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Sven BERLIN (1911-1999)'Who Wrote Joke Grim?'An ink drawing and hand-written title to the front cover and a pencil self-portrait to the inside cover.Published by Malcolm Mackintosh, 1993, together with a draft copy and relevant correspondence.(See inner back page illustration)Provenance:From the David Wilkinson Collection. David Wilkinson was a seriously multi-talented Architect, Researcher, Sculptor, Musician, Author and more. When he came to St Ives in 1993 it was a breath of fresh, innovative air. What's more he was instantly accepted and liked. This sale touches on the breadth of his knowledge and his interests.
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After Augustus Edwin JOHN (1878-1961)Portrait of Euphemia LambInscribed 'John'26.5 x 25.2cmNote: This work would appear to be a copy or a version of portrait of Lamb by John held in a private collection and featured in the BBC documentary 'The Mountain that had to be Painted', although not an exact copy (there are noticeable differences in the neckline, treatment of the hair, position of signature etc). Whilst this work is undoubtedly by an extremely competent hand, it has been assessed by Rebecca John and rejected as not being by the hand of her Grandfather. We have no provenance regarding when and where David Wilkinson acquired the drawing and as such, we offer it with no assurances. We are grateful to Rebecca John for her assistance with cataloguing this work.Post Script: Since first cataloguing this work we have found amongst David Wilkinson's papers an account detailing how he acquired this drawing. It was the property of a now relatively unknown artist, Gerald William Tooby (1893-1984). In the early 1920s Tooby lived in Chelsea and Kensington and supported himself as an artist. He was also an assistant to Jacob Epstein and Frank Branwyn. Moving in these circles and living in Chelsea at this time, it is not at all implausible that he knew Augustus John.
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PHOTOGRAPHS. Six early 20th century photographs of North American Indians by Talcott Harmon Parkhurst (1883-1955), c.1920; "Chief", 24.5cm x 20cm); "Clah, A Famous Singer of The Navajos", 24.5cm x 19.5cm; "Navajo Chief", 24.5cm x 19.5cm; "Navajo Girl", 24.5cm x 19.5cm; "Basket Makers", 24cm x 19cm & a portrait of a standing Indian, 24cm x 16.5cm. All pasted down on board, titled verso.Condition report:All appear to be textured with matte sheen. All inscribed verso "from Parkhurst original w/copyright". Previous copyright owners details scored out tho partially visible...."Property of Patte Morton Enterprises, Capitola CA. 95010."
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VICTORIAN PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHS. A small quarto album in panelled morocco containing 49 carte de visite photographs of distinguished persons ranging from the Royal Family through politicians (Gladstone, Disraeli, etc.), peers, campaigners (Cobden & Bright), legal figures, scientists (Faraday), authors (Tennyson & Dickens) & concluding with Admiral Fitzroy, President Lincoln & President Johnson.Comndition report:Contains 12 photographs of Royal family;1 - Queen Victoria2 - Prince Albert3 - Prince of Wales4 - Princess of Wales5 - Prince and Princess Frederick of Prussia6 - Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse7 - Prince Alfred8 - Princess Helena9 - Princess Louise10 - Prince Arthur11 - Prince Leopold12 - Princess Beatrice
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ENGLISH SCHOOL (19TH CENTURY) A miniature oval portrait of a lady, with black shawl and white lace edged cap, watercolour, oval, 7.5cm high; two further oval miniatures, one of a lady, the other a bearded gentleman; a 19th Century silhouette portrait; two photographic miniatures; and an ambrotype, cased (7)
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A 19TH CENTURY STAFFORDSHIRE POTTERY COMMEMORATIVE JUG, moulded and painted with portrait busts, of Marquis Wellington and General Hill, 13.5cm; another similar jug (both AF); a Copeland-late-Spode Victorian Diamond Jubilee stoneware jug; and a pottery mug, sepia painted and hand-coloured with a railway scene (4)
![Swinburne (Algernon Charles) The Ballad of Bulgarie, only edition [Wise piracy, one of only 25 copies], portrait, contemporar](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d9da0331-26fb-4764-bfa8-a9bf0171c9e5/26de172c-9643-48ee-893a-a9c3010573a2/468x382.jpg)
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Swinburne (Algernon Charles) The Ballad of Bulgarie, only edition [Wise piracy, one of only 25 copies], portrait, contemporary blue morocco, by Rivière & Son, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., original pale orange wrappers bound in, [Todd 305], printed for private circulation [by T.J.Wise], 1893; Chastelard; a Tragedy, signed presentation copy from the author to J.Lorimer Graham inscribed on front free endpaper and with Graham's bookplate, contemporary green morocco, by Rivière, inner gilt dentelles, g.e., spine a little darkened, 1866; Poems and Ballads, Second Series, inscription in red ink to front free endpaper, bookplate of John Whitley Nance, later morocco, gilt, by Bumpus, t.e.g., with original cloth covers bound in at end, spine faded, 1878, 8vo (3)⁂ The first is a Wise piracy of a poem on the "Bulgarian Atrocities", sent by Swinburne to the Pall Mall Gazette in 1876 but not published.James Lorimer Graham Jr. (1835-76), editor of Putnam's Magazine, appointed American Consul in Florence in 1869, and friend of many artists and writers. Swinburne wrote an elegy to his memory.
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Miller (Henry) Insomnia or the Devil at Large, one of 20 special copies with autograph note from the co-publisher and portrait of Miller, from Edition G limited to 385, signed and dated by the author, with portrait by Paul Giovanopoulos signed and numbered 7/30 in pencil and 12 colour plates reproducing watercolours by Miller, text with illustrations, original spiral-bound limp boards with foil dust-jacket, together with loose plates, autograph note and prospectus in original orange cloth drop-back box, large folio, Albuquerque, N.M., Loujon Press, 1970.⁂ One of 20 deluxe copies set aside for the publisher John Edgar Webb and his wife Louise "Gypsy Lou". A photocopy of Webb's obituary is loosely inserted in a pocket inside the lid with Gypsy Lou's manuscript note, "Because of the enclosed writings, I need money for a memorial full-page ad to run in the Village Voice for Jon, and this set is one of the 20 copies of 'Insomnia' we set aside for ourselves. Mrs. Jon Edgar Webb".The last significant book production from the famous New Orleans (later Albuquerque) publisher.
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δ Fergusson (John Duncan, 1874-1961) Portrait of Mireille, black conté crayon on buff wove paper, 200 x 150 mm. (7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in), under glass, some minor surface dirt, framed, [circa 1936].⁂ Other portraits of Mireille executed in Fergusson's preferred medium of conté are known and were undertaken in Paris during May of 1936 (see: Sotheby's, Scottish Pictures, 1st May 2008, lot 139).δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
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Buckland Wright (John).- Rimbaud (Arthur) Oeuvres Complètes, edited by Pascal Pia, number 118 of 371 copies, printed in red and black, engraved portrait by John Buckland Wright (lightly offset onto title), a little browned, bound in dark green ?alligator skin with 3 interlacing octagonal loops in gilt on both covers, by the René Kieffer bindery with ticket, spine lettered in gilt, original yellow printed wrappers with illustration by Buckland Wright in red bound in, t.e.g., others uncut, spine browned, a little rubbed at edges, upper joint and spine ends repaired,[Reid A2d], 4to, [Maastricht], Halcyon Press, 1931.
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Owen (Wilfred) Poems, first edition, portrait frontispiece, tissue-guard, usual browning to tissue-guard and title, some scattered spotting, light browning and ink ownership inscription to endpapers, original cloth, paper label to spine, marked and faded at foot with chop to foot of upper cover, sm.4to, 1920.⁂ The most important book of poetry from the First World War.
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Lydis (Mariette).- Louÿs (Pierre) Romans & Nouvelles, 7 vol., limited edition, illustrations by Mariette Lydis, original celadon morocco, gilt, by J.Langrand, t.e.g., others uncut, spines faded, Paris, 1934 § James (Henry) The Turn of the Screw, number XLIV of 200 copies on hand-made paper, plates by Lydis, prospectus loosely inserted, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, a little rubbed and soiled, torn and defective glacine wrapper, 1940 § Greek Portrait (The), An Anthology, limited edition, plate by Lydis, original cloth, uncut, dust-jacket, slip-case, Nonesuch Press, 1934; and an envelope of ephemera relating to Lydis including 7 signed plates (mostly lithographs), 4 pochoir lithographs, 8 signed coloured etched Christmas cards, an A.L.s. from Lydis and a photograph of her sitting in a deckchair "Mariette in the sun after her bath Argentine 1953" in pencil by her on verso, v.s. (17)
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Carlègle.- Colette (Sidonie-Gabrielle) Nudité, number 24 of 49 copies on Japon Nacré, from an edition limited to 450 copies, printed in red & black, plates and illustrations by Carlègle, bound in green morocco, covers with gilt and black criss-crossing lines with small turquoise, purple, red and grey triangular morocco onlays at the points of intersection, uncut, spine faded, original pictorial wrappers bound in, slip-case, Brussels and Paris, 1943 § Toulet (Paul-Jean) Les Contrerimes, number 49 of 25 copies on vergé de Hollande Van Gelder antique with an additional suite of proofs of the engravings, from an edition limited to 492, printed in red and black by Joh.Enschedé en Zonen, wood-engraved portrait and 4 decorations by Carlegle, additional suite loosely inserted at end, original printed wrappers, uncut, preserved in modern cloth folder and slip-case, Brussels, 1927; Mon Amie Nane, one of 585 copies, title in red and black, wood-engraved illustrations by Carlègle printed in black and ochre, bound in tan morocco, gilt, by René Kieffer, spine gilt in compartments, t.e.g., others uncut, signed at foot of front turn-in, original wrappers bound in, slip-case, Paris, 1925; and 2 others illustrated by Carlègle, 4to & 8vo (5)
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Joyce (James) A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, first English edition, neat ink ownership inscription to pastedown, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, spine darkened, some splitting to head of spine, otherwise a sharp and excellent copy overall, [Slocum & Cahoon A12], 8vo, [1916 but 1917].⁂ One of c.750 copies bound with the sheets from the American first edition after English printers refused to incur the risk of printing.
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Bremer Press.- Field (William B. Osgood) Edward Lear on my Shelves, number 112 of 155 copies on hand-made paper (unsigned as usual), portrait, plates and illustrations, some double-page including 5 hand-coloured landscapes by Annette von Eckardt, original cloth-backed boards, paper label on spine (slightly chipped), uncut, board slip-case (rubbed and faded), Munich, privately printed at the Bremer Press, 1933; and a bound volume of Vale Press ephemera, 4to & 8vo (2)
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Buckland Wright (John).- Keats (John) The Collected Sonnets, number 6 of 325 copies on Dutch Pannekoek paper, from an edition limited to 376, wood-engraved portrait and plates by John Buckland Wright, original pictorial blue cloth, gilt, uncut, spine very slightly browned, [Reid A1d], 4to, Maastricht, Halcyon Press, 1930.⁂ The illustrator's first published book.
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Golden Cockerel Press.- Chair (Somerset de) The Story of a Lifetime, number 78 of 110 copies signed by the author, wood-engraved full-page illustrations by Clifford Webb, original pictorial alum-tawed sheepskin, gilt, spine slightly yellowed (as usual), glacine wrapper (frayed), cloth slip-case, 1954; Napoleon's Memoirs, 2 vol., number 101 of 500 copies, portrait frontispieces, wood-engraved title vignettes by John Buckland Wright, map endpapers, original decorated cloth, gilt, 1945; The Golden Carpet, number 63 of 500 copies, portrait, map endpapers, prospectus loosely inserted, original morocco-backed cloth, spine faded, 1943 § Jonson (Ben) A Croppe of Kisses, number 29 of 50 specially-bound copies, from an edition limited to 250, printed in black & colours, Somerset de Chair's copy with his bookplate and visiting card of Mrs. Somerset de Chair with valentine note on verso loosely inserted, original pictorial russet morocco, gilt, light staining to upper cover, 1937, all t.e.g., others uncut, [Cock-a-Hoop 195, Cockalorum 167, Pertelot 155 & 121], small folio & 4to, Golden Cockerel Press (5)
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Ricketts (Charles).- Shakespeare (William) The Tragedie of Macbeth, introduction by Harley Granville-Barker, edited by Albert Rutherston, number 85 of 106 specially-bound copies on hand-made paper and signed by the artist, Granville-Barker and Rutherston, from an edition limited to 606, colour plates by Charles Ricketts, original brown morocco with elaborate strapwork border in gilt, by Zaehnsdorf, spine gilt, printed at the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-upon-Avon, 1923 § Bottomley (Gordon) Poems of Thirty Years, number 2 of 87 specially-bound copies signed by the author, portrait, light spotting, original cream cloth, gilt, 1925 § Ricketts (Charles) Oscar Wilde: Recollections by Jean Paul Raymond..., limited edition, title with vignette printed in red, endpapers browned as usual, original pictorial cream cloth, gilt, Nonesuch Press, 1932; Unrecorded Histories, limited edition, plates in red, original buckram with design in red by Ricketts, 1933, all but the first in bindings designed by Ricketts, t.e.g., others uncut, some a little rubbed or soiled, 4to & 8vo (4)
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Hardy (Thomas) The Dynasts, 3 vol., one of 525 large paper copies signed by the author, etched portrait by Francis Dodd signed by him in pencil, printed in red and black, original vellum-backed batik boards, uncut & unopened, spines very slightly soiled, printed at the Chiswick Press, 1927; Selected Poems, limited edition, woodcut portrait and title-vignette by William Nicholson, original cloth-backed boards, t.e.g., others uncut, 1921 § Symons (Arthur) A Study of Thomas Hardy, number 79 of 100 copies on hand-made paper signed by the author, photographic portrait frontispiece by Alvin Langdon Coburn signed by him in pencil, original buckram, t.e.g., others uncut, spine a little faded, 1927; and 5 others by or about Hardy, 4to & 8vo (10)
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Procktor (Patrick).- Coleridge (Samuel Taylor) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, number IV of XXV special copies with 4 additional prints and signed by the artist, from an edition limited to 140, aquatint portrait and 11 plates by Patrick Procktor, some printed in colours, additional aquatints all numbered & signed in pencil and loose in pocket at end, original black morocco-backed blue-grey morocco, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, upper cover blocked with gilt albatross and ship at sea, spine titled in gilt, uncut, marbled board slip-case, 4to, [printed by Will Carter at the Rampant Lions Press] for Editions Alecto, 1976.
![Wilde (Oscar).- Sebastian Melmoth [Oscar Wilde], bookplate of Lily Antrobus, attractively bound in tan morocco, covers tooled](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d9da0331-26fb-4764-bfa8-a9bf0171c9e5/ea4296f1-2484-4c19-bde5-a9c30105f9c5/468x382.jpg)
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Wilde (Oscar).- Sebastian Melmoth [Oscar Wilde], bookplate of Lily Antrobus, attractively bound in tan morocco, covers tooled with borders of rules & small dots and leafy cornerpieces in gilt, spine gilt, g.e., joints rubbed, upper split, 1904 § Ricketts (Charles) Oscar Wilde: Recollections by Jean Paul Raymond..., limited edition, title with vignette printed in red, endpapers browned as usual, original pictorial cream cloth, gilt, designed by Ricketts, lightly soiled, Nonesuch Press, 1932 § Sherard (R.H.) Oscar Wilde: The Story of an Unhappy Friendship, photogravure portrait, original parchment-backed cloth, spine gilt, privately printed, 1902 § Leverson (Ada) Letters to the Sphinx from Oscar Wilde with Reminiscences of the Author, one of 275 copies signed by the author, original cloth, 1930 § Symons (Arthur) A Study of Oscar Wilde, number 34 of 100 copies on hand-made paper signed by the author, photogravure portrait, original buckram, spine faded, 1930, most t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed; and 4 others on Wilde, 8vo & 4to (9)
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Louÿs (Pierre) The Songs of Bilitis, translated by Horace Manchester Brown, one of 29 copies on Imperial Japanese vellum with hand-coloured initials and signed by the translator, printed in red & black, etched portrait and plates by James Fagan, all in 3 states (one signed, one coloured, one before letters), occasional foxing or browning, mostly to tissue guards, bound in grey morocco, covers, spine and tan morocco doublures with floral Art Nouveau design in gilt and red & green morocco onlays, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed and marked, especially joints, London & New York, Aldus Society, 1904; Trois Filles de leur Mère, number 244 of an unspecified number, 16 erotic colour etchings [?by Chimot], light spotting to text, loose as issued in original blue wrappers, board folder (a little rubbed), l'Enseigne du Chat pour Chat, 1897 [but later]; and another, Louÿs, 4to (3)
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King (Jessie Marion, 1875-1949) Bust-length oval portrait, traditionally understood to be a self-portrait, pen and black ink with watercolour on wove paper, with black ink oval border, laid onto mount support, 135 x 85 mm. (5 1/4 x 3 3/8 in), some surface dirt and spotting, unframed. Provenance:Sotheby's Glasgow, Jessie M. King Sale, 21st June 1977
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Daniel Press.- Keats (John) Odes Sonnets & Lyrics, number 223 of 250 copies, mounted portrait frontispiece, light foxing, bound in tan morocco, by the Guild of Women Binders, covers tooled in gilt with four Art Nouveau long-stemmed flowers with leaves on stalks and small dots, spine titled in gilt with long-stemmed flower and leaves, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed and marked, Oxford, Daniel Press, 1895; and 5 others from the Daniel Press, 4to & 8vo (6)
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Eliot (T.S.).- Baudelaire (Charles) Intimate Journals, translated by Christopher Isherwood, introduction by T.S. Eliot, first edition in English, number 44 of 50 copies signed by T.S.Eliot, from an edition limited to 650, portrait and plates, ink inscription on front free endpaper, endpapers rather browned and stained, rebound in modern cloth, t.e.g., others uncut, [Gallup B14b], 8vo, New York, Blackamore Press, 1930.
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Gourmont (Remy de) Divertissements, one of 800 copies on Arches, wood-engraved portrait by P.-E.Vibert, handsomely bound in blue morocco tooled with floral sprays in gilt, spine gilt with flowers, spine slightly rubbed and faded, 1912 § Maupassant (Guy de) Sur l'Eau, number 55 of 68 copies on Japon Impérial, from an edition limited to 1000, pochoir frontispeice and illustrations by Le Petit, original blind-stamped brown morocco, by René Kieffer bindery with ticket, original wrappers bound in, 1927 § Chabal (J.H.) Au Souffle du Khamsin, number 42 of 630 copies, signed and inscribed by the author and with 4-verse poem in manuscript, contemporary calf, upper cover with Egyptian decoration in blind, original wrappers bound in, 1911 § Cros (Guy-Charles) Mon Soleil Nouveau, number 3 of 10 copies on Japon with etched frontispiece by Clairin in 2 states (one in black, one sanguine, both numbered and signed in pencil), with 4-verse poem in manuscript loosely inserted, original printed wrappers, 1946 § Butts (Mary) Imaginary Letters, copper-engraved plates after Jean Cocteau, light foxing, original cloth, spine frayed at head, corners bumped, Edward W.Titus at the Sign of the Black Manikin, 1928, all uncut, most t.e.g., a little rubbed, Paris; and 10 others, French, most illustrated, 8vo & 4to (15)
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Gabory (Georges) Le Nez de Cléopatre, number 61 of 90 copies on Hollande van Gelder signed by the author and artist, from an edition limited to 102, 10 dry-points by André Derain, a little light spotting and offsetting (particularly first on verso of title), bookplate of J.A.-B.E.Dunbar, contemporary half green roan, by Atelier Bindery of New York, uncut (edges spotted), a little worn, Paris, 1922 § Eluard (Paul) Le Dur Désir de Durer, translated by Stephen Spender and Frances Cornford, one of 750 copies for America, from an edition limited to 1500, 2 colour frontispieces and illustrations after Marc Chagall, many full-page, original pictorial wrappers, uncut & unopened, glacine wrapper, a little browned and rubbed at edges, Philadelphia & London, 1950 § Reverdy (Pierre) Sources du Vent 1915-1929, number 22 of 80 copies on Hollande van Gelder, from an edition limited to 116, facsimile colour portrait by Picasso, light spotting, embossed stamp to title, child's ink inscription to final leaf, contemporary half sheep, spine gilt, rubbed, Paris, 1929; and 2 others with illustrations after Rodin and Vuillard, 8vo & 4to (5)
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Crowder (Henry) Henry Music... Poems by Nancy Cunard, Richard Aldington, Walter Lowenfels, Samuel Beckett, Harold Acton, first and only edition, one of 100 copies signed by Crowder and additionally inscribed by him "For Mr. and Mrs. Otto Theis... if this little effort of mine brings you one moment of pleasure, I assure that I am amply repaid for whatever effort went into the making of it. You two people are realy [sic] nearer to my heart than you may suspect." to limitation p., musical notation, light foxing and browning, original pictorial boards with specially designed photomontage (incorporating a portrait of Crowder, African sculptures and Nancy Cunard's bangles) by Man Ray, light wear to spine, a little browned, extremities rubbed, folio, Paris, Hours Press, 1930.⁂ An excellent presentation copy of this rare work.
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Wilde (Oscar, writer, 1854-1900) Autograph Letter signed to Miss Temple, 1p., 8vo, 16 Tite Street, Chelsea, S.W., n.d., refusing an invitation from Lady Mount Temple as he is going away for a few days, together with a photographic portrait of Wilde, mounted, framed & glazed⁂ Georgina Cowper-Temple (1821-1901, Lady Mount Temple), step-daughter-in-law of Lord Palmerston, was a distant cousin and close friend of Oscar Wilde's wife, Constance. The Wildes often stayed at the Mount Temples' house Babbacombe Cliff, near Torquay in Devon, Wilde writing part of his plays there, and in 1893 Wilde stayed there with his children and Lord Alfred Douglas and his tutor while Constance was in Florence.
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Caradoc Press.- Goldsmith (Oliver) The Vicar of Wakefield, number 79 of 360 on paper, printed in red and black, etched portrait frontispiece by H.George Webb signed in pencil, decorative border and initials, ink inscription to front free endpaper, bound in green morocco with triple gilt-ruled border and gilt-framed central oval panel of flower and butterfly in onlaid red, purple, green & brown morocco against a background of small gilt dots, by Rivière & Son, spine gilt , t.e.g., others uncut, spine lightly faded, upper joint a little rubbed, 8vo, Caradoc Press, 1903.
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Alexandre (Arsène) & Jean Cocteau. The Decorative Art of Leon Bakst, translated by Harry Melvill, first English edition, tipped-in portrait with facsimile signature and 77 tipped-in plates, many colour, a few folding, ex-library copy with label and stamps, mostly embossed, library cloth, 1913 § George W.Harris, number 241 of 425 copies, portrait and plates, some colour, captioned tissue guards, with woodcut by Harris initialled in pencil loosely inserted, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1930, folio & 4to (2)
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Yeats (John Butler, 1839-1922) Profile portrait of a lady wearing a large hat; Bust-length portrait of a lady wearing a hat, two works, pencil on sketchbook leaves, the first mentioned initialled and dated '1910', the latter signed and dated 'May 1910', sheets 175 x 130 mm. (6 7/8 x 5 1/8 in), and 145 x 100 mm. (5 3/4 x 4 in), respectively, both under glass, the first mentioned with small nick and two ring-binder holes in the upper edge, both with minor surface dirt, uniformly framed, 1910 (2)Provenance:Argosy, New York⁂ John Butler Yeats (1839-1922), the father of William Butler Yeats, Lily Yeats, Elizabeth Corbett "Lolly" Yeats and Jack B. Yeats, moved to New York in 1907 where he stayed until his death in 1922; by 1910 the artist had moved in to his final residence at 317 West Twenty-Ninth Street, New York. The present two portraits are excellent examples of the compassion and warmth that the artist achieved in his sketches of family members, friends and acquaintances.
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Craig (Edward Gordon) On the Art of the Theatre, number 29 of 150 deluxe copies signed by the author, photogravure portrait frontispiece by Edward Steichen, 20 plates, each tipped to thicker brown leaf with captioned tissue guard, light offsetting from plate mounts, offsetting from plate mounts, browning at beginning and end, with programmes for Henry Irving's Royal Lyceum Theatre productions of 'Becket' (1893) and 'Cymbeline' (1896) loosely inserted, original cream cloth, gilt, yapp edges, g.e., spine very slightly soiled, 4to, 1911.⁂ Influential work on contemporary theatre, this deluxe edition contains the portrait and four other plates not included in the ordinary edition.
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Conrad (Joseph) The Works, 20 vol., number 446 of 780 sets signed by the author, original cloth-backed boards, uncut & unopened, a few vol. bumped at corners or edges, dust-jackets, a little rubbed and soiled, some defective, mostly spines but vol.1 lacking upper panel, 1921; Notes on my Books, number 230 of 250 copies signed by the author, lightly water-stained, original pictorial boards, gilt, uncut, a little worn and stained, Garden City, N.Y. & Toronto, 1921; and 2 others by Conrad and a framed signature with photogravure portrait, 8vo & 4to (24)
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Craig (Edward Gordon) Scene, With a Foreword and an Introductory Poem by John Masefield, number 78 of 100 copies signed by the author, from an edition limited to 1000, 21 plates after etchings by Craig, the author's own copy with his small circular monogram book-label and inscribed by his son Edward "Teddy" Craig "Ex EGCs Library - now mine Edward Craig" and with his book-plate on front pastedown, with prospectus and reproductions of portrait of Craig by William Rothenstein and Masefield by William Strang loosely inserted, also scrap of notes by Craig with small sketch, prospectus for the Portfolios of Etchings and an engraving of Fingal's Cave loosely inserted, original buckram, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, torn and defective dust-jacket loosely inserted, 4to, 1923.⁂ A wonderful association copy of the embodiment of Craig's ideas on theatre design. He envisaged a moveable theatre with floor and roof composed of cubic columns which could move up and down individually, an ever-changing space using screens and lighting to create mood and setting rather than standard set designs. In this work he attempted to portray changing scenes using developing states of prints, each one depicting a moment of arrested motion. His son, Teddy Craig, realised the idea behind the plates and, trying to help his father, built a simple wooden model with rising and falling cubes using pulleys. At first Craig was thrilled that his idea actually worked but when Teddy mentioned that he had discussed the scheme with an engineering friend his father was furious, imagining his great idea was lost and accusing Teddy of betrayal. The model was banished to the cellar and never developed.
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Roycroft.- Stevenson (Robert Louis) Will o'the Mill, one of 100 copies on Imperial Japan vellum signed by the printer and illuminator, Harriet Robarge, ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary half blue morocco, by the Roycroft bindery, spine gilt with leafy spray, t.e.g., others uncut, 1901 § [Hubbard (Elbert)], "Fra Elbertus". Ali Baba of East Aurora, one of 620 copies signed by Ali Baba with a "X" and by the illuminator, Harriet Robarge, original suede-backed boards, uncut, 1899; A Message to Garcia..., one of 450 copies signed by the author and illuminator Emma Johnson, with ink manuscript note "This book contains sheets of my original Mss. Fra Elbertus Oct. 5th 1901" and with 2 manuscript sheets in pencil tipped in, original limp reversed calf, worn and frayed at edges, 1901, all with portrait, decorative titles, initials and decorations, most coloured by hand, East Aurora, N.Y., Elbert Hubbard; and 3 others, Roycroft, small 4to & 8vo (6)
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Caradoc Press.- [Walton (Isaac) & Charles Cotton.] The Compleat Angler, number 101 of 350 copies on paper, etched portrait frontispiece, additional title and illustrations by H.G.Webb (the portrait signed in pencil), original brown blind-stamped sheep, spine rubbed and faded, 1905 § [Goldsmith (Oliver)] The Vicar of Wakefield, number 57 of 360 copies on paper, engraved portrait by Webb signed in pencil, original limp vellum, 1903, both printed in red and black, uncut, Caradoc Press; and another from the press, 8vo (3)
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