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ENGLISH LANGUAGE Sutcliffe, Rev. J. A Grammar of the English Language T. Cadell and W. Davis pub., London, 1815, rebound Buchanan, James A Regular English Syntax J. Wren pub., London, 1767, original full calf The British Grammar Unnamed author, A. Millar pub., London 1762, original full calf with bookplate of Carroll Alton Mearns Lennie, William The Principles of English Grammar Printed for the author, Edinburgh, 1830, twelfth edition ALSO: Kennett, Basil Rome Antiquae Notita: or, the Antiquities of Rome London, 1773, fifteenth edition (5) Condition Report:Available upon request

Y RUPERT A SHAW (1950-1994) "A View from Richmond Hill", soft ground etching, artist proof, signed and inscribed in pencil and dated 1980, plate size 10 1/2" x 13", together with another similar "A Back Street in Venice", dated 1979, blond wood frames (Ex stock The Alton Gallery Barnes High Street, London) (2) (subject to Artists Resale Right) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Good, Venice a little loose in frame.

Y RUSKIN SPEAR (1911-1990) Figures in a Gallery, pen drawing and gouache, unsigned, 6 1/2" x 6 1/2", gilt frame, (Ex. stock The Alton Gallery Barnes High Street, London) (subject to Artists Resale Right) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Very good, behind glass.

Y CHARLES S HIGGINS PIC (1893-1980) Children in a Garden, mixed media, signed, 5 1/4" x 6 3/4", framed, (Ex. stock The Alton Gallery, Barnes High Street, London) (subject to Artists Resale Right) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Very good, behind glass.

MARK WILLIAM FISHER (1841-1923) Cattle Resting in a Meadow, oil on board, signed, RSW Gallery London label to reverse, 10 1/2" x 15 1/4", framed (Ex. stock The Alton Gallery, Barnes High Street, London) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Very good

Y WILLIAM BOYER (1926-2015) Riverscene at Dusk, oil on canvas signed, 21 1/2" x 18", gilt frame, (Ex. stock The Alton Gallery, Barnes High Street London) (subject to Artists Resale Right) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Very good, behind glass.

Y WILLIAM BOYER (1926-2015) Isle of Skye, oil on board, unsigned, 4 1/2" x 6" gilt frame, (Ex. stock The Alton Gallery, Barnes High Street London) (subject to Artists Resale Right) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Very good

Y CLIFFORD HALL (1904-1973) Figures in an Interior, oil on canvas, signed, 11" x 7" unframed, (Ex. stock The Alton Gallery, Barnes High Street, London) (subject to Artists Resale Right) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Good, bar small repair near hand of figure on the left, possibly needs a clean.

Y CHARLES S HIGGINS PIC (1893-1980) Lovers at Dusk, oil on paper(?), unsigned, 4 1/4" x 6", gilt frame, (subject to Artists Resale Right) (Ex. stock The Alton Gallery, Barnes High Street, London) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Very good, behind glass.

Y ARTHUR NEAL (b.1951) "La Bodiola", oil on board, unsigned, 8" x 10", gilt frame, (Ex. stock The Alton Gallery, Barnes High Street, London) (subject to Artists Resale Right) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Some fairly minor crazing, possibly needs a clean.

Y CHARLES S HIGGINS PIC (1893-1980) The Sick Cow, oil on board, signed, inscribed to reverse, 5 1/4" x 7", framed, (Ex. stock The Alton Gallery, Barnes High Street, London) (subject to Artists Resale Right) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Very good, behind glass.

ENGLISH SCHOOL, Early 20th century, Beach Scene with Figures, unsigned oil on board, 10 1/4" x 14", together with another Portrait of a Boy, oil on board, 7" x 5", both framed, (Ex stock The Alton Gallery, Barnes High Street London) (2) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Both in good condition.

1934 Rolls-Royce 20/25hp Limousine Coachwork by Arthur Mulliner, Northampton Registration no. VV 2802 Chassis no. GUB51 Engine no. X4T•Sold new to the The Hon Alice Nivison, daughter of 1st Lord Glendyne•Present ownership since 2013•Extensively recommissioned 2014-2015 (approximately £100,000 spent)•Raised final drive gearingThe introduction of a smaller Rolls-Royce, the 20hp, in 1922 enabled the company to cater for the increasingly important owner-driver market. Its successor, the 20/25hp, introduced in 1929, up-dated the concept with significant improvements, featuring an enlarged (from 3.1 to 3.7 litres) and more-powerful version of the Twenty's six-cylinder overhead-valve engine. Produced contemporaneously with the Phantom II, the 20/25 benefited from many of the features, such as synchromesh gears and centralised chassis lubrication, developed for the larger model, and would become the best-selling Rolls-Royce of the inter-war period.The Rolls-Royce 20/25hp was, of course, an exclusively coachbuilt automobile, and most of the great British coachbuilding firms offered designs, many of them unique, on the 20/25hp chassis. Off test on 10th February 1934 and registered as 'VV 2802', chassis number 'GUB51' carries formal limousine-with-division coachwork by the respected Northampton firm of Arthur Mulliner, a coachbuilder of the highest order whose designs were favoured by wealthy clients able to afford the finest chassis available. In this car's case the purchaser was the The Hon Alice Nivison, daughter of 1st Lord Glendyne (and an ancestor of our titled vendor). The latter purchased the Rolls-Royce from The Real Car Company, which had bought it at a UK auction in October 2013. At that time the car was said to have last been MoT'd in 1985 and was being sold requiring extensive recommissioning. Works carried out during 2014-2015 include the following: engine rebuild; magneto serviced; suspension serviced throughout; brakes rebuilt; front bench seat re-stuffed and upholstered in black leather; electrics rewired; wings repaired and repainted; front dashboard replaced in walnut. All of the aforementioned works were carried out by Milford Engineering in Scotland, while A & S in Alton cleaned and re-stuffed the rear seat and rebuilt the brakes (again). In addition, the car has been fitted with a more modern dynamo and a raised final drive ratio for more relaxed cruising. The vendor estimates the total amount spent to be around £100,000. Related bills are available and the car also comes with a V5C Registration Certificate.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

William Langley (British, act 1880-1920) "Near Alton, Hants" signed (lower left), oil on canvas 39 x 59cm (15.5" x 23.5")

Collection of non-league football programmes 1947/48 Bromley v Wimbledon (FAAC), 1949/50 BI Callender's Erith v Southern Utd (CMA final), 1949/50 REME Cup Final Central Worksop v Training Battalion, 1950/51 Bexhill Town v Shoreham, 1951/52 Callender Athletic v Beckenham (Kent. Snr Cup), 1952/53 Walthamstow Avenue v Finchley (London Snr Cup Final), 1953/54 Sidbury Utd v Seaton Town, 1954/55 Shoreham v Horsham (FAC), Arundel v Lewes, 1955/56 Bedworth Town v Lockheed, Winchester City v Versailles (friendly), Briggs Sports v Clapton (London Snr Cup), Bromley v Tooting & Mitcham (friendly), Dulwich Hamlet v Clapton (FAAC), Burton Albion v Sutton Town (FAC), 1956/57 Staines Town v Willesden (Middlesex Snr Cup), Basildon Town v Ford Sports (Essex Snr Cup), 1957/58 Ilford v Wimbledon, Kidderminster Harriers v Hereford Utd (8 February - tribute to Manchester Utd inside), Devizes Town v Westbury Utd, Faversham Town v Bromley (Kent Cup), Briggs Sports v Hertford Town, Dorking v Reigate Priory (Surrey Snr Cup), Winsford Utd v Wellington Town, Oxford City v Kingstonian, 1958/59 Walton & Hersham public trial; Reds v Whites, Buxton v Crook Town (FAC), Hounslow Town v Hayes (Middx Charity Cup s/f), Ransome & Marles v Anstey Nomads, Leytonstone v Bromley, Corinthian Casuals v Dulwich Hamlet, Yiewsley v Pressed Steel, Sittingbourne v Folkestone, Old Bradians v TV Eleven (Pete Murray, Lonnie Donegan, Tony Newley, Bernie Winters etc. etc.), Worcester Park v Camberley, Edgware Town v Worthing, Bexleyheath & Welling v Tonbridge (Kent Snr Shield), Yiewsley v Gloucester City, 1959/60 Dulwich Hamlet v Dulwich Amateur League, Woolwich Select XI v TV All Stars (Jess Conrad, Roy Castle, Ronnie Corbett, Tony Newley, Pete Murray etc.), 1960/61 Aldershot v 2 Trng Battn. RASC (Aldershot Snr Cup Final), Winchester City v Fleetlands, Dagenham v Leyton (Essex Thameside s/f), Ford Utd v Eton Manor, 1961/62 Sutton Town v Kidderminster Harriers, Dagenham v Letchworth Town, Runcorn v Macclesfield, Dorking v Walton & Hersham (FAC replay), St Albans City v Wimbledon, 1962/63 Edmonton v Hounslow Town (London Snr Cup), Dorking v London University, Welton Rovers v Bromley (FAAC), Bishops Stortford v Barnet (Herts. Snr Cup), 1963/64 Tonbridge v Arsenal (friendly), Maidstone Utd v Wimbledon, Bexhill Town v Lewes, Woodford Town v Epping Town (Essex Snr Cup), Doug Insole XI v TV All Stars (at Walthamstow), 1964/65 Bexley Utd v Wisbech Town, Isthmian League v Royal Navy at Barking, Staines Town v Marlow, Wigmore Athletic v Lewes, Midland Police v Aston Villa (former players) at Kings Norton, St. Albans City v Woking, Cray Wanderers v Hatfield Town (London league Cup Final), 1965/66 Truro City v Penzance, Altrincham v Wigan Athletic (Challenge Cup Final), Woking v Guildford City (Mithras Cup), Cambridge City v Bedford Town, Hendon v Carshalton Athletic (FAAC), Clitheroe v Guinness Exports, 1966/67 Chester v Wigan Athletic, Runcorn v Witton Albion, Romford v Wimbledon, Midland All Stars v International XI (Billy Wright, Stan Matthews, Bert Williams, Jimmy Mullen etc.) Tony Allden fund (the player killed by lightning), Willesden v Edgware Town, Haywards Heath v Littlehampton Town, 1967/68 Oxford City v Oxford Utd (friendly), Leytonstone v Oxford City, Grantham v Altrincham (FAC), Carshalton Athletic v Crystal Palace (friendly), Metropolitan Police v Rainham Town (Anglian Cup), Ware v Hertford, 1968/69 South Liverpool v Runcorn, Skelmersdale Utd v South Liverpool, Staines Town v TV Stars XI, Alvechurch v Oldbury Utd (Midland Combination Cup Final), Hendon v Enfield, 1969/70 Aylesbury Utd v Wealdstone (FAC), Sutton Utd v Leeds Utd (FAC), Burton Albion v Macclesfield Town (FA Trophy), Wimbledon v Crawley Town, 1970/71 Winterton Rovers v Scarborough (FAC), Gloucester City v Hereford Utd, 1971/72 Crawley Town v Brighton & HA (Sussex Professional Cup Final), Arnold v Heanor Town (FA Trophy), David Webb XI v Monty Python's XI at Chingford, 1972/73 Clitheroe v Clitheroe Amateur XI, 1972/73 Willenhall v Rising Brook, Curzon Ashton v Prescot Town, 1973/74 Tiverton v Mangotsfield, Arundel v Lewes (Sussex Cup), Chatteris Town v Thetford Town, Bedworth Town v Stourbridge, Didcot Town v Fairford Town, 1974/75 Witney Town v Merthyr Tydfil, Westland Yeovil v Taunton Town, Alton Town v East Cowes, 1976/77 Bexhill Town v Wigmore, Walton & Hersham v Horsham, Atherstone Town v Wimbledon + v Telford (double issue), Anson Villa v Congleton Town (FA Vase), 1977/78 Dulwich Hamlet v Orient (friendly), Arnold v Port Vale (FAC), 1978/79 AP Leamington v Torquay Utd (FAC), 1980/81 Bridgnorth Town v Shifnal Town (Salop Cup replay), 1981/82 Bobby Charlton's All Stars (Stepney, Book, Bell, Summerbee, Lee, Charlton, Hunt, St John, etc. etc.), v Styal FC (friendly), 1982/83 Bridgnorth Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers (friendly), Boston Utd v Notts County (testimonial), 1984/85 Waddington v Preston NE (friendly), Clitheroe v Thackley (FA Vase), 1985/86 Bristol Manor Farm v Bideford, Clitheroe v FC Rivesaltes (France), 1986/87 Dorking v Old Suttonians, Shoreham v Wimbledon (friendly), 1987/88 West Bromwich Albion All Stars v Sutton Utd (at Walmley), 1989/90 Tamworth v Port Vale (friendly), 1990/91 Bury Town v Southend Utd (friendly), Cammell Laird v Harwich & Parkeston (FA Vase), 1991/92 Barnet v Sutton Utd, 1992/93 Devon & Corwall Police v Truro City, Wimborne Town v Bournemouth (testimonial), 1993/94 Weston Mill Oak Villa v Paignton, 1994/95 Matlock Town v Chesterfield (friendly), 1995/96 Peterborough Utd v Coventry City at Yaxley, Billericay Town v Cambridge Utd (friendly), 1997/98 Carshalton Athletic v Fulham (friendly), 1997/98 Altrincham v Sheffield Wednesday (friendly); fair/good. 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Collection of Newport County home match programmes 1955/56 Shrewsbury Town, 1962/63 Oldham Athletic, Darlington, Chesterfield, Doncaster Rovers, Gillingham, 1963/64 Millwall (FLC), Hartlepools Utd, Sheffield Wednesday(FAC), 1964/65 Brighton & HA, Aldershot, Crewe Alexandra, Lincoln City, 1965/66 Rochdale, Chester, 1967/68 Gillingham (FAC), Hartlepools Utd, 1968/69 Southend Utd, Darlington, Lincoln City, 1969/70 Lincoln City, 1970/71 Stockport County, Hartlepools Utd, 1971/72 Exeter City, Grimsby Town, Hartlepool, Scunthorpe Utd, 1972/73 Stockport County, Alton Town (FAC), Barnsley, Crewe Alexandra, Lincoln City, Reading, 1973/74 (5) including Swansea City, 1974/75 (12) including Swansea City, 1975/76 (8) including Watford, 1976/77 (3), 1977/78 (2), 1979/80 (2), 1980/81 (4) including Portsmouth, 1981/82 (3) including Grimsby Town (FL Group Cup), 1982/83 Preston NE, 1983/84 Preston NE, 1989/90 Headington AFC; also 1956/57 Newport County official handbook (72 pages); fair/good. (76)

A stoneware bottle vase with wood ash glaze, possibly by Alton Pottery, 32cm high

HYLTON CLEAVER: ST BENEDICT'S GOES BACK, London, Frederick Warne, 1946 first edition, original cloth d/w (small part losses, creasing and repairs) plus F V MONK & H T WINTER: PILOT AND PLANE, London, Blackie, circa 1934, later inscription on ffep, original pictorial cloth d/w (price clipped, small part losses and repairs) plus GODFREY F PULLEN: THE DAWNCOMB AIR BOYS, London, Sampson Low Marston, ND inscription on ffep dated 1947, original cloth d/w (part losses) plus EVELYN EVERETT-GREEN: THE MYSTERY OF ALTON GRANGE, London, Thomas Nelson, ND prize label dated 1932, original pictorial cloth d/w (price clipped, small part losses and repairs) (4)

Vinyl - Over 100 Soul, Jazz and Reggae LPs to include Gill Scott Heron, Charles Wright, Toots & The Maytals, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Johnny Hodges, Charlie Parker, Ma Rainey, Blind Lemon Jefferson (10"), Prince, Chico Hamilton, Aswad, Art Tatum, Rahsaan Roland Kirk, Quincey Jones, The Beat, Pete Rugolo, Marvin Gaye, Kenny Burrell, Muddy Waters, Sam Cooke, Jimmy Cliff, Madness, Stevie Wonder, Thelma Houston, Doobie Gray, Alton Ellis, Ben Webster, Bob Marley & The Wailers and more. Vg overall

A quantity of 20th century blue and white tableware to include a Delft vase, Spode Italian pattern, Johnson Brothers bowls, a Palissy pottery pepper pot, an Alde Alton ware jug, a Laura Ashley jug, 2 tea pots, dinner plates and a Chinese Prunus ginger jar with lid A/FLocation: A3M

Alton Bone China Alice in Wonderland Figures (6)

An 18ct gold chain, 18in long with 18ct gold cross pendant stamped 'Alton' & letter 'A' set with small diamonds, link a/f, 7.8g

POSTCARDS, Two Albums containing approximately 455 Postcards, 440 of which feature STAFFORDSHIRE & ALTON TOWERS, the cards mostly date from the early 20th century (with exceptions) and feature a large section from STAFFORD including views of Parks, The Railway Station, The Mill and Weir, Schools, Colleges, Churches, The Town Hall and Market Hall, Hotels, Streets and Roads, The South Staffs Regiment at Tixhall Hall, The Royal Visit 1907 including the Tree planted by the King at Ingestre Hall, Shugborough Hall, RUGELEY, Camps on Cannock Chase, Trentham and Doveridge and ALTON including The Castle and Alton Towers, the remaining cards feature Resorts, Towns and Cities in the UK and Ireland and are mainly of a topographical nature but sixteen cards feature Ships which include Cunard Vessels (2)

Astronaut autograph, James Alton McDivitt, Commander Apollo IX (1969). The framed display featuring image of McDivitt in white spacesuit standing beside a lunar globe with Apollo 9 cover signed in green ink, approximately 31 cm x 22 cm including frame.

A Beswick Cairn Terrier playing with a ball along with an Alton bone china bulldog

Four: Corporal A. Lintott, Hampshire Regiment, who was wounded at Gallipoli on 21 August 1915 1914-15 Star (10484 L.Cpl. A. Lintott. Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10484 Cpl. A. Lintott. Hamps. R.); Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Arthur Lintott); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘113665’, minor official correction to surname on Star (see footnote), good very fine (5) £100-£140 --- Arthur Lintott was born in Alton, Hampshire, in 1895, and attested for the Hampshire Regiment at Aldershot on 2 September 1914. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War at Gallipoli from 5 August 1915, and was wounded by gun shot at Kabak Kayu on 21 August 1915, during the Battle of Hill 60. Evacuated to Mudros, he returned to England on the hospital ship Aquitania on 21 October 1915, and was discharged due to wounds on 5 August 1916, being awarded a Silver War Badge. He subsequently became a postman in Winchester, and was awarded his Imperial Service Medal upon his retirement (London Gazette 23 October 1959). He died in Bournemouth in 1987. Sold with copied Medal Index Card (which states that the Star was originally issued with the surname ‘Lintoll’, and was returned and re-issued in April 1920); and other copied research.

Great Britian 1808 Postal History - E.L. Dated 2 April 1808-posted to London- manuscript 1/1-partial black sing ring Alton/?/E cancel-red single ring APR/W(4th)/1808 cancel

A collection of 20th century china tea and dinner wares, i.e. Aynsley, Jasperware, Doulton, Alton and blanks

JAMES TAIT (SCOTTISH 1878 - 1938), ALTON MOSS oil on board, signed, titled and dated 1930 versoframedimage size 50cm x 75cm, overall size 65cm x 91cm

Territorial Long Service Medal Group of Four For Service in the Hampshire Regiment During and After the Great War, British War and Victory medals, “355113 A.W.O. CL.2 A.A. JUPE HAMPS R.”, Territorial Force War Medal, “224 SJT. A.A. JUPE HAMPS R.”, Territorial Force Efficiency medal, GV, “355113 SJT. A.A. JUPE 9/HAMPS: R.” Arthur Adolphus Jupe was born on 5th Jan 1895 in Fareham, Hampshire. He entered the Postal Service and in 1911 was a Postal Clerk (Learner), he worked his way up to being the Postmaster at Alton, Hampshire in 1939, he also is shown as having responsibilities for the GPO Air Raid Office. During the Great War he served with the 1/9th (Cyclist) Battalion Hampshire Regiment. Late Rod Flood collection

Mixed tableware to include Alpha Ware, Olde Alton Ware and Wedgwood meat and other plates Location:

15 x K15 Daimler Fleetline Londoner Bus - individual models include Macleans Toothpaste; Bradford Telegraph & Argus; Butterkist Popcorn; both Alton Towers label variations; plus many others similar (see photo) - Excellent to Near Mint in Good to Excellent Window boxes. Consigned for sale by Ex-Lesney Employee.

PARKER REPRODUCTIONS A 20-BORE 'MODEL DHE' SINGLE-TRIGGER BOXLOCK EJECTOR, serial no. 20-4383, with extra barrels, circa 1986, 28in. nitro reproved barrels with broad matt rib, left tube engraved 'PARKER REPRODUCTIONS BY WINCHESTER - 20 GAUGE. 2 3/4" & 3" EAST ALTON IL. U.S.A.', 3in. chambers, bored approx. 1/2 and 3/4 choke; 26in. nitro reproved barrels with broad matt rib, left tube engraved 'PARKER REPRODUCTIONS BY WINCHESTER - 20 GAUGE. 2 3/4" EAST ALTON IL. U.S.A.', 2 3/4in. chambers, bored approx. 1/4 and 1/2 choke; hold-open toplever, automatic safety, selective single trigger, acanthus scroll engraving surrounding game scenes of pointer and a nye of pheasant, retaining much original colour-hardening, 14 1/4in. figured stock with border engraved steel skeletal buttplate, fore-end with Deeley & Edge patent release catch, weight 6lb. 11oz. (28in.) and 6lb. 9oz. (26in.) in its lightweight leather case with provision for both sets of barrels and canvas and leather outer. S2 - Sold as a Section 2 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act

TWO BOXES AND LOOSE METAL WARES, TOYS, PICTURES AND SUNDRY ITEMS, to include two silver souvenir teaspoons, a silver butter knife, a set of postal scales with weights, a boxed 'Orient Line to Australia' set of playing cards and a guide to the game of patience, a brass tray, Lledo, Corgi and other boxed diecast vehicles, a terracotta hippo, three wooden mushrooms, a Tomy train set, four small framed prints of Trentham Hall, Alton Towers, Keele Hall and Oxley Manor, a cased vintage razor, a briefcase, etc (2 boxes + loose) (sd)

A collection of mixed ceramic items too include a large Beswick corgi, Alton China corgi figure, Grindley royal commemorative ashtray, G.T Jones bird figural group, Crown Devon dessert set etc (1 tray).

{Lois Alton. 1894 Krumau - 1972 Innsbruck.} Sign. Bunter Blütenstrauß vor dunklem Hintergrund. Öl/Ktn. 30 x 35 cm. R

{Lois Alton. 1894 Krumau - 1972 Innsbruck.} Sign. Narzissenstrauß in Vase. Öl/Ktn. 50 x 50 cm. R

Boxing, from the collection of boxing photographer Les Clark approx. 300 photographs 5 x 7" or smaller, some signed. Images include Razor Ruddick, Sugar Ray Leonard, Clay O'Shea, Rocky Lawlor, Phil Lashley, Stan King, Steve Leftwich, Dave Lawrence, Chris Eubank, Barry Messam, Chris McCready, Trevor Meikle, Kelton McKenzie, Trevor Ambrose, Spencer Alton etc. (vg)

Two large notebooks (pages 20 x 30cm), with approx 96 pages per book containing many hundreds of autographs collected during the life of Jazz lover, expert and writer Barry McRae.Many signatures accompanied by photographs, notes, dates and other interesting notes on provenance. To include: Erroll Garner, John Parker, Angelique Kidjo, Curtis Stigers, Boxcar Willie, Bill Bruford, Natty Dominique, Syl Johnson, Richie Havens, Michael Bloomberg, Cleveland Rhythm Club, Jean Claude Mencaglia, Red Allen, Joe Watkins, 1958 George Lewis band, Duke Ellington, Jamie Cullum, Chas McDevitt, Alton Redd.Note - videos displaying all autographs are available on request.Provenance: from the collection of lifetime Jazz devotee, writer and expert Barry McRae (1935-2018).

NO RESERVE Clarion Publishing.- Prospero Poets, 14 special editions only (of 18, lacking 9, 11, 17 & 18), each one of 149 or 99 copies signed by the author and artist (a few unnumbered), from editions limited to 499, Nos.10 & 14 with an additional signed print by Vance Gerry and John Lawrence respectively loosely inserted, illustrations, some colour, original boards, many pictorial, together in 3 slip-cases, 1994-97; Clarion Tales, 7 vol., a complete set of the special editions, all signed by the author and artist (except No.7 artist only as George Mackay Brown died while the work was in production), Nos.1 & 2 unnumbered but with an original signed print by Sonia Lawson and Paul Hogarth respectively loosely inserted, the rest each one of 249 copies (No.4 & 5 unnumbered), all from editions limited to 499, illustrations, some colour, original boards, together in slip-case, 1996-97, Alton, Clarion Publishing; and a large quantity of duplicates or ordinary editions of the same, some with slip-cases, 8vo (77)⁂ Authors include Roger McGough, Simon Armitage, Andrew Motion, Fay Weldon, William Trevor, Alan Sillitoe, Edna O'Brien, and George Mackay Brown; and artists Annie Newnham, Simon Brett, Rigby Graham, Miriam Macgregor, and John Lawrence.A more detailed list of the items is included in the lot.

Clarice Cliff Bizarre 'Alton' Bonjour sugar sifter, 5" high

Collection of Quality Blue and white ceramic items to include, 5 Burleighware coffee cans (5cms high) , 4 spode and four Wedgwood Egg cups, Spode Bowl, Fenton Bowl,Willow pattern stone china comport, John Steventon Platter, Olde alton Tureen, Midwinter tray. 

Collection of blue and white sauce boats - includes Liberty Blue, Washington Old Willow, Ireland, Denmark, Olde Alton Ware, Yuan etc

REGGAE (ROOTS/ROCKSTEADY/DUB) - 70s/80s LPs. Dropping the biscuit on these 40 x well kept essential Reggae Lps from the 70s/80s. Artists/titles include Keith Foote One Love - Get Up And Reggae (x2) eion Roots Vol 1, Gregory Isaacs - Private Beach Party, Sugar Minott, John Holt - The Further You Look, Don Drummond - Memorial Album, Bob Andy - Freely, Barrington Levy, Various - Melodica Melodies (inc. Augustus Pablo), Dean Frazer - Big Bad Sax, Barry Brown, Third World, Alton Ellis, Michael Prophet, Little Roy, Brown & Holt, Creation Rockers, Gems From Treasure Isle, Delroy Wilson, Burning Spear, Joe Gibbs, Culture, Lee Perry and Big Youth. The records are typically smart VG+ to Ex+ condition, the sleeves generally VG to Ex+.

A mixed collection of items to include Wooden Bowl with brass surround, Wade Terrier, Alton pottery dog, Barometer , digital camera etc

Pair of British Railways (Southern Region) double-sided, wooden PLATFORM FINGER BOARDS, believed to be ex-St Denys station. The first is for Swaythling and stations to Winchester City and the second for Swaythling and stations to Alton on the Watercress Line with 'also Itchen Abbas' added by hand. They measure 48" x 5.5" (122cm x 14cm) and are in good, ex-use condition, the second has lost its metal reinforcements at the end. [2]

STEPHENSON (GEORGE)Series of six autograph letters signed ('Geo. Stephenson') to Henry Belcher (first) and Thomas Clark at the Railway Office, Whitby, Yorkshire reporting from Stone (3 Jan. 1824) that 'Before I set off for Whitby I considered it necessary to spend time looking after the manufacture of the Rails' by visiting the Caponfield Works 'and those of Mr. Foster', and his discovery that the former 'have got nothing done except the rollers...'; from North Hotel, Birmingham (7 April 1834) asking the recipient to offer his apologies to the Chairman of Directors for not being able to journey to London, and offering his opinion on various matters relating to preparations for the Whitby railway ('With respect to the weighing machines the tender from Mr. Kitchin of Warrington appears to be the most eligible...'), providing specifications and costings, and advising 'With respect to the Rails &c Mr. Longridge's offer appears to be a very fair one, provided it is for iron of the quality mentioned in the specification...'; on 30 April 1834, further confirming that 'of the tenders recv. from Longridge and Mr. Foster Mr. Longridge's tender appears to be decidedly the more eligible', and advising he is the in the process of testing the Rails 'which are being prepared by the Capon Field Iron Iron Co.', and that he will shortly go the works to 'make a personal inspection of the Rails, and their progress in completing the order...'; on 28 May 1834 promising he will again visit Capon Field, and stating 'I am extremely anxious to visit Whitby but I am afraid I cannot be there at this time...', a sentiment echoed on 4 October 1835, whilst confirming he has had 'a good deal conversation with Mr. Swanwick about the incline plane, and I am not... satisfied with either the stationery engine or the water wheel. The stationery engine will be expensive to keep on account of the cost of coal. The water wheel will be too costly to put up unless there be more traffic on the line than I can at present forsee...', and that he is working on another plan which 'I shall have... prepared when I go down to Whitby. The machinery will not cost much in erecting and no time will be lost in turning to this arrangement....'; and in September 1835 thanking Clark for sending 'the minutes of the Directors', promising to visit shortly, and assuring him that 'it is my wish to have that great work set forward is possible, and you will please to inform my Whitby friends that no exertion of mine shall be wanting to give them a taste of the benefits of it...', each 4 pages (including integral address, with red postal stamp, 4 pages blank), old folds, age-dusted, small hole at head (touching a couple of letters to each), 4to Stone, 3 January 1834, North Hotel, Birmingham 7 April 1834, London, 30 April 1834, and Alton Grange, 28 May 1834, 4 October 1835 and 6 September 1835, loosely inserted into an album, with other letters and cut signatures - see footnote (quantity)Footnotes:'BEFORE I SET OF FOR WHITBY I CONSIDERED IT NECESSARY TO SPEND TIME LOOKING AFTER THE MANUFACTURE OF THE RAILS' - Series of six letters written by George Stephenson to the Railway Office at Whitby, Yorkshire in which he reports to the Directors of the Whitby and Pickering Railway for which he had been employed as engineer. Since his engine Rocket triumphed at the Rainhill trials in 1829 'Stephenson's life was a history of the railway progress of the country... there was hardly a railway scheme in which Stephenson was not consulted, or an important line built without his help and advice' (ODNB). Other material includes: autograph letters signed by Robert Stephenson (2 pages, relating to 'charges for the Leeds Extension', undated), Daniel Gooch (2 pages, offering his help to Mr. Crier, on G.W.R. headed paper, Nov. 6 1866), Sir Joseph Paxton (3 pages, noting '... my firm opinion is we are on the eve of great prosperity in Trade and Commerce all this must benefit Railways, the only drawback is the agricultural interest being in so depressed a state', Chatsworth, 1 Dec. 1849), Samuel Smiles (3 pages, to Mr. Crier, discussing matters relating to the South Eastern Railway for which he had recently been appointed Secretary, 20 Nov. 1854), George Parker Bidder (2 pages, 30 Dec. 1850); Benjamin Disraeli ('B. Disraeli, Downing St.', signed bank warrant, March 1852); cut signatures of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Charles W. Dilke, Lord Aberdare, and others; Mr. Crier's ticket to 'Great Western Railway. Queen's Jubilee, 1887'.Provenance: John Crier (1824-1897), clerk and registrar for the Great Western Railway, Paddington (see web illustration of Crier in his office); by descent to the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Mixed ceramics to include a Crown Pottery Alton platters, a 1902 Weston Guild plate, Coalport pastel burners, a Lazy Susan, together with mixed glass and a Selkirk paperweight, Location: 10:3, 10:2

Alton Palmberg silver ring with flower-shaped centerpiece set with synthetic spinel. Set with a faceted synthetic spinel of Ø approx. 12.0 mm. In good condition. Hallmarks: Dutch assay mark 925, import hallmark, Design: A Palmberg, F (Fallköping), national hallmark Sweden, S (silver hallmark), Y9 (date mark 1973), Sterling. Ring size: 18.5 mm / 58 mm. Ø Centerpiece: 2.7 cm. Weight: 9.8 grams.

HYLTON CLEAVER: ST BENEDICT'S GOES BACK, London, Frederick Warne, 1946 first edition, original cloth d/w (small part losses, creasing and repairs) plus F V MONK & H T WINTER: PILOT AND PLANE, London, Blackie, circa 1934, later inscription on ffep, original pictorial cloth d/w (price clipped, small part losses and repairs) plus GODFREY F PULLEN: THE DAWNCOMB AIR BOYS, London, Sampson Low Marston, ND inscription on ffep dated 1947, original cloth d/w (part losses) plus EVELYN EVERETT-GREEN: THE MYSTERY OF ALTON GRANGE, London, Thomas Nelson, ND prize label dated 1932, original pictorial cloth d/w (price clipped, small part losses and repairs) (4)

HENRI GAUDIER-BRZESKA (FRENCH 1891-1915) THE MADONNA OF 'THE MIRACLE' WITH SELF-PORTRAIToil on canvas55 x 43cm; 21 3/4 x 17in74 X 61cm; 29 x 24in (framed)Property from a Deceased EstateProvenance:Mr & Mrs Thomas Leman Hare (commissioned from the artist. Thomas Leman Hare was a publisher and collector and in the 1920s became editor of Apollo magazine)Mrs Genevieve Shillingford (god-daughter of Mrs Leman Hare)Miss Joia Shillingford (daughter of the above)Sale, Sotheby's London, 11th November 1981, lot 242 (sold by the above)A. Leslie (probably purchased at the above sale)Alton Gallery, BarnesPurchased by the late owner from the above prior to 1990Painted in 1912, this is a unique example in Gaudier-Brzeska’s oeuvre both in being painted on canvas rather than paper, and in the silhouette self-portrait holding a brush. The statuette in the foreground of the composition is a plaster Gaudier had recently completed of Madame Carmi in the leading role of the Madonna in The Miracle performed at the London Olympia. The plaster is now in the collection of Kettle's Yard, Cambridge (fig. 1). The present painting was almost certainly executed in the Thameside home of his patrons, Mr and Mrs Leman Hare, on Chiswick Mall. Thomas Leman Hare (1872-1935) was a painter, collector and writer on art, who subsequently became editor of Apollo magazine. Friends of the Leman Hares included fellow art writer Haldane Macfall, painter and illustrator Claud Lovat Fraser and the aspiring young writer Enid Bagnold, who later achieved fame as the author of National Velvet. Gaudier-Brzeska had arrived from his native France with his companion Sophie Brzeska early in 1911 and had entered the orbit of this group in January 1912 after writing to Haldane Macfall in response to an article he had published in the English Review. Gaudier modelled portraits of several of them and contacts with more advanced artists and writers followed notably with the sculptor Jacob Epstein, some of the Camden Town painters and with Roger Fry’s Omega Workshop. In 1914 he was elected to the London Group and emerged as one of the leaders of the short-lived, radical Vorticist Group before his tragically premature death in France aged only 23. Performed from 21 December 1911 to 10 February 1912, The Miracle, produced by the German impressario Max Reinhardt was an extravaganza - part medieval miracle play, part wordless musical pageant involving around 1,700 performers including orchestra and chorus, horses, actors and a set evoking the interior of a medieval church which is probably that sketched on the verso of Gaudier’s canvas (fig. 2). It was a hit which subsequently toured in Europe and the US, was revived in the 1920s and filmed in three versions. It also launched the career of Maria Carmi who incarnated the central figure, a sculpture of the Madonna and the redemptive figure of the nun at the core of the plot.The statuette of Maria Carmi (1880-1957) was one of Gaudier’s earliest commissions. He was paid £5. The commission and the process of its making were described both by Sophie Brzeska in the ‘Journal’ of her life with Gaudier (Cambridge University Library) and by Gaudier himself in a letter, dated 12 February 1912, to Haldane Macfall (National Art Library).In Sophie Brzeska’s account Mrs Leman Hare arrived at their Chelsea lodgings, just as they were packing up to move, to offer Gaudier the commission and to insist that he and Sophie Brzeska accompany the Hares to the final performance who had already seen it eight times; ‘There is a large number of people who admire Maria Carmi as much as we do. So my husband had the idea to ask Lord Northcliffe and a few other gentlemen whether they might not like to contribute to having a bust made of this divine Madonna. Lord Northcliffe was enchanted by the idea. . . We are going to have a copy cast in bronze to offer to Madame Carmi and then fifty or so in plaster which will sell easily.’Two days later Gaudier gave a down-to-earth account in a letter to Macfall, describing the sculpture as a statuette rather than a bust. ‘Off we went as tired as could be, made about sixty sketches of the subject, came back home…at 1 o’clock yesterday, and spent the whole morning putting up the clay for the thing.’ He added ‘Mr Hare gave me a very good idea. He suggested that I should indicate on the plaster cast the different colours gold, red and blue and this I will do.’On 26 February Gaudier was able to report to Macfall that the mould was finished and he expected to be able to cast the piece that evening. A second plain white cast was made, later probably destroyed, but the projected edition never came to fruition.The archive image of the statuette (fig. 1) shows short brush strokes of colour applied in an Impressionist technique although all the colour has now deteriorated to dark brown in this sculpture (Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge). A pastel of The Madonna alone (Private Collection) is more densely pigmented in red, blue, green and ochre (H Brodzky, Gaudier-Brzeska Drawings, 1946, colour frontispiece). One may surmise that Gaudier included the mirrored image of himself as a painter rather than sculptor in his canvas in acknowledgement of Leman Hare’s colour suggestion.We are grateful to Dr Evelyn Silber for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry. fig. 1, Archival photograph of Gaudier-Brzeska, Mme Carmi as the Madonna in 'The Miracle', plaster, 1912 (courtesy of Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge)fig. 2, The reverse of the present lot, almost certainly showing the stage set of The Miracle performed at Olympia Exhibition Halls 1911-12

A Clarice Cliff Bizarre Fantasque Alton pattern ribbed honey pot and cover, the moulded basketweave cover with bee knop, 8cm high, printed Newport Pottery mark, c.1935

A Swedish Alton silver modernist amethyst pendant by designer Ke Palmberg, on a silver chain

A Beswick model Great Dane standing; others Corgi, Old English Sheepdogs ; Alton Pointer with pheasant; Border Fine Arts etc (9)

Grateful Dead Concert Poster /Egypt 1978, An Alton Kelly designed reprint poster for the 1978 Egypt concert - measures 12 7/8" by 20 3/8" - unfolded, rolled and in Excellent condition

Alton Kelley Joint Show Poster / Pigpen, Poster for the Moore Galleries Art Show in San Francisco in 1967 featuring art by Alton Kelley, Stanley Mouse, Victor Moscoso, Wes Wilson, Rick Griffin - measures 28 ¾" by 22 ¾" - glossy card stock - unfolded, rolled and in Excellent condition

Grateful Dead Concert Poster, Concert Poster for The Grateful Dead and Andrew Staples at the Old Cheese Factory - designed by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley - later printing and measuring 14 ½" by 20". Rolled with a pin holes on edges but overall in very good condition

Grateful Dead / Family Dog Poster, Concert Poster for The Grateful Dead and Oxford Circle at the Avalon Ballroom Sept 17th / 18th 1966 (aka Skeleton & Roses) - designed by Stanley Mouse and Alton Kelley - later printing and measuring 14 ¼" by 19 ⅞". Rolled with a few light marks but overall in very good condition

Alton Bank, for Austen, Gray & Vincent, unissued £5, 180-, no signature or serial number, an attractive and fresh extremely fine, scarce Outing 34f £200-£260

Six: Lieutenant F. B. A. Cardew, Devonshire Regiment, Later Royal Engineers, a cousin of Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, he was taken Prisoner of War during the Great War, before going onto see service in the Second World War attached to Montgomery’s Staff 1914-15 Star (2/Lt F. B. A. Cardew Devon. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lt. F. B. A. Cardew. Devon R.); France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, the Great War Medals all stamped ‘Duplicate’, the Second War Medals later issues, good very fine (6) £140-£180 --- Frederick Brutton Anstruther Cardew was born in September 1897 and was educated at St. Edward’s, Oxford. He was Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, on 15 August 1914 and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 8 March 1915, latterly attached to the 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was promoted Lieutenant on 22 March 1915, and was taken Prisoner of War at the Second Battle of Ypres on 8 May 1915: ‘By 5:30 in the morning on the 8th they bombarded us violently, blowing the trench in all the way along. I was buried four times that morning but managed to get out. By mid-day I had about 7 men left in my platoon (I had started on the 21st April with 44) and the trench was packed with dead and wounded, they had maxims playing on the parapet, or what was left of it, as well as guns. Then half-a-mile to our right I saw the Germans break through and by 5 o’clock they were working round behind us. By 6 p.m. my company on the extreme right next to the Germans had orders to hang on till 8 o’clock and then retire. I knew then we should be wiped out of course as they were far stronger. I was in command of the company, the rest of the officers being killed. They charged about 6:15 p.m. and we held them off for a quarter-of-an-hour fighting to the rear, front and to the right. Then they got on top of us and we had to surrender. We were marched straight to Rouler. I was so tired that I walked along asleep part of the way.’ (letter from the recipient dated 14 May 1915 refers [N.B. not included with lot]). Cardew was interned at Halle and subsequently in six other camps until 23 August 1918, when he was transferred to Holland for repatriation on 23 November 1918. He had the option of being transferred to Holland much earlier in the War, but did not accept, as he wished to effect his escape, which he attempted unsuccessfully on numerous occasions. Disembodied on 1 August 1919, he relinquished his commission with the rank of Lieutenant on 1 April 1920. Cardew re-enlisted as Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 3 August 1942, and was advanced temporary Captain on 12 April 1943: his Second World War service included a period as a Staff Officer attached to Field Marshal Montgomery’s Headquarters, 1944-45. He retired in October 1946. Sold with the recipient’s Hudson’s, Birmingham whistle, and an envelope, post-marked Alton 9 October 1968, addressed to the recipient from his cousin, Field Marshal the Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, K.G., G.C.B., D.S.O., together with an example of the Field Marshal’s autograph.