Rowling (J.K.) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1st paperback edition, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, original wrappers, spine a little faded, 8vo, together with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 1st paperback edition, 1998, a few light stains, previous owner signature to front wrapper verso, original wrappers, spine lightly faded, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo, plus Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 1st paperback edition, 1999. tiny indentation to foredges of a few early leaves, square blank sticker to rear wrapper verso, original wrappers, light crease mark to one corner, 8voQty: (3)First paperback editions of the first three Harry Potter books. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, over 5000 copies of which were printed on the same day as the first hardback edition, of which only 500 copies were printed.
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Sassoon (Siegfried). Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man, limited illustrated edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1929, illustrations by William Nicholson, a few light stains, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original vellum, 8vo, limited edition 124/300, signed by the author and illustrator, together with: Vigils, 1st edition, London: William Heinemann, 1935, original blue cloth in dust jacket, frayed and few tears at head of dust jacket, slim 8vo, Rhymed Ruminations, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1940, original blue cloth in slightly worn dust jacket, slim 8vo, plus Silk (Dennis), Siegfried Sassoon, 1st edition, Tisbury: Compton Russell, 1975, original printed wrappers, slim 8voQty: (4)
Sassoon (Siegfried). Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, 1st illustrated edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1931, 15 colour plates by Barnett Freedman, illustrations, pictorial colour endpapers, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original parchment over colour printed boards, dust jacket, in original slipcase (light edge wear), 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Limited edition 313/320, signed by author and artist.
Sitwell (Edith). The Mother and Other Poems, 1st edition, Oxford: printed for the author by B.H. Blackwell, 1915, a few light spots, original wrappers, small hole to rear wrapper, one stitch loosening, small 4to, together with Sitwell (Osbert). Miss Mew, Stanford Dingley: The Mill House Press, 1929, original cloth-backed patterned boards, a trifle rubbed at spine ends, 8vo, limited signed edition 4/101, inscribed 'For Miss Noble from Osbert Sitwell, 1935', plus Four Songs of the Italian Earth, Banyan Press, 1948, printed in red and black, original wrappers (spine faded), small 4to, limited signed edition 60/260, inscribed to Miss Noble, together with 31 others by Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, nearly all inscribed for Miss Noble, including Edith Sitwell's A Notebook on William Shakespeare, 1948, and English Eccentrics, 1st US edition, 1957, Osbert Sitwell's Miracle on Sinai, 1933, Escape With Me!, 1939, and Open the Door!, 1941, and Sacheverell Sitwell's Conversation Pieces, 1936Qty: (34)Footnote: The dedicatee of the inscribed books was Miss Elizabeth Noble, Sir Osbert Sitwell's housekeeper in London, thence by descent.
Smith (Elizabeth Thomasina Meade, "L.T. Meade"). Three Girls from School, 1907; A Wild Irish Girl, 1910; The Chesterton Girl Graduates, 1913, 1st editions, colour and monochrome illustrations, some light spotting, contemporary presentation inscriptions, top edges gilt, original pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo, together with Saunders (Marshall). 'Tilda Jane. An Orphan in search of a Home, 1st edition, London: Jarrold and Sons, 1901, illustrations by Clifford Carleton, light toning to endpapers, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, plus Squires (Grace). Merle and May. A Story of Girlhood Days, 1st edition, London: W & R Chambers, 1908, monochrome illustrations, light spotting, prize label, original pictorial cloth, 8vo, with others similar by L.T. Meade, M.H. Cornwall Legh, Rosa Mulholland, Florence Bone et alQty: (34)
Stoker (Bram). Dracula, 1st edition, 1st issue, London: Archibald Constable, 1897, 1st issue with four titles listed to half title verso and no advertisements at end, a few small light marks, light toning to endpapers, hinges a little tender, original canary yellow cloth, lettered in red, spine a little darkened with 25 mm closed reversed 'L' shape tear at head (affecting the first letter 'A' of Dracula), a little light overall dust-soiling, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Arthur Samuel Peake (1865-1929), his signature to front pastedown. Arthur Peake was an author, biblical scholar and Methodist layman. After studying theology at Oxford he became the first holder of the Rylands Chair of Biblical Criticism and Exegesis at Manchester University in 1904. Additional pencil signature of F. Lloyd to half title.
Stopes (Marie). Married Love, A New Contribution to the Solutions of Sex Difficulties, 9 presentation copies signed by the author to her husband, London: A.C. Fifield, 1919-27, inscribed by the author to her second husband (mostly to front free endpapers), occasional light spotting & toning to preliminaries, original publisher's cloth, dust jackets (to all but 8th edition), extremities nicked, small tear to spine of 6th edition resulting in loss, 9th edition with large tear to head of spine, some spines with closed tears, some with spotting to panels, 8voQty: (9)Footnote: Provenance: From the family of Barnes Wallis, by direct descent. A remarkable set of Married Love inscribed to Stopes' second husband Humphrey Verdon Roe whom she was married to between 1918-35. He was the principal financial backer of the work.
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[Thomas, Dylan Marlais, 1914-1953]. The Life of William Blake, by Mona Wilson, London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1948, illustrations, some light spotting, original cloth, spine ends faded, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: With a receipt from bookseller B.H. Blackwell, Oxford to Dylan Thomas, Manor House, South Leigh, near Oxford, dated 25/2/1949 for the purchase of the book along with 3 others (i.e. Brooks, Modern Poetry & Tradition, Soutar, Collected Poems & Golden Treasury Scottish Verse), the receipt totalling £2.19 (marginal creases and light spotting). Interesting item of Dylan Thomas ephemera reflecting his taste in reading. Dylan Thomas lived at Manor House in South Leigh from 1947-1949 after Margaret Taylor, wife of historian AJP Taylor, who had become infatuated with the poet had bought it for him, and where he had written most of his famous radio drama and play Under Milk Wood.
Verne (Jules). Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Seas, 1st edition in English, London: Sampson, Low & Searle, 1873, 112 illustrations, half-title, 8 pages of advertisements to rear, small chip to corner of frontispiece with loss (not affecting image or text), spotting, some light marginal dust-soiling to a few leaves, publisher's imprint to verso of half-title crossed out in pen, endpapers replaced, modern half cloth, marbled boards and endpapers, all edges gilt, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: The true first edition in English.
Waugh (Evelyn). The Holy Places, London: The Queen Anne Press, 1953, 4 monochrome wood engravings Reynolds Stone, previous owner mark to the front endpaper, some marginal toning, publishers original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers toned & rubbed with a large tear to the rear & a small tear to the head of the front cover, 8vo, limited edition, 97/1000 Put Out More Flags, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1942, some light toning & spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed with loss to head & foot, 8vo They Were Still Dancing, 1st U.S. edition, New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1932, minor marginal toning, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed & marked, small tear to the foot of the front cover, 8vo Officers and Gentlemen, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1955, some minor toning, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, Unconditional Surrender, 1st edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1961, previous owner inscription to the front endpaper, some minor toning, original cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly faded, covers lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus 15 further works by Evelyn Waugh, all original cloth, mostly in dust jackets, 8voQty: (20)
Yeats (William Butler). Three Things, London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1929, monochrome illustration to half-title and one colour plate by Gilbert Spencer, original boards, some light browning, spine cracked & worn with loss at head & foot, slim 8vo (Large Paper edition on handmade paper, no. 108/500, signed by the author. This is number 18 of the Ariel Poems), together with: De la Mare (Walter), Ding Dong Bell, London: Selwyn & Blount Ltd., 1924, edges rough-trimmed, bookplate of V.E.D. Haggard to upper pastedown, original cloth-backed boards, slim 8vo (limited edition 286/300, signed by the author), De la Mare (Walter), News, London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1930, monochrome illustration to half-title and one colour plate by Barnett Freeman, original boards, lightly mottled, slim 8vo (Large Paper edition on handmade paper, no. 53/500, signed by the author. This is number 31 of the Ariel Poems), plus the prospectus of the same work, Stephens (James), Three Outcast, London: Faber & Faber Ltd., 1929, monochrome illustration to half-title and one colour plate by Barnett Freeman, original boards, slim 8vo (Large Paper edition on handmade paper, no. 214/500, signed by the author. This is number 22 of the Ariel Poems), Yeats (William Butler), The Wild Swans at Coole, 1st edition, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1919, original gilt-blocked blue cloth, 8vo, and others similar, including titles by Yeats, T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Samuel Beckett, Edward Thomas and Walter De la MareQty: (17)
Zelazny (Roger). The Hand of Oberon, 1st edition, Garden City: Doubleday, 1976, original publisher's boards, dust jacket, 8vo, together with: the Courts of Chaos, 1st edition, Garden City: Doubleday, 1978, original publisher's boards, dust jacket, some light nicks to extremities, 8vo, with 9 others by ZelaznyQty: (11)
* Alexander (Cecil Frances nee Humphreys, 1818-1895). Hymn-writer, poetess and wife of the Bishop of Derry. Autograph Manuscript Signed with initials (‘C.F.A.’), circa 1880, being the 10-verse hymn ‘For Flower Sunday’ written in 1879 for the Flower Show at St Luke’s Church Chelsea beginning with the lines: ‘Father of this fair Creation, / Dear redeemer of our race, / Thee, we praise in meek oblation, / Brightest things, in holiest place.’, 2 pages (originally 4 separate pieces neatly attached to form 2 individual pages, the upper part of each being laid down), light marks and light spotting, folds annotated in pencil in another unidentified hand, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Cecil Frances Alexander wrote the words for over 400 hymns, her most famous being ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’ and ‘Once in Royal David’s City’. She wrote poetry under various pseudonyms and was involved in charity work for most of her life. This particular hymn is mentioned in Peter Newman Brookes’ book Hymns as Homilies, page 219.
* Apollo Mission Programme Autographs. A collection of 30 items with 28 NASA space programme autographs, including autographs of all 12 Moonwalkers, 1968/1972, comprising signed official colour photographs of astronauts in spacesuits including from Apollo 11: Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), the first man on the Moon, signed in blue fibre pen and inscribed in block capitals for R. Newcombe’ [please note that we now believe that this might be an autopen signature, conforming to 'pattern 6']; Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin (born 1930), the second man on the Moon, signed in blue fibre pen across white area of spacesuit; photograph of all three crew members of Apollo 11, signed by Michael Collins (1930-2021) in blue ink across white area of his spacesuit, all three photographs showing a large picture of the Moon behind them; Apollo 12: autographs of the third and fourth men on the Moon, Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr. (1930-1999) and Alan L. Bean (1932-2018), each inscribed in blue fibre pen on card, some toning, each 7.5 x 12.5cm; Apollo 14: photographs of the fifth and sixth men to walk on the Moon, Alan Shepard (1923-1998) and Edgar Mitchell (1930-2016); plus a group of all three crew member signatures (with Stuart Roose, 1933-1994) in pencil on light grey card, 100 x 110mm; Apollo 15: photographs of the seventh and eighth men to walk on the Moon, Commander David Scott (born 1932) and James Irwin (1930-1991), the first additionally inscribed, ‘Apollo 15 CDR’; Apollo 16: autographs of the ninth and tenth men to walk on the Moon, crew members Commander John Young (1930-2018) and Charles Duke (born 1935), blue ballpoint signatures on card, both partly toned, each 7.5 x 12.5cm; photograph of Duke walking on the Moon, signed and inscribed beneath his signature, ‘Apollo 16’; Apollo 17: signed photograph of Gene Cernan (1934-2017), the 11th man to walk on the moon; autograph signature of Harrison Schmitt (born 1935), the 12th and last man to date to walk on the Moon to date, in blue fibre pen on card, some toning, 7.5 x 12.5cm; plus Apollo 7: black and white photograph of Commander Walter Schirra Jr. (1923-2007), signed in blue fibre pen with ‘Apollo 7’ inscribed by him beneath his signature; Apollo 8: a series of 8 first day covers, Cape Canaveral/Port Washington, 21-27 December 1968, the first signed in blue ink by all three crew members, Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders, plus a British first day cover, Yatton, Bristol, 24 December 1968, with message and address to front, signed to verso in black fibre pen by all three crew members; Apollo 9: signed photograph of Commander James McDivitt (born 1929); Apollo 13: First day cover, Kawishiwi, 17 April 1970, signed in black fibre pen by Commander James Lovell (born 1928); signed photograph of lunar module pilot Fred Halse (born 1933), and inscribed ‘Apollo 13 LMP’ beneath his signature; plus an autograph signature on card of German-American aerospace engineer Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun (1912-1977) and a signed photograph of test pilot and astronaut Scott Carpenter (1925-2013), all photographs 25 x 20cm or the reverseQty: (30)
* Coward (Noel, 1899-1973). English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer. A series of three, apparently unpublished, photographs of Noel Coward, taken at an Actors’ Orphanage Charity event, circa 1930s, each one having been signed on a light part of the image with a full signature, ‘Noel Coward’, 60 x 80mmQty: (3)Footnote: A note on the reverse of two of the photographs indicates the other individuals in the images: in this case the actor Hugh French and the then Secretary of the Actors' Orphanage, Peter Jackson. The charity still exists today as the Actors’ Children’s Trust, but at that time Coward was the president of the Actors' Orphanage, a body which was supported by the theatrical industry (others in that role included Gerald du Maurier and Sir Laurence Olivier).
* Ferrier (Kathleen, 1912-1953). English contralto singer. Autograph Letter Signed, ’Kathleen Ferrier’, 2 Frognal Mansions, Hampstead, 17 December 1949, to Mr Walters, a diplomatic response to having been sent some new songs, but adding: ‘…Unfortunately, I am going to America on Tuesday until April and my programmes are all set and I am sending them back to you because you will probably want to send them to another singer rather than wait many months…’, ink annotation in another hand, (most likely Walters’), at top of first page, ‘From Kathleen Ferrier’, marks to extreme bottom and a few tiny pin holes at top left, none affecting text or signature, a few light creases, 2 pages, 8voQty: (1)Footnote: Letters by Ferrier, who had a tragically short stage career, are uncommon in commerce. It is likely that the recipient of this letter was the composer Leslie Walters (1902-1998) who wrote many songs. The letter is published in the Letters and Diaries of Kathleen Ferrier, ed. Christopher Fifield, revised edition, Boydell Press, 2011, page 125.
* Daudet (Alphonse, 1840-1907). French novelist. Brief autograph note signed, 'Alphonse Daudet', no date, four lines in a small hand to an unidentified correspondent, some paper toning, oblong 32mo with integral blank, together with: Coppée (François, 1842-1908). French poet. Autograph four-line note on a personal visiting card, no date, apologising for not being able to make an evening engagement due to tiredness, some staining, plus a visiting card from the French literary critic Edmond de Goncourt (1822-1896), with unsigned autograph inscription of thanks, some toning, plus an albumen print carte-de-visite portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), signed to lower part of image, light horizontal crease, plus a collection of approximately 100 autographs including letters signed by mostly French artists, actors, writers and political men and women, c. 1880-1910, including Frederick Abel (1827-1902, English chemist and explosives expert), Ferdinand Poise (1828-1892, composer), Jean Richepin (1849-1926, French poet), Eduard von Bauernfeld (1802-1890, Austrian dramatist), other French writers and artists including Hector Malot, Paul Armand Silvestre, Leon Xanrof, Fernand Pelez, Eugene Labiche, Albert Flament, Jules Joseph Lefebvre, Enest Legouve, Henri Lavedan, Albert Delpit, Jules-Elie Delaunay, Gustav Guillaumet, Edmond Gondinet, Jules Claretie, Lucien Levy-Dhurmer, Eduard Bisson, Jules Breton, Adolphe Bellot, Jules Valadon, Mario Uchard, etc., plus many unidentified, various sizes including letters, signatures and visiting cards, many collected by the daughter of Mosenthal and addressed to her familyQty: (a folder)
* Gaskell (Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865). Author and the first biographer of Charlotte Brontë. Autograph Letter Signed, ‘E. C. Gaskell’, 46 Plymouth Grove, Manchester, 8 May, no year [1861-1865], to Dr. Mëyer, Gaskell states that she has always experienced much kindness from her correspondent and her visits to Heidelberg have always been enhanced by his society, and continues, ’I am going to try and secure the same privilege for Mr, Mrs and Miss Walker, the bearers of this note of introduction. Mr Walker is Professor of Natural History at Oxford and has been obliged to leave England on account of his health’, further adding, 'They intend to reside at Heidelberg for a couple of months and any kindness you can show them will be gratefully esteemed by me’, some light age wear and discolouring at folds and top edges with no loss to legibility, the latter as a result of previous mounting to verso of one leaf which shows through without affecting the text or signature, 3 pages, small 8voQty: (1)Footnote: 42 Plymouth Grove (as it was when the Gaskells moved there in 1850) was changed to 46 Plymouth Grove sometime after 8 May 1860, and then after Mrs Gaskell’s death in 1865 changed to 84 Plymouth Grove. Elizabeth Gaskell visited Heidelberg in 1841, 1858 and 1860.
* Kipling (Joseph Rudyard, 1865-1936). A typed note signed, 10 October 1913, on Bateman's, Burwash, Sussex headed paper: "Dear Miss Stevens, Thank you very much indeed for your letter and for all the kind things you say about my books. I am very grateful and pleased. Yours sincerely, Rudyard Kipling", vertical fold and a couple of light spots, blank envelopeQty: (1)
* Napoleon I (1769-1821). Emperor of France. Military Order Signed of Napoleon for the Formation of a Special Security Force, Fontainebleau, [Sunday] 24 January 1813, to M. le Duc de Feltre, 'vous Recevrez un Decret par lequel j’ai ordonne la formation d’une colonne de 700 hommes a pied et de 250 chevaux, qui sera Reunie sous les orders du General de Brigade Henry, pour Reprimer les desordres qui naissent dans les Departments de la Sarthe et de la Mayenne' ('you will receive a Decree by which I have ordered the formation of a column of 700 infantry and 250 cavalry, which will assemble under the orders of Brigadier General Henry, to suppress the disorders which are arising in the Departments of Sarthe and Mayenne'), then saying to 'order General Henry to be at Mans tomorrow. Send by courier an order to General Bonnard to organise the company of light infantry of the 3rd battalion of the 121st [Regiment], and the light infantry company of the 4th battalion of the same Regiment, which are at Blois; the light infantry company of the 3rd battalion of the 122nd, which is at Vendome, and the light infantry company of the 4th battalion of the 5th Light Infantry which is at Cherbourg, 2 companies of the 26th complete with 70 horse each' ('26e de chasseurs complettes a 70 chevaux chacune' in Napoleon's hand), 'These companies must be complete each with 100 men and put immediately to march. They can be there tomorrow, the day after, and in the first days of the week. General Henri will co-ordinate with the local authorities to divide his columns and assign heir directions. He will use the support of all the foresters; he will cause the forest guardians to march with his columns and if it should be necessary the Sous-Prefets, mayors and national guard, which must work towards the pursuit of the Bandits, shall also march with his columns. Send General Henry a sum of 70,000F to pay bonuses to his force in place of meat and wine, and to pay them for the brigands captured. Recommend him to keep his force in constant Movement, and to use everything he has to arrest these wretches. He will take care also to pay [his] spies well, so as to be able to surprise the brigands. Inform the Generals commanding these military divisions and the Departments, of the formation of this mobile column and recommend them to use all their resources to support their operations; finally order the Commanding General of the 13th Division to assemble near Laval a company of light infantry of the 3rd and 4th battalions of the 86th and to add to them twenty or so Gendarmes, mounted and on foot. He will place this column under the orders of an Adjutant officer and at General Henri’s disposition ('et a la disposition du general Henri' in Napoleon's hand) or an officer of Gendarmerie intelligence, and will alert General Henry as to where this column is to be found, which should manoeuvre in concert with the others and under his orders', two marginal additions in Napoleon's hand as noted, signed 'Nap' at foot, 4 pages, 4toQty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: 'Collection A F Rossignol Paris' (embossed stamp with Imperial 'N' circled with text to lower outer corner of second leaf). The order was given not long after Napoleon's return to Paris (18 December 1812) following his disastrous retreat from Moscow: he had left the remnants of his army 60 miles east of Vilnius on 5 December, after crossing the Berezina. It shows Napoleon's impressive command for detail and his concern to reinforce internal security in France, which had perhaps deteriorated in his absence. A full transcript in French and English translation are available on request.
* Parry (Charles Hubert Hastings, 1848-1918). English composer. Autograph Letter Signed, 17 Kensington Square, London, 22 February 1889, to Dr [F. J.] Campbell, discussing in detail, his famous work Blest Pair of Sirens, offering to conduct it at Campbell’s festival and providing detailed information about its performance, ‘…With regards your questions about ‘tempi’, I cannot give you at the moment a Metronomic answer, as I don’t possess a Metronome. But certainly the passage “Jarred against nature’s chime” should be quite slow. The “ritardando” in the two previous bars should be very strong…most conductors take the latter part “To live with him” too fast for my feeling. It should be very vigorous "Alla breve"', on black edged stationery with contemporary endorsement and light marks to first and last page, 4 pages, 8vo, together with a cabinet head and shoulders photograph of Parry by Elliot and Fry, circa 1898, signed on a light part of the image, 'C. Hubert H. Parry’, plus an Autograph Musical Quotation Signed being 5 bars from one of Parry’s early works, the Grand Duo in E minor for two pianos, minor spotting, framed and glazed, plus a printed menu celebrating the centenary of The Royal Philharmonic Society, Pagini’s Restaurant (London), 5 December 1912, signed on the reverse by Tetrazzini, Parry (in pencil) and [Vasily] Sapellnikoff who has also added the place and date, 255 x 170mm, plus an autograph correspondence card signed from Parry's wife Maud, declining to 'take the chair' due to the death of her mother, 31 October 1911Qty: (5)Footnote: Blest Pair of Sirens was written in 1887 and is a setting of John Milton’s ode At a Solemn Musick. Sir Francis J. Campbell (1832-1914) was a blind American who founded the Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind at Norwood. Published in part: See The Parrys of the Golden Vale by Anthony Boden (Thames, 1998) p. 217. Letters discussing performance details of major works by Parry are extremely rare.
* Shaw (George Bernard, 1856-1950). Irish playwright. Typewritten article, annotated, signed and dated, [Welwyn, Hertfordshire], ‘G. Bernard Shaw, 31st March 1948’, being an article entitled 'The Malvern Festival', which was sent by Shaw to the Malvern Gazette for publication, in which he laments the possibility that the Festival may well end and heavily rebukes those he feels are responsible, ‘A cultural institution like the [Malvern] Festival must take as its first rule NO POLITICS. But the moment it comes on the rates it is attacked by all the organisations of that Philistine section of the public… Great religious and artistic institutions are not founded by Ratepayers Associations… The Malvern Festival was not founded by ratepayers. It was founded by Sir Barry Jackson out of his own pocket. It was a great success…For me the Festival Theatre is like the Priory: a place where two or three are gathered together... Close either of them, and Malvern will soon feel the loss to the spiritual life of their loveliest plot of English soil…. The Festival cannot be moved… Wake up, Malvern', ink on blue paper, light paperclip mark on both pages, neither touching text or signature, 2 pages, 4to, together with an unusual printed postcard from Shaw with date and address in his hand, Ayot St Lawrence, 8 March 1949, to Edwin Gough, Shaw providing the recipient with a printed list of things that he is unwilling or unable to do and places a hand-written arrow either side of the printed ‘request’ that 'He cannot receive visitors at his private residence except from his intimate friends', plus 2 original (unsigned) Malvern Festival Programmes for 1929 and 1930 (the former devoting its entire 2 weeks to performances of plays by Shaw), and 2 Post Office telegrams, one from Shaw, the second mentioning himQty: (6)Footnote: The Malvern Festival was founded in 1929 by Sir Barry Jackson (1879-1961). George Bernard Shaw wrote many plays especially for it and had 5 premières there. Sir Edward Elgar, Shaw’s great friend, attended a number of the Festivals up until his death in 1934. It is interesting to see, even at the age of 92, that Shaw had not lost his capacity for forthright criticism and caustic observation.
Signed Concert Programmes. A collection of 11 vintage concert programmes, each signed by important performers or composers, circa 1930s/1950s, comprising Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943), signed ’S. Rachmaninoff’ to the right-hand margin of the first page of a programme, for a recital given by him in March 1937, signature light but legible; Luisa Tetrazzini (1868-1937), programme for Madame Tetrazzini’s Farewell Tour held at The Pavilion Torquay on 4 November 1933, signed ‘Luisa Tetrazzini / Torquay 1933’ in blue ink next to her photograph; Louis Kentner (1905-1987), important vintage programme for a concert given by Kentner at the Aeolian Hall, London, 8 October 1936, signed to the front cover above a photograph of the pianist; Paul von Klenau (1863-1946), programme for a concert given in Vienna by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra on 18 January 1929 under von Klenau, of Arnold Schoenberg’s choral work ‘Gurrelieder’, signed on the final page of the German libretto, and also signed by the Austrian actor Wilhelm Klitsch and the soprano Mia Peltenburg; plus programmes signed by Benno Moiseiwitsch (1890-1963); Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967); Antoinette ‘Toti’ dal Monte (1893-1975); Nathan Milstein (1903-1992); Paul Robeson (1898-1976); Hugh S. Robertson (1874-1952); Ivor Novello (1893-1951), a total of 7 of the eleven autographs on or adjacent to the programme photograph of the subject, all original printed wrappers, 4to/8voQty: (11)
* Wells (Herbert George, 1866-1946). English writer. Autograph Statement Signed, 1926, in black ink, `I do not guide my life by Maxims / H.G. Wells´,a collector’s manuscript annotation in a large hand written well away and above Wells’s inscription indicates that this was obtained on 11 October 1926, some toning and minor marks including light brown line to left of inscription, overall paper size 12 x 21cm, matted with a reproduction black and white portrait of the author and caption matted above, overall 34 x 31cmQty: (1)
Vinyl - Blue Note Jazz / Hard Bop / Latin Jazz The Horace Silver Quintet Song For My Father (1964, US Mono BLP 4185). Original US 1st Blue Note pressing with New York Address, Van Gelder and Ear stamped in dead wax, 3 West 61st St., New York 23 address on back cover, and "25 Years Blue Note" inner sleeve. Sleeve is VG, Vinyl is VG+++ (light scuffs only) + Original 25 years inner sleeve.
Vinyl - Blue Note Jazz / Hard Bop Bud Powell The Amazing Bud Powell Volume 1. (1962 US Mono, BLP 1503) Original US Blue Note pressing with deep grooved blue/white Blue Note Records labels with FLAT EDGE, 767 Lexington Ave N.Y.C. address on one side. RVG etched, Ear, non-laminated framed cover, blank spine on cover. Sleeve Vg / Vg+, Vinyl Ex (light scuffs only).
Vinyl - Blue Note Jazz / Hard Bop Blue Mitchell The Thing To Do (1965 US Mono, BLP 4178) Original US 1st Blue Note pressing with blue/white Blue Note Records Inc ? New York USA labels, VAN GELDER stamped in the dead wax both sides, P ("ear") for Plastylite plant stamped in the runout, both sides, non laminated jacket, Blue Note Records Inc., 43 West 61st St., New York 23 address on back cover, and "25 Years Blue Note" inner sleeve. Sleeve Vg+ Vinyl at least VG+ (light non feelable scuffs only) + Original 25 years inner sleeve
Vinyl - Blue Note Jazz / Hard Bop Dexter Gordon A Swingin? Affair (1962 US Mono BLP 4133). Original US 1st Blue Note pressing with New York Address, Deep Groove, Van Gelder and Ear stamped in dead wax, 3 West 61st St., New York 23 address on back cover, and "25 Years Blue Note" inner sleeve. Sleeve is VG+/ EX-, Vinyl is VG+ / EX- (light scuffs only) + Original 25 years inner sleeve
Vinyl - The Beatles 7 LP's to include Sgt Pepper (PMC 7027) nice copy with pink & red inner, insert intact, Abbey Road (PCS 7088), For Sale (PMC 1240), Hard Days Night (PMC 1230), HELP! (PMC 1255), Rubber Soul (PMC 1267), and 1967-70. All sleeves at least Vg overall, Vinyl Vg- all have various scuffs and multiple light scratches with some more significant.
18th century English school, a large portrait of a young brother and sister in a garden setting, unsigned oil on canvas, within a period carved gilt frame, 125 cm x 99 cm.Condition report: Canvas re-lined The face of the boy appears to be repainted when viewed under strong UV light.The UV light causes a flare when viewed with a phone/ digital camera and so will not show on any image taken with either
A Tibetan inverted tapering lacquered cabinet, 20th century, with gilt decoration, the cupboard doors and sides painted with Kylin amongst blossoming trees housing birds and squirrels, with shelved interior, with two short drawers to the base, on square legs, 92.5cm wide, 100cm high, 53cm deepCondition report: There is a full length join split on the right side panel, that does not overly affect the overall look or decoration. There are some signs of rubbing on the doors and side panels. There is a small hole on the rear back panel at the bottom right. This has been in use and therefore there will be some signs of light use. Overall it is in good condition with only minor faults.
A pair of Corinthian column candlesticks, Sheffield 1999, by Mappin and Webb, of traditional form on stepped square bases, with acanthus terminals below detachable, beaded nozzles. Loaded, 15 cm high.Qty: 2Condition report: Light surface scratches visible, but no dents, damage or repair. One of the sconces appears stuck, but could be removed with the right attention.
A pair of 19th century patinated bronze figures of Mercury and Fortuna, each standing aloft a gust of wind from the mouth of Zephyr, on a stepped circular base, 48 cm high.Qty: 2Condition report: Mercury figure is missing his staff, and has had a repair to his right arm, at the shoulder. Some light rubbing in places, but otherwise good.
An Edwardian silver housekeeper's box, London 1907 by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Ltd, with lockable cover, the interior with three red Morocco leather-bound notebooks, 11.5 cm x 7 cm x 5.3 cm, together with a small dirk with silver mounted leather scabbard, and three small silver photograph frames.Qty: 5Condition report: The lock works on the box, and it is in good overall condition with some light surface scratches commensurate with age.
An early Georgian teapot, Newcastle (possibly 1722) by James Kirkup, of bullet form on a circular foot (lacking handle and lid finial), 10 cm high, 13 ozt.Condition report: The top and bottom terminals of the handle (missing)are crooked and dented into the bodyThe body has numerous shallow dentsThe cover is apparently unmarkedThe body of the pot has a rather odd vertical line below the monogram it could be a stain or a seam, the interior of the pot is fire gilt apart from the underside of the cover, with this in mind I can not see signs of the above-mentioned seam from the inside even under a strong light.I have tried to show these in the images I have included but it is still very faint.We do not have the ivory/ pearwood handle or finial or any of the fixingsThe interior has an oval patch that would be below the level of the armorial but it is only visible from the inside see last images in the series images.
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