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World War II, British Home Front, a series of illustrated envelopes, 1940, the reverse with comical illustrations mostly on an anti Nazi theme and inscribed "Guess Who!", all addressed to Mr & Mrs A R Barber Twickenham (53), a quantity of 19th c photographs (albumen prints) of India, c1880-1906, mostly damaged, printed ephemera including Rawalpindi divisional orders, dated 15th June 1908, partly printed manuscript Training Pay List of 87th South Cork Light Infantry Regiment of Militia, E Company September 1874, notes on permanent fortification and coast defence of the use of gentlemen cadets of the Royal Military Academy Woolwich 1912 and an autograph album of V C Wellington 18th Queen Mary's Own Hussars, the signatures, dates and inscriptions mostly one to a page of musical artistes collected at the Glasgow Coliseum 1917-18

A Mughal illustrated leaf from an erotic manuscript, possibly the Kama Sutra, 18th/19th c, ink and gouache on paper with green border, the illustration of lovers and an attendant before a white building, 18 x 12cm Brown and friable with several worm holes, unrestored, deframed for the present sale

Set of 4 Manuscript ltd series 1394 framed bird prints to include Mallard, snow goose etc.

Three boxes of antiquarian literature, including: E. Blomfield, The History of the Martyrs, Bungay: Brightly & Co., 1810 (2 volumes, 4to, contemporary half calf); The Devotional Family Bible, with Notes and Illustrations ... by John Fawcett, London: C. Baldwin, 1810 (2 volumes, 4to, contemporary half vellum); F. O. Morris, A Series of Picturesque Views of Seats of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britan and Ireland, London: William Mackenzie, c.1880 (6 volumes, 4to, contemporary morocco gilt, worn, numerous chromoxylographic plates); E. Sibley (editor), Culpeper's English Physician; and Complete Herbal, London: for the author, c.1794 (4to, contemporary calf, covers detached); and various others, together with a box of children's and modern literature, a Robert Morden engraved map of Cornwall (c.1695, framed and glazed), and a manuscript document in French, framed and glazed

Bayle (Pierre). The Dictionary Historical and Critical of Mr Peter Bayle, 2nd edition in English, London: for J. J. and P. Knapton [and others], 1734. 5 volumes, 4to, 19th-century maroon half morocco, half-titles, title-pages in red and black, without the portrait frontispiece, together with: Thomas Wallis, The Farrier's and Horseman's Complete Dictionary, 1st edition, London: for W. Owen, and E. Baker, 1759. 8vo, contemporary sheep (covers detached), early manuscript notes pinned to endpapers; and others, miscellaneous antiquarian; the lot sold as seen (qty: 1 box)

German violin c1900, copy of a John Betts, with 36cm one-piece maple back and ribs and spruce top, bears manuscript label 'John Betts No.II, Near Northgate, The Royal Exchange, London 18**', overall L59cm; in carrying case with bow

Negretti & Zambra drawing instrument set, the ruler with manuscript name 'F/Sgt. F. Hamilton R.A.F. 194(?)', cased; four other drawing instrument sets by Anker-Precision Germany, EcoBra, Temple etc, all cased; and quantity of loose drawing instruments

Swiss musical box by L.F, Geneva, (probably LeCoultre Freres) playing six airs, key wind to a 23. 5cm barrel with ninety-six tooth comb, stamped "LF Gve", the brass plate stamped "26324" the case with a rosewood veneered and string inlaid lid, drop-end giving access to winding barrel and controls , tune sheet under lid, manuscript duplicate serial number under base L40.5cm

Collection of nine commonplace books and small scrap albums, 1831-1920s, including manuscript verse in different hands after a variety of authors, genealogical notes for Craigie family, mounted engravings and lithographs (including several hand-coloured botanical prints), original sketches and watercolours (including three rice paper watercolours of birds and butterflies). Ranging in size from autograph album to small quarto, condition varied, sold as found with all faults (9)

NO RESERVE Travel and Exploration.- Anonymous (circa 1870s) Portrait of a man with spear, a feather in his hair, and ears pierced, traditionally thought to be a Native American, but possibly from Oceania, pen and brown ink, sheet 285 x 200 mm (11 1/4 x 7 7/8 in), mounted on brown-paper support, several tears and nicks, manuscript text on verso showing through, including date '[?] 7., 1877', possibly artist's initials 'M.[?].M.B' underlined, further indistinct inscriptions, minor surface dirt, unframed, [circa 1877].

NO RESERVE Russian émigrés.- Collection of papers, letters, photographs etc., relating to Hornstadt, Schmidt and Shaw families, working in the Russian consulate in 1880 onwards, resident in England and Holland, manuscripts, forms with manuscript insertions, postcards, typescripts and photographs, most in English, some in Dutch, v.s., v.d., 1880-1920s (sm. qty).

Surveying.- Dee (W., pupil at Shuthonger School, Tewkesbury) Exercises in Land Measuring..., manuscript, 36pp. excluding blanks, 20 watercolour wash illustrations, numerous pen and ink diagrams, original marbled wrappers, printed paper label on upper cover, folio, 1860.

Hearth Tax.- Papers relating to the Hearth Tax "made by Mr Attorney General att Oxford when his Maty &c was there..." [&] Hearth Tax Receipt, together 6pp., manuscript in different hands, receipt printed with manuscript insertions, folds, slightly browned, folio et infra, 1670-80.⁂ Includes: (1). "Resolutions to queries Concerning Hearth Money" ("Ovens only are Exempted from Charge But all Chimney Hearths although they have Ovens in them are to pay"); (2). "A Certificate of the names of the Receivers of his Majesty's Revenue of Hearth Money, with their yearly crown Charge by an Estimate"; (3). The Totals of the Fire Hearths and Stoves according to the first and second Rolls as they are certified by the Auditors".

Switzerland.- [Schiller (Friedrich)] Wilhelm Tell, 2 vol., extra-illustrated with original watercolours throughout, by an anonymous hand, each vol. with pen and ink and pressed flower title page, text trimmed and neatly pasted on album leaves, each leaf decorated with watercolour vignettes and decorative manuscript borders, and includes 15 full-page watercolour landscapes of lakes and cities, including Lake Geneva, Zurich, Devil's Bridge, others of mountains, mountaineers and local costume , each leaf approx. 72 x 125 mm (6 3/4 x 5 in), scattered spotting and surface dirt throughout, some browning, one of the pressed flowers loose to vol. 1 title, 19th century boards, spine gilt, g.e., spines splitting, corners bumped and rubbed, 8vo, [19th century]

Buckinghamshire, Winslow.- Lowndes (Robert, of Winslow Hall).- Rent Book, manuscript, 36pp. excluding blanks and an empty marked up index, most entries less than half a page, slightly browned, handsomely bound in green gilt panelled calf, a few small ink marks, two silver metal catches with engraved floral decoration, g.e., 8vo, 1714-29; and 3 other manuscripts, v.s., v.d. (4).⁂ Probably compiled by a land agent and with numerous references to the Lowndes family.

Book of Hours.- Single leaf from a book of Hours, manuscript in Latin, in a gothic bookhand, on vellum, 2 2-line initials, 7 1-line initials and 6 line fillers in gold, red and blue, floral borders in gold, red and green, ?leaf cut down, 115 x 102mm., [c. 1450].

India.- Manava-Kalpa-Sutra; being a Portion of this Ancient Work on Vaidik Rites, together with the Commentary of Kumarila-Swamin, manuscript facsimile, preface by Theodor Goldstuecker, presentation copy inscribed by Goldstuecker to David Salomons and with the latter's bookplate, beautifully bound in red half morocco, gilt, by Riviere, g.e., small folio, London & Berlin, 1861.

Burn (Richard) Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officers, 2 vol., second edition, both vol. lacking front free endpapers, previous owner's ink signatures to front pastedowns and titles, first 8 ff. detached (vol. 2), occasional spotting, contemporary calf, vol. 2 with board detached, rubbed and worn, [London] In the Savoy, 1756 § Quincy (John) Pharmacopœia Officinalis & Extemporanea. Or, a Complete English Dispensatory ..., lacking free endpapers, occasional spotting, initial advertisement becoming loose, previous owner's ink inscription, one or two later manuscript insertions, contemporary calf, lower board detached, upper board becoming loose, very rubbed and worn, 1742; and 4 others, 4to & 8vo (7)

NO RESERVE Medieval manuscript, c.1300.- Genesis.- [Fickler (Johann Baptist)] [De iure magistratuum in subditos...], woodcut initials, ornaments and tail-pieces, lacking title, lacking all before A5, light damp-staining, bound with remains of a medieval bible, single leaf c.1300, initials in red and blue, two small worm holes, slight loss of text, a little chipped, lacking covers and spine, 8vo, David Satorius, Ingolstadt, 1578; sold not subject to return.

Napoleana.- Laudy (Lucien) Two albums of original drawings depicting French soldiers in regimental dress at the time of the Battle of Waterloo, one volume with 40 drawings of the Imperial Guard, the other with 24 of the Regiments of the Line, pen, ink & gouache, c.245 x 190mm., most signed, some dated, all captioned in ink below, a few with image extending beyond ink rule frame, mounted on linen stubs, some with spotting, signature and bookplate of Lt.Col. Sir Morgan George Crofton Bart. D.S.O. with manuscript note to front free endpaper, later half morocco, spines gilt in compartments with "N" within wreath, the imperial eagle and Bonaparte bee motifs, t.e.g., a little rubbed, slight insect damage to leather, 4to, 1909-1911.⁂ Note by Morgan Crofton reads, "These sketches were given to me, from time to time, during my frequent visits to the Field of Waterloo; by Monsieur Lucien Laudy, the Proprietor of the Farm 'Le Caillou', where Napoleon spent the night before the Battle. 1910-1925.".Lucien Laudy, an historian, was the husband of the Countess de Villegas who had bought the farm of 'Le Caillou' in 1905 from an architect, Emile Coulon. Following the battle of Waterloo the farm was burnt down by the Prussians but it was subsequently rebuilt, becoming a tavern and coaching inn, until it was purchased by Coulon who restored it to a state similar to that at the time of the battle. Laudy collected souvenirs of the battle and established the site as a place of pilgrimage, until his death in 1948 when it was sold to the Belgian Society for Napoleonic Studies, becoming an historical monument. They in turn sold it to the Province of Brabant in 1972 who opened the Caillou Museum in 1974 as a government institution.

Sussex.- Dallaway (James) A History of the Western Division of the County of Sussex, 2 vol. in 3, first edition, titles in red and black, 71 engraved plates and plans, 5 double-page and 6 hand-coloured, 6 engraved maps, 5 folding or double-page, 4 hand-coloured, 3 folding pedigrees, illustrations, 2pp. manuscript notes tipped-in, occasional pencil annotations, 1815-30; The Parochial Topography of the Rape of Arundel, in the Western Division of the County of Sussex, vol. II part the first, second edition, 19 engraved plates, 1 hand-coloured, 4 double-page maps and plans, 2 pedigrees, illustrations, list of subscribers, 1832, tissue-guards, occasional faint off-setting, uniform later morocco, gilt, g.e., slight rubbing to corners, folio (4)⁂ The first edition of vol. II part 1 is very scarce as much of the stock was destroyed by fire.

Microscopy - Prize-winning Photomicrographs,a collection of 11 late Victorian (1888-1893) photomicrographs from the Coventry and Midland Photographic Society, presented as magic lantern slides. Each standard size lantern slide (8.2cm sq) is bound in copper sheet rather than the usual paper tape. Each slide is annotated on the mask with details including the subject, magnification and the pseudonym of each winner. Included in the lot is an original manuscript page listing these slides and giving the names of the two photographers, 'Deredos' was Mr A A Carnell, 'Lux' was Mr F H Evans. Subjects are as follows: Proboscis of Blowfly x40; Diatom Heliohelt melii; Spinal Cord os Cat T.S.; Starfish Ophieovina ursula x14 spot lens; Pappilla foliata of Rabbit x40; Claws and Leg of Spider x92; Rhodidendron Petiole T.S. x20;Cirri of Barnacle x16 taken with spot lens; Eye of Waterbeetle x132; Pleurosigma angulatum x900; Ruscus aculeatus T.S. x25. Note: Between 1889 and 1899 the Coventry and Midland Photographic Society ran annual competitions in different classes (genres), Class 10 was 'Scientific' and these slides are all class 10 winners over a six year period. A single set of winning lantern slides was sent from Coventry by rail successively to the major photographic societies across the United Kingdom for exhibition at their meetings. These slides are from the set circulated in 1893 which includes the winners from the years 1888-1893.

Collection of Documents & Photographs by Famous Microscopists,including a letter by Edmund Wheeler discussing catalogue instruments and stating that he makes his own microscopes and objectives, dated 1879 (paper split on centrefold), a three page manuscript letter by William A Firth dated 24 Dec 1908, a manuscript document by J. S. Saunders titled 'The Mimicry of Insects' with two pages of manuscript and seven watercolour illustrations of insects, a photograph of Able P. Bradshaw, dated dec 20 1949 showing him with his binocular microscope, with a note written to the reverse which reads ' a Swift Binocular Mr J Costard MMS only one more made like this, it was in Swift's showcase Tottenham Court Road. which was destroyed in the blitz over London, So it's Unique! I bought it from his executors 20 years ago' along with another photograph of Bradshaw

Yellow Fluorite Cubes on Matrix, With Provenance from Old Collection,Yellow Fluorite cubes on matrix, Wolsendorf, Germany, with manuscript label 'Honiggilber X Fl Sp....aus quartx mit Fahlerz' from the collection of Robert Ferguson 1767 - 1840

‘ALFIE’, 1966 – BILL NAUGHTON AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT LETTERS & ‘ALFIE’ CHARACTER NOTES (QTY)An important series of letters between BillNaughton and Lewis Gilbert, comprising five one-page autograph letters fromNaughton to Gilbert, all on Park-Sheraton Hotel New York headed stationery, oneundated, the other four dated from 14 January – 9 February 1965; with two filecopies of replies from Gilbert, dated 22 January and 5 February 1965 – theletters discussing starting work on the screen play and how soon Naughton canreturn from New York where his play All In Good Time was in rehearsal onBroadway; in a letter dated 2 February 1965, probably in response to Gilbert’sletter of 22 January asking him how soon he can return to England ashe needs the screen play completed by end of March latest, Naughton tries toreassure Gilbert….As you know, I work very hard when I start – and you neednever worry about my delivery…Who have you got for Alfie?; in Naughton’sletter dated 7 February, in response to a letter from Gilbert dated 5 Februarysuggesting Naughton and his wife Erna join him and Hylda in St. Lucia, he tellsGilbert that he is working on `Alfie’ and comments on suggested casting: JOHNNEVILLE: at 40 is too old to be just right.  He needs to look as if womenwould long to get in bed with him. / MICHAEL CAINE: could be very good – andcomical. / TERRY STAMP: he is not lovable. But he can be brilliant. (I won’t goon – but suggest you put off casting it until we’ve had a chat.); and atwo-page typescript letter, signed, from Naughton to Gilbert, 16 March 1965….Hereare a few notes about the first part of the first draft…. categoriesinclude DOGS, STORYLINE, OTHER IDEAS, DORA, RUBY, NAT, GILDA on HUMPHREY’SBUS….There are lots of new things to come….I’m looking forward very much to ourworking together and I think Michael Caine will be very good indeed, with ahandwritten post-script, Theme tune: can we get an ALFIE theme tune; and- An important set of handwritten ‘character notes’ for Alfie, written by Bill Naughton and given to Lewis Gilbert it would seem, to assist him with his preparation for the film; the notes largely comprising Naughton’s observations on Alfie’s personality and the delivery of his responses, and including some stage direction, costume and set details; written in blue ballpoint pen on 19 sheets of lined paper taken from a notebook, the first page appears to start halfway through a sentence suggesting that the notes are incomplete, the first page annotated at the foot in black felt pen in an unknown hand 1964; the notes, at times random and often indecipherable, appear to have been written hurriedly in large loose script, observations include:page 1 – Yet he wants OUT/ Alfie never accuses / Never feels emotion / related to his words / Breath out FINGER / ON NOSE / ACT ONE went to / the examination /Alfie monologue is good open to ATTITUDEpage 2 – Harry’s got a photograph / of wife – kids -/ he keeps looking at it / Wheels trolly - /  / carries food in / - Own dressing gown / - Alfie gets Harry’s / fags..page 3 – Alfie would rise / is Detached / [Dying out?] (wrong place / to rise ) - / Our little Charlie? / - a bit of Laughter/ Ave a giggle - / that’s all life / - is – a giggle –page 4 – Sunday:  The rain / killed it / (AFTER the [---?] wolf) / Yeh, [m---?] / his wife he / willpage 5 – Dressing table (WRONG) / He wont sit / ALFIE HAS a certain delicacy of intellect / Alfie a unique / unrelated character. / Only trivial things /  excite / Emotional moments / bring the greatest detachment. / It’s more a [revelation?]page 6 – Alfie even / sighs with boredom / as he talks to you / - I will order / that brown ale / Poncified – me ? / LOOKS IN MIRRORpage 7 – Alfie reels it off / bored . As fast as / he can. No / enthusiasm for anything / -- [--------------?] / eyes with you / (Mrs Smith goes to  / raincoat.page 8 – wot they call / “a moral lapse” / He’s a right [wrong on?]/ he is / Alfie / NO FEELING [at all?] [always?]page 9 –. [?] COLD / Ambulance – police – / the lot - /  He often talks as / thought talking to / a child. He believes / he knows all -- / Pauses only between [disconnected?] / thoughts. No [connection?]page 10 - Alfie, Don’t Forget / If I was to /  marry you /  might gain a / husband – but /  you’d loose a /  bleedin’ good /  friend wouldn’t you, See / wot I meanpage 11 – Alfie / No turn-ups / 16” buttons grey / 16” blue / Very clean fronted / black  trousers / [Semi? Drape?] jacket / turn ups / [h--------?] worsted - / well ,[----?] and mohairpage 12 – Intimacy – is what / Alfie needs / No emphasis [on any?] / word / ALFIE Less expressive / The [perfect? moment?] / is all [---------?]page 13 – [------?] is  feeling / the suit / Top range / to express this pausing / of thought – [Weight?] – more [shock?]page 14 – Needs audience / touch space / Examination – he’s been carried / away by holding / emotion down - / Lightness – keep his / own natural / lightness inpage 15 –  £300 to P.O / Post office Savings / Building Society / Lily never looks / for Alfie. All eyes for Harry / - He’ll be a nut [crossed out] / More like a bleeding nut / casepage 16 – Lily – it was / lovely when he  / was [-----?] / I’d better go  - or / I’ll miss the / bus - / [Bastard?] Alfie / Racing to doorpage 17 – Never call me that / Reproving / Alfie goes / out pulls / [-------? p--g?] / in place / - Pub scene / cut out  2  ‘Alfie’page 18 – [Lofty? surround?]  you / yet [----d?] if Alfie. / [Poncified? Walk?] / very good / - Annie packs / with a certain / inevitable sadness –page 19 – 10 minutes before / he could get / down to it / - [Promises of?] / they  can CAN / HE PUT COAT DOWN; the pages stapled at the top left corner, front page detached – 20 x 16 cm.Condition Report: Footnote: LewisGilbert regarded Alfie as his ‘breakthrough’ film.  The chapter devoted to the film in his autobiographyis entitled ‘The Film That Changed My Life’. In it he recounts how it was his wife Hylda who, following a chanceencounter at her hairdressers with the actress Margaret Courteney (who wasappearing in Alfie at the Mermaid Theatre), went to see the play andimmediately realised it would be a great vehicle for a film.  Gilbert saw the play on the strength of hiswife’s recommendation and recalls…. the subject fascinated me….because Alfiewas a new kind of hero….he had a cockiness and an energy that was mirrored inthe real life of the 1960s…. Alfiebrokenumerous box office records on its release and was lauded by the critics as aresultthefilm shot Lewis Gilbert and his unknown lead Michael Caine to internationalstardom. Alfie was nominated for 5 Academy Awards including: BestPicture for Lewis Gilbert and Best Actor in a leading role for Michael Caine.It won 3 BAFTAs including Best British Actor for Michael Caine; and wasnominated for 3 others including Best British Film for Lewis Gilbert. At CannesLewis Gilbert won the Jury Special Prize and was nominated for the Palm d’Or.The film also won 4 Golden Globes including Best Director for Lewis Gilbert andBest Actor for Michael Caine and was nominated for 3 others. Ina recent interview for The Guardian newspaper with Xan Brooks, 18 October 2021, Michael Caine’s remarked:“Alfie is probably the best film I ever made”.Literature: GILBERT, Lewis All My Flashbacks The Autobiography of Lewis Gilbert, Sixty Years A Film Director, Reynolds & Hearn, London, 2010

Sir Tom Stoppard: An Autograph Manuscript for Jumpers,circa 1972,comprising eight pages of an incomplete working manuscript for Jumpers, handwritten by Stoppard in black ink, with annotations and revisions, accompanied by a provenance certificate, 11 1/2in x 8 1/2in (29 x 21.5cm)Footnotes:On the 2nd February 1972, Diana Rigg debuted the leading role of Dorothy 'Dotty' Moore in Jumpers at the Old Vic Theatre in London. Dressed in a fishnet gown, Rigg's character is introduced to the audience suspended on a large crescent moon.Following a successful run, the play transferred to Broadway's Billy Rose Theatre in 1973.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A COLLECTION OF INDIAN PAINTED MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, depicting hunting scenes, various sizes.

A COLLECTION OF HEBREW / JEWISH PAINTED MANUSCRIPT LEAVES, depicting figures, various sizes.

Zeppelin. A signed black and white postcard, showing a Zeppelin airship and portrait photographs of Graf Zeppelin and Kaiser Wilhelm III, signed in ink by Graf Zeppelin, 9 x 14cm together with another period postcard of Graf Zeppelin (unsigned) plus a manuscript letter written by Herbert Scott (Airship Superintendant), Airship Station, Pulham, Norfolk, 14 June 1922, the letter (reference) concerns a Mr J. Reid having worked under Scott's command since December 1920 as an engineer both in the shops and as a crew on R33 (airships), the latter in poor condition, 22 x 17.5cmQty: (1)

Lea (G.E., active 1980s). Dakota over Burma, oil on canvas, signed and 19(87) lower right, 51 x 76.5cm, framed, manuscript label to verse inscribed '48 Squadron C47 Dakota over Burma' with a list of the crew, together with a mixed collection of colour prints including Spitfire Mk.XVI-TB752 No.403 (R.C.A.F.) 'Wolf Squadron) showing a side profile of the aircraft and signed by Al Deere and Johnnie Johnson, 29 x 41cm, framed and glazed (frame size 41 x 52cm), another print titled 6th June, 1944, numbered 249/250 and signed by Bernard Hyde (Flt Lt, 271 Sqn RAF Down Ampney' image size 25 x 43cm, framed and glazed (frame size 54 x 68cm), other prints include No.2 Staging Point Meiktila Burma 1945, signed by Frank Wootton 19.5 x 26cm, mount aperture, framed and glazed (frame size 37 x 44cm) and other prints plus plus a collection of 48 squadron memorabilia including a tapestry cushion with squadron badge for 48 and 271 squadrons and a quartz clock with squadron badge, two framed embroidered squadron badges for 48 and 271 squadrons, each framed and glazed 25 x 29cmQty: (10 frames + a carton)

Woolwork Panel - Bedford Regt. A woolwork panel for the Bedford XVI Regiment, 1890, 46 x 46 cm, framed & glazed, together with: Armorial embroidered panel, taken from the sleeve of the state livery worn by one of the men-servants of Sir John Baddeley who was Sheriff of London 1908-1909, early 20th century, raised stumpwork embroidered armorial incorporating gold & silver threads, motto beneath 'in te domine confido', 21 x 15 cm, oak frame, glazed, with manuscript label to versoQty: (2)Footnote: Sir John James Baddeley, 1st Baronet, JP (1842-1926) was the eldest son of John Baddeley and his wife Frances Beresford. Baddeley was alderman of Farringdon Within and a member of the Court of Common Council from 1886. He was nominated Sheriff of the City of London in 1908 and was made a Knight Bachelor in the following year. In 1921, Baddeley was appointed the 593rd Lord Mayor of London. After the end of his tenure in the following year, he was created a baronet, of Lakefield, in the Parish of St Mary, Stoke Newington, in the County of London on 24 November. Baddeley was a Commander of the Swedish Royal Order of Vasa and of the Russian Order of St Anna. He served as Justice of the Peace for the County of London.

82nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery. An album of photographs, 1938-1946, containing 54 monochrome photographs, the first page inscribed 'Eldon Cooke's Photo Album, India, etc.', the images taken in India, Gibraltar, and England, many being photographs of both British and Indian soldiers in and out of uniform, plus views of ships, etc., all mounted (some using photo corners), most with ink manuscript captions (several extensive), ring-bound original boards, a trifle soiled and rubbed, a little wear to extremities, oblong 8voQty: (1)Footnote: The photographs include: an image of a Walrus aircraft being loaded on board HMS Prince of Wales, signed on verso by 7 crew members of the ship; a photo of HMS Prince of Wales at Scapa Flow, signed on verso by the same 7 crew members, with the caption 'I returned from Gibraltar in this wonderful ship ... a more happy ship's company I have never met. My heart was heavy when I learned that she had been sunk with the loss of so many of her youthful crew'; the meeting of Churchill and Roosevelt on board HMS Prince of Wales in 1941; scenes around Cochin in India such as a Chinese fishing net, and a village bazaar; plus a few photos of haymaking in England before the war. Eldon Cooke apparently started in the 82nd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery before traveling to India and elsewhere, being transferred into different heavy anti-aircraft batteries.

Malayan Emergency - REME / 26th Gurkha Brigade. An album of approximately 190 black and white photographs, c.1951-1952, many depicting members of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and of the 26th Gurkha Brigade, most images portraying damaged vehicles of various types and their repair, a few depicting more social and leisure scenes, some at rear taken in Singapore, plus a couple of wedding photographs (probably taken in England), a few brief captions, some photographs inscribed on versos, the majority corner mounted, and a loosely inserted Royal Army Service Corps menu for Christmas Dinner 1952, with numerous signatures, front pastedown with manuscript title/address: 22246491. CFN. Stapleton, A.W.D. R.E.M.E. HQ 26th Gurkha Bde: Majedee Bks, Johore Bahru, Malaya', original cloth-covered boards, the pictorial front cover depicting Singapore, tied spine, somewhat rubbed and soiled, some wear to foot of spine, oblong 4toQty: (1)

Waters (W R, active 1829-1877). An Officer of the 79th (Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders) Foot 1856, showing an officer in full dress with basket-hilt broadsword and dirk, signed and dated lower left, 31 x 26cm oval mount aperture, gilt frame, glazed, frame size 49.5 x 44cm, manuscript label to verso 'W.R. Waters fl. 1838-1867. Exh BI and Royal Academy (8 portraits)'Qty: (1)Footnote: The portrait depicts a young distinguished officer before a mountainous landscape (presumably symbolising home) the date 1856 signifies the end of the Crimean War and he has no doubt just returned home from the fighting.

WWI Trenches. A collection of trench related ephemera, including a manuscript document dated 1 July 1915 with extracts from letters written by Lieutenant Noel Green,1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (21 pages), another by the same hand dated June 25th (4 pages), a manuscript notebook compiled by Captain N Green, The Sherwood Forresters 'Duties of Pioneers Generally' and other itemsQty: (4)

Ivelaw-Chapman (Ronald, 1899-1978). A fascinating WWII archive relating to a senior commander in the Royal Air Force and his time as a prisoner of war Including typed service memoirs ‘Evader’ and P.O.W. (Germany) – 1944 to 1945 (10 pages); the typed account of his evasion continuing from his capture in a contemporary exercise book with a 36-page journal and 10-page separate continuation of his time as a prisoner of war, June 1944 to April 1945, all in pencil, giving an account from first interrogations at Dulag Luft, Chartres, and time spent in solitary confinement there and hospital treatments at Oberursal, Hohemark and Frankfurt, with additional exercise book entries about books read, etc., plus 3 airmail letters to his mother loosely inserted; a manuscript letter to Ivelaw-Chapman written by Erich Killinger (German Commandant) about treatment to Chapman during his time as a P.O.W. , 5 December 1948 (3 pages); photographs of the recipient and personal photographs including an aerial photograph, inscribed verso ‘Drogland Aerodrome, 10 Squadron R.F.C. March 1918’, 21.4 x 16.2cm, another large scale photograph of Chapman in a the cockpit, Armed Forces Information Office, Ministry of Defence stamp verso, 24 x 28.5cm; a page with 6 snapshot photographs of Chapman as a P.O.W., inscribed ‘Photos of RI-C taken at Hohemark in Oct 1944 and sent home to MI-C’, a magazine article is affixed to the reverse titles ‘Greatest Day in the Life of a P.O.W.’ and inscribed ‘Photos of the Liberation on 27 Mar 1945, by American Troops of Hohemark Hospital where RI-C spent 9 months. RI-C by then was at Buchenbuhl’; telegrams and letters, inter-war period circa 1929 including a telegram via Iraq Telegraphs congratulating Chapman on his Air Force Cross. Letters written from Chapman to Sir Norman detailing his damaged aircraft, Jugdulluck, 1 February 1929; a letter written by from Mademoiselle Lecomte to Chapman, dated 13 May 1947 detailing her husband’s death in a German labour camp at Wilhelmshaven. Monsieur Lecomte was shot and captured at the same time as Chapman; two folders of letters relating to the award of the and K.B.E. (June 1951) and K.C.B. (June 1953); many personal papers, birth and death certificates, order of service and other related documents, all contained in a small brown leather briefcase with embossed initials ‘R.I.C.’, 12cm high x 40cm wide x 25cm deepQty: (a case)Footnote: Air Chief Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman GCB, KBE, DFC, AFC (1899-1978), was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force and RAE and, commander-in-chief of the Indian Air Force. Ivelaw-Chapman was born in British Guiana and came to England in 1903. He was educated at Cheltenham College, before joining the Royal Flying Corps in 1917 where he served as a Bristol Fighter pilot over the Western Front with 10 Squadron. By WWII Ivelaw-Chapman had advanced to Wing Commander and was part of the operations staff at RAF Bomber Command headquarter, by June 1940 he was promoted to Group Captain and appointed station commander at RAF Linton-on-Ouse. In 1941 he returned to a staff job at the Air Ministry involved in D-Day planning. On the night of 6/7 May 1943 Ivelaw-Chapman was flying a second pilot of a 576 Squadron Lancaster on a mission to bomb an ammunition dump at Aubigne, France. His aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and Ivelaw-Chapman went on the run. Churchill ordered the French resistance to do all they could to help him return to England and he was to be killed if he was in danger of being capture by the Germans because of his experience and extensive knowledge. Ivelaw-Chapman was captured by the Gestapo on 8 June 1944 but the Germans failed to realise his seniority and importance and treated him as an ordinary prisoner of war. He was released by the Americans on 16 April 1945. Post-War service saw Ivelaw-Chapman promoted to Air Marshal and seconded to the Indian Government. Having left India in 1922 as a Flying Officer, he returned as the Commander and Chief of the newly independent nation's Air Force and was the penultimate officer to hold the post.

Wellington (Arthur Wellesley, Duke of). Selections from the dispatches and general orders of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington [edited by John Gurwood], 1842, five pen, ink & watercolour wash plans of battles on thin paper, early ownership J.M. Sutton 1845 to preface, two leaves of service history of J.M. Sutton in manuscript 1845 to 1850 at rear of volume, contemporary half calf, morocco title label, extremities rubbed, 8vo, together with: HMSO, Text book of small arms, 1909, lithograph plates (few folding) and diagrams to text, some browning, original cloth, frayed at head & foot of spine, 8vo, Bostock (J.), The "Kingsway" Service Series, The Machine Gunners' Handbook including the Vickers, Maxim, Lewis, and Colt automatic machine guns, 10th edition, London: W.H. Smith & Son, c.1916, illustrations and diagrams, reference cards in front pocket, original cloth, small 8vo, plus other military history & aviation related reference etc., all 20th century publications including PutnamQty: (3 cartons)

Halsman (Philippe, 1906-1979). Portrait of Mrs Bernard Rubinstein, 1949, gelatin silver print, printed later, photographer's wetstamp and manuscript title to verso, 34 x 26 cm, modern aperture mountQty: (1)

Magic lantern slides. A group of approximately 185 magic lantern slides, early 20th century, mostly diapositive views of Venice and Italy including some by George Washington Wilson and Giorgio Sommer, and including one showing the rebuilding of the Campenile in Venice, dated 7 April 1908, a few odds of Athens, Japan, Istanbul, Damascus and Alexandria, etc., many with manuscript or printed labels to sealsQty: (approx. 160)

Fairey IIIF aircraft at Khartoum. An album of 31 monochrome photographs, dated February 1929, relating to the RAF Cape Flight of that year, led by Squadron Leader Cox, the images mostly depicting one of the aircraft as it was transported through the streets to the River Nile and fitted with floats, before being hoisted over the quayside onto the water, several album pages with an ink manuscript caption, one image captioned 'S/Ldr. Cox loading his machine', another 'The Cape Flight over Khartoum, with Omdurman in the background', all mounted, some slightly toned, original wrappers with spine tie, rubbed, spine ends somewhat frayed, oblong 8voQty: (1)Footnote: The 1929 RAF Cape Flight met with disaster on the return journey, when in March of that year one of the Fairey aircraft crashed while taking off from Gwelo, Rhodesia (now Gweru, Zimbabwe), killing its pilot Flying-Officer Burnett and a passenger Sergeant Turner.

ROBERT MALAISE BOWYER NICHOLS (1893-1944) WAR POET; a handwritten and signed letter / poem on 27 Mulberry Walk headed paper, indistinctly dated and addressed to ‘DearVassali ?’, this begins “The Sun, that now sinks in the sea, arose from the sea”, with a further handwritten hymn/poem, signed and dated ‘June 24th 33’ which begins ‘Blessed be love that has by sense ?!” and a letter to Rose Standfield from Ellen ? dated ‘Aug 7th 36’, in which Ellen states that she encloses two original ‘M.S.S of Robert Nichols’ and that she has ‘heaps of his M.S.S poems’ and that “ “The Full Heat” is out of his Arduous and Endurances”. (3)PROVENANCE:The poems and letter have come from a larger collection of letters and printed ephemera which the vendor recently purchased. All items in lots 2645 to 2650 came from the same collection of documents, the box which housed the collection is named from 'W Augener'. It is highly probable that this is William Augener who was the publisher in England for composer Edvard Grieg. Rose Standfield, the recipient of the letter and manuscript poems, is the granddaughter of William Augener.

Ɵ FACADE: AN ENTERTAINMENT. THE POEMS BY EDITH SITWELL; THE MUSIC BY WILLIAM WALTON. Oxford University Press, 1972. single volume, first edition, Limited edition, No. 40, of one thousand numbered copies, the first two hundred and fifty specially bound and signed by the composer, William Walton, 4to., (315 x 204mm), publisher's quarter buckram illustrated boards, lettered in gilt and red to spine, within original clear plastic dustwrapper, illustrated half-title, 2pp. A Note by Edith Sitwell, originally written to accompany the recording of Facade issued by Decca Records in 1954, 3pp. Facade by Sacheverell Sitwell, April, 1971, 3pp. facsimile reproduction, slightly reduced, of the composer's manuscript showing the setting of 'Herodiade's Flea', 1pp. The Ballet Facade by Frederick Ashton, June, 1971, pp. 7 - 111, facsimile reproductions of the composer's manuscripts, with Facade An Entertainment, the original recording of 1929, pressed disc, 45 R.P.M., Extended Play, Decca Records, Oxford University Press, 1972, white paper inner sleeve, within black glossy card record sleeve, lettered in white, OUP. 110, side one (EFF2998), side two (EFF 2999), the poems spoken by Constant Lambert and Edith Sitwell, Conducted by William Walton; housed within original presentation clam shell box, navy-blue cloth, lettered in gilt to front, (327 x 255mm). NPG. tissue wrapping with printed label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. C21 / 3.59.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. 

Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. 1887 - 1964). The Canticle of the Rose Poems: 1917-1949, inscribed by Sacheverell Sitwell, The Vanguard Press, Inc. New York, 1949, with Two Related Autograph Letters, 1981, and four other vols., 1909-1973. comprises: SITWELL, Edith. 1887 - 1964). The Canticle of the Rose Poems: 1917-1949, inscribed by Sacheverell Sitwell, The Vanguard Press, Inc. New York, 1949. first US. edition, 8vo., (240 x 163mm), publisher's black cloth, pink rose and gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed and dated by the author's youngest brother in black ink to half-title, 'To Philip Collins / this copy of my sister's poems / 'The Canticle of the Rose'/ 1917-1949 / Sacheverell Sitwell / 3rd December / 1981'; with two Autograph letters loosely inserted, the first letter - 2pp., 22 lines, from Philip N.H. Collins, written to Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, dated 16.12.81, 'Dear Sir Sacheverell / Please could / you tell me why I can't get / a copy of your sisters poems / for love nor money? I consider / her to be one of the most brilliant poets this country has / produced and I think it is an / outrage that paperback volumes / are not available when / trash by so called 'poets' not / worth the paper they're printed on / flood the books shops. / Do you know if / any publications are contemplated / which will make available / at prices we can afford, / her wonderful work? . . .', the second letter - a response to Philip N.H. Collins, from Sacheverell, 1pp., 7 lines, written in black ink to Weston Hall printed headed paper, dated 30 December, 1981, 'Dear Mr. Collins, / I have your letter - and at once / went down to the old kitchen, which / contains my sister's library - and at / once found this book of poems - which / I hope you will approve and enjoy. I do not know / who it / belonged to! / Yours sincerely, Sacheverell Sitwell'; GRIGSON, Geoffrey. (1905 - 1985). Thornton's Temple of Flora with bibliographical notes by Handasyde Buchanan. London, Collins, 1951. folio, (435 x 312mm), original cloth-backed boards, printed title label to front, gilt lettered labels to spine, 12 colour plates, 24 monochrome collotype plates, all with tissue guards, text by Grigson, bibliographical notes by Buchanan and botanical notes by William T. Stearn. This edition was designed by George Rainbird and Ruari McLean, set and printed in Amsterdam from the original volume at the Eton College Library, bound at W. H. Smith and Sons, London; The wrapper design and label based on the original parts. The label and calligraphic title-page drawn by John Brinkley; SITWELL, George Sir, Baronet. (1860 - 1943). An Essay on the Making of Gardens being a Study of Old Italian Gardens, of the Nature of Beauty, and the Principals involved in Garden Design. London: John Murray, 1909. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 147mm), publisher's grey cloth, colour blocked Italianate garden scene to front boards with black short title, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, dustwrapper unclipped, 110pp. and 2pp. adverts at end; together with SITWELL, Sacheverell. Old Fashioned Flowers, Illustrated by John Farleigh, London: Country Life Limited, 1939, with a handmade gift card loosely inserted, ink manuscript inscription, 'To be passed on to William one day, Mary'; SITWELL, Edith. A Book of Flowers, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1952; MITCHELL, Peter. European Flower Painters. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1973.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library(Qty. 8).Condition Report: 1. The Canticle of the Rose - clean boards, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper unclipped, worn and chipped (with loss), and tape repair to inside top of spine, e/ps. a little marked, some toning internally o/w. clean.2. 3. The two Autograph letters, with fold creases, and clean.4. Thornton's Temple of Flora - minor marks to boards, spine bumped at tail and labels on spine slightly detaching at corners, e/ps., with light marks, front e/ps., o/w. text and plates bright and clean.5. An Essay on the Making of Gardens . . - clean bright cloth boards, corners very slightly scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper worn and marked, front flap present but hanging on, lacks lower flap and torn (with loss) top and centre of spine, bright gilt, foxing to edges and further light foxing throughout.6. Old Fashioned Flowers - cloth marked, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper has price neatly cut out, with edge nicks and foxing, within glassine wrapper, foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, and further foxing internally to some pages of text, plates clean.7. A Book of Flowers - clean bright cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine bright, spine slightly bumped head/tail, dustwrapper unclipped, a little worn and marked, e/ps. marked, toning internally o/w. clean.8. European Flower Painters - clean bright red gilt cloth, green top, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

EDITH SITWELL: SELECTED LETTERS OF EDITH SITWELL. TYPESCRIPTS, David Higham Associates, Ltd., 1919-1964. a group of approx. 190 loose typescript letters, selected and edited from original letters written by Edith Sitwell. comprises: 1pp. title page, in blue ink manuscript, 'David Higham Associates Ltd., / Selected Letters of / Edith Sitwell / Edited by / John Lehmann / & David Parker', 3pp. typescript Introduction, the letters mostly 2pp., (a few 4pp.), to one side of single leaves, stapled to top l.h. corners, and numbered 3 - 440, written to 60 plus recipients from Edith Sitwell's various addresses in London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, and the Sitwell family residences, Castello di Montegufoni, Italy, Renishaw, Derbyshire and Weston Hall, Northamptonshire, the selected letters begin 14th March, 1919 with Edith's letters to Wilfred Owen's mother, Susan Owen, the collection includes correspondence to Dylan Thomas, Harold Acton, Jean Cocteau, T. S. Eliot, Stephen Spender, Virginia Woolf, John Gielgud, Noel Coward, Alec Guinness, Graham Greene, Benjamin Britten and other notable writers and artists, many of whom were to remain close friends throughout her life. The letters reveal a fascinating portrait of Dame Edith Sitwell's witty, imaginative and at times vulnerable personality. Later published, LEHMANN, John: PARKER, Derek. 'Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell'. Vanguard Press, NY, 1970 and Macmillan & Co Ltd, London, 1970. (Qty. approx. 190).Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. 

Ɵ SITWELL, Sacheverell. (1897 - 1988). MANUSCRIPT: BROTHER AND SISTER: A BALLAD OF THE PARALLELO. Edith Sitwell's copy, (c. 1949). single volume, folio. (335 x 207mm), bound in a modern green, gilt decorative morocco binding, gilt lettered to front, patterned e/ps., ownership name 'Edith Sitwell' in pencil to front pastedown, 10pp., 135 lines in Sacheverell's neat hand to single sides of 5 leaves, on ruled notebook paper in blue ink, with Sacheverell's crossings out and corrections, each leaf numbered at top, and some numbered in brackets to the left of a few verses, NPG. tissue wrapping with blue and white printed label. Sacheverell's poem later published, Daventry: M. Battison, 1977. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. f27 / 6.45.Provenance: The Library of Dame Edith Sitwell.  Condition Report: boards slightly warped, clean and bright, slight scuffing to corners, some toning internally, o/w. clean, text neat and easy to read.Condition Report Disclaimer

SACHERVERELL SITWELL. (1897 - 1988). TWO MANUSCRIPT NOTEBBOOKS, POETRY, ESSAYS AND NOTES, 1915-1961. a pair of Manuscript Notebooks containing Poetry, Essays, and Notes, written in Sacheverell's hand. comprises: the first notebook - a 'W. Straker Ltd.' ruled notebook, folio, blue marbled boards, containing verses of poetry, essays, and notes written in ink and pencil to mostly one side of approx. 82 leaves, many dated 1915-1925'; 'Sacheverell Sitwell, 2 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, London SWIII' written in pencil to front pastedown, the works include a travel related foreward, referencing Italy and Spain, and numerous titled and dated poems including 'Song 29.7.25 to Vogue' - 'At the Theatre 7.9.24, 18.4.25' - 'The Mill, The Golden Age 21.3.15' - 'Baroque Series I. The Holy Roman Empire' - 'Donkey's Ears' - and 'The Castle Window 2.7.25', at the back of the notebook is a numbered list, 36 lines, (possibly a list of plates), written in black ink and dated 29.8.25, 'ABCDARIO' from Hermann Schmitz, 'Kunst und Kultur de 18 Jahrhunderts in Deutchland' . . . Munchen, 1922'; the second notebook - an 'Ideal' burgundy ruled notebook, folio, approx. 98pp. of poetry, written mostly to single leaves in blue ink, many dated 1959-1961, 'Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston, Towcester, Northants', in pencil to front pastedown, and in red ink to the first page 'XXXXX N.B. This book has 17 poems forThe Portrait of Campaspe, 22. xii. 1959, Tetradrachm 23 July,1959'. numerous verses of poetry, a few titled and noting the date Sacheverell had altered them, ' retain i, iii, v, vii, xiv, xvi (7 poems in all), (22. xii. 1959'). Provenance:The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall..   Condition Report: 1. . W. Straker Ltd. Notebook, blue marbled boards, 1924-1925 - boards worn and scuffed, light foxing to leaf edges and a few beginning and end pages, o/w. clean, the text neatly written and easy to read.2. Ideal, burgundy notebook, 1959-1961 - boards clean with a few light marks, very light foxing to leaf edges, o/w. clean internally, the text neatly written and easy to read.Condition Report Disclaimer

SACHEVERELL SITWELL. (1897 - 1988). A Manuscript Notebook Diary. 1920 - 1929. a single notebook, stiff card wrappers, folio., ( 302 x 205mm), 119pp. full-page closely written pencil manuscript in Sacheverell's hand, mostly daily entries of one or two lines, the first entry for September 10th, 1920, 'Osbert leaves Renishaw for London. (1920)', the final entry for February, 1929 notes, ' Mother comes again about 10 February for a week . . . Zita was married to Arthur James on 29 January', the diary begins at the back of the notebook, leaving the first half of the notebook with blank pages; one of the two entries in ink to the last page reads, 'I close this diary on 18 February, 1929. I finished 'The Gothick North' last week, I got my cheque for it on Saturday, 16 February. I have to see Tom Balston about it, next Wednesday - I began the diary on September 10th 1920, (August 7th 1948!) (December26th 1959), 9 August 1964!)'. Thomas Balston was a partner in Gerald Duckworth & Co., the Sitwell's publisher; A detailed insight into Sacheverell Sitwell's social life, friends, travels, and the early literary achievements of the Sitwell siblings. 'Sachie', as he was known, the youngest of the Sitwell trio, records many overseas trips, sometimes accompanied by his older brother Osbert, and later with his new wife Georgia Sitwell (nee Doble). His travels included visits to his parents at Montegufoni, and sightseeing in Florence, Venice, Rome, Naples, Paris, Berlin, and Dresden. He records the numerous cathedrals, concerts, museums, exhibitions, and galleries visited, and details the architecture he greatly admired. The entries to every page mention 'the Bright Young Things' of the roaring twenties. Sacheverell's friends, to name a few, included Zita Jungman, Olivia Wyndham, Jean Cocteau, Cecil Beaton, Harold Acton, David Tennant, Somerset Maugham, Evelyn Waugh, Gertrude Stein, Rex Whistler, Nancy Mitford, W.B. Yeats, Aldous and Julian Huxley; Life was a whirl for the young up and coming writer, enjoying daily lunches, teas, and suppers at Claridges, the Ritz, the Savoy, Cafe Royal, and the Blue Cockatoo. Sacheverell met Sergei Diaghilev for regular lunches at Kettners, and rarely missed any of his ballet performances, he attended poetry recitals with his sister Edith and Helen Rootham, sat through long rehearsals of Facade, and hosted guests for weekends at home. Sacheverell records family birthdays such as 'Edith's 40th birthday (1887-1927)', and references early literary achievements, 'November 4th, 1926, Edith's book Elegy on Dead Fashion published', and 'Proof of All Summer in a Day arrive, talk of USA.'; a second entry written in ink, (above the entry for February 21st, 1921), notes 'My illness was then (26 xii 1959)'. Sachie's quieter days were spent at Renishaw Hall enjoying local walks, shopping trips to Banbury, or relaxing with Edith and Osbert - until the next party.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. Condition Report: the binding worn, scuffed and split to the front cover and lower spine, the pages of diary entries are bright, clean, and reasonably easy to read, a few pages with fainter pencil. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ KAIKHOSRU SHAPURJI SORABJI. (1892-1988). AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, 'ROSARIO D'ARABESCHI', Presentation copy, signed and dedicated to Sacheverell Sitwell. 1956. 45pp., written in black ink on both sides of 23 leaves, inserted into a modern green morocco folder, oblong 4to., (263 x 375mm), gilt titles to front, with four opening flaps, and green silk lining, the manuscript, oblong 4to., (250 x 350mm), titled, signed and dated in black ink by the composer to front, 'Rosario d'Arabeschi / Kaikhosru Shapurji Sarabji / MCMLVI', the third page with a dedication to Sacheverell Sitwell, and a list of the 5 numbered parts in the composer's hand beneath, each page of score numbered 1-45 to top of page, further annotated, dated '5.43. p.m. XXVI. XI. MCMLVI. A.D.',and signed by Sorabji to the final page. Catalogue Note:Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji (born Leon Dudley Sorabji) was an English composer of Parsi extraction, a pianist, music critic and writer. 'Rosario d'arabeschi' was written as a tribute and gift for Sorabji's long-time friend, Sacheverell Sitwell, taking his cue from Sacheverell's enthusiasm for every aspect of human civilisation and their shared delight in the art and life of the Mediterranean. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.          

SACHEVERELL SITWELL. (1897 - 1988). Autograph Letter to Edith Sitwell, Weston Hall, October, 1942. An Autograph Letter from Sacheverell Sitwell to his sister Edith, updating her with the recent exploits of Dylan Thomas and his wife in London nightclubs, as told to him by Ivan Moffat. 63 lines, on 2 leaves to Weston Hall headed notepaper, written in Sacheverell's neat manuscript hand in black ink, dated 25 October, 1942. 'My darling Edith . . . I went to London last week for two days and was told fascinating stories about the exploits of Dylan Thomas, who sounds an utterly impossible but quite fascinating person. His wife I am told, is dressed like the trainer in a boxing ring with about seven jerseys one over the other and is trained to knock him out whenever he comes home'. Dylan Thomas' wife, (Caitlin Mcnamara), had also caused a scene, ' . . . she broke the arm of a young girl called Virginia Gilliat who has just been married . . . a little casualty clearing station had to be set up downstairs . . .the next exploit of Dylan Thomas was at the 'Gargoyle', a night club owned by David Tennant . . . the other night when the Gargoyle was full of people and the band was playing, Dylan Thomas made his appearance and came spinning down the staircase so quickly . . . Once on the dancing floor (he was poetically dressed in tweeds, with curls of hair like Bacchus, shoes, but no socks), he ripped off both shoes and danced barefoot . . . He moved on to the table where David Tennant was sitting drinking a valuable bottle of claret, poured it into his own shoe and drank it, finished the botle . . . traversed the entire floor to the far end of the room and landed on the divan, nestling his head against the thighs of Harold Nicolson, whom he hates. . . '. Sacheverell confesses to Edith, that his current writer's block is nothing to do with the constant interruptions, but down to the actual difficulty of what he is trying to do, ' . . oh! I am having such a difficult time writing . . .'; within a clear protective sleeve, NPG printed label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d49/4.33.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.Condition Report: folded, marked to the verso of the last leaf, top and lower corners folded over, o/w. clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

SACHEVERELL SITWELL. (1897 - 1988). A MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK, POETRY AND DIARY ENTRIES, 1917-1920. a ruled notebook written in Sacheverell's hand, containing poetry, notes, diary entries and a few names and addresses. brown marbled boards, folio. (32 x 20.5cm), approx. 37pp. of poetry, mostly dated 1917-1918, with 72pp. of diary entries written in pencil from 1917-1920, the poems include 'Constantinople', July 26th 1915 Marlowe' - 'The Nightingale', January 1917 - 'AVENUE' 7. VI. 1917 - 'SIRENS' 12. VI. 1917 - 'Brighton Pier' - 'the Coronet Solo' - 'The Trapeze from Perspectives' 12.3.1918 - 'The Mayor of Murcia Part III & Part IV 14.4.1918 - 'The Speech' - and 'Barrell Organs'; the diary entries closely written on one or two lines, begin on May 23rd, 1917, 'Went to Renishaw', and end on September 17th, 1920, '. . . Kensington Palace then dinner with Lewis, to Edith & Helen, Seymours, Roderick, Gabriel- Siegfried'. a detailed record of Sacheverell and the Sitwell family's lives during the latter years of the Great War. The entries for 1917 note, 'August 21st (1917), Osbert to Renishaw, (A year ago today he and I came to London . . ' - 'Sept 4th, (1917) Zeppelins, dinner on guard, Osbert Lutyens' - 'September 29th (1917) the Great Air Raid'. Sacheverell and his older brother Osbert, both serving with the Grenadier Guards, continue to enjoy a hectic social life, enjoying lunches, teas, dinners, and parties with their arts and literary friends such as Ezra Pound, Cecil Beaton, Charlie Chaplin, T.S. Eliot, Augustus John, Siegfried Sassoon, Maynard Keynes, Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley, Arnold Bennett, Vanessa and Clive Bell, to name a few. Sacheverell is on and off duty throughout, meeting regularly with his sister Edith and her companion Helen Rootham, and attending Diaghilev's latest ballet performances. Life is being lived to the full whilst the war goes on in the background. The Sitwells busy themselves with their writings and work, 'Sept 15th (1917) first copy of 'Tides' appears' - ' April 9th (1918) mother to lunch, corrected my proofs of 'People's Palace' - ' Aug 4th (1918) Osbert on duty, Chile (Álvaro Guevara) in morning, his drawings of 'Bicyclists' for the third volume of 'Wheels' - ' Aug 7th (1918) proof read 'Wheels' vol III' - 'November 11th (1918) PEACE AT LAST' - 'November 12th (1918) Montie's Peace party 4pm'. Sacheverell notes family birthdays such as 'Osbert's 26th birthday (1892-1918)' - ' September 7th Edith's 33 birthday (1887-1920)', the close friendships between the three Sitwell siblings is apparent throughout, 'June 27th (1919), tea with 'the Coalbox' - Edith and Mitfords . . . good humoured ladies', - ' March 27th (1919) Osbert gets his passport for Monte Carlo, Edith gets it done for him', Sacheverell's later entries record 'July 29th (1919) Bloomsbury party' - ' August 10th (1919) The King, Queen, Princess Mary and Prince Albert to tea - panic,'; written in black ink to the lower pastedown is a list of eleven friend's names and addresses including T.S Eliot, Wyndham Lewis, Ethelbert White, Paul Nash, Aldous Huxley and others; with five additional notes, including an Autographed letter loosely inserted, each written in Sacheverell's hand, one written to Balliol College, Oxford, printed headed notepaper, dated 14.2.19, two written to Grenadier Guards, Albuhera Barracks, Aldershot, blue headed notepaper, one of which is an Autographed letter from Sacheverell, dated August 28. 1918, 'Dear Sir, Please send your new Catalogue of books. Include in particular, . . .the old Italian Theatre & old Italian Theatrical Prints.'.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.  Condition Report: boards worn, top of spine split, hinges splitting to front board, leaf edges curling and marked, internally marked to pastedowns and first page, a little toned to some pages, with a few pencil entries faded, o/w. reasonably easy to read and clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

AUTOGRAPH LETTERS TO GEORGIE AND ARTHUR DOBLE, from Sacheverell, Georgia and Reresby Sitwell, 1940-1958. a group of thirteen Autograph letters. a total of 27pp., 14 leaves, 494 lines, the personal family letters from Sacheverell, Georgia and Reresby Sitwell, written from Weston Hall, Northamptonshire, Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire, Alrae Hotel, New York, and Training Detachment, 7/B Grenadier Guards, Leawood Camp, Devon, twelve letters within original postmarked envelopes, addressed to Mrs. Arthur Doble, 2162, Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, P.Q, Canada. comprises: RERESBY LETTERS: Reresby Sitwell to Arthur Doble, August 14, 1940, Weston Hall. 1pp, single leaf, 19 lines. Reresby, aged 13, writes to his grandfather with his news from Weston Hall during wartime, 'Dear Gong-gong', I hope you are well and alright after that nightmare journey . . .What it must be like for those poor wretches that couldn't get away in time . . . There are planes overhead the whole time, and we have heard several nights what we thought were Nazi bombers . . .' Reresby writes of a friend, Bernard, who was unfortunately called up the day before Reresby came back from Eton, 'He says his regiment were completely wiped out at Dunkirk and are therefore all new . . . Best Love Reresby . . . PS. . . write soon and tell me all your adventures'; Reresby Sitwell to Georgie Doble, November 14, 1941, Weston Hall. 2pp., single leaf, 36 lines. Rerseby writes to his grandmother thanking her for her sweet letter and cheque, which he will spend on savings certificates and Christmas presents. He has been sent back from Eton with one of his colds which he suffers from for nine or ten months of the year. Reresby informs Georgie '. . . the reason I get them (colds) so often is partly because I am growing three to four inches a year at the moment . . . ' ; Reresby Sitwell to Georgie Doble, August 27, 1942, Weston Hall. 4pp., 2 leaves, 90 lines. 'Darling Granny Do, Thank you a million times for the lovely things which I found in poor darling Gong-gong's trunk . . . ' Reresby updates Georgie on the events of a recent family holiday to Scotland, stalking Red deer in the mountains and horse riding everyday, . . . 'Mummy was furious when she saw that Daddy could ride perfectly well, when considering all the brilliant opportunities they had of riding in the past . . .the journey back was rather hectic . . . the corridors (of the train) were packed with soldiers, Daddy tripped over a prostrate colonel in the passage . . . ' ; Reresby Sitwell to Georgie Doble, January 19, 1944, Weston Hall. 2pp., single leaf, 38 lines. Reresby's letter of condolence to his grandmother after the death of her husband, Arthur Doble, 'My Darling Granny Do . . . it must have been such a dreadful blow to you, and I too shall miss him dreadfully . . .I am sure Gong-gong would loathe to be a short-sighted, crippled old man of eighty, and I cannot believe that my other grandfather is enjoying life to its full, at his age, and the state he is in now . . . Daddy rung us up while we were in London, and when I collected Mummy to go off for lunch . . . she told me the news . . . When we arrived back at Weston, poor darling Mamma got very hysterical . . .We all feel so distressed for you, as you will be so lonely without Gong-gong, and his great sense of humour and intelligence . . .Best Love, my darling from Reresby'; Reresby Sitwell to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell, April 3, 1946, Training Detachment, Devon. 2pp., single leaf, 49 lines, (lacks original envelope), Reresby writes to his parents from Training Detachment, 7/B Grenadier Guards, Leawood Camp, Devon, 'CAUTION: - This is going to be long . . . ', Reresby apologises for the awful writing paper, '(Battle Camp and all that you know) . . . ', enthusiastically and in great detail, including two sketches, he tells his his parents of 'recent idiotic section attacks and a Night Scheme . . .', Reresby and a friend, Robin Leigh Pemberton, were Platoon Commanders over Guardsmen for the first time, Pemberton's platoon got lost for an hour, 'the result as you can imagine was Chaos, on the whole, & to everybody's surprise I did better than the blue-eyed boy Robin! . . . Sorry about all this military stuff; but as I never tell you anything about my training other than the idiosyncrasies of sergeants, I thought it might interest you, . . . Isn't it wonderful news about Virginia? I am so glad . . . ';SACHEVERELL'S LETTERS: Sacheverell to Georgie Doble, 13 Nov, 1941, Weston Hall. 2pp., single leaf, 41 lines, Sacheverell writes to his mother-in-law of his concerns regarding the severity and frequency of Reresby's fearful colds, and the length of time his son has missed school, 'Georgia seems fairly well, she misses Francis terribly, poor thing, I do feel for her about it . . . 'I feel quite jealous of you being able to drop into that store and find Francis having luncheon there, I would give anything to see him . . . ', (Sacherverell and his wife Georgia had sent their eldest son Francis away to stay with an aunt in Canada during the war) . . 'I do wish I had lived in Victorian times. I should have liked to have been born about 1820 and died about 1912 (92!) they had no worries at all, that I can see' . . . How fascinating . . . Mrs. Temperley marrying. I saw her at Claridge's surrounded by cabinet ministers'; Sacheverell to Georgie Doble, 7 Jan, 1942, Weston Hall. 2pp., single leaf, 45 lines. Sacheverell writes of his grief and shock on receiving Georgie's telegram, announcing the death of her husband Arthur Doble, 'Dearest Georgie, Your telegram about poor Arthur has just come, Georgia left the house, only ten minutes before it arrived, to go to London by car . . . I am trying to telephone through to her at Antoine's . . .It is so difficult to know what to say to you, what can one say, except banalities. You know how fond I was of Arthur, and I know he was very fond of me . . .I will write to you again tomorrow . . . thinking such a lot of you, and always with affection, Ever and loving Sachie'; Sacheverell to Georgie Doble, 11 Jan, 1942, Weston Hall. 2pp. single leaf, 45 lines. 'My darling Georgie, Just another line to tell you how much I am thinking of you . . . Georgia feels utterly miserable . . . I wrote a little thing for the Times, which I hope is going in early this week . . .It is excruciatingly cold here, so cold that it hurts . . . Reresby has grown enormously, and is really a big boy now, taller than Georgia, he has been very upset too . . . Your loving Sachie'; Sacheverell to Georgie Doble, c. 1952, The Alrae (Hotel) New York, (Oct., 1952). 2pp., single leaf, 31 lines. undated, with a manuscript note in pencil, by another hand to the back of the original accompanying postmarked envelope, 'after leaving Montreal Oct. 1952', the letter written on the hotel's printed headed paper, 'Dearest Georgie, We got back here safely last night, and thank heavens are having a quiet day . . .The feature in Boston went fairly well, but not quite as good as in Montreal, I liked Washington more than Boston, I thin., I can never tell you, how much I loved seeing you again - . . . the heat here is terrific. We are here till next Monday - then Buffalo, N.Y. - then Chicago. A charming letter from Francis last night. Nothing! from Reresby of course! . . . ';Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.(Qty. 13)Click here for full description.

Ɵ BERNARD VAN DIEREN. (1887 - 1936). / HEINRICH HEINE. (1797 - 1856). AUTOGRAPH MUSIC SCORE, 'DER ASRA', 1927. Presentation copy, inscribed by Bernard Van Dieren to Sacheverell Sitwell, Oxford University Press, London; with a related Autograph letter from the composer to Sacheverell Sitwell. 1927. Autograph printed music score, tall 4to., (303 x 355mm), 3pp., written on both sides of two leaves, and to single side of third leaf, within original illustrated brown paper wrappers, lettered in mauve to front, a printed dedication to Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell above the title on first page, and inscribed by Bernard Van Dieren to Sacheverell Sitwell in black ink, r.h. of the dedication, 'Semper idem' / 1917-1927! / B. Van Dieran!', contained within a green morocco folder, gilt lettered to front, with four opening flaps and green silk lining, English and French translations by M.D. Calvocoressi, lyrics in German, English and French. Catalogue Note:Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. Heine's early poetry was set to music by composers such as Robert Schumann and Franz Schubert. His poem 'Der Asra' appeared in his third volume of poems, 'Romanzero', Hoffman and Cape, Hamburg, 1851; with a loosely inserted Autograph Letter from the composer to Sacheverell Sitwell, 1pp., written in the composer's neat hand to one side of a single leaf in black ink, 16 lines, blue printed address, 35A, St. George's Road, West Hampstead, N.W. 6 top r.h., dated '29th August 1927!!', with an additional manuscript date and note beneath in black ink, possibly in Sacheverell's hand, '12th May 1981!! (S.S. / (+ by years!!)'; . . . 'My dear Sacheverell Sitwell, / It has taken me ten years before my slight tribute to you and your brother has within the narrow / limits of my very modest fame, become a relatively / pathetic one. / But since it has, I should be unhappy/ to think you were ignorant of the almost pathetic / past. Were it only because it may remind you / of much affectionate appreciation, that remained steadily alive through these interesting years. / My inscription is as sincerely conceived as / it would be to-day, and as much-if-not-more- / an act of deep regard for your talents, now, as / it was then. Whatever your opinion of the / piece, you could not question the feelings that / prompted its dedication. / Every friendly thought and good wish / for Osbert and yourself from / yours ever Bernard Van Deisen'. Bernard Van Dieren was a Dutch composer, critic, and author, much of whose working life was spent in England. He was something of a mysterious and enigmatic figure, it is thought in lVan Diesen became addicted to morphine after suffering from ill health for most of his life. When his illness made it difficult for him to work, Van Diesen relied on financial support from admirers and friends, including Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, Jacob Epstein, Augustus John, Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji, Philip Heseltine (the composer Peter Warlock) and Cecil Gray. Many of his works have since been lost or are rarely performed. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. 

PHOTOGRAPHS: THE DOBLE FAMILY. a group of six framed photographs, 1907- 1930s. comprises: Georgie, Frances, and Georgia Doble, 1907. a sepia print, depicting Georgie Doble (nee Hyde), with her eldest daughter, 'Bunny', Frances Mary Hyde Doble (standing) and Georgia Louise Doble (sitting on her mother's knee), the image 21 x 16cm, on white paper, signed and dated lower right, framed and glazed; WALTER MACKENZIE AND FENWICK GUTTEN. Georgie Ethel Doble, c. 1910. a bromide print, mounted on card, depicting Georgie with her hair tied in a bun, photographer's studio blind-stamp 'Mackenzie and Fenwick Gutten' lower right margin, the image 20.5 x 16cm, on grey card, captioned in manuscript to verso of frame, 'Georgie Doble, About 1910, Mother of Frances Lindsay-Hogg + Georgia Sitwell', framed and glazed: Arthur Doble, c. 1930s. a black and white photograph, titled in blue ink to verso, the image 16 x 11.2cm, within mount, framed and glazed; Arthur Doble, Georgie Doble, Princess Helena Victoria, and others, c. 1930s. a black and white photograph depicting Princess Helena Victoria (seated second left), with a group of 14 guests, including Arthur Doble (standing centre back), and Georgie Doble (seated first left), 14 signatures beneath in the mount including 'Helena Victoria', (Georgie Doble signing as 'Georgia', the image 10.5 x 19.4cm, within mount, framed and glazed; Georgie Doble, c. 1930s. a pink tinted bromide print, depicting Georgie seated, wearing pearls and an evening dress, the image 33.3 x 25.3cm, framed and glazed; Georgia Sitwell (nee Doble), 1941. a photographic print from an original sketch by Augustus John, on cream card mount, the image 20 x 15cm, framed and glazed. (Qty. 6)Provenance: The Sitwell Family Collection. Condition Report: 1. Georgie, Frances, and Georgia Doble, 1907 - 43.5 x 32.3cm overall within an ornate gilt frame, the frame a little blackened in place, foxing to the mount affecting some areas of the photograph.2. Georgie Ethel Doble, c. 1910 - 36 x 30.4cm overall within decorative gilt frame, the frame's gilt colouring slightly dulled, a small crease (approx. 3cm) to r.h. centre of grey card, the image clean but slightly faded.3. Arthur Doble - 26.6 x 18.5cm overall within a black tape frame, some light marks to the mount, the image clean.4. Princess Helena Victoria, Arthur Doble, Georgie Doble and others - 26.5 x 31.2cm overall within a black, gilt frame, the frame clean with a few scuffs to corners, some light marks to the mount. the image clean.5. Georgie Doble, ca. 1930s - seated, wearing pearls and an evening dress - 35 x 27.2cm overall within a black tape frame, foxing to the image, glaze cracked lower r.h. corner.6. Georgia Sitwell (nee Doble), 1941 Augustus John, print of a sketch - 30.5 x 23.7cm overall within a wood frame, some foxing, mostly to edges of cream mount, o/w. the sketch clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ MANUSCRIPT VOLUMES: 6 vols. Relating to travels in Naples, Belgium and France, book acquisitions, a common place book with poetry, and two annotated printed volumes, various bindings, most first half nineteenth century.  Condition Report: Comprising: Naples - Travel diary, Naples, Dec. 1815. 8pp., remainder of the vol. blank, contemporary boards, sm. 4to; France and Belgium - Travel diary, beginning July 1814. ('My father and I left London today to spend 2 months on the continent...'), visiting Calais, Dunkirk, Bruges, Ghent, Brussels, Namur, Rheims, 41pp., written almost entirely in French, contemporary red morocco-backed boards, sm. 4to; 'Catalogue of Books', early nineteenth century (c.1805). 80pp. (some blank), alphabetical list, including brief comments on some books and by whom they had been gifted, contemporary sheep, 8vo - possibly written by Henry Hely Hutchinson (b.1790) 'in this book my dear father taught me Latin in 1797 when I was 7 yrs old' (see entries for 'R'); Commonplace book, inscribed 'Harriet Wrightson from Sarah and Elizabeth Wyvile, April, 1812' (but with entries up to 1820). c.270pp., mainly poetry, with a few ink drawings, contemporary red straight-grained morocco gilt, 4to; Waterland, Daniel. A Vindication of Christ's Divinity, 1719. printed book, one vol. bound in 2, interleaved with blanks with copious manuscript notes, nineteenth-century half calf.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ MUSIC: 17 volumes, mostly engraved, a few manuscript, 4to and folio, c.1800-1860.

Ɵ MORAVIA, Alberto. (1907 - 1990). / ZOETE de, Beryl. (1879 - 1962). [Translator]. Agostino. Presentation copy to Edith Sitwell from Beryl de Zoete. London: Secker & Warburg, 1947, and 5 other volumes inscribed to Edith Sitwell, 1942-1958, with a TLS., 1951. comprises: MORAVIA, Alberto. (1907 - 1990). / ZOETE de, Beryl. (1879 - 1962). [Translator]. Agostino, Presentation copy to Edith Sitwell from Beryl de Zoete. London: Secker & Warburg, 1947. first edition, 8vo., (205 x 140mm), original publisher's patterned boards, cream cloth spine lettered in blue, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed in blue ink to half-title, 'A humble offering to / darling Edith on her birthday / from Beryl, 7 Sept 1947', Introduction by Ian Greenlees, 128pp. Beryl de Zoete, also known as Beryl de Selincourt, was an English ballet dancer, orientalist, dance critic, and dance researcher.; JUDGE, William Q. / CROSBIE, Robert. Notes on the Bhagavad-Gita. inscribed to Edith Sitwell, Bombay: The Theosophy Company, (India), Ltd., 1942. second edition, 12mo., (140 x 105mm), black decorated cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine, United Lodge of Theosophists, New York, ink stamp to front pastedown, inscribed in blue ink to front free e/p., 'For Edith / in memory of our / Sunday afternoon / February 13th'49 / Frances', 237pp; HUMPHREYS, Christmas. (1901 - 1983). The Sutra of Wei Lang (or Hui Neng). inscribed to Edith Sitwell. Published for the Buddhist Society, London, Luzac & Company Ltd., 1947. 12mo., (175 x 125mm), new edition, second impression, brown paper boards, lettered in black to spine, inscribed to Edith Sitwell in blue ink to front free e/p., 'Edith Sitwell / in warm friendship & / admiration, and with all good wishes for your American journey / from / Audrey & Jack Cohen / September 1950', translated from the Chinese by Wong Mou-Lam, 128pp; ALLMAND, Michael / Braybrooke, Nigel. et al. [editors]. The Wind and The Rain, Volume VII, Numbers 2/3, London: Nigel Braybrooke, 1951. 8vo., (210 x 140mm), paperback, religious philosophy, literature and arts content, 200pp., with a loosely inserted typescript letter, signed, from Nigel Braybooke to Edith Sitwell, 1pp., single leaf, 20 lines, Kensington Church Street, London, address at top, dated in manuscript, 7/4/52, 'Dear Dr. Sitwell, / Have you ever seen the Wind and the Rain before? . . . ', the editor informs Edith that after ten years, the publication faces a printing deficit of just under £200, which must be met if it is to continue, and asks if it would be possible for her to give anything - no matter how small, ' . . . of course you may not think it worth saving . . . Naturally, as the reviews editor, I am out to do what I can to save it! . . . ', 200pp; ELUARD, Paul. (1895 - 1952). Premiere Anthologie Vivante de la Poesie du Passe. Volume 1, de Philippe de Thaun a Pierre de Ronsard, inscribed by Alberto (de Lacerda) to Edith Sitwell. Pierre Seghers, Paris, 1951. first edition, 8vo., (193 x 145mm), red paper wrappers, lettered in cream and black, edges untrimmed, inscribed in blue ink on the half-title, 'To my dear Edith, / with love - /from a very grateful friend / Alberto / London, 11th Nov.-54.', 351pp; IONESCO, Eugene. (1909 - 1994). Plays, Volume 1. The Lesson, The Chairs, The Bald Prima Donna, Jacques or Obedience, inscribed to Edith Sitwell by Alberto (de Lacerda), with manuscript annotations by Edith Sitwell, John Calder, London, 1958. first edition, 8vo., (205 x 140mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed to Edith Sitwell in blue ink to front free e/p., 'To my dear Edith / with much love / and the deepest admiration / Alberto. / London / July 58', half-title, blue ink manuscript annotation, in Edith Sitwell's hand to top of first page of The Lesson, 'this man, imbecile as he is, insults the less imbecile public', 150pp; Provenance: The Library of Dame Edith Sitwell 

Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). Four Works: Two Author's Presentations, signed, to Francis Sitwell, and Sacheverell Sitwell, with others, 1921-1962. comprises: The Queens and the Hive. Author's Presentation copy to Francis Sitwell. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1962. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 150mm), publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design Jack Matthew, inscribed by Edith Sitwell to her nephew in blue ink on front free e/p., 'For / darling Francis / with best love / from Edith', dedicated to George Cukor, 16 illustrated portraits (including frontispiece), 542pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d99f / 4.78l. Francis Trajan Sacheverell Sitwell, (1935-2004), was the youngest son of Edith's brother Sacheverell. Francis, as Dame Edith Sitwell's literary executor spent much of his adult life promoting and defending her work and that of her siblings. The Canticle of the Rose. Selected Poems 1920-1947. Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1949. second edition, 8vo., (223 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed by the author in pencil to her youngest brother, 'For / my darling Sachie / with best love / from Edith', half-title, 273pp; Bath. London: Faber & Faber, 1932. publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered decorated spine, gilt top, dustwrapper and half-title design Rex Whistler, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, 16 b/w. plates, 288pp., further within brown paper wrapper, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. c69 / 3.25; together with [THE SITWELLS & OTHERS], [editor, Edith Sitwell]. Wheels: 1921: Sixth Cycle. London: C.W. Daniel Ltd., 1921. white cloth-backed boards, design William Roberts, printed paper label to spine, new e/ps., manuscript date '6 1929', in pencil to title page, further ink manuscript notes and corrections to text of 'Fantasia for Mouth-Organ', pp. 50 and pp.52, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b42 / 2.28f. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. Condition Report: 1. The Queens and the Hive - clean bright cloth, corners a little scuffed, dustwrapper worn and marked, internally clean.2. The Canticle of the Rose - clean bright cloth, dustwrapper a little marked, some foxing to lower wrapper, e/ps. and foredge also foxed, o/w. clean internally save a small brown mark to p.123.3. Bath - clean bright cloth, corners very slightly scuffed, gilt top faded, dustwrapper worn at edges and marked, foxing to untrimmed edges and e/ps., internally clean.4. Wheels: 1921 - boards marked and worn, corners scuffed, lower front corner chipped (with loss), spine marked and bumped head/tail, new e/ps., some toning internally, o/w. clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ POETRY & OTHERS: Various Authors, 12 vols. 1918 - 1961. comprises: JONES, E.B.C. (Emily Beatrix Coursolles 'Topsy' Jones, 1893 - 1966). [editor]. Songs for Sale An Anthology of Recent Poems. Oxford: Blackwell, 1918. first edition, 8vo., (200 x 150mm), decorative black and white card wrappers with printed paper label to front, (lacks label to spine), edges untrimmed, half-title, '1918' written in pencil manuscript beneath half-title, possibly in Edith Sitwell's hand, contributors include Aldous Huxley, Osbert Sitwell, E. Wyndham Tennant, the editor and others, Fourth of the Initiates Series of Poetry by Proved Hands, printed in Oxford at the Vincent Works, and sold in America by Longmans, Green & Co., New York, 60pp., within a modern clear protective folder; PROUST, Marcel. (1871 - 1922). Within a Budding Grove, London: Chatto & Windus, 1924. second impression, 8vo., (195 x 138mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettered to spine, blue top, others untrimmed, translated by C.K. Montcrieff, small bookseller's label to lower pastedown, The Holliday Bookshop, New York, 396pp; ELIOT. T.S. Sweeney Agonistes. Fragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama, Faber and Faber, 1932. first edition, 8vo., (195 x 130mm), pale blue cloth, lettered in red to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, 31pp; WEBB, Margaret. Early English Recipes Selected from the Harleian Ms. 279 of about 1430 A.D., Cambridge: The University Press, 1937. first edition, 8vo., (222 x 130mm), illustrated cloth-backed boards, gilt lettering to spine, half-title, wood-engravings by Margaret Webb, Introduction by Sir Stephen Gaselee, recipes include A Goos in Hogepotte, Oystrys in Gravy Bastard, and Puddyng of Purpaysse, 37pp; De La MARE, Walter. (1873 - 1956). The Burning Glass and Other Poems by Walter de la Mare. Faber & Faber, London, 1945. first edition, 8vo., (202 x 145mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-, 106pp; LEWIS, C. Day. Word Over All. Jonathan Cape, London, 1945. second impression, 8vo., (205 x 147mm), beige cloth, lettered in red to spine, red top, others untrimmed, dustwrapper unclipped, the inside of the dustwrapper showing part of a different book's red and black design for front cover, front flap and spine, 'Time to Kill' by Alex Brown, dedicated to Rosamond Lehmann, 52pp; LEE, Laurie. (1914 - 1997). The Bloom of Candles. Verse From a Poet's Year. John Lehmann, London, 1947. first edition, 8vo., (202 x 143mm), publisher's yellow paper boards, lettered in black to front, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, 12 poems, printed at the Caxton Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, 20pp; PHELPS, G.H. [editor]. Living Writers. Being Critical Studies Broadcast in the B.B.C. Third Programme . . . Sylvan Press, 1947. 8vo., (190 x 130mm), publisher's black cloth, gilt lettered to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, includes Sean O'Casey by Denis Johnstone; E. M. Forster by Rose Macaulay; Walter De La Mare by Dylan Thomas; Aldous Huxley by Peter Quennell; T. F. Powys by Louis Marlow, etc. bound by Novello & Co. Ltd. London, 157pp., with a loosely inserted manuscript Hatchards Bookseller's sale receipt to Miss Edith Sitwell, Renishaw Hall, Nr. Sheffield, 25.2.1948, recording the authors purchase of this book, and postage of one Express letter; H.D. (Hilda Doolittle, 1886 - 1961). Selected Poems. Grove Press Inc. New York, (1957). 8vo., (210 x 142mm), publisher's beige cloth, lettered in black to front and spine, half-title,128pp. Hilda Doolittle was an American poet, novelist, memoirist. She published under the pen name H.D., and was one of the leading figures in the bohemian culture of London associated with the early 20th-century avant-garde Imagist group of poets. PLOMER, William. (1903 - 1973). Collected Poems, Jonathan Cape, London, 1960. first edition, yellow cloth-backed blue boards, lettered in black to spine, author's blindstamped signature in silver to front, two half titles, 225pp; with a loosely inserted typescript Dillon's University Bookshop Ltd. sale receipt to Edith Sitwell, Renishaw Hall, Nr. Sheffield, August 15th, 1960, recording her purchase of this book, Campbell: Poems, and Jones: Life and Opinion of Hulme: with HAMILTON, Patrick. The Slaves of Solitude, Constable, London, 1947. first edition, 8vo., dustwrapper unclipped, 242pp.; MILLER, Henry. The Cosmological Eye. Editions Poetry London, Nicholson & Watson, London, 1945. first edition, 8vo., dustwrapper unclipped, 351pp.Provenance: The Library of Dame Edith Sitwell(Qty. 12). 

Ɵ AUCTION REVIEW OF THE SEASON: 6 volumes, 1962-1987, with TLS. to Sacheverell Sitwell from Hon. Patrick Lindsay, 1983. comprises: HERBERT, John. [editor]. Christies Review of the Season 1982, and Christies Review of the Season, 1983. Phaidon, Christies, Oxford, 1982 - 1983. 2 volumes, publisher's dark blue gilt cloth, dustwrappers unclipped, illustrated e/ps., b/w. and colour illustrations, 504pp; with a typescript letter to Sacheverell Sitwell from Hon. Patrick Lindsay loosely inserted into the 1983 edition, 1pp., 3 lines, 8 King Street, London, printed address at top, Lindsay's manuscript dedication and signature in blue ink, 'Dear Sachie / Herewith a copy of / the Season for 1983 and I hope very much / that you will enjoy it / Patrick / Hon. Patrick Lindsay'. Hon. Patrick Lindsay (1928 - 1986), was the second son of the 11th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres and Mary, Countess of Crawford and Balcarres, a daughter of the Duke of Devonshire. Lindsay joined Christie's Old Masters department in 1952, becoming Head of the department in 1960; The Ivory Hammer, The Year at Sotheby's 219th Season 1962-1963. Longmans Green & Co., Ltd., 1963. 4to., (273 x 210mm), publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, b/w. illustrated e/ps., half-title, includes 15pp. The Property of a Lady by Ian Fleming, b/w. and colour illustrated throughout, 254pp; AYRES, Tim. [editor]. Art at Auction The Year at Sotheby's 1981-82. Two hundred and forty-eighth season, Sotheby Publications, 1982. 4to., (285 x 212mm), publisher's red gilt cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, patterned e/ps., b/w. and colour illustrated throughout, 392pp; Art at Auction The Year at Sotheby's 1982-83. Two hundred and forty-ninth season, Sotheby Publications, 1983. 4to., ( 270 x 210mm), publisher's brown gilt cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, pictorial e/ps., mostly colour illustrated throughout, 416pp; together with Great Tew Park, Oxfordshire, The Property of the Late Major Eustace Robb, Christies 27-29 May, 1987. auction sale catalogue, soft photo. illustrated covers, b/w. and colour illustrated, listing 1555 lots, 329pp. Provenance: The Art Library of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston Hall. 

FREDERICA HELY-HUTCHINSON 1840 A manuscript map of the Mediterranean, Africa and India, marked with the movements in the Roman Empire Pen and watercolour Signed and dated 1840 32-5cm x 53cm; a drawing of a Scottish dance, by another hand and three sketches of the monument for Frederick, Lord North, Earl of Guilford Catalogue Note: Frederica Hely-Hutchinson, second daughter of Colonel the Hon. Henry Hely-Hutchinson, was born before 1830 and thus this map is an example of her school work. (5) Condition Report: Some creases, damaged edges and marksCondition Report Disclaimer