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e.M.. Forster Declines the PresiDencY oF the augustus egg societY.
118. Forster, e m. typed letter signed (‘eM Forster’) to Bevis hillier declining the position of honorary President of the augustus egg society, with three corrections to the manuscript, King’s College, Cambridge, 27th november 1961, 8vo., one page watermarked ‘excelsior superfine British Make’, folded for posting, slight creasing to upper right corner, nonetheless fresh.
noted art critic, (1940-)
£128 and
Betjeman’s biographer, Bevis hillier
attended
Magdalen, oxford in the early 1960s where he founded the augustus egg society as a means of making friends, choosing egg principally for his ‘funny name’. Members of the society included future academics
and writers
nicholas orme and David Bindman. through indian friends – such as Bollywood star and playwright girish Karnad – he became involved with the oxford Majlis, a club which looked to foster good relations between east and West. e.M. Forster lectured to
the club in november 1961 which is where hillier encountered him and this led to him writing to Forster asking him to become President of the society. Despite the youthful confidence the letter displayed Forster was not moved and replied with a short but carefully sarcastic letter declining the signal honour as he knew ‘too little about him to be eligible’ as an ‘immortalizer’ of egg. augustus egg (1816–1863) was a Victorian genre and history painter who was one of the founders of the clique, an informal sketching society set up by a group of young artists in reaction to the limited teaching then offered at the royal academy schools. offered with a typed page by Bevis hillier explaining the background to the letter.
119. ForsytH, Frederick. the Day of the Jackal. Hutchinson. 1971.
£148
8vo. original cloth and dust-jacket; wrapper a little chipped with a couple of closed tears otherwise a very good copy.
First edition.
120. FoUlKes, nicholas. Bals. legendary costume Balls of the twentieth century. Paris, Assouline, 2011.
£110
Folio. red cloth, decorative paper label inset into the centre of the upper board, photo-illustrated card slipcase; pp. 307, lavishly illustrated throughout with colour and b/w photos and drawings.
First edition. 123 123. FranCis, dick smokescreen. Michael Joseph. 1972. First edition. £68
8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. little chip and repaired tear to foot of spine of wrapper, otherwise a very good copy.
122 122. FranCis, dick. Forfeit. Michael Joseph. 1968. First edition. £148
8vo., original cloth with dust wrapper. spine of wrapper a little sunned otherwise a very good copy.
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121. FranCis, dick. the sport of Queens. Michael Joseph, 1957.
£298
8vo, newly bound in half green morocco, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, compartments tooled centrally in gilt; illustrated with black and white photographs; a very nice copy.
First edition.
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