Name: Auction: Plain Wrapper Press Cantata de Bomarzo
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 500 GBP
Availability: InStock

This June's Books &amp; Manuscripts auction is led by one of the most important collections of historical Scottish manuscripts ever offered for sale, containing no fewer than five letters signed by Mary Queen of Scots, with further letters and documents signed by James V, James VI and I, and Mary of Guise. &nbsp;The papers of Kilravock Castle, near Nairn in the highlands of Scotland, bring to life the history of the ancient Rose family as they fought for influence in a feudal society populated by child kings, doomed queens, jostling consorts and regents, and power-hungry bishops.From the 20th century, the highlight of the sale is a spectacular archive depicting the progress of Roald Dahl’s 1984 memoir Boy: Tales of Childhood from idea to print, and including 30 original ink sketches by Dahl. The Boy archive is one of several lots from the estate of the late Ian Craig (1944-2023), who was Dahl’s art director at Jonathan Cape while also working with celebrated figures including Judith Kerr and Ralph Steadman.The sale also offers a rich selection of children’s books and original artwork, rare works of travel and exploration, and fine bindings, together with original letters by figures including Winston Churchill and Ludwig Wittgenstein, and manuscripts and historical documents in fields ranging from science to the Napoleonic Wars.Buyer's Guide:

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A Libretto by Manuel Mujica Lainez. Seven Etchings by Luciano De Vita. Verona: Plain Wrapper Press, 1981. One of 83 copies signed by author and artist, folio, original quarter morocco, patterned paper sides, edges untrimmed, matching slipcase, together with a copy of the Italian translation (one of 130 copies, 4to, original wrappers);&nbsp; Dropmore Press. The Holkham Bible Picture Book. London: Dropmore Press, 1954. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 100 specially bound copies signed by the editor, folio, original red full morocco lettered in gilt and stamped in blind, top edge gilt, others untrimmed;&nbsp; Paulinus Press. To the Cross. A Sequence of Dramatic Poems for Holy Week. Marlborough: Paulinus Press, 1984. First edition, deluxe issue, one of 25 specially bound copies with a portfolio signed and numbered wood-engravings, 8vo, original quarter morocco, vellum sides, with 19 wood-engravings on polished rag paper, each numbered and signed in pencil by the artist Simon Brett housed in purple cloth portfolio, with matching purple cloth slipcase;&nbsp; MacDougall, W. B. (illustrator). Isabella or the Pot of Basil by John Keats. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner and Co., Ltd., 1898. First edition thus, 4to, original green cloth, woodcut or line-block illustrations throughout including broad Kelmscott-style floral borders (4)

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