SOLD: A proud stable lad and his horse, large vintage sepia studio portrait photograph, mounted
Unsigned and undated, with undecipherable pencil squiggles on the back, a horse and his boy outside a stable, both in fine fettle, a water stain on the mount bottom left, sepia photograph measures 19 x 14 cm, mount, 30 x 25 cm.
SOLD: Britain and the Beast, edited by Clough Williams Ellis, 1938.
Maverick architect and architectural historian Clough Williams-Ellis, editing a selection of polemical essays by his illustrious friends and acolytes, a compendium of texts urgently seeking to put the country to rights, campaigning for countryside, vernaculars, cultural heritage and the preservation of the best of all these. Contributions from John Maynard Keynes, E. M. Forster, G. M. Trevelyan, and a message of support from the former Prime Minister and Liberal politician David Lloyd George ( Clough would design his commemorative tomb-monument in Wales a few years later). In good clean condition with a blue cloth binding, published by the Readers Union and J M Dent and Sons on the eve of war in 1938. A poignant historical document. With the bookplate of Stuart H. Borland. Illustrated with many sepia photographic plates.
SOLD: Hunting scarf , silk square, bandana or kerchief, Tally-ho but no foxes
Filmy silk kerchef or scarf, early C20th, a perfect square,, horses, hounds and hunting slogans - 'D'ye ken John Peel' - but no foxes depicted in this scene, perfect condition, 18 x 18 ins
SOLD: Needlework hanging, ‘Good Night, Sleep Tight,’ fine white cotton and appliqued in red felt, by Emma Ford
Fine vintage lawn cotton hanging appliqued in red felt, 'GOOD NIGHT SLEEP TIGHT SWEET SEXY DREAMS,' by Emma Ford c.2007. 84 x 43 cm approx.
SOLD. House and Garden, Guide to Interior Decoration, Conde Nast publications 1967
One of Conde Nast's epic, now period, interior design compendiums, including engravings by Eric Gill! The interior treatments are spectacularly fresh looking and innovative , new ways with hanging pictures, shocking colour combinations, maximalism, David Hicks on acid and DIY tips galore. Crammed with masses of technicolour and black and white plates. Coffee-table sized hardback. In extremely good condition, dust wrapper intact and only slightly chipped, with the bookplate of Harkan E. Stromberg.
