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Click here to subscribeJennings Elizabeth Joan (1926-2001). Autograph manuscript signed of poem Black and White Magic. Mid 20th Century single leaf ink previous fold. Note:. "All nursery rhymes contain some black. figure or omen. That's why they. live longer than a child's day. If there is white there must be black. If you want magic then you must. Prepare yourself for a Black Queen. Or forests thick where in between. Tall trees you have to take on brush. The silent animals asleep. Within those depths and birds who will. Only at morning bring a shrill. Cry of pure joy that sinks down deep.". Note:. "All nursery rhymes contain some black. figure or omen. That's why they. live longer than a child's day. If there is white there must be black. If you want magic then you must. Prepare yourself for a Black Queen. Or forests thick where in between. Tall trees you have to take on brush. The silent animals asleep. Within those depths and birds who will. Only at morning bring a shrill. Cry of pure joy that sinks down deep.".
Sandford (Lettice, illust.). Tales of the Turquoise, by Barbara Bingley, Boar's Head Press, 1933, b&w frontis. and plts., owner name to front free endpaper, orig. patterned boards, sl. marked, rubbed at edges, 8vo, ltd. ed. 46/150, together with The Magic Forest, 1931; Clervis & Belamie, 1932, b&w illusts. and decs. to each, light sellotape markings to endpapers, t.e.g., both orig. cloth gilt, 4to, both. ltd. to 100 copies each and signed by Christopher and Lettice Sandford, plus Keynes (Geoffrey, ed.), Pencil Drawings by William Blake, Nonesuch Press, 1927, b&w plts., orig. cloth, 4to, and seven others illustrated, Nonesuch Press etc. (11)
ITHELL COLQUHOUN (1906-1988) ILLUSTRATIONS FOR THE LIVING STONES, 1957: DESERTED MINE, REDRUTH; THE WITCH'S ROCK, ZENNOR; SUNLIGHT ON ROCK-POOL; BOATS AT PENBERTH; FALLEN TREE, LAMORNA; THE MEN-AN-TOL; FUNGUS ON TREE, LAMORNA TURN Seven, black ink with brush and nib, some heightened with white, each with the artist's printed label on the backboard 15 x 23cm. and smaller (7) Colquhoun had the unusual distinction of being a female artist who was also an occultist, a Surrealist and a poet. These diverse interests, all based around the forces of the spirit and imagination, imbued her art with a highly original style. Because of her rebellious nature (which prompted her expulsion from The London Surrealist Group in 1940), she pursued her ideas independently from her Penzance home. However, Colquhoun's membership of a Druid Order and a sect of Freemasonry (that admitted women members) brought her into contact with some highly progressive schools of thought and she never wavered from her pursuit of "magic realism" in the course of a long and innovative career. ++ Each in good condition
*Magic Disk. An Entirely New Invention, n.d., c. 1840s, comprising a black disk with radial slits and six double-sided hand-col. pictorial disks (incl. horse and rider, rowing boats, cyclist, juggler, dancing couple, drawing water from a well, etc.), with orig. ivory handle, all contained in orig. cardboard box with pict. panel and instructions in French and English to lid, some damage, approx. 9.5 x 9.5 in (24 x 24 cm) 'First place upon the turning axle the Disk... then affix one with figures against it... Place yourself before a looking glass or mirror... give to it a quick rotary motion... The magic effect produced before the Eyes of the spectator by the varied movements of the figures is truly surprising'. (1)
Moko Muffin the Mule Junior diecast finger puppet, complete with rings, in original box; along with unboxed Minic Triang clockwork bird with key; Miniature Model Mincer, Crescent Toys, in original box; Remanco mini dustpan and brush set, boxed; Magic Image Projector toy; painted doll; cigarette cards and cases (quantity)
Corgi-A 'Magic Roundabout' musical carousel with working Swiss chiming movement (plastic a little discolored; paper sticker decoration faded and torn); a locomotive and carriage; and standing figures of Brian the snail (boxed) Zebedee Dougal Florence Basil and Mr Rusty; together with a plywood 'Magic Roundabout' jigsaw puzzle by Hayter.
Harris, Nathaniel, Chippendale, London, Pyramid Books, 1989, 4to (240mm x 225mm.), half title, colour frontispiece, plates, and illustrations, many colour, original black cloth, pictorial dust-jacket With a number of other works including, John Mortimer s The Narrowing Stream (London, 1988), the Michael Welply illustrated The Magic Toyshop A Dimensional Storybook (London, n.d.), Wilhelm Grimm & Maurice Sendak Dear Mill (London, 1988), Carolyn Slaughter s The Widow (London, 1989), James Irvine Robertson Harvesting The Field An Anthology of Letters from 1853 to the Present (London, 1991), Bernard Darwin s Historic Golf Courses of the British Isles (London, 1987), Michael Kenyon A French Affair (London, 1992), Vikram Seth s Beastly Tales from Here and There (London, 1993), the Mitchel A. Leaska & John Phillips edited Violet to Vita The Latters of Violet Trefusis to Viate Sackville-West (London, 1989), and a proof copy of Anthony Burgess A Dead Man in Deptford (London, 1993)
Roy Abell Near Mont Dore Watercolour Signed lower right 56cm x 76cm Provenance: Thackery Gallery, 16th June 1983; and English School (20th century) Woodland Magic Pen, ink and watercolour heighted with white Signed indistinctly lower right 24cm x 18.5cm Charlotte Hill Sunset Watercolour Signed and dated May 1839 lower right 12.5cm x 20.5cm