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A LATE GEORGE III IRISH GREEN BLACK AND GILT JAPANNED 'ROYAL PORTABLE HARP' BY JOHN EGAN DATED 1819 Decorated overall with trailing shamrocks with an open soundbox, the brass plates blank but with inscribed paper label to interior "John Egan 30 Dawson Street, June 1819 Dublin" 93cm high Provenance: Mrs J W Mackail (nee Margaret Burne-Jones) (1866-1953); By descent to her daughter Clare Mackail (1896-1975); Thence by family descent. Harps of this form, of varying degrees of sophistication, were made by John Egan of 31 Dawson St, Dublin from 1801-1841. Generally decorated in black, blue, and green and with distinctive shamrock gilding, some of the best examples bear Egan's name inscribed on a brass plaque that proclaims 'Maker-by Special Appointment to his Most Gracious Majesty George IVth'. A comparable harp with similar paper label is held in The National Trust Collection at Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire with label dated for April 1819 (NT 1335364). Other examples are in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; the Smithsonian, Washington D.C; and the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin. Condition Report: With dents marks and scratches and shrinkage cracks due to age and frequent use. Chips, rubbing, small scratches and wear to the decoration throughout and accretion of surface dirt. Some strings broken. Has a later triangular plate set to upper corner of one side- presumably to stabilise previous shrinkage faults which are visible to the other side. Some loss to one upper corner around final pins. Replacement pins with colour and style variances to tops, some internal taping- which may be later for greater stability. Bottom edge worn and some loose veneer and moulding Provenance: Mrs J W Mackail (nee Margaret Burne-Jones) (1866-1953); By descent to her daughter Clare Mackail (1896-1975); Thence by family descent. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. Condition Report Disclaimer

ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE JACK, FOR MORRIS & CO., A MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE CIRCA 1890 The underside stamped Morris & C0 / 449 Oxford STW / 530 and a paper label with ink inscription 'WILLIAM MORRIS/ used to work at his designs /for the KELMSCOT CHAUCER/ in the studio at The Grange/ on Sunday Mornings/ while my father Edward Burne-Jones/ worked at his drawings for the/ same book. Morris used this table' and further label with ink inscription 'This Table/ left/ to/ CLARE' 65cm high, 61cm wide, 61cm deep  Provenance:According to paper label the table belonged to Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-1898) and was used at The Grange, Fulham; By descent to his daughter Mrs J W Mackail (nee Margaret Burne-Jones) (1866-1953); By descent to her daughter Clare Mackail (1896-1975); Thence by family descent.  This occasional table was almost certainly a popular model, designed by George Jack (1855-1931), and supplied by Morris & Co., Oxford Street, London, in the late 19th century. An identical table sold Christie's, London, 13 May 2014, lot 162. George Washington Jack, architect, furniture-designer and wood carver, was chief furniture designer for Morris & Co. from 1890 onwards. Jack was born to Scottish and Irish parents in Long Island, New York in 1855 but on his father's death in 1860 the family returned to Glasgow. Jack was articled to a number of architectural practices in Scotland and London before joining Philip Webb's firm as a draughtsman and site architect in 1882. Webb introduced Jack to William Morris and from 1885 Jack began to work for Morris & Co. as chief designer while simultaneously working for Webb. This table in Jack's preferred 18th century revival style probably dates from c. 1890 suggested by its relationship to another similar walnut table now in St. Louis Museum of Art (189:1990). Jack was elected a member of the Art Workers Guild in 1906, and exhibited at the Arts & Crafts Exhibition Society. Another table designed by Jack and exhibited as per above was described as: 'a table [with piecrust top] six carved legs, executed by Sidwell and Thatcher, carving by H. Dodd, exh. Morris & Co. (cat. no. 415). In the Morris & Co. catalogue of this year it featured as No. 376, priced at 8 guineas, and a plain version No. 370 was available in oak or mahogany for £4 10 0' (). Condition Report: With wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Old surface marking, small water stains, rings, surface scratches throughout and small dents to legs. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. Condition Report Disclaimer

Y&nbspA GEORGE III MAHOGANY, TULIPWOOD CROSSBANDED AND LINE INLAID BREAKFRONT SECRETAIRE LIBRARY BOOKCASE CIRCA 1780 With astragal glazed doors and ivory handles, the secretaire fall front opening to a tooled leather inset writing surface below an arrangement of drawers around a central pigeon hole 277cm high, 275cm wide, 50cm deep Please note: Dreweatts have applied for a de minimis exemption for this lot. Ref: 39HRZPFQProvenance: Anthony Armstrong Jones, the 1st Earl of Snowdon, sold at Sotheby's 26th November 2003, lot 104For a breakfront bookcase of the period, incorporating remarkably similar astragal glazing as well as oval motifs to the lower doors, see Christie's, New York, Important English Furniture, 17th October 2008, Lot 26 ($43,750). The collection from Trethill House, Cornwall Condition Report: Condition report available upon request Approximate measurements of each section of bookcase:  Upper sides: 165cm high, 68cm wide, 28cm deep. Upper centre: 165cm high, 136cm wide, 38cm deep,  Lower sides: 112cm high, 70cm wide, 39cm deep. Lower centre: 112cm high, 139 wide, 49cm deep.     Condition Report Disclaimer

PCGS Graded and Slabbed PR69 DCAM. Signed by 33rd US Mint Director Donna Pope. San Francisco Mint. The obverse side features the 1st US President, George Washington, on a horse. The reverse side features George Washington's Mount Vernon. The coin is in a protective case. The case is approximately: 2.5"L x 0.5"W x 3.25"H. This item has a box: 4.5"L x 3.75"W x 1.25"H. Certificate of Authenticity included. Artist: Elizabeth JonesIssued: 1982Dimensions: See DescriptionManufacturer: Westminster MintCondition: Age related wear.

San Francisco Mint. The obverse side features the 1st US President, George Washington, on a horse. The reverse side features George Washington's Mount Vernon. The coin is in a protective case. The case is approximately: 0.25"D x 1.25" dia. This item has its original box: 3.5"L x 2.75"W x 0.5"H. Artist: Elizabeth JonesIssued: 1982Dimensions: See DescriptionCondition: Age related wear.

A George V silver tray, Charles S. Green & Co., Birmingham 1933, in the Art Deco taste, with shaped rim, on stepped pad feet, presentation engraving to the well “To Bt. Col. P.H. Highfield-Jones…by Warrant Officers, Staff Sergeants and Sergeants of the 2/6th Batallion The South Staffordshire Regiment upon relinquishing command….Aug. 1940”. Diameter 30cm, 26 troy ounces.  

A 19th century majolica jardiniere, circa 1870, of compressed square shape, decorated in relief with birds, in the Japanese taste, probably by George Jones, painted 3307 to base, 27cm wideOverall condition looks to be complete. Dirty. Crazing within the glaze.

An autographed Arsenal Football Club letterheaded sheet: a letterheaded sheet from Arsenal Football Club featuring the signatures of sixteen players and staff, including: Eddie Hapgood, Leslie Compton, Wil Copping, Dave Nelson, George Swindin, Cliff Bastin; Laurie Scott, Reg Lewis, Les Jones and others.Note: The autographs of the Arsenal squad, likely 1932, on a page taken from a Highbury memo pad. The vendor's grandfather is said to have had a trial with Arsenal at Highbury during the interwar period when the club boasted several England players in the squad and dominated the League.

1950 F.A. CUP FINAL / ARSENAL AUTOGRAPHS Menu, Table Plan and Place Card for the wife of the Town Clerk of Islington for the Dinner and Dance in Celebration of the Final of the F.A. Challenge Cup 29/4/1950 at the Café Royal. The back of the menu has 18 signatures including all 11 that played in the Final, George Swindin, Laurie Scott, Walley Barnes, Alex Forbes, Les Compton, Joe Mercer, Freddie Cox, Jimmy Logie, Pete Goring, Reg Lewis and Denis Compton. Plus Manager Tom Whittaker, Alex James, Archie Macaulay, Ted Platt, Kevin O'Flanagan and Brynn Jones. The front cover of the menu has been repaired. The autographs cover is not affected. The table plan is worn with minor paper loss. Fair to generally good

Mallory (George), E.M. Forster, A.E. Housman etc.- Pate (Minnie, of the Cambridge University Typewriting Office, 33 Trinity Street, Cambridge) Album of correspondence to Minnie Pate concerning typing for various people at Cambridge University, including: George Mallory (Autograph Letter signed & 1 Autograph Postcard signed); E.M. Forster (2 Autograph Postcards signed & 1 Typed Letter signed); A.E. Housman (1½ Autograph Letters signed & 1 Autograph Postcard signed); Laurence Housman, John Murray (2); Harold Laski (Autograph note signed); JBS Haldane (Autograph Note signed); AC Benson (2); Constance Jones, head of Girton College, Autograph Postcard signed); Lytton Strachey and numerous others, together c. 360 letters and postcards, folds, most laid down on album ff., a few loose, 3 album ff. loose, original cloth, gilt, letters and postcards, v.s., album folio, 1895-1950.   *** Mallory (George, mountaineer, died while climbing Mount Everest, 1886-1924) Autograph Letter signed to Minnie Pate, 1p., 8vo, Alpes Maritime [France], 10th February 1910, "Dear Miss Pate, Will you please execute your art upon the manuscripts I am sending? They're in rather a mess I'm afraid - but I daresay one of your young ladies will be able to unravel them. There are three little stories in all. I have made a mark like // to mark the end of a paragraph. And could they be sent when finished, if possible at no very distant date, with the manuscripts to C.D. Lumby at Magdalene?"   Minnie Pate joined the Cambridge University Typewriting Office in the 1890s. The Office had been established in 1892 by Marian Marshall (c.1848-1901), a trade unionist and women's suffrage worker. In 1900 she sold the business to Minnie Pate. In October 1950 Minnie Pate became the first woman to become an honorary MA of Cambridge University.

CESCINSKY (Herbert) English Furniture of the Eighteenth Century, 3 vols., George Routledge, circa 1911, 4to, illustrated, half morocco; The Art Annual, 5 vols. 1884-85, 1888-89, 1892-97, folio; including articles on Luke Fildes, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, W. Holman Hunt (with corrected proof obituary by Spielman inserted), Hubert Herkomer, Sir Edward Poynter (with inserted autograph letter to Spielmann), Sir F Leighton, Sir J E Millais etc., illustrated with numerous engraved plates, half morocco gilt spines; LEECH (John) Pictures of Life and Character, 4 vols. bound in 2, 1857-63, oblong folio, original paper front covers bound in, calf backed boards (10)

Registration No: YGE 67J Chassis No: 1L13067BW MOT: September 2025Owned by the Denny tailoring family of Southwold whose clients have included the author George Orwell since at least 1978Repainted in its factory colour and treated to a minor overhaul in 1990/1991 but otherwise highly originalRegularly MOT tested but little used in recent yearsNicely proportioned short wheelbase variantCredible 79,000 recorded miles"If you do not intend to buy a XJ6, don't try one, for ordinary cars will be spoilt for you thereafter. This is a very special kind of motoring" Autosport (06/08/1970) Introduced in September 1968, the Jaguar XJ6 was an automotive exemplar of the saying that a whole can be greater than the sum of its parts. There was nothing radically new about the model's four-door monocoque bodyshell, all-round independent suspension, power assisted rack and pinion steering or four-wheel disc brakes and yet it effectively moved the goalposts of luxury car design. Another of Sir William Lyons' stylistic masterpieces, its bluff radiator grille, slim-pillared glasshouse, pronounced belt line and quad headlights gave presence aplenty. Powered by a choice of 4.2 litre or 2.8 litre straight-six XK engines allied to either four-speed manual plus overdrive or automatic transmission, the XJ6 was a strong performer (though, the smaller-engined variant felt somewhat less powerful than its 1.4 litre deficit suggested). Belying the saloon's exterior dimensions, the cabin felt reassuringly cocooning thanks in part to a generous transmission tunnel. Hailed by Sir William Lyons as "the best Jaguar ever" during a series of 1969 television adverts, the first generation XJ6 won that year’s ‘Car of The Year’ award and remained in production until 1973.First registered in Glasgow on 5th February 1971, chassis 1L13067BW was purchased by the vendor’s father from Mann Egerton of Norwich seven years later at a time when the family tailoring business - ‘Denny of Southwold & Saville Row’ - could boast George Orwell, Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears, Alfred Munnings, Adrian Bell, Rennie Mackintosh and even the future King Charles III as clients. Treated to a respray in its original hue, sundry mechanical fettling and recoloured leather during 1990-1991, the Jaguar had its power steering overhauled in 1994 and headlining renewed in 2002. Believed but not warranted to have covered some 79,000 miles from new, the XJ6 passed its most recent MOT test on September 10th 2024. Pleasingly original in terms of its factory-fitted 4.2 litre engine, interior trim, boot liner and dashboard etc, ‘YGE 67J’ rode the country roads to and from the photography location notably well. Representing the iconic XJ6 in its purest form, Series 1 cars are increasingly sought after especially when finished in such a fetching colour combination and coming from long-term ownership. Offered for sale with V5C Registration Document, history file and current MOT. For more information, please contact: Damian Jones damian.jones@handh.co.uk 07855 493737

Over fifty Soul / Funk / Dance / Disco LPs including Wardell, Piper, Rose Royce, Etta Cameron, The Earons, Sister Sledge, George Benson, Truly Yours, Michael Jackson, Dorothy Moore, Quincy Jones, Weather Girls, Carol Douglas, Goodie, Omar Hakim, Freddie Jackson, By All Means, Marvin Gaye, Hot Chocolate, Sandra Feva, Supremes, Lime, Locksmith, Celi Bee, Ramsey Lewis, Major Harris etc. Vinyl generally appears VG+

A pair of George Jones bone china shouldered oviform vases, c1880, decorated with birds on a branch, 12cm h, printed mark, a Maling cobble stone currants storage jar and cover, three others, plain white, a Maling powder blue and gilt bowl and cover, a Pointons vase and jug, c1880, similarly decorated with orchids or other flowers on an eggshell ground, and other decorative ceramics

A George V regimental prize cup, of the Staffordshire Yeomanry (Queen's Own Royal Regiment), with engraved inscription, 27cm h, by Jones & Crompton, Birmingham 1912, 19oz 9dwt Undamaged; much tarnished

REGGAE - 12" COLLECTION. A collection of approx 80 x 12". Artists/ Titles include Various Artists - Jamaican Memories (BCL-1, glossy VG+/VG+), The King Of The Zulu - English Girl?, Junior Murvin - Police & Thieves, Tippa Irie, Sopia George - Girlie Girlie, Reggie Stepper, Macka B, Mikey G, Tony Rebel, Ziggy Marley, Winston Jones, Trevor Walters, Oneness, Natural Ites and the Realistics, Ken Parker, Sly & Robbie, Sly Dunbar, Junior Delgado, Jah Screechy, Junior C, General Saint & Clint Eastwood and Papa Michigan & General Smiley. The condition is generally VG to Ex.

A GROUP OF CERAMICS, to include four Royal Doulton Brambly Hedge Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter plates, diameter 16cm, a Royal Doulton Brambly Hedge 'The Wedding' plate, diameter 20.5cm, a Royal Doulton The Snowman 'Walking in the Air' plate, a twenty piece George Jones & Sons 'Abbey 1790' part tea set, comprising a teapot, a jug height 14cm (chip and hairline on inner rim of cover), a cake plate, a sugar bowl, a preserve pot (no cover), four teacups (one has hairlines), six saucers (one has a hairline and firing crack) and five tea plates, Royal Doulton character jugs: The Gardener D6630, Falstaff D6287 (chip inside rim), The Falconer D6540, Falstaff D6385 and Gone Away D6538, etc (qty) (Condition Report: most pieces appear in good condition, specific obvious damage as stated, Abbey 1790 has some crazing, signs of light use)

Blinds and Shutters is a limited edition Genesis Publications book containing Michael Cooper’s superb photographs of The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. It provides a unique insider’s view of the Sixties, a prolific and exhilarating period of artistic cross-fertilisation. Through his association with Robert Fraser, the Stones and The Beatles, Michael met the artists, writers, poets and musicians of the time and the courtiers around them. He introduced these people to each other. Many of those who brilliantly lit up the decade on both sides of the Atlantic were photographed by Michael. His most well-known photographic assignment was the album cover for The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. The book contains forewords by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and an introduction by Terry Southern. The book has been prepared in consultation with Bill Wyman. There are approximately 90 contributors including, amongst others, Eric Clapton, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Neil Aspinall, Derek Taylor, Terry Doran, John Dunbar, Colin Self, Peter Blake, Jann Haworth, Jenny Boyd, Richard Hamilton, Robert Fraser, Marianne Faithfull, Klaus Voormann, Astrid Kirchherr, Anita Pallenburg, Ian Stewart, William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. The book is fully bound in leather and buckram. There are over 600 images in total. This is an extremely low numbered copy, no. 16 of 5000 limited edition copies and has been hand signed by Neil Aspinall, Peter Blake, Eric Clapton, Adam Cooper, Terry Doran, Allen Jones, Astrid Kirchherr, Keith Richards, Perry Richardson, Colin Self, Terry Southern, Jurgen Vollmer, Klaus Voormann and Bill Wyman. Contains the best collection of signatures that we have seen compiled by Genesis for this publication. There is a small indentation at the bottom of the box lid, otherwise the condition is excellent. The condition of the book is excellent.

A George V Bachelor's Silver Three Piece Tea Service of Arts & Crafts Design, by Albert Edward Jones, Birmingham 1919, the planished bodies with plain bands to rim cast with flowerheads, and on ciruclar footrims, comprising - teapot with wooden handle and finial, 8ins high, milk jug and sugar bowl, gross weight 14.9ozs

George Jones, a majolica comport, the tricorn base modelled in relief with masks of fox, dog and hare, three gnarled branches supporting a tazza plate of flowering bamboo type shoots with ribbon border, 20cm high

A pair of George V Arts and Crafts silver mounted oak barley twist candlesticks, each cylindrical sconce and circular drip pan with hammered decoration, on a similarly decorated circular base with ropetwist border, Birmingham 1918 by A.E. Jones, height 22.5cm.

A GEORGE II WHITE PAINTED SIDE TABLEIN THE MANNER OF MATHIAS LOCK, C.1750-60 AND LATERthe later faux marble ebonised top above carved foliate scrolls and rocaille hung with floral garlands on 'C' scroll and leaf cabriole legs, originally bronzed, later black painted and parcel-gilt and now white painted88.7cm high, 115.4cm wide, 70.5cm deep ProvenanceAcquired by Robin Hambro from Philip Astley-Jones, London, October 1981.The Robin and Rupert Hambro Collection.TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE.

A George V silver three piece tea service, by Marson & Jones, hallmarked Birmingham 1930, consisting of a teapot, sugar bowl and milk jug, the teapot having ebonised handle and finial, each piece having beaded rims and on circular footed bases, combined weight 633.6 gramsIf there is no condition report shown, please requestIf there is no condition report shown, please request

A George V silver ashtray, by Alfred Edward Jones, Birmingham, 1913, inset with a George III 1797 cartwheel penny, a pair of bon bon dishes, by C T Burrows & Sons, Birmingham 1902, and another square example by the same maker, 207gms, 81gms without ashtray (4) Condition Report:Available upon request

20thC blue and white wares, comprising Fenton china part tea service, comprising six tea cups, six saucers, six side plates, and one large plate, milk jug, sugar bowl, an C; Jones & Sons Abbey pattern blue and white biscuit barrel, and a George Jones & Sons Abbey milk jug and cover. (1 tray)

Henry Moore OM CH FBA (1898-1986) 'Heads, Figures and Ideas'compiled and designed by the artist and George Rainbird in 1957, complete with 'Thirteen Standing Figures' auto lithograph in colours, signed 'George Rainbird' inside the dust jacket, printed at the Curwen Press, published by Geroge Rainbird Ltd., London, 1958Provenance: The Estate of Stanley Jones MBE RE.Condition ReportTime staining, discolouration and foxing. The dust jacket has some creasing with scuffs and scratches and small rips and tears to the edges.

George Jones green and gilt china tea ware comprising 12 cups and saucers, 10 sandwich plates, shaped dish and basin

ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE JONES R.A (BRITISH 1786-1869): AN OIL PAINTING ON BOARD DEPICTING A WINDMILL WITH FIGURES ON A WINDING PATH, 22cm x 17cm Mounted in a gilt wood frame.34.5cm x 30cm Labels to verso (the label was falling off, so the vendor removed the label and preserved it in a plastic folder attached to back of picture).

A group of six modern Caithness glass paperweights, comprising a limited edition Peter Jones 'Prince Philip Clematis' large window/wedge paperweight, engraved to base number 10/50, boxed. Two Peter Jones Diamond Jubilee Firework Celebration paperweights, large wedge/window cut limited edition 9/100 and 73/100, etched to base, boxed. A limited edition Prince George of Cambridge limited edition Groviers Rocking Horse paperweight 22/100, 8+1 window cut with gilt filled coronet, further window-cut with engraving, boxed. A King Charles III Coronation paperweight, globular with blue swirl and controlled bubble, large window engraved and embellished in gilt, boxed. And a tear drop shaped Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Consort paperweight with large engraved and gilt embellished window, internal bubble and blue swirl, boxed

Unique Rare WW2 Air War Book signed by 67 WW2 RAF USAAF Luftwaffe Veterans. The Air War 1939-1945" by R J Overy, hard back book with dust cover, published 1980, both book & cover in good condition. This copy has been signed across three pages by the following 67 WW2 RAF, USAAF & Luftwaffe Veterans. Includes Dambusters, Battle of Britain fighter aces, Tirpitz raiders and more. First page - W/O Steve Badcock - 166 Sqd, W/O Phil Bates - 149 Sqd, W/O W G "Billy" Bell - 103/166 Sqd, Flt Lt Jack Collins DFC - 57 Sqd, W/O Frank Etherington - 166/153 Sqd, Corporal Alex Gray BEM - 19 Sqd, Battle of Britain Ground Crew, ATC Hazel Gregory - RAF Uxbridge 1940, W/O George Hart - 358 Sqd, Flt Lt Matt Holliday DFC - 10/77 Sqd, Sqd, Ldr Tony Iveson DFC - 616/617 Sqd, W/O Fred Maltas - 35 Sqd, W/O Alan Morgan - 49 Sqd, Flt Lt Bluey Mottershead DFC - 158 Sqd, Wg Cmdr Tom Neil DFC* AFC - 249 Sqd, F/O Tom Sayer DFM - 102 Sqd, Flt Lt W Kenneth Thomas DFC - 622 Sqd, Flt Lt Dennis Thorpe - 626 Sqd, W/O Frank Tolley - 625 Sqd, Sqd, Ldr Frank Williamson AFC - 10/102 Sqd. Second page - F/O Mike Bayon DFC - 128/139 Sqd, Sqd, Ldr Tom Bennett DFM - 49/617 Sqd, Flt Lt Eric Clarke MiD - 49 Sqd, W/O Colin Cole - 617 Sqd, Air Cmdr John Ellacombe CB DFC* - 151/487/253 Sqd, Sqd, F/O John Evans - 158 Sqd, Flt Sgt Peter Freeman-Pannett - 605 Sqd, Ground Crew Aero Engine Fitter, W/O Bob Hollinrake - 10 Sqd, W/O Stan "Paddy" Hope 540 PRU, W/O Ron Houghton - 49 Sqd, LAC Reg Howard - 74 Sqd, Ground Crew Merlin Engine Specialist, Flt Lt Freddie Johnson DFC - 36/78/314 Sqd, W/O Ron Lamb - 32 Sqd, W/O Dick Maywood - 608/692 Sqd, W/O Joe Musgrove - 214 Sqd, Flt Lt Dick Starkey - 106 Sqd, Flt Lt Wilfred Tunstall DFC - 158 Sqd, Sqd, Ldr Michael Wainwright - 64 Sqd, F/O Ken Wilkinson - 616 Sqd, W/O Emrys Williams - 65 Sqd, Flt Lt Tom Wingham - 76/102 Sqd, W/O Bert Winwood - 235 Sqd. Third page - Flt Lt Ron "Bram" Bramley AE - 22/144 Sqd, Flt Lt Roger Calvert - 141 Sqd, Lt Colonel Clyde B East - RAF 414 Sqd, Photo Recon Unit/USAAF Tactical Recon Sqd, Wg Cmdr Tim Elkington - 1 Sqd, Sqd, Ldr Harry Glendinning - 115 Sqd, Flt Lt John Hall DFC - 106/44 Sqd, Sqd, Ldr George "Johnny" Johnson DFM - 617 Sqd Dambuster, W/O Ken Johnson - 61/9 Sqd, Wg Cmdr E Gwyn Jones DFC AFC - 115/38/139/162 Sqd, (matted signature), Flt Lt Bert Kirtland DFC - 76 Sqd, Captain John Lee - USAAF 79th FS, 20th FG. Fahnrich Manfred Leisebien - Luftwaffe JG52, Flt Sgt Rudolf Leksinsky - 300 Sqd, W/O Jack Linaker - 9 Sqd, Sgt Ken Lucas - 49/617 Sqd, Ground Crew - Involved in all the major servicing of the aircraft before the Dambusters raid including fitting the motors that drove the belt that spun the bomb, and attaching the critical lamps to the underside of the aircraft, Flt Sgt Grant McDonald Dambuster. Colonel Charles McGee - USAAF 302nd FS, 332nd FG Tuskegee Airman, W/O John Morrison - 78/51/35 Sqd, P/O Bill North - 61 Sqd, W/O Ernie Patterson DFM - 635 Sqd, Flt Lt Harold Riding - 617 Sqd, W/O Les Sargent - 619 Sqd, W/O Ron Smith DFC - 617 Sqd, W/O Sam Thompson - 103/9 Sqd, W/O Frank Tilley - 617 Sqd, Flt Lt Bert Whittaker DFC - 76 Sqd. The best one-volume aerial history of World War II, Richard Overy's classic work remains profound and highly original. Far from just an account of the various air battles, Professor Overy treats the air war as a complex and fascinating historical web, woven out of grand strategy, economic mobilization, the recruitment of science, and the nature of leadership and training. Analysing the achievements and failures of the aerial component of the war, he places it in perspective by explaining the role aviation played in the overall conflict. He points out that while the Axis powers tended to limit their use of air power to one major role, such as support of ground forces, the Allies exploited all aspects of aerial doctrine: air defence, strategic bombardment, air-naval cooperation, and ground support. He also demonstrates how aircraft ensured that the Second World War became a people's war and how success in the air war was, in a very real sense, a test of a nation's modernity. The air war was won and lost not only in the skies but also in the factories and the research institutes. Finally, the author dispels many popular myths and in particular reveals that although air power in the form of strategic bombing by itself did not deter-mine the war's final outcome, its use dramatically illustrated the complexities of managing modern war. Richard Overy's The Air War thus deepens our under-standing not only of World War II but of military history in general. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

George Jones Majolica strawberry serving spoon and a bisque teapot model

Wyatt (Sir Matthew Digby, architect and writer on art, 1820-77).- Signed requisition by 18 leading British architects, inviting Wyatt to take up the position of Secretary to the Royal Institute, manuscript letter signed, 2pp., folio, 4th February 1856; and 21 autograph letters to Digby Wyatt, including: Sir Henry Cole, Edward William Cooke, Sir George Grove, Sir John Herschel, Owen Jones, Charles Landseer, Sir George Gilbert Scott, folds, v.s., v.d. (22 pieces).

Two life saving medals, to include a Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society 1839 silver medal, inscribed 'LORD SAVE US: WE PERISH', 'TO THOMAS JONES, FOR GALLANT SERVICE 28/10/27', Liverbird in wreath to reverse, 37mm, along with a Royal National Life Boat Institution bronze medal inscribed 'LET NOT THE DEEP SWALLOW ME UP', 'THOMAS JONES, VOTED 17TH NOVEMBER 1927', George V portrait to reverse, 37mm. Both accompanied by original fitted box. (2) Condition report: Bronze medal weight, 14.1 grams Silver medal weight, 21.9 grams

A group of silver, including a George V silver café au lait set. Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co., London, 1933. The pots of tapering cylindrical form, with scrolling wooden handles and moulded hinged covers with knopped finials, 18.5cm high, together with: a George V hot water pot, Birmingham, 1927, Charles S. Green & Co., of baluster form, with scrolling wooden handle and finial to hinged cover, 16.5cm high; and an Edwardian tea caddy, Birmingham, 1905, Jones & Crompton, the plain body of shaped rectangular form, the finial to hinged cover modelled as a standing lion holding a shield, 13.5cm wide, total weight approx. 37.7ozt (4)

4 Golf Architecture Books & Golf instruction Book, to include 2013, Golf Course Design - Tom Fazio & Cal Brown 2000, Sand and Golf - George Waters, Golf by Design - Robert Tren Jones 1993, Golf Course Architecture - Dr Michael J Hurdzan 1996 (4)

The Grudging’s BrothersHenry Archer GrudgingsThe 1914 Star and Victory Medal awarded to Private Henry Archer Grudgings, Leicestershire Yeomanry, who was Killed in Action on the 13th of May 1915 in the Battle of Frezenburg Ridge, comprising 1914 Star, (1754 Pte H.A. Grudgings. Leic: Yeo.), 1914-1919 Victory Medal, (1754 Pte. H.A. Grudgings. Leic. Yeo.), star very fine, Victory Medal, Verdigris spots to Obverse and Reverse otherwise fine.Henry Archer Grudgings was one of seven children born to Daniel and his wife Emma five of whom survived into adult hood. Henry had an older brother Daniel  and three sisters.  Henry was educated at Loughborough Grammer School and started work as an electrical engineer with a lifting gear manufacturer.  He enlisted at the en of January 1911, aged 19.  IN the Great War he served with the 1/1st Leicestershire Yeomanry  landing in France on the 2nd of November 1914.  After participating in the Battle of Nonne Bosschen on the 11th of November 1914, the Yeomanry were employed in winter operations until called to the front line on the second day of the Battle of Frezenburg Ridge, 281 men of the Leicestershire Yeomanry went into Battle, 94 lost their lives, including Henry, 93 were wounded 94 came through unscathed.Henry is buried in Bedford House Cemetery, Enclosure No4, Plot V, Row F Grave 10.Extract the Loughborough Echo – 11th of May 2015The Leicestershire Yeomanry was ordered to the front at 5pm on May 12, 1915, having spent much of the previous severe winter engaged in digging parties and relief duties.Two hours later, the Regiment, under the command of Lt. Col. the Hon. P.C. Evans Freke, left its billets and dugouts on the western outskirts of Ypres, Belgium, and led the 7th Cavalry Brigade eastwards through the smouldering medieval town to the front line trenches on Frezenburg Ridge.Major J.P. Swain of Barkby wrote: “We were a merry crowd, singing, joking and laughing, little dreaming of what we were going to. Ypres burning in ruins, an awful sight, terrible stench.”It was raining heavily and having crawled their way on hands and knees through the deep, clinging mud, “all troops got settled into their trenches about 1am”. At 3.30am on May 13, “a day of ceaseless rain and shelling,” the German artillery launched an intense bombardment on a three mile front and the 7th Cavalry Brigade was “exposed to a perfectly hellish fire, which blew to pieces the trenches in front and the shelters behind.”The shelling went on until 6am when the Germans attempted to take the British trenches but were beaten back.A second, more violent bombardment began and eventually the Germans fought their way into the forward trenches of the heavily outnumbered British.The fighting, much of it hand-to–hand, raged for seven hours with no respite and for several hours the desperate and severely depleted Leicestershire Yeomanry was the only unit holding the line previously held by the entire 7th Cavalry Brigade.At great cost these brave men held on heroically and prevented the Germans from breaking through to Ypres.At 2.30pm the British artillery opened fire on the German lines and an hour later the 8th Cavalry Brigade emerged from the GHQ support lines and launched a counter-attack.The charge, led by the 10th Royal Hussars, “went forward with such a splendid dash that at the sight of them the gallant Leicestershire Yeomanry, reduced in numbers as they were, could not restrain themselves, but tumbled out of their trenches and joined in the rush”.Of the 281 men of the Leicestershire Yeomanry who went into battle, 94 lost their lives, including the Commanding Officer, two Squadron Leaders and the Regimental Sergeant Major.Ninety-three were wounded and only 94 came through unharmed, if anyone who survived the carnage and confusion of that day could be said to be unharmed.Arthur Conan Doyle wrote of the battle: “It was a most murderous affair, and they were only driven from their trenches when the trenches themselves were blasted to pieces.“It is doubtful whether any regiments have endured so much in so short a time. The Leicestershire Yeomanry suffered very severely.”Those who lost their lives are commemorated on the Carillon Tower and remembered each year at a service at the church at Newtown Linford and wreath laying at the Leicestershire Yeomanry War Memorial at Bradgate Park.This years’ service takes place at All Saints Church in Newtown Linford at 11am on Sunday, May 17.Fourteen soldiers of the Leicestershire Yeomanry from Loughborough and the surrounding villages were lost in one day at the Battle of Frezenburg Ridge on May 13, 1915.• Private Thomas Brookes, aged 22, younger son of James and Elizabeth Brookes of 24 Paget Street, Loughborough.• Private George Clowes, aged 19, son of Ernest and Sarah Clowes of Hathern Station.• Private William Ernest Hoe Corah, aged 25, son of William and Catherine Corah of Swing Bridge House, Loughborough.• Lance Corporal Bertie Diggle, aged 21, son of Sergeant Major George Davis Diggle and Mrs Ellen Diggle of 15 Swann Street, Loughborough.• Private Henry Archer Grudgings, aged 23, son of Daniel and Emma Grudgings of 14 Beacon Road, Loughborough.• Private Gilbert Edwin Hawker, aged 22, son of Frank and Winifred Hawker of 65 Toothill Road, Loughborough.• Private Percy Spencer Jones, aged 21, son of Annie Jones and stepson of Herbert Jones of 76 Gladstone Street, Loughborough.• Sergeant Henry Percy Kealey, aged 30, son of Henry William Cato Kealey of 14 Cartwright Street, Loughborough, and his first wife Alice Amelia Kealey (deceased), and stepson of Elizabeth Kealey; husband of Constance Kealey of 20 Freehold Street, Loughborough, and father of Constance and Dorothy.• Lance Corporal William Francis Kent, aged 25, son of Frederick Britton Kent and Lucy Mary Anne Kent of 34 High Street, Loughborough.• Trooper John Jesson Lucas, aged 20, son of Thomas and Sarah Jane Lucas of The Old Bull’s Head, 18 High Street, Quorn.• Major William Francis Martin, aged 39, son of Robert Frewen Martin and Henrietta Susan Martin of The Brand, Woodhouse Eaves; husband of Violet Martin of The Holt, Woodhouse, and father of Robert and Diana. Daniel GrudgingsThe MBE, Great War, Air Raid Precaution, Group of 7 awarded to Private Danieal Grudging, 14th Hussars comprising The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, Member, Civilian, MBE, unnamed as issued , 1914-1920 British War and Victory Medals, (3111 Pte. D. Grudgings. 14- Hrs.), 1939-45 Defence Meda, Jubilee Medal 1935, Coronation Medal 1937, Coronation Medal 1953, all unnamed as issued, contemporarily mounted for wear, toned very fine.For Both Groups a total of (9) MedalsMBE The London Gazette  the 12th of June 1958To Be Ordinary Members of the Civil DivisionDaniel Grudgings, Esq., Clerk Benfleet Urban District CouncilSold with: Henry:  Copy Medal Index Card, Copy War Diary, Commonwealth War Graves Commission information extract Loughborough Newspapers, genealogical information.Daniel:  Copy Medal Index Card, copy London Gazette entry, copy genealogical information

Sutlej Medal 1845-46, Aliwal and Sobraon awarded to Captain Thomas Smart 53rd Regiment who Died of Wounds at Sobraon, (Capt Thos Smart 53rd Regt), British Army Impressed naming. very fine. (1)53rd Foot in the Sikh WarsThe 53rd had, in addition to Captain Warren, six men killed and eight officers and 112 men wounded. Of the latter, Captain Smart, Lieutenant Clarke, Adjutant Dunning and 12 men later died of their wounds. Captain Smart (Light Company) had been wounded in the leg at the time that the 53rd had been threatened by Sikh cavalry. The left wing of the 53rd Foot, falling back to form square, left him out in the open, but seeing this, Privates George Marshal, Richard Ware and Thomas Jones left the ranks and rushed forward under a heavy and close fire and carried him to the rear. In recognition of their gallantry, these men were given watches by the relatives of Captain Smart."Historical Record of the Fifty-Third or the Shropshire Regiment of Foot" compiled by Richard Cannon (Parker, Furnival & Parker, London, 1849)Captain Charles Edward Dawson Warren, and eight rank and file of the FIFTY-THIRD regiment, were killed. Lieutenant-Colonel William George Gold, Captain Thomas Smart, Lieutenants John Chester, Anthony B. O. Stokes, Robert Nathaniel Clarke, and John Breton, Ensigns Henry Lucas and William Dunning (Adjutant) were wounded. Captain Smart and Lieutenant Clarke died in a few days of their wounds. Lieutenant Dunning, who was promoted after the battle, also died of his wound on the 6th of April following. One serjeant and one hundred and four rank and file were wounded.Captain Smart’s name appears on the memorial plaque in St Chad's Shrewsbury. Sold with copy photograph of the St Chad Memorial, 53rd Regiment Casualty Lists and details of the 5rd Regiment in the Sikh Wars.

EVERTON FOOTBALL CLUB: A vintage sutograph album containing two facing pages individually signed by thirty players and staff of Everton FC, 1936-37, including Dixie Dean, Frank King, Ted Sagar (signed twice), George Jackson, Jack Jones, Thomas Jones, Joe Mercer, Tommy White, Stan Bentham, Cliff Britton, Jackie Coulter, Jock Thomson, Gordon Watson, Robert ´Bunny´ Bell, Jimmy Cunliffe, Albert Geldard, Torry Gillick, Elie Hurel, Charlie Leyfield, Willie Miller, Alex Stevenson, Harry Cooke (trainer) etc. All have signed in black fountain pen inks, the majority with their names alone. The album also includes a few verses and drawings etc. signed by family and friends of the original owner. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, VG

EDWARD VIII: (1894-1972) King of the United Kingdom January - December 1936, later Duke of Windsor & GEORGE, DUKE OF KENT: (1902-1942) British Air Commodore, son of King George V and Queen Mary. Killed in an air accident during World War II. An unusual vintage signed 11 x 8 photograph by both Edward, Prince of Wales, and his younger brother George, Duke of Kent, individually, the image depicting the siblings seated outdoors in full-length poses on the terrace of a country house (or golf club) accompanied by a number of other men standing and seated in two rows, some of them wearing plus fours and golf shoes, and including the golfers Robert T. Jones (1902-1971) Open Champion 1926, 1927 & 1930 and American Open Champion 1923, 1926, 1929 & 1930, Walter Hagen (1892-1969) Open Champion 1922, 1924, 1928 & 1929 and American Open Champion 1914 & 1919, and Gene Sarazen (1902-1999) Open Champion 1932 and American Open Champion 1922 & 1932. Signed (´Edward P´) by the Prince of Wales and signed (´George´) by the Duke of Kent, each with their names alone in fountain pen inks to the base of the image. Both signatures are a touch light in places although remain legible. VG

Assorted volumes to include "Jones' Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland....", published by Jones & Co. 1829, 3 vols, engraved plates, marbled endpapers, half leather with gilt titles and decorations to the back strip, marbled boards, Milne A.A. "Now We are Six" Methuen & Co. 1927, binding loose, red cloth stained, corners bruised and bent, foxed, "John Bellows - A Centenary Tribute 1831-1931", privately printed, blue boards, Lambert Miss, "The Hand-book of Needlework" [Charles MacKenzie], "Natural History" ills throughout, poor condition, Vernon, George, Rector of Bourton on the Water in Gloucestershire "The Life of ...Dr Peter Heylyn, Chaplain to Charles I and Charles II.....", printed for C. Harper 1682, front hinge cracked, contemporary full speckled leather, small 8 vol. and "The Works of Aristotle....His Complete Masterpiece....", printed for Miller, Law and Carter, contemporary full leather, O'Connor, Violet and Armel "Peace-Makers.." Mary's Meadow Series no IX, limp covers, loose, Gambier-Parry Mark "Highnam Memoranda" typed manuscript bound for the author (12)

12" Singles, approximately one hundred and thirty 12" Singles of various genres with artists including Janet Jackson, Style Council, The Beatles, George Harrison, Psychedelic Furs, Special AKA, Yes, Pete Shelley, Jeff Lynne, Grace Jones, Simply Red, Black Uhuru, Eurythmics, Elton John, Jellybean, Princess, Nona Hendryx, Sweet, Bobby Brown, Tavares, Cameo, Aretha Franklin and more - various years and conditions

A QUANTITY OF PICTURES AND PRINTS ETC, to include ten watercolour miniature portraits presented in two frames, images include Napoleon, George III, King James VI and female portraits, together with portrait etching of Mrs William Urquhart signed in pencil Ernest Stamp, a portrait print of Lady Caroline Price engraved by John Jones, five crystoleum pictures, two small Chinese silk panels with flowers, birds and butterflies, large black and white Ikea wall art, assorted other prints etc

Architecture. Jones' Views of the Seats, Mansions, Castles, &c. of Noblemen and Gentlemen in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and other Picturesque Scenery [...], London: Published by Jones & Co., January 1st, 1829, engraved title-page, approx. 96 steel-engraved plates of country houses after John Preston Neale, corresponding letterpress leaves, contemporary Regency maroon morocco, the covers with a gilt-rolled border of anthemia, five-compartment spine with slightly raised bands, lettered in the second, stable tear near head-cap, slight rubbed wear, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, 4to; [&] Noble & Rose's The Counties of Chester, Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, and Rutland, Illustrated. From Original Drawings by Thomas Allom. With Historical and Topographical Descriptions. London: Fisher, Son, & Co., 1836, engraved frontispiece and title, named-view steel engraved architectural, antiquarian and topographical plates, contemporary black diced calf gilt, gilt-lettered upper-cover, marbled endpapers, 4to, (2)  Provenance: 1st: 1) Susannah Parsons Nottingham Park/ November 24 1834; slightly later pencil ownership inscription to ffep. 2) George Creswell Bond (1863-1939), of Lenton Hall, Nottingham; armorial bookplate to recto pastedown.

George Jones (1823-1893) - English pate-sur-pate vase, antique, late Victorian period, unsigned, slightly wobbly, made circa 1870-1880. Width: 17 cm, Height: 25 cm. Period: Victorian Era (England, 1837-1901)

A George Jones salad bowl with servers

A part dessert service of Maple & Co retailed George Jones floral, blue and gilt china - sold with a Copeland Spode pedestal comport

Cruikshank, George and Thomas Rowlandson, illustrators Thirteen books Egan, Pierce. Life in London; or, the Day and Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1822. 8vo, hand-coloured plates by Cruikshank, crushed green morocco gilt by Bedford, gilt tooled spine with five raised bands; Blanchard, Laman, editor. George Cruikshank's Omnibus. London: Tilt and Bouge, 1842. 8vo, plates, crushed dark-green morocco gilt by Bedford, gilt tooled spine with five raised bands; “Doctor Syntax”. The Life of Napoleon, a hudibrastic poem in fifteen cantos. London: T. Tegg, 1815. 8vo, hand-coloured plates by Cruikshank, crushed red morocco gilt by Bedford, gilt tooled spine with five raised bands; A'Beckett, Gilbert Abbott, editor. George Cruikshank's Table-Book. London: the Punch Office, 1845. 8vo, plates by Cruikshank, crushed green morocco gilt by Bedford, gilt tooled spine with five raised bands; Lessons in Thrift. London: Thomas Boys, 1820. 8vo, hand-coloured plates by Cruikshank, brown morocco gilt by Bedford, gilt tooled spine with five raised bands; “J.Y.A.” Tales of Other Days. London: Effingham Wilson, 1830. 8vo, plates by Cruikshank, speckled calf gilt with gilt-tooled spine in bands and red morocco gilt labels; Points of Humour… London: C. Baldwin, 1823. 8vo, plates by Cruikshank, brown crushed morocco gilt; Fouqué, Lamotte. Peter Schlemihl. London: G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1824. 12mo, plates by Cruikshank, later half morocco gilt; [Inglis, Henry David]. Scenes from the Life of Edward Lascelles. Dublin: W. Curry Jun. and Co., 1837. 2 volumes, 12mo, illustrations by Cruikshank, later calf gilt; [Egan, Pierce, imitation of]. Real Life in London. London: Jones & Co., 26th May 1821-22. 2 volumes, 8vo, hand-coloured plates, original boards; [Engelbach, Lewis]. Naples and the Campagna Felice. London: R. Ackermann, 1815. 8vo, hand-coloured plates by Rowlandson, crushed dark-green morocco gilt by Bedford, gilt tooled spine with five raised bands (13)  The Library of a Scottish Gentleman

Gregynog Press Substantial collection of letters to William McCance, controller of the press, 1930-3 including numerous draft responses by McCance, and various associated documents, approx. 200 separate items in total, typed and manuscript, most on stationery with the author's corporate or personal letterhead, pencilled catalogue numbers to upper left corners throughout, a few items annotated or with sketched letterforms by McCance. Authors include:Blair Hughes-Stanton (1902-1981), artist and wood-engraver at the Gregynog Press. 10 letters of which 1 to 'Naomi' (probably Naomi Mitchison) the rest to McCance, on various events and disagreements at the press, including remarks about other figures in the private press movement, the letters long and slightly rambling, with little punctuation, most written in pencil, some retaining original stamped envelope, e.g. 'They [the Gregynog board of directors] are furious with you … for having consulted experts or anyone without their consent in other words they dislike being shown up as fools … They all rave about [Eric Gill's] Four Gospels down here. I think its a pigs breakfast … DJ [Dora Jones?] again said at the board meeting how he objected to the Kessler Hamlet fussy he called it “but of course thats just a personall [sic] opinion”. I dont think hes taken the trouble to study it for more than 10 minutes no they all think they are safe with Gill and the Gospels and think it so cheap at 8 guineas';Stanley Morison (1888-1967), typographer. 28 letters, all on Monotype Corporation stationery, in a warm and jocular tone, filled with polysyllabic humour and containing discussion of business matters (e.g. preparation of typefaces for the press, Gill italic and Perpetua italic, etc.) interspersed with constructive criticism and advice regarding Gregynog presswork, lyrical disquisitions on the craft and philosophy of printing, ironic anti-Welsh sentiment ('I think that you and I, as non-Cambrians, may learn something from the incident'), etc. Together with 4 draft letters from McCance to Morison;R. A. Maynard, McCance's predecessor as controller of the Gregynog Press. 5 letters, arranging the hand-over, to McCance, praising McCance's productions at Gregynog (on Esope, ‘Did you, I wonder, manage the engravings without damping on that very soft sized paper. A technical detail this, but I’m interested'; and Comus, ‘a stunning book’), commiserating over disagreements with the directors of the press (‘I was sorry to hear of the contretemps over your Esope colophon. Twas inevitable! You'll get tons of it, as I did … Don't make it a life or death business - as I did. A grave mistake - the Welsh only understand talkie talkie: work doesn't count'; ‘What you say of Wales and Welsh would be illuminating did I not know the blighters so well. In my day the chief sauce [sic] of unpleasant and unexpected surprises was T. W. H. but I can see that the good work is being carried on by others. I can give you no comfort: you will never eliminate the background to your labours’);Major W. J. Burdon Evans, director of the Gregynog Press. 48 letters, concerning McCance's appointment, contractual, administrative and financial matters, press matters including leather samples and the disappointment of Miss Davies with McCance's designs for an edition of Benedicite by Ralph Vaughan Williams, McCance's resignation, etc., the letters ranging from business-like to peremptory in tone. Together with 13 draft letters from McCance to Evans, concerning the day-to-day running of the press, with strong disagreements evident: 'We have again gone into the matter [of changing from quarterly to monthly salaries] and perhaps it is that we are not so much off the rails as running on different lines, you on the Cambrian Railway we on the L.M.S.'; ‘My position, ill defined at the beginning, has become more more one of responsibility without adequate control' (issues raised including unauthorised access to the press's office safe); ‘I submit, however, that the design was both original and distinctive, being well proportioned and effectively adapted to its purpose’ (a response to criticism of his design for Benedicite); ‘I do not wish to belittle the function of the bindery but I should like to point out that its importance is secondary to the actual printing …' (a lengthy draft letter recapitulating disagreements with the Directors esp. focus of attention and resources on the bindery); a discussion of Blair Hughes Stanton's work on an edition of White's Selborne; the appointment of McCance's successor.Dora E. Yates (1879-1974), Romani scholar. 11 letters, concerning the production and design of Gregynog's XXI Welsh Gypsy Folk Tales (1931), Yates contributing the foreword;Thomas Jones (1870-1955), director of the Gregynog Press. 11 letters on various press matters (e.g. 'I was looking at the Esope, Singing Caravan and Erewhon leathers yesterday. Together they have an accumulatively depressing appearance to me');Dora Herbert Jones (1890-1974), secretary of the Gregynog Press, 3 letters, on press matters including a request for a selection of engravings by Agnes Miller Parker for exhibition during a visit to Gregynog by George Bernard Shaw.And from others including Gwendoline E. Davies (1882-1951), co-founder director of the Gregynog Press, 4 letters; J. Barcham Green, paper maker, 2 letters (with a draft letter from McCance to Barcham); Francis Meynell, director of the Nonesuch Press, 4 letters (with a draft letter from McCance to Meynell), J. G. Wilson (1876-1963) managing director of booksellers John & Edward Bumpus Ltd, 6 letters; Hugh Blaker (1873-1936), artist and connoisseur; and more.The associated documents including: 2 carbon copies of a report on the work of press by W. J. Burdon Evans (each 6 ff., foolscap leaves, rectos only, headings comprising ‘Work in hand’, ‘Work in Prospect’, ‘Policy’, ‘Welsh Books’, ‘Costings’ and ‘Generally’, remarks include ‘Eric Gill is not satisfied but the Monotype people hope to supply in November’);  4 copies of William McCance's employment contract (one typed, the rest carbons); a manuscript booklet largely in an unidentified hand, 11 pp., include draft schedule for work at the press, ‘Plan of development through apprentices’, ‘Structural alterations’ including a workshop diagram notes on typefaces in stock, etc., approx. 10 ff. further notes. Mrs Margaret McCance, second wife of William McCance. A voluminous archive shedding light on the personalities and day-to-day functioning of one of the great private presses during its interwar heyday, providing an in-depth and often richly comic insight into the harried tenure of William McCance as controller of the press, with informative business correspondence interspersed with philosophical reflections, indiscreet gossip, and splenetic rants from several correspondents, some of whom might on present evidence be justifiably described as unsung belle-lettrists. William McCance (1890-1974) was a Scottish artist notable as an exponent of the Vorticist style developed by Wyndham Lewis. Succeeding R. A. Maynard in 1930 and remaining in post until 1933, assisted by his his wife, the wood-engraver Agnes Miller Parker, he appears to have quickly found himself out of sympathy with the directors of the press and resentful of their excessive interference. See further: Kathleen Ladizesky, ‘Aspects of the Gregynog Press 1930-33', The Private Library, Third Series, 7:2, 1984.

Chantry (Sir Francis), RA: Original mss letters and sketches, prints and book. A small collection to include a letter to Sir Martin Smee with another to publisher John Murray regarding being added to a subscribers’ list for Mr Taylor’s Poems; + 3 others to Sir Robert Sykes, Lady Selkirk, etc. With a portrait engraving of F Chantry after H Raeburn. Some damage and water stains to areas around the print. Pub by C Turner, London, 1842. + 4 graphite and watercolour sketches in modern mounts, tipped onto card, one titled “From Coombewood, 3rd August 1821” and “Dove House, 11th June 1824” and “The Head of Satan” with signature on piece dated 1796, 14 x 10 cm; + Jones (George): Sir Francis Chantrey Recollections, His Life, Practice and Opinions. Pub Edward Moxon, 1849. (11 items, a group) 

Hume (David). The History of England, complete in one volumes, half calf with marble boards, published by Jones and Company, London 1824, Miller (J.R.) The History of Great Britain form the Death of George II to the Coronation of George IV, half calf with marble boards, published by Jones and Company, London 1827, Smollett (Tobias) The History of England, from the Revolution to the Death of George II, half calf with marble boards, published by Jones and Company, London 1825. (3)

Collins (Arthur) Letters and Memorials of State ... written and collected by Sir Henry Sidney ... Sir Philip Sydney ..., London: for T. Osborne, 1746, two volumes, speckled calf, title and volume labels, portrait frontispiece; Cole (Christian) Memoirs of Affairs of State ... from the year 1697, to the latter end of 1708, London: for the editor, 1733, large folio, panelled calf, title labels, license leaf; Jones (Edward) Index to Records called, the Originalia and Memoranda on the Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer's Side of the Exchequer, London: for the editor, 1743-5, two volumes, full calf, title and volume labels, marbled endpapers, bookplates for Lord Sandys; Appendix to the Reports from the Commissioners appointed to his Majesty ... respecting the Public Records of the Kingdom, London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1820, large folio, original boards, paper title label showing volume II, 86 engraved plates, some folding (6)Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

George Jones crescent china part dessert service, powder blue ground, the reserves painted with sprays of flowers, signed W Birbeck, comprising an oval dish, width 27cm; and eight plates.Qty: 9Condition report:Dish; good condition, a little wear to the gildingPlates; all in good condition, a little wear but no chips or cracks

Royal Worcester cabinet plate, 1924, painted floral spray by Ernest Phillips, peacock's eye border, retailer's mark Gilman, Collamore & Co., New York, diameter 23cm; and three George Jones & Sons dessert plates, decorated with fish, after a design by W Birbeck, tooled gilt and green borders, retailer's mark Tiffany & Co., New York.Qty: 4

Two George III silver card trays with ornate pie-crust borders and scroll motifs, raised on four hoof feet, one hallmarked for John Cramer, London, 1768, and the other matching, hallmarked for Robert Jones I, London, 1779, each 18.5 cm diameter, both with the same crest to centre, 529g

A E JONES; an Arts and Crafts small hammered silver pedestal bowl, with presentation inscription to the centre, Birmingham 1921, diameter 10.25cm, and a George V hallmarked silver squeeze action circular snuff box with engraved initials to the sprung lid, Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1910, combined approx 4.63ozt/143.9g (2).

A LARGE IMPRESSIVE ALBUM OF MUSIC ICONS, GROUPS & SINGERS; a well presented album containing approximately one hundred pages of black and white and colour signed promotional images and photographs etc, some pages containing multiples, others are full page size, signed by the singers and groups, including Atomic Kitten, All Saints, Another Level, Gary Barlow, Billy, Beautiful South, B*Witched, Blondie, The Corrs, Craig David, Boy George, Eurythmics, Five, Gabrielle, David Gray, Lauryn Hill, Janet Jackson, Jamiroquai, Madness, Lighthouse Family, Mike and the Mechanics, M People, Mark Knopfler, Alanis Morissette, The Mavericks, The Moody Blues, Erasure, Oasis (band), Pet Shop Boys, Chris Rea, Simply Red, Kylie Minogue, Britney Spears, Spice Girls, Steps, Status Quo, Travis, Wet Wet Wet, Westlife, S Club 7, the Bee Gees, Phil Collins, Eric Clapton, Tom Jones, Elton John, Cliff Richard, Rod Stewart, George Michael, Celine Dion, Art Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Tina Turner, Barry White, The Monkees, Meatloaf, Robert Palmer, Dolly Parton, Will Young, Gareth Gates, David Bowie, and many more. Provenance: The Mike Ormerod Autograph Collection.

A large album containing forty-six separate inserts of movie star photographs and autographs, mostly on attached paper but some also on the image, including Sophia Loren, Richard Attenborough, Cate Blanchett, Gene Barry, Jamie Bell, Samantha Bond, Minnie Driver, Harry Connick Jr, Peter Cushing, Jeff Daniels, Flanagan & Allen, George Hamilton, Stanley Holloway, Vinnie Jones, Diana Rigg, Rob Schneider, Kevin Spacey, Kiefer Sutherland etc, page size 42 x 30cm.Provenance: The Mike Ormerod Autograph Collection.

A large quantity of George Jones & Sons "Abbey" patterned blue and white dinnerware

A matched graduated set of three 18th century silver sauceboats, each having wavy rims, acanthus leaf capped flying S-scroll handles, scrolling and foliate repousse decoration to the bodies (two with engraved cartouche to one side), each standing upon three capped hoof/paw feet, marks worn but all London assays, legible date 1757 to one, possible makers Samuel Meriton I and George Greenhill Jones to two, the largest length 12.5cm (excluding handle), gross weight 11.8ozt

Two George III Silver Candlesticks, by Robert Jones and John Scofield, London, 1776 each on stepped hexafoil base with shell corners, one base with gadrooned central border and the other with reeded central border, the baluster stems each terminating in spool-shaped socket with detachable hexafoil nozzle, one marked for Dublin, circa 1780, the bases engraved with a crest above a duke's coronet 22.5cm high, 36oz 8dwt, 1,133gr (2) The crest is that of Campbell, probably for the Dukes of Argyll. Each is fully marked under base. One is further marked on socket and on nozzle. The other nozzle further marked with marks for Dublin. Some of the marks underneath one stick are somewhat obscured. There is some overall surface scratching and wear, consistent with age and use. There has been a repair to the base of one stick where the stem attaches. This has caused some loss to the marks.