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A Great War pair of medals to a recipient who served in the Kent Royal Garrison Artillery (TF). British War and Victory Medals, “358406 BMBR. C.D. CONSTABLE R.A.”, with Royal Artillery cap badge, R.G.A. shoulder titles, T/RGA/KENT, an identity bracelet formed from a coin with one side erased and engraved with the details “C. CONSTABLE 358406, C.E., R.G.A., BAGHDAD 1917”. An Edward VIII coronation medallion (May 12 1937) and a George VI Coronation medallion (1937) and a brass nameplate impressed ‘1638636 E.F. MOORCROFT’. Christy Constable was only entitled to a pair of medals for his service during the Great War and these are confirmed on the medal roll for the Kent R.G.A.(T.F.).

WW2 British Special Constable Police Home Front Helmet: Steel helmet with blue paint finish with S.C. POLICE to front, complete with liner and chin strap.

Novels. (Scott, Sir Walter). Novels and Tales. Edinburgh. Archibald Constable & Co. 1819. 12 vols. Full calf, spine labels; with other C19 and earlier works of fiction. Some damp staining, some boards detached. WAF (c.50) 2 boxes

A Limited Edition 119 of 215 Fife Book titled Limekilns & Passagium Reginae. Dated 1929. For private circulation; printed by T. and A. Constable Ltd. Edinburgh.

A BOER WAR AND POLICE PAIR TO A FAMOUS DETECTIVE AND CASUALTY AT MODDER RIVER. A pair comprising Queen's South Africa Medal with Modder River clasp named to 2976 Pte W. McLean A & S Highrs and a Scottish Police medal for King Edward VII's visit to Scotland 1903. William McLean was born at Dunscore on the 26th June 1870. In 1888 he joined the army and served in India for five years. He was moved to the Reserve and joined the Glasgow City Police in 1896 aged 25 years as a probationary constable. In October 1899 he was recalled to the colours and sent to South Africa with the 1st Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders participating in the Battle of Modder river where he was wounded. On recovery he returned to the Police becoming a Detective Constable then Detective Sergeant and Inspector. An account of his time in the Police appeared in The People's Journal on the 11th September 1926. 'Probing the Mysteries of Crimes in Glasgow, Famous Detective Inspector Describes His Biggest Cases'. The tales that were included are just as as exciting and dramatic as the readers of the The People's Journal will have wished. Mounted for display with copied research. *CR Good condition.

A PAIR OF MEDALS TO POLICE CONSTABLE KATHLEEN MATHIAS OF DYFED POWYS POLICE. A pair comprising Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal 2002 and Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal Const Kathleen N. Mathias. Mounted with a Neyland Town Council Golden Jubilee medal and Powys police enamel badge. Mounted for display with copied research. *CR Neyland medal with glue to the reverse. Otherwise good condition.

A FIRST WORLD WAR GROUP OF THREE TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN HEAVY ARTILLERY. A group of three comprising War Medal named to Cpl J.L. McNamara S.A.H.A., South Africa issue Victory Medal similarly named and South African Police service Faithful Service Medal named to 1/Constable J.L. Mc Namara. mounted for display with copied research. *CR Good condition.

Patrick Caulfield CBE RA, British 1936-2005,Vase with Flowers, for John Constable,1976;three colour screenprint on wove, signed in pencil and numbered 10/100, printed by Advanced Graphics, London,  sheet: 101.5 x 76.5 cm,  (framed)   

Peter Kennard, British b.1949-No Nuclear Weapons, 1980;offset lithograph in colours on paper, a photo montage by Peter Kennard after John Constable, signed in black pen, sheet: 42 x 58 cm, (unframed) (ARR) 

* Blackpool Special Constabulary. A WWI 9ct gold and enamel tribute medal by Thomas Fattorini, Birmingham 1919, the obverse inscribed 'Blackpool Special Constabulary' featuring the crest of Blackpool, the reverse engraved 'Constable 107 C. Parkinson, For Services Rendered', 25 mm diameter with suspension ring, very fine, 6.3gQTY: (1)

Mid/late 19thC oil on board, possibly indistinctly signed in the manner of John Constable depicting 2 peasant figures near a cart outside a large country cottage and which is housed in its original gilt frame,The oil measures 28 x 22 cm

AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND – CONVICT SETTLEMENT & HUTT VALLEY CAMPAIGNManuscript journal of Cecil Rice Arney (1806-1852), wife of Major Charles Augustus Arney (1808-1879) of the 58th (Rutlandshire) Regiment of Foot ('The Black Cuffs'), a daily account describing in detail her voyage to Australia on board the convict ship Graton, to Van Diemen's Land, thence to Sydney, the convict settlement at Norfolk Island and on to Wellington, New Zealand; during the voyage noting the ships position, weather and wind speeds, commenting on the conditions on board ('...I had no idea that the dirt, irregularity and bad management could have prevailed to such a degree...'), and much annoyed by '...the screams of two boys (convicts) who were undergoing corporal punishment...'; landing at Van Diemen's Land ('...the shops are as good as could be expected in a new colony... the climate delightful...'), Christmas Day in Sydney ('...roast beef & plum pudding notwithstanding the heat...'), anniversary celebrations ('...a Regatta – for which this harbour is little suited... a grand entertainment was given to 300 of the elite of Sydney...'), trips to Windsor ('...No signs of Royalty...') and Botany Bay ('...remarkably white sand and fine mirtles [sic] to the waters edges... Cooks Well... where that celebrated man watered his fleet...'), commenting on extremes of weather ('...the long continued drought followed by frost has now destroyed almost every blade of grass... rain fell like a waterspout...'), hunting for kangaroos ('...much the taste of a hare but less dry...'), staying at an inn '...kept by a very notorious convict woman who had made a large fortune...'; deployment to the convict colony at Norfolk Island, juxtaposing the beautiful land ('...fertile almost beyond imagination... a second Eden...') with its inhabitants who '...instead of being... reformed here, become tenfold more reckless of all laws... transportation in all its horrors... What will not unprincipled men do, when they feel they have nothing to lose... their treatment increases their ferocity... after all the outcry of the slave trade, to allow any English subject to be placed in such a position is a crying evil...', noting her husband's dispute with the chaplin Thomas Naylor, several escape attempts, murder ('...the body of a convict employed as constable found murdered and frightfully mangled...'), fire at the barracks, sickness, news of disturbances with 'natives' in New Zealand ('...eating the body of poor Cap. Grant... they put on the uniform again and send it back...'); the regiment called to New Zealand, the voyage and arrival at Wellington in February 1846 ('...what could have induced the selection of such a spot for an infant colony!...'), much on skirmishes in the Hutt Valley ('...the Mowries continue plundering the settlers... to draw the settlers into an attack...'), report of the 'horrid' murder of a settler [Andrew Gillespie] and his son ('...distressingly mutilated by tomahawks in their beds...'), the 16 May attack on the camp in the Hutt Valley ('...The day has been marked by bloodshed!!!...six soldiers killed and four wounded... this species of attack most cowardly...'), ensuing rumour and panic in the town, flooding ('... no end of disasters in this benighted land...'), Māori ambushes ('...coming out from time to time to plunder or murder with impunity...'), arrest of the Māori chief Te Rauparaha at Pororua ('...I do not hear that there was a shot fired on either side...'), the flight of Te Rangihaeata, the birth of her daughter Augusta, court martial and punishment of the Māori rebels, ending with their departure in January 1847 ('...I have had some very rough work on your shore, still I can not leave you without regret...'), and much else, c.220 pages, numbered up to p.181, in ink and pencil, outer leaves with addresses, notes and doodles, dust-staining, discolouration, smudges, marks, small tears, tea stain covering first 18 leaves ('This day Nov 18 1843 breakfasted in bed and the first cup of tea brought to me was by a violent lurch of the vessel immediately thrown over this book and stained it as you see'), small part of lower first leaf and a few leaves at end excised, a few pages loose, marbled ends, blind-stamped maroon calf, worn with some loss to upper spine, 8vo (198 x 128mm.), At Sea, Sydney, Norfolk Island, Wellington, 9 July 1843 to 30 April 1849Footnotes:'HERE IS TO BE SEEN TRANSPORTATION IN ALL ITS HORRORS': A RARE ACCOUNT OF THE EXPERIENCES OF A COLONIAL ARMY WIFE IN AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND.Between 1843 and 1845 nineteen convict ships departed from England and Ireland for Australia, upon which soldiers of the 58th regiment carried out guard duty. Our journal gives a rare glimpse into the life of one of the officers' wives, Cecil Arney. It is a lively, intelligent account of an intrepid journey, her religious faith very much to the fore and a source of great solace through her homesickness and the depravations of life in the rough and inhospitable places she finds herself ('...170 convicts were brought on board with shakles on – the thought that I was about to make so long a voyage with such a number of poor wretched creatures is not agreeable tho 'who maketh us to differ' may humble us and excite strong feelings of pity...'). She writes of her boredom in Sydney but not without humour ('...Nothing of late has occurred worth transcribing even in this stupid journal, day after day the same routine goes on, eating, drinking, sleeping, driving out in the bush, and occasional visit to my school – and from some neighbours... we called on the bride Mrs W – sort of scarecrow dressed up in lots of finery, who made a wretched attempt to appear interesting by affecting a lisp...'). In contrast she describes her fear and vulnerability at the isolated penal colony of Norfolk Island, reputedly one of the harshest in the British Empire ('...at the mercy of 1600 convicts, whose whole study is how they shall best destroy [us] and keep the island to themselves...') and is exasperated by the mismanagement of the authorities and Major Arney's dispute with the chaplin (discussed at length by historian Tim Causer, JACANZS, vol 3, pp.71-110 online). In February 1846, the 58th is called upon to support the settlers in New Zealand's Hutt Valley '...said to have been purchased by settlers, but now disputed and retaken possession of by the natives...'. She is critical of the Governor and touches on the increasing influence of the New Zealand Company. Towards the end of her account, on Christmas Day 1846, she writes '...for the last ten years of my life I think I have not spent Christmas day twice in the same place, latterly at very distant posts...'. A postscript sums up her travels until October 1848, which finds her back in Sydney in ill health. The Arneys evidently returned to England after that time, for she died in Marylebone, London, in 1852.Cecil Rice Arney (1806-1852) was the daughter of Hon. Rev. Edward Rice and Charlotte Lascelles of Sutton on the Forest, Yorkshire. She married Charles Augustus Arney (1808-1879) of Gloucester on 4 January 1837 (their 10 year anniversary is noted in her journal). A typed transcript of the journal is included in the lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Follower of John Constable, RA,  British 1776-1837- Landscape with cowherds and cattle in the foreground, and a town beyond; pencil, watercolour, and bodycolour on blue paper, 10.1 x 16.7 cm. Provenance:  Private Collection, UK. 

East Anglian School, 19th century 'Leiston Church, near Saxmundham',oil on panel, with title in pencil verso, a label reading 'John Constable', with stencilled codes,25 x 33cm, framed Also a letter on the back of a copy of the picture - explaining it is actually of St Mary's Church Thanet, and the work of John Constable, signed Briscoe 8 August 1941'Condition ReportVarnished, with cracking.

Art and antique reference books, to including The Art of Bloomsbury, World Furniture, Turner and his Time, Savan, Clarice Cliff, Constable, and others. (1 shelf)

Poetry and Literature to include: Browning (Robert) The Poetical Works, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1902, 2 volumes, attractive full tree calf gilt with title and volumes labels, marbled edges and endpapers, each volume with portrait frontispiece; Bulwer-Lytton (Edward) The Last Days of Pompeii, London: Richard Bentley, 1834, three volumes, half calf and marbled boards; Sutherland (Alexander) The Achievements of the Knights of Malta, Edinburgh: Constable and Co., 1831, two volumes, publisher’s cloth, additional engraved titles to each volume (Constable’s Miscellany … Vol. LXIII), fold out plate of Malta to volume 2 (7)

20th Century Literature to include: Maran (Rene) Batouala, London: Jonathan Cape, 1922, limited hand numbered edition 36/1050, 8vo; Shaw (Bernhard) Translations and Tomfooleries, London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1926, 12mo, signed by William Armstrong and signed initials by Shaw; Pyke (Richard) The Lives and Deaths of Roland Greer, London: Richard Cobden-Sanderson, 1928, 8vo, publisher's cloth and dustcover, signed and inscribed by the author; Walpole (Hugh) Rogue Herries, London: Macmillan and Co, 1930, gilt stamped publisher's cloth; with a pasted signed letter by the author to 'Willie'; Niles (Blair) Condemned to Devil's Island: The biography of an unknown convict, London: Jonathan Cape, 1928, Beth Krebs Morris illus., 8vo, original publisher's cloth; Clarke (A.W.) Jaspar Tristram, London: William Heinemann, 1899, 8vo, publisher's cloth (6)

Box of mixed items to include London & North Eastern Railway Code of Whistles, Police Drivers Manual, Powers of Arrest and Charges, Metropolitan Policy Specimen Reports and Hints on Taking Statements, various railway postcards, a Metropolitan Police whistle and a Special Constable Faithful Service Medal

A BUCKINGHAM PEWTER LIMITED EDITION TOWER OF LONDON 900TH ANNIVERSARY CHESS SET, comprising set number 2 in a guaranteed edition of 500, designed and crafted by master painter and sculpture Chas Stadden, with certificate of authenticity signed by the Constable and Governor of Her Majesty's Tower of London, receipt dated 1978, each figure is hand painted, principal figures are 90mm high, the pawns 54mm, the pieces are complete in every detail, the solid oak table is a replica of an old English design, with a hand tooled gold embossed calf leather inlay playing board, with a drawer on each side (Condition report: the board and table have slight surface scratches and wear to leather, Elizabeth I has become separated from the base, both White Towers are separated from the base, one Bloody Tower has become separated, one Edward III archer (Pawn) has become separated from base, one Edward III archer has a broken bow, all white pieces have signs of wear to the base)

Manner of John Constable, 19th century watercolour - The Horizon, an inscription verso purportedly written by Constable, 9.5cm x 24.5cm, in glazed frame

Circle of John Constable RA watercolour - Dedham Lock and Mill, 1820, 48cm x 74cm, mounted in glazed gilt frame The present watercolour depicts a mill that belonged to John Constable's father and shows the sluice and lock gate on the River Stour and the tower of Dedham Church, St Mary the Virgin. It is based on an oil held in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.

An early 20th century treen Police Baton, L 29 cm, together with a possibly related early 20th century document, presented to a Lewis John Freeman, Special Constable 1914-18(2)

Tyers No9 chrome plated steel single line key token SHERINGHAM-CROMER BEACH complete with original leather hoop and pouch. From the former Midland & Great Northern Railway branch from Melton Constable. In ex railway condition hoop measures 22in long.

C R LESLIE: MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF JOHN CONSTABLE, London, J M Dent. Bound in blue cloth with tooled design to upper board and elaborate gilt decorative spine.

CYRIL DAVENPORT: ENGLISH HERALDIC BOOK-STAMPS, London, Archibald Constable and Co, 1909. With frontis showing the book stamp of His Majesty King Edward VII. Boynd in red cloth (worn and marked) with gilt title to spine

LORD DAVID CECIL: SIR WALTER SCOTT, London, Constable and Company, 1933. Limited edition numer 407/10, inscribed by author to rear. Bound in blue cloth with vellum spine and gilt title to upper board

A postcard album (some loose) of 400 cards approx including a suffragette card and some RP cards of Kings Lynn, Ringstead Downs, Melton Constable and Burgh Parva church and other topographical cards

WALTER SICHEL: EMMA LADY HAMILTON - FROM NEW AND ORIGINAL SOURCES AND DOCUMENTS, London, Archibald Constable and Company, 1905. Bound in contemporary green half calf with gilt title to sectional spine. Portrait to frontis under tissue guard with further black and white engravings within Ex libris

HELEN WADDELL: THE ABBE PREVOST, London, Constable and Company, 1933. Limited edition number 333 of 750 copies, inscribed by author to rear. Bound in brown linen with vellum spine and gilt title to upper boardEx libris

Sir David Murray R.A. H.R.S.A. P.R.I. R.S.W. (Scottish 1849-1933) 'Highland Cattle By The Shoreline' Framed oil on canvas, signed and dated (19)03 60cm x 90cm  Sir David trained at Glasgow school of art , his career developed after 1886 when he became recognised throughout the UK. In the country of Constable shown at The Royal Academy in 1903was bought by the Chantrey Bequest. He was knighted in1918 and is represented in Aberdeen A.G. Glasgow A.G. Sydney, Edinburgh city collection.

A collection of boxed Hasbro Star Wars figures. Including Podracer Pilots, 2004 Sandtrooper, Hassk Thug B5668, Constable Zuvio B3968, Snowspeeder and more

FOLLOWER OF JOHN CONSTABLE (1776-1837) - The Leaping Horse', oil on canvas, framed, 49cm x 69cm, frame size 70cm x 88cm. Condition reports for each lot are available on our website.

A quantity of large framed prints, to include Cornfield, After John Constable, 60cm x 50cm., and a seascape After Robert Wood, 95cm x 60cm.

"Leading Jockeys of the Day", a collection of nine hand-coloured Victorian photographs featuring Fred Archer as the centrepiece, surrounded by portraits of fellow jockeys Fordham. Webb, Cannon, Osborne, Lemaire, Goater, Custance & Constable, all identified in manuscript captions, under glass in an oval frame. 53 by 45cm. All glass will be removed from framed and glazed items prior to posting and may result in delays to shipping your items. (This service is included in the cost of postage and packing). We can also totally remove all framing and mounts upon request to reduce shipping costs. Alternatively, lots can be collected in person by prior appointment from NN8 1RT.

Watkins-Pitchford (Denys 'B.B'). Confessions of a Carp Fisher, 1st edition, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950, monochrome illustrations, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed to head & foot with some minor tears & loss, 8voThe Fisherman's Bedside Book, 1st edition, 1945, monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket, minor rubbing to the head of the covers, 8vo, together with:Chapman (Abel), Savage Sudan, its wild tribes, big-game and bird-life, London: Gurney and Jackson, 1921, 248 monochrome illustrations, period inscription to the front endpaper, some minor toning, top edge gilt, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voThe Borders and Beyond, Arctic...Cheviot...Tropic, 1st edition, 1924, 19 colour plates by W. H. Riddell, 170 monochrome illustrations, diagrams & maps, some minor marginal toning, original green cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and 2 further volumes by Abel Chapman, plusWalton (Izaak & Charles Cotton), The Complete Angler,..., London: Henry G. Bohn, 1856, numerous etched illustrations, some minor toning, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated tree calf, rear board slightly faded, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, andWarburton (R. E. Egerton), Hunting Songs, London: Constable and Company, 1925, 8 tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards, some minor marginal toning, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated full morocco bound by Bumpus, some minor rubbing, 8vo, plus other 19th Century & modern natural history & sporting reference, including Badminton Library, some leather bindings, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/4toQTY: (6 shelves)

Rackham (Arthur, illustrator). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1907, 13 colour plates with tissue guards plus monochrome illustrations, bookplate to the front pastedown, some minor toning & spotting, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards & spine lightly faded, small mark to the foot of the front board, 8voA Midsummer-Night's Dream, by William Shakespeare, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1908, 40 tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards, some light toning & spotting, original gilt decorated grey cloth, spine lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8voThe Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, 1st edition, London: Constable & Company, 1909, 40 tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards, some loss to the front endpaper, some light toning & spotting, original gilt decorated red cloth, spine detached but retained inside, front & rear boards detached, rubbed with some loss, 8voThe Rhinegold & The Valkyrie, by Richard Wagner, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1910, 34 tipped-in colour plates with tissue guards, bookplate to the front pastedown, some light toning & spotting, original gilt decorated brown cloth, boards & spine slightly marked, 8vo plus Rip Van Winkle, reprinted, 1919, original cloth, 8vo, Undine, reprinted, 1925, original cloth in dust jacket, 8voQTY: (6)

Winkworth (Catherine, translator). Lyra Germanica: Hymns for the Sundays & Chief Festivals of the Christian Year, 5th edition, London: Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer, 1868, illustrations, a few minor spots, all edges gilt, later green morocco gilt by Riviere, 4to, together with Goldsmith (Oliver). The Vicar of Wakefield, London: Chiswick Press for Constable and Co., 1926, colour illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson, top edge gilt, contemporary crimson half morocco gilt by Bayntun Riviere, small area of faded cloth, 8vo, plus 12 others leatherbound, including a morocco bound prize binding awarded too Gwendoline Trevor disguised as a book box, and a 6 volume set of Jane Austen's Works, Thomas Nelson, circa 1930, rexine-bound QTY: (21)

Andersen (Hans Christian). Stories, with illustrations by Edmund Dulac, New York: Hodder & Stoughton, [1911], mounted colour illustrations throughout, a few light spots, original brown pictorial cloth gilt, lightly marked and bumped, 4to, together with:Brothers Grimm. Little Brother & Little Sister, and other tales, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1st edition, London: Constable & Co, 1917, mounted colour frontispiece, 11 mounted colour illustrations, occasional light spotting and toning, edges untrimmed, original pictorial green cloth gilt, 4to, plusSome British Ballads, illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1st edition, London: Constable & Co, [1919], 16 mounted colour illustrations, occasional light spotting, edges untrimmed, original blue pictorial cloth gilt, some light fading, 4to, with 41 other related volumes, mostly early 20th-century children's booksQTY: (44)

An Irish century 1845-1945 from Famine to World War II by Small. 1998 in dj; Ancient Ireland by Nick Constable. 1996; Ireland. Art into History by Kennedy. 1994 and Illustrated Guide to Ireland. 1992. 4 attractive large format books

ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS CHURCHYARD (1798-1865). Sketch at Eventide with Ship, pen and ink, 2 3/4 x 4 in; together with another pen, ink and wash sketch depicting a Setting Sun seen through Trees, 3 1/2 x 4 1/4 in attributed to the same artist; two (2)Both drawings are said to have originally come from a sketchbook belonging to Laura Churchyard (1830-1891)Provenance : with Gerald Norman; with J.S.Maas & Co, Feb/March 1966 (as John Constable RA) where purchased by D. Wright, Esq., thence by descent

A pre-1948 era Nottinghamshire Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, awarded to Albert E.Clarke, and complete with its card box of issue, and congratulation slip from the Chief Constable. Plus, a 1991 Gulf War Kuwait Liberation Medal 5th class, a United Nations Cyprus Medal, a United Nations sleeve patch, a framed WW2 1939-45 War Medal, and a WW1 era Northumberland Fusiliers badge and hackle. 6 items. Condition: good. Some normal age related wear and patination to the older medals, plus a little wear to the feather hackle on the badge.

A WW1 / Special Constabulary medal group, awarded to 16398 Acting Corporal William Reginald Vero of the 8th Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. To include: The 1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, and an Ox & Bucks white metal cap badge. Notes: William Vero was a native of Atherstone in Warwickshire, and was noted as being a Motor Mechanic when he enlisted for service at Birmingham on November 14th 1914, at the age of 19 years and 7 months. He first entered the conflict in France on September 18th 1915. Records show that he was discharged from the army for medical reasons in 1919, with the reason stated as ‘heart trouble’. The 1939 census states that he was a Steam Laundry Proprietor, but also a Special Constable with Warwickshire Constabulary, which explains the award of the Special Constabulary Medal. Condition: generally good. Some age related toning to the medals, and minor signs of polishing. The group is swing mounted on a bar for wear, using the original ribbons.

A Victorian ebony and silver mounted City Auditor's Baton, embossed at the ends with the coat of arms of the City of Edinburgh, and Queen Victoria's cypher beneath a crown, George & Michael Crichton, Edinburgh, 13cm long, together with two Metropolitan police whistles, engraved for The Edinburgh High Constable, number 203 and Edinburgh Special Constabulary. (3) Provenance: The vendor has been able to provide the following information; 'The baton and whistles belonged to my Grandfather. Working backwards, he passed away in 1993. He was a member of the Edinburgh High Constables from 1961 until 1983 where he attained the rank of Captain. The EHC was formed in the early 1600's as a form of our modern day Police forces, to bring Law and Order to the streets of Edinburgh and in particular drink related offences and disorder, attending public hangings and in one famous case the trial of Burke and Hare and to make sure licensed premises were closed by 2200hrs. As time went on they would assist the local council in other matters such as debt collection and weights and measures checks and this was when the members of the EHC requested a little protection by the way of the batons. Council agreed that batons could be carried by the members as long as they paid for them themselves, which is still upheld today and indeed to this day members are still fined by the EHC committee for failing to attend meetings and for not carrying their pocket batons. Obviously today we have Police forces and the EHC now carry out mainly ceremonial and parade duties in Edinburgh including the King's birthday.'

Children's & Illustrated. Four titles: Brothers Grimm - Little Brother & Little Sister. London: Constable & Co. Ltd. 1917, 1st. With 12 colour plates by Arthur Rackham. Original cloth, damp stained with back-strip coming away; Kaye, Mollie - Potter Pinner Meadow. London: Collins, 1937. 1st. With illustrations by Margaret Tempest.; with two others. (4)

Peter Blake (British 1932-): 'Liberty as a Suffolk Child by John Constable', etching on paper signed and numbered 63/100 in pencil, with photograph, tracing paper and postcard pub. 1976, 65cm x 50cm (unframed)

Wade (Henry) The Duke of York's Steps, first issue with 2pp. advertisements inverted at rear, Michael Sadleir's copy with his ownership inscription to pastedown and bibliographic note regarding advertisements to endpaper, splash marks to upper cover, 1929; No Friendly Drop, 1931; Bury Him Darkly, upper panel of dust-jacket trimmed and loosely inserted, ink stamp to endpaper, marking to covers, rubbed, 1936; Lonely Magdalen, light toning to endpaper, 1940, first editions, some occasional spotting, original cloth, toning to spines, light rubbing to extremities, facsimile dust-jackets, [Cooper & Pike pp.297-9], Constable; and 2 more Inspector Poole novels in dust-jackets, 8vo (6)*** An excellent group including all of the Inspector Poole novels except Constable Guard Thyself, a signed copy of which is offered in a following lot. 

Gielgud (Val) Imperial Treasure, first edition, occasional foxing or spotting, original brown cloth lettered in yellow, spine ends and corners bumped, creasing to covers, light marking to spine and corners, dust-jacket, price-clipped, spine ends and corners chipped, splitting to foot of lower joint, some toning to spine, surface tearing to foot of spine with evidence of label removal, a few small nicks and tears to head and foot with creasing, [Cooper & Pike pp.142-4], 8vo, Constable, 1931.*** An early title by Gielgud, seemingly his third, exceptionally rare in the dust-jacket. 

Wingfield (R.D.) Night Frost, Typed Letter signed from the author loosely inserted, light toning to margins, Constable, 1992; Hard Frost, Constable, 1995; Winter Frost, Bantam Press, 1999, first editions, signed by the author on titles, original boards, dust-jackets, some light creasing to spine tips else fine, [Cooper & Pike pp. 311-2]; and 2 others, a first edition of Killing Frost and an envelope containing various Wingfield newspaper items, including a short story, v.s. (5)*** The excellent letter from Wingfield to John Cooper answers a series of questions for a new edition of Detective Fiction. Wingfield discusses the PaperJacks publication of his first two novels and mentions that he is working on another book "working title Autumn Frost" (eventually to become Hard Frost). 

Allen (Michael) Spence in Petal Park, Constable, 1977; Spence at the Blue Bazaar, Constable, 1979; Spence at Marlby Manor, Autograph Letter signed from the author loosely inserted, Walker and Company, New York, 1982 § Henderson (Laurence) With Intent, jacket damp-stained and mottled, 1968; Sitting Target, 1970; Cage Until Tame, 1972, first editions, all signed or with signed presentation inscriptions from the authors to John Cooper, original boards, dust-jackets, rubbed and nicked at extremities; and 24 others, modern crime fiction, 8vo (30)

Wade (Henry) Released for Death, first edition, Autograph Letter signed from the author loosely inserted, light browning to endpapers, original brown cloth lettered in purple, slight shelf-lean, some edge-spotting, toning to spine, slight tips and corners slightly bumped and a little frayed, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.297-9], 8vo, Constable, 1938.*** A rare pre-war title, an inverted detective story with an excellent 4-page letter discussing the book: "I have at last found a copy - apparently the sole survivor apart from my own copy - of RELEASED FOR DEATH. It has the enhanced value that when the book is re-issued, as I hope it will be some day, it will have a different end. The last 6 or 7 chapters are thoroughly bad, and when I was lying up last year with a bad leg I re-wrote them."

Radley (Sheila) Death and the Maiden, Hamish Hamilton, 1978; The Chief Inspector's Daughter, Autograph Note signed from the author loosely inserted, Constable, 1981; A Talent for Destruction, toning to text margins, Typed Letter signed from the author in envelope loosely inserted along with some newspaper clippings, Constable, 1982; Blood On the Happy Highway, Autograph Card signed from the author loosely inserted, Constable, 1983; Fate Worse Than Death, toning to margins, Typed Letter signed from the author regarding the American publishing details of her works loosely inserted in envelope along with some newspaper clippings, Constable, 1985, first editions, all with  signed presentation inscriptions from the author to John Cooper to endpaper and each additionally signed on title with a strike through printed name, original boards, dust-jackets, some light sunning to spines, light creasing to spine tips and corners but excellent examples overall, [Cooper & Pike pp. 250-51]; and 5 others by the same, 2 inscribed, 8vo (10)*** The complete Chief-Inspector Douglas Quantrill books, all but the final three inscribed. "Although she is yet relatively unknown, she is a most dependable writer, and her subtle modern mysteries will greatly reward those who seek her out." - Cooper & Pike. 

Wade (Henry) New Graves at Great Norne, neat ink ownership inscription to endpaper, spine ends and corners a little chipped, a few short nicks to head and foot with light creasing, extremities rubbed, 1947; Be Kind to the Killer, light toning to endpapers, jacket with 12s. 6d. price sticker to front flap, minor chipping to spine tips and corners, small chip to head of upper panel, light rubbing to extremities, near-fine, 1952; Diplomat's Folly, light toning to endpapers, light fading to spine, jacket spine ends and corners a little chipped, chip to head and foot of panels with creasing, tape repairs to verso, extremities rubbed, 1951, first editions, original cloth, some light edge-spotting, slight shelf-lean, dust-jackets, Constable, [Cooper & Pike pp.297-9]; and 2 others by the same, 8vo (5)*** All scarce in dust-jackets. 

Wade (Henry) The Missing Partners, light toning to endpapers, some scattered spotting, 1928; The Dying Alderman, 1930; The Hanging Captain, some edge-spotting, covers marked, slight fraying to joints, 1932; Mist on the Saltings, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, 1933; The High Sherriff, some cracking to gutter, splash marks to covers, fraying to joints, 1937, first editions, original cloth, slight shelf-lean, toning or sunning to spines, extremities a little rubbed, facsimile dust-jackets, [Cooper & Pike pp.297-9], Constable, 8vo (5)*** A good group of pre-war titles, all scarce.

Wade (Henry) Policeman's Lot. Stories of Detection, 1933; Here Comes the Copper, light foxing, 1938, first editions, original cloth, light sunning to spines extremities a little rubbed, light bumping to spine tips and corners, facsimile dust-jackets, [Cooper & Pike pp.297-9; Queen's Quorum 87], Constable, 8vo (2)*** Wade's rare collections of short stories, both works cited in Queen's Quorum.

Wade (Henry) The Verdict of You All, first edition, light browning to half-title, ink ownership inscription to front pastedown, original blue cloth lettered and decorated in red, slight shelf-lean, light sunning to spine, light fraying to spine tips, a very good copy, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.297-9], 8vo, Constable, 1926.*** The author's first novel.

Wingfield (R.D.) A Touch of Frost, first hardback edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper with Autograph Note signed from the author loosely inserted, usual toning to margins, original black boards lettered in silver, dust-jacket, light sunning to spine, else fine, [Cooper & Pike pp. 311-2], Constable, 1990; with a signed copy of the true first edition, 8vo (2)*** The second in the Jack Frost series and by far the scarcest with a print run of around 5-600. Signed copies are exceptionally difficult to find. 

Wade (Henry) Heir Presumptive, first edition, signed by the author on title, folding family tree (creased), light browning to endpapers, bookplate of Charles W. Berry and book-label of Burn & Berry to front pastedown, original green cloth lettered in blue, slight shelf-lean, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, extremities rubbed, [Cooper & Pike pp.297-9], 8vo, Constable, 1935.*** Rare signed.

Wingfield (R.D.) Frost at Christmas, first hardback edition, signed by the author on front free endpaper with Typed Letter signed by the author loosely inserted, light marginal toning, original black boards lettered in silver, dust-jacket, slight creasing to spine tips and corners, else fine, [Cooper & Pike pp. 311-2], Constable, 1989; and the true first edition of the same, also signed, 8vo (2)*** The first in Wingfield's Inspector Frost series, the true first edition published by PaperJacks in Canada. In the charming letter to John Cooper, dated 1990, Wingfield mentions that he has started work on the next Frost book "but am not certain when, or if, I will finish it."

Wade (Henry) Constable Guard Thyself!, first edition, signed by the author on title, ink inscription in another hand below identifying the author as Aubrey-Fletcher, frontispiece, scattered spotting, bookplate of Charles W. Berry to front pastedown, original cloth, spine sunned, marking to covers, extremities rubbed, slight bumping to spine tips and corners, facsimile dust-jacket, [Cooper & Pike pp.297-9], 8vo, Constable, 1934.*** The third Chief Inspector Poole novel, rare signed.

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