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BOOKS, a collection of forty-three titles to include Nature, History, Geography, Equine Studies and Veterinary, Poetry, Encyclopaedic Works, Art and Children's Stories, examples include five volumes of Wild Flowers as they Grow by H. Essenhigh Corke and G. Clarke Nuttall, Flowers of the Field by Revd,. C.A. Johns, The Countryman's England by Dorothy Hartley, Highways and Byways in the West Highlands by Seton Gordon, The Book of the Horse, edited by Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald (3rd edition, some damage), The Poetical Works complete of Oliver Goldsmith, M.B. published 1804, Victoria Ingoldsby, by Thomas Ingoldsby, Drawings of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, published by George Newnes Ltd. and The Water Babies, published by Ward Lock and Co

NO RESERVE Motion (Andrew) Laurels and Donkeys, signed presentation inscription from the author to Gavin Stamp, original boards, dust-jacket, 2010; Beresford (Anne) Vor Acht Leben, number 28 of 50 copies signed by the author and artist, illustrations by Alexandra Frohloff, original wrappers, Fuchstal, 2014 § Paulin (Tom) The Book of Juniper, number 7 of 25 copies signed by the author and illustrator, illustrations by Noel Connor, original wrappers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1981, first editions, fine copies; and 5 others, poetry, 8vo (8)

Political autographs, comprising: 1) Six typed letters signed from members of parliament Denis Healey (2 letters), Sir Keith Joseph (2 letters), Merlyn Rees, and Charles Pannell, all to J. R. Leeming of the Land Commission, Leeds, 1970-1, concerning the commission’s closure, together with two related typed letters signed from George, Earl Jellicoe as Lord Privy Seal to Denis Healey and Sir Keith Joseph (the latter attached to one of Joseph's letters to Leeming), a later typed letter signed from member of parliament Derek Fatchett to Elaine Leeming, daughter of J. R. Leeming (dated 1985), and a printed 21 Army Group farewell message on card with apparently autograph signature of Field Marshal Montgomery, 2) Autograph book containing an original pen-and-ink self-portrait by Denis Healey signed ‘To Elaine Leeming from Denis Healey MP’, and the autographs of Harold Wilson, Edna Healey, Alice Bacon and others, 3) Album with manuscript cover-title ‘Press Notices, Sir Francis Trippel’s Knighthood’, containing a typed letter signed from H. H. Asquith as prime minister, 1909, similar letters and numerous press cuttings, 4) Typed letter signed from Vera Brittain (author of Testament of Youth) to J. R. Leeming, 1962, concerning poetry written by Leeming in response to her first book The Dark Tide (qty)

ENID BLYTON: 7 titles: THE ENID BLYTON POETRY BOOK, London, Methuen, 1934, 1st edition, original cloth, d/w (repairs); THE ADVENTURES OF MR PINK-WHISTLE, London, George Newnes, 1942 reprint, prize label on ffep, original cloth, d/w (losses); CHIMNEY CORNER STORIES, London, Equerry [1946], 1st edition, inscription verso of ffep, original cloth, d/w (large part losses); THE CHILDREN OF KIDILLIN, (written as Mary Pollock), London, George Newnes, circa 1947, 2nd edition, original cloth, d/w (part losses and repairs); MORE ADVENTURES OF PIP, London, Samson Low Marston & Co [1948], 1st edition, original pictorial cloth gilt, d/w (part losses); BRER RABBIT, London, J Coker, [1948], 1st edition, 4to, original pictorial wraps; THE LITTLE BUTTON-ELVES, London, J Coker, [1948], 1st edition, 4to, original pictorial wraps (7)

A FRENCH POETRY BOOK titled, 'Fables Choisies de Florian' Volume Two, 1895 by Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. Illustrated by Japanese artists Ka-no Tomo-nobou, Kadji-ta Han-ko and Kou-bo-ta To-soui. Printed with 'han' seal marks. Comprising approx. fourteen fables in total with a stamp on the back cover.

DICKINSON, Emily (1830-1886). Poems ...--Poems Second Series "“Poems Third Series. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1892, 1891, 1896.3 works in 3 volumes, 8vo. 3pp. facsimile of "Renunciation" in the Second Series. (Some light creasing and spotting.) All in original green cloth-backed cream cloth gilt, edges gilt (some staining or soiling, some light rubbing or scuffing). Provenance: Nathan Haskell Dole (1852-1935), American editor, translator, author (note by Stephen Weissman, Ximenes Rare Books, indicating the purchase from Dole's library in 1978).FIRST EDITIONS of the Second and Third Series, eighth edition of the First Series. While Dickinson published 7 poems during her lifetime in magazines, these posthumous volumes comprise the first published collections of her poetry, which were edited by her close friends Mabel Loomis Todd and T.W. Higginson. Dole published a letter summarizing a paper written by Todd on Dickinson 's life and works, published in Book News in March 1892, noting that Todd was "one of the comparatively few who were admitted to anything like intimacy with the weird recluse of Amherst" (Buckingham, 361). Dole also noted that the Indian pipe decoration on the front covers of the present works was made from the panel given to Dickinson as a gift from Todd (Buckingham, 349). BAL 4655; 4656; and 4661 [Binding 1, with spine imprint of "Roberts Bros." in unbeveled boards]; Buckingham, Emily Dickinson 's Reception in the 1890s.Property from a Private Collection, Evanston, IL

DRAKE, Leah Bodine (1904-1964). A Hornbook for Witches Poems of Fantasy. Sauk City, Wisconsin: Arkham House, 1950.8vo. Half-title. (Some very light toning.) Original black cloth, spine gilt-lettered (a few scuffs, corners slightly bumped); unrestored and unclipped pictorial dustjacket (some minor chipping and rubbing). Provenance: Charlotte Stephens (gift inscription from Mary Henderson).FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY DRAKE: "Sincerely, Leah Bodine Drake. 1950." ONE OF THE RAREST BOOKS PUBLISHED BY ARKHAM HOUSE, ONE OF 553 COPIES, of which 300 were given to Drake. Dedicated to Drake 's "sixteenth century ancestor Jean Bodin who also concerned himself with witches," this was her first book of poetry and her only work published by Arkham House. American visual artist Frank Utpatel, who designed cover illustrations for various works of science fiction and fantasy including the magazine Weird Tales  and works by H. P. Lovecraft, provided the illustrations for this dustjacket.Property from the Collection of Christi Schmitz

GEORGES RIBEMONT- DESSAIGNES (Montpellier, 1884-1974) and JACQUES PREVERT (Neuilly-sur-Seine, 1900-Omonville-la-Petite, 1977)."Elles savent pourtant bien faire leur lessive toutes les deux".Intervened photograph.With informative inscriptions on the back.Signed at the bottom.Size: 11 x 14.5 cm; 43.5 x 53 cm (frame).Georges Ribemont was a French writer and artist associated with the Dada movement. He was born in Montpellier and died in Saint-Jeannet. In addition to numerous early paintings, Ribemont-Dessaignes wrote plays, poetry, manifestos and opera librettos. He contributed to the Dadaist (and later Surrealist) periodical Literature. Ribemont-Dessaignes's plays include The Emperor of China (1916) and The Mute Canary (1919), and the opera librettos The Tears of the Knife (1926) and The Three Wishes (1926), both with music by Czech composer Bohuslav Martin? His novels include L'Autruche aux yeux clos (1924), Ariane (1925), Le Bar du lendemain (1927), Céleste Ugolin (1928) and Monsieur Jean ou l'Amour absolu (1934).Jacques Prévert was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films were part of the poetic realist movement and include Les Enfants du Paradis (1945). He published his first book in 1946.

Literature - bindings. Various works mainly 8vo, including: Jorrocks's Jaunts and Jollities, large 8vo, illustrated, full red morocco gilt for Asprey; works of Stevenson, Scott, Evelyn (2 vols., 4to), various poetry and literature, two folding dissected linen backed Welsh maps by Thomas Kitchin, three late 19th century manuscript recipe books, an Edwardian scrap book, etc. (quantity)

Ɵ KIPLING, Rudyard. (1865 - 1936). Works by and related to. 1891-1933. comprising: [KIPLING, Alice Lockwood. A Grey Dawning]. The Girls Own Paper. 1891. first editions, vol. XII, Nos. 586-593, March 21-May 9, eight 16pp. issues of the weekly magazine, 4to, stapled pages with engraved titles to upper covers, priced one penny, three-column pages with many steel engravings, comprising eight chapters of Alice Kipling's serialised story, with educational and improving articles. Alice Caroline Kipling (1837- 1910) was the mother of the author Rudyard Kipling, aunt of British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin and sister-in-law of Edward Poynter and Edward Burne-Jones; Souvenirs of France. The Daily Telegraph, 1933. 8 loose newspaper articles, with the first publication in England of Kipling's later book of the same title serialised on consecutive days, March 14- 22 (with the exception of March 18 and 19) numbered I-VIII with a news-editor's headings and subheadings, an account of events revealing the author's close intimacy with France and the French people; Press cuttings. a group of fifteen Kipling related newspaper cuttings. 1930s-1950s. mostly first press printings of Kipling's poetry works, 1930s-1950s, contained within a red leather wallet; The Sin of Witchcraft. The Times, 1900. a complete issue of the British newspaper with the first publication of the author's views, featured as an article on page 8, 15 March, 1900, being a diatribe against what Kipling felt was a disloyalty of the Cape Colony citizens of Dutch descent; Hymn Before Action. (1915). first edition, 8vo, cream pictorial wrappers bound with red string, illuminated to upper cover and throughout in colour and gilt by Henrietta Wright, 4 leaves (printed on one side only) within original publisher's illustrated grey envelope; Supplement of the Black Aberdeen. (1927). first separate edition, 8vo, cream illustrated card wrappers tied with string, illustrated by G. Stampa, unused gift slip bound-in, 8pp; Recessional. [Poem written for the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria]. 1927. a single card leaf with a red string tie, (302 x 204mm), five stanzas of six lines each, composed of rhyming couplets printed in red and black within a decorative red ruled border, priced threepence; Recessional. The Times, July 17, 1897. a complete issue of the newspaper with Kipling's poem published for the first time on page 18; Three Illustrations from Sea and Sussex from Rudyard Kipling's Verse. 1926. original card wrappers, 4to, containing three mounted colour plates by Donald Maxwell with printed captions beneath; National Bands. A speech by Rudyard Kipling, delivered at the Mansion House, Jan. 27, 1915. first edition, 4to, titled to upper card cover, 4pp. Issued to accompany 'A Song of the English' published in 1915, on Behalf of The Daily Telegraph (newspaper) National Bank Fund. Livingston 392; KIPLING, Rudyard: SULLIVAN, Arthur. The Absent-Minded Beggar. [Sheet Music]. 1899. first edition, folio, original printed paper wrappers, 9 pages of music scored for voice and piano with lyrics, words by Rudyard Kipling, music by Arthur Sullivan, priced 1s., ink inscription of Chas H. Austin and ink initials C.H.A. to upper wrapper; A Letter from Rudyard Kipling to Joseph Conrad. 1926. first edition, Limited edition of 220 copies, small oblong 8vo, original grey card wrappers sewn with red thread, the 1pp. printed letter of 9 lines, written from Batemans, Sussex, Oct. 9, 1906 being the only early letter written by Mr. Kipling found among the papers of Joseph Conrad (1857-1924); Rudyard Kipling An Index. n.d. a typescript copy with manuscript title, 4to, 20 stapled pages, a typed index of Kipling's works in alphabetical order with few additions written in ink and pencil manuscript; Men of the Day. No. 589. Mr. Rudyard Kipling, (as part of a public exhibition of Kipling's works at The Grolier Club, New York, from February 21-March 30, 1929); The Times newspaper, complete issue, August 12, 1905; A photographic print of Rudyard Kipling with the author's inset SIGNATURE. 20 x 105mm within blue card mount, with the author's signature in black ink on a cream paper inset beneath, 144 x 77mm, overall 268 x 170mm. (Qty).                      Condition Report:   Condition Report Disclaimer

NO RESERVE Kingsley (Charles) The Saint's Tragedy, [the author's first book], first edition, half-title, ink signature to head of title, bookplate of Brian H.Hodgson, attractive contemporary olive straight-grain morocco, by Jeffrey, decorative gilt foliate roll border and floral corner-pieces, spine gilt in compartments with floral motifs, g.e., upper joint a little rubbed, 1848 § Tennyson (Alfred, Lord) Maud, and other poems, first edition, spotting, contemporary calf elaborately gilt, E[leanor] V[era] B[oyle]'s copy with her initials to upper cover, spine gilt with flowers and thistles, 1855; The May Queen, wood-engraved illustrations by E.V.B., original embossed cloth, 1861 § W. (M.R.) An Incident of a Bazar and Other Stories, only edition, slight staining to first leaf of text, attractively bound in crushed olive morocco, upper cover tooled in gilt with large flower and flying bee, by Bickers & Son, spine with five raised bands ruled in gilt, inner gilt dentelles, t.e.g., others uncut, ivory silk endpapers, spotted and faded, privately printed, [c.1890], all a little rubbed; and 2 others, poetry, 8vo & 4to (5)⁂ The last item is rare, with only one copy recorded (British Library).

LONGMAN, HURST (Pubs).  The Lounger's Common-Place Book or Miscellaneous Collections in History, Criticism, Biography, Poetry & Romance. 3 vols. Half calf. 1805; also 2 other vols.  (5).

Sven BERLIN (1911-1999)A handwritten book of poetry and drawings, from Sven's time in Penge 1936, Anerley 1937 and Cornwall in 1938Signed and inscribed 'Helga's Copy'20 x 16.5cmCondition report: There are 65 pages of poetry within the book.

QUASIMODO SALVATORE: (1901-1968) Italian Novelist and Poet. Nobel Prize in Literature in 1959. The Sicilian writer is widely considered one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century. A good T.L.S., `Salvatore Quasimodo´, one page, folio, Milan, 1st of June 1967, On his personal printed stationery, to Biagio Marin, in Italian. Quasimodo thanks his correspondent for the book received, stating `Le sono grato del Suo libro di versi “El mar de ´l´Eterno” che ha avuto la gentilezza di mandarmi. Lo leggeró con piacere, sicuro che il suo amore per la vera poesía non e mutato´ (“I am grateful to you for your book of verses "El mar de ´l´Eterno" which you were kind enough to send me. I will read it with pleasure, being sure that your love for true poetry has not change”) VG

BORN MAX: (1882-1970) German physicist and mathematician, instrumental in the development of quantum mechanics. Nobel Prize winner for Physics, 1954. T.L.S., M. Born, one page, 4to (folding air mail stationery), Bad Pyrmont, West Germany, 25th October 1966, to Dr. Kasimir Fajans. Born thanks his colleague for their letter and continues to remark 'I regret very much that I am now too old and too ill to remember the scientific points you mention; e.g. I can't remember that you have given a contribution to what is now called Born-Haber-cycle and I am afraid I cannot help you clearing up that question', further writing 'As you mention my Busch translation I can tell you that it was Maler Klecksel, published by Frederick Ungar, New York'. Together with Fajans's retained carbon typed copy of his original letter to Born, unsigned, one page, 4to, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 11th October 1966, stating, in part, 'I heard from two sides that you prepared a very successful translation of some poetry by Wilhelm Busch into English and I am trying to get a copy of it. I feel relieved by your communication that the statements on p.107 of your book with Kun Huang are entirely due to him. I was seriously disturbed by the authoritative assertion: “the argument of Fajans and Joos appears, however, to be fallacious.” I did not understand that you could have approved this opinion and commented on this situation in……my contribution to Weissberger's Handbook, 1960……My question of 9 August, whether you have a letter of mine of 1919 was caused by my feeling that the outcome of the situation you described in your letter to me of 9.10.1919 needs a revision: while you speak about the contributions of yourself, myself, and Haber, one reads in the present literature abut the Born-Haber-cycle with complete omission of my name. I attempted to find out whether you would be willing to help in the historical clarification but in view of your present health condition I do not dare to say any more about this question'. VG, 2 Kazimierz Fajans (1887-1975) Polish American physical chemist, a pioneer in the science of radioactivity and the discoverer of chemical element protactinium.  In 1919 Fajans had started researching the structure of particle and crystal by the thermochemical and refractometrical methods. The co-relation of Born, Fajans and Haber is one of the basic thermochemical rule. The Born-Haber cycle is an approach to analyse reaction energies. It was named after Born and fellow German scientist Fritz Haber, who developed it in 1919. It was also independently formulated by Fajans and published concurrently in the same issue of the same journal, and some scientists believe a more correct name would be the Born-Fajans-Haber thermochemical correlation. The cycle, or correlation, is concerned with the formation of an ionic compound from the reaction of a metal with a halogen or other non-metallic element such as oxygen.

[Illuminated] Three Gems in One Sitting (Tennyson; Campbell & Mrs Hemans) by A. Bond illuminated in colours & gold (c.1860s) bound in full decorated gilt morocco. Bards & Blossoms or The Poetry History and Associations of Flowers by F. Edward Hulme published Marcus Ward 1877 with full-page chromolithograph plates in ornate colour & gilt cloth. Lessons in the Art of Illuminating by W.J. Loftie with mounted illuminated plates (c.1880s) gilt cloth and a Victorian colour-printed childrens book in German with dust-wrapper (4)

Burnet (Gilbert). The History of the Reformation of the Church of England, 3 volumes including Supplement, 2nd edition, corrected, London: T.H. for Richard Chiswell & J. Churchill, 1681-1715, half titles with imprimatur statement to verso in volumes I & II, additional engraved titles in volumes I & II, titles printed in red and black, 21 engraved portraits, occasional small burnholes and light toning, bookplates of Edward Wynne-Penndarves (1775-1853, MP), ownership signature of D.L. Cumming, contemporary calf gilt, a few splits to joints, a little rubbed and scuffed, folioQty: (3)Footnote: Wing B5798A. Provenance: ownership inscription of Narcissus Luttrell (1657-1732), noted annalist, politician and bibliophile, dated 1681 to front endpapers of volumes I & II. Luttrell was twice member of parliament for different Cornwall seats (1679-1680 and 1691-1695), during which time he kept an important parliamentary diary, while his chronicle of contemporary events was used by Macaulay for his History of England and in 1857 published as A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714. He also formed one of the most impressive private libraries of his time, which was especially strong in poetry and Elizabethan literature; usefully for book historians he often annotated his books with the price he had paid for them. After his death the library was eventually sold by Leigh and Sotheby in a twelve-day sale commencing on 6 March 1786, while his manuscripts were bequeathed to All Souls, Oxford. Many of his books were acquired by the great collectors James Bindley and Richard Heber, who subsequently loaned a number of them to Sir Walter Scott for his edition of Dryden, which appeared in 1808, Scott remarking in his preface that 'the industrious collector seems to have bought every poetical tract, of whatever merit, which was hawked through the streets in his time, marking carefully the price and date of the purchase. His collection contains the earliest editions of many of our most excellent poems, bound up, according to the order of time, with the lowest trash of Grub Street'.

Leigh (Augusta, née Byron, 1783-1851). Autograph commonplace book, 1802-1821, manuscript in brown ink on laid paper, 101 unnumbered leaves, the initial leaf signed 'Augusta Byron, May 13th 1802' in Augusta Leigh's hand, the remaining 100 unnumbered leaves with Leigh's autograph transcripts of poems and other writings rectos and versos, folio 2 verso signed 'Brighthelmstone' (i.e. Brighton), folio 3 recto signed 'June 14th 1802, Bn', folio 97 verso signed 'Stanmer, Oct 27, 1821' (see note), 53 blanks, 21 leaves to rear containing manuscript transcriptions of French poetry written upside-down in a later hand, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco gilt, spine rubbed and worn, small chip at foot, lower outer corner of front board worn, a few marks, 4to (20.5 x 15.5 cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: pencil inscription to front free endpaper, 'From the sale by Messrs Christie, June 6. 1939, in lot 3, at 5 Carlton House Terrace, S.W.1, The Earl of Caledon's house'.Autograph commonplace book kept by Augusta Leigh (1783-1851), half-sister and alleged lover of Lord Byron, containing transcripts of hundreds of poems, extracts from novels and sermons, and other writings. Augusta appears to have started the book in 1802, a few months after the death of her grandmother Lady Holdernesse in 1801, 'the end of the only period of real security that Augusta would ever know' (Bakewell & Bakewell, Augusta Leigh, p. 49), and to have continued it until the autumn of 1821, when she visited her sister Mary, Countess of Chichester, at Stanmer Park (op. cit., p. 273). Lord Byron started a correspondence with Augusta in 1804, while he was still a student at Harrow. Contact dwindled after Augusta's marriage to Colonel George Leigh in 1807 but the pair rediscovered each other in 1813 and became intimate friends. Augusta copies poems by well-known figures such as Thomas Moore, Sir Brooke Boothby and Edward Young, as well as several women poets including Jane Bowdler, Charlotte Richardson Smith and Mary Julia Young. There are also frequent quotations from two novels: Ann Radcliffe's Mysteries of Udolpho and Madame de Genlis's Les Mères Rivales. In many cases Augusta appears to have had a personal connection with the author, such as her relative Isabella Howard, Countess of Carlisle, whose Thoughts in the Forms of Maxims Addressed to Young Ladies she reproduces at length; Isabella was a daughter of the fourth Baron Byron, and Augusta lived for a time at the Carlisles' seat as a guest of Isabella's son Frederick (1748-1825), the fifth earl. When Augusta records extracts from longer works these are often the same sections found in contemporary magazines and anthologies, in particular Vicesimus Knox's extremely popular Elegant Extracts, first published in 1783: there is a perceptible bias in Augusta's collection to 18th-century authors.

Antiquarian and Later Books - Poetry and Literature - Juvenile Book, The Poetical Epitome; or, Elegant Extracts [...] For The Improvement of Scholars at Classical and other Schools [...], London: Printed for C. Dilly, 1792, printed in parallel columns, rebacked, marbled endpapers, Plain Armorial bookplate: J.D. Vanderpant, square 8vo, (1); Campbell (F), Beauties of the British Poets; with Notices [...], two-volume set, first edition thus, London: Richard Edwards, 1824, contemporary black quarter-calf gilt over marbled boards, contemporary bookseller's tickets: B. Wheeler, Manchester, contemporary ink MS ownership inscription, 8vo, (2); The Speaker: or, Miscellaneous Pieces, Selected from the Best English Writers [...], London: J. Johnson, 1799, contemporaneously hand-coloured plates, in-keeping 20th century calf over marbled boards, 8vo, (1); Robinson (Thomas Heath, illustrator), Sterne's Sentimental Journey, London: 1897, illustrated, pictorial blue cloth gilt, 8vo; others, various leather bindings and sizes; Travel - Italy - Morris (James), Venice, first edition, second impression, London: Faber and Faber, 1960, cartographic dustjacket over red cloth, protective wrapper, neat gift inscription to verso of endpaper, 8vo, (1); further retro and vintage guide to Italy; Tunisia; Malta, [28]

Stevenson (Robert Louis) A Child's Garden of Verses, first edition, first issue, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers browned, original blue cloth, gilt, t.e.g., others uncut, a little rubbed, boards slightly mottled, 8vo, 1885.⁂ A good copy of the first issue of this classic book of poetry for children; with the apostrophe on spine like the number 7, "of" on spine in smaller type, and no mention of Two Series in list of other works by the author.

George William Russell ('AE') (1867-1935) "Portrait of a Young Girl in a white Dress holding Flowers,"  O.O.C.,   62 x 51cms (24 1/2" x 20"). (1) The term 'Celtic Twilight' accurately describes the art of George Russell, with many of his paintings depicting scenes of childhood. He delighted in creating a fantasy world, peopled with mythological beings. In such paintings, suffused with the glow of wistful nostalgia, his figures, generalized rather than specific portraits, are enveloped in a haze. This portrait of a young girl however is more formal, and depicts an actual rather than an imagined person. Dressed in a white muslin pinafore dress over a blue blouse, her dark hair tied with a bow, the girl sits in a chair looking out at the observer with a curiously determined expression. In her hands she holds a small spray of flowers. The background is a uniform brown deepening to a dark shadow behind the girl, and the initials of the painter ?AE? are painted the top right corner. The identity of the sitter is not known; it may be an early portrait of Kitsy Franklin, whose mother Victoria Franklin was the sister of the writer Susan Mitchell, who edited the Irish Statesman and was a close friend of Russell.   Adopting the initials ?AE? as his signature or monogram, Russell is remembered today as one of the leading cultural figures of the Irish Literary Revival. In addition to being a painter, he was also an influential economist, editor, and promoter of rural development. Practical, and well versed in politics and economics, Russell nonetheless also believed in the existence of a spiritual world, inhabited by ethereal beings. Influenced by Symbolist artists such as Gustave Moreau and Puvis de Chavannes, he espoused Theosophy and esoteric religions, giving expression to this vision through a prolific output of paintings, novels, plays and poetry.   Born in Lurgan, Co. Armagh, as a child Russell moved to Dublin with his family. After studying at the Metropolitan School of Art, in 1887 he began working for the Irish Agricultural Organisation Society, and edited the IAOS newspaper, the Irish Homestead. Alongside these practical concerns, he found time to study esoteric religions, joining the Dublin Theosophical Society in 1888, and later forming the ?Hermetic Society?. He was also involved with drama, in 1902 becoming vice-president of the Irish National Theatre Society (later the Abbey Theatre Company). His plays include Deirdre, (1902), while his first book of poetry, Homeward: Songs by the Way, published in 1894, was followed by his 1913 Collected Poems. In addition to painting, plays and poetry, Russell wrote on agricultural policy and political theory, in The Building up of a Rural Civilisation (1910), and The National Being (1916). He was highly regarded as an artist, and, in 1913, with the support and encouragement of the lawyer John Quinn, his paintings were shown at the Armory Show in New York. Encouraged also by William Butler Yeats, Russell painted murals depicting his mystical visions, at 3 Upper Ely Place, headquarters of the Theosophical Society. He also painted portraits, of Yeats, Lady Gregory and others. Dr. Peter Murray, Febrauary 2022        

THOMAS (DYLAN)The Penguin Book of Contemporary Verse, SIGNED BY DYLAN THOMAS ('Dylan Thomas') in blue ink above the potted biography of the poet on p.224, paper toning, rebound in a contemporary cloth lettered 'Contemporary Verse' in white ink on upper cover, 8vo, Harmondsworth, Penguin Books, 1951Footnotes:Dylan Thomas's signature appears next to the biographical and introductory matter about himself, written by the anthology's editor Kenneth Allott, which was followed by the inclusion of four of the poet's poems (including 'A Grief Ago', and 'Poem in October').Provenance: Signed by Dylan Thomas, for the vendor's grandfather Rev. R. Brian Higham (1932-2019). Whilst attending teacher training at Trinity College in Carmarthen he attended a poetry reading given in the town by Thomas in 1952, at which the book was signed. The vendor remembers his grandfather telling him that 'Dylan Thomas was a little worse for wear on the night, and that he had to be brought in by someone..., late having been drinking in one of the pubs near the college'. This was most probably the Boar's Head, Dylan writing in an unpublished letter, dated October 1952, that he did not 'know what time I'll be getting to Carmarthen so I wonder if anyone could pick me up at the Boar's Head at about 6.30. That would give us time for a surreptitious drink before going on the College' (quoted on the Dylan Thomas Centre website).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Harry Clarke (illustrated): 'The Year's at the Spring. An Anthology of Recent Poetry Compiled by L.D.'O. Walters', London, Harrap, 1920, 1st trade edition, 24 plates by Harry Clarke as called for (12 colour, 12 black & white), plus ills. in text, 4to, original decorative cloth. Henry Patrick (Harry) Clarke (17 March 1889 - 6 January 1931) was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement.

Mary Ann Alexander (1815-1913)An album of twenty-one watercolours of Rollestone Farm, Writtle, in Essex and surrounding areas: views include the farmhouse; the garden with gardener and children, one in a tree; a farm wagon unloading in a barn; Lower Ewelands with ploughman; room interior with figures; bee skeps in garden; children sitting on a stile; family with rabbits in a field; room interior with figures; cheesemaking in a dairy with blue and white pottery; 'Writtle Reading-Room and Library'; cattle in a field; children in a garden with bench; 'Oxney Green'; harvest field with sheaves and figures; room interior, set for tea; farmyard with buildings and livestock (1862); gathering water at the pump; children being drawn by their mother; three horses before straw stacks; trees and bench in garden; visitors, taxidermy and natural history specimenseach approximately 18 x 26.5cmThe album is accompanied by a twenty-two page account by Mary, 'My Homes and Friends', containing handwritten poetry and dated 'Rollestons 9th mo 1864'.Mary Ann Alexander was born in 1815 at Goldrood, Belstead, near Ipswich, Suffolk. She was the daughter of Samuel Alexander, a partner in the family banking business Alexander & Co., of Ipswich. They were a prominent Quaker family in Suffolk.Mary Ann wrote a large number of poems, painted in watercolour and produced several volumes of drawings, including 'The Goldrood Book'. This was of their home in the 1840s and 50s. It is comparable to the present lot, as it depicts the principal room interiors, exterior and gardens, with various friends and family members shown.

London 1789 the Ist edition . Original calf boards with fine matching leather spine. The book has a 33 page Life and Writings Dafydd in English and also an 18 page English glossary at the end but the poetry is all printed in the original Welsh. (ESTC T144685).The Jeff Towns Collection of Welsh related antiquarian books

Assia Bennani Vision I Gouache on Paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) About Assia Bennani is a Moroccan painter artist based in London. She grew up in Casablanca and moved to Paris at age 18 to study interior design at the LISAA School of Paris Eager to explore different universes, Assia spent several years navigating between interior design, children's book illustrations and mural art. After moving to Hong Kong in 2007 where she spent 13 years, Assia's identity as an artist began to take shape and express itself. Her painting work is made of a mosaic of textures & patterns, reflecting her multi-cultural background and contemplative personality. Each place where she lived has left a mark and through painting, she explore times, spaces and cultures. The viewer is invited to travel in a new dimension where all those elements will gracefully blend. She aims to explore the complex topic of identity, how it evolves and grows through multicultural experiences. A fruitful journey where cultures, traditions and innovations happily find each other, a celebration of diversity and differences. Assia's paintings are formed with layers and layers of reworking, mixing figurative and rigorous details with evanescent, calming textured compositions. Her creative process is quite intuitive. The exploration through paint is led by a quest towards harmony and flow. She uses mostly acrylic paint, and although she sees her academic training in mural decorative art as a solid starting point, Assia like to use other medium like ink, gouache and oil paint. Education 2000 / French Baccalauréat (french school - Casablanca, Morocco) 2004 / Degree in Interior Design and design product ( LISAA - Paris, France) 2014 / Training & certification in Patines and mural effect painting (IPEDEC - Institut Supérieur de Peinture Décorative - Paris, France)   Select Exhibitions/Awards 2021 - The Other Art Fair, London 2019 - Group show at The Auberge, Hong Kong 2019 - Art Central with Sovereign art Foundation #Safpigs2019 , Hong Kong 2019 - Asia Contemporary Art Show, Hong Kong 2018 - Group show, Couleurs de Chine Charity, Usagi Gallery, Hong Kong 2010 - Solo Show, Kama Sutra murals, PMQ Hong Kong Gallery Representation Saatchi Art Rise Art   Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork Vision I, II and III are a moment of poetry and dreaminess. One dot at the time and everything slowdowns. It feels good and quiet. You are invited to dive in a calmer world where nature, birds and imaginary landscapes celebrate an eternal quest for calming harmony between layers of colours, textures and patterns. A gentle reminder to keep as much as possible a light and playful spirit during challenging times.

Assia Bennani Vision II Gouache on Paper Signed on Verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) About Assia Bennani is a Moroccan painter artist based in London. She grew up in Casablanca and moved to Paris at age 18 to study interior design at the LISAA School of Paris Eager to explore different universes, Assia spent several years navigating between interior design, children's book illustrations and mural art. After moving to Hong Kong in 2007 where she spent 13 years, Assia's identity as an artist began to take shape and express itself. Her painting work is made of a mosaic of textures & patterns, reflecting her multi-cultural background and contemplative personality. Each place where she lived has left a mark and through painting, she explore times, spaces and cultures. The viewer is invited to travel in a new dimension where all those elements will gracefully blend. She aims to explore the complex topic of identity, how it evolves and grows through multicultural experiences. A fruitful journey where cultures, traditions and innovations happily find each other, a celebration of diversity and differences. Assia's paintings are formed with layers and layers of reworking, mixing figurative and rigorous details with evanescent, calming textured compositions. Her creative process is quite intuitive. The exploration through paint is led by a quest towards harmony and flow. She uses mostly acrylic paint, and although she sees her academic training in mural decorative art as a solid starting point, Assia like to use other medium like ink, gouache and oil paint. Education 2000 / French Baccalauréat (french school - Casablanca, Morocco) 2004 / Degree in Interior Design and design product ( LISAA - Paris, France) 2014 / Training & certification in Patines and mural effect painting (IPEDEC - Institut Supérieur de Peinture Décorative - Paris, France)   Select Exhibitions/Awards 2021 - The Other Art Fair, London 2019 - Group show at The Auberge, Hong Kong 2019 - Art Central with Sovereign art Foundation #Safpigs2019 , Hong Kong 2019 - Asia Contemporary Art Show, Hong Kong 2018 - Group show, Couleurs de Chine Charity, Usagi Gallery, Hong Kong 2010 - Solo Show, Kama Sutra murals, PMQ Hong Kong Gallery Representation Saatchi Art Rise Art   Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork Vision I, II and III are a moment of poetry and dreaminess. One dot at the time and everything slowdowns. It feels good and quiet. You are invited to dive in a calmer world where nature, birds and imaginary landscapes celebrate an eternal quest for calming harmony between layers of colours, textures and patterns. A gentle reminder to keep as much as possible a light and playful spirit during challenging times.

Cheryl Pope Woman + Man on Mat Watercolour on Paper Signed on Verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) About Cheryl Pope is an interdisciplinary visual artist that questions and responds to issues of identity as it relates to the individual and the community, specifically regarding race, gender, class, history, power, and place. Her practice emerges from the act and politics of listening. Pope's early work involved performative, often sports-related projects, her more recent body of work continues the artist's examination of systematic social concerns, unexpected material interventions, and simultaneously introduces a novel formal language. While she previously positioned herself as a conduit for the voices of the youth impacted by socio-political turmoil, Pope's more recent work puts forth a personal intimacy yet unseen in the artist's oeuvre.   Education BFA 2003 School of the Art Institute Chicago, Masters in Design, Full Merit Scholar, 2010, School of the Art Institute Chicago   Select Exhibitions/Awards Pope received her BFA and MA in Design from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago, where she is now an Adjunct Professor. She has been the recipient of several awards and fellowships, including the Public Artist Award, Franklin Works, Minneapolis, MN (2017); Selected Artist, Year of Public Art, Chicago Cultural Center, IL (2017); Mellon Fellowship, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH (2016); and 3Arts Award, Chicago, IL (2015). Pope's work is in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Joan Flasche Artists Book Collection, Chicago; Seattle Art Museum, WA; Honolulu Museum of Art, HI; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL; DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; United States Embassy, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; The Jackson West Memorial Hospital, Miami; The Ulrich Museum of Art, Kansas, where she will have a solo show in the fall of 2022.   Gallery Representation Monique Meloche Gallery Chicago   Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork The works submitted are about Love.

Cheryl Pope Portrait of a Woman Watercolour on Paper Signed on Verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) About Cheryl Pope is an interdisciplinary visual artist that questions and responds to issues of identity as it relates to the individual and the community, specifically regarding race, gender, class, history, power, and place. Her practice emerges from the act and politics of listening. Pope's early work involved performative, often sports-related projects, her more recent body of work continues the artist's examination of systematic social concerns, unexpected material interventions, and simultaneously introduces a novel formal language. While she previously positioned herself as a conduit for the voices of the youth impacted by socio-political turmoil, Pope's more recent work puts forth a personal intimacy yet unseen in the artist's oeuvre.   Education BFA 2003 School of the Art Institute Chicago, Masters in Design, Full Merit Scholar, 2010, School of the Art Institute Chicago   Select Exhibitions/Awards Pope received her BFA and MA in Design from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago, where she is now an Adjunct Professor. She has been the recipient of several awards and fellowships, including the Public Artist Award, Franklin Works, Minneapolis, MN (2017); Selected Artist, Year of Public Art, Chicago Cultural Center, IL (2017); Mellon Fellowship, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH (2016); and 3Arts Award, Chicago, IL (2015). Pope's work is in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Joan Flasche Artists Book Collection, Chicago; Seattle Art Museum, WA; Honolulu Museum of Art, HI; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL; DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; United States Embassy, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; The Jackson West Memorial Hospital, Miami; The Ulrich Museum of Art, Kansas, where she will have a solo show in the fall of 2022.   Gallery Representation Monique Meloche Gallery Chicago   Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork The works submitted are about Love.

Cheryl Pope Portrait of a Palm Watercolour on Paper Signed on Verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) About Cheryl Pope is an interdisciplinary visual artist that questions and responds to issues of identity as it relates to the individual and the community, specifically regarding race, gender, class, history, power, and place. Her practice emerges from the act and politics of listening. Pope's early work involved performative, often sports-related projects, her more recent body of work continues the artist's examination of systematic social concerns, unexpected material interventions, and simultaneously introduces a novel formal language. While she previously positioned herself as a conduit for the voices of the youth impacted by socio-political turmoil, Pope's more recent work puts forth a personal intimacy yet unseen in the artist's oeuvre.   Education BFA 2003 School of the Art Institute Chicago, Masters in Design, Full Merit Scholar, 2010, School of the Art Institute Chicago   Select Exhibitions/Awards Pope received her BFA and MA in Design from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago, where she is now an Adjunct Professor. She has been the recipient of several awards and fellowships, including the Public Artist Award, Franklin Works, Minneapolis, MN (2017); Selected Artist, Year of Public Art, Chicago Cultural Center, IL (2017); Mellon Fellowship, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH (2016); and 3Arts Award, Chicago, IL (2015). Pope's work is in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Joan Flasche Artists Book Collection, Chicago; Seattle Art Museum, WA; Honolulu Museum of Art, HI; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL; DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; United States Embassy, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; The Jackson West Memorial Hospital, Miami; The Ulrich Museum of Art, Kansas, where she will have a solo show in the fall of 2022.   Gallery Representation Monique Meloche Gallery Chicago   Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork The works submitted are about Love.

Cheryl Pope Portrait of a Palm 2 Watercolour on Paper Signed on Verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) About Cheryl Pope is an interdisciplinary visual artist that questions and responds to issues of identity as it relates to the individual and the community, specifically regarding race, gender, class, history, power, and place. Her practice emerges from the act and politics of listening. Pope's early work involved performative, often sports-related projects, her more recent body of work continues the artist's examination of systematic social concerns, unexpected material interventions, and simultaneously introduces a novel formal language. While she previously positioned herself as a conduit for the voices of the youth impacted by socio-political turmoil, Pope's more recent work puts forth a personal intimacy yet unseen in the artist's oeuvre.   Education BFA 2003 School of the Art Institute Chicago, Masters in Design, Full Merit Scholar, 2010, School of the Art Institute Chicago   Select Exhibitions/Awards Pope received her BFA and MA in Design from the School of the Art Institute, Chicago, where she is now an Adjunct Professor. She has been the recipient of several awards and fellowships, including the Public Artist Award, Franklin Works, Minneapolis, MN (2017); Selected Artist, Year of Public Art, Chicago Cultural Center, IL (2017); Mellon Fellowship, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH (2016); and 3Arts Award, Chicago, IL (2015). Pope's work is in the collections of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Joan Flasche Artists Book Collection, Chicago; Seattle Art Museum, WA; Honolulu Museum of Art, HI; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; Poetry Foundation, Chicago, IL; DePaul University Art Museum, Chicago, IL; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; United States Embassy, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; The Jackson West Memorial Hospital, Miami; The Ulrich Museum of Art, Kansas, where she will have a solo show in the fall of 2022.   Gallery Representation Monique Meloche Gallery Chicago   Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork The works submitted are about Love.

WWI (military interest), c1930s autograph scrapbooks with drawings, paintings and poetry and a small autograph book including Graham Hill, Gloucester Cricket, Les Dawson, facsimile football signatures (4).

A collection of Robert Burns books, including "The Poetry of Robert Burns", London, Caxton, "The Centenary Burns", four volumes, uniform original pictorial cloth gilt; "The Life & Works of Roberts Burns", by Dr. Robert Chambers, Waverley Book Co., circa 1900, four volumes, uniform Art Nouveau style decorative cloth gilt, thistle design to spines; plus nine others including No. 111 Kilmarnock Burns Chronicle 1894 (17)

Binding.- Jones (Trevor, bookbinder).- Arnold (Sir Edwin, translator) The Chaurapanchâsika: An Indian Love-Lament, colour illustrations, 2 colour slides and binders notes loosely inserted, modern buff Nigerian goatskin with onlays of white, red and foil, tooling in blind, gold, vapco and various colours, g.e., decorative silk backed felt-lined drop-back box, original boards housed in small compartment, wrapped in binders original cardboard packaging, rubbed, oblong 8vo, [1896].⁂ This binding was completed by Trevor Jones in 1985, for T. V. Sathyamurthy, who suggested that it would be interesting to see an English designer's response to Indian art, on a book which is and English translator's response to Indian poetry.

A miniature book 'Schloss's English bijoux almanac for 1843 poetically illustrated by Miss Mitford' and another of poetry, in a brass book- shaped box, 3 1/2 cm

Poetry - The Romantics - The Poetical Works of Coleridge, Shelley, and Keats/Complete in One Volume, Paris: Published by A. and W. Galignani, 1829, engraved portrait frontispiece, black-ruled and printed in double-columns, contemporary boards, front-free endpaper inscribed in ink manuscript with scholarly notes on Coleridge's oeuvre - including some passages in Greek, 8vo, (1); leather bindings, 18th century and later, including a prayer book; The Youth's History of Scotland [...], London: Thomas Holmes, [n.d., c. 1860], blue cloth, 8vo, (1), [5] Provenance: 1st: G. H. Chandler/A Paris/June 11 1835, contemporaneous ink MS ownership inscription to front-free endpapers, presumably the same hand as the marginalia/notations.

A mid-19th century lady's commonplace or drawing-room album, compiled by Helen Kirk of Leicester, dated 1859, typically inscribed with manuscript verse and prose from belles-lettres, some music, and novelties &/or games, some watercolour illustrations including a rose, Romantic topographical ruins, etc., tipped-in embossed paper cards and prints, contemporary black morocco gilt, marbled endpapers, 8vo, (1); an early 19th century lady's commonplace book, compiled by Theresa Froggatt, inscribed in manuscript with Romantic poetry, including Henry Kirk White, etc., contemporary morocco gilt over boards (rubbed), 8vo, (1); others, similar, all 19th century, including friendship albums, various bindings and sizes, [7]

[Percy, Thomas]. Reliques of Ancient English Poetry: consisting of old heroic ballads, songs, and other pieces of our earlier poets, (chiefly of the lyric kind.) together with some few of later date, 1st edition, 3 volumes, London: J. Dodsley, 1765, engraved frontispiece to volume 1 (lacking initial blank A1), half-titles to volumes 2 & 3, engraved vignette to each title and verso of final leaf, engraved leaf of music at rear of volume 2, advertisement/to the binder leaf at rear of volume 3, occasional early annotations and marginal notes, some browning to margins at front and rear of each volume, armorial bookplate of Samuel Wegg to front pastedowns, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines with red morocco title labels, 8vo (Rothschild 1521, Tinker 1662), together with:Evans (Thomas), Old Ballads, Historical and Narrative, with some of modern date; now first collected, and reprinted from rare copies. With notes, 4 volumes, London: T. Evans, 1777-84, half-titles, engraved illustration to title of each, front endpapers with ownership label to Elizabeth Chute and signature of Spencer Austen Leigh 1877, contemporary half red straight-grain morocco (bookseller/binder label of Booth of Duke St, Portland Place, London to front pastedowns), joints slightly cracked, 8vo,[Phillips, Ambrose?], A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant. With introductions historical, critical, or humorous, London: printed for J. Roberts; and sold by J. Brotherton; A. Bettesworth; J. Pemberton; J. Woodman; and J. Stag, 1723, engraved frontispiece and 15 plates, title with crossed outer ownership signature, upper margin of A2 inscribed 'Miss Catherine Maunsell her book', light toning, contemporary blind panelled calf, 12mo,[Phillips, Ambrose?], A Collection of Old Ballads. Corrected from the best and most ancient copies extant..., volumes 1 & 3 only (of 3), London: printed for J. Roberts; and sold by J. Brotherton; A. Bettesworth; J. Pemberton; J. Woodman; and J. Stag, 1723-25, engraved frontispieces, half-title to volume 3, 27 engraved plates, some browning, light dust-soiling and few marks, all edges gilt, wood engraved bookplate of Robert Pinkney (by Bewick?) to upper pastedowns, early 19th century blind & gilt decorated navy blue/black morocco, 12mo Nichols (J., publisher), Scottish Tragic Ballads, London: Printed by and for J. Nichols, 1781, engraved illustration to title with early signature to upper blank margin, edges untrimmed, contemporary boards, scuffed, 8vo,[Ritson, Joseph, edited], Pieces of Ancient Popular Poetry: from authentic manuscripts and old printed copies, London: Printed by C. Clarke, for T. and J. Egerton, 1791, half-title, few woodcut illustrations, contemporary vellum, morocco title label, 8vo,Qty: (12)

Masefield (John). King Cole, limited edition, London: William Heinemann, 1921, signed by the author to the limitation page, black & white illustrations by Judith Masefield, some light toning & offsetting, top edge gilt, publishers original quarter vellum to blue paper boards, spine slightly toned, 8vo, 687/700The Dream, limited edition, London: William Heinemann, circa 1920, numbered signed by the author & the illustrator to the foot of the title page, 5 black & white illustrations, some toning & spotting, publishers original boards with white cloth spine, 8vo, number 154 of un-numbered limitation, together with;Drinkwater (John), Tides, a book of poems, limited edition, London: Beaumont Press, 1917, some minor marginal toning, publishers original decorated boards to cloth spine, slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, 131/270, plusde la Fontaine (Jean), The Fables of La Fontaine, London: J. C. Nimoy and Bain, 1884, 25 etchings by A. Delierre, endpapers toned with some spitting, gutters cracked, some minor marginal toning, top edge gilt, publishers original gilt decorated quarter vellum to illustrated green cloth, boards & spine slightly faded & rubbed to head & foot, large 8vo, plus other 19th-century & modern poetry, including works by Stella Gibbons, Robert Graves, T. S. Eliot, William Wordsworth, Robert Browning, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/4toApproximately 130 volumesQty: (3 shelves )

Johnson (B. S.) Poems, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to Giles and Margaret Gordon to front free endpaper, additionally signed by the author on title, bookplate of Giles Gordon to front pastedown, original boards, light bumping to spine ends and corners, dust-jacket, light toning, spine ends and corners a little chipped, rubbing and light creasing to head and foot, 8vo, 1964.⁂ The author's second book and his first collection of poetry, inscribed to his close friend, the author and agent Giles Gordon.

Mandel'shtam (Osip Emil'evich) O poezii. Sbornik statei [On poetry. A collection of essays], first edition, original pink wrappers, rubbed, some light wear to extremities, 8vo, Leningrad, Academia, 1928.⁂ First edition of Mandel'shtam scarce last book.

Colum (Padraic) (1881-1972) Irish Writer and Poet'Wild Earth'. A Book of Verse. Maunsell & Co, Dublin 1907. 39pp. Hessian and card boards (175 x 111mm) plus a group of 10 Irish poetry titles in pamphlet form (11) Provenance: From the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale

Wagner (Richard) and Rolleston (T.W.) 'The Tale of Lohengrin'. Willy Pogany Illus. C.Y. Crowell, New York. Original red cloth. Gilt title (275 x 185mm). Binding rubbed and stained. Plus Bunyan (John 'The Pilgrims Progress'. Cassells, Petter & Galpin c1900. Half red calf worn and split. Plus 'The Ruskin Birthday Book'. George Allen 1883. Small Fo. Red cloth, much worn. Plus Busch (Wilhelm) German Poet. An Album of Cartoons and Poetry c1900. Fo. Half red morocco and marbled boards (loose). Edges chipped and worn. Plus five further vols (9) Provenance: From the Estate of Patrick Dockar-Drysdale

Classical Influences on English Poetry by J A K Thomson Hardback Book 1951 First Edition published by George Allen and Unwin Ltd some ageing good condition. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99

A Box of Assorted Books to include English Verse, Dante, various poetry books including Keatsm Milton & Shelley, Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, Book of British Ballads, George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss, T S Eliot, and a collection of classics by Jane Austen, J K Chesterton, R L Stevenson etc. A great collection.

Inky Parrot Press. Night Thoughts & Other Poems, written by C.H. Sisson between August & November 1982, Inky Parrot Press, Oxford Polytechnic, 1983, linocut illustrations by Annie Newham, original wrappers, small tears at head of spine, 4to, together with Nash (Paul, illustrator). Mister Bosphorus and the Muses or a short history of poetry in Britain, variety entertainment in four acts, words by Ford Maddox Ford, London: Duckworth, 1923, wood-engraved illustrations by Paul Nash, some light spotting, original cloth-backed boards, marginal toning to covers, 4to, with seven others including Essex: Highways, Byways, and Waterways, by C.R.B. Barrett, 1892 (limited edition 117/120), Geographia Antiqua: Being a complete set of maps of antient geography, beautifully engraved from Cellarius..., new edition, 1812, Gilbert Rumbold's The Wayside Book, [1934] and Frank Carr's Sailing Barges, 1931 (inscribed by the author)Qty: (9)

A miscellany of children's books, 19th century and later, to include: Hoffmann (H), THE ENGLISH STRUWWELPETER, illustrated boards, red cloth spine, Griffith, Farran, Browne & Co, London, Riddell (J), ANIMAL LORE AND DISORDER, illustrated boards, split page mix and match colour illustrations throughout, The Falcon Press Ltd, London, and Belloc (H), THE BAD CHILD'S BOOK OF BEASTS, illustrated by B.T.B., grey illustrated boards, monochrome illustrated boards throughout, Duckworth And Co, London, with die-cut books, story pamphlets, child's poetry books, bible story books, fairy tale books, works by Randolph Caldecott etc (Qty)

Lots 371-380Charles Bronson (b.1952) The next ten lots are collections of works by and related to Charles Bronson, Britain's most infamous prison inmate. They include a quantity of correspondence sent from Bronson to Joey Pyle, comprising letters, poetry, illustrations, and musings of his life behind bars. Also included are a number of articles, court communications and other official documents, most of which have been commented on by Bronson and sent out. They give a unique insight into the life and mind of Charles Bronson, and his life spent in various penitentiaries across Britain, and how he perpetuates his existence within. They also show a more humane side of Bronson, shining a light on his relationships with the outside world, and his undertakings in the name of charity.CHARLES BRONSON (b.1952),'If It Doesn't Kill Ya! Then It Makes You Stronger. If You Can't Understand Me Best Go Suck on a Toffee. - Wisdom Seeps Through My Cage!!! Try and Learn from the Man in the Darkness... Come Into My Brain... But Don't Turn on the Light', 1997, a handwritten fourteen-page book of poetry, written by Charles Bronson, comprising various texts of poetry, wisdom, and humour accompanied by various illustrations, 15 x 11cmCondition report: Some minor stains to the cover.

17th century English School, oil on canvas, Portrait of Sir Thomas Craig of Riccarton 1538-1608, holding a scroll, titled, 60.5 x 74cm, in period carved gilt frame. NB:Sir Thomas Craig of Riccarton (c. 1538-1608) was a notable Scottish jurist and poet. In 1564, he was appointed justice-depute. In this capacity he presided at many of the criminal trials of the period in Edinburgh. He was well known for his poetry and his 1603 ‘Jus Feudale’. This book was the first comprehensive legal treatise to be written in Scotland and its object was to assimilate the laws of England and Scotland, but, instead of this, it was an important factor in building up and solidifying the law of Scotland into a separate system.Provenance: Removed from The Garden House, HampsteadCondition report: Re-lined and restored in 1955 as per the label verso. Some overpainting on the outer edges visible under a UV light and the dates look to have been strengthened on the top right corner when the restoration was carried out. Some minor losses to the frame but nothing serious. Please see further images at www.reemandansie.com.

Owen (Wilfred) Poems, first edition, portrait frontispiece with a few spots to margin, tissue guard, light browning to title, browning to endpapers, short split to upper hinge but holding firm, original cloth, light discolouration to spine ends but paper label to spine still very bright, corners bumped, sm.4to, 1920.⁂ The most important book of poetry from the first world war. The power of Owen's poetry is as significant today as it was when first written, under the encouragement of Siegfried Sassoon (who wrote the introduction to this posthumously published collection), in the trenches of Flanders, mostly in 1917 and 1918. Owen was killed one week before the armistice was signed in 1918.

Marseille.- Bellaudiere (Louis Bellaud de la) Obros et Rimos Provenssalos, 4 parts in 1, first edition, collation: A-Y4 Z2; Aa-Rr4 Ss2; A-H4 I2, first 3 part-titles with woodcut device, part 4 with woodcut arms of author on title, woodcut portrait to verso of Table des Sonnets (at end of part 3), first 4 leaves to part 1 (including title with portrait to verso) and ff.A2-3 in part 4 supplied in facsimile, occasional foxing and marginal water-staining, later calf, gilt in imitation of a contemporary binding, 4to (228 x 144mm.), Marseille, Pierre Mascaron, 1595.⁂ The first edition of the first book printed in Marseille, extremely rare. Bellaud de la Bellaudiere was born in Grasse and spent most of his youth in Provence. In 1572 on his way back from Bordeaux to Provence he was arrested and imprisoned in Moulins where he stayed for about 18 months and wrote poetry, much of which was only published after his death in 1588. The preface is written by Cesar de Nostredame, son of Michel. Only two other copies have appeared at auction over the last 60 years.

Folio Society. A collection of folio books, comprising J R Tolkein The Hobbit, Travels With A Donkey, The Lost World, Anthony Trollop My Life and Hard Times and other Observations, The Pillar Book of Sel Shonagon, Cold Comfort Farm, Gulivers Travels, Love In A Cold Climate, Middle Marsh, Domestic Manners of The Americans, Twelve Stories, The Discover and Conquest of Peru, The Secret Garden, The Diary of a Village Shopkeeper, The Diary of a Nobody, The Warden, The Cream of Noel Coward and a set of Oxford English Poetry volumes. (1 shelf)

Literature and Bibliography A collection, including Leyden, John Leyden, John The Poetical Remains of the Late Dr. John Leyden. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1819. 8vo, contemporary half calf gilt, Fasque bookplate; Fawkes, Francis The Idylliums of Theocritus. London: printed for the Author by Dryden Leach, 1767. 8vo, portrait, without the advert leaf, contemporary calf neatly rebacked, bookplate of Elizabeth Burton; Lockhart, John Gibson Ancient Spanish Ballads: Historical and Romantic. Edinburgh: William Blackwood / London: T. Cadell, 1823. First edition, small 4to, without half-title, contemporary green morocco gilt, a little marginal dampstaining and slight foxing, inkstain to rear cover; Dickens, Charles Master Humphrey’s Clock. London: Chapman and Hall, 1840. First edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, 3 engraved frontispieces, contemporary half calf gilt, some fading to spines, a little foxing; Petronius Arbiter, Gaius Titus Satyricon... Amsterdam: Janson Weisberg, 1743. 2 volumes, small 4to, additional engraved title-page, half-calf, bookplate of Henry David Forbes of Balgownie; Anthony, Earl of Shaftesbury Characteristicks of Men, Manners, Opinions, Times. [London: James Purser], 1737. 3 volumes, 8vo, portrait, contemporary calf gilt, bookplates and ownership inscriptions of Sir Robert Laurie; Croft, P.J. Autograph Poetry in the English Language. London: Cassell, 1973. 2 volumes, 4to, one of 1500 copies, dust-jackets and slip-case; Thomas, Alan G. Great Books and Book Collectors. London: Chancellor Press, 1975; MacLean, Ruari Victorian Publishers’ Book-Bindings in Cloth and Leather. London: Gordon Fraser, 1974; Macdonald, Angus and A.D. Morrison-Low A Heavenly Library: treasures from the Royal Observatory’s Crawford Collection. Edinburgh, 1994; Gray, Alasdair The Book of Prefaces. London: Bloomsbury, 2000 (16)

Tragara Press, 20 volumes comprising White, John T. Of Forests and Silence. 1965, number 13 of 50 copies, original marbled wrappers; White, John T. The Death of a King. 1970, one of 75 copies; Telford, Thomas To Sir John Malcolm on receiving his Miscellaneous Poems. 1971, one of 200 copies, original green wrappers; Fuller, Roy Re-Treads. 1979, number 17 of 130 copies signed by the author, original green wrappers; Johnson, Lionel Poetry & Fiction. 1982, number 23 of 95 copies, original marbled wrappers; Smith, Logan Pearsall Saved from the Salvage. 1982, number 5 of 25 copies, original wrappers; Banville, Theodore de The Kiss, translated by John Gray. 1983, number 43 of 145 copies, original brown wrappers; Symons, Julian 1948 and 1984. 1984, number 6 of 135 copies, original patterned wrappers; Borrow, George Letters to John Hasfeld 1841-1846. 1984, number 21 of 150 copies; Frankau, Pamela A Letter from R*bcc W*st. 1986, number 45 of 95 copies, original wrappers; O'Connor, Frank For a Two-Hundredth Birthday. 1986, number 58 of 120 copies, original patterned boards; Coustillas, Pierre Brief Interlude, the letters of George Gissing to Edith Sichel. 1987, number 15 of 170 copies, original blue cloth-backed boards; Fuller, Roy Lessons of the Summer. 1987, number 64 of 135 copies, original green wrappers; Fuller, Roy Lessons of the Summer. 1987, annotated proofs, original wrappers; Pitter, Ruth A Heaven to Find. Privately Printed for the Enitharmon Press, 1987, number 71 of 200 copies, original blue wrappers; Symons, Arthur An Anonymous Review of W.B. Yeats's Ideas of Good and Evil. 1988, number 72 of 120 copies, original blue wrappers; Thomas, Edward Letters to America 1914-1917. 1989, number 12 of 140 copies, original patterned wrappers; Burnett, David Pharos. two essays upon Thais. 1989, one of 100 copies, original maroon wrappers; Anderson, Alan and Jennie Blue Remembered Hills. 2004, limited to 20 copies, inscribed to Edward [Nairn] and Ian [Watson] from Alan [Anderson], original wrappers; Hobson, Anthony Cyril Connolly as a book collector. 1983, number 31 of 150 copies, original blue wrappers (20)

Tragara Press, 21 volumes comprising Johnson, Lionel Poetry & Fiction. 1982, number 24 of 95 copies, original marbled wrappers; Symons, A.J.A. A.J.A. Symons to Wyndham Lewis. 1982, number 298 of 120 copies, original marbled wrappers; Weeks, Donald T.E. Lawrence. 1983, one of 230 copies, original green wrappers; Gray, John The Kiss. 1983, number 9 of 30 copies, original marbled wrappers; Hobson, Anthony Cyril Connolly as a Book Collector. 1983; Fuller, Roy As from the Thirties. 1983, number 10 of 135 copies, signed, original marbled wrappers; Burnett, David Romans. 1983, one of 110 copies, original wrappers; Sanderson, Kenneth W. Belgrave Crescent Gardens. 1983, one of 300 copies, original green wrappers; Stoker, Bram The Dualitistis. 1986, number 105 of 125 copies, original red wrappers; Summers, Montague Letters to an Editor... C.K. Ogden. 1986, number 35 of 145 copies, original wrappers; Fuller, Roy Lessons of the Summer. 1987, number 5 of 135 copies signed by author, original patterned boards; Pitter, Ruth A Heaven to Find. Privately printed for the Enitharmon Press, 1987, number 16 of 200 copies, one of 35 signed, original patterned wrappers; Gray, John Some Unpublished Poems. 1987, number 99 of 145 copies, original tan wrappers; Blackwood, Algernon A Mysterious House. 1987, number 27 of 125 copies, original blue wrappers; Rolfe, Frederick Reviews of Unwritten Books. Volumes 1 & II. 1985-86, number 11 of 110 copies, original sand wrappers; Coustillas, Pierre Brief Interlude: the Letters of George Gissing to Edith Sichel. 1987, number 28 of 120 copies and number 83 of 170 copies, original brown wrappers; Reed, Jeremy Wilde and the Night. 1994. One of 14 large paper copies printed on Sheepstor hand-made paper, unnumbered, signed, original wrappers; Stenbock, Stanislaus E. The King's Bastard or the Triumph of Evil. Durtro, 2004, one of 200 copies, yellow wrappers; Dee, Baby A Book of Songs for Anne Marie. Durtro, 2004, one of 150 copies signed by the author, original wrappers; Gissing, George An Art Exhibition in Boston. 2004, one of 45 copies, original marbled wrappers (21)

This Very Scarce book of Poetry is possible unique, called: His MAIES TIES POETI- CALL EXER- Printed By Robert Wald-graue Printer to the Kings Maieftie. Edinburgh 1591: This book was printed for His Majesty James l. Sixth King of Scotland. I can only find an Electronic version of this book. Translated from Guillaume De Salluste , Seigneur Du Bartas into Early English. Cover Shelf Worn, Slightly Rounded Edges, with Leather Binder With Gold Lettering. Binder: Coming Away from Back and Front Cover, still attached. Pages: In Really Good Condition for Age, none missing, very little damp spots or tarnishing.

This Spirit of Watches poems by Ruth Pitter Cresset Press Ltd . A unique book with what appears to be hand written and typed verse by the author. Born in 1897 in Ilford, Ruth Pitter's initial book, First Poems, was published in 1920. Over a dozen volumes followed, including A Mad Lady's Garland, A Trophy of Arms, and Still by Choice.Ruth Pitter received the Hawthornden Prize in 1937, the Heinemann Award for Literature in 1954, and in 1955 was the first woman to receive the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry. She was created a Companion of Literature in 1974 and a Commander of the British Empire in 1979. She died on 29 February, 1992.

An Historical song book Entitled:A Collection of Songs and Poems By Thomas D'uffey, Gent. London 1683. Some pages loose and pages 5 and 6 missing. Pg 31 and 32 filled in and 45 and 46 filled in cover Missing Front Back Cover Very Shelf worn, evidence of renovation work and repair. Unique Item possibly one of a kind. A Collection of Scares Poetry and Song books to include Fly Leaves by C S Calvery Cambridge 1890. Some Damp Spots to pages.THE feast of Fins By James Mabon, A Walker and Sons 1906. Good condition.POEMS BY Waltet Malone,Paul And Douglass Co.in Good Condition. Two Georgian Poetry books 1916 to 1917 and 1920 to 1922. 35 Devonshire St London. Both in good condition.

Thomas MacDonagh, 1913, signed presentation copy of his book, Thomas Campion And The Art Of English Poetry, Hodges Figgis, Dublin, 1913, 8vo. 130pp, blue cloth gilt, inscribed in black ink " To my friend - Professor Michael Power(?) MA - With kind regards - 13. II. 1913 - Thomas Mac Donagh", an extremely rare book, signed by a signatory of the 1916 Proclamation in the year he joined the Provisional Committee of the Irish Volunteers.

Cículo de JUAN DE VALDÉS LEAL (Seville, 1622 - 1690)."Saint Francis of Borgia".Oil on canvas.Repainting.Lacking in the frame.Measurements: 64 x 51 cm; 82,5 x 67,5 cm (frame).Contemporary of Murillo, Valdés Leal was his biggest pictorial rival in the Seville of his time. However, their language differs greatly. Murillo's gentleness contrasts with the latter's harshness and dramatic verism. In this representation of Saint Francis Borgia, whom we recognise by the skull and imperial crown he holds in his left hand, the saint is depicted with a countenance reminiscent of other religious figures depicted by Valdés Leal, starting with the painting of the same figure that he produced for the pictorial series on the life of Saint Ignatius of Loyola (now in the Museo de Bellas Artes in Seville). Under the lowered eyelids, black eyes of impenetrably deep expression, together with the frown and half-open lips, reveal with intensity a moment of inner transformation. The dark, velvety-textured clothing accentuates by contrast the naturalism of the flesh tones, both on the face and on the hands. The glittering jewels on the skull denote particular skill in the use of glazes and glitter. The psychological depth and the symbol of the crowned skull convey the horror at the discovery of the decomposition of the Empress Isabella of Portugal when she was about to hand over her corpse in Granada. The jewels symbolise the saint's renunciation of all earthly goods. Especially known for his paintings of vanitas (such as those he painted for the church of La Caridad in Seville), Valdés Leal nevertheless worked on all kinds of religious themes. We do not know when he moved to Córdoba, although it is likely that he had already trained as an artist in his native city. It has been speculated that he was influenced by the workshop of Herrera el Viejo, and also by the art of the Cordovan Antonio del Castillo, as possible influences for his first known signed and dated work, the San Andrés in the church of San Francisco in Cordoba, dated 1647. In it he was able to combine the monumentality of the figure of the saint with a naturalistic approach with visible success. In 1656 he settled in Seville, where he spent most of his life. In 1660 he was one of the founders of the Academy of Drawing, of which he became president in 1663. The following year Palomino set out on his trip to the court and to El Escorial, a journey that can still be understood as an apprenticeship, driven by his eagerness to become acquainted with the works of the great masters in the royal collections. In 1667 he joined the Brotherhood of Charity in Seville, whose founder had been Miguel de Mañara, the noble visionary author of the eschatological Discourse on Truth, to which Valdés would remain attached from then on. In 1671 Valdés Leal had the opportunity to work as an architect on the ephemeral decorations that the Seville cathedral had installed to celebrate the canonisation of Saint Ferdinand. Thanks to these works Palomino defines him as "a great draughtsman, perspectivist and architect". He also produced two engravings, reproducing his works in the cathedral, for Fernando Torres Farfán's book celebrating the event, which gives us an insight into his work as an architect. These are his most important works as a printmaker, although his engraving of the cathedral monstrance, a self-portrait and the posthumous image of Miguel de Mañara are also known. In 1672 he was in Cordoba, an occasion that Palomino took advantage of to meet him personally. This lends further value to the Cordovan treatise writer's affirmation of Valdés Leal's literary interest, as he describes him as possessing "the ornament of all good letters, not forgetting those of poetry".