Messel Oliver: Signed (6 results)

Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Dust jacket: Illustrated to front cover and spine. Wear and slight loss to ends of spine and corners. Light browning to rear cover. Horizontal crease across entire jacket. A few archival tape repairs to reverse. Unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Quarter orange cloth with green paper covered boards. Paper title label to front board. Decorative endpapers. Tipped-in frontis. Includes a 24 page calendar with colour illustrations by Edward Bawden (unused). Rubbing to edges of boards. Slight fading to ends of spine. Internally in very clean condition throughout. Inscribed by the editor, Charles B. Cochran, to his wife Evelyn: 'To Evelyn, my favourite amourette, Charlie. The Sole property of Mrs. Charles B. Cochran'. The couple were married from 1905 until Charles' death in 1951. Cochran was a leading impresario of the inter-war years who popularised the revue format in the UK. A very nice association copy. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 5.25 x 8.25 inches (13 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 94 + calendar pages. Signed by Author. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Rare. Inscribed by Marjorie Saltar to the previous owner on the front free end page. 1st edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Dust jacket shows a detached head of spine laid in. A Brodart cover holding in place. Missing bottom 1/2 inch of dust jacket spine, otherwise very good. Oliver Messel (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 61 Pp. Illustrated Boards. One Of 25 Copies (Completed And Reprinted In September 1933). Inscribed By Edward James "With Love" To His Sister Silvia And Dated Christmas 1933. 12 3/4" X 10 1/4". Worldcat Identifies This As Poetry But It Is Mostly A Prose Story For Adults. Much Wear To Covers, The Paper Covering The Spine Has Entirely Chipped Away, And A New Cloth Spine Has Been Laid Down, With Title Stamped In Black; Fraying To Edges Of Boards. Endpapers With Light Foxing, A Very Few Small Light Foxing Spots On A Few Pages. Three Institutional Holdings Shown In Worldcat; James Notes That He Printed These For A Few Friends And Kept The Rest For Later Distribution. Edward James, British Heir, Possible Son Of Edward Vii, Author, Was A An Important Collector And Supporter Of Surrealism. His Family Home, The West Dean Estate, He Donated To Found A College Devoted To Fostering Skilled Useful Arts.He Took As His Personal Home A Smaller House On The Estate, Monkton, Which He Filled With Surrealist And Other Fine Art, Including Work On The House Itself By Noted Surrealists. While In Hollywood, He Advocated For The Saving Of The Watts Towers After They Were Abandoned By Simon Rodia. By His Design And At His Own Expense. Las Pozas ("The Pools") Was Created By James Circa 1949-1984, More Than 2,000 Feet (610 M) Above Sea Level, In A Subtropical Rainforest. It Includes More Than 80 Acres (32 Ha) Of Natural Waterfalls And Pools Interlaced With Towering Surrealist Sculptures In Concrete. Las Pozas Is Near The Village Of Xilitla, San Luis Potosí, A Seven-Hour Drive North Of Mexico City.Where It Is Now Maintained As A Foundation. Covers And Illustrations By Oliver Messel (illustrator). Inscribed by Author(s).…

Condition: Very Good. Original Dimensions 375mm x 250mm. Original hand written signed letter from Oliver Messel to the actor Anthony Quayle. Written in pencil on pale grey paper. In excess of 450 words. Circa 1948; no date given. The letter is remonstrating about an intervention by 'Tony' Quayle to Binky Beaumont appearing to criticise the production design for 'The Lady's Not For Burning'; mention is made of Pamela Brown's red dress, the composition and colours: "The whole production was in its way something that meant more to me than anything that I have done for the theatre." The letter goes into delicious detail about the actress's insistence on her own preferences for costume "making the whole thing a mess and an anticlimax. Pamela's appearance was I regret to say a great disappointment to me. She seems perfectly confident that she knows best & there seems nothing further that I can do except not to upset myself by looking at it."/The 1949 production at the Globe Theatre, London (now the Gielgud Theatre) Director: John Gielgud. Cast: John Gielgud, Pamela Brown, Richard Burton, and Claire Bloom Designed by Oliver Messel. This production ran for 293 performances and transferred to Broadway in 1950. Very good. Signedes.…

No Binding. Condition: Fine. ("Fondest wishes dear Irene, ever. Oliver Messel") on his Maddox. St. James, Barbados letterhead January 16, 1973 to George Cukor¿s secretary Irene Burns. 2 pages (1 leaf recto and verso). 9" x 7". Fine (minor signs of handling). In part: "oh dear! I miss you all so much my darling friends in California " I think following the loss of my greatest friend here at Christmas time. I plunged into such an overwhelming amount of work¿and to have the delight of beloved Mr. Cukor's company - Travels with my Aunt has not reached here yet - I have been completing designs for some gate houses for Princess Margaret for her house on the Island of Mustique - as the Prince of Wales is arriving for a few days on the 23rd - I expect I may help to lay on some kind of a do here in a quiet way - " Messel (1904-1978), born January 13, 1904, London, England, UK; died July 13, 1978; won Broadway¿s 1955 Tony Award as Best Scenic Designer for ¿House of Flowers¿; also received three other Tony nominations in 1959, as both Best Scenic Designer and Best Costumer for ¿Rashomon¿ and in 1974, as Best Costume Designer for ¿Gigi¿; nominated for an Academy Award ¿Suddenly, Last Summer¿ Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black and White 1960; other films include: ¿Romeo and Juliet¿ 1936; ¿The Thief of Bagdad¿ 1940; ¿Caesar and Cleopatra¿ 1945; ¿The Queen of Spades¿ 1949. Inscribed by Author(s).…

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Messel recumbent surrounded by many masks. Signed and inscribed on lower dark portion to "Gone With The Wind" director George Cukor (only visible when tilted). 8 3/4" x 7 1/2". Very good (soft creases). Signed and inscribed: "George my Dear. You are a Saint!! Love, Oliver." Messel (1904-1978), noted British stage and film designer; designed the settings and costumes for Cukor's 1936 filming of "Romeo and Juliet.". Inscribed by Author(s). …