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Ɵ CONWAY, William Martin. (1856 - 1937). Four Works: first editions. 1894-1904. comprises: The Alps described by W. Martin Conway. Painted by A.D. McCormick. Adam and Charles Black, 1904. 4to., (280 x 225mm), Limited edition, number 227 of 300 copies, SIGNED by the publishers to limitation page, publisher's cream green ruled decorative cloth, bevelled corners, gilt lettering to front and spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, half title, frontispiece, 69 colour plates after A.D. McCormick, with captioned tissue guards, 249pp: The First Crossing of Spitsbergen. being an account of an Inland Journey of Exploration and Survey . . . London: J.M. Dent & co., 1897. first edition, 4to., (245 x 190mm), publisher's mustard gilt cloth, bevelled edges, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 8 colour plates after H.E. Conway, numerous b/w. photo. illustrations, 2 folding colour maps, 371pp: Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas. T. Fisher Unwin, 1894. first edition, 8vo., (250 x 190mm), publisher's red cloth lettered in black, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, dark green e/ps., half title, 300 illustrations after A.D. McCormick, folding route map, 709pp: The Alps from End to End. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1895. first edition, 8vo. (250 x 180mm), publisher's quarter brown gilt cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, gilt top, frontispiece with tissue guard, title page vignette, 98 plates after drawings by A.D. McCormick, 397pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper: Baron Conway of Allington was one of the great English explorers of the late 19th century. He took part in important expeditions to Karakoram, South America and Spitzbergen. (4)   Condition Report: 1. The Alps described - boards and spine lightly marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, toning throughout and intermittent foxing to some pages. 2. The First Crossing of Spitsbergen - boards lightly marked and creased, bevelled corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, Henry Sotheran Ltd. bookseller's small label to front pastedown, foxing to untrimmed edges and further foxing and toning internally. 3. Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas - boards marked and faded, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, toning to leaf edges, map with neat tape repair to r.h. edge of the first fold, small clean edge tear top top l.h edge and creasing to top r.h corner. 4. The Alps from End to End - boards marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, lower hinge cracked, foxing to leaf edges, further foxing and toning internally. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FRESHFIELD, Douglas. (1845 - 1934). Four Works: first editions, one being a Presentation copy, 1865-1923. comprises: Hannibal Once More. London: Edward Arnold, 1914. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 145mm), publisher's maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine, half-title, b/w. photo. illustrations, 3 folding maps, publisher's catalogue at end, 120pp: Italian Alps. Sketches in the Mountains of Ticino, Lombardy, The Trentino, and Venetia. London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1875. first edition, 8vo., (205 x 145mm), publisher's green decorative cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, dark green e/ps., circular, pictorial label John Murray, Newstead, Wimbledon Park, to front pastedown, half-title, 10 full-page woodcut illustrations including frontispiece, 5 folding maps (all folding), errata tipped-in, advertisement leaf at end, 385pp: Across Country from Thonon to Trent: Rambles and Scrambles in Switzerland and The Tyrol. London: Spottiswoode & Co., 1865. first edition, 8vo., (230 x 150mm), brown cloth, circular decorative blindstamp to lower board, gilt lettering to front and spine, The Alpine Club bookplate to front pastedown, half-title, errata, 135pp: Below the Snowline, Presentation copy, Constable and Company Ltd., 1923. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 155mm) publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, INSCRIBED by the author on verso of front free e/p., 'E.M.R. / from D.W.F. / Xmas 1928', foredge and lower edges untrimmed, 9 maps, 269pp. each volume within removeable clear wrapper: Douglas William Freshfield was a British lawyer, mountaineer and author, particularly noted for his work in the Caucasus He edited the Alpine Journal from 1872 to 1880 and was an active member of the Royal Geographical Society, serving as president of both organizations. Freshfield was the first president of the Geographical Association from 1897-1911, the longest serving President in the history of the Association. (4) Condition Report: 1. Hannibal Once More - boards marked and scuffed, foxing to half title, title page, leaf edges and some further throughout. 2. Italian Alps . . . - clean binding, marginally bumped head/tail, creasing to hinges pp.194-195, pp.206-207, toning and light marks internally o/w. clean text and maps. 3. Across Country from Thonon to Trent . . . - clean boards, spine bumped head/tail, marks to e/ps. some toning to leaf edges, o/w. clean text. 4. Below the Snowline, Presentation copy - light wear to boards, spine bumped head/tail, spotting to leaf edges and occasionally throughout. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ FILIPPI, Filippo de. (1869 - 1938). Karakoram and Western Himalaya,1909. An Account of the Expedition of H.R.H. Prince Luigi Amedeo of Savoy. Duke of the Abruzzi. London: Constable and Company Ltd., 1912. 2 volumes, Text and Atlas, 4to., (270 x 220mm), publisher's uniform quarter vellum, gilt lettering to spines, gilt top, others untrimmed, translated into English by Caroline de Filippi and H.T. Porter, Text: half-title, photogravure frontispiece, 25 photogravure plates, all with printed tissue guards, 5 double-page photographic panoramas, numerous in-text photographic illustrations after photographs by Vittorio Sella (a member of the expedition), 2 coloured photographic plates of geographical specimens, 469pp. Atlas: 18 folding photographic panoramas on 17 sheets after Sella, 3 folding coloured maps, and a booklet with list of plates and index loose, as issued in the portfolio atlas. Filippo de Fillipi was an Italian surgeon, scientist, and mountaineer. He accompanied and recorded the Duke of Abruzzi's 1909 expedition to the western Himalaya and Karakoram mountains, during which a 24,600 foot peak was scaled in the vicinity of K2. In 1913-1914 de Filippi organized and led a large and highly successful scientific expedition to Central Asia: Baltistan, Ladakh and Xinjiang. (2)       Condition Report: some wear to cloth and spines darkened to both volumes. Text: lower untrimmed edges stained, Henry Southeran Ltd. London, bookseller's printed label to front pastedown, toning to tissue guards, e/ps., half-title, and title page, o/w. clean text and plates. Atlas: foxing to inside flap of the portfolio, and to the maps and index label, maps clean and bright, the plates with some toning to margins. Condition Report Disclaimer

THE LIBRARY SHAKSPEARE', illustrated by Sir John Gilbert, George Cruikshank, and R. Dudley, nine volumes published by William Mackenzie, 'BIBBY'S ANNUAL' 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, one bound volume together with 'Randolph Caldecott's Graphic Pictures' Complete Edition, George Routledge & Sons 1898, A SMALL LOT OF COLLECTOR'S BOOKS to include Elleston Trevor - 'Deep Wood', Gerald G. Swan 1945 no dustjacket, William Youatt, 'The Horse', Charles Knight 1849, John Masefield - 'Right Royal', illustrated by Cecil Aldin, William Heinemann 1922, Will H. Ogilvie - 'A Handful of Leather', illustrated by Lionel Edwards, Constable & Company Ltd. 1928, 'Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities', fourth edition, George Routledge 1874, KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES INTEREST BOOKS to include Archive Teaching Unit Folders No. 2 Kingston Children and No. 3 Kingston Market Place, No. 4 Kingston In Maps, a folder of photographs 'Street Scenes of Old Kingston' and another 'Old Views of Surbiton', Anne McCormack - 'Kingston Upon Thames', June Sampson - 'The Story of Kingston' and 'All Change' etc. (12)Condition Report:A few minor marks to covers but generally very good condition

LOVELY ORIGINAL POLICE PHOTOGRAPH OF RIC CONSTABLES, SERGEANTS, HEAD CONSTABLE, DISTRICT INSPECTOR AND ROLLS ROYCE ARMOURED CAR DRIVERS CIRCA 1920

Military interest to include:-Conan-Doyle, Arthur"The British Campaign" 1915, 1916, 1917 and 2 vols for 1918, blue cloth with gilt titles, folding plates, maps, etc Churchill, Winston"Thoughts and Adventures", Thornton Butterworth Limited 1932, photgraphic frontis portrait, cloth, backstrip separating and the whole faded"The Yeomanry Cavalry of Gloucestershire and Monmouth", The Westley's Library, The Promenade, Cheltenham 1898, frontis with tissue guard, speckled edges, tissue guard to photographic plates, blue cloth and gilt titles Synge, Captain W A T "The Story of the Green Howards 1939-1949", published The Green Howards, Richmond, Yorkshire 1952, ex-Cheltenham College library, bkplDecle, Lionel"Trooper 3809 a Private Soldier of Third Republic", William Heinemann 1899, red cloth, bkplWilliams, Eric "The Escapers", inscription on ffep, Eyre & Spottiswoode 1953Von Schlicht, Baron"Life in a German Crack Regiment", inscription, Fisher Unwin 1914, limp coversWavell, Col A P "The Palestine Campaigns", Constable & Co 1928, some foxing and annotations, red cloth (1 box) 

Michael Constable (20th century)Oil on canvas"Queen's View", signed lower right, 46cm x 61cm 

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE BOOKS - various titles formally owned by her goddaughter Ruth Florence Verney, titles include 'Florence Nightingale 1820 - 1856', I B O'Malley a study of her life down to the end of the Crimean War, Thornton Butterworth Ltd London written ownership detail Christmas 1931, 'The Life of Florence Nightingale' Sara Tooley, S H Bousfield & Co Ltd London 1904, tipped in letter to the interior addressed to Sir Edmund Verney dated November 2 1904 from the author, 'Florence Nightingale' by Cecil Woodham Smith, second printings, two copies with illustrations, Constable London September 1950, one having a photograph to the interior and written detail for Florence Nightingale taken at Claydon House about 1894, the other having tatty dust jacket, 'The Life of Florence Nightingale' E T Cook volumes 1 and 2 1820-1861, 1862-1910, volume 1 inscribed to the plain leaf 'To Florence Nightingale's godchild Ruth Florence Verney 1913', MacMillan & Co Ltd London, the second inscribed 'Ruth Florence Verney Plas Rhoscolyn', 'Florence Nightingale' by Elspeth Huxley, Weidenfald & Nicolson London 1975, 'Is that lamp going out' by the author of 'Where's Master', Hodder & Stoughton 1910, 'The History of Nursing in the British Empire', Sara Tooley with 57 illustrations, S, S H Bousfield & Co Ltd London 1906, 'Hospital Sketches' Louisa M Alcott author of Little Women, with illustrations, Little, Brown & Company Boston 1898, 'Florence Nightingale at Harley Street, Her Reports to the Governors of Her Nursing Home 1853-4' by Sir Harry Verney, J M Dent & Sons Ltd London First Edition 1970 and a booklet by the same author, some personal reminiscences about Florence Nightingale given at the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital Aylesbury on Wednesday 4th October 1967 along with a letter to the interior dated 15th August 1960, typed explaining how the BBC had become interested in Florence Nightingale and the line 'F N used to object to 'The Buz Fuz' about my name' and she would have hated it but what a great woman she was

A box of thirteen collectors plates. To include twelve Coalport John Constable landscape plates, together with a Danbury Mint 'Bears at the Beach' by Angela Mills. Condition good. No chips or cracks.

A collection of six art books containing colour prints to include Van Gogh, Renoir and Constable.

GARSTANG, JOHN. 'The Burial Customs of Ancient Egypt: As Illustrated by Tombs of the Middle Kingdom being A Report of Excavations made in the Necropolis of Beni Hassan during 1902-3-4.' Plates and illustrations complete, original cloth, gilt, Archibald Constable, 1907, endpapers foxed but contents in good condition, slight bumping to corners else vg binding. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

Star Wars, Hasbro - Seven boxed Hasbro Star Wars 'The Black Series' 6" action figures. Lot includes #09 Constable Zuvio' (x4); #22 'Sergeant Jyn Erso (Jedha)'; #39 'Lando Calrissian'; #16 'Flametrooper'. The figures appear to be Mint condition in boxes ranging from Fair - mainly Good with storage wear and imperfections. Some figures in sealed boxes. Figures originally purchased by Vendor for use in construction of diorama. (This does not constitute a guarantee)

ROBERT I ('THE BRUCE')Letters Patent in his name as King of Scotland, granting lands at 'Uthirtyre' [Auchtertyre] in the sheriffdom of Forfar to his supporter in the Wars of Independence Sir William Oliphant, in return for the feudal service of three archers in the King's army, in Latin, witnessed by William de Lamberton, Bishop of St Andrews; Bernard of Kilwinning, Abbot of Arbroath; Duncan, Earl of Fife; Maol Iosa, Earl of Strathearn; Walter Stewart, High Steward of Scotland (Robert the Bruce's son-in-law and father of Robert II, the first Stewart monarch) and Sir Gilbert de la Haye, Lord High Constable, with flourished ascenders on the first line, bearing indistinct fragment of the Great Seal attached by original vellum tag with docket 'King Robert/ 20 year of his reigne', address panel on verso, one sheet of vellum, some dust staining and other marks, oblong folio (137 x 330mm.), seal 45 x 80mm., Scone, 20 March [1326]Footnotes:ROBERT THE BRUCE REWARDS HIS LOYAL SUPPORTER: An important document granting land at Achtertyre in Forfarshire to Sir William Oliphant for his services in the wars of independence.Sir William Oliphant of Dupplin and Aberdalgie (d.1329), was a veteran of the Battle of Dunbar of 1296 and the siege of Stirling Castle of 1304 where his cousin (of the same name, d.1313) was governor, and was imprisoned by the English on both occasions before finally returning to Scotland in 1313. After swearing allegiance to Robert the Bruce, possibly after the battle of Bannockburn, he was to receive '...a number of grants of land throughout the reign and put his seal (three crescents) to the declaration of Arbroath of 1320. In the final years of the reign he also performed the office of escheator...' (Fiona Watson, ODNB). In fact Oliphant and three of the witnesses to this document, Walter Stewart and the Earls of Strathearn and Fife, had put seals to the Declaration, a letter sent in April 1320 by fifty-one Scottish nobles and magnates to Pope John XXII in Avignon, declaring Scotland's status as an independent sovereign state and defending her right to defend herself when attacked. It asserted that Scotland had always been independent, that Edward I had unjustly attacked Scotland and committed atrocities, and that Robert the Bruce had been the one to deliver the nation from this peril. The lands awarded to Oliphant by Robert I, together with those acquired by inheritance and advantageous marriage alliances meant that the family held substantial swathes of property across Perthshire and Forfarshare and estates in Fife, Kincardineshire and Midlothian which, in later years, were used as an endowment for different branches of descendants.The document is dated the '20 year of his reigne' from the year 1306 when Robert the Bruce was crowned at Scone. Years of struggle ensued after his coronation, culminating in Scottish victory at the battle of Bannockburn in June 1314 and the treaty of Edinburgh of March 1328 by which the government of the young Edward III, under his mother Isabella and her lover Roger Mortimer, granted Scotland unqualified recognition as a sovereign nation. This document is well-known to scholars but its whereabouts was, for nearly a century, unknown. It originally formed part of a group of seven writs (including one other in the name of Robert I dated 26 December 1317 granting lands at Newtyle and Kinurney to Oliphant in return for the services of one knight), passing to Sir George Mackenzie of Rosehaugh (1636/8-1681), Lord Advocate, in 1682 from David Hallyburton of Pitcur, and thence by descent, as part of the so-called Mackenzie-Wharncliffe Charter-Chest at Belmont Castle in Perthshire, to Edward Montagu-Stuart-Wortley-Mackenzie, 3rd Baron & 1st Earl of Wharncliffe (1827-1899). The records from Belmont Castle were sold by Sotheby's, 9 June 1920.It was first published in the Fifth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts of 1876 and the Latin text was included in Joseph Anderson's, The Oliphants in Scotland (Edinburgh, 1876, appendix 2) where it was noted that 'the service of three archers was commuted by King David II into a reddendum of 'three broad arrows' [on the feast of St Martin yearly at Ochtertyre] in 1364'. He also points out that on 8 March 1326, a few days before the date of our document, Oliphant had been present at the Parliament held at Holyrood. It was then printed in English and illustrated by J.W. Barty, Ancient Deeds and other Writs in the Mackenzie-Wharncliffe Charter-Chest (Edinburgh, 1906, appendix III, 131 and plate III) who commented that the writs were 'of exceptional interest and bear evidence to the fact that the lands of Newtyle, Kinpurney and Auchtertyre, and Balcraig had been the personal property of the great national hero, Robert the Bruce'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Police - A Blackpool 9ct Gold Special Constabulary 1914-18 Medal 'For Services Rendered' Weight 7gms. Together with box. Named: Constable 304 J.A.Waller Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

Scotland Police - Forfarshire Constabulary. An unusual George IV "Forfarshire Constable no.157" metal warrant badge (diameter 1 1/2"). The wearer wore the badge on a chain or cord around their neck. In excellent condition in view of its age - circa 1825. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £19.56 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

South Africa Police Medal Pair. Comprises a silver South Africa Police Good Service Medal 3rd type 1951-61 and a silver Africa Service Medal awarded to "6563 (F) Constable FCJ Volker". Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £15.04 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

Rochdale County Borough Police Long and Faithful Service Medal. Inscribed Awarded by Watch Committee to "Constable 53 Robinson". Awarded for 20 years service. Condition: please request a condition report if you require additional information regarding the condition of this lot Postage: £15.04 Please note that the postage quote is an estimate of the amount that we would charge to send the item to a buyer in the UK. If you are outside of the UK, or there is no estimate shown here, please contact postage@davidlay.co.uk for a bespoke quote.

A group of four Second World War period medals, comprising 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, War Medal and Africa Service Medal to '317318 K.C.Price', with copied paperwork, an Africa Service Medal to '11964 (Sap) J.J.Bornman' and a South African Police Medal for Faithful Service to '11964 (F) Constable J.J.Bornman', mounted, a 1939-45 Defence Medal to 'QX7199 W.Norman' and a 1939-45 Australia Service Medal to 'QX7199 W.Norman', with copied service details, a 1939-45 War Medal, a Canadian Service Medal, named 'Cpl G.A.Hatchard', and a Canadian Voluntary Services Medal for the 1939-45 War, with box.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

Bernard Shaw, Androcles and the Lion, A fable Play, Constable and Company Ltd., 1924, together with Misalliance, The Dark Lady of the Sonnets and Fanny's First Play, With a Treatise on Parents and Children, Constable and Company Ltd. 1925, The Doctor's Dilemma, Getting Married & The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet, Constable and Company Ltd. 1913, and Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant, Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd. 1906, Back to Methuselah, Constable and Company 1921, some with hand cut paper, and The Irrational Knot, Constable and Company Ltd., Popular Edition 1924 and others (14)

Family group: Four: Private R. H. Howell, 1st Battalion, South African Police, Union Defence Force, who was taken prisoner of war during the attempted break out from Tobruk in June 1942, and was present on the forced ‘Long March’ across Germany, January - April 1945 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, all officially impressed (SAP198137 R. H. Howell) generally very fine One: Attributed to Edith I. Howell, née Bentley South African Medal for War Service, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue, with The Priory in South Africa, St. John Ambulance War Work lapel badge, and St. John Ambulance Association re-examination cross, gilt-metal (SA 602), mint state (5) £80-£120 --- Ronald Herbert Howell was born in Kimberley, Cape Province South Africa in March 1920. He was employed as a Constable in the South African Police, Transvaal Division, and was mobilised to serve with the 1st Battalion, South African Police, which disembarked in Egypt in June 1941. Howell was with the Battalion when it attempted to break out of the Axis cordon surrounding Tobruk, 21 June 1942, ultimately leading to the Garrison’s mass surrender on that date. He was taken prisoner of war by the Italians, and was interned at Campo 110 (Sardinia). Whilst interned at the latter he contracted Malaria. Howell was subsequently transferred to Germany and interned at Stalag 9C (Mulhausen), where he was detached to form part of a Work Party in sugar and seed factories. Howell then took part in the forced ‘Long March’ across Germany January - April 1945. Howell was eventually discharged repatriated, and returned to service with the Police in Pinetown, Natal South Africa after the war. He purchased his discharge in March 1952. Sold with the following documents relating to Mr R. H. Howell and Mrs E. I. Howell: Enclosure slip for campaign medals, with O.H.M.S. envelope addressed to recipient; Certificate of issue for South African Medal for War Service, named to ‘Edith Ianthe Bentley’, and dated 3 March 1946; and O.H.M.S. envelope addressed to recipient ‘c/o Const. R. H. Howell, S.A.P., Pinetown, Natal.’ Sold with extensive copied research.

A Second War B.E.M. awarded to Mr. G. Robertson British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (George Robertson), nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- Two men with the name George Robertson were awarded the British Empire Medal during the period 1937-49 (the period covered by this issue of the medal): B.E.M. London Gazette 21 February 1941: George Robertson, Police Constable, Metropolitan Police: P.C. Robertson was driving a Police van with War Reserve Police Constable Thomas Brakespear Rippon as passenger, when a number of high explosive bombs fell nearby. Two exploded very close to the van which was considerably damaged and covered with debris. The officers were much shaken but not actually injured. Another constable arrived and reported that nearby premises had been demolished and that he believed people were trapped. All three officers at once went to the incident where they found a house completely wrecked except for a portion of the roof which was suspended at an angle of about 60 degrees from the party wall and in a very precarious condition. Voices were heard coming from the debris and the three officers, working together, succeeded in enlarging a small hole sufficiently to allow P.C. Robertson to enter the room in which the people were trapped. The atmosphere was very foul as there was a strong escape of gas mingling with the dust caused by the explosion. P.C. Robertson found five persons in the room, four of whom were under beds, surrounded and heaped up with debris, and one entangled in the bed springs. P.C. Rippon then crawled in and helped Robertson to release the trapped people. The roof collapsed after the rescue work had been completed. Both these men have on previous occasions exhibited coolness and presence of mind under dangerous conditions and have been an excellent example to fellow officers.’ B.E.M. London Gazette 15 June 1945: George Robertson, Resident Fireman, Tyne Improvement Commission.

Three: British Constable R. A. Sizeland, Palestine Police, later Metropolitan Police Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (913 B/Const. R. A. Sizeland. Pal. Police.); together with the recipient’s Royal Masonic Hospital Jewel 1930, silver, the reverse engraved ‘Bro. R. A. Sizeland No. 4611’, light contact marks, very fine (4) £80-£120 --- Richard Alfred Sizeland was born in King’s Lynn, Norfolk, on 9 October 1913, and was employed during the 1930s as a Footman for a number of employers including Sir Oswald Mosley, Bt., the then Labour M.P., and later leader of the British Union of Fascists (on his application form to join the Metropolitan Police, Sizeland gives his reason for leaving Mosley’s employ as ‘Place unsuitable’). He joined the Metropolitan Police in September 1939, and from May 1940 served in 109 Provost Company, Corps of Military Police, Home Forces. He attested for the Palestine Police on 7 August 1942, and served in Palestine from 24 November 1942, before being discharged on 2 November 1946. He subsequently re-joined the Metropolitan Police. Sold with a large quantity of copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.

Three: British Constable E. G. B. Please, Palestine Police General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine, Palestine 1945-48 (1578 B/Const. E. G. B. Pleace. Pal. Police.) middle initials and surname officially corrected; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with six silver prize medals from the period 1931-36, all hallmarked, and five named ‘E. Pleace’; and three Rotary International jewels, good very fine (3) £100-£140 --- Edward George Bertram Pleace was born in Tulse Hill, London, on 14 June 1907, and attested for the Royal Artillery (Territorial Army) in 1924, serving in Egypt. He joined the Palestine Police in 1933, and served for 15 years in the Force - a keen sportsman, he distinguished himself at rugby and football, and was several times selected to play for the Force XV. Retiring to the West Country, he served as a Ministry of Transport driving instructor, and later opened his own school of motoring in Pershore. A Founder Member and sometime President of the Pershore Rotary Club, he did in 1976. Sold together with the recipient’s Ministry of Transport Approved Diving Instructor’s Licence, with a photograph of the recipient; and copied research.

A South African Police Star for Merit group of seven awarded to 2nd Class Sergeant J. A. Nieman, 1st Battalion, South African Police, Union Defence Force, who was taken prisoner of war during the attempted break out from Tobruk in June 1942 South African Police Star for Merit (Sers. J. A. Nieman 16074 7.2.64); South African Police Star for Faithful Service (16071 Sers J. A. Nieman); South African Police Good Service Medal (16071(V) 2/Serst. Nieman, J. A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, last four officially impressed (SAP196109 J. A. Nieman) mounted for display, generally very fine (7) £200-£300 --- Johannes Adam Nieman was born in Theunissen, Orange Free State, South Africa in November 1910. He was employed as a Constable in the South African Police in Johannesburg, and was mobilised to serve with the 1st Battalion, South African Police, which disembarked in Egypt in June 1941. Nieman was with the Battalion when it attempted to break out of the Axis cordon surrounding Tobruk, 21 June 1942, ultimately leading to the Garrison’s mass surrender on that date. He was taken prisoner of war by the Italians, and was initially interned in North Africa. Nieman was subsequently interned at Campo 82 (Laterina), and then Campo 120 (Fattoria Biancheto) where he was detached to form part of a Work Party in a tobacco factory. Nieman was subsequently transferred to Germany and interned at Stalag 4B (Muhlberg). He then went to Stalag 4F (Hartmansdorf Chemnitz), where he was detached to form part of a Work Party in a brick works. Nieman was repatriated in May 1945, and returned to service with the Police in Johannesburg after the war. He advanced to 2nd Class Sergeant in November 1947, and retired to Pension in November 1965. Sold with extensive copied research.

Hartlepool Special Constabulary Medal 1914-1918, silver, the obverse featuring the crest of Hartlepool, the reverse inscribed ‘Borough of Hartlepool Special Constable, Bombardment 1914, Air Raids 1915-18, Zeppelin Destroyed 1916’, unnamed as issued, with original claw and straight bar suspension, edge bruising, very fine, scarce £240-£280 --- Approximately 116 of these medals were issued to members of the Hartlepool Special Constabulary for their services during the Great War.

A South African Police Good Service Medal group of five awarded to Private D. P. J. Mulder, 2nd Battalion, South African Police, Union Defence Force, who was taken prisoner of war during the attempted break out from Tobruk in June 1942, and was present on the forced ‘Long March’ across Germany, January - April 1945 South African Police Good Service Medal (18949(V) Konst. D. P. J. Mulder 20.1.57) suspension slack; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; War Medal 1939-45; Africa Service Medal, last four officially impressed (SAP196639 D. P. J. Mulder) generally very fine, unless otherwise stated (5) £80-£100 --- Dirk Petrus Johannes Mulder was born in South Africa in August 1912. He was employed as a Constable in the South African Police in Krugersdorp, and was mobilised to serve with the 2nd Battalion, South African Police, which disembarked in Egypt in June 1941. Mulder was with the Battalion when it attempted to break out of the Axis cordon surrounding Tobruk, 21 June 1942, ultimately leading to the Garrison’s mass surrender on that date. He was taken prisoner of war by the Italians, and was interned at Campo 85 (Tuturano). Mulder was subsequently transferred to Germany and interned at Stalag 344 (Lamsdorf). He then took part in the forced ‘Long March’ across Germany January - April 1945. The severe weather, malnutrition and exposure led to high casualties amongst the POWs - Mulder spent several months recuperating in hospital after he returned to Allied lines. He was eventually discharged from the Union Defence Force in August 1946, and returned to service with the Police in South Africa after the war. Sold with extensive copied research.

Five: British Constable G. Stewart, Palestine Police, late Royal Artillery 1939-45 Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1945-48 (1431 B/Const G Stewart Pal Police) the GSM a somewhat later issue, traces of adhesive to reverse, about extremely fine (5) £80-£120 --- George Stewart was born in Bedfordshire on 24 May 1920 and attested for the Royal Artillery on 12 September 1940. He served during the Second World War in India and Burma from 12 February 1942 to the end of the War, and was discharged on 28 October 1946. He joined the Palestine Police in January 1947, and served with them in Palestine from 10 February 1947. He died in Bournemouth on 28 December 1988. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.

A collection of JOHN BUCHAN books, published Thomas Nelson & Son Limited, various dates circa 1935/6, together with a collection of five DAMON RUNYON books, published Constable, various dates circa 1940, with red calf leather covers

An assortment of early to mid-20th century booklets, pamphlets and ephemera to include a selection of The Railway Gazette from the late 1930s and early 1940s, various copies of Meccano Magazine, a selection of The Countryman, with paper green covers, mostly mid-1950s, a selection of The Illustrated Carpenter and Builder, four early editions of The Country Home, volume I, no 5, 1908, volume I, no 6, volume II, no 12 and volume III, no 13, printed by Archibald Constable & Co, a selection of Russian interest ephemera, copies of Mad Magazine, etc.

A Police Faithful Service medal awarded to Julius Alexander, with a WWI Special Constable Police truncheon with gilt royal cypher and dated 1914-1919, length 38.5cm (2).Additional InformationThe truncheon with some loss to the gilt detailing on the royal crest and with other general scuffs and marks.

λ John Piper (British 1903-1992)Garn Fechan from Garn Fawr, Summer Evening Oil on boardSigned titled and dated 1985 (to label verso)15 x 20.5cm (5¾ x 8 in.)Provenance:John Constable (acquired directly from the artist)Harry Moore-Gywn Fine Art, LondonPrivate Collection, UKExhibited: The Welsh Arts Council, John Piper in Wales, 1990, variously: Newtown, Welshpool, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno and National Gallery of WalesCondition Report: Under glass, unexamined out of glazed frame. The edges of the board are slightly irregular. Otherwise in good condition. Inspection under UV reveals no evidence of retouching or repair. Condition Report Disclaimer

After John Constable : The Hay Wain, colour print, 90 x 59 cm

A Metropolitan Police wooden truncheon, possibly Senior or Special Constable, stamped SC2002, 40cm, complete with leather hanger

Field Marshal The Right Hon Archibald Percival Wavell GCB. GCSI. GCIE. CMG. MC. KStJ. PC, (1883-1950) his full title being Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell (of Eritrea and of Winchester), Viscount Wavell of Cyrenaica and of Winchester, Viscount Keren of Eritrea and of Winchester, a signed United Service Club, Pall Mall, S.W.1, headed sheet of paper, graduating from Sandhurst - Wavell was Commissioned into the British Army in 1901 as Second Lieutenant in the Black Watch, joining the 2nd Battalion in South Africa to fight in the Second Boer War, then fighting through WWI and WWII rising through many ranks. Passing away in 1950 from an abdominal surgery relapse, his body was laid in state at the Tover of London (where he was Constable), with a military funeral along the Thames, first since Horatio Nelson in 1806, later being laid to rest in the mediaeval Cloister at Winchester College

Field Marshal The Right Hon Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke. KG. GCB. OM. GCVO. DSO and Bar, (1883-1963) signed letter head from Cairnton, Banchory, Scotland, signed in ink, dated 11-5-46 - Alanbrooke, Viscount of Brookeborough, was a Senior Officer of the British Army, he was Chief of the Imperial General Staff during WWII, and later promoted to Field Marhal in 1944, as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee, he was the foremost military advisor to Winston Churchill, and also undertook the role of co-ordinator of the British military efforts in the Allies Victory in 1945, after retiring from the Army he served as Lord High Constable of England during the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953

A WWII British Special Constable Police Brodie helmet, dated 1938, also stamped AK, complete with liner and chin strap, together with a Special Constabulary Faithful Service medal for Sergeant H Avery (2)

MIXED LOT COMPRISING F W CLARK, FIGURE OUTSIDE BARNS, OIL ON BOARD, TOGETHER WITH A FRAMED PRINT AFTER CONSTABLE, AND A FRAMED QUARTZ WALL CLOCK (3)

An antique hardwood police truncheon, inscribed in gilt 'Berks Special Constable', 38cm long. 

Lieutenant Thomas Yates (British, died 1796)The East Indiaman London in several positions off Dover oil on canvas80.5 x 126.5cm (31 11/16 x 49 13/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceAnon. sale, Christie's, London, 22 June 1979, lot 3.With The Parker Gallery, London.Private collection, UK.LiteratureE. H. H. Archibald, The Dictionary of Sea Painters of Europe and America, Suffolk, 2000, illustrated p.356, pl.291.Thomas Yates would make the rank of Lieutenant in 1882, at which point he left the navy to pursue a career as a painter. Several of his works were exhibited in London, including at the Royal Academy.Upon the death of his uncle - noted London comic actor Richard Yates (1706-1796) - Lieutenant Thomas Yates, as his closest relative, would stake claim to his uncle's wealth. A disagreement ensued between Yates and his late uncle's housekeeper, Elizabeth Jones, as to whom was the rightful heir to his property. In a bizarre turn of events, having been locked out of his uncle's house by two men hired by Jones, he was shot and killed trying to climb in through a window. It is claimed that he was shot having been confused for a burglar, however, whilst this was happening Yates's wife was on her way back to the house with a police constable sent for by her husband as he believed that these men were a threat to him. The case caused a great stir in Georgian London, with one of the men being found guilty of manslaughter and Jones being granted the estate.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

The Book Of The Home An Encyclopaedia of all Matters relating to the Home and Household Management with coloured plates and other illustrations, edited H.C. Davidson published Gresham 1905, in 4 volumes bound in decorative Art Nouveau cloth with gilt titles, Home Arts & Crafts edited Montague Marks 1903 illustrated, The Country Home vols. 1-3 published Constable 1908-9 in publisher's illustrated cloth bindings (8)

[Simond, Louis]. Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain, during the years 1810 and 1811, by a French Traveller, 2 volumes, Edinburgh: Archibald Constable & Co., 1815, half-titles, 21 sepia aquatint plates including frontispieces, few engraved illustrations, two folding tables, light toning, front endpaper & half-title of volume 2 slightly damp stained to margins, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, upper joints of each neatly repaired, 8vo, together with: Gilpin (William), Observations on several parts of the counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk, and Essex. Also on several parts of North Wales; relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, in two tours, the former made in the year 1769. The latter in the year 1773, London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1809, 20 sepia aquatint plates, bound with ibid., Observations on the River Wye, and several parts of South Wales, & c. relative chiefly to picturesque beauty: made in the summer of the year 1770, 5th edition, London: T. Cadell Junior and W. Davies, 1800, 17 sepia aquatint plates, contemporary tree calf, rebacked preserving original gilt-decorated spine, upper joint split at head, 8voQty: (3)

Nansen (Fridtjof). Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897, 4 folding colour maps, colour and monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, original cloth gilt, a couple of corners bumped, spine ends a little rubbed, 8voQty: (2)

Nansen (Fridtjof). Farthest North. Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship Fram 1893-96, 2 volumes, 1st English edition, London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897, colour and monochrome illustrations, one folding colour map only (of 4), some light spotting, volume 2 lacking free endpapers, original cloth gilt, labels removed from upper boards, 8vo, together with: Wallace (D. Mackenzie), Russia, 2 volumes, 4th edition, London, Paris & New York: Cassell Petter & Galpin, 1877, two folding maps (one strengthened to folds), ink stamps to front endpapers, original cloth, rebacked, preserving original spines, rubbed, 8vo, Price (Julius M.), The Land of Gold, the narrative of a journey through the West Australian Goldfields in the Autumn of 1895, 2nd edition, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., 1896, portrait frontispiece and monochrome plates & illustrations, folding map at rear, publisher's ink stamp to title, hinges split, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, plus other travel, including Russia related etc.Qty: (a carton)

Cookery. A large collection of modern cookery reference, including The Young Woman's Companion or Female Instructer being a Guide to all the Accomplishments which Adorn the Female Character, Halifax: Nicholson & Co., circa 1830, 8vo, Thd Cook's Oracle;...6th edition, London: A. Constable & Co., 1823, 8vo, many original cloth some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves )

The Ancestor. The Ancestor, A Quarterly Review of County and Family History, Heraldry and Antiquities, numbers 1-12, London: Archibald Constable & Co., April 1902-January 1905, numerous monochrome illustrations, black & white advertisements to the front & rear, bookplates to the front pastedowns, some spotting & light toning, publishers original uniform red boards, spines faded with some loss to head & foot, paper spine labels rubbed, 8vo, together with: Briggs (Martin S.), Muhammadan Architecture in Egypt and Palestine, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1924, 252 monochrome illustrations, University of Liverpool bookplate to the front pastedown, ex-library copy with associated marks, blind stamp to the foot of the title page, some light toning, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine slightly rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo Canziani (Estella), Costumes Traditions and Songs of Savoy, 1st edition, London: Chatto & Windus, 1911, 50 tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards, 'presentation copy' blind stamp to the head of the title page, later endpapers, some light marginal toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards & spine slightly rubbed, large 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th-century history reference, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves )

Holman Hunt (W.). Pre-Raphaelitism and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Macmillan and Co., 1905, numerous monochrome illustrations, contemporary inscription to the front endpaper, top edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, 8vo, together with: Browning (Elizabeth Barrett), A Selection From the Poetry of..., London: Chapman and Hall, 1866, monochrome portrait frontispiece, some light toning, publishers original gilt decorated plum cloth, boards & spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo Abel Heywood and Son. Anglers' Evenings. Papers by members of the Manchester Anglers' Association, 3rd series, Manchester, 1894, monochrome frontispiece & title page, contemporary inscription to Major General Lord Methuen from C. P. Roberts to the front endpaper, some minor spotting, publishers original gilt decorated purple cloth, boards slightly dented & marked, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th-century literature & reference, including The Works of George Meredith, 27 volumes, Memorial Edition, London: Constable and Company, 1909, all original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo, mostly original cloth, some gilt decorated, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves )NOTESFrom the Methuen Library, Corsham Court.

through the Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland Islands and Mainland of Scotland. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1813. 2 volumes in 1, 4to, 4 maps and plans (2 folding), 9 engraved plates, contemporary calf, red morocco label, etching in text at p.243 vol. 1 and p.279 vol. 2, somewhat spotted, slight offsetting to title, rubbed, upper cover detached

A Victorian Special Constable Police truncheon with painted gilt and red 'VR', 'Special Constable' in cartouche on blue ground, length 43cm. CONDITION REPORT Some wear to decoration especially to tip

Manner of John Constable [19th Century]-An extensive heathland scene,:- cattle and figures in the foreground, pond and cottage beyond, possibly Hampsteadoil on canvas, 63 x 76cm. *Notes A label to the reverse attributes the painting to 'J Constable. Hampstead', Collection of Colonel Raleigh Chichester Constable.

MIXED LOT COMPRISING COPPER BED WARMING PAN, PRINT AFTER CONSTABLE AND A FURTHER OLEOGRAPH PRINT OF A LOCH SCENE (3)

An unframed oil on canvas depicting an unusual swing bridge with figures; and a coloured print after Constable

Two 19th century Scottish provincial Dundee silver dessert spoons, (William Kermath and Alexander Cameron), a toddy ladle, Alex Cameron and seven similar teaspoons, ( William Constable, William Scott, Alex Cameron, David Manson, W.L & I.S. Edward Livingstone), longest 17.7cm, 5oz.

A Watercolour depicting a country scene. Painting size 14.5 x 19.5cms Mount inscribed J. Constable R.A.

A George V Silver Rectangular Dressing Table Tray, by J. & R. Griffin, Chester 1919, of shaped outline engraved with leaf scroll ornament to centre, 12.25ins x 8.75ins, weight 10ozs, and a George VI silver mounted and glass claret jug, Birmingham 1943, with oval fluted body and stopper for same, 8.75ins overall Provenance: Arthur Charles West OBE, KPM, Chief Constable of Portsmouth from 1st August 1940-6th July 1958 and Chief Constable of the British Transport Commission from 6th July 1958-31st August 1963

Three framed works by John Constable Reeve, oils on boards of heavy horses in harness, 24cm x 17cm and 39cm x 29cm

A John Constable Reeve signed oil on board of heavy horses ploughing, 59cm x 40cm

John Constable Reeve signed oil on board "The Blue Wagon", together with a rural scene of heavy horses and a hay cart, both 49cm x 39cm

A large mixed collection of various 20th Century and contemporary art promotional advertising Exhibition posters of varying sizes, artists and venues. Many posters being laminated to include Hockney Tate Britain, Edvard Munch Scottish National Gallery, Stratos Saint-Clar-Galerie, Constable Scottish National Gallery, Visions Of Modernity, Van Gogh and many more. Varying sizes.

COLLECTION OF TWENTY FIVE CABINET PLATES,predominantly Royal DOulton, including Constable Country and Journey through the Villages

George Bernard Shaw: 'Saint Joan A Chronicle and The Apple Cart A Political Extravaganza', London, Constable, 1938 reprint, signed & inscribed to half title, "Inscribed to Hugh Westoby G. Bernard Shaw 2nd Feb. 1940", small contemporary relevant cutting attached to title page, original cloth gilt, dust wrapper (slightly worn/toned, neat internal tape repair, remnants of small external tape repair), plus W. Somerset Maugham: 'Liza of Lambeth', London, Heinemann, 1947, "Jubilee Edition", signed by author and numbered (228/1000), original quarter vellum, dust wrapper (2)