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Lot 435

English School (19th century) Children playing with a dog in a river landscape, watercolour, bearing signature 'John Constable' and dated 1810, 30 x 47cm;together with Read Turner (19th century): A figure in an encampment beneath a tree, watercolour, signed and dated 1865, 41 x 31cm (2)

Lot 673

Colletta (General Pietro). History of the Kingdom of Naples 1734-1825. S Horner (Trans) 2 vols. Constable, Edinburgh 1858. 8vo. red morocco (ex lib) plus a collection of c30 mixed literature titles in used condition (c30)Provenance: Malcolm Deas Collection

Lot 687

De La Fontaine, Jean 'Fables', Granville (Illus) 2 vols. Furne, Paris 1842, Vellum boards plus 'The Clyde River and Firth Painted by Mary Y and J Young Hunter and Described by Neil Monro' signed limited edition 354/400, Black London 1907, decorated boards plus Rackham, Arthur, Illus 'Some British Ballads', Constable London c.1920, blue cloth, all in poor condition (4)Provenance: Malcolm Deas Collection

Lot 217

The Savoy Cocktail Book London: Constable & Company, Ltd., 1930. First edition, first impression, 8vo, 287 pp., original cloth-backed pictorial boards with silver foil onlays, colour illustrations throughout by Gilbert Rumbold, errata slip to p. 25, binding rubbed, short split to front joint, rear joint entirely split, tips bumped, a few stains to pp. 37-8 and 184-5;Thomas, Jerry, 'Professor'. The Bon Vivant's Companion ... or ... How to Mix Drinks. Edited, with an Introduction, by Herbert Asbury. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1928. First edition thus, trade issue, 8vo, original cloth-backed boards(2)

Lot 102

The Golf-Book of East Lothian Edinburgh: T. and A. Constable, 1896. 4to, number 30 of 250 large paper copies signed by Kerr, original green half morocco gilt, some rubbing to covers and spine, some foxing particularly to endpapers FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS

Lot 77

An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House Edinburgh: for Archibald Constable & Co., 1824. First edition, 4to, contemporary blue half roan, all edges untrimmed, xix 533 pp., engraved frontispiece, engraved additional title-page (on india paper, mounted), 21 engraved plates (many folding), Stevenson family ownership inscription to head of title-page, spine perished, front board and frontispiece detached, plates spotted.Together with another copy of the same work (lacking at least the frontispiece), and 2 copies of Alan Stevenson, Account of the Skerryvore Light-House, 1848, both defective(4) FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS

Lot 269

Waverley Novels, a selection of works, first editions Waverley; or, 'tis Sixty Years Since. Edinburgh: John Ballatyne and Co., for Longman, Hurst... 1814. First edition with all the definite misprints listed by Worthington as required in the first edition, 3 volumes, 12mo, half-titles, modern half-calf; Guy Mannering; or, the Astrologer. Edinburgh: John Ballatyne and Co., for Longman, Hurst... 1815. First edition, intermediate state with second state errata leaf but first state p.309 in volume 3, contemporary half calf, volume 2 lacking half-title, spotting, joints cracked; Tales of my Landlord. Second Series. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1818. 4 volumes, first edition, second state, lacking half-titles, contemporary calf; The Monastery. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1820. 3 volumes, first edition, half-titles present, contemporary half-calf; Kenilworth. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1821. 3 volumes, first edition, second state, half-titles lacking, contemporary panelled calf gilt; The Fortunes of Nigel. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1822. 3 volumes, first edition, contemporary half calf gilt, half-titles present, bookplate of Hugh Cecil Earl of Lonsdale; St Ronan's Well. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1824. 3 volumes, first edition, half-titles present, contemporary half calf gilt, bookplates of Hugh Cecil of Lonsdale to volumes 2 and 3 (22) Provenance: The former property of Sir Eric Kinloch Anderson KT FRSE, sale proceeds to be donated to the Abbotsford Trust.

Lot 38

Polar Exploration Including Kane, Nansen and Scott Kane, Elisha Kent. Arctic Explorations : the second Grinnell expedition in search of Sir John Franklin… Philadelphia: Childs & Peterson, 1856. 2 volumes, 8vo, original brown cloth gilt;Osborn, Sherard. The Discovery of a North-West Passage. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and Sons, 1865. Fourth edition, 8vo, modern calf;Nansen, Fridtjof. Farthest North. Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. 2 volumes, 8vo, original green cloth gilt;Bryce, George. The Siege and Conquest of the North Pole. London: Gibbings & Company, 1910. 8vo, green cloth gilt;Scott, R.F. Scott's Last Expedition. London: Smith, Elder & Son, 1913. 2 volumes, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt;Hayes, J. Gordon. Antarctica. A treatise on the Southern Continent. London: The Richards Press Limited, 1928. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, maps including four folding maps in pocket at rear(9)  MBE 13.2.24

Lot 71

Stevenson, Robert An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Co., 1824. 4to, contemporary diced russia decorated in gilt and blind including a palmette roll along edges of covers, engraved frontispiece after J. M. W. Turner, engraved additional title-page (both on india paper, mounted), 21 engraved plates and charts (many folding), inscribed on the initial blank ‘To the Right Honbl Lord Viscount Melville, from the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses’, engraved bookplate of Viscount Melville, joints and extremities rubbed, rear joint cracking at foot, a few plates offset FROM THE LIBRARY OF THE STEVENSON LIGHTHOUSE ENGINEERS

Lot 308

Rackham, Arthur (illustrator) The Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm Translated by Mrs Edgar Lucas. London: Constable & Company Ltd, 1909. Signed limited edition, one of 750 copies signed by Rackham, 4to, contemporary red half morocco (rebacked with original spine laid down), edges untrimmed, 40 tipped-in colour plates with captioned tissue-guards, a few leaves unopened, occasional light spotting, plate at p. 80 detached from mount at upper left corner and with very small concomitant chip, plates at pp. 122 and 204 apparently reattached, plate at p. 280 remaining tipped in at one corner only. Together with one other by Rackham(2)

Lot 54

Barry's History of Orkney The History of the Orkney Islands. Edinburgh: Archibald Constable and Company, 1805. 4to, folding map, 11 plates, contemporary calf with tape repair;Barclay, Robert S. The Court Book of Orkney and Shetland, 1612-1613. Kirkwall: The Kirkwall Press, 1962. 8vo;‘H.C.’ Island Folk Songs. Kirkwall: W.R. Mackintosh, 1920. 8vo, original wrappers;Idem. From an Island Garden. Kirkwall: W.R. Mackintosh, 1921. 8vo, original wrappers;Spence, Magnus. Standing Stones and Meashowe of Stenness. 8vo, folding map, original wrappers;Childe, V. Gordon. Ancient Dwellings at Skara Brae. Edinburgh: HMSO, 1933. 8vo, original wrappers;Marwick, George. Orkney Antiquities. The Old Roman Plough. Kirkwall: The Kirkwall Press, 1936. 8vo, original wrappers;Green, Samuel G. Scottish Pictures, drawn with pen and pencil. London: The Religious Tract Society, [n.d.] 4to, red cloth gilt;and four others (12)

Lot 582

Sports and Pastimes, The Chase – Verney (Richard Greville, 19th Lord Willoughby de Broke 1869-1923), Hunting the Fox, London, Constable 1925 large 8vo, x + 148, frontis and 5 colour printed plates tipped in, gilt printed red cloth, gilt titles, faded, esp. spine, slight splitting at top; Siltzer (Capt. Frank), The Story of British Sporting Prints, new rev. & enlarged edn., London Halton & Truscott Smith 1929, small 4to, 413pp, 8 coloured printed plates tipped in, bound green cloth gilt titles; Dawson (Capt. Lionel, RN), Sport in War, London, Collins 1936, 4to, 98 pp., frontis and 5 other coloured prints 6 monochrome and vignettes after Lionel Edwards RI, bound green cloth gilt spine titles, spine somewhat faded; Edwards (Lionel, RI), My Hunting Sketch Book, London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1928 large 4to, xiii + 28, frontis and 14 colour printed and mounted plates, margins sl. Spotted, oatmeal cloth boards, impressed paper title to front board and spine, dust wrapper a slightly torn and rubbed (4)

Lot 1026

Eight WW2 medals comprising 1939/1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Africa Star, Italy Star, Burma Star, Pacific Star, War Medal and Defence Medal, together with a Special Constable Long Service Medal named to Sidney Barrett

Lot 1027

Eight WW2 medals comprising 1939/1945 Star, France & Germany Star, Africa Star with clasp for 8th Army, Italy Star, Atlantic Star, Pacific Star, War Medal and Defence Medal, together with a Special Constable Long Service Medal named to Lewis Jaffa

Lot 442

A vintage mid-century Metropolitan Police Officer's uniform for Police Constable 582, comprising an overcoat, trousers and a blazer with belt, all bearing the officer number to the collar and lapels (3).

Lot 456

IN THE MANNER OF CONSTABLE (19th century); oil on panel, a Suffolk view with a windmill overlooking a valley, indistinctly signed, label verso, 22 x 28cm, framed.

Lot 150

Craddock (Harry). The Savoy Cocktail Book, reprint, London: Constable & Company, 1931, colour illustrations, front & rear gutters cracked, some light toning & spotting to the text-block, original silver & illustrated boards, some loss to the head of the front board, lightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Kelly & Walsh Limited, publisher, Kelly & Walsh's Hand-book of the Japanese Language for the use of tourists and residents, Yokohama, 1904, period inscription to the front endpaper, some minor toning & wear, original limp red cloth, spine & rear cover slightly faded, front cover slightly marked, small 8vo, plusPenzer (N. M.), The Har?m..., 1st edition, London: George G. Harrap & Co., 1936, inscribed by the author to 'H. M. Burton...Xmas 1943' to the front endpaper, monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket, loss to the head & foot of the spine, small tears to the head of the front & rear covers, covers slightly toned, 8vo, and other history & miscellaneous reference, including cricket, chess, military, literary criticism, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some leather bindings, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (5 shelves)

Lot 193

Theiss (Janet M.). Disgraceful Matters, the politics of chastity in eighteenth-century China, 1st edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2004, original cloth in dust jacket, spine very lightly faded, 8vo, together with:Constable (Nicole, editor), Guest People, Hakka identity in China and abroad, 1st edition, Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1996, some minor spotting to the text-block, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plusGlosser (Susan L.), Chinese Visions of Family and State, 1915-1953, 1st edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, 8vo, and other modern Chinese reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)

Lot 183

Bernhardt (Kathryn). Women and Property in China, 960-1949, 1st edition, Stanford: University Press, 1999, original cloth in dust jacket, spine lightly faded, 8vo, together with:Constable (Nicole), Christian Souls and Chinese Spirits, a Hakka community in Hong Kong, 1st edition, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994, original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, plusWakefield (David), Fenjia Household Division and Inheritanc in Qing and Republican China1st edition, Honolulu: University of Hawi'i Press, 1998, original cloth in dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to the head, 8vo, and other modern China & Middle Eastern reference & related, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8voQTY: (6 shelves)

Lot 210

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods, by Richard Wagner, London: William Heinemann, 1911, 30 tipped in colour plates with tissue guards, some light toning & spotting throughout, original gilt decorated brown cloth, boards & spine slightly faded & marked, 8voSome British Ballards, London: Constable & Co., circa 1920, 16 tipped in colour plates, frontispiece detached, some light spotting & toning throughout, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine rubbed & slightly faded, 8voWhere the Blue Begins, London: William Heinemann, 1922, 4 colour & 16 monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, together with:Milne (A. A.), Now We Are Six, deluxe edition, London: Methuen & Co., 1927, all edges gilt, original gilt decorated blue morocco, spines lightly faded & rubbed, boards slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voNow We Are Six, 1st edition, 1927, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine & boards slightly faded & rubbed, 8voThe House At Pooh Corner, 1st edition, 1928, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated red cloth, boards & spine faded & slightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voWhen We Were Very Young, 16th edition, 1927, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine lightly faded & rubbed, 8voFourteen Songs from When When We Were Very Young, 6th edition, 1925, original cloth in dust jacket, covers marked & torn, large 4to, all with monochrome illustrations by E. H. Shepard, plus other early 20th century & modern illustrated & juvenile literature, including works by J. K. Rowling, Lewis Carroll, G. A. Henty, W. E. Johns, Rudyard Kipling, mostly original cloth, overall condition is generally fair/good, 8vo/4to QTY: (5 shelves)

Lot 806

After John Constable RA (1776-1837), oil on canvas, river scene with figures on a boat and cattle watering, 24cm x 29cm, signed 'J Constable' to lower left and bearing old auction labels to verso, gilt frame, 36cm x 40cm. Selling on behalf of a private vendor. We believe it to be after Constable, not an original.

Lot 162

Illustrated Books. Rackham (Arthur, illustrator), Undine, London: William Heinemann, 1925, tipped-in colour plates, original publisher's pictorial dustjacket over blue cloth, the cloth boards mottled, 8vo, Riall (Richard), A New Bibliography of Arthur Rackham, Bath: Ross Press, 1994, colour plates, b/w in-text illustrations, original cloth, 4to, Pogány (Willy, illustrator), Rubáyyát of Omar Khayyam, London: George G. Harrap & Co., n.d., tipped-in colour plates, original publisher's reverse calf, top-edge gilt, others uncut, 4to, Hankey (W. Lee, illustrator) & Goldsmith (Oliver), The Deserted Village, London: Constable & Company Ltd., 1909, tipped-in colour plates, original publisher's parchment over boards, pictorial gilt, split and worn, top-edge gilt, others uncut, 4to, Hugh Thomson's Merry Wives of Windsor, 1910, cloth, 4to, H.R. Millar, Mabel Lucie Attwell, Paul Woodroffe, (8)

Lot 220

Miscellaneous. Shakespeare (William) & Malone (Edmond, editor), The Plays, volume I only, first edition thus, London Printed by H. Baldwin, et al., 1790, original boards, uncut, 8vo, further Shakespeare, [Crime] Illustrated Life, Career, and Trial of William Palmer, of Rugeley, London: Ward and Lock, 1856, cloth, split and worn, 8vo, Wilson (James Grant, editor), The Poets and Poetry of Scotland, four volumes, London: Blackie & Son, n.d. [1876], double-column, engraved portrait plates, original publisher's cloth over bevelled boards, all edges gilt, 8vo, Sadlier (Michael, translator), Pétain-Laval Conspiracy, first English edition, second impression, London: Constable & Co Ltd, 1942, original wrappers, 8vo, Hand-book to The English Lakes, sixth edition, Kendal: T. Atkinson, 1851, folding map, original green wrappers, 8vo, further topography, six volumes by or about Winston Churchill, Murray's English Reader, seventh edition, York, 1807, sheep, 12mo, further primers and didactics, The Chemist & Druggist, volume II, 1861, 8vo, Rickman's Gothic Architecture, seventh edition, 1881, cloth, 8vo, Smedley's Spiritual Manifestations, 1900, 8vo, Dickens's Pickwick Papers, 1847, three-quarter calf over marbled boards, 8vo, Crimean War, British Colonies, Milton, boxing, Derbyshire interest, bindings, etc., mixed sizes, (approx. 35)

Lot 180

"The Savoy Cocktail Book" Constable 1954 , ills Nicholas Bentley, boards rather soiled, Mrs de Salis " Savouries a la Mode", " Soups and Dressed Fish" and other titles,  Simon. Andre L. " The Blood of the Grape"  Duckworth & co. 1920, green boards with red titles , faded, inscription on ffep dated 1947 (7)

Lot 238

Heath-Robinson, W. ( ills.) Shakespeare's Comedy of A Mid-Summer's Nights Dream" Constable 1914, col. frontis tipped in with lettered tissue guard, all correct plates present, ffep has been cut out, pictorial cloth, glassine cover, slight foxing to the tissue guards, plates not affected, folio

Lot 603

A SMALL QUANTITY OF PAINTINGS AND PRINTS ETC, to include three landscape oils on board signed Satchwell, largest approximate size 46cm x 90cm, John Constable Haywain print, three prints depicting Edwardian street scenes, modern needlework pictures etc, (1 box and loose)

Lot 867

The Great War and the R.A.M.C by BT.LT.COL.F.S.Brereton.R.A.M.C by Constable & Company 1919 with 9 maps, 1 plan and 2 appendix, bearing signature F S Brereton November 1919

Lot 1332

Vansittart(Peter) John Masefields Letters from the Front 1915-1917, Constable, 1st Ed. 1984, authors signature glued into book, newspaper articles glued into book, Applebaum(Anne) Gulag A History of the Soviet Camps, Penguin, 2003, Signed, Brackman(Roman) The Secret Life of Joesph Stalin, Frank Cass, 1st Ed. 2001, Signed bookplate from author to Tony M. Chance glued into book with loose letter of correspondence, Edmonds(David) and Eidinow(John) Bobby Fischer Goes To War, Faber and Faber, 1st Ed. 2004, Signed by both authors, Horrocks(Lieut-Gen. Sir Brian) A Full Life, Collins, 1960, Autographed Copy, with note of thanks from Lady Horrocks, Ex-Libris sticker for Tony M. Chance, newspaper articles glued into book, Gill(Antony) The Great Escape, Review, 2002, Signed, Frank(Anne) The Diary of a Young Girl the Definitive Edition, Viking, 1997, Signed by members of the Kol Kinor Choir, Jackson(General Sir Mike) Soldier The Autobiography of General Sir Mike Jackson, Bantam Press,2007, Signed, Piggott(Major-General F.S.G.) Broken Thread, Gale and Polden, 1950, inscription to Maurice Stanley from author, Ex-Libris sticker for Tony M.Chance, Steiner(George) The Portage of San Cristoball of A.H., Faber and Faber, 1982, authors signature glued in, Theatre production programme cut and glued in Signed by the leading actor Alec McCowen, & Davies(Lord) Foundations of Victory, Collins, 1941,from the library of Arnold J.Toynbee with inscription from author to Arnold J.Toynbee, Ex-Libris sticker for Tony M. Chance (11)

Lot 80

Read (Alexander) A Treatise of the First Part of Chirurgerie, first edition, occasional soiling, contemporary sprinkled calf, rebacked, corners slightly rubbed, [STC 20786; Wellcome 5356], 4to, Printed by John Haviland for Francis Constable, 1638. *** Born at Banchory near Aberdeen c.1586, Read (or Reid or Rhead) became a famous anatomist and surgeon, a brother of the Barber-Surgeon';s Company and their lecturer on anatomy, and a fellow of the College of Physicians. 

Lot 235

Crowne (John) The Ambitious Statesman, or the Loyal Favourite, first edition, initial blank leaf present, foxed and browned, some water-staining, B4 repaired tear in lower margin, later half calf, spine and corners chipped and worn, [Wing C7374], 4to, Printed for William Abington, 1679. *** Crowne's tragic history of Bernard d'Armagnac, Constable of France, after the battle of Agincourt. 

Lot 60

Elliot (John). An Account of the Nature and Medicinal Virtues of the Principal Mineral Waters of Great Britain and Ireland, and those most in repute on the Continent..., London: J. Johnson, 1781, folding engraved frontispiece with image slightly cropped at fore-edge, bound with Melvill (John). Observations on the Nature and Properties of Flexible Air, and on the salutary Effects of the Aqua Salubris, in preserving Health, and preventing Diseases..., London: Printed for the Author, by M. Vint, [1789?], bound with Buchan (William). Cautions concerning Cold Bathing, and Drinking the Mineral Waters ... being an Additional Charter to the ninth edition of his Domestic Medicine, London: A. Strahan, T. Cadell, J. Balfour and W. Creech, 1786, bound with Bergman (Torbern). An Essay on the Usefulness of Chemistry, and its Application to the Various Occasions of Life. Translated from the original, London: J. Murray, 1784, 20th-century half calf, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Pott (Percivall). A Treatise on Ruptures, 2nd edition, London: L. Hawes, W. Clarke and R. Collins, 1763, errata leaf at rear present, browning to margins of title, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, modern navy morocco, 8vo,Watson (Richard). Chemical Essays, 5 volumes, mixed editions (volumes 1-3, 2nd edition, volumes 4-5 1st editions), London: J. Dodsley, T. Evans, T. and J. Merrill and J. and J. Flecher, 1782, some occasional damp-staining and scattered spotting, contemporary marbled calf, each volume neatly rebacked, gilt decorated spines with contrasting morocco labels, small 8vo, plus 13 others including Barrow (James, editor). Transactions of the Inverness Scientific Society and Field Club, 4 volumes, Inverness: Courier Office, 1885-98, with the bookplate of Andrew Carnegie; Galloway (Elijah). History and Progress of the Steam Engine..., London: Thomas Kelly, 1830; Vallery-Radot (Rene). The Life of Pasteur, 2 volumes, London: Constable & Co. Ltd., 1911; Smiles (Samuel). Lives of the Engineers, 4 volumes, 5th thousand edition, London: John Murray, 1862; Jenner (Edward). An Inquiry into the causes and effects of the Variolae Vaccinae..., facsimile of 1798 edition, Milan: R. Lier & C., 1923; Taylor (Isaac). Physical Theory of Another Life, London: William Pickering, 1836QTY: (20)

Lot 44

Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the use of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David, Pointed as they are to be sung or said in Churches..., London: Printed by Thomas Baskett, Printer to the King's most Excellent Majesty; and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1751, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, few woodcut head and tailpieces, red-ruled borders throughout, occasional light toning and scattered spotting, verso of front free endpaper with 19th-century inscription 'This book which belonged originally to the Princess of Wales, and was used by the Members of the Royal Family in the Chapel of St. James', was bought of Mr. Bohn at Canterbury in June 1874, by Robert Jenkins, M. A. Rector and Vicar of Lyminge and Honorary Canon of Canturbury - June, 1874, and given by him to Helen Constable Jenkins Easter-Monday (March 29th) 1880', book label of Church of St. Mary and St. Eadburg, Lyminge, with manuscript annotation at head and foot of label 'Robert Charles Jenkins Rector and Vicar of the ... and Hon. Canon of Canterbury', front free blank bearing the ownership signature of Lilian G. Henshaw, February 16th 1926, and tipped-in card inscribed 'This Bible belongs to Lilian Henshaw, sale of H. Rigden 1928', all edges gilt, contemporary dark brown/black morocco, gilt decorated spine and roll border to boards, spine compartments with gilt monogram of George II (1683-1760), with his royal armorial bearings to centre of each board, 'St. James's Chapel 1752' in gilt to upper board, upper joint lightly rubbed, folioQTY: (1)

Lot 37

Newcourt (Richard). Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense: An Ecclesiastical Parochial History of the Diocese of London, 2 volumes, London: Benj. Motte, 1708-10, half-title discarded, 3 engraved plates (of 4, includes 2 double-page plates) and folding engraved map, without portrait frontispiece, browning and some spotting mostly to text leaves, two additional leaves of manuscript index at rear of volume 2, red morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, folio, together with:Ogborne (Elizabeth). The History of Essex, from the earliest period to the present time..., London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Browne, 1814, engraved title, 11 engraved plates and numerous vignette illustrations, one folding plan, some browning, occasional damp-stains, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century red half morocco gilt by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, 4to, plus another copy of the same edition bound in modern full red morocco,Cromwell (Thomas). History and Description of the Ancient Town and Borough of Colchester, in Essex, 2 volumes, London: Robert Jennings & Swinborne and Walter, Colchester, 1825, 25 engraved plates including frontispieces, 2 maps (including 1 double-page and 1 folding), 1 folding plate of facsimile manuscript, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedowns, 20th-century dark blue half morocco gilt, spines faded, 8vo, Bonney (Henry Kaye). Historic Notices in reference to Fotheringhay, Oundle: Printed by and for T. Bell; and for Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, Paternoster-Row, London; and Archibald Constable, and Co, Edinburgh, 1821, engraved frontispiece, 8 engraved plates, occasional light offsetting and minor spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century calf, 8vo,Chancellor (Frederic). The Ancient Sepulchral Monuments of Essex..., London: Printed for the Author, 1890, numerous lithograph plates, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to upper pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary terracotta brown morocco by Zaehnsdorf, extremities slightly rubbed and scuffed, large 4to, Tanner (Thomas and Nasmith, James). Notitia Monastica; or, an Account of all the Abbies, Priories, and Houses of Friers, formerly in England and Wales..., now reprinted with many additions, Cambridge: Printed at the University Press, by Joan Archdeacon, for John Nichols, 1787, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 engraved plates or armorials, small library ink stamp of Leeds Reference Library to title, some offsetting, occasional spotting, bookplates to pastedowns, modern brown half morocco, folio,Carr (John). Caledonian Sketches, or a Tour through Scotland in 1807..., London: Mathews and Leigh, 1809, uncoloured folding aquatint frontispiece and 11 uncoloured aquatint plates, edges untrimmed, original boards, joints split and some wear, 4to (Abbey, Scenery 488), plus other British topography related (mostly Essex related), including Lewis (Samuel). A Topographical Dictionary of England..., volume 5 only (of 5), 3rd edition, London: S. Lewis and Co., 1835, 116 engraved maps hand-coloured in outline, modern cloth, 4to, Wright (Thomas). Virtue's picturesque Beauties of Great Britain..., 1831; Barrett (C. R. B.). Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways, 2 volumes, London: Lawrence & Bullen, 1892; Victoria County Histories of Essex and Sussex, etc.QTY: (56)

Lot 107

Scoones (William Baptiste, editor). Four Centuries of English Letters..., 3 volumes, signed by the editor, New York: Harper & Brothers,1880, volume 1 signed by the editor to top of title, portrait frontispiece to each volume, extra-illustrated with contemporary plates including 217 portraits, 77 views, 6 folding plates and two manuscript letters, lacking titles to volumes 2 and 3 supplied in manuscript facsimile, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpapers to each volume, top edge gilt, contemporary green half morocco, spines gilt and faded, 8vo, together with:Rawnsley (Hardwicke Drummond). Literary Associations of the English Lakes, 2 volumes, Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1901, 32 plates (including 11 folding) and extra-illustrated with the addition of 160 contemporary plates of views and portraits from early sources, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpapers to each volume, bookplate of Hugh Walpole, Brackenburn to front pastedown, top edge gilt, blue half morocco, spines elaborately decorated with ornamental panels, spines slightly faded, edges slightly bumped, 8vo, plusLockhart (John Gibson). Life of Robert Burns, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Constable and Co, 1828, portrait frontispiece, extra-illustrated with contemporary plates including 23 portraits and 27 views, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front endpaper, all edges gilt, 20th-century maroon morocco by Root & Son, spine and boards gilt decorated with ornamental panels enclosing central and corner thistle motifs, gilt turn-ins, 8vo, andStorer (J.) & Greg (I.). The Antiquarian Itinerary, Comprising Specimens of Architecture, Monastic, Castellated, and Domestic: With other Vestiges of Antiquity in Great Britain..., 7 volumes, London: W. M. Clarke, J. Murray, S. Bagster, et al.,1815-18, engraved frontispiece to each volume plus 321 engraved views and numerous woodcut text illustrations, some offsetting, bookplate of Herbert Henry Raphael to front pastedown of each volume, all edges gilt, contemporary uniform maroon morocco, gilt spines, blind stamped and gilt tooled boards, gilt spines, gilt turn-ins, head caps scuffed, small 8vo QTY: (13)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate) for Rawnsley (Rev. Hardwicke Drummond), Scoones (W Baptiste, editor) and Lockhart (J. G.).Hugh Walpole, Brackenburn (bookplate) for Rawnsley (Rev. Hardwicke Drummond).Herbert Henry Raphael (bookplate) for Storer (J.) & Greg (I.). Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (1884-1941) was an English novelist known for his short stories, plays and literary series, including the "Herries Chronicles" which explored the lives of the Herries family in the Lake District across multiple generations. Major Sir Herbert Henry Raphael (1859-1924) was a British politician and barrister who served as a Member of Parliament for Derbyshire. Raphael focused on social reforms, particularly in education and housing, and was involved in charitable work, especially within Jewish causes.

Lot 253

Darwin (Charles). The Origin of Species…, London: John Murray, 1897, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary red half morocco by Zaehnsdorf, spine fully gilt with morocco labels, 8vo, together with:Hudson (William Henry). Nature in Downland, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1900, frontispiece, title in red and black, numerous black and white illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary red half calf by Bayntun Rivière of Bath, spine gilt, graze to top right side of front board, 8vo, plusMurray (John) and Hjort (Johan). The Depths of the Ocean, A General Account of the Modern Science of Oceanography Based Largely On the Scientific Researches of the Norwegian Steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic, London: Macmillan and Co, 1912, portrait frontispiece, folding maps and many text illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, near contemporary green half morocco by Morrell, gilt spines, 8vo, plusCheshire (Frank R.). Bees & Bee Keeping…, 2 volumes, circa 1880, London: L. Upcot Gilll, engraved frontispieces, many text illustrations, contemporary owner's manuscript signature to volume two, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edges gilt, near contemporary navy morocco, spines gilt and slightly faded, 8vo, plusBean (William Jackson). Trees and Shrubs, Hardy in the British Isles, 3 volumes, London: John Murray, 1950-1951, numerous illustrations to each volume, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, top edges gilt, contemporary green morocco gilt, spines slightly faded, 8vo, plusJekyll (Gertrude). Wood and Garden…, London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1901, title page in red and black, 71 photographic illustrations, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco by Otto Schulze of Edinburgh, spine and sides extensively decorated with floral ornamentation with red morocco inlays, 8vo, and 7 others bound in red, green and blue morocco and calf gilt including; The Country Life Library, Roses for English Gardens…, by Jekyll & Mawley, London: George Newnes, 1902, 8vo, Fifty Years of Fox Hunting by John Malsbury Kirby Elliot, London: Horace Cox, 1900, 8vo, Flowers of the Field by Charles Alexander Johns, London: Routledge and Kegan Paul Limited, 1949, 8vo, The Bird, Its Form and Function by C. William Beebe, London: Archibald Constable & Co Ltd, 1907, 8vo, Birds and Man by William Henry Hudson, London: Duckworth & Co, 1920, 8vo, Flora of the British Isles by A. R. Clapham et al Cambridge University Press, 1957, 8vo, Fishing from the Earliest Times by William Radcliffe, London: John Murray, 1921, 8vo QTY: (16)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate) for all except Elliot.

Lot 266

Bayntun Riviere Bindings. Moss (Fletcher). Pilgrimages To Old Homes, mostly on the Welsh borders, 1st edition, Didsbury: Published by the Author from his home, 1903, frontispiece, black and white illustrations after photographs, portions uncut, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown, top edge gilt, 20th-century purple half morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere, tall 8vo, together with: Stirling (A. M. W.). Coke of Norfolk and His Friends, 4 volumes, extra-illustrated, London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1908, extra-illustrated issue with 104 portraits, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedowns, all edges gilt, 20th-century crushed full black morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere, 8vo, with Sichel (Edith). The Household of The Lafayettes, 1st edition, Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co, 1897, half-title, photogravure portrait frontispiece, 11 illustrations, extra-illustrated with an additional 60 plates (12 colour), all edges gilt, 20th-century viridian green full morocco gilt, spine lightly faded, 8vo, plus Devlin (Christopher). The Life of Robert Southwell, Poet and Martyr, 1st edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1956, all edges gilt, 20th-century brown levant gilt by Bayntun Riviere, 8vo, plus other morocco-bound volumes by Bayntun Riviere, including H. V. Morton's A Traveller in Rome (1957) and W. Harrison Ainsworth's Windsor Castle (1844)QTY: (25)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplate).

Lot 273

Cosway-style binding. Emma Lady Hamilton. From new and original sources and documents, together with an appendix of notes and new letters, by Walter Sichel, 1st edition, London: Archibald Constable and Company, 1905, half-title, 29 plates and portraits as listed, extra-illustrated with a further 13 plates, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, finely bound in later Cosway-style brown full morocco by Bayntun Riviere, Bath (signed to front turn-in), the upper cover with inset hand-coloured oval miniature portrait of Lady Hamilton, the miniature within double fillet and tooled border decorated with six inset sky blue stones, covers with foliate border in green and gilt, the spine with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, a couple of small marks to lower cover, upper cover and spine with some slight fading, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey.(bookplate).

Lot 259

Smollett (Tobias). The Works of Tobias Smollett, with an introduction by W. E. Henley, 12 volumes, London: Archibald Constable, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899-1901, half-title and frontispiece to each, light spotting to frontispiece and title of volume III, crimson morocco gilt bookplates of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, top edge gilt, later light brown half calf by Morell, spines with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt, 8voQTY: (12)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).

Lot 80

CRICKET, signed correspondence, inc. note cards, letters, faxes; Bernard Constable, David Gower, Mike Brearley OBE, Micky Stewart, Bill Frindall, John Hall, some on headed paper, from the Lords Taverners collection raising funds for their charity, vertical or horizontal folds (3), VG to EX, 6

Lot 886

A GILT FRAMED PRINT OF A CONSTABLE BOY DRINKING WITH DOG AND SHEEP

Lot 535

A set of five early-19th century Scottish provincial silver Oar pattern teaspoons,by William Constable, Dundee circa 1810,the terminals with initials, approx. weight 2.2oz. (5)

Lot 184

Rackham (Arthur) [Illus.], "Some British Ballads", London; Constable & Co Ltd, [1st trade edition 1919],16 tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards, later re-bound half calf with gilt tooled ribbed spine.

Lot 3114

Broadhurst Clarkson brass and leather 4-draw telescope, the first draw with graduations, sliding lens shroud and leather covers for both ends on shoulder strap; marked 'Broadhurst Clarkson & Co. Ltd. 63 Farringdon Road London E.C.', L87cm fully extended; together with a WWI brass marching compass marked F-L No.123113 1918 (broad arrow); crudely etched L.H. McD. Latham; in associated Brooks & Co. leather case dated 1913 stamped W.B. Constable (2)Condition Report: Reasonably good and clean condition for age and use.One lens cover unstitched at seam.Compass lacking glass to hinged lid and most of blackening. Case in good condition.

Lot 533

Bachmann and other commercial manufactures 00 Gauge Goods wagons including BR China Clay *10, Private owners Constable Hart, Denby, United Stone and others all in plain card boxes. Good to Excellent. (31)

Lot 556

William Shakespeare, "Shakespeare's Comedy of A Midsummer Night's Dream," (Constable & Co. Ltd: London, 1914). Signed by the illustrator, W. Heath Robinson (English, 1872-1944), and numbered 117/250 in pen along a front page. With custom leather binding with marbled pages and 22kt gold accents.Height: 12 1/4 in x width: 9 1/2 in x depth: 1 3/4 in.Condition:Light wear throughout consistent with age and use. Some wear along the deckled edges. The sheets are lightly toned consistent with age and material. Light wear to the cover. The cover and binding appear to be newer than the contents of the book.

Lot 215

After John Constable, a copy of his picture The Hay Wain, a small oil painting, circa 1900, unsigned, 20cm x 30cm in a gilt frame Location: RWM

Lot 127

Posters (8) - 'Chas 'N' Dave' in Concert at Aylesbury Civic Centre Thursday March 18th 1993, A Mike leigh Production of 'Mr Turner', colour starring Timothy Spall-Dorothy Atkinson, 'Norman Wisdom' with his orchestra and special guest, Tony Fayne, black and white & Red coloured poster, Christopher Dresser 1834-1904 'A Design Revolution', The V/A Sept/Dec 2004, measurements 76cm x 51cm, National Theatre Live - Broadcast of Henrik Ibsen's, 'Hedda Gabler' 2017 starring Ruth Wilson, 'Turner & Constable' - 'Sketching From Nature' 2013-2014, colour image John Constable, The Sea Near Brighton 1826. Measurements 68.1/2cm x 51cm, 'Made in Dagenham' coloured starring Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson & Geraldine James, year 2010, measures 102cm x 76cm and 'Art of the Architect-Eric Throssell' Oct/Nov 1994.

Lot 131

Posters (4) - 'Little Women' starring Winona Ryder, measurements 100cm x 76cm, '101 Dalmatians' starring Glen Close, double sided measurements 10cm x 76cm, 20th Century Fox 'Fantasia' produced in 1998, measurements 100cm x 76cm and 'The Delinquents' starring Kyle Minogue & Charlie Schlatter, measurements 104cm x 69cm, National Theatre Live - Broadcast of Henrik Ibsen's, 'Hedda Gabler' 2017 starring Ruth Wilson, 'Turner & Constable' - 'Sketching From Nature' 2013-2014, colour image John Constable, The Sea Near Brighton 1826. Measurements 68.1/2cm x 51cm, 'Made in Dagenham' coloured starring Bob Hoskins, Miranda Richardson & Geraldine James, year 2010, measures 102cm x 76cm and 'Art of the Architect-Eric Throssell' - Oct/Nov 1994.

Lot 420

BALFOUR (Ronald) Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Constable 1920, 1st Edn., tipped-in colour, tinted and b/w plates by Ronald Balfour, org. jap. Vellum paper over boards, top of spine defective, collated.

Lot 401

HAMNETT (Nina) Laughing Torso. Constable 1932, 1st Edn., One of 60 large paper copies on hand-made paper signed by Nina Hamnett, org., yellow cloth t.e.g., out of series copy with no original drawing.

Lot 2950

Topography, Travel – Nansen (Fridtjof) Furthest North: The Norwegian Polar Expedition 1893-1896, 2 vols., Westminster, Archibald Constable 1897, 8vo, 120 plates, 16 in colour, numerous text illustrations, Voll. I: xiii + 510pp folding coloured map; Vol II: xii + 671pp, 2 folding maps (2)

Lot 2915

Sports and Pastimes, The Chase – Verney (Richard Greville, 19th Lord Willoughby de Broke 1869-1923), Hunting the Fox, London, Constable 1925 large 8vo, x + 148, frontis and 5 colour printed plates tipped in, gilt printed red cloth, gilt titles, faded, esp. spine, slight splitting at top; Siltzer (Capt. Frank), The Story of British Sporting Prints, new rev. & enlarged edn., London Halton & Truscott Smith 1929, small 4to, 413pp, 8 coloured printed plates tipped in, bound green cloth gilt titles; Dawson (Capt. Lionel, RN), Sport in War, London, Collins 1936, 4to, 98 pp., frontis and 5 other coloured prints 6 monochrome and vignettes after Lionel Edwards RI, bound green cloth gilt spine titles, spine somewhat faded; Edwards (Lionel, RI), My Hunting Sketch Book, London, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1928 large 4to, xiii + 28, frontis and 14 colour printed and mounted plates, margins sl. Spotted, oatmeal cloth boards, impressed paper title to front board and spine, dust wrapper a slightly torn and rubbed (4)

Lot 588

A QUANTITY OF FRAMED DECORATIVE PRINTS, to include reproductions of paintings by the following artists; John Constable - The Cornfield, The White Horse and the Leaping Horse, Richard Cation Woodville 'Cavaliers Return', A Jacobsen 'Shady Nook'. Margaret Dovaston 'Setting the Boundary', with other prints by Daniel Sherrin, Bernard Borione, Frank Moss Bennett and Meindert Hobbema etc, largest approximate size including frame 78cm x 84cm

Lot 551

The Plays of Bernard Shaw, a set of twelve books, Constable and Company, Ltd, 1926, one signed on the title page, in original cardboard case, 23cm wide

Lot 362

Human Game - Hunting The Great Escape Murderers by Simon Read 2013 Hardback Book First UK Edition with 330 pages published by Constable. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Lot 620

Three: Police Constable D. West, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police (P.C. D. West. W. Div:); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C., D. West. W. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. D. West.) good very fine (3) £80-£100 --- D. West served as a Police Constable with ‘W’ (Clapham) Division.

Lot 280

A scarce K.P.M. and Bar group of three awarded to Assistant Inspector-General M. F. Cleary, Indian Police, the first Bar awarded with the new laurel design King’s Police Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue, with laurel design Second Award Bar (Michael FrancisCleary. Indian Police Service); Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, these last two unnamed as issued, good very fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- K.P.M. London Gazette 1 January 1930: ‘Mr M. F. Cleary, Superintendent of Police, Intelligence Bureau, Home Department, Government of India. For valuable services.’ K.P.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 8 May 1934: ‘Michael Francis Cleary, Superintendent of Police, Chittagong, in recognition of his gallant conduct in frustrating an attempted outrage by terrorists on the 7th January last, by the foresight, courage and presence of mind which he displayed in apprehending two armed suspects.’ This was the first Bar awarded with the laurel design. The following citation was published in The Gazette of India 8 May 1934: ‘On the 7th January, 1934 Mr. Cleary, who had just witnessed a cricket match, was returning in his car to his bungalow when, on arriving at a point behind a tent where some 40 or 50 spectators and players were gathered, he noticed two suspicious youths on the road. He ordered his guard Constable and driver to search them but, not satisfied that the search was being conducted efficiently, he himself left the car and ordered his driver to strip the youths to the waist. One youth thereupon hurled a bomb which exploded at Mr. Cleary's feet but did him no injury. He immediately tackled the youth and called upon his orderly to shoot. The orderly did so, but missed the youth and hit Mr. Cleary's hand. He however continued the struggle on the ground until the Constable shot the youth dead. Meanwhile the other youth ran away but was pursued and eventually wounded and captured; a bomb was found in his possession. The foresight, courage and presence of mind displayed by Mr. Cleary were the main factors in the frustration of an attempted outrage by terrorists which might otherwise have been disastrously successful.' Sold with copied research.

Lot 84

A fine post-War 1952 B.E.M. group of four awarded to Woman Chief Inspector Lily Dawes, Metropolitan Police British Empire Medal, (Civil) G.VI.R., 2nd issue (Miss Lily Dawes); Defence Medal; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Ch. Inspr. Lily Dawes) in named card box of issue, good very fine (4) £200-£240 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 30 May 1952: ‘Miss Lily Dawes, Lately Woman Police Inspector, Metropolitan Police Force. (Tooting S.W.17)’ Lily Dawes was among 194 United Kingdom recipients of the British Empire Medal in the first ‘Queen’s Birthday Honours’ list of 1952. Her strength of character as a young policewoman was detailed some 27 years earlier by The Daily Herald on 15 August 1925: ‘Policewoman No. 1: Arrested by a constable at the insistence of Miss Lily Dawes, “Woman Police Constable No.1,” Harry Durant, a florist, of Shepherd’s Bush, was sentenced at Marylebone yesterday to two months hard labour for grossly insulting Miss Dawes while she was on duty.’

Lot 309

A scarce Colonial Police Medal for Gallantry group of four awarded to British Constable T. J. Bamford, Palestine Police Force Colonial Police Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, for Gallantry (Const. T. J. Bamford. Palestine Police.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (1049 T/2/B/Sjt. T. J. Bamford. Pal. Police.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine (4) £1,600-£2,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- C.P.M. for Gallantry London Gazette 3 January 1939: ‘For gallantry on 11th October, 1938, during an engagement against armed men on the Jerusalem-Hebron road.’ Thomas John Bamford joined the Palestine Police Force on 14 May 1937, after service in the Irish Guards. He saw service in the Northern Frontier Division commanded by Deputy District Superintendent C. V. S. Tessseyman, D.C.M., K.P.M. He was in a Section consisting of a British Sergeant in charge with three British Constables, two Arab Constables and two Jewish Constables. They were equipped with an open Ford pick-up, in the rear of which was a mounting for a Lewis gun. The men were in action almost daily against smugglers and hill gangs trying to infiltrate from Syria to Lebanon, while smaller gangs of men were intent on fleeing in the other direction after murdering policemen or soldiers in some skirmish elsewhere in Palestine, hoping to lie low until things quietened for them. All these types of criminals, when sighted, were engaged by vigilant patrols and many acts of gallantry can testify to the effectiveness of the Division. They became known as 'Tessy's Frontiersmen', and from the summer of 1938 to the summer of 1939 the Division collected a fine batch of decorations for gallantry. The frontier life continued in this fashion until World War II was declared, at which time the Arab Rebellion petered out. In 1940 the Division was disbanded and the personnel absorbed into other areas of the force. But ex-frontiersmen could always be seen to hold their heads high; they were a sort of inner clique within an already exclusive corps. To live and survive on the Northern Frontier from 1937 to 1940 earned them that privilege. By mid-1944, Bamford was the most senior British Head Constable in the newly formed Police Mobile Force (P.M.F.) (Source unknown).

Lot 621

Pair: Police Constable A. H. Inch, City of London Police Jubilee 1887, clasp, 1897, City of London Police (PC. 599. A. Inch.); Coronation 1902, City of London Police, bronze (P.C. A. H. Inch) minor edge bruising to first, good very fine (2) £100-£140

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