WINGFIELD

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Five issues of 'The Childerley Times', illustrated juvenile manuscript magazine edited by Denis Wingfield King of Epsom, with manuscript 'Childerley Chatter' by members of the King family, and two Typed Letters Signed from King to his grandmother.

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Denis Wingfield King (b.1922) of Childerley, 8 Ridgeway, Epsom, juvenile editor of 'The Childerley Times' manuscript magazine
Publication details: 
Childerley, 8 Ridgeway, Epsom. Between 1935 and 1943.
£500.00

The eight items all in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. Each copy of 'The Childerley Times' is a unique manuscript or typescript item produced by the young D. W. King as editor, his twin sister E. W. King as sub-editor, and relatives for circulation among the family. The five issues, ranging from 1935 to 1943, all differ with regard to style and format. ONE: 19pp., 12mo. On loose leaves held together with a paper clip. Undated, but with one contribution dated 14 May 1934. No title, but first page (with pencil drawing of boy in bed with toys) reading 'SILENCE PLEASE !!

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Regency scrapbook of Watkin Wingfield, including 130 illustrations by him, most in colour, many executed between the ages of 8 and 12, as well as engravings, newspaper cuttings, fashion plates.

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Captain Watkin Wingfield (1803-1886), son of Rev. Rowland Wingfield (1775-1842), vicar of Ruabon [Rhiwabon], and uncle of Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833-1912), inventor of lawn tennis
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Between circa 1812 and 1825.
£4,000.00

Laid down on 114 quarto pages; the leaves disbound and loose. The items themselves in good condition, on aged paper. Also included is a mass of loose material (having become detached from the album's pages), including 21 colour drawings (many marked as having been drawn by Wingfield between the ages of 8 and 12), 10 black and white drawings, 10 cut-out grotesque figures (three in colour), three loose quarto Colnaghi engravings ('Wm. Fredk. King of Prussia', 1814; 'Field Marshal G. L.

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