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249 249. ROBINSON, W. Heath. man and duck. 1939. £698
original pen and ink drawing, mounted 305 x 285mm, signed and dated “W heath robinson march 2 1939”. very light, scarcely perceptible, browning to one square section of the drawing otherwise in fine condition.
presented with a copy of geoffrey beare’s Heath Robinson Advertising in a custom-made cloth fall-down-back box with red leather spine label.
250. ROGET, P.M. roget’s thesaurus. Penguin Book. 1995. £298
stout 8vo., recently finely bound in half red morocco, spine with raised bands with gilt rules, lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. A fine copy. new edition edited by betty kirkpatrick.
251. RUSKIN, John. pre-raphaelitism. Smith, Elder, And Co., 1851.
£1,350
8vo. original blue printed wrappers bound in a full dark green morocco binding by charles mcleish, signed on lower turn-in “
c.mcl 1912” boards with triple gilt panels enclosing a rectangular border adorned with trailing flowers, spine panelled and lettered in gilt, all edges gilt. ; pp. 68. spine slightly sunned.
first edition. the publication of the present pamphlet arose from the adverse critical reception given to paintings exhibited by John millais and William holman hunt at the royal Academy in 1851. As a result millais asked coventry patmore to approach ruskin with a view to him taking up their cause. patmore did so and on the 13th and 30th of may letters from ruskin appeared in the Times defending the young painters. in addition ruskin wrote to millais offering to purchase his canvas The Return of the Dove to the Ark. in August of the same year ruskin issued Pre- Raphaelitism, again warmly praising the artists and in particular comparing millais with turner, an artist with whom ruskin had had a long association. ruskin’s intervention proved a turning point in the group’s fortunes. dnb notes that “it encouraged the painters themselves, confirmed patrons and picture dealers, and caused many of the critcs to reconsider their opinions.”
charles mcleish was the finisher at the doves bindery until 1909 when he left to establish his own bindery.
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252. RUSSELL, Bertrand unpopular essays. George Allen & Unwin. 1950
£98
8vo. original cloth and dustwrapper; pp. 223; spine a little sunned, very good.
first edition. A collection of miscellaneous essays on contentious subjects, including russell’s self-penned and somewhat premature obituary of 1937.
253. RUSSELL, Jane. An Autobiography. Sidgwick & Jackson. 1985.
£148
8vo., original cloth with dustwrapper. A fine copy. first uk edition signed by russell on the title-page.
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