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145 145. HEPBURN, Audrey. signed photograph. £998
380 x 320 mm in cluding acid-free mount. monochrome photograph on matte silver paper, inscribed ‘Audrey Hepburn/ June 1988’. fine condition.
this rare Audrey hepburn signature dates from the same year that she started serving as unicef goodwill Ambassador and comes directly after her trip to famine-ravaged ethiopia. she continued in this role until her premature death of cancer in 1993, travelling to places as diverse as turkey, vietnam, bangladesh and somalia to raise international awareness of the plight of children in the world’s most depressed areas. in the words of unicef executive director carol bellamy in 2002: “she was an inspiration, she brought enormous world attention to children, she raised the profile of the challenges they face.”
146.HEWITT, Graily. lettering for students and craftsmen. Seeley Service & Co., New Art Library, 1930.
£750
4to., original white buckram, lettered in gilt on spine. With four hundred and three illustrations. A little browning to endpapers, otherwise a near fine copy.
first edition, edition de luxe. one of 380 numbered copies on handmade paper, signed by the author, “and containing two specially designed and hitherto unpublished alphabets by the Author”.
born in 1864, William graily hewitt was educated at Westminster school and trinity college, cambridge. he was called to the bar in 1889 but interrupted his legal career by writing a novel and a volume of short stories. in 1899 he attended edward Johnston’s evening classes at the central school of Arts and crafts and was rapidly brought in to teach there, and at camberwell school of Art, when Johnston gave up due to pressure of work (1901). graily hewitt taught at the central school until c.1930.
he published in tandem with Johnston in the early years of the century and collaborated with other scribes and illuminators throughout his life. graily hewitt and ida henstock worked together on the book of subscribers to the bodleian Appeal (1949) and graily hewitt collaborated with many private presses as a decorator. his many publications on handwriting and type design appeared from 1915 to 1943, his work is in the victoria and Albert museum’s collection and he was one of the original members of the book and printing circle, the double crown club.
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147. HOCKNEY, David. hockney’s Alphabet. drawings by david hockney & Written contributions edited by stephen spender. Faber & Faber, for the Aids Crisis Trust. 1991.
£1750
4to. original quarter vellum, spine lettered in gilt; full-page coloured design for each letter of the alphabet by david hockney; a fine copy in the original cloth-covered slipcase.
the contributors are: stephen spender, Joyce carol oates, iris murdoch,
paul theroux, gore vidal, norman mailer, seamus heaney, martin Amis, erica Jong, ian mcewan, nigel nicolson, margaret drabble, craig raine, William boyd,
v.s.pritchett, doris lessing, William golding, Arthur miller, ted hughes, kazuo ishiguro, Julian barnes, John updike, susan sontag, Anthony burgess, douglas Adams, patrick leigh fermor, and
c.c.bombaugh.
first edition, limited edition of 300 copies, signed by Hockney and 23 of the contributors.
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