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NINETEEN VINTAGE FIELD CAMERA LENSES of various sizes and fitting, mostly brass bodied, mostly no makers marks but named one are a Dallmeyer Adon, a Dallmeyer No 1 Stigmatic Series ll, , a G.Cusson, Swift and Sons No4 Portable Paragon, a Ross 8 1/2x 6 1/2 , a Wray 8in Diffused f4, etc
Miscellaneous collection of books, including several volumes bound in crushed morocco, to include a typed & sparsely annotated script for Fat Man, Thin Man [later titled The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd], by Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, together with a vintage cased set of De La Rue Lion & Unicorn playing cards, in one cartonProvenance: Vendor's late aunt was Amy Johnston who together with her partner G.H. Gray worked for Macmillan publishers during the 1930s
Charles George Harper (1863-1943), English author & illustrator. Archive of correspondence, paperwork, photographs, books, and ephemera. Collection includes a large quantity of letters from various notable figures, 1890s-1910s, including George Frampton RA (1860-1928), British sculptor (90 Carlton Hill, St John's Wood letterhead); Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe (1865-1922), British newspaper and publishing magnate (The Times & Daily Mail letterheads); Marie Corelli (1855-1924), English novelist (Mason Croft, Stratford-on-Avon letterhead); W. S. Gilbert (1836-1911), English playwright best known for his collaboration with Arthur Sullivan (Grim's Dyke, Harrow Weald letterhead); Prince Frederick Duleep Singh (1868-1926), younger son of Sir Duleep Singh, the last Maharaja of the Sikh Empire (Old Buckenham Hall, Norfolk letterhead); Sir Walter Gilbey (1831-1914), wine-merchant and philanthropist (Elsenham Hall letterhead); Phil May (1864-1903), English caricaturist (7 Holland Park Road, Kensington letterhead); George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859-1925), Conservative statesman and Viceroy of India (Hackwood, Basingstoke letterhead); John Passmore Edwards (1823-1911); Heywood Sumner (1853-1940); Alfred Chantrey Corbould (1852-1920); Sir John Bernard Partridge (1861-1945); Sir Edward Tyas Cook (1857-1919), and others. There is correspondence between Charles George Harper and his family, predominantly his mother, 1870s-90s (some of it composed during his childhood). The archive includes ephemera such as invitations, menus, newspaper clippings, as well as family photographs, and documentation such as valuation reports, inventories and auction catalogues for "Rookwood", Hazel Lane, Petersham, with much of the later material addressed to Miss Janet Norwood. There are several books, including a signed & inscribed presentation copy of Thames Valley Villages, first edition in two volumes, London: Chapman & Hall, 1910, 'To Frank Bourne, from Charles G Harper, Christmas 1930'; another set of the same, bearing gift inscription from Janet Norwood; The Oxford, Gloucester and Milford Haven Road, first edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1905; The Cornish Coast, first edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1910; Haunted Houses, third edition, London: Cecil Palmer, 1927, and others. The whole housed in packets, envelopes and box files within a vintage suitcaseProvenance: Miss Janet Norwood, by descent. Janet Norwood was the vendor's great-aunt and went to work with Charles Harper after his wife died, chiefly dealing with his business correspondence and managing the house at Rookwood. After Harper's death, she inherited Rookwood, his shares and the copyright to his books
A collection of five 14 carat gold-nibbed vintage Parker fountain pens, including a Parker Duofold fountain pen with 14 carat gold nib, a sterling silver Parker Cisele fountain pen (cap marked 'Parker - Sterling Cap & Barrel - Made In U.S.A'), a red plastic Parker Duofold with 14 carat gold nib, a brushed chrome Parker with 14 carat gold nib and a 1960's Parker Duofold black plastic pen with 14 carat gold nib.

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