (inscribed label attached to the reverse); Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 'James Pryde', 14th August-11th October 1992, no.72 (label attached to the reverse of the frame) Literature: Derek Hudson, 'James Pryde 1866-1941', Constable, London, 1949, p.97 Note: Pryde was the brother of Mabel Pryde and brother-in-law to William Nicholson, with whom he collaborated on numerous poster designs. The present lot is a classic example of his work, influenced in style but the architectural forms of Piranesi and in its theatrical use of a central monument depicted in heavy chiaroscuro. His works are in public collections across the UK, including The Fleming Collection, the Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland. 

GC Fitzgerald after John Constable (British, 1776 - 1837) The Glebe Farm Signed C Fitzgerald to lower margin, artist's proof, engraved and printed in colour, 36.5cm x 30cm. Old label verso for Richard Naworth, Blackburn.

A George III Scottish silver wine funnel with reeded rims, William Constable, Edinburgh 1810, 3.7oz, 14.5cm high Some scratches and indentations, sieve cuff interior misshapen, clip to sieve bowl rim is raised over tim (by design not damage), causing it to rock slightly when stood - see images

After John Constable Portait of a young boy standing half length with arms folded 13.5 x 8cm

A GROUP OF FIVE BOXED CLARECRAFT DISCWORLD SCULPTURES comprising 'Death in The Kitchen' DW57, 'Teppic The Assassin' DW32, a 1999 event exclusive 'Nac Mac Feegle' DWE6, 'CMOT Dibbler' DW35, and 'Constable Downspout' DW135, all with tent cards with the exception of DW135 (5) (Condition Report: overall good condition, knocks to boxes)

After John Constable, oil on canvas - The lock gate, 45 x 66cm

After John Constable (1776-1837) - Willy Lott's Cottage, oil on panel, indistinctly signed lower right, 40 x 29.5cm

After John Constable (1776-1837) - Figures in a landscape with storm clouds gathering, oil on canvas (re-lined), 25 x 23cm

Henry George Rushbury (1889-1968) - John Constable R.A. at Flatford Mill, original Quad Royal Railway poster, lithograph printed in colours, published by the London & North Eastern Railway, by the Haycock Press, London, backed on heavy wove paper, unframed, 102 x 127cm

Special Constable, For Faithful Service Medal awarded to Herbert V. Rose. 'The Metropolitan' Police Whistle, unnamed Whistle, 'The Acme' Whistle, brass compass, two locks with keys, Railway Badge, 'Tommy' petrol lighter, and brass gun oilerSHIPPING £33.00 PLUS VAT (UK ONLY)

George VI G.S.M 1945-1948 Palestine medal, presented to 622. British Constable. E. J. Goddard. Palestine Police.

A Collection of Various World War II Medals and Ethemera, to include - Edward VII Bronze Coronation Medallion in original case, a special constabulary long service and good conduct medal to Thomas H Lundie, defence medal, coronation medal 1937, primrose league badge, special constable cap badge, two life saving medals, and two typed WW2 documents

A 19th Century Cornish fruitwood police truncheon bearing an old label "St. Neot Parish Constable", 12" long

Four German war medals WWII Merit cross, Third Reich Faithful Service silvered cross, WWII bronze war Merit medal, and 1938 Service in Air Defence medal, together with a silver ARP badge, a George V Faithful Service in the Special Constabulary named to Albert Julian, a 1914 Long Service badge, and a Metropolitan Special Constable badge.

Bernard Shaw, George. 1911 The Doctor's Dilemma, Getting Married, & The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet. Publ. Constable and Company. Signed and dedicated by the author to half title, To the Hero of some pages of this volume Robert Harcourt, from G. Bernard Shaw. Publisher's orig. green cloth, upper edge gilt, spine a touch discoloured, light bumping to extremities & to the head and tail of the spine, dedicated to half title, odd spot internally. Dedicated to Liberal MP Robert Harcourt, who was at the centre of a 1909 Parliamentary review over play censorship - during proceedings, Bernard Shaw gave evidence before the likes of J. M. Barrie & Bram Stoker - The Shewing Up of Blanco Posnet was his response to proceedings. 8vo.

Scottish history. 1822 Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland; with details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiment by Colonel David Stewart. Second edition in two volumes, printed for Archibald Constable & Co. Original paper covered boards complete with spine labels priced L.1, 8s, extremities bumped, paper occ. spotted, bumping to the head and tail of the paper spine resulting in a tear to the tail of vol I, ownership inscription of T. Borthwick to title page of vol one, edges uncut & occ. unopened to head. 8vo.

Rackham, Arthur (illus.) 1909 The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm illustrated by Arthur Rackham translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. Publ. Constable & Company Ltd. Publisher's orig. red gilt tooled binding, some bumping to the extremities & to the head & tail of the spine, front board bright, spine a touch discoloured and faded, hinge a touch strained after the half title, no prior ownership inscriptions or bookplates, odd spot. Collated & complete with forty tipped in colour plates, each complete with tissueguard; coloured plates opp. page 106 & 232 with replacement tissue guards. Containing such popular fairy stories as Briar Rose, The Frog Prince, Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, Red Riding Hood and Tom Thumb. 4to.

Rackham, Arthur (illus.) 1909 The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm illustrated by Arthur Rackham translated by Mrs. Edgar Lucas. Publ. Constable & Company Ltd. Publisher's orig. red gilt tooled binding, light edgewear to the extremities & a touch bumped to the head & tail of the spine, hinge a touch strained at the half title, no prior ownership inscriptions or bookplates, odd spot. Collated & complete with forty tipped in colour plates, each complete with tissueguard. A beautiful & bright first edition thus in exceptionally smart condition. 4to.

Bernard Shaw, George. 1912 Selected Passages from the Works of Bernard Shaw. Chosen by Charlotte F. Shaw. Publ. Constable and Company. Dedicated by Charlotte F. Shaw to half title, Judy from Charlotte 1912. Publisher's orig. buckram cloth, gilt lettering to spine and cover, upper edge gilt, ownership bookplate of Harold Chaworth Musters to front pastedown, frontispiece portrait of the author. Light wear to front board, extremities with the lightest bumping, some minor stains to rear board, edges uncut. 'Judy', or Georgina Gillmore Musters, was a cousin of Shaw and before her marriage to Chaworth Musters, his personal secretary. 8vo.

Special Constable John McCrindle, Derbyshire Constabulary and Royal Artillery - A First/Second World War Group of Medals, comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal awarded to 99728 GNR.J.McCRINDLE R.A., Special Constabulary Long Service and Good Conduct Medal (naming partially worn) with LONG SERVICE 1939 clasp, and Defence Medal with citation card, together with medal ribbon bar, two black and white portrait photographs of him as Inspector, two Air Raid Precaution booklets, photocopies of his Medal Index Card, 1901 and 1911 Census household transcripts, his mahogany truncheon, a pair of Hiatt handcuffs and Police Brodie helmet (qty)

One volume R E EGERTON WARBURTON "Hunting Songs", illustrated by Lionel Edwards, published Constable & Co Ltd, London 1925, tooled and gilded cloth board bound, together with another WILL H OGILVIE "A Handful of Leather", illustrated by Lionel Edwards, published Constable & Co. Ltd 1928, tooled and gilded cloth board bound and one volume LIONEL EDWARDS "My Hunting Sketchbook", published Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd, London 1928, cloth board bound with paper label

A selection of books illustrated by Arthur Rackham, including: Little Brother & Little Sister, 4to., cloth, 1st Edition, Constable & Co. Ltd., 1917; Comus, by John Milton, 4to., cloth, William Heinemann, n.d.; Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens, by J. M. Barrie, 4to., cloth, Hodder & Stoughton, n.d.; and others. (5)

St John Ambulance Association badges, Greater Manchester Police cap badge and a KCC Special Constable ID token. UK P&P Group 1 (£16+VAT for the first lot and £2+VAT for subsequent lots)

British King's Lynn Bourgh Police Special Constable badge, brass and enamel with pin back fitting

Melton Constable Picture Postcards 1908 RP of the Station and 1904 M & G.N.R. Machine Shop Works (2)

CIRCLE OF JOHN CONSTABLE (1776-1837) OIL ON CANVAS ''COTTAGE IN A LANDSCAPE'' INSCRIBED ON REVERSE 36CM X 53CM A/F

William IV Police Officer's Truncheon with painted decoration 455mm in length. Numbered to base of the grip "66". Complete with research from 1979 on the original Constable who carried the truncheon, Willian Houlton of Hull City Police.

2 signed oil on canvas landscapes by Artist Andrew Grant Kurtis Both signed lower right. Lake side scene inside frame measurement 40 cm x 92 The Thatched cottage painting measures 40 cm x 51 cm And a John Constable print C1971 Titled " Dedham Vale Morning " Inside frame measurements on the Constable print is...26.5 cm x 46.5 cm All 3 pictures are in gilt frames Condition: Good View all pictures

A collection of books and magazines to include various volumes of Printers Pie dating from the early 20th century, together with various other books to include By The Way Ballads, by W Sapte, illustrated by Frank Reynolds and John Hassall, Brush and Pencil - The Book of Tom Brown, The Book of Heath Robinson, The Book of Dudley Gardy, The Book of Frank Reynolds, and Constable Masterpieces in Colour, etc

After Canaletto (1697-1798) Italian A capriccio of ruins with figures Oil on canvas, 152cm by 138.5cmProvenance: This is a copy after the painting formerly in the Lovelace collection, sold in 1937 Torridon House, Home of The Earls of Lovelace Lyon & Turnbull, "Torridon: Home of the Earls of Lovelace | 453", 28 October 2015, lot 8 Private Collection, Victoria Lodge, Tweedsmuir, Biggar Literature: Constable, W. G. and Links, J. G., Canaletto, Vol 1, plate 88, vol 2, p 448, no. 478

John Constable (1776-1837)Dedham Vale looking towards Langham, c.1809-14Oil on millboard laid onto canvas, 31.5cm by 39cm (12 x 15 3/8 inches)Provenance: Ann Durning Holt (1899-1980), either acquired by her on the art market during her lifetime, or possibly to her by descent from her father Sir Richard Durning Holt (1868-1941), nephew of the distinguished Liverpudlian collector, George Holt (1825-1896); by descent to the current owner.Dedham Vale looking towards Langham is an impressive and vigorous early plein-air sketch by John Constable which has not previously been recorded in the Constable literature. It bears a close relationship to the painting, Dedham Vale, c.1825, in Munich Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Neue Pinakothek; Graham Reynolds, The Later Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, Yale University Press, 1984, no 25.39; see fig. 001). Constable is well known for his commitment to making oil sketches in the open air - an exercise he first embarked on in 1802 and continued to practice until as late in his career as 1829. In 1802 he was still a young man undertaking his artistic training in London at the Royal Academy Schools but had already decided that he wanted to specialize in landscape painting. However, that year he decided he no longer wished to imitate the work of earlier landscape artists but rather to turn to ‘Nature herself’. He resolved to return to his home in East Bergholt in Suffolk and make some ‘laborious studies from nature’ (John Constable’s Correspondence II, 1964, Suffolk Records Society, Ipswich, p.32; letter to John Dunthorne, 29 May 1802). Determined, then, to paint his native Suffolk scenes – being those with which he had the greatest attachment – Constable at first made slow progress with this new procedure. However, by around 1810 he had developed a colourful and highly expressive oil sketching style. Moreover, until 1816 when he married and moved permanently to London, he continued to make many, usually quite small, plein-air sketches of the scenery in and around East Bergholt. These consisted mainly of panoramic vistas over Dedham Vale, more often than not, like this example, looking westwards from the Suffolk side of the Vale, more enclosed views taken in the lanes nearby, or scenes in and around Flatford where his father owned a mill for grinding corn. Occasionally Constable dated these plein-air oil sketches. Otherwise, as is the case with Dedham Vale, they can usually be broadly dated on the basis of style or on the support which Constable used when painting them. Dedham Vale looking towards Langham is painted on board (and subsequently laid down onto canvas). Constable is known to have started using millboard for plein-air work from around 1809. Although he continued to use this support at intervals during his career, his most frequent use of board for oil sketching was generally in these earlier years, and especially around the period 1809-10. Furthermore, with its relatively smoothly applied brushstrokes, Dedham Vale looking towards Langham is close in style to other oil sketches Constable made around 1809 at Epsom and at Malvern Hall in Warwickshire (see, for example, Graham Reynolds, The Early Paintings and Drawings of John Constable, Yale University Press, 1996, nos. 09.08, 09.18 and 09.19). This sketch, by comparison with the latter examples, is notable for the more dramatic way in which he handles light and shade. Rays of sunlight can be seen bursting through cloud and sharply illuminating stretches of Dedham Vale in the middle and far distance. Meanwhile, a tiny touch of white paint indicates the tower of Langham Church close to the horizon on the right. These on-the-spot sketches would often prove useful to Constable many years later when he was working in his London studio and planning new pictures for exhibition or sale. Rarely now able to spare time for visits to Suffolk, he would often turn to his earlier sketches for inspiration. Around the mid-1820s Constable used this sketch to serve as the basis of the aforementioned painting of Dedham Vale now in Munich, which shows the same stretch of the Vale, albeit somewhat extended on the left, and the tower of Langham Church in the same position on the far right. The biggest difference between the two works is in the extensive foreground which Constable added to the Munich picture, and into which he inserted a couple of seated figures (one of whom is seen pointing to the view) as well as a few animals such as donkeys and cows. Constable even incorporated into the Munich picture the idea of the sun bursting through cloud, albeit now positioning this feature further to the left. Constable’s expressive use of light and shade (‘chiaroscuro’) lends animation to his landscapes and was something he wrote about in a letterpress accompanying the publication in 1830-32 of a series of mezzotints from his work known as English Landscape. By 1836 he was even arguing (in a draft for a lecture) that chiaroscuro was the very ‘soul and medium of art’.NoteThere is another oil sketch recorded in the Constable literature similar to this one, in oil on paper set onto panel, which Graham Reynolds described as being ‘somewhat damaged’ (The Early Paintings, op.cit, no.08.58). Meanwhile, Ian Fleming-Williams referred to this sketch as ‘puzzling in the extreme’, as it shows Langham church in the wrong place (The Burlington Magazine, vo.130. no.1025, August 1988, p.654; review of Constable exhibition at Salander-Reilly Galleries, New York). Given this discrepancy, and also the recent appearance of this sketch from the Holt collection, perhaps the attribution of R.08.58 should now be re-evaluated.Anne Lyles, 2025We are grateful to Anne Lyles for her assistance with this catalogue entry.The board is backed with a canvas on stretcher, which has four keys missing. It is not possible to see if/how the board is adhered to the canvas. Please click HERE for the condition report on this lot

Two framed Prints titled 'Running Wild' by Andrew Alexander and 'Dedham Lock and Mill' after Constable.

'The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm', illustrated by Arthur Rackham, translated by Mrs Edgar Lucas, published by Constable & Company Ltd., London, 1909, bound in the original publisher's cloth with gilt decoration, and illustrated with 40 colour plates and illustrations throughout the text (collated, complete), together with'Fairy Tales' by Hans Andersen, illustrated by Kay Nielsen, published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, [1924], bound in the original publisher's cloth with gilt decoration, and illustrated with 12 colour plates and illustrations throughout the text (collated, complete)(2 books)  

HENRY II: (1519-1559) King of France 1547-59. Son of Francis I. Henry II married Catherine de Medici. He died at the early age of 40, as a result of a wound in a jousting tournament held to celebrate a treaty ending with the Italian wars, and died ten days later as they were unable to cure the wound inflicted by the captain of his Scottish Guard. D.S., `Henry´ as King, one page, folio, Mezieu, 20th September 1548, to Anne de Montmorency, in Middle French. The King sends a friendly letter to his close advisor states in part `Mon cousin, Je vous envoie le conseiller Carles par porteur. Pour autant que par-delà il me pourra plus faire de service qu'ici et choses où verrez que vous le pourrez employer et pour ce que je vous écrivis hier bien au long par le sieur de B...´ (Translation: "My cousin, I am sending you Councillor Carles. Insofar as he will be not able to do me more service here and things where you will see that you will be able to employ him and for what I wrote to you yesterday at great length by the Lord of B...") Countersigned at the base by the King´s secretary. Addressed to the verso, bearing a paper seal affixed. Small overall minor age wear with edges slightly trimmed, otherwise G to VGAnne de Montmorency (1493-1567) Constable and Marshal of France, one of the first figures in the Kingdom. De Montmorency was a close friend and one of the principal advisors of Francis I before becoming that of Henry II.The present letter is about his advisor and ordinary chaplain Lancelot Carle (1508-1568), a Scholar who would become Bishop of Riez. Ronsard dedicated one of his Hymns to him in which he is described as a "learned prelate". In addition to his role as chaplain, the King also entrusted him with diplomatic missions.

Family Group: Pair: Special Constable S. Kaye-Lesser Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Sidney Kaye-Lesser.) edge bruising and contact marks to latter, very fine General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp Cyprus (22802601 Pte. A. S. Kaye-Lesser Devon Dorset.) edge nicks, very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Sidney Kaye-Lesser, né Soloman Lesser, was born in Reading in 1908. A Draper by occupation he assumed the name Kaye-Lesser around the time of his son Alec Sidney’s birth in 1938, and is shown in the 1939 Register as an ARP Warden. Later residing in Torquay he filed for Bankruptcy in 1952, and died in Exmouth in 1996, aged 87. Alec Sidney Kaye-Lesser, the son of the above, was born in Reading in 1938. He enlisted with the Devonshire Regiment in 1952 and is recorded attending a Band Club Night at Topsham Barracks in 1953. The battalion was posted to BAOR and on 17 May 1958 and at Minden amalgamated with the Dorset Regiment to form The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment. They briefly returned to England before embarking for Cyprus on 12 November 1958 where the Devon and Dorsets were involved in activities against the guerilla organisation EOKA. Subsequently serving in Libya, 1963-64, and British Guiana, 1964-65, he was promoted to Corporal and is shown in the regimental newsletter as retiring to civilian life in 1965. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Orderly E. Cardwell, Blackpool Division, St. John Ambulance Brigade Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (521 Ordly: E. Cardwell, St. John Amb: Bde:); St. John Medal for South Africa 1899-1902 (521. Pte. E. Cardwell Blackpool Div.); together with the recipient’s hallmarked silver and enamelled Blackpool Boer War Tribute Medal, engraved ‘To Private E. Cardwell, St. John Ambulance Brigade (Blackpool Division) South African War 1899 1901’; and a Blackpool Special Constabulary medallion, gold (9ct., 6.58g) and enamel, hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, the reverse engraved ‘Constable 424 E. P. Cardwell. For Services Rendered’, nearly extremely fine (4) £500-£700

Four: Gunner E. G. Leach, Royal Artillery, later Police Sergeant, Devon Constabulary British War and Victory Medals (163218 Gnr. E. G. Leach. R.A.); Defence Medal; Jubilee 1935 (Sergt. E. G. Leach. Devon Constabulary.) privately engraved naming, mounted for wear, good very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Edwin George Leach was born in Cheriton Bishop, Devon in 1888. An Agricultural Labourer, he was appointed Constable 3rd Class with Collar No 212 in the Devon Constabulary on 1 October 1910. Prior to the Great War he policed at Sidmouth, Membury and Uplyme, before being released to join the Army on 31 May 1917. Enlisting into the Royal Garrison Artillery he served as a Gunner in France until being re-instated with the Devon Constabulary 5 February 1919. Post-War he policed at Tavistock and Okehampton before being promoted Sergeant on 1 August 1927 serving then at Halwell, Holsworthy and Okehampton. The Chief Constable, 2 Inspectors, 4 Sergeants (including Sergeant Leach) and 39 Constables from the Devon Constabulary attended the Royal Inspection of Police at Hyde Park to celebrate the Silver Jubilee on 20 July 1935 and this resulting in him being awarded the King’s Silver Jubilee Medal 1935. He retired on Pension after 26 years’ service on 30 September 1936. During the Second World War he served as a Police War Reserve Constable at Dawlish before again being discharged in 1944. He died at Dawlish on 6 October 1955, aged 68. Sold with copied police service records and other research.

Pair: Special Constable W. J. Squires, Devon Constabulary Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (William J. Squires.) in ‘Devon’ card box of issue; National Fire Brigades Association Medal, 2nd type, bronze, with ‘Ten Years’ clasp, the edge officially impressed ‘11492’ and additionally privately engraved ‘W. Squires.’, in numbered card box of issue including ‘Holsworthy’ named and dated award slip; together with a Devon Special Constabulary lapel badge, nearly extremely fine (2) £50-£70 --- William John Squires was born in Northam, Bideford in 1903. A Mechanic by trade and later shown as a Garage Proprietor he settled in Holsworthy and was a Special Constable in the town and a member of the local Fire Brigade. He was awarded his National Fire Brigades Association Medal on 2 May 1935. He died at Holsworthy on 13 September 1986, aged 82. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Special Constable W. J. Foxworthy, Devonshire Constabulary Defence Medal, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr W. J. Foxworthy, 51 Western Road, St Marychurch, Torquay, Devon’; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 3 clasps, Long Service 1945, Long Service 1952, Long Service 1962 (William J. Foxworthy), in Devonshire named box of issue, extremely fine Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, The Great War 1914-18 (Edmund W. Badcock) extremely fine (3) £50-£70 --- William James Foxworthy was born in Lower Walmer, Deal, Kent in 1903, the son of a Royal Marine Sergeant. An Electrician by trade he is shown in the 1939 Register as a Special Constable residing in Torquay. He died in Exeter on 23 May 2001, aged 97. Edmund William Badcock was born in St Thomas, Exeter in 1870. A Dairyman by occupation residing in Alphington Street, Exeter, he died in Exeter on 17 February 1948, aged 78. Sold with copied research for both recipients.

Five: Corporal J. Coombes, Devonshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (2785 Pte. J. Coombes. Devon. R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (201061 Cpl. J. Coombes. Devon R.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, 1 clasp, Long Service 1950 (James Coombes.) mounted for wear, light contact marks and minor edge bruising, polished, nearly very fine, the IGS scarce to unit (5) £140-£180 --- Jim Coombes was born in Whimple, Heavitree, Devon in 189. A Bricklayer’s Labourer by trade he enlisted in the 4th (Territorial) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment and was embodied for Great War service on 5 August 1914. He embarked with his battalion for India on 9 October 1914 and served at Ferozepore before embarking with India Expeditionary Force ‘D’ for Mesopotamia on 23 February 1916. Employed in the defence of the Tigris Line, the 4th Battalion took part in the successful attack on the Hai Salient on 3 February 1917. Returning to India in 1919 Coombes took part in the Third Afghan War attached to 1st Battalion South Lancashire regiment between May and September 1919. Disembodied on 2 October 1919 he returned to Whimple and his employment as a Bricklayer. During the Second World War he served as 2248 Special Constable with the Devon Constabulary at Honiton Clyst. He died at Exeter on 14 June 1971, aged 72. Sold with copied research.

Pair: Sergeant E. Deane, 4th Dragoon Guards, late Cape Mounted Rifles South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (217 Constable E. Deane. Cape Mounted Rifles.) renamed; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (3416 Sergt. E. Deane. 4th. Dragoon Gds.) rank and one letter of surname officially corrected, mounted as worn from a contemporary top ‘double’ silver brooch bar, generally good very fine (2) £200-£240

Ball (Richard Francis) & Gilbey (Tresham), The Essex Fox Hounds, with notes upon hunting in Essex, first edition, London: Printed for the Authors, 1896, monochrome frontispiece and plates, original red cloth boards, pictorial gilt, rebacked, 8vo; Daniel (Rev. William B.), Rural Sports, volume I (complete in its own right), first edition, [London]: Published by Bunny & Gold, n..d. [1801], engraved title-page, plates, 20th c calf over boards, morocco lettering pieces, 4to; Robertson (H.R.), Life on the Upper Thames, London: Virtue, Spalding, and Co., 1875, half-title, wood-engraved plates, in-text vignettes, some foxed spots, finely bound by Ramage, signed, in contemporary blue morocco over bevelled boards, gilt tooled, blocked and ruled with fish and fishing hooks in oval reserves, fleurons and fillets, rubbed in places, the corners gently bumped, starting to split, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 4to; De Broke (Lord Willoughby, editor) & Armour (G.D., illustrator), The Sport of Our Ancestors [...], first edition, London: Constable and Co. Ltd., 1921, tipped-in plates, contemporary Hatchards green half-morocco, pictorial gilt, signed, tired, top edge gilt, 8vo; [Apperley (Charles James)], The Life of John Mytton, Esq [...], London: George Routledge and Sons, Limited, 1893, illustrated with 16 colour plates after Alken & Rawlins, 20th c red half-morocco over marbled boards, 8vo; Tristram (W. Outram), Coaching Days and Coaching Ways, London: Macmillan and Co., 1893, illustrated plates by Hugh Thomson, contemporary fine binding of red half-morocco gilt by Riviere & Son, signed, top edge gilt, 8vo, (6)

Illustrated and Children's Books. Heath Robinson (William), Bill The Minder, first edition, London: Contable & Co. Ltd., 1912, tipped-in colour frontispiece and plates, monochrome pictorial title-page, further illustrations and vignettes, later bound in green quarter-calf gilt over cloth, marbled slipcase, 8vo; Basile (Giambattista), Strange (E.F., editor), & Goble (Warwick, illustrator), Stories from The Pentamerone, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1911, colour plates, some loose/loosening, original publisher's red cloth, 4to; Goldsmith (Oliver) & Hankey (W. Lee, illustrator), The Deserted Village, first edition thus, copy no. 21/250 signed and numbered by the illustrator, London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1909, tipped-in colour plates, top edge gilt, others uncut, original publisher's vellum over boards, pictorial gilt, lacking ties, 4to; Barrie (J.M.) & Thomson (Hugh, illustrator), Quality Street, first edition thus, Hodder & Stoughton, 1901, tipped-in colour plates, further b/w illustrations, original publisher's pictorial cloth gilt, 4to; Goethe & Pogány, Faust, London: Hutchinson & Co., n.d. [c. 1920], colour plates, original cloth, 8vo; Detmold's Arabian Nights, Folio Society, 1999, original pictorial cloth, slipcase, 8vo; Babies' Classics, 1904, lacking ffep, 4to; other illustrators, including Edmund Dulac, Francis Bedford, Charles Folkard, Kate Greenaway; four pop-up books, early 20th c and later; etc., (24)

Illustrated Books. Gaskell (Catherine Milnes) & Atkinson (Maud Tindal, illustrator), Lady Ann's Fairy Tales, first edition, London: Printed for the Author, by Grant Richards Limited, 1914, 12 colour plates, of which 'The Airs of Heaven' is torn, original publisher's cloth gilt, speckled, top-edge gilt, 4to; Heath Robinson (William, illustrator), Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, first edition, second impression, London: Constable & Co. Ltd., 1917, tipped-in colour plates, b/w in-text illustrations, original publisher's pictorial red cloth, 4to; Barker (Cicely Mary, illustrator), Summer Song with Music, from "Flower Fairies of the Summer", first edition, London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited, n.d. [1926], tipped-in colour plates, original cloth over pictorial boards, 4to; & Macnab's Fairy Gossip, first edition, 1936, torn loss to ffep, original publisher's pictorial dustjacket, chipped and repaired, over blue cloth, uncut, 8vo, (4)

Travel & Exploration. Caribbean, Jamaica & Haiti: Lorne (The Marquis of), A Trip to the Tropics and Home through America, second edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1867, lithographed frontispiece and title-page, original publisher's green cloth over boards, rebacked, later endpapers, 8vo; China & Tibet: Farrer (Reginald), The Rainbow Bridge, first edition, third impression, London: Edward Arnold & Co., 1926, b/w plates and folding map, original blue cloth, uncut, 8vo; Bryant (William Cullen, editor), Picturesque America, two volume set, New York: D. Appleton and Company, n.d. [c. 1890], plates and in-text illustrations, finely bound in original publisher's brown morocco over boards, blocked in blind, tooled and lettered in gilt, some wear, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 4to;  America: Townshend (Frank), Ten Thousand Miles of Travel, Sport, and Adventure, first edition, London: Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 1869, frontispiece and title-page vignette, 20th c tan leather over bevelled boards, lettering pieces, marbled endpapers, 8vo; Leslie (Lionel A.D.), Wilderness Trails in Three Continents [...], With a Foreword by The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill, first edition, London: Heath Cranton Limited, 1931, illustrated, original publisher's green cloth boards, rebacked in later 20th c green leather, 8vo; South Africa: Lagden (Sir Godfrey, KCMG), The Basutos: The Mountaineers & Their Country, two volume set, first edition, London: Hutchinson & Co., 1909, half-titles, plates, original publsiher's cloth boards, reabcked, 8vo; Bernatzik (Hugo Adolf) & Ogilvie (Vivian, translator), Gari-Gari: The Call of the African Wilderness, first English edition, London: Constable & Co Limited, 1936, frontispiece, b/w plates and folding map, original publisher's dustjacket, not clipped, over cloth boards, 8vo; Darwin (Charles), Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology [...], London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1891, half-title, illustrated, original publisher's cloth, 8vo; Ruskin (John), The Stones of Venice. Volume the Second: The Sea-Stories, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1874, illustrated, original publisher's cloth, top-edge gilt, others uncut, Middle Rectory crested bookplate [Earls Bridgewater, Shropshire], 8vo; Polynesia: Paton (Maggie Whitecross), Letters and Sketches from The New Hebrides, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1894, illustrated, original green cloth, 8vo; French Central Africa, 1907, illustrated, later faux morocco over mauré boards, 8vo, (13)

Scotland & Bibliography. Sibbald (James), Chronicle of Scottish Poetry; from the Thirteenth Century, to the Union of the Crowns: To which is added a Glossary, four volume set, first edition thus, Edinburgh: Printed for J. Sibbald, et al, 1802, volume I with Prospectus of the First Complete Edition of the Works of William Dunbar, 3pp, and a 5pp review of Sibbald's Scottish Poetry bound-in, contemporary calf, some wear, 8vo in 4s; Ancient Scottish Poems. Published from the MS. of George Bannatyne, MDLXVIII, first edition, Edinburgh: Printed by A. Murray and J. Cochran, 1770, half-title, contemporary calf, the upper-cover detached and with a repaired gutter at ffep, the rest rubbed and worn, 12mo; Bannatyne (George) & Ritchie (William Tod, editor), The Bannatyne Manuscript, four volume set, mixed editions, Edinburgh & London: Scottish Text Society, 1928-1933, original gilt-lettered roan over green cloth, top edges gilt, others uncut, loosely-inserted envelope of errata slips, 8vo; idem., another copy of volume I, 1934, original wrappers, uncut, 8vo; Laing's and Carew Hazlitt's Early Popular Poetry of Scotland and the Northern Border, two volume set, 1895, half-titles, frontispieces, original publisher's cloth, uncut, William Tod Ritchie's copies, 8vo; Henderson's Scottish Vernacular Literature, second edition, 1900, original cloth, top edge gilt, others uncut, William Tod Ritchie's copy, 8vo; Henley's Burns, 1898, original wrappers, 8vo; Carter (John) & Pollard (Graham), An Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets, association copy, first edition, London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1934, original cloth only, 8vo; & Hanson's Government and the Press, 1695-1763, first edition, Oxford University Press, 1936, original dustjacket, some chips, cloth boards, 4to, (16)  Provenance: 1st: 1) Joseph Haslewood (1769-1833), antiquarian and bibliophile, founding member of the Roxburghe Club (member no. 11); his gilt-embossed armorial bookplate to volumes I & III-IV only; 2) William Tod Ritchie, Scottish bibliographer; his early 20th c ownership inscriptions. 2nd: 1) J. Wilson, Professor of Phrenology, early-mid 19th c macabre bookplate; 2) George Graham, 19th c book label. 8th: Sir Frederic George Kenyon GBE, KCB, TD, FBA, FSA (1863-1952), President of The British Academy (1917-1921), Director and Principal Librarian of The British Museum (1909-30), and Roxburghe Club member no. 187; loosely-inserted typed copy of a letter excusing himself from a Roxburghe Club meeting at Lord Aldenham's house (to whom the letter is addressed) and proceeding to refute Carter's & Pollard's accusations of forgery against Thomas James Wise, book collector and fellow Roxburghe member.

Travel. Beccari (Odoardo), Giglioli (Dr Enrico H., translator), & Guillemard (F.H.H. editor), Wanderings in the Great Forests of Borneo: Travels and Researches of a Naturalist in Sarawak, first English edition, London: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1904, full-page plates, 3 folding maps, original publisher's blue cloth, pictorial gilt, top edge gilt, others uncut, 8vo

CIRCLE OF JOHN CONSTABLE (1776-1837) OIL ON CANVAS ''COTTAGE IN A LANDSCAPE'' INSCRIBED ON REVERSE 36CM X 53CM

FOLLOWER OF JOHN CONSTABLE ''WIVENHOE PARK'' OIL ON BOARD 8CM X 14CM

Cecil ALDIN (1870-1935), 'The Other One' by Gertrude M. Hayward, 1901, publ. London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.; 'Spot An Autobiography' 1894, publ. Houlston & Sons; 'hotspur The Beagle', 1934, Constable & Co.; 'Best of Dogs' by Hutchinson, illus. Aldin, Vernon Stoke and Edwin Noble, publ. Hutchinson & Co. (4)

Assorted Books, including Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge, 'Lewis Carroll'), Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, Macmillan, 1872, twenty-third thousand, original cloth gilt; Shaw (Bernard), [Works], Constable, thirty-one volumes, one of 1025 copies; Mackenzie (Compton), Whisky Galore, Chatto and Windus, 1947, first edition, dust jacket; a selection of Batsford books with dust jackets; and others. (5 boxes)*Please note: 'Bill the Minder' and 'Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man' (not described but appear in the lot image) have been removed from this lot.

A Collection of Assorted Silver, including three Maltese silver paper-knives, one with filagree decoration, one in fitted case; a George III Irish silver marrow-scoop, by John Power, Dublin, Circa 1800, engraved with a crest; a Maltese silver spoon and a Scottish silver toddy-ladle, by William Constable, Edinburgh, 1821, weight of silver 6oz 17dwt, 213gr (one tray)

Captive in Tonga.- Mariner (William, held captive in Tonga, later stockbroker, 1791-1853) Autograph Letter signed to "Dear Sir", 2pp., 12 Copthall Court, [London], 9th January 1828, "Can you procure... some information about Captn. John Dundas Cochrane the Pedestrian Traveller - My friends, Constable... of Edinburgh, are about to publish a reprint of his journey thro' Russian & Siberian Tartary...", [with] an appended note by ?FT De Bereken, "The Autograph of Mr Mariner who was several years captive in the Tonga Islands. The piece of cloth sent herewith is called Gnatoo. it is used for clothing and is prepared from the bark of the Chinese paper Mulberry Tree: Before it is imprinted it is called Tapa...", 2 pieces of cloth on second page, folds, slightly browned: and another, an ALs from Thomas Law Hodges (1776-1857), politician, v.s., v.d. (2).

Poetry.- Crichton (Rev. Arthur) The Festival of Flora. A Poem. With Botanical Notes, second edition, half-title, 8 hand-coloured engraved plates, including additional vignette title dated 1819, 6pp. publisher's catalogue at end, ownership inscription "Ann Everett, The Gift of the Revd. John Hewlett. 5th July 1826" to pastedown, some light browning and offsetting, some spotting or light surface soiling, uncut in original boards, printed spine label rubbed with small text loss, wear to spine and extremities, joints split but holding, for N. Hailes, 1818 § Walker (James Scott) The South American, A Metrical Tale...With Historical Notes, and Other Poems, first edition, contemporary ownership inscription to pastedown, another to front free endpaper crossed through, light foxing and browning throughout, uncut in original boards, printed paper spine label with small chip to upper corner, loss to spine ends, some staining, quite worn, Edinburgh, Archibald Constable & Co., 1816; and others, 19th century, most poetry, including 'The Dessert, A Poem, to which is added The Tea' (1819), 8vo & 12mo (8)

Constable (John).- [Collection of correspondence relating to work by Constable and one by Fuseli], 1942-57, including: Typed Letter signed from John Rothenstein to Henry A. Sutch of The Sutch Gallery, 1p., on Tate Gallery headed paper, 25th September 1942, regarding the acquisition of the Fuseli and a Constable portrait; Typed Note signed from Kenneth Clarke to Henry Sutch, 1p., on National Gallery headed paper, 5th October 1942, thanking him for sending a photograph of his picture of a girl by John Constable; Typed letter signed from Mrs. L. Somerville, 1p., on British Council headed paper, 12th January 1950, regarding lending the Constable Portrait of a girl to the 1950 Venice Biennale; and others, some light surface soiling, occasional chip to edges, folds, all housed in one large envelope, v.s. (sml. qty)