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112. FRYER, Jane Eayre. the mary frances cook book or Adventures among the kitchen people. Philadelpia. The John C Winston Co.1912.
£398
8vo., original blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine with illustrative paper panel on upper board. With full page illustrations by margaret g hays and other illustrations by Jane Allen boyer. Just a little rubbing
to binding, ink
inscription, otherwise a very good copy.
first edition signed by the author. the first mary frances book. mary frances spends three magical weeks in fairyland with the kitchen people (humanized kitchen utensils) including Aunty rolling pin and others. including 40 recipes, ranging from plain toast to pan-broiled beefsteak.
113. GALLICO, Paul. scruffy. Michael Joseph. 1962. £48
8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. spine of wrapper a little darkened otherwise a very good copy.
first edition. gallico wrote of his novel “there is one demonstrable fact in this otherwise total work of fiction and that is that on the 25th August 1944, the prime minister Winston churchill, caused a signal to be sent to gibraltar expressing anxiety over disquieting rumours concerning the welfare of
the barbary apes
established there, and directing that every effort be made to restore the dwindling number of apes to twenty- four, and that this number should be maintained there-after. so much for the truth. All that follows is nothing but the wildest imagination.”
114. GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS. GAUTIER, Theophile. BUCKLAND WRIGHT, John (illustrator). mademoiselle de maupin. Golden Cockerel Press. 1938.
£400
crown 4to. original quarter white vellum, spine lettered in gilt, blue cloth sides, top edges gilt, others untrimmed; 8 copper-engravings by John buckland Wright; title printed in black and blue; a very nice copy.
one of 500 numbered copies.
115. GEORGE VI. coronation of george vi & Queen elizabeth official souvenir programme. Printed and Published for King George’s Jubilee Trust. 1937.
£48 4to., original printed wrappers. illustrated with black and white
photographs and with a central double spread map of the coronation procession. Wrappers a little dusty, a couple of pages a little browned, otherwise a very good copy.
the official souvenir to celebrate the coronation of king george vi and Queen elizabeth. the souvenir includes the first appearance of John masefield, the poet laureate’s poem A Prayer for the King’s Reign, John drinkwater’s essay The King’s Majesty, details of the procession and the order of service.
loosely inserted is an 8 page printed order of service, form b, for the form of prayer and dedication for use on sunday evening, may 8th, 1937, being the sunday before the coronation of their majesties king george vi and Queen elizabeth.
116. [GIELGUD, John]. VAN VECHTEN, Carl. John gielgud as hamlet. december 3, 1936.
£2,500
original black and white photograph of John gielgud by carl van vechten, framed and glazed, 460 x 530 mm.
fine, striking image
showing gielgud in costume performing in Hamlet in new york in 1936. variant of the portrait from the same session published in portraits: the photographs of carl van vechten, (1978), edited by saul mauriber. docketed in pencil on verso, giving the name of the sitter, the date of the session, and a reference to negative and print (“iX - k - 22”).
carl van vechten (June 17, 1880 – december 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the harlem renaissance and the literary executor of gertrude stein.
in the early 1930s, miguel covarrubias introduced van vechten to the 35mm leica camera. he began photographing his large circle of friends and acquaintances. his earlier career as a writer and his wife’s experience as an actress provided him with access to both fledgling artists and the established cultural figures of the time. some of his subjects from this period include f. scott fitzgerald, langston hughes, Alfred A. knopf, bessie smith, and gertrude stein.
van vechten’s portraits are frequently busts or half-length poses, in front of bold backdrops. dancers were usually photographed on stage. van vechten did his own darkroom work, but frequently used an assistant to help set up lights for the portrait sittings.
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during World War ii, van vechten volunteered at the stage door canteen. top-notch entertainers frequently performed there for servicemen. saul mauriber, one of the busboys under van vechten’s supervision, began working as his photographic assistant and remained in this capacity for twenty years. mauriber was also responsible for organizing van vechten’s photographs and eventually became the photographic executor for van vechten’s estate. the library of congress acquired its collection of approximately 1,400 photographs in 1966 from saul mauriber. this photograph is part of the remaining material from mauriber’s estate, and thus has an impeccable provenance.
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