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Click here to subscribeStar Wars The Force Awakens action figures, comprising fourteen Hasbro figures including Kylo Ren, Rey, Captain Phasma, Finn, Constable Zuvio etc, Hasbro Luke Skywalker figure, thirteen Force Link figures, four Hot Wheels vehicles and a Hasbro R2-D2 and C-3P0 figure set, all boxed or carded
FOLLOWER OF JOHN CONSTABLE ON THE SHORE OF THE THAMES Oil on cardboard 13 x 10.5cm (5 x 4 in.) Measurements do not include the frame unless specified. Please note Dreweatts are not liable for damage to frames or mounts. Condition Report: A layer of surface dirt. A minor scratch to the upper right corner and small areas of cracking. UV light reveals a few areas of retouching to the clouds, notably to the centre left edge and to the right of the wooden structure. High resolution images are available upon request, please contact the department directly at pictures@dreweatts.com PLEASE NOTE: ALL LOTS ARE LOCATED AT SACKVILLE WEST STORAGE IN ANDOVER (SP10 3SA) AND ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO VIEW. Condition Report Disclaimer
BRIGHT (RICHARD), TRAVELS FROM VIENNA THROUGH LOWER HUNGARY WITH SOME MARKS ON THE STATE OF VIENNA DURING THE CONGRESS IN THE YEAR 1814; xviii, 642, cii, two folding maps, folding table, and ten engrave plates, some text illustrations, ¾ leather with marbled boards, book plate for Toft Hall to the back of the front board, Edinburgh, Archibald Constable and Company, 1818 (1)
A miscellany of mostly military history books, to include, FOX (SIR FRANK), THE ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS IN THE WORLD WAR, Constable and Company, 1928; EWING (JOHN), THE HISTORY OF THE 9TH (SCOTTISH) DIVISION, 1921; POTTER (CAPTAIN), THE HISTORY OF THE 2/6TH LANCASHIRE FUSILIERS, 1927, (qty).
FITZGERALD (EDWARD), trans, RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, with 20 full page colour and gilt plates, patterned boards, London, John Lane for Bodley Head, 1922; BALFOUR (R), illus, RUBAIYATT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, Constable and Company, 1920, (two copies); HERON-ALLEN (E), RUBAIYATT OF OMAR KHAYYAM, green cloth, London, Bernard Quaritch, 1899 (4)Condition Report: Extra images uploaded 27/02/2025.
HENDERSON (WILLIAM), THE HOUSEKEEPER’S INSTRUCTOR OR UNIVERSAL COOKERY BOOK, 15th edition, engraved frontis and nine plates, re-backed, London, Stratford, 1809; FARLEY (JOHN), THE LONDON ART OF COOKERY, 3rd edition, portrait frontis, 12 plates, London, Scatcherd, 1785; THE COOK’S ORACLE CONTAINING RECEIPTS FOR PLAIN COOKERY, London, Constable, 1822; HENDERSON (WILLIAM), THE HOUSEKEEPER’S INSTRUCTOR, engraved frontis, 11 plates, no date; KETTILBY (MARK), A COLLECTION OF ABOVE THREE HUNDRED RECEIPS IN COOKERY, 3rd edition, London, Wilkin, 1724; an 18th century book lacking first pages and two 19th century cookery books (8)
CRADDOCK (HENRY), THE SAVOY COCKTAIL BOOK, Bacardi Cocktail insert, pictorial and gilt boards with black cloth spine, London, Constable and Company, 1930 (1)Condition Report: The cloth spine has split at both sides at the top - see additional images.The boards are rubbed and worn along all edges and the covers with general scuffs etc. The internal gutter to the end papers at the front of the book is splint the full length and in two parts. Some foxing here and there internally. Some light offsetting of illustrations. Slightly indistinct ink inscription to the back of the dedication page: ‘Dedicated, that is, to the heretic, but, never the less, with all beneficence & good wishes, (indistinct signature), The Savoy, 17/x/30’.Attention will be needed to the spine.
* Havell (Robert & Son). View of the Port and Town of Newcastle upon Tyne from the Rope Walk Gateshead, Newcastle: T. M. Richardson Feby. 1819, aquatint after T. M. Richardson, with bright contemporary hand colouring, the hand-colouring attributed to John Linnell, 425 x 600 mm, mounted, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:The mount board has a manuscript annotation "Tinted by John Linnell" on the lower border. Parker Gallery label to the verso of the frame.John Linnell (16 June 1792 – 20 January 1882) was an English engraver, portrait and landscape painter. He was also a naturalist and a rival to the artist John Constable. He had a taste for Northern European art of the Renaissance, particularly Albrecht Dürer. He also associated with the amateur artist Edward Thomas Daniell and with William Blake, to whom he introduced the painter and writer Samuel Palmer and others of the Shoreham Ancients.
18th-19th century A.D. Bifacial and substantial with ribbed lug pierced transversely, bilinear raised borders; both sides with Corpus Christi surrounded by small crouching figures and busts. 140 grams, 83 mm (3 1/4 in.). [No Reserve] Constable-Maxwell and Lord McAlpine in the 1980s-1990s. with Iconastas Russian Fine Art and Antiques, London SW1. Formerly in the private collection of Russian businessman Yuri Golubev (1942-2007), some of his collection was published in his book 'Symbols and Images'. Ex property of a British gentleman. Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
18th-19th century A.D. Substantial in form with chamfered edges, ribbed and collared bale, four inset blue glass studs and a central gold-in-glass panel; superficial casting flaws. 104 grams, 12.3 cm (4 7/8 in.). [No Reserve] Constable-Maxwell and Lord McAlpine in the 1980s-1990s. with Iconastas Russian Fine Art and Antiques, London SW1. Formerly in the private collection of Russian businessman Yuri Golubev (1942-2007), some of his collection was published in his book 'Symbols and Images'. Ex property of a British gentleman. Property of a Californian, USA, collector.
A COLLECTION OF FLATWARE VARIOUS MAKER'S MARKS AND DATES To include, a set of six tablespoons, Cooper Brothers & Sons Ltd, Sheffield 1927, of Old English pattern, a set of six table forks, Alice & George Burrows, London 1817, of Fiddle pattern, engraved initials to reverse of terminal; a set of six dessert spoons, William Constable, Edinburgh 1832, of Fiddle pattern, foliate W engraved to terminal; eight matched grapefruit spoons and a collection of pastry forks, teaspoons, sugar shovel, dessert fork etc (39) 51.5oz (combined)
A CHARLES II PLATE TG IN DOTTED CIRCLE, LONDON 1662 (See Jackson's 3rd edition, p124), of circular outline, coat of arms engraved to the bouge 25cm diameter, 14.5oz Heraldry: The Arms of Noel, Earl of GainsboroughArms: Or fretty gules a canton ermineThe arms are ensigned with a coronet of an earlEdward Noel (born 1641 died January 1689), the 1st Earl of Gainsborough having caused his arms as an earl to be engraved upon the rim of this dish sometime after the 1st December 1682, the date when he was advanced within the peerage as an earl. He was the eldest son of Baptist Noel, the 3rd Viscount Campden and his third wife, The Honourable Hester Wotton. Prior to his creation as Baron Noel, of Titchfield in the County of Hampshire within the Peerage of England on the 3rd February 1681, Edward had sat in the House of Commons at Westminster as the Member of Parliament for Rutland (1661 – 79). He was appointed as a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Rutland in March 1670. In February 1676, Edward was further appointed as the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Hampshire and in the following March received the office of Warden and Keeper of the New Forest in the same county.Further, Edward was appointed as the Colonel of the Hampshire Militia in 1678 and was briefly Knight of the Shire for Hampshire in 1679. As mentioned above, he was created a peer in his own right as Baron Noel in 1681 and took his seat in the House of Lords and was also appointed as the Custos Rotulorum of Hampshire the same year. In 1682, he appointed to several offices within the county: Governor of Portsmouth, Constable of Porchester Castle, and Lieutenant of South Bere Forest. On the 29th October 1682, Edward succeeded his father as the 4th Viscount Campden, together with the offices of Lord Lieutenant and Custos Rotulorum of Rutland. He was advanced within the Peerage of England when he was created as the Earl of Gainsborough on the 1st December 1682. Edward married twice. His first wife was Lady Elizabeth Wriothesley (born circa 1635 died circa 1680) whom he married in May 1661. She was the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Thomas Wriothesley, the 4th Earl of Southampton and his first wife, Rachel de Massue. After Elizabeth’s death, he married secondly, Mary Herbert (died 1693). She was the widow of Sir Robert Worsley, the 3rd Baronet of Appuldurcombe in the County of Hampshire and a daughter of The Honourable James Herbert, ofTythrop Park, Kingsey in the County of Buckinghamshire and his wife, Jane Spiller. Edward and Mary were married at the Parish Church of St James, Duke’s Place in the City of Lon don on the 23rd April 1683.
A small quantity of 18th century and later leather bindings, mainly part sets, to include Letters of Anna Seward: written between the years 1784-1807, six volumes, 1811, Archibald Constable and Company, with a posthumous letter bound in from Anna Seward, to Mr A Constable [the publisher], giving the exclusive copyright of the works, the letter is signed by the author and dated July 17th, 1807
A collection of modern Folio Society books, comprising Darkness at Noon, Les Liaisons Dangereuses, Kim, Under Milk Wood, A Man of Singular Virtue, Journey Through Britain, The Ascent of Man, Confucius, A History of Venice, The Wars of the Roses, Landscape into Art, England's Constable, The Queen of Spades /The Captain's Daughter, and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. (14)
Performing animals.- Royal Gardens, Vauxhall...The Curriculum! or, Olympic Games...50 Horses And Twelve Ponies...Pyramid of Men & Horses. Grand Constable & Master of Ceremonies, Mr. Ducrow..., few tiny marginal nicks, some light toning and soiling, light folds, mount remains to head and foot to verso, 375 x 125mm., Balne Brothers, 20th, 22nd & 23rd August [?1839] § Theatre-Royal, Newcastle...Real Horses! A Real Bear!! And the Two wonderful Dogs!!!..., illustration to head and foot, lightly foxed and browned, light folds, 490 x 175mm., Newcastle, Mitchell, 25th April 1821 § Grand Night...Woolwich...Spanish Parade By all the beautiful Horses...Famous Horse Timour Will introduce his astonishing Tricks, in particular he will leap through a Balloon of Fire..., woodcut illustration to head, tear to head with loss to letter of text, some chipping to edges and very small holes within text but no notable loss, lightly browned and soiled, folds, 505 x 195mm., Coleman, 16th September 1822, printed playbills; and 3 other playbills relating to performing animals, including Mr. Ducrow and his equestrian company at the Theatre-Royal Manchester, v.s. (6) A limited number of printed catalogues are available to purchase for this auction. UK: £35 (incl. postage) Rest of World: £50 (incl. postage) Please contact info@forumauctions.co.uk to place an order.
John Postle Heseltine: 'Drawings and paintings by artists of Norfolk and Suffolk in the collection of J.P.H. - Privately printed. Reproduced by J.J. Waddington.', London, 1914, privately printed, 28 photo engraved plates of artworks by John Constable, John Sell Cotman, John Crome, Edwin Edwards, George Frost, Joseph Stannard, James Stark, John Thirtle, Charles Catton the younger etc, each plate with corresponding letterpress details, 4to, original quarter cloth gilt, tipped in printed J.P. Heseltine New Year greetings card signed at front, bookplate of Georgiana Fanny Julia Foster (1891-1975). Scarce
Alfred C. Haddon: 'Magic and Fetishism', London, Constable, 1906, 1st edition, viii,98,[1]pp, contents include Sympathetic Magic, Magical Power of Names and Words, Talismans and Amulets, Divination, Public and Private Magic, Magicians, Psychology of Magical Practices, Fetishism, including as a form of religious worship, etc., original cloth, backstrip detached but loosely inserted
René Bull (illustrated): 'The Arabian Nights', London, Constable, 1912, 20 mounted colour plates by René Bull complete, 4to, original cloth gilt, rebacked retaining original backstrip, mounted colour illustration to front cover, together with thirteen various illustrated editions of 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam', including edition illustrated by Margaret R. Caird, pub. London & NY, Collins, [1936], 5 sepia plates complete, original decorative cloth gilt, all edges gilt, edition illustrated by Arthur Szyk, Norwalk, Connecticut, The Easton Press, 1976, 8 colour plates complete, 4to, original full leather gilt, top edge gilt, edition illustrated E.A. Cox, Leigh-on-Sea, F. Lewis, 1944, limited edition deluxe, No. 93 of 1,000 copies, full page colour illustrations, decorative borders around text, 4to, original cloth, edition illustrated by Robert Stewart Sherriffs, London, Collins, 1954, revised edition, 12 colour plates complete, original full leather gilt, original box, etc etc; plus 2 others Arabian Nights related (16)
Books: Royalty and the Court – Anon., An Alphabetical list of the Knights of the Garter and of the Bath, 2 Vols bound as one, London, J. Nichols, n. d., (abstracted and re-bound from later edn. of Francis Townsend, Calendar of Knights) 18mo, bookplate also of Sir Harris Nicholas KCMG, KH, bound quarter calf over marbled boards, spine worn, Vol I: Knights of the Most Noble Order of the Garter from the Institution of the Order to the Present Time, 913-934pp, Vol. II An Alphabetical List of the Knight s of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath 1725-1815 and of the Knights Grand Cross from that Year until the Present Time; Anon., The Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in the Abbey Church of St. Peter, Westminster on Tuesday 2nd June MCMLIII, Cambridge Cambridge University Press, Royal 8vo, 62pp 2 colour printed, bound red boards with gilt Royal cypher and gilt titles to spine, d. w. (very clean copy); Eeles (Francis Carolus, CBE, DLitt, LLD, 1876-1954), The Coronation Service, Its Meaning and History, London, A. R. Mowbray, 2nd impr. 1953, 12mo, 94pp, frontis portrait of HM the Queen and 8 plates, bound blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, d.w. Nicolson (Sir Harold George, KCVO, CMG, 1886-1968), King George V His Life and Reign, London, Constable, 1952 8vo, xxiii + 570pp. frontis and 20 other photographic plates, folding pedigree, marbled endpapers, bound brown boards, gilt titles; Maxwell (Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Bt. KT, PC FRS FSA MP 1845-1937), Sixty Years a Queen: the Story of Her Majesty’s Reign, London, Harmsworth, 1897, Large 4to, xii + 240pp, profusely illustrated, printed endpapers, cream over red printed blue boards, red printed titles to spine, front board and spine separating; Holmes (Sir Richard Rivington, KCVO, 1835-1911) Edward VII His Life and Times, 2 Vols., London, Amalgamated Press, 1910, bound blasck over blue boards, gilt lines and Royal crown to front board, gilt titles to spines, Vol. I: iv + 340pp, frontis. and 10 plates, numerous illustrations, Vol. II: iv + 341-704pp, frontis and 12 plates with numerous other illus., bindings of Vol. II worn and loosening; Willoughby de Broke (Richard Greville Verney, 19th Lord, 1869-1923), Hunting the Fox London, Constable 1920 8vo, x + 137pp hand cut pp, red boards, gilt titles to spine, covers slightly worn and faded; Milborne (J. S.), Heraldry for Amateurs, A Handbook for Beginners, London, L. Upcott Gill, 1909 12mo, 232pp, numerous monochrome illus., in text, printed endpapers blue boards, gilt titles and to spine, covers worn spine torn at top; Kelly & Co., The Royal Blue Book and Court Guide 1915, London, Kelly & Co., Jan. 1915, 12mo, 1545pp, fold out map, bound blue cloth gilt arms and title to front board, also to spine (Spine and front board loosening, spine frayed) (10) From the library of Robert S. Innes-Smith, KStL, LLB, formerly of Burton Hall, Leics., all with his bookplate
Books – Uranian interest: Banfield (Richard 1574-1627), Poems1594-1598 ed. Edward Arber, Westminster, Archibald Constable & Co., 1896, small 8vo, xxiv + 124pp, bilt embossed blue boards, gilt titles to spine (spine faded), bkplt. Nicholas Wilde; Banfield (Richard 1574-1627), Twenty Sonnets, Harleston, Hermitage Books, 1992, small 8vo, no. 16 of 50 copies printed, 10pp, boud cream card illus. covers, all in associated plastic slip case, bkplt. Nicholas Wilde (2)
STEWART, Colonel David. Sketches of The Highlanders of Scotland, complete 2 volumes, 8vo, contemp. half-calf, large fold-out map, internally bright with occasional spotting, owners' inscriptions ffep, tear in map, edges of boards rubbed/bumped, spines discoloured, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co., 1822._ Together with United Service Journal 1830-1832, internally bright with occasional spots, splitting/wear at spines, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley._ W. W. Greener. The Gun, 3rd edition, orig. cloth with lettering in gilt, rubbing/marking at boards, London: Cassell, 1885._ 6 copies of magazine Under the Union Jack from 1900 (13)
ROLAND, George. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of the Art of Fencing, First ed., original boards with paper label, signed "George R. Roland" at ffep - he often signed copies to give to his pupils, [xii], [1-21], 22-181pp., 12 attractive lithographic numbered plates, quite crudely bound, cloth at spine detached at on side, binding quite loose, some gatherings almost detached, some edges rough with some marginal loss, Edinburgh: Archd. Constable and Co., 1823
CAMPBELL, Lord Archibald. Highland Dress, Arms And Ornament, limited edition of 250, plates with descriptive tissue guards, original pub. cloth, untrimmed edges with some toning/spotting, owner insc. 1939 ffep, some offsetting ffep, boards with some fading/discolouration, scarce, Westminster: Archibald Constable And Co., 1899._ TOWRY, M. H. Clanship and the Clans, original cloth with gilt pictorial design, spotting in places, corners rubbed, scarce, Edinburgh: R. Grant & Son, n.d. c.1870._ Scottish Clan Tartans Family And Regimental, original cloth with black and white, catalogue for R. W. Forsyth with plates of tartan designs, some spotting at edges, Glasgow: R. W. Forsyth, n.d. c.1910._ Sketches of the Clans of Scotland, with coloured plates of tartan, some spotting at end leaves/edges, scarce, Edinburgh: MacLachlan, 1884._ LOGAN, James. The Scottish Gael, complete 2 volumes, 8vo 22 x 15cm, re-backed in green calf with gilt lettering, plates with intricate hand-colouring, bookplate for Grosvenor Gallery Library 1880, internally bright and well preserved, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1832 (6)
GENEALOGY/PEDIGREE Banks (T.C.) The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England J. White, London, 1807, three volumes, 4to Douglas (Sir Robert) The Peerage of Scotland Archibald Constable & Co., Edinburgh, 1813, Second Edition, two volumes, folio Crawfurd (George) The Lives and Characters of the Officers of the Crown and of the State in Scotland James M'Euen, Edinburgh, 1727, Vol. 1 only, attractive period tooled calf (worn) Etc. Condition Report:Available upon request
Dwerrihouse & Carter, London an 18ct gold open face pocket watch, formerly the property of Charles Drummond being a gift from the Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel following the assassination of his brother Edward Drummond the gold dial with raised gold Roman numerals, decorative engraved centre and blued-steel moon hands, the chain-fusee movement having a pierced and engraved balance cock to the lever escapement with diamond end-stone, and engraved to the backplate Dwerrihouse & Carter, Berkeley Square, London, 11026, the case hallamarked for 18ct gold, London 1817, and stamped with the initials of the case maker T.H, possibly Thomas Harper or Thomas Hayter, diameter 42mm, gross weight 93.73gs. Notes Paul Dwerrihouse was a clockmaker and watchmaker and a known member of the Devil Tavern Group, given honorary freedom in the Clockmakers' Company in 1781. The Dwerrihouse company continued after John's death in 1805 with partnerships between his successors being Dwerrihouse & Carter 1800-1827, Dwerrihouse, Carter & Son 1811-1819, Dwerrihouse, Carter & Co. 1823-1827, Dwerrihouse, Ogston & Bell 1828-1835, Dwerrihouse, Ogston & Co. 1828-1842 and Dwerrihouse & Bell 1828-1875. Reference Loomes, B. Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, N.A.G. Press, London 2006. Britten, F.J. Old Clocks and Watches and Their Makers, Bloomsbury Books, London 1986. By descent the Drummond family as loaned to the Innerpeffray Library, Crieff in 1999. Drummond was a member of the family who owned and ran Drummonds Bank, and a great-grandson of William Drummond, 4th Viscount Strathallan who died fighting for the Jacobite cause at the Battle of Culloden in 1746. Drummond joined the civil service in June 1814, becoming a clerk at the Treasury. He was later Private Secretary to a succession of British Prime Ministers: George Canning, Lord Goderich, the 1st Duke of Wellington, and Robert Peel. On the afternoon of 20 January 1843, Drummond was walking along Whitehall on his way back to Downing Street from visiting his brother at the bank in Charing Cross when Daniel McNaughton, a Scottish woodturner, approached him from behind, drew a pistol and fired at point-blank range into his back. McNaughton was overpowered by a police constable before he could fire a second pistol. It is generally thought, although the evidence is not conclusive, that McNaughton was under the impression that he had shot Prime Minister Robert Peel. At first it was thought that Drummond's wound was not serious. He managed to walk back to his house, the bullet was removed and the first newspaper reports were optimistic: "The ball has been extracted. No vital part is injured, and [surgeons] Mr Guthrie and Mr Bransby Cooper have every reason to believe that Mr. Drummond is doing very well." However, complications set in and Drummond died five days later, aged 50. Reference: Bolitho, H. and Peel, D. The Drummonds of Charing Cross, London: George Allen and Unwin Ltd, 1967. J. A. Hamilton, Drummond, Edward (1792-1843), rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004
° ° Thomson, John - Through China with a Camera, 1st edition, half-title, frontispiece, complete ‘with nearly 100 illustrations’, with authors ink presentation inscriptions to Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918), 4to, green cloth with gilt dragon motif to upper board, A. Constable & Co., London, 1898. Note: John Thomson (1837–1921) was among the earliest photographers to capture images of China’s people and landscapes for a Western audience. His journeys through China were frequently dangerous, and many of the individuals he met had never seen a Westerner or a camera before.
Edinburgh, a group of volumes comprising: Alexander Kincaid, "The History of Edinburgh....", with fold-out engraved map, pub. N.R. Cheyne, Edinburgh 1787, leather binding 8vo; Daniel Wilson "Memorials of Edinburgh in the Olden Time", first edition, Vol. I, pub. Hugh Paton Edinburgh 1848 (one volume only), morocco and gilt spine: together with the New Edition pub. in one volume 1873, cloth with morocco spine; "The History of the Speculative Society 1764-1904", pub. T. & A. Constable, Edinburgh 1905, cloth; A. Eddington "Edinburgh & The Lothians, Contemporary Biographies", pub. Edinburgh 1904, b/w photographic illustrations; James Colston, "The Edinburgh and District Water Supply, a Historical Sketch", pub. Edinburgh 1890, cloth, leather and gilt; Robert Chambers "Traditions of Edinburgh", pub. W. & R. Chambers, Edinburgh 1912, ill. James Riddel; James Grant, "Cassell's Old and New Edinburgh", Vol. III; Louis Weirter, "The Story of Edinburgh Castle", pub. Harrap & Co., London 1913, leather and gilt. (9)
1914-1946 Military & Police Medal, and related military collectables: named long service special constable medal James Jones, 1939 French medal Croix de Guerre, an Ingersoll souvenir of the European war pocket watch, an aluminium trench art 1946 Africa cigarette case, plus a couple of badges
Robyn Denny, Sir Peter Blake CBE RDI RA & Alexander Hollweg, British 1930-2014, b.1932- & 1936-2020, Untitled; Liberty as a 'Suffolk Child by John Constable R.AA'; Country Dance, all from the portfolio 'For John Constable', 1976; (i) screenprint in colours with collage on paper, signed, numbered '52/100' and dated '76 in pencil, sheet: 63.5 x 102 cm, (ii) etching with collage on wove, signed and numbered 91/100 in pencil, sheet: 65.5 x 50cm, (iii) woodcut printed in colours on wove, signed, dated, titled and numbered 52/100 in pencil, sheet: 56 x 76cm, published by Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, (all unframed) (ARR) (3) (VAT charged on hammer price)
A 19th century English school watercolour sketch, rural village scene with church tower, unsigned within a washline card mount and moulded gilt frame under glass 19cm x 11cm & 37.5cm x 32.5cm, Hand written label verso reading 'Thomas Churchyard (1798-1865) inscribed verso 'this watercolour is from an old album formerly belonging to to Miss L Churchyard of Woodbridge Suffolk, The album contained according to a note at the beginning drawings by Miss Churchyards father T Churchyard and several believed to be by John Constable who was a friend and were neighbours of the family at Beigholt - (this may be one of Constables sketches)'
Lot includes Arnold Constable velvet cream colored hat with fishnet veil; Mr. John Classic black fabric pill box hat; and Arnold Constable black woven hat with veil and velvet banding. Oval hat box included 13.5"L x 9"W x 8"H, largest piece. Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear.
B. S. Johnson Albert Angelo First edition, orignal cloth, very small tears and nibbles to unclipped dj mostly to ends of folds, pp.180, very light spotting to edge of text block, vg, scarce, Constable, London, 1964.A nice copy of the British author's second experimental novel, which features two "textual windows"-- strips cut out of pages 149-152
Andrew Gray The Plough-Wright's Assistant; or, a practical treatise on various implements, First edition, original publishers boards, front board detached, ex libris Courtney Library, xi, pp.220, sixteen fold out engraved plates to rear, toning throughout, some offsetting, good to vg, D. Willison for Archibald Constable, Edinburgh, 1808.
A Group Of Three Prints to include a 19th century print after John Constable ' View on the River Stour, near Dedham, 41 x 48.5cm; a print after Nicolas Poussin, 'The Death of Hippolytus', 26 x 35.5cm; and a 19th century etching by Henry Davy of the South West view of Beccles Church, Suffolk; a plate from 'A Series of Etchings Illustrative of the Architectural Antiquities of Suffolk, 26 x 32.5cm (3)Largest frame size: 49cm x 56cm
Travel and Exploration : Titles to include Grattan Geary : Burma After The Conquest, Viewed In Its Political, Social and Commercial Aspects From Mandalay, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London, 1886, M. J. Wright : Three Years in Cachar With a Short Account of the Manipur Massacre, S.W. Partridge & Co, London, Forepoint Severn : The Blind Road, William Blackwood & Sons Ltd, 1938, Father Sangermano, The Burmese Empire A Hundred Years Ago, Archibald Constable And Company, 1893, Dr. Marks : Forty Years In Burma, Hutchinson & Co, 1917, Pousse Cailloux : His Majesty's Shirt Sleeves, William Blackwood & Sons, 1930, Henry Gouger : Personal Narrative Of Two Years' Imprisonment In Burmah, John Murray, London 1860. (7)
Ephemera, Police, In Memoriam cards, 2 cards to comprise Police Constable Tyler aged 31 years and Ralph Joscelyne aged 10 years who were murdered by two aliens in Tottenham on Jan 23rd 1909 and George Ernest Spooner aged 34 years (River Police Sergeant of the Metropolitan Police Thames Division) who was drowned Jan 10th 1913, together with a newspaper cutting detailing the event (gd)
Medals, Military and Police, 3 medals to comprise 'For Faithful Service in The Special Constabulary' awarded to Claude Gibson, 'For Exemplary Police Service' awarded to Constable Arthur Hatt and 39/45 Defence Medal, all with ribbons. Sold together with an identity bracelet '76845456 RC Sgt. Campbell RASC (gd) (4)
English school (19th century),Three quarter length portrait of a gentleman seated at a desk, quill pen in hand,Oil on panel,Indistinctly signed lower right [I. B___], inscribed verso: 'Mathew Hudson / Constable of Chester Castle / Died 6th Dec 1817 / Aged 66 years / Buried at the [___] Church Chester',21cm x 15.5cm,Framed (at fault)
A rare ‘Benin operations’ group of five awarded to Major N. Burrows, South Wales Borderers, late Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, attached Niger Coast Protectorate, who served as a volunteer in the Benin operations of both 1897 and 1899, being three times Mentioned in Despatches East and West Africa 1887-1900, 2 clasps, Benin 1897, 1899 (Lieut. N. Burrows, Loyal N. Lancs. Regt.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Major N. Burrows, S. Wales Bord.) engraved naming; King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Major N. Burrows, S. Wales Bord.) engraved naming; British War and Victory Medals with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major N. Burrows) minor edge bruising, polished, good very fine, the Benin 1897 clasp extremely rare to British officers (5) £700-£900 --- Norman Burrows was born on 15 October 1868 and was educated at Sedbergh School. Commissioned Second Lieutenant from the Militia in the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment in January 1891, he embarked with the 1st Battalion for India and was promoted Lieutenant in October 1892; he was fortunate to emerge unscathed from the 'Nagpur Railway Disaster' in November 1891, when 11 men from the Battalion were killed. Appointed an Acting Vice-Consul in the Niger Coast Protectorate in February 1895, Burrows undertook administrative and judicial duties over a very large area. He also performed good work in the Benin operations of 1897, when, as a Volunteer in the Niger Coast Protectorate Force, he came to the notice of Rear-Admiral Harry Rawson for reconnaissance work:
‘Captain Burrows, who, with Captain Cockburn, ascertained the nature of the country between Ceri and Ologbo Beach, on both sides of the creek’ (London Gazette 7 May 1897). A fuller account of that valuable work was reported by Lieutenant-Colonel Bruce Hamilton:
‘I take this opportunity of mentioning here the very excellent work done by Messrs. Burrows and Lyon in this district during a most trying and anxious time. They have both acted with great energy and tact in most difficult circumstances. Mr. Burrows has done most useful work in surveying the water approaches to Ikuru and Ologbo. Before I arrived, and a few days after the facts of the expedition were known, he took a few men with him and burnt Ologbo.’ As Rear-Admiral Rawson's force closed the outskirts of Benin in February 1897, Burrows was again cited for his good work by Hamilton:
‘Captain Burrows, who worked the leading Maxim throughout most creditably and was often in positions of considerable danger’ (London Gazette 7 May 1897). Specially promoted to Captain in the South Wales Borderers and given a Brevet Majority, Burrows returned to his administrative and judicial duties, and having been appointed a District Commissioner in 1898, was actively engaged in the Ologbo Sheri operations in 1899, when he was Mentioned in Despatches for a third time, for his 'exceptional zeal' as a column leader, and for undertaking risks which his position did not require him to take (London Gazette 14 September 1900). An illustration of the risks that Burrows undertook may be found in a report he submitted concerning an operation he mounted against an enemy camp near Obuiho on 4 May 1899: ‘Taking 12 men, I myself proceeded in search of one of the enemy's camps, which I found to be close to the town. I surprised the camp, and after having one shot, which wounded a man, reported to Obohun's headman. I rushed in and captured two other men, six guns and a pistol. The remaining three who were in the camp and got away, were afterwards brought in’ Burrows relinquished his position in late 1899, the outbreak of the Boer War necessitating his deployment as a District Commandant. He served in South Africa in that capacity until September 1902, at Queenstown, Burghersdorp, Modder River and Boshof (Queen’s South Africa Medal and 2 clasps; and King's South Africa Medal and 2 clasps). Following a period of leave, he returned to South Africa in 1903, as a Special Commissioner on the Compensation Board. Returning to the U.K., he was attached to the Army Service Corps from 1904 to 1906, before being appointed Adjutant of the 1st (Volunteer) Battalion, Border Regiment, in April 1906. Placed on the Retired List in May 1909, Burrows took up the office of Deputy Governor of H.M. Prison Pentonville. The prison had taken over the role as north London's execution centre on the closure of Newgate in 1902, as well as being a training centre for future executioners. In consequence, in his term of office from May 1909 until the outbreak of the Great War, Burrows would have witnessed the execution of several notorious murderers, all carried out by Chief Executioner John Ellis, among them Dr. Hawley Crippen and Frederick Seddon. Whilst at Pentonville he made an unsuccessful application for the post of Chief Constable of West Sussex. Following the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, Burrows was appointed to the command of the 7th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, in which capacity he served until taking up duty as a Railway Transport Officer, graded as Staff Captain, in May 1915. Advanced to Major in September of the same year, he subsequently served as Assistant Provost Marshal to 62nd Division from March to August 1916, before transferring to the 3rd Battalion, South Wales Borderers. Placed on the Reserve of Officers in July 1919, he was appointed Governor of H.M. Prison Wakefield, and died in October 1922. Sold with various photographic images and a large file of copied research, including medal roll extracts, official correspondence and reports; together with a host of glowing testimonials submitted on his application for the post of Chief Constable of West Sussex in the summer of 1912.
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