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Click here to subscribeBROOKES, ( R.), The General Gazeteer; or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary, the Seventeenth Edition, London, 1820, together with JENNINGS, (David), Jewish Antiquities, or a course of Lectures on the three first Books of Godwin's Moses and Aaron, in two volumes in one book, London, 1766, together with BROOKS, Diana, Thomas Allom (1804-1872), 1998, and GASCOIGNE, Bamber, How to Identify Prints, 1995, (4)
A HISPANO-MORESQUE REVIVAL GILT AND POLYCHROME-PAINTED PLASTER RELIEF PLAQUE: EL MIHRAB EN EL ORATORIO DE EL PARTAL, ALHAMBRA PALACE Granada, Andalusia, Southern Spain, late 19th century, signed by Fernandez CastroOf traditional rectangular shape, moulded, carved, gilt, and polychrome-painted, the relief replicating the slightly romanticised, pre-modern conservation version of the elaborate mihrab niche in the oratory of the El Partal Palace, inside the Alhambra complex in Granada, built by the Nasrid ruler Muhammad III (r. 1302 - 09), the architectural relief characterised by typical polylobed and horseshoe arches, dense foliate arabesque patterns, muqarnas ceilings inside the main niche, polychrome stellar and geometric tile panels on the front, and several epigraphic friezes in a variety of calligraphic scripts including knotted Kufic and thuluth, some repeating the Nasrid motto Wa La Ghaliba Illa-llah (there is no Conqueror but Allah), signed by the maker Fernandez Castro in the lower left corner, set in a black wooden frame, 46cm x 34.5cm x 12cm including the frame. 46cm x 34.5cm x 12cm including the frame Qty: 1 No clear evidence of damage, breaks, cracks or restoration under UV lights, the gilding shiny and well-preserved, the pigments strong and vibrant, no major chips or losses to the facade, a small crack appearing to the left of the marble step next to the maker's signature, some superficial crackles to the paint of the architectural tiles in the lower parts of the wall, the frame with evidence of wear, rubbing and some scuff marks to the corners and outer edges. Overall a very attractive example in very good conditions.
Penprase ( D & J.) Harbour to Harbour pub. Flagstaff Porthleven, signed by both authors; Harbour to Harbour vol. 2, signed; and a selection of Porthleven related receipts and paperwork including Rowe Yacht and Boatbuilder of Porthleven 1895 receipt, laying of the corner stones at the Weslyan Chapel Porthleven 1881, R. Kittow and Sons Ship, Yacht and Boatbuilders Porthleven 1916 receipt and other related paperwork etc.
Essex House Press. A Mornynge Remembraunce, compyled by the Reverent Fader in God, Johan Fysher Bishop of Rochester, Essex House Press, 1906, frontispiece by C. R. Ashbee, printed in red and black, original vellum, slight toning to spine, 8vo, presentation inscription at front 'Nina from Maur, August 1921', limited edition,67/125, together with The Hymn of Bardaisan, rendered into English by F. Crawford Burkitt, Essex House Press, 1899. woodcut initial, printed in red and black, unopened, original boards, spine a little toned, small indentations to rear cover, 8vo, limited edition of 300, plus The Picture of Kebes the Theban, Essex House Press, 1906, printed in red and black, bookplate of Thomas Edward and Catharine Hodgkin, original boards, 8vo, limited edition of 50, this copy presented to M(r) Enthoven, together with Ashbee (C.R., editor). The Manual of the Guild and School of Handicraft: being a guide to county councils and technical teachers, London: Cassell & Company, 1892, title with woodcut device of the Guild, 16 pp. publisher’s catalogue at rear, light spotting to half-title, with an 8pp. printed Guild booklet extract loosely inserted at front, containing a Preface by G. F. Watts, introduction and course of lectures (pages numbered 9-[16]), and a 3pp. printed order form for the Guild's volume of Transactions loosely inserted at rear, uncut and untrimmed, original printed pale brown wrappers, in very good condition, 8vo, plus 4 others including A Bibliography of the Essex House Press... from the year 1898 to 1904, Essex House Press, 1904, Report on the Work of the Campden School of Arts and Crafts 1903-04, Essex House Press, 1904 anf Reprint of an Article in 'Handicraft' by Mr. Frederic Allen Whiting, Secretary of the Arts and Crafts Society of Boston, Massachusetts... Essex House Press, 1904, all ex-libris of John AveryQTY: (8)NOTE:A Mornynge Remembraunce is inscribed by the Arts and Crafts etcher F. L. Griggs (1876-1938) to his wife Nina Griggs.The Manual of the Guild and School of Handicraft provenance: John Avery, F.C.A., Woodford Green, Essex, with his printed label to inside front cover of the first volume, and to final leaf of the three printed booklets.Tomkinson 66, 3 & 71 respectively for the first three Essex House Press titles.
Martin (George R. R.). 'A Song of Ice and Fire': A Game of Thrones; A Clash of Kings; A Storm of Swords; A Feast for Crows, A Dance With Dragons, 1st US editions, New York: Bantam Books, 1996-2011, map endpapers, original boards, dust jackets, 8voQTY: (5)NOTE:Each signed to title by the author. A fine set.
Newbery (E., printer). The Toy-Shop; or, Sentimental Preceptor containing some choice trifles, for the instruction and amusement of every little miss and master, London: E Newbery, circa 1787, frontispiece and other black & white illustrations throughout, ownership inscription to verso of frontispiece 'Margaret Meux 1880' in brown ink, juvenile marks in pencil to lower margin of rear pastedown, including dedication page after title-page, small loss to lower E8 just touching text, advertisements to final seven pages, original dutch floral boards, some light wear, some loss of spine at foot, 16moQTY: (1)NOTE:Gumuchian 5611 and Roscoe J357, (2). R. J. could be Richard Johnson, anonymous author of Juvenile Rambles - Roscoe.
Lubbock (J. G.) Love for the Earth, London: Bertram Rota, 1990, 11 hand-coloured copper plates, including 5 double-page, 2 plates (one coloured and signed) loosely inserted, top edge gilt, original morocco-backed cloth gilt, slipcase, 4to, limited signed edition 85/95, together with Stone (Reynolds, illustrator). Boxwood, illustrated in verse by Sylvia Townsend Warner, London: Monotype Corporation, 1957, 16 wood-engravings, a few light spots, original cloth gilt, 8vo, limited edition of 500, plus Warner (Sylvia Townsend). Elinor Barley, Cresset Press, 1930, 5 drypoint plates by I. R. Hodgkins, original parchment-backed marbled boards, acetate wrapper, slipcase (rubbed), small folio, limited signed edition 110/350, with others including In Shakespeare's Company, Poems by Elizabeth Jennings, Celandine Press, 1985 (limited edition 16/250), The Sailor's Return, by David Garnett, 1925 (limited signed edition 15/160), Joan Hassall Engravings and Drawings, by David Chambers, Pinner Private Libraries Association, 1985 (limited edition of 2500), Thomas Hardy's Under the Greenwood Tree or Mellstock Quire, illustrated by Clare Leighton, 1940 and other illustrated books, Golden Cockerel reference etc QTY: (18)
* Jigsaw. Kindness to Animals, [J.W. Barfoot], circa 1863, 40-piece wooden jigsaw puzzle, with hand-coloured lithograph of two children in the centre feeding three ponies from a bucket, surrounded by other vignettes of children interacting with animals and birds, titled to lower margin, toned, 5 lugs broken off, 4 crudely attached to receiving piece, the other lacking (and the 2 pieces taped together), 1 edge piece with some black spotting, 27 x 36 cm, housed in original wooden box, top of one side of box missing, colour illustration to sliding lid (scratched), verso of lid with pencil inscription 'Godfrey Tindall from his Aunt Mrs Charles Harris Novr. 26. 1863', and a further ink inscription to base of box mentioning Edward and James Tindall, dated 1884, 23 x 18 x 4.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Rare: we have been unable to trace another for sale or sold at auction. See Hannas, The English Jigsaw Puzzle 1760-1890, for several references to a double-sided puzzle produced by Barfoot, with 'Kindness to Animals' on one side, and 'Sheep Shearing' on the other. James Richard Barfoot and his son, James Widdowfield Barfoot, were the most prolific designers and makers of dissected puzzles in England from the late 1840s onwards.
Grimmage (Peter). The Picture Book of Ships, pictured by Helen Craig, New York: The Macmillan Company, 1930, full-page colour illustrations, cartographic endpapers, portions of spotting to endpapers, original yellow cloth, dust jacket, portion of loss at head of spine, extremities frayed with a few small closed tears, 4to, together with:Harsanyi (Zsolt de). The Star-Gazer, 1st edition in English, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1939, bookplate of Elisabeth Devault Burke to front pastedown, original blue cloth gilt, dust jacket, extremities lightly rubbed, 8vo, plusHuddleston (Sisley). Europe in ZigZags, 1st edition, Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1929, 36 black and white illustrations, small ownership inscriptions to front pastedown, original pictorial beige cloth, dust jacket, lightly chipped to extremities, 8vo, withFranklyn (Irwin R.). Flight, An Epic of the Air, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1929, frontispiece, small ink notation to front free endpaper, original blue cloth, dust jacket, lightly rubbed, 8vo, with 14 other works in art deco dust jacketsQTY: (18)
Essex House Press. The Essex House Song Book, being the Collection of Songs formed for the Singers of the Guild of Handicraft by C. R. and Janet E. Ashbee, and edited by her, 10 parts in 2 volumes, London: Essex House Press, 1905, printed in red and black, woodcut initials, music score designed by Paul Woodroffe, edges untrimmed, original velum-backed paper boards, gilt lettering to spines, slightly marked, corners a little bumped, 4to QTY: (2)NOTE:Limited edition, 146/200 copies.
Gibbings (Robert). A True Tale of Love in Tonga, later edition, London: J. M. Dent, 1954, 23 monochrome engravings, inscribed with an original artwork by the author to the title front endpaper, original cloth in price-clipped dust jacket, rear cover spotted, small tear to the head of the front cover & spine, slim 8vo, together with:Coppard (A. E. & Robert Gibbings), Rummy That Noble Game, 1st edition, Bershire: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1932, monochrome engravings, signed & inscribed by Robert Gibbings 'To R. B. G from R. J. G Nov 1932' to the front endpaper, some light spotting & toning, original cloth in dust jacket, spine toned & rubbed with some minor loss, slim 8vo, un-numbered limited edition of 1000 copies, plusSigurjónsson (Jóhann), Loftur, a play, Reading: University of Reading, 1939, printed by Robert Gibbings at the University of Reading, monochrome wood engravings by S. Maberly Smith, some light spotting & toning, original red quarter morocco, boards & spine lightly rubbed, slim 8vo, and other works by or illustrated by Robert Gibbings with 8 signed by Robert Gibbings to 'Robert' or 'R. G' or 'R. B. G.', including The Wood-Engravings of Robert Gibbings, 1949, Over The Reefs,1948, Till I End My Song, 1957, Sweet Cork of Thee, 1951, 8vo, includes a hand written letter by Robert Gibbings dated 7.7.36 on headed notepaper & in envelope QTY: (13)
Tolkien (J. R. R). The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, published in The Welsh Review, Vol. IV, No. 4, edited by Gwyn Jones, December 1945, pp. 254-266, original wrappers, upper joint rubbed, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:The first printing of Tolkien's poem The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun, originally written in 1930 by the author and inspired by the mediaeval Breton lay genre.
* American playing cards. A group of 35 decks of American playing cards, late 19th - 20th century, including: Columbian Exposition Souvenir pack (SX7), Winters Art Litho, 1893, and another similar by G.W. Clark (SX6); Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of North America, probably Brown & Biglow, circa 1952; standard pack (no.188), The Russell & Morgan Printing Co., circa 1886; Currier & Ives lithographs (oversize cards), Merrimack, 1960s; Man From U.N.C.L.E. deck, Ed-U-Cards, 1965, including U.N.C.L.E. 'membership card' for Dudley Ollis; Western Playing Cards, published Marlboro Cigarettes, 1973; Jack Daniel Distillery, Lem Motlow, 1972; Reagan's Rogues Gallery, R. Billingsley, 1987 (limited edition no.169 of 350); Hawaiian Heritage Playing Cards (printed in Belgium), 1982, and others, all believed complete, a quantity of cards from each deck mounted with photo corners onto display boards (52 x 39 cm and smaller), the remainder in plastic bags, many with original boxQTY: (35)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.
Fore-Edge Painting. Goethe. Faust, New York: Frederick A. Stokes, 1890, frontispiece, vignette title, black and white illustrations, all edges gilt, fore-edge painting of a church, contemporary red full morocco gilt, rubbed with a few marks, damp-stain to foot of upper cover, 8vo, together with:Fore-Edge Painting. Gresswell (W. Parr). Memoirs of Angelus Politianus, Joannes Picus of Mirandula, 2nd edition, Manchester: R. and W. Dean, 1805, occasional spotting, all edges gilt fore-edge painting of an Italian street scene, contemporary brown cloth gilt, rubbed, 8voQTY: (2)
* Auden (Wystan Hugh, 1907-1973). Autograph Letter Signed, ‘Wystan Auden’, Kirchstetten (Westbahn), Hinterholz #6, Austria, 20 April [1967], to Anthony Rossiter, 'Many thanks for the [R. D.] Laing book which I thought excellent. Hope you will not dislike the enclosed', a little creasing, on personal stationery in blue ballpoint pen, 1 page, 4to, together with the aforementioned original typed poem by Auden, 'Prologue at Sixty', sellotape adhesion mark at head of first page not affecting legibility, 2 pages (back-to-back), small narrow folio, plus a two-page carbon copy of a different fair typed copy of the same poem, dated by Rossiter 'April 20th 1967' at head, folio, with the accompanying envelopeQTY: (3)NOTE:'Prologue at Sixty' was first published in New York Review of Books, 18 May 1967, later appearing in Auden's collection, City without Walls and Other Poems (Faber, 1969). Provenance: From the family, by direct descent. For further information please see https://www.anthonyrossiter.co.uk
Doyle (Richard). In Fairy-Land. A Series of Pictures from the Elf-World, with a Poem by William Allingham, 2nd edition, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1875, 16 colour-printed plates, occasional light spotting, contemporary presentation inscription to half-title, hinges reinforced, all edges gilt, original green cloth gilt, one or two small light stains, edges a little rubbed, folio, together with An Old Fairy Tale Told Anew in Pictures and Verse by Richard Doyle and J. R. Planche, 1st edition, [1865]QTY: (2)
* Lehmann (Rosamond, 1901-1990). A group of 7 Autograph Letters Signed and 3 Postcards Signed, 'Rosemary', and two initialled 'R', 70 Eaton Square, London, 1954/1967 and 2 undated, all to Anthony Rossiter, the earliest letter (15 January 1954) saying that she is very pleased to have been invited to open his first exhibition and later saying, 'as you know, I believed in you as an artist-to-be when you were very young. It is lovely to think you have gone on so single-mindedly, and that Gilbert Spencer, whom I used to see quite often, is encouraging you to hold an exhibition', another saying 'I am so touched by your saying that I influenced you towards adopting your present way of life. I know I played a small part - but it was you, it was yourself, your driving force and single-mindedness that really guided you!' (25 March 1963), 'I want to tell you how much The Pendulum has moved and impressed me. I usually try my best not to review books written by my friends: but this book of yours seemed to me a completely special case. I asked the literary editor of The Listener if I could review it for him - and he agreed - and I do hope you will like what I have written. It came from the heart and I took trouble with it... ' (26 July 1966), and others concerning books, art and health, etc., a total of 17 pages, mostly 8vo QTY: (10)NOTE: Provenance: From the family, by direct descent. For further information please see https://www.anthonyrossiter.co.uk
Villiers de l'Isle-Adam (Philippe Auguste de). Axel, translated into English by H. P. R. Finberg, with a preface by William Butler Yeats, limited issue, London: Jarrolds, 1925, woodcut illustrations, small previous owner inscription, endpapers toned, top edge gilt, original cream buckram gilt, a few light marks, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited signed edition, 24/500 copies.
Gregynog Press. Laboratories of the Spirit, by R. S. Thomas, Gregynog Press at the University of Wales Press, 1976, printed in red and black on Batchelor hand-made paper, initials in red and blue, a little light spotting to a few early leaves, top edge gilt, original blue morocco by Sally Lou Smith (signed in initials to rear turn-in), covers with multi-coloured morocco onlays with gilt and silver geometric shapes (very small loss to one onlay to lower cover), 4 pp. prospectus (with folds) loosely inserted, contained in publisher's morocco-backed solander box (spine faded), folio, 295 x 20 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, copy number VIII/XV copies specially bound by Sally Lou Smith, signed by the poet, from a total edition of 215.The first book under the revived imprint Gwasg Gregynog under the stewardship of Michael Hutchins, after the original Gregynog Press closed in 1940.
Tolkien (J. R. R.). The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, 1st edition, 2nd impression, 1955; The Return of the King, 1st edition, 2nd impression, November 1955, folding map at rear of each, light toning to Return of the King rear endpaper, top edge red, original cloth gilt (Return of the King spine faded, Two Towers faded at head), dust jackets, Two Towers spine toned and torn (torn strip mostly retained), Return of the King jacket torn into 3 pieces, spine toned and rubbed with chips and tears, 8voQTY: (2)
Morris (William). The Story of Cupid and Psyche, with illustrations designed by Edward Burne-Jones, mostly engraved on the wood by William Morris; the introduction by A. R. Dufty, 2 volumes plus Portfolio, London & Cambridge: Clover Hill Editions, 1974, monochrome illustrations, printed on Barcham Green handmade paper, top edge gilt, both volumes of text bound in full black morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, some minor marks, housed in original blue cloth slipcase, folio, the portfolio with an 8-page introductory text, and two suites of collotype plates and wood-engravings (loose as issued in paper folders), contained in original matching quarter black morocco solander box with blue patterned boards, gilt morocco spine label, spine a little faded at foot, folioQTY: (3)NOTE:Limited edition of 500 copies, this being one of 130 copies numbered I to CXXX with a set of collotype prints of the 47 original drawings for the work, and a set of proofs of the 44 wood published engravings. This copy numbered XIV.Printed by Will and Sebastian Carter at the Rampant Lions Press, Cambridge, in the Kelmscott Troy types cast at the foundry of the Oxford University Press from the original matrices in the possession of the Cambridge University Press. The original wood engravings are held by the Society of Antiquaries, London, and the original drawings by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
* Portuguese playing cards. Portuguese Insurrection cards, unknown maker and place, circa 1850, a complete deck of 52 stencil coloured lithographed playing cards (French suits), commemorating the Evora Monte Convention, double-ended courts, 3 queens wearing a hood or bonnet, aces each showing two different named and dated scenes or battles from the Liberal Wars (War of the Two Brothers), 4D with 40 reis tax stamp (1844-1867), dust-soiled, some minor marks, JS with dark brown stain to lower R corner, QS with small surface loss to one long edge (just affecting elbow tip), square corners, versos red dotted wiggly line and dotted flowers, each card 86 x 56 mm, 17 cards mounted with photo corners onto a display board (53.5 x 42 cm), encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of board), the remainder in a plastic bagQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.The only similar example we have found is in Frazão (2010), p. 163, the illustration of which shows a deck with very similar aces to ours, but quite different courts. Frazão also mentions another Evora Monte Convention pack which he owns, that has differing courts to those illustrated (and therefore possibly agreeing with ours).
Essex House Press. The Poems of William Shakespeare, according to the text of the original copies, including the lyrics, songs, and snatches found in his dramas, London: Essex House Press, 1899, printed in red and black, wood-engraved plate by Reginald Savage, wood-engraved initials by C. R. Ashbee, original limp vellum, spine lettered in gilt, original ties, 4to, with two loosely inserted Essex House prospectuses QTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, 564/450 copies.Tomkinson 9.
* Panorama. A Panorama of the Coronation Procession of Their Majesties, 12th May 1937, drawn by Mary McNeile for Captain J. R. Abbey, London: Chiswick Press, 1938, hand-coloured collotype and stencil strip panorama, in 12 sections, with key to official personages and officers commanding detachments, each section captioned beneath, depicting various scenes including: the State Coach conveying Their Majesties..., King's Escort Indian Army Officers, Band of Royal Marines, Royal Air Force, Canadian Mounted Police, Queen of Norway, etc., width 11 cm, length approximately 560 cm, mounted in original turned boxwood cylinder, blue silk pull tag present and intact, with colour pictorial coronation scene label (somewhat faded), neatly reinforced to verso of left hand edge (adjacent to wooden pull tab), Megan and Michael Dawson ex libris label to bottom, cylinder height 17.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Limited edition, 31/125 copies.
Vale Press. A Bibliography of the Books Issued by Hacon & Ricketts, Vale Press, 1904, wood-engraved frontispiece by Charles Ricketts, wood-engraved double-page border, printed in red and black, endpapers a little toned, original cloth-backed boards, 8vo, limited edition of 250, together with Essex House Press. The Last Records of a Cotswold Community: Being the Weston Subedge Field Account Book for the Final Twenty-Six Years of the Famous Cotswold Games, Hitherto Unpublished, and now edited with a study on the old time sports of Campden and the village community of Weston, by C. R. Ashbee, Essex House Press,1904, woodcut illustrations by Edmund New, light toning to endpapers, original buckram, spine toned, some dust-soiling, 4to, limited edition 16/75, plus Craftsmanship in Competitive Industry, by C. R. Ashbee, Essex House Press, [1908]QTY: (3)NOTE:First two works Tomkinson 50 & 46 respectively.
Essex House Press. A Book of Cottages and Little Houses for Landlords, Architects, Builders and Others: with suggestions as to cost, the housing difficulty, & the improvement of taste in these matters by C. R. Ashbee, M. A., Architect, Essex House Press, 1906, woodcut frontispiece and illustrations by F. L. Griggs, 29 half-tone illustrations bound at rear (one or two small marginal stains), top edge gilt, original cream buckram gilt, spine s little toned with small stain, light marginal dust-soiling, small 4to, together with The Last Records of a Cotswold Community; Being the Weson Subedge Field Account Book for the Final Twenty-Six Years of the Famous Cotswold Games, Hitherto Unpublished, Essex House Press, 1904QTY: (2)NOTE:Tomkinson 69 & 50 respectively. First work limited edition 36/50 copies, issued on paper with the Essex House Press mark and reserved for subscribers to the Press, from a total edition of 250.
Essex House Press. The Courtyer of Count Baldessar Castilio, divided into foure bookes very necessary and profitable for yonge gentilmen & gentilwomen abiding in cort, palaice, or place, done into Englyshe by Thomas Hoby, Essex House Press, 1900, woocut initials 'Alphabet of Bloomers' designed by C. R. Ashbee, partly unopened, a few minor spots front and rear, original limp vellum gilt, silk ties, tiny closed tear to foot of spine, light dust-soiling to covers, 4to, limited edition 60/200, together with American Sheaves & English Seed Corn: Being a series of addresses mainly delivered in the United States, 1900-1901, Essex House Press, 1901, woodcut initials, preface leaf initial in red, original vellum gilt, 8vo, limited edition 296/300, plus Of the Imitation of Christ in Four Books by Thomas A Kempis, London: Keegan Paul, Trench Trubner & Co., 1898, title printed in red and black within woodcut border, wood-engraved illustrations, wood-engravings by Clemence Housman after Laurence Housman, light offsetting, original limp vellum gilt, lacking ties, light dust-soiling, 8vo,limited edition of 660 QTY: (3)NOTE:Tomkinson 12 & 21 for first two works.
Eliot (T. S.) The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Poetry. A Magazine of Verse, vol. VI, No. III, June 1915; Three Poems, Poetry. A Magazine of Verse, vol. VII, No I. October 1915; Observations, Poetry. A Magazine of Verse, vol. VIII, No. VI, September 1916, one or two short closed tears, original wrappers, short closed tear to October 1915 upper wrapper, spine ends chipped, small losses to September 1916 spine, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Gallup C18 for The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, the separate first printed appearance of the poem; Gallup C21 for Three Poems ('A fourth poem, "The Death of Saint Narcissus", was set up in type apparently for publication in Poetry, but was not printed.'); Gallup C28 for Observations (with the misspelling 'T. R. Eliot' printed to upper wrapper contents list)Poetry. A Magazine of Verse, edited by the poet and art critic Harriet Monroe was founded by her in Chicago in 1912. The journal also published early works by Ezra Pound, Robert Frost, W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, and Tennessee Williams among others.
* Fowles (John, 1926-2005). A group of 4 Typed Letters and 1 Autograph Letter Signed, Belmont House/Underhill Farm, Lyme Regis, 1960-74, all to Anthony Rossiter, the first saying that their stepdaughter Anna has been accepted for Bristol, that Elizabeth and he are both sorry we missed the exhibition 'which I hope was successful - and the book. I saw only the rather nasty review from Jupiter Cyril; bad notices from that quarter are almost a compliment, I think, and I'm sure you got justice elsewhere', the second (16 May 1968) giving his thoughts about The Pendulum 'a very remarkable document of courage; a remarkable practical proof of what R. D. Laing has been on about for some time now (hope you've read his book), with the added pleasure of your being a much better writer than he is - and of course, writing from the inside. I wish only that there had been some illustrations - but I gather that's been corrected in the American edition. The book reminded me at times of Montaigne - that almost inhuman contemplation of objectivity about one's own journey through life - and you can't have higher praise from me than that', the last letter (18 December 1974) seemingly referring to his collection of novellas and short stories The Ebony Tower (1974), 'I was delighted the artistic side of the title story meets your approval. I was rather afraid it might be a case of fools rushing in... I think my stepdaughter and her recently acquired husband, who is doing pottery at the RCA, were a little horrified at the use I made of their own miscries in the art-education world. I have also just returned from shocking the Americans a little by suggesting that most of the New York School gigantists are ludicrously over-rated. But so many there have invested so much in the stuff that it is rather like attacking the New York Stock Exchange!', a total of 8 pages, 8vo, plus an Autograph Letter Signed from Elizabeth Fowles to Anneka (12 June 1968), plus the accompanying envelopes and Anthony Rossiter's first edition copy of Fowles's The Collector (Cape, 1963) with some pencil annotations, underscorings and coffee stains, hinges cracked, original cloth in worn dust jacket, 8voQTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: From the family, by direct descent. For further information please see https://www.anthonyrossiter.co.uk
* English playing cards. Shakespearean Playing Cards, Swan Sonnenschein & Co Ltd, 1904, a complete presentation deck of 52 + 1 colour lithographed playing cards (French suits), double-ended courts portraying characters from Shakespeare's plays, designed by Frederic Colin Tilney, with joker representing the jester Touchstone, each named and with suitable quote alongside, decorative ace of spades with maker's details amidst swans and Tudor roses in wreaths, lightly toned, occasional minor rubbing (mainly affecting pip cards), 4D with very faint corner crease, 9 & 10H pip signs faintly scratched, rounded corners, versos elaborate yellow and white on dark blue pattern of swans within captioned border, each card 92 x 61 mm, with original box (spotted and worn), tuck-in flap with ink manuscript presentation inscription on inner surface: To Miss R. Appleton, wishing kindest regards, F.C. Tilney, Sep 30 1913, outer surface of flap with slightly later unrelated (apparently) ink manuscript ownership inscriptionQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Dudley Ollis.Berry, The Playing-Cards of the World, [457]; Cartorama 62 #189.An unusual presentation pack, with the box inscribed by the designer Frederick Colin Tilney. This first edition of the Shakespearean Cards, although published by Swan Sonnenschein, was printed by Bemrose & Sons Ltd as stated on the ace of spades.
Tolkien (J. R. R.). The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 1st edition, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1954, folding map at rear, neat previous owner signature to front endpaper, top edge red, original red cloth gilt, dust jacket, some light toning to spine, one or two tiny closed tears, minor stains to rear panel, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:Hammond A5a. 3000 copies printed of this first volume of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Part 2, The Two Towers was also first published in 1954, the final volume, The Return of the King was first published in 1955.
Thomas De La Rue & Co. (publishers). A collection of 5 illustrated books, 1880s, comprising The Fairy Horn, by S. Theyre Smith, Clever Hans, by the Brothers Grimm, illustrated by J. Lawson, Rumpelstiltskin, by George R. Halkett, The Baby's "Debut.", by J. Smith, illustrated by G. A. Konstam, E. Casella, and N. Casella, The Maypole, illustrated by G. A. Konstam, E. Casella and N. Casella, colour illustrations, advertisements, occasional light offsetting, original wrappers, all bound in contemporary brown half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, small 4to, together with Caldecott (Randolph). The Fox Jumps over the Parson's Gate; Come Lasses and Lads; Ride A-Cock Horse to Banbury + A Farmer Went Trotting upon his Grey Mare; The Milkmaid; Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting; A Frog he Would A-Wooing Go; The Great Panjandrum Himself; An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex. Mrs Mary Blaize, R. Caldecott's Picture Books series, 1870s-80s, colour illustrations, occasional light spotting and offsetting, all bound in contemporary half morocco, rubbed and scuffed, oblong 4to, with others illustrated including 6 illustrated books mostly illustrated by W. J. Hodgson, 1880s, bound together, Baby's Own Aesop, by Walter Crane, 1887, Familiar Rhymes from Mother Goose, illustrated by Chester Loomis, Ernest Nister, 1888, Kate Greenaway's Book of Games, [1889], The Story of the Treasure Seekers, by E. Nesbit, 1899, The Adventures of Uncle Lubin, by W. Heath Robinson, 1902 (lacking front endpaper), Uncle Remus, illustrated by Rene Bull, circa 1906, the Red Book of Animal Stories, by Andrew Lang, 1st edition, 1899 (lower joint split), Driscoll, King of Scouts, by A. G. Hales, 1st edition, Bristol, 1901, Fairy Tales from Grimm, illustrated by Gordon Browne, 2nd edition, 1894, and The English Struwwelpeter or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures, by Heinrich Hoffmann, George Routledge & Sons, circa 1910QTY: (17)
* Joyce (James, 1882-1941). Autograph Letter Signed, 'James Joyce', La Résidence, Paris, 4 October 1931, to Mrs Pinker on hotel stationery, beginning, 'For goodness sake do not allude ever again to my dreadful injury that night at your house. What happened to my voice I do not know l'est pour bien plus!', regretting that they cannot dine with them and hoping that they will do soon, and asking her to tell Mr Pinker 'the absurd passage about cricket is marked on p. 231 of the Paris Magazine which I am sending him today. He will remember I spoke to him about it, a few minor spots, written in black ink on the first and fourth page of a bifolium, 2 pp., 8vo, together with an earlier Autograph Letter Signed from 'Rolly', Vanderbilt Hotel, New York, 11 July 1929, to Vonnie & Ralf, saying that he is longing to hear about Rabbit from Betty in her next letter, 'Yesterday I called on the important New York House of Jas Pinker & Co. and made myself known to your brother ... I have had a most interesting time during the short time available and wish I could stay much longer and go to other parts of America and also have a glimpse of Canada... ', 4 pp., square 8vo, plus an Autograph Letter Signed from Trevor R. V. Blakemore to Mrs Pinker, Sark, Channel Islands, 16 May 1931, asking her whether she would care to come down to Ranelagh on a polo afternoon and 'I do hope the remainder of my poems come up to your very kind estimation of the prelude poem, and that it was of some use to your husband in his sad loss... ', some overall spotting, filing holes to left margin, 2 pp., 4toQTY: (3)NOTE:James Joyce and his wife, Nora Barnacle, were married on 4 July 1931 and moved to Paris where they lived in the hotel La Residence between September and October 1931.The literary agency of James Pinker & Sons was founded by James Brand Pinker and, upon his death, was run by his two sons Eric Seabrooke and James Randolph until November 1930 when the partnership was dissolved. Eric moved to New York and James stayed in Britain. Yvonne 'Vonnie' Pinker was the wife of James Randolph Pinker, the literary agent for James Joyce.See J. H. Stape, '"The Pinker of Agents": A Family History of James Brand Pinker', The Conradian, 34 (1), (2009), pp. 111-143.
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