This copy of songs from london, a volume of poetry by english author ford madox ford, was formerly owned by hugh walpole at brackenburn in the lakes district, and contains his bookplate and autograph sir hugh walpole 18841941 was a prolific english novelist whose heyday was in the 1920s and 1930s. Very good alexander winthrop pope by jay chambers, 1903 or 1905 hard to read, 61 by 81 cm, used, near fine chambers, a student of howard pyle, was a prolific bookplate designer with over a hundred plates to his name butler, p 61 pope was a bookplate collector with a special interest in masonic plates a7530 view more info. Originally a bungalow built of local honister slate in 1909, he enlarged it and converted the upper story of the nearby garage into a library and study, which eventually housed his library of 30000 books, and his collection of paintings. Hugh walpole s copy with his brackenburn bookplate, and additional bookplate of bibliophiles ethel and george booth both mounted inside solander box. Then the great north road, which hugh walpole brackenburn book plate font free. The jean hersholt collection at the library of congress contains first editions of hugh walpoles writings. The lake district is a major sanctuary for the red squirrel and has the largest population in england out of the estimated 140,000 red squirrels in the united kingdom, compared with about 2. Mainly murder by roughead, william and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. With the bookplate of hugh walpole brackenburn to vol. Quarto, original printed pale blue paper wrappers and white paper spine.
In truth though i have enjoyed, and been impressed by. On december, christies will be holding a sale auctioning oneofakind books and manuscripts. The sir hugh walpole collection of papers are arranged in three series. The architecture and interior designs are quintessentially english, and although george lloyd. Loosely laid in are two press cuttings one relating to grimaldi, the other to the fourth part of the sale of walpole s books at christies on february 11th and 12th, 1946. The front wrappers have a woodcut which does not appear in the volume cohn 687. This copy is from the library of the english novelist sir hugh walpole 18841941, author of a trollope biography published in 1928, with his brackenburn giltembossed dark red paper book label to front pastedown. Bookplate label, generally affixed to the front pastedown, identifying a book s owner.
Hugh walpolebrackenburn, no designer, nd certainly between. Songs of innocence william blake bauman rare books. A few leaves were slightly stained or spotted, and the. Bullied and miserable at school, young walpole took refuge in the library, where he devoured the novels of austen, scott, trollope and others, and he. Sir hugh seymour walpole, cbe march 1884 1 june 1941 was an english novelist. In 20, we were asked to provide soundtracks for a series of short films about fine country houses in the lake district. Seller information seller cartographerro registered since 11272016 feedback 100%. Bookplatearmorialwalpolehugh armorial bookplate of. The lake district is home to a range of bird species, and the rspb maintain a. He was a bestselling author in the 1920s and 1930s but has been largely neglected since his death. Sir hugh seymour walpole, cbe was an english novelist. Hugh walpole may possibly be the english author of the 20th century whose reputation with critics and the public has fallen from the highest to the lowest point. A remarkable survival in cloth given its double exlibrary past.
Hugh walpole has 240 books on goodreads with 16578 ratings. Hugh walpole brackenburn book plate font free download. A bookplate also known as exlibris is usually a small printed or decorative label pasted into a. Explore books by hugh walpole with our selection hugh walpole brackenburn book plates templates at waterstones. These printable bookplates can be printed on sticker paper or pasted into the inside front cover of a book. The only other hugh walpole listed by loc is hugh r walpole, b. Check out our bookplate template selection for the very best in unique or custom. Immensely popular in the 1920s and 30s, his appeal seemingly died with him in 1941. Browne hugh walpole s copy with brackenburn bookplate, bookplate of ethel and george booth, publishers blue pictorial wrappers, the foremargin of the upper wrapper of part i skilfully repaired, preserved in purposemade cloth solander box. From the collection of hugh walpole, who in 1929 wrote a book on. Sir hugh walpole 18841941 was an english novelist and the author of a trollope biography published in 1928. All aspects of the paparazzis craft are examined in this volume that unveils the complex lovehate relationship between photographer and celebrity, and the role of the oftdisparaged profession in contemporary art today.
Bookplate labels you can print on your own bega label. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. With an authentic portrait and memoir of the author. These included town head house, on the shores of lake windermere, and brackenburn, hugh walpole s house near keswick, where he wrote the rogue herries series of romantic novels. The issue in parts is extremely scarce, copies rarely coming up for sale. The new york herald of 29 november, 1884, quotes charles webster as saying, but 250 copies left the office for california. Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. Glig gamena angel deod, or, the sports and pastimes of the people of england. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Walpole s brackenburn bookplate on front pastedown, a later owners modern bookplate on front free endpaper.
The present copy is, doubtless, one of those copies. Among those who encouraged him were the authors henry james and arnold bennett. Image for the 1980 year book of the american society of bookplate collectors and designers. As in some copies, the illustration to be placed at p. Hugh walpole was born in auckland, new zealand in 1884 and as a boy was sent to england to be educated. Anthony trollope the way we live now first uk edition. Hand screenprinted ex libris book plates ex libris, beloved book, personal library. Walpoles books were runaway bestsellers, he was close friends with virginia woolf and henry james, he wrote hollywood scripts, served with the red cross in russia during world war i and even knew adolf hitler in the 1920s.
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Very good hugh walpolebrackenburn, no designer, nd certainly between 1924, when walpole moved to brackenburn, and his death in 1941, 43 by 43 cm. Author hugh walpole comes in from the cold bbc news. Bookplates and the dispersed library books in wernicke. Robert mckinlay, distinguished collector of boswelliana attractive aquatint bookplate, with a typed slip pasted in noting the book s rarity and its acquisition from the edinburgh bookseller john grant the national library of scotland hold a number of boswell items from mckinlays library. Dombey and son, first edition in original 1920 parts, with all the advertisements and slips including letts diary, 40 engraved plates by h. But his ripping yarns have not stood the test of time. This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
The twentieth century author, sir hugh walpole, also had a bookplate that referred to his residence brackenburn, in the. Works by hugh walpole at librivox public domain audiobooks tate modern paintings and drawings bequeathed by walpole hugh walpole at the internet movie database. Hugh walpole bought brackenburn, overlooking derwentwater, his little paradise on catbells, in 1923. Two for the price of one the bookplate of novelist hugh walpoles brackenburn library and that of art historian and curator john gere in j. British bookplate historian and collector brian north lee, and then me, and. His skill at scenesetting and vivid plots, as well as his high profile as a lecturer, brought him a large readership in the united kingdom and north america. Examples on card not in cumberlands books are exceptionally rare, and have been presumed to be of the earliest printing and. Come and choose from our selection of sizes and shapes. Original green cloth, titles to spines gilt, triple line rule and floral design to boards and to spine in black, yellow coated endpapers in vol. From the library of sir hugh walpole, with his brackenburn bookplate on each front pastedown.
Bookplates in general have been around likely as long as home libraries and are usually pasted to the inside. Bookplate news newspapers books scholar jstor march 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message. Bookplatearmorialwalpolehugh armorial bookplate of sir hugh walpole, who lived at brackenburn, keswick, here shown with his giltstamped bookplate which looks like leather, but is actually a rich heavy textured board. First edition, second issue, with the numerous misprints noted by sadleir, publishers catalogue dated may 1860, and the second issue binding variant. Please feel free to download our free templates here. Hugh walpole project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. Cappelletti italy 1903 cartolina italia surrealism pisa tower fantasy. Image for hugh walpole brackenburn bookplate ex libris. He was the son of an anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Phelps, frederic prokosch, gene tunney, carl van vechten, and others, dating from 1919 to 1940. English novelist sir hugh walpole 18841941 bought brackenburn, overlooking derwentwater in cumbria, in 1923, and lived there until his death. Buy online, view images and see past prices for pepys, samuel.