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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 Unpublished typescripts of two fantasy novels, 'The Autobiography of a Flea or A Kind of Memoir' and 'Letters from an Oyster Bed'.~Both composed in Elmer, West Sussex, in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 Unpublished...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
[An Aging Composer in Love; Ferguson's Gang] H V Jervis-Read [Harold Vincent Jervis-Read], English composer (b.1883), Royal Academy of Music. [An Aging Composer, H.V. Jervis-Read] Lge archive of letters, signed HJR or Fitzjohn or F (as of Fitzjohn Avenue, Hampstead), to his mistress, Brunhild 'Brynnie' Granger, with a body of printed and ms material relating to his life and career. An unusual survival, the letters of a composer, Harold Jervis-Read, to his lover illustrating the growth of a relationship (and an ability to express his feelings) against the backcloth (sometimes foreground) of his musical activities, and his marriage. Total of letters circa 350 (three hundred...	£450.00
[Auction Catalogue; Numismatic] Major Auguste Daufresne de la Chevalerie (1818-1881); H. Cordemans-de Bruyne; Charles Dupriez; Belgium; printed Belgian numismatic auction catalogue] [printed Belgian numismatic auction catalgue] Catalogue des Monnaies, M?dailles, M?reaux, etc. formant les Collections delaiss?es par feu M. le Major A. Daufresne de la Chevalerie et provenant de divers autres amateurs. 12mo, [ii] + 28 pp. In original pink printed wraps. Card frontispiece in three panels, folding out to 18.5 x 37.5 cm., carrying facsimiles of 48 numbered coins in collotype. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged paper, with minor damp staining at foot, in chipped and faded wraps. 893...	£95.00
[ Girl Guide movement in 1930s Great Britain; Foxlease, Hampshire; 'E. Tait'; 'Miss Popham' ] [ Girl Guides in 1930s Britain. ] Album of photographs of a company of Girl Guides camping at a number of locations including Foxlease in Hampshire and Tarrant Keyneston in Dorset, taken between 1929 and 1936, compiled by 'E. Tait'. 189 black and white photographs, ranging in size from 15 x 10.5 cm to 4.5 x 7 cm, loosely inserted (i.e. not mounted but removable) on the fifty leaves of a 20 x 30 cm album. While the photographs themselves are in good condition, the album is somewhat worn and aged. Painted in large Gothic...	£220.00

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