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Elizabeth Rivers (1903-1964) OUT OF BEDLAM [1956], THIS MAN [1939] and A COLLECTION OF 15 ENGRAVINGS FOR THE WAGER & OTHER STORIES [1950] limited edition texts; (2); engravings; (15) all variously signed, annotated and numbered Collection of George and Maura McClelland Out of Bedlam, Dolmen Press, Glenageary, County Out of Bedlam, XXVII Wood Engravings by Elizabeth Rivers With Texts From Christopher Smart. June 1956. Beautifully crafted publication printed on Irish paper with texts set in Caslon type. Limited to 250 copies of which 200 were for sale; the first twenty-five were retained for the author. This copy is annotated in pencil on edition's page as 'artist's copy'. Contains twenty-seven of River's superb wood engravings. Hand-stitched at spine with decorated upper and titled spine. This was the only edition published. This Man, a sequence of wood-engravings by Elizabeth Rivers printed and bound by Theodore Besterman assisted by V.H. Ridler and F.J. Conton at The Guyon House Press, 100 Bunhill Row, London ECI, January to March 1939. The copies on Corinthian Fine Text paper are numbered 1-200 and those on vellum lettered A-E. With decorated upper and titled at spine. The present copy is number 3 from the edition and annotated 'artist's copy' in pencil on edition's page. Also signed 'E. Rivers' inside cover. With three additional prints laid in, each signed with initials or 'E. Rivers, one dated [1938] one numbered 2 of 6.Artist's proof containing 15 engravings for Daniel Corkery's The Wager & Other Stories, published by The Devin-adair, New York, 1950. Each engraving is window mounted, some with artist's initials in pencil and with title and or layout designed annotated in pencil in the mount. Begins with 'Title page design - The Wager 'numbered through to 15 'Colophon'. Bound together in order with string at side and wrapped in card boards. A very rare and desirable collection of material relating to Rivers' oeuvre.
Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957) THE ENEMY. A REVIEW OF ART AND LITERATURE [VOL. I] JANUARY 1927 first edition in red leather boards signed by British artist Helen Kapp and dated [1927] in blue ink on first (advertisement )page 11¼ x 7½in. (28.58 x 19.05cm) Collection of George and Maura McClelland Wyndham Lewis founded, edited and published The Enemy. He was a contemporary of T.S. Eliot and Ezra Pund and author of novels such as The Revenge for Love, The Apes of God, and Tarr as well as a visual artist. His portrait of Eliot can be found in the Durban Art Gallery in South Africa. Helen Kapp (1901-1978) - whose signature appears on this copy - was a British painter, illustrator, wood engraver and curator. She studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, the Central School of Arts and Crafts and also in Paris and exhibited at the Royal Academy among other institutions. Also with this lot is a Carte du Jour designed by Wyndham Lewis for the Restaurant de la Tour Eiffel, 1. Percy Street, Tottenham Court Road, London W.
Jean Osborne (1926-1965) STILL LIFE pastel on board signed lower right; details of artist and provenance inscribed on reverse 19½ x 14in. (49.53 x 35.56cm) Collection of George and Maura McClelland Jean Meikle Osborne was a member in the late 1940s of the Euston Road School of painting that pursued naturalism and sought to bring art to a wider audience. it was here she met and married fellow artist Dennis Henry Osborne (1919-2016). They moved to Donegal first where the landscape influenced their work, and then emigrated in 1952 to Canada, where Dennis met with some success. They returned to Ireland in 1960. Jean died in 1965.
George Galway MacCann ARCA (1909-1967) CONSTRUCTION ON A KITCHEN DOOR oil and collage elements on panel signed lower right; inscribed on reverse 16½ x 23in. (41.91 x 58.42cm) Collection of George and Maura McClelland George Galway MacCann, was a sculptor, muralist and stage designer born in Belfast to David, a monumental sculptor and his wife Elizabeth. He studied at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution from 1920-26 and at the Belfast school of Art under Seamus Stoupe 1926-29, where he met fellow art student and his future wife Mercy Hunter. In 1929 he won a major scholarship to the Royal College of Art, London. He was awarded a prize for sculpture in 1932, on the recommendation of his lecturer, Henry Moore. On his return to Belfast MacCann exhibited at a show of sculpture and painting with William Coonor, Margaret Yeames and Joy McKean in November 1933. The following year MacCann and Yeames joined with members of the recently formed Northern Ireland Guild of Artists, including Elisabeth Clements, Colin Middleton, John Luke and Romeo Toogood, and established the Ulster Unit. At the Unit's only exhibition, in November 1934, MacCann showed abstracted paintings and two stone sculptures that illustrated the influence of his teacher Henry Moore. MacCann received his first public commission, a carved panel for above the entrance of Avoniel Primary School, in 1935. While living in County Armagh he worked as an art teacher at the Royal School Armagh and Portadown College, and from 1938-39 he was head of sculpture at the Belfast School of Art. During WWII MacCann served in Burma as a captain in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. During the 1940s, MacCann was depicted in his Inniskilling uniform by Sydney Smith - a painting now in the collection of the Armagh County Museum. From 1946 MacCann taught at Sullivan Upper School, Holywood. In the 1950s MacCann garnered several commissions and was represented at CEMA's exhibition of sculpture at the Belfast Museum and Art Gallery in 1953 where his work was shown alongside Henry Moore, Lynn Chadwick, Barbara Hepworth, Jacob Epstein and Uli Nimptsch. MacCann and Mercy Hunter were well known and highly regarded in Belfast's art and literary circles. They collaborated on costume designs for the Patricia Mulholland Irish Ballet and some of these designs can be found in the Grand Opera House, Belfast. A solo show of his work was held at the New Gallery, Belfast in 1963 and he also exhibited at the IELA in Dublin. In 1964 he was elected associate of the Royal Ulster Academy. A memorial exhibition was arranged by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland at Queen's University in 1968. For further reading see Snoddy, p.364-365
Samuel John Lamorna Birch RA RWS (1869-1955) A COOL SPOT AT CLAPPER MILL, LAMORNA, CORNWALL, 1941 oil on board signed and dated lower left; signed and titled on reverse 14½ x 17½in. (36.83 x 44.45cm) Collection of George and Maura McClelland Lamorna Birch was born in Egremont, Cheshire, England. He was self-taught as an artist, except for a brief period of study at the Académie Colarossi in Paris during 1895. Birch settled in Lamorna, Cornwall in 1892. Many of his most famous pictures date from this time and the beautiful Lamorna Cove is usually their subject matter. He was attracted to Cornwall by the Newlyn group of artists but he ended up starting a second group based around his adopted home of Lamorna. He exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1893, was elected as an Associate (ARA) in 1926 and made a Royal Academician (RA) in 1934, and showed more than two hundred paintings there.[ He held his first one-man exhibition at the Fine Art Society in 1906 and is said to have produced more than 20,000 pictures. Like a number of his contemporaries, he was profiled as an 'Artist of Note' in The Artist magazine, by Richard Seddon, in the June 1944 edition. The exhibition Shades of British Impressionism Lamorna Birch and his Circle was shown at Warrington Museum & Art Gallery in the Mezzanine in October 2004. This details his links with Henry Scott Tuke and Thomas Cooper Gotch and many others who settled in the artists' colony in the 1880s and 1890s. "These painters helped to change the face of British art. Their emphasis on colour and light, truth and social realism brought about a revolution in British art." says the catalogue for the show.
George Finch Mason (1850-1915) HUMOURS OF THE HUNTING FIELD [1886] first edition publication 14 x 19½in. (35.56 x 49.53cm) Collection of George and Maura McClelland Published by Messers Fores, 41 Piccadilly W., 1886. First edition, with pictorial wood engraved titlepage, 16 wood engraved hunting plates by Finch Mason printed on a tinted ground and a pictorial wood engraved advertisement leaf at end, oblong folio, original half brown cloth with coloured pictorial paper covered upper cover and plain paper covered lower cover. Shows extensive wear to the boards; however the 16 plates remain in good condition.
Cyril Henry Barraud (1877-1965): Temple Bar, London, etching, hand signed in pencil, 21 x 17 cm. Note: During the First World War, Barraud served with The Artists' Rifles & was commissioned in the The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada (43 Battalion) &, after being wounded in the left leg, was posted to the Canadian War Office as an official war artist.
Empire Pool Wembley Arena 1933 Opening Memorabilia: One off opportunity to obtain from the opening ceremony a VIP Empire Pool + Sports Arena programme with red white and blue ribbons to spine. The photos inside the stunning hardbacked brochure are beautiful and incredibly in this lot are 5 original press photos with 4 of them being artists impressions. The Stadium which started off as the Worlds largest swimming pool (hence Empire Pool commenced) was started in 1933 and opened in 1934. Enclosed is the menu to the opening Luncheon and the table plan which was held at the Dorchester Hotel. Included are 4 programmes for the first four days. C/W 1934 opening of Brighton Swimming pool brochure. Excellent condition must view.
Derby County 1970s Football Programme Newspapers: Rare chance to get the Newspaper style programmes that Derby made in the 70s. There are nearly 500 with duplication and the condition is excellent with many not even been folded. Didn’t see any writing or tears on first look. Many rare issues with a dealer or ebayer surely returning way into 4 figures. Breakdown starts with first year of papers which was Championship season of 71/72 x 70, 72/73 x 38, 73/74 x 26, 74/75 (champions) x 24, 75/76 x 86, 76/77 x 57, 77/78 x 52, 78/79 x 39, 79/80 x 30, 80/81 x 38 and 16 more. (476)
Derby County 1970s Football Programme Newspapers + Binders: Incredibly rare original very large binders to hold the hard to get Newspaper style programmes that Derby used in the 70s. The first binder has 71/72 on it and the other 6 do not have a year but do have Derby County embossed to the front. There are possibly 100 programmes enclosed in these binders. These programmes are hard to obtain and are always the away programme you need in the 70s if you collect a different club that played them. Derby won the 1st division Championship in 71/72 and 74/75.
England 1966 Signed Squad Menu: The first ever reunion in 1982 organised by Gordon Banks was attended by all players except Jack Charlton according to newspaper insert included. There are 2 menu booklets of which the front of one is signed by Ramsey, Greaves, Bobby Moore and in fact all of the 11 that played excluding Stiles, J Charlton & Hurst. The second brochure is signed to the rear by Gordon Banks only. (2)
Arsenal Home Pre War Football Programme Collection: Lovely private collection of 32 programmes without duplication of first team home programmes from 1928/29 to 38/39. Kept in collectors hand made binder most programmes are very good with one having punch holes and a couple having staple problems. Certainly not the usual rotten staples and folds the vendor has tried to purchase the best copies. (32)
Early 1960s Football Autograph Collection: Vendor collected these two scrapbooks personally in the early 60s. They are small and large individual and team groups from various publications often collected in 61/62. Stuck down in an organised fashion into teams. First scrapbook has Luton Bristol City Derby Charlton Arsenal QPR Leicester Notts County Chelsea Hull Grimsby Bristol Rovers Shrewsbury Walsall Brentford Northampton West Ham Bury Peterborough Cardiff Mansfield Bournemouth Sheff Utd and Norwich and has 670 + autographs. Second scrapbook has Arsenal Brighton Raith Crystal Palace Charlton Southampton Falkirk Peterborough Portsmouth Sunderland Ipswich Liverpool Orient Notts Forest Newcastle Northampton Leeds Rotherham Shrewsbury Swansea Tottenham and Norwich and has over 400. Worth a look. (est 1100)
West Ham Signed Debut Programme Collection: A lot of time put into this collection from the 60s and 70s. Each player has signed the cover of their first game with the Hammers. Includes Presland, Coker, Stephenson, Burkett, Heffer, Hugo, Bennett, Dear, Parks, Brabrook, Peters, Holland, Brooking, Tyler and others. (30)
Southend United Complete Home Football Programmes 1949/50 - 2008/2009: 100% complete of all League, League Cup and FA Cup including all the rarities like 55/56 Watford single sheet which vendor payed £100+ for. Excellent condition with the first 6 seasons played at the Stadium before Roots Hall opened in 1954. 20 binders included in this rare chance to obtain 60 complete seasons. Programmes after 2009 included. Very Good. (est 1400+)

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