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Lot 240
Pogany (Willy).-Wagner (Richard) Tannhaüser 15 (of 16) mounted coloured plates" illustrations and decorations in red and black 1911; The Tale of Lohengrin 8 mounted coloured plates coloured illustrations and decorations [1913] the illustrations all by Willy Pogany original decorated cloth the first lacking top of spine other minor defects " small folio(2)
Lot 252
Irving (Washington) Rip Van Winkle first edition" second impression 50 colour plates by Arthur Rackham one double-page original pictorial cloth gilt some spotting to cloth slight wear Heinemann 1916 § Grimm (Brothers) Little Brother & Little Sister first trade edition 12 coloured plates by Arthur Rackham inscription original pictorial cloth gilt bookplate 1917 § Ingoldsby (Thomas) The Ingoldsby Legends second edition 3rd issue 24 colour plates by Arthur Rackham inscription to front free endpaper original pictorial cloth gilt slightly worn spine darkened 1912 " 4to(3)
Lot 254
Evans (Charles Seddon) Cinderella rackham first trade edition" with an original signed pen and ink drawing by Arthur Rackham tipped-in colour frontispiece and silhouette illustrations by Arthur Rackham 3 double-page illustrations printed in three colours original drawing on half-title dated `20.12.19` original cloth-backed pictorial boards slightly rubbed upper cover spotted dust-jacket spine ends and corners chipped upper corner of lower panel with small section missing a few other creases and nicks morocco-backed cloth slip-case 4to William Heinemann " 1919.
Lot 263
Robinson (William Heath) Bill the Minder first edition" 16 coloured plates and illustrations in text by the author occasional spotting tear to first illustrated page after front free endpaper affecting image original pictorial cloth gilt pictorial label on upper cover extremities a little rubbed spine faded ink inscription to front free endpaper bookplate Constable & Co. Ltd. 1912; Kingsley (Charles) The Water-Babies first edition 8 coloured plates original decorated cloth hinges cracked foxed throughout slightly rubbed 1915 " 4to. (2)
Lot 301
Codd (Mike) Four watercolour drawings depicting T.E. Lawrence leading a group on camels for "The March on Aqaba"; a pilot in an open cockpit for "Dawn Patrol" a man climbing out of a rough sea for "The Survivor"; and a young boy seated with a kitten and a man holding a dagger amidst ruined buildings for "The Silver Sword" all with paper mounts the first three with monochrome proofs 375mm. by 267mm. ***The stories were published by Octopus Books " probably in 1979.
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Lot 331
Hobday (Col. E.A.) [With the Guns West and East] bound group of original artwork for 23 of the 24 illustrations supplied for the account of life during WW1 in Northern France" India and the Middle East by "Arnewood" (Lt. Col. Montague Cooke) pen and ink with monochrome ink wash heightened with body white v.s. all initialled and dated corners set into album leaves a list of recipients of presentation copies of the published book inscribed in pencil on the front free endpaper with 3 appreciative autograph letters of acknowledgment of reciept of a copy signed by W. Evans of the Royal Artillery Institution Lord Playfair and Enid Dawnay all loosely inserted with a letter from The Times advertisement department with attached classified advertisement cutting for the publication also loosely inserted cloth-backed plain blue boards rubbed 4to 1923; with a published copy of With the Guns West and East numbered 26 of an edition of 200 26 b&w illustrations by Lt-Col. E.A. Hobday and L. Raven Hill later inscription on half title uniformly bound in cloth-backed blue boards title label pasted onto upper board 4to Plymouth The Mayflower Press 1923(2) ***The classified ad describes the work as "a vivid story of Loos and a first hand account of the taking of Jerusalem. The author dwells particularly upon the doings of the 15th (Highland) 34th and 60th (London) Divisions. Visits to India and Germany add to the interest of a plain " unvarnished tale of considerable merit.".
Lot 342
Jacobs (Helen) Four ink drawings the larger designs depicting a young man and a girl in a graveyard" and a young man talking to a king watched by courtiers the others of an elderly woman talking to a girl seated in her bed and a young man giving alms to a family all signed the first and third in card mounts approximately 310mm. by 210mm. or 200mm. by 315mm. ***The drawing s are all to illustrate The Wings of Morning by Viola Bayley published in 1937 the first and last for "Foolish John"; the second for "The Story of Timothy Teazle" " and the third for "Red and White Roses".
Lot 344
Jones (Frederick C.) An extensive collection of au comprising fifteen autograph letters in ink or pencil" 44 pages 8vo 4to and folio 1931-1949 reminiscing about their art-college days discussing their own work his pieces shown at the Royal Academy and other exhibitions his teaching at Pudsey drawings reproduced in the "The English People" and "English Cities and Small Towns" giving many samples of his invented "Goya titles" such as "Lisbon peashooter repairer bending a glass haddock" and sending copies of his humorous drawings sometimes the originals "They are a sacrifice but you are worthy of them" the letters illustrated with 20 drawings with another 110 on separate sheets two photographs of his work and two etchings captioned and signed 1928 and 1930 various sizes ***Frederick C. Jones studied at the Royal Academy and worked as a war artist during the first world war. He later taught at Pudsey School of Art. The drawings include several in ink and watercolour the remainder in ink or pencil the majority cartoons illustrating nonsensical captions with others depicting absurd machines " and humorous domestic scenes and characters.
Lot 357
Ogle (Richard Bertram) 8 original artworks original artwork for a ballet scene" with another Study from life of Pavlova and Novikoff the latter dated Covent Garden 1923 also with 6 other comic and romantic pieces watercolour and gouache with pen and ink Pavlova and Novikoff in pen and black ink with charcoal only v.s. 220 x 140mm. to 340 x 250mm. all signed and two dated three also signed on verso two with address four with artist`s inkstamp on verso c.1923(8) ***Richard Bertram Ogle (1889-1976) trained at the R.A. Schools but turned to illustrating as a career when one as portrait artist failed ot materialise. He illustrated Enid Blyton`s very rare and little known first book `Sports and Games` in 1923 and had a long association with The Boys` Own Paper and Old Moore`s Almanack " as well as the Graphic and The Children`s Newspaper. .
Lot 371
Robinson (William Heath) Two ink drawings one of an elderly bearded man in a long coat" the other a man three-quarter length his face with a puzzled expression in card mounts 205mm. by 79mm. and 146mm. by 81mm. ***The first drawing is reproduced in The Works of Francois Rabelais 1904 " vol. 1 page 166. The other appears to be an unused design for the same work.
Lot 423
Ravilious/Richards (J.M.) High Street first edition" 24 colour lithograph plates and plain wood-engraved title vignette by Eric Ravilious neat ink signature on front pastedown original pictorial boards lightly rubbed at corners and edges small crack across spine and very slightly frayed at head and foot but generally a good copy 8vo Curwen Press for Country Life Ltd. " 1938. ***One of the best examples of Ravilious` experimentations with colour lithography produced for the Curwen Press.
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Lot 439
Ricketts.Beyond the Threshold" 1/150 b`ing 1929 first edition [one of 150 copies] 5 plates by Charles Ricketts original burgundy morocco elaborately ruled and blocked in gilt to a design by Charles Ricketts signed at foot t.e.g. others uncut joints and corners worn spine scuffed and chipped at head and foot large 8vo privately printed at the Curwen Press [1929]. ***Dialogues of the dead between Flaubert Nietzsche and Oscar Wilde " amongst others.
Lot 447
Davis.Kendrew of York and his chapbooks one of 485 copies" without the card folder containing 3 facsimile chapbooks Wetherby Elemete Press 1988 Crocker (A.) and Martin Kane. The Diaries of James Simmons: Paper Maker of Haslemere 1831-1868 one of 210 copies Oxshott Tabard Press 1990 § Battye (Christine) The Brewhouse Private Press 1963-1983 one of 120 copies Wymondham 1984 illustrations original cloth the first with slip-case; and 7 others mostly pamphlets " 4to & 8vo(10)
Lot 453
Moore(T.S.)Brief Account.Eragny Press" 1903 one of 235 copies wood-engraved illustrations occasional light spotting (mostly to text) endpapers browned original floral patterned-paper boards uncut spine spotted and a little rubbed 8vo Eragny Press " 1903. ***Bibliographical list of those books printed in the Vale type by the press. This was the first book printed in the Brook Type.
Lot 462
Clay.Sonnets and Verses" ill.Gill GCP 1925 number 270 of 450 copies wood-engraved illustrations by Eric Gill bookplate of E.F.Armstrong original cloth-backed boards spine label chipped very slight fading or staining to edges of boards Waltham St.Lawrence 1925 § Fielding (Henry) A Journey from this World to the Next number 487 of 500 copies engraved plates by Denis Tegetmeier original pictorial buckram gilt t.e.g. spine a little browned 1930 § Aesop. The Fables number 346 of 350 copies wood-engraved illustrations by Celia Fiennes original buckram-backed boards dust-jacket spotted and browned 1926 all uncut Waltham St.Lawrence Golden Cockerel Press; and another from the press " 8vo & 4to(4) ***The first was the book for 1925 crowned by the Double Crown Club and contains a label to that effect.
Lot 467
Gill (Eric) The Lord`s Song: a Sermon one of 500 copies" wood-engraved frontispiece by Eric Gill bookplate of T. Birkett on front paste-down original prospectus loosely inserted original cream cloth gilt uncut preserved in glacene wrapper [Chanticleer 92] 8vo Golden Cockerel Press " 1934. ***The first book printed by the Golden Cockerel Press in Gill`s Perpetua Roman and Felicity Italic types.
Lot 494
Milton.Poems in English" 2v N`such 1926 2 vol. original vellum-backed patterned-paper boards 1926 § Wycherley (William) The Complete Works 4 vol. 1924 § Otway (Thomas) The Complete Works 3 vol. 1926 § Wilmot (John Earl of Rochester) Collected Works 1926 § Vanbrugh (Sir John) The Complete Works 4 vol. 1927-28 limited editions some plates endpapers browned all but the first original buckram-backed boards all uncut some spines faded the second with frayed glacine wrappers Nonesuch Press; and another from the press " 8vo & 4to(15)
Lot 510
Morison.Calligr.Models of Ludovico degli Arrighi introduction by Stanley Morison" one of 300 copies illustrations original vellum-backed paste-paper boards uncut [Appleton 54] Paris privately printed by the Officina Bodoni at Montagnola di Lugano for Frederic Warne 1926 § oldschmidt (E.P.) The Printed Book of the Renaissance Cambridge 1950 § Goudy ()F.W.) The Alphabet a little damp-stained 1922 § Bartlett (E.E.) The Typographic Treasures in Europe one of 585 copies New York & London 1925 plates and illustrations all but the first original cloth or cloth-backed boards the second with dust-jacket all but the first rubbed; and 13 others typography etc. " v.s.(17)
Lot 514
White.Natural History of Selborne" 1972 illustrations by John Nash original calf-backed boards printed by W.S.Cowell Ltd. of Ipswich 1972 § Cawley (A.C. editor) Sir Gawain and the Green Knight illustrations by Cyril Satorsky original cloth New York 1971 § Evelyn (John) Acetaria: A Discourse of Sallets one of 300 copies original morocco-backed boards by Gray Parrot uncut Dallas Still Point Press printed by the Bird & Bull Press 1985 the first two limited editions signed by the artists and for the Limited Editions Club with slip-cases; and 2 others American presses " 4to & 8vo(5)
Lot 541
Newton (James) Alexis`s Paradise or a Trip to the Garden of Love at Vaux-Hall" first edition? [1722?] § Love and Friendship or the Lucky Recovery first edition? 1754 § [Bickerstaffe (Isaac)] Love in the City second edition 1767 bound with four other plays of the same period contemporary calf lacking covers 8vo § The English Theatre vol. 4 and 6-8; part 2 vol. 2 3 5 and 6; part 3 vol. 2-5 12 vol. in all each containing four separately printed plays and general title 18 engraved frontispieces one vol. affected by damp contemporary calf gilt covers of one vol. loose 12mo W. Feales 1731-1732 § The Theatrical Review or New Companion to the Playhouse vol. 1 wrappers 12mo 1772 § The Drama or Theatrical Pocket Magazine vol. 4 engraved pictorial title-page and 7 portraits contemporary half calf spine defective 12mo 1823; and two others 8vo and 12mo(16) ***The plays in The English Theatre were printed by J. Tonson B. Lintot and others " 1718-1733.
Lot 542
[Addison (Joseph)] Remarks third edition" contemporary panelled calf upper cover loose 12mo 1726 § Sharpe (Samuel) Letters from Italy describing the Custom and Manners of that Country second edition contemporary calf rebacked 8vo 1767 § [Prevost (Antoine François)] Histoire du Chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut 2 parts in one vol. first title-page soiled later sheep-backed boards with circular Craig bookplate 24mo Londres 1782 § Campardon (Emile) Madame de Pompadour et la Cour de Louis XV engraved frontispiece half vellum original printed wrappers bound in 8vo Paris 1867 § Lossow (H.) Metamorphosen title-page contents and 12 mounted plates loose in original portfolio joints split folio Munich 1884; and seven others " various sizes(12)
Lot 546
Lloyd`s Singer`s Companion no. 5 and 8; The Apollo" or National Songster; The Gondola the first three with folding woodcut frontispiece coloured by hand original wrappers E. Lloyd [c.1836-1840] § Fairburn`s Comic Highflier for 1837 The Songsters` Olio for 1838; The Harmonist`s Preceptor 5 issues John Fairburn [c.1840] § The Singer`s Penny Magazine edited by T. Prest 4 parts each with humorous wood-engraved illustration stitched together G. Drake [c. 1836] § The London Singer`s Magazine edited by John Labern 24 parts all but the last with humorous wood-engraved illustration by Robert Cruikshank and others the last with title-page and index John Dumcombe [1838-1839]; and twelve others 8vo § Hood (Thomas) Hood`s Comic Annual for 1868 and 1870-1881 13 vol. bound in 3 contributions by Thomas Hood W.S. Gilbert G. Manville Fenn and others illustrations by Ernest Griset J. G. Thomson J. Moyr Smith and others contemporary half roan covers loose small 4to 1868-1881 " 8vo and 4to(51)
Lot 551
Calvert (Walter) Sir Henry Irving a record of over twenty years at the Lyceum Theatre" first edition number 131 of 300 copies illustrations original padded morocco g.e. 8vo 1897. ***The book contains many comments on the illustrations written by Edward Gordon Craig in 1951. A few comments are favourable but many illustrations are dismissed as "rubbish" "thoroughly bad" "rather less than Irving & more like Chas. Wyndham" "quite inadequate" " etc. The book is summed up at the end with "Its not well written but it is full of thorough rubbish with a few bits here and there reliable". A number of the comments are signed with initials.
Lot 559
Craig (Edward Gordon) The Art of the Theatre first edition" 7 plates a few leaves loose original pictorial wrappers 1905; De Kunst van het Theater 6 plates and decorations in text some pencil annotations in Dutch original wrappers Amsterdam 1906; On the Art of the Theatre 16 plates original cloth-backed boards dust jacket with circular Craig bookplate and loosely inserted Christmas card by Teddy Craig 1925; Another edition portrait frontispiece and 7 new plates original cloth 1957; O sztuce teatru portrait and 8 plates original boards Warsaw 1964 § Scenografia vol.1 and 3 selected sections interleaved and extra-illustrated by Craig sheep with bookplate and ownership inscription dated 1915 annotated and inscribed "For Teddy 1962" n.d. " 8vo(7)
Lot 562
Craig (Edward Gordon).-She Stoops to Conquer interleaved copy extensively annotated by Edward Gordon Craig with stage directions and revisions to the text for a production of the play" title-page removed cloth titled and signed on upper cover by Craig n.d. § Impatient Poverty edited by John S. Farmer interleaved copy with Edward Gordon Craig`s comments on the text and spelling original boards Privately Printed 1909 " 8vo(2) ***The annotations in the first volume were made by Craig during preparations for his role as Young Marlow in Granville-Barker`s production of the play in 1897.
Lot 564
Craig (Edward Gordon) A Living Theatre first edition" illustrations original wrappers uncut a fine unopened copy Florence 1913; Ellen Terry and her Secret Self first edition plates "A Plea for G.B.S." in pocket inside lower cover original buckram gilt slightly stained [1931] § Yeats (W.B.) Plays for an Irish Theatre first edition 4 plates by Edward Gordon Craig original buckram-backed boards spine soiled label on spine worn uncut 1911; Another copy second impression 1913 8vo(4) ***The first Yeats volume contains a loosely inserted wood-engraving by Craig " depicting a man entering a dark room with a cloaked figure leaning over a table.
Lot 566
Craig (Edward Gordon).- Drawings and Models (exhibition catalogue with preface and foreword by Craig)" 6 plates text foxed one description cut from text original wrappers small 4to Leeds 1913 § Rose (Enid) Gordon Craig and the Theatre plates original cloth 8vo [1931] § Marotti (Ferruccio) Appia e Craig presentation copy inscribed by the author to Edward Craig illustrations original wrappers small 4to Venice 1963 § Craig (Edward) Gordon Craig the Story of his Life the author`s proof copy of the first edition with his extensive revisions and corrections original wrappers 8vo 1968; Another copy marked in pencil with cuts for the continent 8vo 1968 § Müller-Krumbach (Renate) Harry Graf Kessler und die Cranach-Presse in Weimar plates original cloth folio Hamburg 1969 § Loeffler (Michael Peter) Gordon Craigs frühe Versuche zur Uberwindung des Bühnenrealismus plates original boards 8vo Bern 1969 § Craig (Ellen Gordon) Edward Gordon Craig: The Last Eight Years limited to 345 copies this one of 65 for Edward Craig presentation copy inscribed "For Tom from Gramp with love" portait frontispiece original cloth-backed boards 8vo Whittington Press 1983; and three others " various sizes(11)
Lot 569
Blok (Aleksandr) Les Douze traduit du russe par Serge Romoff" limited to 510 copies this not numbered 7 mounted illustrations by Mikhail Larionov original wrappers lacking upper cover uncut unopened 4to Paris 1920 § Maurois (André) The Island of the Articoles translated by Richard Garnett first English edition four full-page wood-engravings by Edward Carrick original cloth dust jacket with repeated illustration slightly frayed 8vo 1928 § Heine (Heinrich) Portrait of Heine: Translations by Humbert Wolf number 500 of 500 copies signed by the translator original roan t.e.g. Cresset Press 1930 § Dawe (Cerdic) Conté presentation copy inscribed by the author to Edward Craig illustrations original boards dust jacket 4to The Studio 1956 § A Garland for Jake Zeitlin edited by J.M. Edelstein limited to 800 copies presentation copy inscribed by Jake Zeitlin to Edward and Mary Craig with the accompanying A.L.s. 4pp. 8vo Nov.16 1977 original cloth 8vo Los Angeles 1967; and seven others " 8vo and 4to(12)
Lot 571
Craig (Edward Gordon) The Mask vol.2 no.4-6" 7-9 no.10-12 (2 copies) vol.9 and vol.12 no.3 illustrations by Edward Gordon Craig and others fore-margins of two issues cut down affecting side notes vol.9 in contemporary sheep-backed boards original wrappers bound in the remainder in original wrappers vol. 9 with the ownership inscription "Teddy 1923" vol.12 no.3 inscribed "not too bad EGC 1959 (reread)" folio and 4to 1909-1926; A Living Theatre first edition illustrations original wrappers upper cover loose uncut Florence 1913 § Guidry (Lorelei) The Mask: introduction and index 2 copies one with the bookplate of Teddy Craig original cloth New York 1968; and two periodicals with contributions by Craig " various sizes(11)
Lot 572
Craig (Edward).- The Mask Prospectus contemporary boards" inscribed on endleaf by Edward Craig "My first "pasteup" job..EC 1924" small 8vo Florence 1924 § Carrick (Edward) The Theatre a Survey.. autograph dummy for the title-page contents and 6 leaves all but one with one or more ink drawings original wrappers 16mo n.d. ; A small sketchbook with four drawings another on upper cover original parchment-backed boards small oblong 8vo; a notebook with extensive entries and loosely inserted material relating to E.W. Godwin the compiler`s grandfather original cloth-backed boards 4to § Morrison (R. Boyd) Pencil portrait of Edward Craig head and shoulders in profile inscribed to Edward Carrick signed and dated 1928 393mm. by 298mm. § Fargeon (Herbert) Synopsis for "Miss Astley" typescript 5pp. 4to with extensive revisions by Edward Craig a photograph and a reproduction of two of his set designs for the review and other related material § Smedley (Constance) The Ladies of Edinburgh four inserted crayon and wash drawings by Edward Craig lifting to form a three-dimensional set design for the play original wrappers 8vo 1939 " various sizes(7)
Lot 574
Craig (Edward) "Edward Carrick". translated by Richard Garnett" first English edition four full-page wood-engravings by Edward Carrick original cloth dust jacket with repeated illustration sample pages loosely inserted 1928 § Review of Revues and other Matters edited by C.B. [Cochran] illustrations and decorations by Edward Carrick and others calendar at end by Edward Bawden 4pp. with Carrick illustration removed original cloth-backed boards 1930 § Sitwell (Dame Edith) In Spring number 226 of 305 copies; Blunden (Edmund) In Summer limited to 305 copies this marked "Xtra"; Palmer (Herbert) In Autumn number 88 of 260 copies; Davies (W.H.) In Winter limited to 305 copies this one of 15 on hand-made paper 4 vol. first editions each signed by the author the last three also by the artist illustrations by Edward Carrick those in the first wood-engraved original boards spine of the second worn 1931 § Known Signatures new poems edited by John Gawsworth (including the four season poems above) copy G of 80 copies signed by the editor endpapers designed by Edward Carrick original boards edges worn t.e.g. 1932 " 8vo(7)
Lot 575
Craig (Edward Gordon) Henry Irving first edition" presentation copy inscribed by the author to his daughter "Nelly from P. X September 1930" plates illustrations in text original buckram dust jacket 8vo 1930. ***This book has the recipient`s transcriptions of Craig`s annotations in his own copy " and the bookplate of Teddy Craig. .
Lot 582
Pictorial Music Covers A collection of including: The Life of a Soldier and The Life of a Sailor" each cover with 9 lithographed illustrations coloured by hand stitched together the first soiled and worn; The Battle March tinted lithograph depicting the Triumphant Entry into Delhi; Alma a Battle Piece tinted lithograph by S. Rosenthal depicting the battle cover only; The Retreat from St. Jean d`Acre lithographed illustration of an Arab horseman cover only; Honour to the Brave with portraits of Major Bromhead and Major Chard; The Prince of Wales` Own coloured lithograph portrait by Stannard & Dixon; The Mafeking March with portrait of Baden-Powell; The King`s Colonials I.Y. March depicting a mounted Australian soldier; The Military Lancers depicting various soldiers below a statue of Britannia; "Be British" depicting the "Titanic" 1912 all complete with music unless otherwise stated somewhat worn and soiled; and 17 others including a further seven military subjects; I Wonder where my Baby is Tonight 1925; and Hearts and Flowers 1932 " folio (27)
Lot 583
Barbier (George) Ink drawing of Nijinsky on stage in Harlequin costume with Pierrot" heightened with Chinese white signed "Larry" framed and glazed 282mm. by 183mm. ***The drawing depicts a scene from "Le Carnival" first staged by the Russian Ballet in 1910. It is reproduced in Barbier`s Dessins sur les Dances de Vaslav Nijinsky with text by Francis de Miomandre Paris " 1913.
Lot 606
Dighton (Robert) Forty-eight etched portaits including Mr. Cooke as Richard III" 1800; Mr. Braham as Orlando 1802; Madame Catalani in "Semiramide" 1806; Mrs. Siddons in "Pizarro" 1799; Mr. Kemble as Pizarro 1799; and "Hamlet in Scotland" 1794; Agamemmnon the Great [William Dalrimple] 1804; A First Rate Man of War [Admiral Young] 1809; The Major part of the Town of Portsmouth [Charles Ashurst] 1809; A Celebrated Public Orator [William Crowe] 1808; George the IIIrd aged 72 1810; A view of a Temple near Buckingham [1st Marquess of Buckingham]; and others including 22 Oxford and Cambridge personalities and 9 other military subjects early nineteen century issues coloured by hand most of the subjects identified in a barely legible hand bound in one vol. with a few fashion plates etc. pasted to versos contemporary roan-backed cloth stitching defective upper cover loose folio " 1794-1812.
Lot 614
Mathews`s Gallery of Theatrical Portraits a large album (the spine titled as above)" with c.375 engraved etched mezzotint and lithographed portraits including Charles and John Bannister Master Betty Colley Cibber Mrs Clive Robert Elliston Miss Farren David Garrick John Henderson Edmund Kean John Kemble John Liston Charles Macklin Charles Mathews John Moody Mrs Oldfield Mrs Siddons Henry Woodward Mrs Yates and many others after Dighton De Wilde Zoffany (a group of large mezzotints most trimmed close and with other defects) Opie Lawrence Romney Gainsborough Hudson Northcote and others a few hand-coloured or printed in colours various sizes up to 440 x 580mm. (c.17 x 23in.) corner-mounted on album leaves with contemporary manuscript notes and printed cuttings from Charles Mathews` Gallery a few items removed first few leaves working loose last few leaves with light marginal water-staining engraved bookplate of Sir John Saunders Sebright contemporary half roan edges rubbed upper cover detached large folio (600 x 460mm.) the majority published 1770-1820 compiled c.1825. ***Exhibited: Dramatic Art: Theatrical Paintings from the Garrick Club (ex-catalogue private collection) Dulwich Picture Gallery 1997. Illustrated: [James Gillray] Mrs Siddons as Melpomene sepia aquatint 1784. Despite the absence of conclusive internal evidence this is quite possibly Mathews` own collection of theatrical portrait prints; his collection of paintings and drawings was acquired by the Garrick Club in 1835. Whatever the original provenance " the present collection provides a comprehensive picture gallery of the principal actors of the Georgian stage.
Lot 623
Acton (Harold) Five Saints and an Appendix first edition" signed presentation copy from the author and with his ink correction on verso of half-title original cloth-backed boards rubbed 1927 § Lewis (C. S.) Riddell Memorial Lectures.. The Abolition of Man Oxford University Press 1943 § Eliot (T. S.) Annual Lecture on a Master Mind.. Milton 1947 all but the first original printed wrappers spine and edges a little browned " 8vo(3)
Lot 627
Bates (H.E.) The Seekers first edition" original boards 1926; A Threshing Day one of 300 copies signed by the author 1931; The Story without an End one of 130 copies signed by the author frontispiece White Owl Press 1932 the last two original cloth all uncut all with spines a little faded or browned the first also nicked " 8vo(3)
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Lot 631
Betjeman (John) Collected Poems first edition" full-page inscription from the author to Gilbert H[arding] on front free endpaper original cloth dust-jacket 1958; and 4 others Betjeman all inscribed to Gilbert Harding plus 3 A.Ls.s. from Betjeman 2 to Gilbert & 1 about him plus a typescript poem entitled Caprice inscribed by Betjeman to Harding " v.s.(9)
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