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97. doyle, sir arthur Conan. the narrative of John smith. The British Library. 2011.
£100
8vo., original red cloth lettered in gilt on spine with gilt block on upper board, in slipcase. Mint.
First edition, limited edition of 250 numbered copies. the manuscript of Doyles’ lost first novel formed part of a collection of private papers that emerged at auction in 2004 and was bought by the British library for nearly £1m. Written in four black notebooks, the 130-page work has now been transcribed and typeset for worldwide release to accompany an exhibition of conan Doyle-abilia at the British library.
“Before there was the astute detective sherlock holmes and his capable compatriot Watson,
there was the
opinionated everyman, John smith. in 1883, when he was just 23, sir arthur conan Doyle wrote The Narrative of John Smith while he was living in Portsmouth and struggling to establish himself as both a doctor and a writer. he had already succeeded in having a number of short stories published in leading magazines of the day, such as Blackwood’s, all the Year round, london society, and the Boy’s own Paper – but as was the accepted practice of literary journals of the time, his stories had
been published anonymously. thus, conan Doyle
knew that in order to truly establish his name as a writer, he would have to write a novel. that novel – the first he ever wrote and only now published for the first time – is The Narrative of John Smith.
Many of the themes and stylistic tropes of his later writing, including his first sherlock holmes story, A Study in Scarlet (published in 1887) can be clearly seen. More a series of ruminations than a traditional novel, The Narrative of John Smith is of considerable biographical importance and provides an exceptional window into the mind of the creator of sherlock holmes. through John smith, a 50 year-old man confined to his room by an attack of gout, conan Doyle sets down his thoughts and opinions on a range of subjects – including literature, science, religion, war, and education – with no detectable insecurity or diffidence.
though unfinished, The Narrative of John Smith stands as a fascinating record of the early work of a man on his way to becoming one of the best- known authors in the world.”
inscriBeD BY the author
98. dU CHaillU, Paul. Wild life under the equator. New York: Harper & Brothers 1868.
£100
8vo. original highly decorated green cloth, gilt lettering to front and spine; pp. 231 + 6 [ads], text illustrations throughout; some rubbing to bottom right corner of rear board, very good. Provenance: inscribed by the author to prelim “i often think of my dear/ friend William neergaard/ and i have kept the [?]/ letter he has written to/me./ Paul du chaillu/ april 1st 1894”. With loose leaf of lined paper inscribed by the author “For my friend Wm. B neergaard/ Paul Du chaillu/ aug 1st 1892”. neergaard was a new York landowner.
First edition. a typically exciting
account of the author’s adventures
observations in africa.
first-hand and
99. dUFF, Charles. a handbook on hanging, being a short introduction to the fine art of execution, and containing much useful information on neck-breaking, throttling, strangling, asphixiation, Decapitation and electrocution; as well as Data and wrinkles for hangmen, an account of the late Mr Berry’s method of killing and his working list of Drops; to which is added a hangman’s ready reckoner and certain other items of interest. John Lane the Bodley Head. 1938
£98
8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. Wrapper a little rubbed, browned on spine with a few spots on lower panel.. a very good copy.
new and enlarged edition “revised in accordance with the most recent developments.”
“the Handbook on Hanging was
first published in
september 1928, and the whole of the first edition was sold out before midday on the day of publication. the little book received something like four hundred columns of reviews. ectracts from it were translated and publisahed in the principle
european languages. in the united states, it was taken up by clarence Darrow, who used it as one of his chief weapons of propaganda against capital punishment. in germany it became a political tract, and was publicly burnt at leipzig by
nazis....it remains “a masterpice of irony” and is perhaps the only example of truly swiftian satire written in our times”.
100. [BoWie, david] dUFFy, [Brian]. Duffy … Photographer. Woodbridge, ACC, 2011.
£250
4to. (307 x 248 mm). Black cloth, blocked in black and silver letter, photo- illustrated dust jacket, preserved in black cloth fall-down-back box; pp. 208, illustrated with colour and b/w photos.
one of 200 numbered copies each containing a K3 Fuji Baryte 310gms giclée colour Print of David Bowie from the alladin sane contact sheet. signed and stamped on the verso with the type and edition number, with the Duffy archive stamp. the box includes a certificate of authenticity signed by chris and June Duffy, Brian’s son and widow respectively.
Brian Duffy defined the image of the 1960s, and was as famous as the stars he photographed. together with David Bailey and terence Donovan, he is recognised as one of the innovators of “documentary” fashion photography, a style which revolutionised fashion imagery and furthermore the fashion industry.
together they formed a new cult of the fashion photographer putting themselves centre stage with the models and celebrities they captured on film and leading directly to a photographer cult that manifested itself in the famous film Blow up. swinging london had arrived and Duffy was in the thick of it. the press nicknamed the three photographers ‘the terrible three’ and as Duffy put it “Before 1960, a fashion photographer was tall, thin and camp. But we three are different: short, fat and heterosexual!” norman Parkinson added to their notoriety by naming them ‘the Black trinity.’
Duffy’s first commission came from ernestine carter, the then fashion editor of the sunday times. From there he was hired by British Vogue in 1957 where he remained working
until
models such as Pauline stone and
photographing Jean
shrimpton.
throughout the 1960s Duffy worked for many of the major fashion magazines
and
papers, both here and abroad. his list of subjects was a roll-
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