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Alfred Provis (British 1818-1890): Peeling Turnips, oil on panel signed and dated 1879, 26cm x 35cm

Alfred Ainslie O'Brien (Northern British 1912-1988): Stone Walls and Trees, oil on panel signed 47cm x 60cmCondition Report:Very good condition, ready to hang

Alfred Fontville de Breanski Jnr. (British 1877-1945): 'Vale of Ogwen - Moon Rising' Snowdonia, oil on canvas signed 60cm x 90cm Provenance: private collection; with James Alder Fine Art, HexhamCondition Report: Good restored condition. Some light craquelure, signs of overpainting visible under UV light, principally in the sky. Relined. Well presented in quality swept gilt frame - ready to hang.

A large quantity of early 20th Century and later children's pictorial cloth books including Mary Hill, "Paula of Durrapore", 1936; Alfred H Miles, "Fifty-Two Stories of Grit and Character for Boys", 1904; Louisa M Alcott, "Little Women", 1915, etc

Alfred The Great Penny. 871-899 AD. Lunettes unbroken type. Diademed bust right, +AELBRED REX. R. Moneyers name between lunettes, MON ETA ELBERE. Moneyer Aelfhere. Uncertain mint. Ref: N 625, S.1057. EMC: 2024.0184.

David Pentland - an original oil on canvas titled ' Alfred Rubbel at Kursk ' in Central Russia July 1943 by David Pentland. Measures approx 58x83cm. For Operation Citadel the Heavy tank battalion 503 was split into separate companies and attached to various panzer divisions. Rubbels 1st company went to 6th Panzer Division, and as such take part in the epic breakthrough on the 10th and 11th which came close to the collapse of the soviet southern front.

Several Items of 1960s/70s Poole Pottery, including an Alfred Read style vase, lustre vase and various others (one tray)Alfred Read style vase - back stamp is a little rubbed to the centre, possibly a 2nd, in good conditionDish - is scratched through the back stamp, possibly a 2nd, as the glaze to the central well is pop marked with air bubbles and glaze cracks.All remaining items are in good order

WWI Australian group of three, 1914-1915 Star, War and Victory, named 125 Dvr. E. A. Blaby, 13 L.H. Rgt. A.I.F., together with two ribbon bars and a 13 A.L.H. cap badge.Eric Alfred Blaby was born in Charlton Victoria Australia in 1895, he was one of seven brothers to Alfred and Crystal Blaby.He was a private in the 13th Australian Light Horse Regiment and enlisted on 7th November 1914. After training at the Broadmeadows training camp north of Melbourne, he embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Persic on 28th May 1915. He arrived in Egypt on 25th June. Then was deployed on 11th September 1915 on defensive duties around the Lone Pine trenches in Gallipoli. He left for Egypt again and in December 1915 and was deployed on the defence of the Suez canal, then redeployed in July 1916 when he arrived in France.On the Western Front he was mainly involved in transporting supplies and reconnaissance. He took part in the repelling of the German St Michael offensive in March 1918. He returned from the war to Australia on 4th July 1919. At 5’5” tall he was quite an athlete. He won a swimming race across Melbourne Bay and was a Melbourne amateur golf champion with a handicap of 2.

Foto. Beni, Alfred. Schwarzweißes Pressefoto von Alfred Beni bei einer Schachpartie, aus den 1950er Jahren. Größe 13 x 18 cm. (45) * Das Foto zeigt den am Tisch sitzenden österreichischen Internationalen Meisters Alfred Beni (1923 – 1995) bei einer Schachpartie. Zustand: Das Foto ist etwas gebräunt, hat Gebrauchsspuren und auf der Rückseite handschriftliche Notizen. Beiliegt: Duras, Oldrich. Schwarzweiße Porträtkarte des tschechischen Schachmeisters und Problemkomponisten Oldrich Duras aus den 1940er Jahre. Größe 14,2 x 10 cm. Zustand: Die Karte ist etwas gebräunt und fleckig.

Niendorf 1927. Brinckmann, Alfred. (Hrsg.) Das internationale Schachmeisterturnier im Ostseebad Niendorf vom 6. bis 14. August 1927. Berlin, Kagan, (1927). 8°. Mit 3 Fotos auf 1 Tafel und einigen Diagrammen. 59 Seiten. Originaler schwarzer Leinenband. (45) * Linde - N. 5416; Kieler Schachkatalog 3774. Den Turniersieg teilten sich Tartakower und Nimzowitsch. Zustand: Druck auf etwas getöntem Papier. Tafel wenig fleckig. Gesuchte Ausgabe.

Fibel. Rektor R. Dietleins Deutsche Fibel. Neubearbeitet von E. Diez u. H. Müller. Ausgabe E für die mittleren und höheren Schulen von Magdeburg u. Umgebung, 127. Aufl. der Neubearbeitung 4. Aufl. In deutscher Schreibschrift. Leipzig u. a. Teubner. 1914. 8°. Mit 12 farbigen und 34 schwarz/weißen Bildern von Alfred Warnemünde. 112 Seiten. Orig. Halbleinenband mit illustriertem Vorderdeckel. (29) * Beiliegen: Guck in die Welt. Ein Lesebuch für ABC – Schützen. Hrsg. vom Leipziger Lehrerverein. 10. Auflage. Ausgabe A für Stadtschulen. Leipzig, Brandstetter, 1929. 8°. Mit überwiegend farbigen Abb. von Alfred Warnemünde. 116 S. 1 Bl. Orig Leinenband. / Guck in die Welt. Ein Lesebuch für das erste Schuljahr. 3. durchgesehene Aufl. bearb. von einem Ausschuss der Gewerkschaft für Lehrer und Erzieher. Berlin u. Leipzig, Volks und Wissen. 1947. 8°. Mit farbigen Bildern von Georg Kretschmar. 125 S. Orig. Halbleinenband mit Deckelillustration. Zustand: Die Ausgaben sind leicht fleckig, innen gebräunt, Stempel und Name auf Titel, sonst berieben und an Ecken und Kanten bestoßen.

Berlin 1980. Farbige und postalisch gelaufene Postkarte mit farbigen Ansichten aus Berlin und 8 eigenhändigen Unterschriften von Mitgliedern der deutschen Mannschaft. Größe 14,8 x 10,5 cm. (25) * Auf der Rückseite 8 eigenhändigen Unterschriften von Mitgliedern und Funktionären der deutschen Mannschaft beim III. E.W.G. Mannschaft – Schachturnier Berlin 1980: von den Großmeistern Hans – Joachim Hecht (geb. 1938), Ralf Lau (geb. 1959), den Internationalen Meistern Otto Borik (geb. 1947), Klaus Wockenfuss (geb. 1951), dem FIDE-Meister Harald Lieb (1934 – 2015), dem ehemaligen Präsidenten des Dt. Schachbundes Alfred Kinzel, dem Präsidenten des Berliner Schachverbandes Alfons Henske, Hauptschiedsrichter Heynen. Zustand: Die Karte hat geringe Gebrauchsspuren und ist etwas gebräunt.

Schach - Report - Deutsche Schachzeitung / Deutsche Schachblätter. Chefredakteur: Günter Lossa, später: Stefan Bücker. Redaktion: Alfred Diel u. a. Ab 1997 vereinigt mit „Schach“ unter dem Titel „Schach. Die Zeitschrift mit Tradition und Anspruch“. Redaktion: Raj Tischbierek u. a. 15 Bände. Hollfeld, Deutsche Schachblätter – Schachreport, später: Beyer und Berlin, Sportverlag, 1990 - 2004. 8°. Mit vielen Textabbildungen und Diagrammen. Rote Leinenbände und rote Kunststoffbände, jeweils mit goldgeprägter Jahreszahl auf Rücken. (60) * Vergl. Kieler Schachkatalog 275. Vorhanden sind: Jahrgang 1990 - Jg. 2004. Mit Inhaltsverzeichnis und orig. Vorderumschlägen, ohne Jahrgangstitel. Es fehlen die Beilagen. Zustand: Innen vereinzelt fleckig, ein Heft mit Wasserschaden. Umschläge teilweise mit Adressaufkleber. Versandgewicht 20 kg. Nicht einzeln kollationiert.

Deutsche Schachblätter / Schach - Report - Deutsche Schachzeitung. Chefredakteur: Günter Lossa. Redaktion: Alfred Diel. 85 Hefte. Hollfeld, Deutsche Schachblätter - Schachreport, 1990 - 1996. 8°. Mit vielen Textabbildungen und Diagrammen. Original geheftet. (60) * Vergl. Kieler Schachkatalog 275. Vorhanden sind: Jahrgang 1990 - Jg. 1996. Mit Sonderausgabe Januar 1991 und lose beiliegendem Register. Ohne Jahrgangstitel. Es fehlen die Beilagen und Register 1996. Zustand: Innen wenig gebräunt. Heftumschläge mit Adressaufklebern und teilweise mit Gebrauchsspuren. Versandgewicht 10 kg. Nicht einzeln kollationiert.

Bibliographie. Buchwesen. Goethe. Hagen, W. Die Drucke von Goethes Werken. Berlin, Akademie-Verlag, 1971. 8°. XXI, 382 Seiten. Orig. Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag. (77) * Beiliegen: Konvolut von 20 Bänden mit Nachschlagewerke und Bibliographien über einzelne Dichter und Künstler (teils als Nachdrucke) aus der Zeit 1951 - 1982. Verschiedene orig. Einbände und orig. geheftet. Die Zusammenstellung enthält u. a.: Slocum und Cahoon: A bibliography of James Joyce; Ritzer, W.: Rainer Maria Rilke Bibliographie; Landmann: Stefan George und sein Kreis; Huguet, L.: Bibliographie Alfred Döblin; Berend: Jean – Paul – Bobliographie; Kayser: Joachim Ringelnatz Bibliographie; Marcuse: Schiller – Bibliographie; Horodisch: Albred Kubin Taschenbibliographie; Brammer, U.: Kasimir Edschmid Bibliographie; Bibliographie Alfons Paquet. Zustand: Innen teilweise etwas gebräunt, mit wenigen handschriftlichen Notizen. Einbände und Umschläge mit Gebrauchsspuren. Eine Einzelaufstellung liegt nicht vor. Nicht einzeln kollationiert.

Bibliographie. Graphik. Grosz. Dückers, Alexander. George Grosz - Das druckgraphische Werk. Frankfurt am Main, Berlin und Wien, Propyläen, ca. 1979. Folio. Mit vielen Textabbildungen. 263 Seiten. Originaler Leinenband mit etwas defektem Schutzumschlag. (77) * Beiliegen: Kubin. Raabe, Paul. Alfred Kubin. Leben, Werk, Wirkung ... Hamburg, Rowohlt, 1957. 8° Mit vielen Abbildungen im Text und auf Tafeln, davon 4 farbig und 1 Brieffaksimile. 295 Seiten. Orig. Halbleinenband. Im Schuber. / Weber. Schumacher, H. A. Paul Weber. Das illustrierte Werk 1911 - 1980. Lübeck, Lucifer-Verlag im Kunsthaus, ca. 1984. 4°. Mit vielen Textabbildungen. 240 Seiten. Orig. Leinenband mit Schutzumschlag.

Kinderbuch. A B C. Petits Contes par Jules Lemaitre de l’Académie Francaise. Avec une Préface de Myriam Harry. Tours, Alfred Mame, 1919. 4°. Avec des images de JOB. 54 pp. Originaler farbig illustrierter roter Halbleinenband. (68) * Zum Künstler “JOB“ - Jaques Marie Gaston Onfroy de Bréville. (1858 – 1931) ein französischer Artist und Illustrator. Auf 54 Seiten werden Buchstaben mit farbigen Illustrationen und Texten veranschaulicht. Zustand: Ausgabe ist auf leicht getöntem Papier gedruckt, dass die kolorierten Abbildungen ausdruckvoll erscheinen läßt. Der Einband ist leicht fleckig, etwas berieben und bestoßen. Seltenes und ausdruckvolles Exemplar.

Becker, Alfred N. Gedruckte Einladungskarte mit FIDE – Logo im Namen des FIDE – Präsidenten Campomanes mit handschriftlichem Namenseintrag für „Herrn A. N. Becker“ zur Eröffnung des FIDE – Genrealsekretariat am 17. November 1983 in Luzern. Größe 21 x 10 cm. (19) * Becker war einer der Organisatoren der Olympiade in Luzern 1982. Beiliegen: 2 private farbige Fotos mit Aufnahmen von der Schacholympiade Luzern 1982. Größe jeweils 12,8 x 8,9 cm. Die Fotos zeigen FIDE Präsident Campomanes am Rednerpult und 12 zur Siegerehrung bereitliegende Medaillen am Band. / Klappfolder zur Schach – Mannschafts – WM Luzern 1989. Größe 21 x 14,8 cm. Zustand: Alle Teile mit geringen Gebrauchsspuren

Kieninger, Georg. Maschinegeschriebener Brief mit gedrucktem Briefkopf in deutscher Sprache und eigenhändiger Unterschrift von Georg Kieninger vom 12.10.1953 an Alfred Brinckmann. Blattgröße 21 x 29,7 cm. (45) * Der deutsche Internationale Meister Georg Kieninger (1902 - 1975) schreibt, dass er leider nicht an der Meisterschaft in Leipzig teilnehmen kann. Zustand: Das Blatt ist doppelt gefaltet, etwas gebräunt und hat geringe Gebrauchsspuren. Beiliegt. Lagos 1979. 8 seitiges Programmheft der “4th Nigeria Chess (Open) Championship 1979“ mit eigenhändig geschriebenem Einladungstext in englischer Sprache vom Schiedsrichter S. O. Ebigwei an O’Connell auf Innenumschlag. Zustand: Das Heft ist etwas gebräunt, hat stärker Gebrauchsspuren und Knickspuren

Pirc, Vasja und M. Euwe. Mec Pirc - Eve 5 : 5. Sa komentarima. Bled - Ljubljana 1949. 8°. Mit Textabb. und Diagrammen. 90 Seiten, 3 Bll. Original geheftet. (45) * Linde - N. 5161. Mit eigenhändiger Widmung des jugoslawischen Großmeisters und Historikers Vasja Pirc (1907 - 1980) auf Vorsatz: „Herrn Alfred Brinckmann zur freundlichen Erinnerung Bad Pyrmont , 12.V.1951 Vasja Pirc.“ Zustand: Umschlag etwas angestaubt und bestoßen.

Schach - Echo. Die Zeitschrift für jeden Schachfreund. Hrsg. von Otto Katzer unter der ständigen Mitarbeit von: Alfred Brinckmann, M. Euwe, L. Schmid, W. Unzicker ... und anderer namhafter Schachmeister. 17 Jahrgänge in 14 Bänden gebunden (11. Jahrgang 1953 - 27. Jahrgang 1969). Königstein / Ts., Katzer, 1953 - 1969. 4°. Mit Textabbildungen und vielen Diagrammen. 3 schwarze Leinebände und 11 originale Leinenbände. (60) * Linde - N. 6094; Kieler Schachkatalog 256. Mit Jahrgangstitel, Register und orig. Umschlägen. Es fehlen: Titel, Register und Nr. 13 in Jg. 1953, Nr. 23 in Jg. 1956 sowie die meisten Beilagen. Zustand: Innen gebräunt, teilweise etwas fleckig, mit wenigen handschriftlichen Notizen bzw. Defekten. Umschläge teilweise mit Adressstempel. Einbände mit Gebrauchsspuren, etwas angestaubt, wenig bestoßen. Rücken teilweise etwas verblichen und fleckig. Bitte beachten Sie das Versandgewicht von 30 kg. Nicht einzeln kollationiert.

Kinderbuch. Das deutsche Bilderbuch. Serie A: Fünf Märchen. No. 1: Dornröschen; No. 2: Marienkind; No. 3: Aschenputtel; No. 4: Rotkäppchen; No. 5: Hänsel und Gretel. Mainz, Scholz. (1905). Quer 4°. Alle Ausgaben mit blattgroßen farbigen Abbildungen von: Julius Diez; Heinrich Lefler u. Joseph Urban; Alfred Münzer; Arpad Schmidhammer und Richard Scholz. Neuer grüner Halbleinenband mit dem aufgeklebten originalen Vorderdeckel. (68) * Zusammenstellung der Schloz’schen Künstlerbilderbücher. Beiliegt: Grimm. Brüderchen und Schwesterchen. Ein Märchen. Der Vorbesitzer hat es handschriftlich auf 4 Blätter geschrieben und mit 5 farbigen Zeichnungen versehen. Im illustrierten Pappumschlag, der von einer Kordel zusammen gehalten wird. (durchgehend gebräunt) Zustand: Die Märchen Ausgabe ist auf getöntem Papier gedruckt und restauriert, die Vorsätze wurden erneuert, die Seiten haben vereinzelt hinterlege Einrisse und der Einband ist angestaubt und fleckig.

Luzern 1982. Konvolut von 25 postalisch gelaufenen Briefumschlägen / Briefumschlagsteilen mit Schachbezug, meist von verschiedenen internationalen Schachverbänden an die Organisatoren der Olympiade in Luzern aus der Zeit um 1982. Verschiedene Größen. (19) * Die Zusammenstellung enthält 25 Briefumschläge oder Briefumschlagteile mit Schachbezug (u.a. durch gedrucktes Schachmotiv oder Verbandslogo, Schachbriefmarke, Schachsonderstempel), die meist von verschiedenen internationalen Schachverbänden (u. a. Belgien, Israel, Jugoslawien, Spanien, USA) an die Organisatoren der Olympiade in Luzern, u. a. Alfred Becker, geschrieben wurden. Zustand: Alle Teile mit Gebrauchsspuren, etwas gebräunt, teilweise wenig fleckig. Von einigen Umschlägen sind nur die beschriebenen Teile vorhanden. Einige Umschläge sind zu einer Collage auf Papier montiert.

Drebes, Gerhard. Schach in Schleswig - von den Anfängen bis 1960. Schleswig 2014. 8°. Mit Textabbildungen. 199 Seiten. Orig. Pappband. (60) * Beilliegen: Nickel, Jürgen. Der Flensburger Schachklub von 1876 im Spiegel der Zeit ... Berlin, Edition Marco / Verlag Arno Nickel, ca. 2010. 8°. Mit Textabb. und Diagrammen. 560 Seiten. Originaler Pappband. "Schriftenreihe der Gesellschaft für Flensburger Stadtgeschichte" Band 72. / 125 Jahre Flensburger Schachklub 1876 – 2002. 4°. Mit Diagrammen und Textabb. 6 unn. Bll. Orig. geheftet. / Diel, Alfred. Schach in Deutschland. Festbuch aus Anlaß des hundertjährigen Bestehens des Deutschen Schachbundes e. V. 1877 - 1977. Düsseldorf, Rau, 1977. 8°. Mit 12 Tafeln und Diagrammen. 200 Seiten. Orig. Pappband mit farbigem Schutzumschlag. Zustand: Innen etwas gebräunt.

Drei Künstlergraphiken (1. Hälfte 20. Jh.) a) Emil Orlik. Zwei Orientalinnen aus der Mappe "aus Ägypten". Radierung (Lichtschaden, knittrig), re. u. mit Bleistift sign. 10x 14,5 cm; b) Alfred Kubin. "Germania". Lithographie (Montagespuren, fleckig, besch.), re. u. mit Bleistift sign. 17,5x 11 cm und c) Walter Klemm. Holzschnitt (montiert), re. u. mit Bleistift monog. 18x 13 cm.

Hrdlicka, Alfred (1928 Wien 2009) "Drei Modelle". Lithographie (l. gebräunt), re. u. mit Bleistift sign. Bildmaß ca. 31,5x45,5 cm, Blattmaß ca. 37,8x 49,8 cm.

Renoleau, Alfred (1854 Frankreich 1930) Hohe Vase. Steinzeug mit Kristallglasur in verschiedenen Blautönen. Boden mit Ritzsignatur, Goras & Cie, Angoulème, Anf. 20. Jh. H. 36 cm.

Alfred Vickers (British 1786-1868), Coastal landscape with shipping, oil on panel, signed and dated 1862 lower left, 20.5 x 38.5cm. Framed and glazedCondition Report: Under glass, seems to be in good original condition.

Two boxed ltd edn Sun Star 1/24 scale diecast model buses to include 5003 1947 Bedford OB Duple Vista - FOT 214 King Alfred Omnibus Company Ltd, with ltd edn COA No. 1267/2500 and 5004 1947 Bedford OB Duple Vista - HAA 558 Hants & Sussex Motor Services Ltd, with ltd edn COA No. 896/2000, both ex and contained within polystyrene packaging

Large collection of various toys and games to include boxed Wizarding World Harry Potter Rubeus Hagrid figure, 2 x cased Matchbox Models Of Yesteryear model dioramas, boxed The Gruffalo Money Box, Eaglemoss DC Comics figure, carded Diamond Select Toys Gotham Before The Legend Alfred Pennyworth figure, Maisto Jaguar X-Type, Disney Up Deluxe Figurine Playset, Doctor Who Sontaran Stratagem Set, Corgi diecast models, boxed Star Wars The Legacy Collection Disturbance At Lars Homestead, large quantity of teddy bears, etc (6 Boxes)

An Edwardian mahogany and inlaid cased gramophone with Alfred Graham & Company concert gramophone amplion Type AR33 motor, together with a Federation table sewing machine on cast iron base, a late Victorian fall front coal purdonium and an Arts and Crafts style oak two tier side table of demi-lune form

Stevenson (Robert Louis). Treasure Island, Puffin Cut-out Book, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, 1953, 8 full colour leaves, including wrappers, adapted and designed for the Toy Theatre by Geoffrey Robinson, complete and uncut, 27 x 38 cm, together withDahl (Roald). James and the Giant Peach, 1st edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, [1961], colour and monochrome illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, green endpapers, original red blindstamped cloth, 8vo, plusDulac (Edmund, illustrator). The Bookman, a portfolio of pictures illustrating poems by Edgar Allan Poe, London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1929, 4 tipped-in colour plates, original wrappers, illustrated label laid on upper wrapper, slim folio, and 46 other illustrated children's books, including: Mr Visconti, an extract from Travels with my Aunt, drawings by Edward Ardizzone, 1969, Blackie's Children's Annual, [1917], Jim and the Beanstalk, 1970, Gentleman Jim, 1980, Fungus the Bogeyman, 1977, And to Think that I saw it on Mulberry Street, 1971, The First Circus, 1932, Three Old Favourites, etc., various sizes, mainly slim 4toQTY: (1 box)

Dante Alighieri. The New Life - La Vita Nuova, Translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, pictured by Evelyn Paul with music by Alfred Mercer, [London]: George G. Harrap & Co, printed at the Cheylesmore Press [1915?], signed by the illustrator to limitation page, numerous gilt and coloured illustrations, top edge gilt, full vellum with gilt decoration to spine and upper cover, 4to QTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, 27/150 copies.

Attenborough (David). The Private Life of Plants, three copies, 1st editions, BBC Books, 1995, colour illustrations from photographs throughout, all signed by the author in blue ink to half-titles, two copies with his name alone, together with signed first edition copies of his books Life on Earth and The Trials of Life, all original cloth in dust jackets, large 8vo, VG+, plus Wainwright (Alfred), Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk, Photographs by Derry Brabbs, 1st edition, 1987, colour and black and white illustrations throughout, signed by the author to printed bookplate pasted to half-title, and Herriot (James), James Herriot’s Yorkshire, with photographs by Derry Brabbs, 1st edition, 1979, colour illustrations from photographs throughout, signed presentation inscription from the author to the Australian diplomat Harold Horsburgh and his wife Joan to half-title with ink notes by the owners above and below, both original cloth in dust jackets, 4toQTY: (7)

Manhood (Harold Alfred). Nightseed, 1928; Gay Agony, 1930; Crack of Whips, 1934; Fierce and Gentle, 1935, 1st editions, light partial offsetting from flaps to endpapers, original cloth, dust jackets, Fierce and Gentle price-clipped with short closed tear to rear panel and a little dust soiled, 8vo, together with 20 others by the author including limited editions Little Peter the Great, Furnival Books No. 7, limited signed edition 157/550, Three Nails, White Owl Press, 1933, limited signed edition 3/125, Maiden's Fury, 1935, limited signed edition 40/285, plus others including Sunday Bugles, 1939, Lunatic Broth, 1944, a few duplicates QTY: (24)NOTE:H. A. Manhood (1904-1991), a contemporary of Graham Greene, Dylan Thomas and others was primarily known for writing rurally set short stories, often incorporating the supernatural.

Dahl (Roald). Switch Bitch, 1st US edition, signed, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974, presentation inscription from author 'for all The Stutters Love Roald 1974' to front free endpaper, red cloth boards with gilt, unclipped dust jacket, 8vo, together with:Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 1st US edition, second printing, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964, illustrations by Joseph Schindelman, mustard yellow endpapers, original red cloth, Borzoi Books embossed stamp to rear cover, gilt title to spine, clipped dust jacket, small tear to rear with some loss, 8vo, plus Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator, 1st US edition, 1972, Fantastic Mr Fox, 1st US edition, 1970 and The Twits, 1st US edition, 1981, all with dust jackets, all 8voQTY: (5)

Eliot (T. S.) The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Poetry. A Magazine of Verse, vol. VI, No. III, June 1915; Three Poems, Poetry. A Magazine of Verse, vol. VII, No I. October 1915; Observations, Poetry. A Magazine of Verse, vol. VIII, No. VI, September 1916, one or two short closed tears, original wrappers, short closed tear to October 1915 upper wrapper, spine ends chipped, small losses to September 1916 spine, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Gallup C18 for The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, the separate first printed appearance of the poem; Gallup C21 for Three Poems ('A fourth poem, "The Death of Saint Narcissus", was set up in type apparently for publication in Poetry, but was not printed.'); Gallup C28 for Observations (with the misspelling 'T. R. Eliot' printed to upper wrapper contents list)Poetry. A Magazine of Verse, edited by the poet and art critic Harriet Monroe was founded by her in Chicago in 1912. The journal also published early works by Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, and Tennessee Williams among others.

King (Jessie M., illustrator). A House of Pomegranates by Oscar Wilde, [6th edition], London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1915], illustrated colour title, 16 tipped-in coloured plates, letterpress spotted, pictorial endpapers (free endpapers toned), top edge gilt, original decorative blue cloth, faded spine with ends lightly worn, 4to, together with The High History of the Holy Graal, translated from the Old French by Sebastian Evans, London: J.M. Dent & New York: E.P. Dutton, 1903, numerous illustrations, half-title and endpapers spotted and toned, top edge gilt, original pictorial cloth, spine faded and slightly stained, few minor marks, 8vo, plus The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems, by William Morris, London and New York: John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1904, numerous illustrations, scarce light spotting to letterpress, front pastedown with pictorial bookplate of Henry J. Synnatt, top edge gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, spine faded, covers rubbed and marked, 8vo, with 4 others illustrated by King and published by Foulis: Isabella or the Pot of Basil, [1907], with original Christmas 1907 greetings slip loosely inserted (with two ink manuscript names); another slightly later edition of the same (colour illustration adhered to front cover); two copies of The Grey City of the North, one 1910 (with red stain to front cover), the other 1914, plus 3 other Foulis envelope-type books: Rabbi Ben Ezra (illustrated by W. Russell Flint); A Little Book of Sundials (illustrated by Alfred Rawlings, 1919); The Dream of Gerontius (illustrated by Robert T. Rose), also another Foulis book (Corners of Grey Old Gardens), and 4 others similar, all narrow or small 8voQTY: (15)NOTE:First item: The sixth edition of this book, but the first edition to be illustrated by Jessie M. King.

Crane (Walter, illustrator). A Floral Fantasy in an Old English Garden, London: At the House of Harper and Brothers, 1899, colour illustrations throughout, page block split at gutter (with evidence of repair), decorative endpapers, original pictorial cloth boards, slight soiling, upper cover lower right corner rubbed, head and cap of spine slightly frayed, small closed tear to top left edge, slim 8vo, together withDulac (Edmund, illustrator). Stories from Hans Andersen, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1911, 28 colour tipped in illustrations, including frontispiece with captionned tissue guard, decorative endpapers, some toning, split rear gutter, original gilt decorated green cloth, boards rubbed in some areas with loss of colour, lacking spine, large 8vo, plus another book illustrated by Dulac, Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne, London: Hodder & Stoughton, [1918], fourteen tipped-in colour plates including frontispiece, decorative endpapers (free endpapers toned), presentation inscription to free front endpaper, original pictorial cloth, front gutter split, spine detached, 4to, and Idylls of the King Vivien Elhine Enid Guinevere by Alfred Tennyson with sixty original decorations by George Wooliscroft Rhead and Louis Rhead, New York: R.H. Russell, 1898, 4toQTY: (4)

Buchan (John). The Power-House, 1st edition, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1916, leaves lightly browned, original red cloth, facsimile dust jacket, 8vo, together with:The Moon Endureth, Tales and Fancies, 1st edition, London: William Blackwood and Sons, 1912, publisher's advertisements at rear, original black cloth gilt, lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusMidwinter, Central Travellers in Old England, inscribed copy, London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1925, inscribed by the author 'Alfred Jubb from John Buchan' to front free endpaper, a few light spots, original red cloth gilt, dust jacket, extremities frayed with small loss, with 10 other works by John BuchanQTY: (13)

Lanyon (Andrew) Old Iron - Alfred Wallis, 1 vol. with applied illustrations, limited-edition number 114/200, signed by the author 1998 in slip case; Fuller (Leonard J.) Cornish Pasty - A Painter's Adventures in a Sister Art; and The Tate St. Ives - An Illustrated Companion (3)

Alfred Philippe for Trifari - a gold-plated foliate brooch, circa 1950s, set with coloured paste imitating the mystery setting by Van Cleef & Arpels, measuring approximately 10cm x 4cm wide, with a brooch pin fitting to the reverse, stamped with maker's marks 'Trifari'.

A fine Chinese archaistic bronze ritual wine vessel, yuan lei, in the Yin period, late-Shang style - probably Ming dynasty (1368-1644), possibly earlier, the inside of the neck with an incised two character mark with an image of a creature beneath, of vase-like ovoid form with broad shoulder, short neck with two cast bowstring lines and a concave base with no foot, the shoulder with two C-shaped ears or handles of stylised buffalo head form, without rings, a third similar handle low down on the body and at right angles to the pair above, the shoulder decorated with six opposing stylised dragons with prominent bulging eyes on a ground of squared spirals, each pair divided by cast blades, above a groove and a shallow, similarly decorated band to the widest point of the body passing beneath the handles, the lower section decorated with nine large hanging blades, with mirrored images of stylised dragons, again on a squared spiral ground, the surface of the bronze with a variable, deep, dark brown-green patination throughout, with slight wear to the patination to the noses on the beast handles and heavier wear around the foot rim. (27.5 cm high, 26.5 cm wide. Approx. 3.8 kg)  * A yuan lei vessel of very similar form and decoration, but with a cover and loose rings to the shoulder handles and six hanging blades to the lower body decoration, can be seen in the Minneapolis Institute of Art, bequest of Alfred F. Pillsbury (50.46.3a,b). * Condition: The lei has a rich, deep patination throughout with just a few areas of wear to the raised edges on the handles and the eyes to the dragons on the shoulder. There is also heavier wear to the foot rim, showing the bright bronze beneath. The surface patination does vary across the piece, with some unevenness and texture to the patination particularly around the lower body. One side of the vessel has a notable level of deterioration to the detail of the decoration, particularly to the spiral ground, when compared to the opposing side. There is a shallow dent to the bronze just above the foot, directly in line with one of the shoulder handles. There is a probable very old patched repair to the bronze, near the top of one of the hanging blades on the lower part of the body - edges to the repair can be seen due to the bronze having a slightly different colouration to the patination (see photo). 

Eight volumes on pre-independence India and Malaya: MASON Philip - A Shaft of Sunlight (Andre Deutsch second impression 1978) MASON Philip - A Matter of Honour (Macmillan 1986 paperback) TAGORE, Rabindranath -The Gardener (Macmillan 1929) CHAUDHURI, Nirad C. - A Passage to England (Macmillan 1959) PURCELL, Victor - The Memoirs of a Malayan Official (Cassell 1965) THOMPSON, Edward - An Indian Day (Alfred Knopf 1927) FARELL, J.G. - The Siege of Krishnapur  (Weidenfeld & Nicholson second impression (1973) RAM, Subedar Sita - From Sepoy to Subedar (Routledge & Keegan Paul 1970)

Alfred Johannot (1800-1837, attributed to): The artist's studio ('L'atelier de papa'), oil on copperWork: 27 x 23,5 cm Frame: 43,5 x 39,5 cm

Alfred Charles Weber ( 1862-1922), Bishops making music, oil on wood, signed, framed 55x45cm

Christopher Wood (British, 1901-1930)At Marseilles signed and dated 'C Wood 27' (lower right)oil on canvas54.2 x 65.1 cm. (21 1/4 x 25 5/8 in.)Footnotes:ProvenanceMax Ede, 1951, thence by family descent to the present ownerPrivate Collection, U.K.ExhibitedCardiff, National Museum of Wales, British Romantic Paintings in the 20th Century, organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain, 27 July-22 August 1953, cat.no.70; this exhibition travelled to Aberystwyth, Gregynog Gallery of the National Library of Wales, Swansea, Glynn Vivian Art GalleryLiteratureEric Newton, Christopher Wood 1901-1930, The Redfern Gallery, London, 1938, p.70, cat.no.251The present, exceptional example by Christopher Wood has remained in the same family collection since it was acquired over seventy years ago by Max Ede (brother of Jim, the esteemed founder of Kettles Yard Gallery in Cambridge). Painted in 1927, it dates from a pivotal period for the artist, a year after meeting Ben and Winifred Nicholson and a year prior to his 'discovery' of Alfred Wallis in St Ives.Wood was blessed with a number of natural attributes that served him well in his pursuit of success - good looks, charm, talent, a supportive mother and endless ambition – but he also, by his own admission, enjoyed a certain amount of chance in the social connections he made, that contributed in no small part to his budding career and professional recognition. This good fortune began in London in 1920 when a nineteen year old Wood received an invitation to Paris from Alphonse Kahn, one of the most prominent collectors of the day who moved in all the right circles. Just six months after his arrival in Paris in March 1921 as a relative unknown, Wood declared in a letter to his mother that he had 'decided to try and be the greatest painter that has ever lived' (Richard Ingleby, Christopher Wood, An English Painter, Allison and Busby, London, 1995, p.13). This determination was borne not just from self-belief but from an admiration for the lives of the high-brow artistic community he found himself in, mingling with the likes of Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso and, crucially, a Chilean diplomat named Antonio (Tony) de Gandarillas. Tony was well connected, bisexual and glamourous all of which piqued Wood's interest and they remained close companions for years to come, with Gandarillas assuming the role of the young painter's greatest advocate.In 1926, Wood returned to England, spending time in both St Ives and London, and it was the latter where another pivotal meeting took place, with Ben and Winifred Nicholson. Cedric Morris had taken Wood along as a guest to the Nicholson's flat in Chelsea and having formed an instant connection they visited him the very next day at Tony's house in Cheyne Walk to view his recent paintings. Winifred recorded these in her memoir as 'masterpiece upon masterpiece....Here was England's first painter. His vision is true, his grasp is real, his power is life itself' (Op.Cit., p.142). The Nicholsons became lifelong friends, personally and artistically, and Wood was elected to the Seven & Five Society on their proposal. With Ben as Chairman and the driving force behind the Society, Wood exhibited four paintings in January 1927 to critical acclaim from the Sunday Times. It was also this year that Nicholson introduced Wood to art collector, Jim Ede, who became a great friend and supporter of his work. Ede famously went on to house his great collection of Wood's work and that of other St Ives artists, at his Kettle's Yard Gallery and it is believed he had a hand in helping his brother, Max, acquire the present work as a 50th birthday gift for his wife Kathleen in 1951. However, having started the year on a positive note and feeling his star was rising, a disappointing exhibition at Beaux Arts alongside the Nicholsons in April put his feet firmly on the ground again. Affected by the less than favourable reviews, he abandoned plans of a summer in London and retreated to France. There, he licked his wounds, first on a Mediterranean cruise followed by a trip to Cannes. And it was there, under the blazing skies of the French Riviera, whilst Tony was in rehab in Vichy for his 'debauchery', that Wood re-met Meraud Guinness, having initially made her acquaintance in London two years prior. Wood idealised the Nicholson's relationship and decided that he needed a Winifred to his Ben. Meraud fulfilled the criteria being beautiful, influential and an artist herself. They fell in love over the summer of 1927 and planned to marry but (both) sensing the disapproval of Meraud's parents, it was over before it really started. Her father, in particular, was unimpressed by the young painter's lack of money together with a clear opium addiction. At this time, Tony became unwell again, now in a nursing home in Nice and Wood visited him daily to offer support, grateful for an opportunity to repay the elder man's long kindness. And more bad news followed with the report of a dear friend, Rene Crevel, on his deathbed in a Marseilles hotel. In a letter to the Nicholson's from Marseille, he described the effect of the place and recent events on his work saying 'that the atmosphere of the place, coloured by his friends' serious illness, and the unavoidable introduction to the concept of mortality that went with it, was having a strange effect on his work. His painting was once again the only thing that really mattered. He was, he told them, simplifying his forms and giving '...a good firm edge to everything'' (Op.Cit., p.169). And so it was that, after a difficult personal period, Wood threw himself into painting in the South of France.Having been brought up close to the Liverpool docks, he had a natural affinity with the sea, and particularly with boats and harbours, which he would explore further in Cornwall and Brittany in the following years. At Marseilles was painted towards the end of a tumultuous 1927, and depicts the autumnal French quayside with boats and townscape sandwiched between two bands of brooding Prussian blue sky and water. His treatment of the large canvas is thoroughly modernist, as he utilises his usual broad and fluid handling. The evening scene is flattened and abstracted with the forms of the buildings reduced to tonal planes and the windows a patterned grid work. Eric Newton comments that Wood's 'best paintings are at the same time radiant and faintly sinister. Fra Angelico and El Greco, for once, seem to have met on common ground' (Christopher Wood 1901-1930, London, 1938, p.16). In the present work, offered at auction here for the first time, a muted palette and serene composition (for what must usually have been a bright, jostling location) lend the mood of contemplation so essential to Wood's mature style. And a poignant stillness reveals an artist surely deep in thought, reflecting on what had passed that year but also looking forward with confidence to what was yet to come, tragically unaware there would be just three short years left to realise his dreams.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Alfred Wallis (British, 1855-1942)Two boats signed 'alfred wallis' (upper right)oil on cardboard21.8 x 41.5 cm. (8 1/2 x 16 1/4 in.)Footnotes:ProvenanceMr E. CowlingHeather Williams, by whom gifted to the family of the present owner circa 1969-73Private Collection, U.K.We are grateful to Robert Jones, author of Alfred Wallis Artist and Mariner, for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Registration No: DOX 996 Chassis No: 49032 MOT: ExemptOwned by one family from 1938 until 2002, then a second family from 2002-2022Believed to have only covered 20,000 miles from when new in 1938A very original example with matching numbersSubject to recent engine overhaul and mechanical workWidely considered as one of the most desirable and attractive sports cars of the 1930s and the first to bear the 'Jaguar' name, the iconic SS Jaguar 100 entered pre-production in October 1935 and was launched officially in 1936 as a much improved successor to the SS90 from which it was derived. Improvements included a host of mechanical specifications, most notable of which was upgrading the six-cylinder Standard pushrod engine from side-valve to overhead valve with a new crossflow cylinder head designed by Harry Weslake and William Heynes fed by twin SU Carburettors. The power unit was mated to a four-speed manual transmission with synchromesh on all forward speeds apart from first. With 104hp at 4,600rpm, the car could be propelled to 60 mph in 12.8 seconds and onwards to a top speed of 96mph. Although a very capable car for touring, the SS100 was marketed purely for competition work and in 1936, its first major success came when Tommy Wisdom, crewed by his wife, won the International Alpine Trial - thus beating Bugatti and creating a name for the marque on the continent. This would be the first of many successful rallying forays, which included class wins in the RAC events of 1937 and 1938 and the Alpine Trial was won outright once again in 1948. In total, 190 2.5 litre and 112 3.5 litre SS100s were manufactured by the time production ceased at the outbreak of the second world war, which also spelled the end of the 'SS Cars' name. However, the 'Jaguar' name became carried on with Sir William Lyons' company post war which went on to create some of the most exciting sports cars of all time, all of which owe their heritage to the SS Jaguar 100.According to its accompanying buff logbook, chassis 49032 was first registered as 'DOX 996' on 30th March 1938. Seemingly kept by initial owner Reginald Duckitt of Erdington for just two months, the SS100 then passed to Ashmore’s Auto Engineers of West Bromwich who sold it to Alfred Simms. The latter retained the two-seater up until his death in 1978 when ownership transferred to his widow, Elise Simms. Conscious that the SS Jaguar had been off the road for many years (a surviving tax disc suggests Mr Simms last drove it in the mid-1950s), she contacted marque historian Paul Skilleter and engaged a neighbour and fellow SS100 custodian, John Owen, to commence restoration. Mr Skilleter was reportedly impressed with the car’s ‘untouched originality’ and began to chronicle the work. Sadly, Mrs Simms and Mr Owen fell out over the project and little progress was made after the 1989 issue of the Classic Jaguar Association’s SS100 Register recorded that ‘DOX 996’ was mid-refurbishment and displaying a mere 19,600 miles to its odometer.Beguiled by the two-seater’s originality, Ben Hyams became its next custodian in 2002. Entrusted to Auto Welding & Spraying of Chart Sutton, Kent a few years later, it was not until 2013 that the SS Jaguar was finally a complete entity once more. Repainted in British Racing Green with re-trimmed with Green leather upholstery, the two-seater was barely driven by Mr Hyams due to ill health. Entering the current ownership in 2022, the SS100 was suffering from an engine malady which has since been sorted with the odometer being zeroed accordingly. The instrument now shows less than 300 miles and the vendor is confident - based on the car’s condition, originality and paperwork - that it has covered a mere 20,000 miles from new!Recent health issues have convinced the seller to switch to closed cars hence his reason for putting ‘DOX 996’ back on the market. Still highly presentable, the two-seater boasts full weather equipment (renewed during its rejuvenation) and drove some twenty miles for our recent photoshoot without issue. Indeed, the vendor considers it to be 'very trustworthy' and 'ready to use'.A rare opportunity, if you are looking for an ever-usable collector grade pre-war sports car that represents the earliest iteration of the Jaguar in sporting form, then surely 'DOX 996' is worthy of consideration. For more information, please contact: Lucas Gomersall lucas.gomersall@handh.co.uk 07484 082430

Three Elizabeth II Imperial Service Medals, issued to Mrs Margaret Foster, Clifford Owen Putnam and Alfred George Brown, all cased.

A WWI medal group, comprising 1914-18 British War medal, 1914-15 Star, Royal Naval Long Service and Good Conduct medal, and Victory medal, inscribed to 342371 Alfred Edwards Armourer HMS Pembroke.

A Wedgwood pottery charger by Alfred Powell, painted to the well with blue carnation flowers, in blue, green and silver lustre on a white ground, the rim with panels in silver lustre on black, impressed Wedgwood, painted monogram, 32.5cm. diam.

Rum & Brandy - Courvoisier VSOP cognac, 40% vol, 680ml, boxed; Grand Empereur French Brandy, 70% proof, 24 Fl oz; Alfred Lambs Special reserve 8 year old Rum, 40% vol, 70cl, boxed (3 bottles)

Three: Private A. G. Elliott, Cambridgeshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (328558 Pte. A. G. Elliott. Camb. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (328558 Pte. A. G. Elliott. Camb. R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £240-£280 --- Alfred George Elliott lived in Haringay and originally attested for the 18th (London Irish Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment for service during the Great War. He transferred to the 1st Battalion, Cambridgeshire Regiment and was awarded the T.F.W.M. with this unit, before remaining with the Colours post-Armistice and serving as Pioneer in a Railway Battalion of the Royal Engineers from 1 May 1919.

A good ‘1914’ D.C.M., Russian Medal of St George for Bravery 3rd Class group of five awarded to Corporal A. A. Irish, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment, who was later killed in action during the Second Battle of Ypres, 13 May 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (6890 L. Cpl. A. A. Irish. 1/Hants: Regt.); 1914 Star (6890 L. Cpl. A. A. Irish. 1/Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (6890 A. Cpl. A. A. Irish. Hamps. R.); Russia, Empire, Medal of St George for Bravery, 3rd Class, silver, the reverse officially numbered ‘No 22181’, and edge impressed (6890 Actg. Cpl. A. A. Irish 1/Hamp. R.) generally good very fine or better (5) £1,400-£1,800 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 18 February 1915 (citation appearing in the gazette of 1 April 1915): ‘For gallantry on 19th December, 1914, in reconnoitring in daylight the ground over which an advance had to be made.’ Russian Medal of St. George, 3rd Class, London Gazette 25 August 1915. Alfred Alexander Irish served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment on the Western Front from 23 August 1914. The Battalion were in positions near Le Gheer, Ploegsteert, in early December 1914. The War Diary records for the period 1-18 December 'practically no fighting' and flooded trenches in constant need of repair. Casualties amounted to 11 killed and 27 wounded. On 19 December the 1/Hampshire's assisted 1/Somerset Light Infantry and 1/Rifle Brigade in attack on 'German House' and 'The Birdcage'. The following report in the Regimental Journal summarises the action: ‘On the morning of December 19th, five weeks after we first occupied these trenches, our howitzers and guns, siege and field, opened a heavy fire on the German trenches and batteries, which was kept up for about five hours. The actual assault was timed for 2.30 p.m., but in the last half hour of the bombardment, when it attained its greatest violence, part of our forward trench was destroyed by our own heavy shells, and some of the troops drawn up for the assault were knocked out by our own shrapnel. In spite of this, the troops went forward with vigour, but the right assault was badly shaken and delayed. The distance to be covered was not more than 300 yards anywhere, but in spite of all the violence of the bombardment, many of the enemy stood their ground, and the machine guns were well served as ever. Casualties were very heavy, but in places the assaulting troops reached the obstacles in front of the German trench. The ruined houses in their salient were gallantly carried by the 1st Rifle Brigade, the Somersets pushed over on their left, and a platoon from our D company got forward with the Rifle Brigade. But our particular task was to cover this advance by fire and make good the ground won. But to entrench in the horrid, miry swamp into which our men had penetrated was impossible, and after dark orders were issued to fall back to our original line. This was no easy operation. The rain had been falling all day, it got worse after nightfall, and it was pitch dark. It took time and care to get in touch with the various attacking detachments lying down in close proximity to the enemy, and to organise their withdrawal. Morning found us in our old positions, but the enemy had not ventured out of their main line again, and our patrols occupied the ground we had gained, and still do so. The results seemed insignificant for such heavy casualties.’ The Hampshires suffered losses of one officer and 12 men killed, and one officer and 25 men wounded for the action. Irish advanced to Corporal, and was serving with ‘D’ Company, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment when he was killed in action on the Western Front on 13 May 1915. On the latter date the Battalion were occupying front line positions between Canadian Farm and Hampshire Farm as part of the Second Battle of Ypres. They came under heavy German attack, and suffered approximately 90 casualties. Corporal Irish is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Pair: Deck Hand E. Hurren, Royal Naval Reserve British War and Victory Medals (107120.A. E. Hurren. D.H. R.N.R.) very fine Pair: Private A. T. Clarke, Royal Fusiliers, late East Surrey Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 22 August 1918 British War and Victory Medals (37807 Pte. A. T. Clarke. E. Surr. R.) extremely fine Pair: Sergeant F. Etchells, Manchester Regiment British War and Victory Medals (33168 Sgt. F. Etchells. Manch. R.) very fine (6) £70-£90 --- Alfred Theobold Clarke, from Forest Gate, London, attested into the East Surrey Regiment for service during the Great War. He served on the Western Front from 7 March 1918, being transferred into the Royal Fusiliers four days later. He was killed in action whilst serving with the 11th Battalion and is buried in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, France.

Pair: Gunner G. A. Brown, Royal Horse Artillery General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, N.W. Persia (1043969 Gnr. G. A. Brown. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1043969 Gnr. G. A. Brown. R.A.) very fine and better (2) £70-£90 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- George Alfred Brown attested for the Royal Horse Artillery and served with 15th Brigade Ammunition Column during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 October 1914. Subsequently serving in post-War Iraq, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in April 1927. Sold with copied medal index cards and other research.

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (2914 Pte. F. Wells. North Staff: Regt.) very fine £80-£100 --- Francis Wells, alias Alfred Young, was born in Rugeley in 1871 and enlisted at Lichfield for the North Staffordshire Regiment (Prince of Wales’s) on 23 November 1889. A tailor by profession, he served in Mauritius, Malta and Egypt, and is confirmed in his Army Service Record as entitled to the 1896 Sudan Medal with clasp Hafir. It also notes a considerable number of entries in the Regimental Defaulter’s Book, including three weeks’ imprisonment with hard labour (for conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline) after offering his trousers for sale at Devonport. Declaring his true name and age at Cairo on 21 January 1897, Wells was posted to South Africa with the 2nd Battalion on 14 January 1900. He subsequently transferred to the Reserve Depot and Headquarters Depot of the South African Constabulary and is later recorded as a ships steward. Recalled for duty in July 1916, he was posted to France in December 1916 and served at the Regimental Base Depot of the North Staffordshire Regiment. Transferred to the Labour Corps, his Army Service Record notes continual breaches of military discipline; it was around this time that he was confined to barracks for ten days after ‘shoving his dinner in the cook’s face’. This incident was followed by further altercations involving excess alcohol and disobeying orders. Admitted to No. 30 General Hospital at Calais, Wells was later invalided from service, the medical practitioners stating that he looked much older than his years.

A fine S.G.M. group of eleven awarded to Captain W. A. F. Maltby, a Trinity House Pilot who for many years was ‘choice’ pilot for the Orient Line: he was appointed an Assistant Officer in the Royal Naval Minewatching Service following his retirement as Senior Pilot at Dover between the Wars, and was awarded the Danish Order of the Dannebrog for piloting the Danish ship Kronprincess Ingrid to the port on the occasion of the State Visit by King Frederick and Queen Ingrid Sea Gallantry Medal, G.V.R., bronze (William A. F. Maltby, Wreck of the Blengfell, 17th Oct. 1898) an official ‘exchange issue’ from the original large type; British War Medal and Mercantile Marine War Medals (William A. F. Maltby); 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Denmark, Kingdom, Order of Dannebrog, F.IX.R., Knight’s breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel; Danish Household Medal, F.IX.R., with crown, gilt, mounted as worn, generally good very fine (11) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Spink, June 1989; Dix Noonan Webb, December 2005. William Alfred Flower Maltby was born in Homerton, London on 4 November 1881 and first went to sea as a deck boy in 1895. Serving as a Seaman in the tug Simla, of London, he was awarded the Sea Gallantry Medal for his gallantry in rescuing the survivors of the iron barque Blengfell, of Liverpool, which whilst on passage from New York to London with a cargo of 329,300 gallons of naptha blew up off North Foreland, Margate; the Simla ran alongside and at great risk took off the survivors of her crew. Nine of the crew of the Blengfell, including her Captain, J. Johnson, were drowned; the recipient’s obituary notice in the Lloyd’s Shipping Gazette on 6 January 1956 states that Maltby ‘dived among the burning wreckage of a sinking ship.’ Maltby was licensed as a Trinity House pilot in June 1914; the following article appeared upon his retirement 37 years later: ‘After 57 years at sea, 37 of them as a Trinity House Pilot, Captain W. A. F. Maltby, popular Senior Pilot, who lived in Dover for many years, retires at the end of this month. Captain Maltby, who is seventy, now lives at “Orion”, Beach Street, Deal, and during his long service to the sea has served in practically every type of vessel from sailing ship to modern ocean-going liner. Last year he succeeded Captain Douglas Magub as Senior Pilot at Dover, and in May was responsible for piloting the Danish ship Kronprincess Ingrid to the port on the occasion of the State Visit by King Frederick and Queen Ingrid. He has been “choice” pilot for the Orient Line for a number of years and he recently completed his last mission for the Line when he took the Orion - after which he has named his house - from Brixham to Tilbury at the end of her voyage from the Far East. Up to the end of last year Captain Maltby had piloted 3332 ships into port. The vessels had an aggregate tonnage of well over eight million, and he had taken them 213,637 miles. At the recent trials of the liners Orcades and Oronsay, he was in attendance, and spent 36 hours on the bridge of the Oronsay without a break. In addition to the service medals which he holds, Captain Maltby was awarded the Sea Gallantry Medal in 1901 [sic] for his rescue of a man off Margate after a ship laden with naptha blew up. Last year he was decorated by the Danish King after he had piloted the Kronprincess Ingrid through the Channel. For many years, while he lived in Dover, Captain Maltby occupied Belgrave House, 165 Folkestone Road. Captain Maltby will not go into complete retirement, for he has just been appointed an Assistant Officer for the recently reformed Royal Naval Minewatching Service.’ Maltby died at Deal in January 1956. Sold with copied research.

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private A. Brown, Royal Irish Rifles, late Yorkshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (40664 Pte. A. Brown. 1/R. Ir: Rif:); 1914-15 Star (18355 Pte. A. Brown. York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (18355 Pte. A. Brown. York. R.) mounted court-stye for display purposes, contact marks, polished, otherwise, nearly very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette, 17 June 1919. Alfred Brown, from Fencehouses, Sunderland, Co. Durham, attested into the Yorkshire Regiment for service during the Great War. He served initially in Muldros, the Balkans, with the 6th Battalion from 14 July 1915, shortly before landing at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, on 6 August 1915. He saw later service with the Royal Irish Rifles and was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 1st Battalion, most probably for bravery on the Western Front, during the Hundred Days Offensive in the run up to the conclusion of hostilities. Sold with copied research.