Friends Of St Georges

Fane, Julian: Best Friends - Memories of Rachel and David Cecil, Cynthia Asquith, L. P. Hartley & Some Others, London Sinclair-Stevenson and St Georges Press 1990
ISBN: 1856190056 Fine

A Fine unmarked copy with Fine complete dustjacket. Rachel and David Cecil, Cynthia Asquith and Leslie Hartley were 'best' friends and they wrote books that were acclaimed and are still widely read and enjoyed, they were gifted, amusing, charming and beloved. Now they are drawn together in these delightful recollections by Julian Fane who got to know Lord David Cecil and his wife through the Devonshire/Cavendish family. Photographic frontispiece. He brings them vividly to life and touchingly records their deaths. First Edition Fine Hard Cover 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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Horizon-- A Magazine of the Arts, November 1962, NYC American Heritage Publishing Co. 1962
Very Good

Cover: Portrait of St. Jerome. Articles include: Calder in Campagne, his summer home in France; Brighton Pavilion - An Oriental Palace for an English King; An examination of the causes of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648); String Quartets - The Music of Friends; Georges Rouault's religious paintings; Sotheby's - Whatever mankind has valued comes sooner or later to London's legendary dealers in the fine arts; The new United Church of Rowayton, Conn.; Books that have managed to survive the ravages of history; The Royal Gold of Marlik Tepe. Cloth covers are edgeworn. Hard Cover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

[SW: Alexander Calder, Brighton Pavilion, Thirty Years War, Chamber Music, Georges Rouault, Sotheby's, Marlik Tepe, Rowayton Connecticut]

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Heseltine, J.P. Drawings of the French School : In the Collection of J. P. H. (J. P. Heseltine). London, England Privately Printed 1911
Near Fine

NEAR FINE 1st edition of this annual, which was produced for friends of the collector. Folded card bearing the author's hand-written Initials and printed "Best wishes for the new year / January 1911 / 196. Queens Gate, S.W. / London" / SIGNED "J. P. Heseltine" (affixed to the front free endpaper). Bound in gray paper-covered boards, with an off- white cloth spine, titles stamped in gold. Corners bumped, spine a bit soiled. Quarto volume (7.75" wide by 10.25" tall), with 34 reproductions of drawings with tissue guards and with explanations of the facing page. The artist's represented are L. Aubert (1 drawing), P.A. Baudouin (1), J.B.S. Chardin (2), C.N. Cochin (1), A,G. Decamps (1), H. Fantin-Latour (1), Favray (Le Chevalier Antoine de) (1), Jean Fouquet (1), Francois Pascal Simon Gerard (1), T. Gericault (2), Hubert Gravelot (2), J.B. Greuze (2), French School (1), Lagneau (1), N. Lancret (1), J.B. Mallet (1), Georges Michel (1), J.F. Millet (1), Louis Moreau (1), J.M Moreau (1), C. Natoire (1), M.B. Ollivier (1), J.B.M. Pierre (1), P.P. Prud'hon (2), Augustin de St. Aubin (2), Gabriel de St. Aubin (2), and C. Vanloo (1). Reproduced by J.J. Waddington, Ltd This the sixth title in a 13-year run of these privately printed annuals, which is offered only as a complete run (1906 to 1918). Signed by Author First Edition Hard Cover

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