A handmade classical six-string guitar by Richard Manning, Luthier, London, numbered 60 and dated June 1981, the internal maker's label additionally signed by Manning and giving his address as 19a Lavender Hill, London. With natural-finished soundboard, decorative soundhole rosette, dark fingerboard and bridge, cutaway body, and attractively figured dark back and sides with contrasting centre line. The slotted headstock with figured veneer and fitted with decorative gilt tuning machines with pearlescent buttons. Richard Manning was associated with the London Classical Guitar Gallery at Lavender Hill, established during the 1970s as a showcase for handmade instruments and the work of British luthiers. A contemporary 1978 account describes Manning establishing the gallery specifically to offer handmade guitars and promote individual makers. With hard case. Condition: In good used condition overall, with surface marks, scratches and playing wear commensurate with age and use. Some wear and tarnishing to the hardware. Appears substantially complete. Neck, action and playability have not been professionally assessed. Category: Collectables/Musical instruments Estimate: 60 GBP