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62 62. COURTIER. outdoor girl. c. 1940s £350
830 x 830 mm. rayon, yellow border with designs in yellow, red, blue, hrey and black on white background depicting young women enjoying a variety of sports.
courtier was a competitor to the more famous scarf companies of Ascher and Jacqmar.
63. COURTIER. men only handkerchief. c. 1940s £198
630 x 630 mm. cotton, yellow with colour designs on a white background of covers and cartoons from men only magazine. this is both a tribute to servicemen, who are featured in the large corner designs, and a chance to reproduce some of the magazine’s slightly racy cartoons, which mainly feature comely glamour girls.
64. COWARD, Noel. postcard signed. [1923]. £198
black and white postcard mounted, of noel coward in “london calling”. small crease to one corner otherwise in very nice condition.
inscribed by coward “With best wishes yours sincerely, noel coward”.
London Calling was a musical revue, produced by André charlot with music and lyrics by noël coward, which opened at london’s duke of york’s theatre on september 4, 1923. it is famous for being noël coward’s first publicly produced musical work and for the use of a 3-d stereoscopic shadowgraph as part of its opening act. the revue’s song “parisian pierrot”, sung by gertrude lawrence, was coward’s first big hit and became one of his signature tunes.
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65. CRANE, Walter. invitation to the corporation of london’s reception and ball to celebrate Queen victoria’s golden Jubilee. Corporation of London. 1887.
£498 366 x 285mm, mounted. one corner a lttle chipped, otherwise a fine copy.
A rare Walter crane ephemeron. the recipient of the invitation was mr h.c. Wales and his name is inserted in ink (slightly faded). the design is typically crane, including a beefeater, a noble knight in shining armour, and symbolic maidens representing progress, peace and plenty surrounding britannia reclining on a globe.
66. CRANE, Walter (Artist). A book of christmas verse. selected by h.c. beeching with ten designs by Walter crane. Methuen and Company. 1895.
£750
8vo., original red buckram lettered in gilt on spine. With 11 illustrations by crane (the vignette on the title-page repeating the illustration of the burning babe). spine and lower board slightly sunned, otherwise a very good copy.
first edition, limited edition of 50 numbered large paper copies printed on hand-made paper. this collection of christmas hymns, carols, and poems, includes works by milton, coleridge, christina rossetti, William morris, swinburne, Wordsworth, donne, robert bridges, ben Jonson and gerard manley hopkins.
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