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[ Sir Geoffrey Keynes, surgeon and author. ] Autograph Letter Signed to 'Wm. [William]', with reference to Sir Sydney Cockerell.

Author: 
Geoffrey Keynes [ Sir Geoffrey Langdon Keynes ] (1887-1982), surgeon, biographer and book collector, brother of the economist John Maynard Keynes
Publication details: 
On his letterhead, 11 Arkwright Road, Hampstead, London, NW. 5 June 1948.
£38.00

2pp., landscape 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged and creased. He thanks him for sending the 'fascinating book', wondering why it was not 'inscribed in suitable Calligraphy'. He ends by explaining that an opportunity to take the recipient to see Cockerell has not yet arisen.

Six printed promotional items for 'The Collected Works of William Morris, to be issued in twenty-four volumes under the editorship of Miss May Morris' by Longmans, Green & Co, comprising prospectuses, specimen pages and engravings, and an order form.

Author: 
[William Morris; May Morris; Kelmscott Press; Dante Gabriel Rossetti; Longmans, Green & Company; fine printing; typography]
Publication details: 
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1910.
£380.00

An interesting collection of typographical ephemera. ONE: Landscape 8vo wood engraving, captioned 'This illustration, entitled "Psyche in Charon's Boat," was engraved on wood by William Morris from a design by Edward Burne-Jones and forms one of a series in illustration of the story of Cupid and Psyche in "The Earthly Paradise." It is proposed to issue one or two of these designs, which have never been published, though one of them formed the frontispiece to the "Note on the Kelmscott Press" by Mr. S. C. Cockerell.' In good condition, on lightly-aged paper.

Autograph Letter Signed ('Viola Meynell') from Viola Meynell to an unnamed correspondent, concerning her book 'The Best of Friends'.

Author: 
Viola Meynell [Viola Meynell Dallyn] (1885-1956), English writer [Sir Sydney Cockerell (1867-1962)]
Publication details: 
1 May 1956; on letterhead of Humphrey's Homestead, Greatham, Pulborough, Sussex.
£56.00

12mo, 1 p. Eight lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on lightly-aged paper, with slight trace of mount on reverse. In reply to his address of 'gracious lady' she must reply 'gracious sir'. She is 'so pleased' to get his commendation of her 'The Best of Friends: Further Letters to Sydney Carlyle Cockerell', and is sending his letter on 'to Sir Sydney, who has long been bed-ridden', as she knows it will give him pleasure.

Pollard: Eleven Autograph Letters Signed (all 'Alan Pollard.') to G. K. Menzies, Secretary, Royal Society of Arts. Walker: Two Typed Letters Signed (both 'Emery Walker') to S. Digby of the Royal Society of Arts. With 23 printed diagrams.

Author: 
Alan Faraday Campbell Pollard (1877-1948) of Imperial College, Vice-President of the Society for International Bibliography; Sir Emery Walker (1851-1933), process engraver and typographer
Publication details: 
Pollard: All 1922; one from "Brancepeth", Hampton-on-Thames, the others on Imperial College letterheads. Walker: 4 and 29 August 1922; both on letterheads of Emery Walker Limited ('formerly Cockerell and Walker'), 16 Clifford's Inn, Fleet Street.
£250.00

Pollard's eleven letters: one 12mo (1 p); the other ten 4to (eight 1 p and two 2 pp). The first has a small spike hole affecting one word, otherwise the collection is in good condition. Four docketed and seven bearing the Society's stamp. Pollard was 'Professor of Instrument Design (Mechanical)' (later 'Optical Engineering') at Imperial College, and the correspondence relates to the publication of his 1922 Cantor Lectures to the Society on 'The Mechanical Design of Scientific Instruments'. Emery Walker's two letters: both 12mo, 2 pp (one of 15 and the other of 19 lines).

Autograph Signature ('C. R. Cockerell') on fragment of letter to 'J. P. Knight Esqe.'

Author: 
Charles Robert Cockerell (1788-1863), English architect and antiquary
Publication details: 
Without date or place.
£18.00

Paper dimensions roughly 6.5 x 12 cm. Good, with one dogeared corner. Recto reads '<...> has been lost - unless indeed your's meant to suggest a version of that explanation. I hope the enclosed will be found correct'. Verso reads '<...> Truly [with cropped 'T'] yours | [signed] C. R. Cockerell | J. P. Knight Esqe.'

Autograph Signature on fragment of document.

Author: 
Charles Robert Cockerell [Henry Landseer]
Publication details: 
10 September 1833; 89 Eaton Square.
£28.00

English architect (1788-1863). Paper dimensions roughly seven inches by one and a quarter. Good, though somewhat grubby. From a collection of material relating to the Artists' General Benevolent Fund. Reads '<...> a necessity | C. R. Cockerell. | 10 Sepr. 1833. | 89 Eaton Square.' and on reverse '<...> | and relief, from the Benevolent Society of Artists | I am the Widow of the late Henry Landseer who died [^ on the 25 of July] after an Illness of only a few Hours. leaving myself and Two Infant Children totally destitute. - | <...>'

3 documents, 2 printed and 1 in manuscript, relating to the foundation of the Association.

Author: 
Ross on Wye, Herefordshire: Landowners' Protection Association
Publication details: 
All dated 1910.
£125.00

All 3 items are in very good condition. Item 1 is an Autograph Letter Signed of 7 October 1910, 1 page, 8vo, from George Okell, solicitor of Ross, on his letterhead, to 'F. R. James Esq | Hereford'. He is enclosing 'circulars relating to a Landowners Society, which several Landowners in this district wish to form in the County. The main object is to assist members financially in disputes with public authorities in cases, where a principle is involved, which affects all the members'. The idea was suggested by 'Mr.

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