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Macleod Yearsley [ Percival Macleod Yearsley ] (1867-1951), surgeon, author, folklorist and eugenicist [ The Thinker's Library, published by Watts & Co. for the Rationalist Press Association, London ] [ Macleod Yearsley and the Thinker's Library. ] Copy of Yearsley's book 'The Folklore of Fairy-Tale' with extensive autograph emendations (two notes initialled 'M. Y.') and two proof specimens for intended republication in the Thinker's Library. The item provides an interesting insight into the editing process of the Thinker's Library, 140 volumes of which Watts & Co. published for the Rationalist Association between 1929 and 1951. The book is xiii + 240pp., 8vo, in red cloth binding, gilt. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper,...	£380.00
Victor Caillat and Alfred Lance [Marshall Sisson, RA (1897-1978), British architect; George Pymm, London bookbinder] [Libraries; bibliotheques] 69 engravings, mostly of libraries, from 'Encyclop?die d'Architecture' of Victor Caillat & Alfred Lance, bound by George Pymm in a volume with 'BIBLIOTHEQUES' on the spine. From the collection of English architect Marshall Sisson.. 69 engravings, in brown 4to quarter-binding, with 'BIBLIO- \| THEQUES' in gilt at head of spine, and 'PARIS \| 1855' at foot. In fair condition, on aged paper, in binding worn at hinges. All engravings in 4to, with 12 double-page and 57...	£350.00
C. K. Jaeger [Cyril Karel Stuart Jaeger] (1912-2008), fantasy and children's writer under the name 'Karel Jaeger', friend and landlord of Fitzrovia writer Julian Maclaren-Ross (1912-1964) [C. K. Jaeger ('Karel Jaeger'), fantasy writer.] Unpublished typescripts of two fantasy novels, 'The Autobiography of a Flea or A Kind of Memoir' and 'Letters from an Oyster Bed'.~Both composed in Elmer, West Sussex, in 1955.~The colourful life of the 'de	£0.00
Robin Wallace, artist (Westmoreland). [ British Artist Archive ]The papers of Robin Wallace (1897-1952), twentieth-century Westmoreland landscape painter Robin Wallace (1897-1952) was a well-known British painter in oils and watercolours, particularly noted for his landscapes. He was born in Kendal, Westmoreland, descended from a long line of hand-loom weavers. After working for local nurserymen, he served in the Royal Marines in the First World...	£600.00
Rev. R. St. John Tyrwhitt, M.A. [Richard St John Tyrwhitt (1827-1895), English art critic, cleric and supporter of John Ruskin] [Richard St John Tyrwhitt, art critic.] Autograph Letter Signed ('R St John Tyrwhitt') to 'Miss Bosworth', presenting a copy of his 'A Handbook of Pictorial Art' to her. WITH inscribed copy of the book. Letter: 1p., 12mo. In fair condition, lightly aged and creased. Attached by the blank second leaf of the bifolium to the reverse of the front free endpaper of the book. Envelope addressed by Tyrwhitt to 'Miss Bosworth \| Parks Town' tipped-in beside the letter. He is not sure whether she has a...	£150.00
C. K. Jaeger [Cyril Karel Stuart Jaeger] (1912-2008), fantasy and children's writer under the name 'Karel Jaeger', friend and landlord of Fitzrovia writer Julian Maclaren-Ross (1912-1964) [C. K. Jaeger ('Karel Jaeger'), fantasy writer.] Unpublished typescripts of two fantasy novels, 'The Autobiography of a Flea or A Kind of Memoir' and 'Letters from an Oyster Bed'.~Both composed in Elmer, West Sussex, in 1955.~The colourful life of the 'de C. K. Jaeger [Cyril Karel Stuart Jaeger] (1912-2008), fantasy and children's writer under the name 'Karel Jaeger', friend and landlord of Fitzrovia writer Julian Maclaren-Ross (1912-1964) [C. K. Jaeger ('Karel Jaeger'), fantasy writer.] Unpublished...	£450.00
Pier Antonio Gariazzo, artist and filmmaker [ Gariazzo; lithographs ] Tribal peoples of three continents: Eighty (80)1930s illustrations by Pier Antonio Gariazzo 80 lithographic prints, mostly hand-coloured, of drawings of indigenous peoples and tribal groups, made on a voyage to South America, Africa and Asia in 1933 by the Italian painter and film director Pier Antonio Gariazzo. With accompanying French letterpress. This collection of accomplished and...	£1,800.00
P. J. & A. E. Dobell, booksellers, 77 Charing Cross Road [Shakespeare; Ellen Terry; Henry Arthur Jones] Shakespearian and Dramatic Catalogue [including books from the libraries of Ellen Terry and Henry Arthur Jones] 8vo, 72 pp. Stapled and unbound. Complete. On aged paper. The outer leaves are worn and coming apart at the spine. Otherwise the item is sound and tight. 1976 items. Items 783 to 883 concern 'the Bacon-Shakespeare Controversy'. Items 888 to 893 are 'Books from the Library of the late Dame Ellen...	£50.00
The Essex House Press [C. R. Ashbee; The Guild of Handicraft] [Essex House Press] Finely printed prospectus & order form for 'forthcoming issue of the sixth book from the Essex House Press' - F. S. Ellis's Shakespeare's poems, with R. Savage frontis. and 'new alphabet of bloomers designed by C. R. Ashbee'. Bifolium (21.5 x 14.5 cm): 4 pp. Good, on lightly-aged good-quality laid paper. Lightly folded. First page headed with a 5 cm square illustration of the front of Essex House. Begins: 'The Guild of Handicraft announce the forthcoming issue of the sixth book from the Essex House Press: \| The Poems...	£180.00
Edward Ford [J. H. Meyers, printer of Enfield, Middlesex; Augusta Maclagan] [Printed item, inscribed by the author.] Tewin-Water, or the Story of Lady Cathcart; being a supplement to the History of Enfield, With an Appendix of Additional Notes, by Edward Ford. 77pp., 8vo. Tastefully printed. In red cloth binding with title in gilt on cover. In fair condition, with light signs of age and wear. Inscription at head of title-page: 'Augusta Maclagan \| from the Author \| Enfield \| Nov. 18. 1882.' Uncommon.	£120.00

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