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Auction No 353, Category: Art History

6 Lots (displaying 1 - 6)

"Theatre Arts Magazine", Sheldon Cheney, New York, December 1917 to April 1923 (Vols. II to VII),

Lot: 92

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £80 - £120
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Theatre Arts Magazine, Sheldon Cheney, New York, December 1917 to April 1923 (Vols. II to VII), a near complete run lacking only Vol. II No. 4 and Vol. VI No.4; front cover of Vol. II, No. 1 with large closed tear, otherwise good condition in original wraps, plates & adverts intact. (20)

Edward Gordon Craig "A Living Theatre: The Gordon Craig School, The Arena Goldoni, The Mask", Florence, 1913, and others

Lot: 93

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Edward Gordon Craig A Living Theatre: The Gordon Craig School, The Arena Goldoni, The Mask, Florence, 1913, 1st Edition, original wraps, spine frayed, 74pp plus ads, unopened; together with 26 issues of The Mask: A Monthly Leaflet c.1915-1919 (1918-19 numbers cloth bound), and other theatre related items of the period. (Qty)

Edward Gordon Craig "The Mask" 1923-1926

Lot: 94

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £50 - £70
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Edward Gordon Craig The Mask 1923-1926, comprising 1923 as a bound volume and 11 quarterly issues thereafter, the latter all in original wraps with spines frayed and three with covers detached. All VG internally, complete with plates. (12)

William Kiddier signed books comprising "The Profanity of Paint" Poulk Press, 1933, and others

Lot: 95

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £30 - £50
SOLD £26
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William Kiddier signed books comprising The Profanity of Paint, Poulk Press, 1933, No.194 of 300; The Old Trade Unions, 1930, 1st Edn; The Oracle of Colour, Cape, 1921; and The Painter's Voice, A.C.Fifield, n.d.; also a first edition of The Profanity of Paint signed by the artist Duncan Macpherson. (5)

Norman Hartnell "Silver and Gold" Evans Brothers, 1955, signed by the author

Lot: 97

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £20 - £30
SOLD £24
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Norman Hartnell Silver and Gold, Evans Brothers, 1955, 1st Edition, fine a complete dustjacket (few small peripheral tears), signed and inscribed by the author on the title page.

Owen Jones "The Grammar of Ornament" Omega, 1986, and other art history in carton

Lot: 106

  • Auction Date: Wed 26th Aug 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £40 - £50
SOLD £26
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Owen Jones The Grammar of Ornament, Omega 1986; Ingrams & Piper Piper's Places, 1983; Montgomery-Massingberd Burke's Palaces of Europe, 1984; Forman Exotic Art, Spring Books; Chilandar: On the Holy Mountain, 1978; Robert Hughes The Shock of the New, 1980; and various others. Majority in dustwrappers. (Qty.)