James Collard Vickery his Partner Arthur Thomas Hobbs purchased a long established business of William Griggs, a bookseller at 183 Regent Street London in 1890 and expanded the companies stock to include jewellery and dressing cases. In 1891 the partnership dissolved and Vickery carried on the business on his own and in 1900 expanded the company into 179 and 181 Regent street and obtained several royal warrants. The business was acquired by James Walker Ltd in the late 1930’s.