Oliver Messel (33 results)
A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare; introduction by Sir Ralph Richardson, designs by Oliver Messel
Published by Folio Society, London, 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller, Batavia, IL, U.S.A.Dorothy Meyer - Bookseller
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: very good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. First Edition, no additional pri. NOT an ex library book. 80 pages including the index. Dust jacket has 1/2" chip bottom of spine.
Language: English
Published by Folio Society, London, 1961
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 2nd imp. Fine copy in slip case that has some slight discoloration around the edges, and ends starting to split. 94 pps. Messel, Oliver (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Glyndbourne Productions Ltd, 1959
- Softcover
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Good. Paperback edition 1959 - the eighth annual edition of the Glyndbourne Festival Programme book, celebrating 25 years of the Glyndbourne Festival. In overall good to very good used condition with only minor signs of handling and storage - covers lightly aged with a little spotting to edges. Internally c…lean. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available. Oliver Messel (cover) (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, London, 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Samuel Lasenby Bookseller, Corona del Mar, CA, U.S.A.Samuel Lasenby Bookseller
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Burgundy boards [6]+7-97p,illus,color 8 Tipped in color plates including frontis Scarce Dj hs chips at head and tail Short tear rear top edge Dj. Oliver Messel (illustrator).
Ring Round The Moon, A Charade with Music
Anouilh, Jean. Translated from the French by Christopher Fry, with a Preface by Peter Brook
Published by Methuen & Co Ltd, London, 1950
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear, chipping, short closed tears and small loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners rubbed with small loss, some slight overall dust and time staining. Not price clipped (6s), previous owner's name i…n pencil to ffep, internally clean tight and square, overall a reasonable copy for its age. 104pp. Frederic who is shy and sensitive, and Hugo who is heartless and aggressive. Frederic is in love with a hussy who is in love with Hugo. To save Frederic from an unhappy marriage, Hugo tries to distract him by bringing to a ball a beautiful dancer who masquerades as a mysterious personage and becomes the triumph of the occasion. She is a susceptible maiden in her own right. She not only breaks up all the cynical romances that have been going on before she arrived, but loses her own heart as well. Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh (1910-87), was a French dramatist whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1943 play Antigone, an adaptation of Sophocles' classical drama, that was seen as an attack on Marshal Petain's Vichy government. One of France's most prolific writers after World War II, much of Anouilh's work deals with themes of maintaining integrity in a world of moral compromise. Jacket after Oliver Messel (illustrator).
- Softcover
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Soft cover. Condition: As New. Minor crease to tip of front right corner of the cover. Broadleaf Books is a second hand independent bookshop in Abergavenny, South Wales. Enquiries and visits are welcom. hst. Messel, Oliver (illustrator).
Published by The Folio Society., 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Beaux Books, ABA, ILAB, Hartley Wintney, HAMPS, United KingdomBeaux Books, ABA, ILAB
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Add to basketCondition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1957. First edition. The Folio Society. 1957. First edition. Hardback, large 8vo; green cloth-bound boards, gilt and black decorations and title, dust jacket. x, 80 pages. 8 hors-texte colour lithographs printed at the Curwen Press. English. 225x175mm. 0.4kg. Very good, in fair dust…jacket; spine slightly faded, spotting to jacket, irregular holes along both flap folds, not affecting cloth which remains bright and fresh; off-setting to endpapers, no inscriptions. From our Imperfect Shelves and thus sold at a reduced price, An illustrated edition of Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, with designs by Oliver Messel. The set and costume designs by Messel are reproduced from the 1937 production of the play, directed by Tyrone Guthrie at the Old Vic. Vivien Leigh played Tatiana and Ralph Richardson, who provides the introduction, played Bottom. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller. Designs by Oliver Messel. (illustrator).
Language: English
Published by Putnam, London, 1948
- Hardcover
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First published in 1935 this is the first New Edition Revised and Enlarged 1948 with an Introduction by Osbert Sitwell. The page opposite the inside front board has a half inch closed tear half way down the right edge. Thereafter the inside is in fine condition. Beautifully decorated i…n colour by Oliver Messel. The boards are cream in colour with a black and white illustration to the front with title to top and bottom; very faint crease to the top front right corner. A photograph can be sent on request. Broadleaf Books is a second hand independent bookshop in Abergavenny, South Wales. Enquiries and visits are welcome. Messel, Oliver (illustrator).
Published by First Night Performance Programme Dated 23rd August . 1950., 1950
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Add to basketCondition: Very Good. Original stapled illustrated souvenir theatre programme 8½'' x 5½''. Contains 8 printed pages of text, advertisements and photographs of the characters from the play. In Very Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. THEATRE PROGRAMMES.
More imagesPublished by The Folio Society, London, 1957
- Hardcover
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Add to basketGreen Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. x, 80pp, 8 colour plates by Oliver Messel, pages clean and crisp,ink signature of previous owner to front free endpaper, free endpapers part-tanned, green cloth, gilt and black feathers to front cover, gilt spine lettering, printed paper dust jacket, a little wear t…o edges, two small closed tears to top edge of front cover, spine and rear cover a little tanned. Size: 8.75 x 7 Inches. Oliver Messel (illustrator). Shakespeare.
Published by Folio Society, London, 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.Rare Book Cellar
Contact seller5-star sellerHardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Very Good+ in a Very Good dust jacket. Small open tears on top front panel and bottom rear panel. Light foxing on front and rear pastedowns. Toning on spine. Illustrated by Oliver Messel (illustrator).
More imagesLanguage: English
Published by Putnam, London, 1935
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Westmoor Books, Bedale, United KingdomWestmoor Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Fair copy of the FirstEdition of this lovely book. The book lacks the DJ and the pictorial boards are badly rubbed and stained. Internally the book is in VG condition.the pages are lightly tanned but the book is tightly bound and unmarked with a foreword by Osbert Sitwell and is beautiful…ly illustrated by Oliver Messel. Oliver Messel (illustrator).
Published by Glyndebourne Festival Society 1952, London, 1952
- Softcover
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Add to basketWraps. Condition: Fair. 75 pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Lacks backstrip. Covers spotted and edgeworn. Internally clean. Cover design by Oliver Messel. Black & white photographic illustrations. Adverts. The first annual issue of the Festival Programme Book. 4to. Messel, Oliver (illustrator).
More imagesReview of Revues and Other Matters [SIGNED]
C.B.C. (Ed.) [Charles B. Cochran] / Althea Willoughby (Illust.) / Edward Bawden (Illust.) / Oliver Messel (Illust.)
Language: English
Published by Jonathan Cape, London, 1930
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
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Add to basketCondition: 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 protec…tor. 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.
Language: English
Published by Sidgwick and Jackson, 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Black Cat Books, Shelter Island, NY, U.S.A.Black Cat Books
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Add to basketHardcover. 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).
Language: English
Published by The James Press, London, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA
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Add to basketHardcover. 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 Cover…s, 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).
Published by Sidgwick and Jackson, London,, 1957
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Book Stage, Stratford, ON, CanadaBook Stage
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Add to basketHC. First Edition 148 pp., Illustrations Pinkish/magenta cloth over board, grey dust jacket. Book fine; dust jacket has wear and small tears at upper edge, some fading/soiling at spine and margin; not price clipped, in protective mylar. Oliver Messel, Illustrator, (illustrator).
Published by Shaftesbury Theatre 1963, 1963
- Softcover
- First Edition
Seller: Peter J. Hadley Bookseller BA, Ludlow, United KingdomPeter J. Hadley Bookseller BA
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Add to basketVG tight and bright copy in publishers decorated wrappers. 28pp. Illustrated. Messel contributes a striking colour illustration on the front wrapper. 1st edition.
Published by Batsford, 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Only the illustrated front panel of the dust jacket remains with light edge wear, however the striking image of Romeo holding a tree with birds is preserved - the colour from the titles on the spine are rubbed away a little - only slightest surface rubbin…g to the cloth - the page block is near fine, with no marks or damage - VG/Fair.
Published by Putnam, 1935
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Kingswood Books. (Anne Rockall. PBFA), Sherborne, Dorset, United KingdomKingswood Books. (Anne Rockall. PBFA)
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Introduction by Osbert Sitwell. Lacking dustwrapper. Decorated cover the same as the dustwrapper. Grey cloth, Very nicely rebacked using original spine. A collection of recipes begun by the author's great-grandmother, grandmother, mother and herself. Illustrations by Oliver Messel. 2 hand… written recipes on the pages provided for Apple Strudel and Syllabub. Contents very clean and sound. Scuffing on the cloth but otherwise a good copy of a charming book. Photographs supplied on request. Oliver Messel (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Putnam 1948, London, 1948
- Hardcover
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Add to basketDecorative Boards. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. New Edition, Revised and Enlarged. New edition, with Oliver Messel illustrations. xi, 264 pp. Yellow decorative boards in colour illustrated jacket, not priceclipped but with a pencil inscription to price. Small loss to jacket's front panel, chipping, a few te…ars and marks. Internally very fresh and bright with no markings. Sir Osbert Sitwell writes: "Lady Sysonby's selection is beyond criticism. Varied, historic, traditional, and not intended for the rich man's table alone". Practical recipes for soups, fish, meat and birds, vegetables, puddings, cakes, savouries, sauces, sandwiches, drinks. The front board has a marvellous design in black, of a boar's head on a platter. With 10 charming colour illustrations and in the original colour jacket designed by Oliver Messel, one of the foremost stage designers of the 20th century. Small 8vo. Messel, Oliver (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by Putnam 1935, London, 1935
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketDecorative Boards. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. xi., 312 pp., colour frontis., and 10 charming colour designs by Messel prior to chapters. The front board also has a marvellous design in black, of a boar's head on a platter. Each section has some blank pages for the reader to write their own recipes. Some darkening… and rubbing to the binding 8vo. Messel, Oliver (illustrator).
Published by London: John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1933
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketFirst edition, 4to, [6], 37, [1]pp., number 12 of a limited edition of 1,000, 72 plates, inconspicuous sign of stamp having been removed from verso of title, original publishers two-tone cloth, a little rubbed.
More imagesPublished by B.T. Batsford Ltd., London., 1936
- Hardcover
- First Edition
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Add to basketCondition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1936. First edition. B.T. Batsford Ltd. London. 1936. First edition. Hardback, quarto; decorated, purple cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. 96 pages. 32 hors-texte black-and-white collotype plates and 8 mounted colour plates, reproducing Messel's original drawings. English. 2…90x215mm. 1.2kg. Near fine, in very good dust jacket; light tanning to jacket in places, spine browned, light ruffling to spine ends, head of spine neatly reinforced with tape to verso, not price-clipped; slight dustiness to top-edge; in much better condition than usually found. 'To preserve the quality of the work, only a small edition of the book is being printed, and this is likely to soon by exhausted, forming as it does an ideal Christmas gift to any lover of the stage and Shakespeare and to anyone interested in a sympathetic interpretation by one of England's most brilliant designers.' (from the publisher's prospectus). In 1936 Oliver Messel designed the set and costumes for the film of Romeo and Juliet produced by MGM in Hollywood. The film was directed by George Cukor and starred Norma Shearer (to whom the book is dedicated) and Leslie Howard. This charming edition of the play was published as a souvenir of Messel's work on the film. Shakespeare's text is accompanied by high-quality reproductions of the original set and costume drawings created by Messel. Beaux Books specialises in fine and rare books on art and culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. We welcome questions about our books and we are happy to provide any extra images. Buy with confidence from an experienced bookseller. Illustrated by Oliver Messel. (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by John Lane The Bodley Head Limited, 1933
- Hardcover
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. MESSEL, Oliver John Lane The Bodley Head Limited 1933 11 3/8" x 9 1/8" This edition is limited to one thousand numbered copies of which this is No. 130. White buckram-bound boards, backed with black buckram with white title to spine, clear acetate dust jacket wit…h title and illustration printed to front. [viii], 37 pages. Colour frontispiece and 55 hors-texte plates (7 in colour) reproducing photographs and drawings. Stage Designs and Costumes, a book which illustrates the masks, costumes and set designs created by Messel in the first decade of his career. The majority of the designs featured are for Helen (1932), The Miracle (1932; starring Tilly Losch and Diana Cooper), and Cochran's 1930 & 1931 Revues, all of which were produced by C.B. Cochran. It is Cochran who provides the glowing foreword to the book. The scarcity of the book suggests that less than the stated 1,000 copies were produced. *tape repair to head of jacket spine*.
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Add to basketThe Sleeping beauty., Op. 66. S.l., s.d., pochette in-4, format oblong, cart. recouvert de tissu imitation lamé or, titre illustré imprimé en rose, gardes illustrées, reliure intérieure spiralée, 6 pp. Ballet en trois actes et prologue. Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra dirigé par Antal Dorati. Le synopsis est rédigé par Cyril Beau…mont, illustré des dessins pour les décors et les costumes d'Oliver MESSEL. Brunissures aux marges, marques à la reliure spiralée. Livres. . Illustrateur : MESSEL (Oliver). (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by No Place Noted,, 1948
- Signed
Seller: Burwood Books, Wickham Market, United KingdomBurwood Books
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Add to basketCondition: 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 cr…iticise 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.
More imagesRoyal Opera. Covent Garden. Gala Performance [of Gloriana] on the occasion of the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Monday 8th June 1953. Original programme and invitation to Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan.
Britten, Benjamin, music; Peter Pears, star; Oliver Messel, cover artist (1904-1978); Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022); Begum Ra?ana Liaquat Ali Khan, (1905-1990),provenance
Published by London: the Royal Opera House. 1953., 1953
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Add to basketCondition: Good. Folio. 27 x 39.3 cm. and 14 x 17cm. .Programme and entry card. .Royal Guests and the British Aristocracy joined the Queen and members of the Royal Family for a splendid Coronation Gala Performance of 'Gloriana' at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden on this day in 1953.The artist Oliver Messel, was born into…a wealthy family; he travelled extensively and was exposed to art and culture from a young age. A privileged youth, his name is often mentioned amongst the 'Bright Young Things', for whom costume parties at country houses and jaunts to Europe on a whim became a thing of fable. This informal group included people such as Cecil Beaton (a life-long friend whom Oliver first met at Eton), Lord Berners, Noel Coward, John Betjeman, Harold Acton, Nancy Mitford, Edith Sitwell, Stephen Tennant, Rex Whistler and Evelyn Waugh, who famously satirised their exploits in the 1930s novel Vile Bodies. Having witnessed WW1, the 20s and 30s were a time of new freedom for these wealthy, artistic group of high society friends and acquaintances, who knew only too well how short life could be.The personal copy of Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905-1990), who was a Pakistani diplomat and the country's first female governor.She was born Sheila Irene Pant on 13 February 1905 in Almora, British India (today's India), to a Brahmin family who had converted to Christianity two generations prior.The personal copy of Begum Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan (1905-1990), who was a Pakistani diplomat and the country's first female governor.Academically brilliant, she graduated from the University of Lucknow in 1927 with bachelor's degrees in economics and theology. She obtained a double master's degree in economics and sociology in 1929. In 1931, she became professor of economics at Indraprastha College in Delhi, where she met her future husband, lawyer Liaquat Ali Khan, when he visited to deliver a lecture on law.The couple married in 1932, despite her family's objection. The bride converted to Islam and took the name Begum Ra'ana. She became involved with the Muslim League, devoting herself to creating political consciousness among the Muslim women in British India.After the Partition in 1947, Liaquat Ali Khan became Pakistan's first prime minister. As the first First Lady of Pakistan, Begum Ra'ana founded or helped establish organisations that uplifted women's rights and women's public role, such as the Pakistan Women's National Guard (PWNG), the Women's Naval Reserves and All Pakistan Women's Association (APWA).
More imagesPublished by The Folio Society 1961, London, 1961
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Add to basket1/4 Morocco. Condition: Near Fine. Second Impression. viii, 80 pp. Recently bound in a half green morocco over patterned paper boards. Raised bands to spine with gilt decoration & lettering. Top edge red. New endpapers, some foxing to the prelims. With eight colour illustrations by Oliver Messel, one of the foremost stage design…ers of the 20th century. Near Fine condition. Square 8vo. Messel, Oliver (illustrator).
More imagesPublished by London: John Lane, The Bodley Head Limited, 1933, 1933
- First Edition
- Signed
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Add to basketFirst edition, presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the film director George Cukor in pencil on the half-title, "and interior decorations gratis for George from Oliver, 1935". At the time of the inscription, Messel was designing the sets and costumes for Cukor's Romeo and Juliet (1936), which was nominated for four Osca…rs. This scarce deluxe copy is number 18 of 50 deluxe copies signed by Messel and Laver on handmade paper with two extra colour plates. It features the costumes, set designs, and masks created by Oliver Messel (1904-1978) from the first decade of his career. Some of the designs featured include C. B. Cochran's Helen (1932), The Miracle (1932), and his Revues of 1930 and 1931. Messel worked with Cukor again on Caesar and Cleopatra (1946). George Cukor (1899-1983) directed A Star is Born (1954), Little Women (1933) and My Fair Lady (1964), for which he won an Academy Award. This copy has Cukor's attractive Paul Landacre bookplate on the front pastedown. Quarto. Colour frontispiece and 57 plates (9 in colour). Original vellum, spine lettered in black and white, top edge gilt, others untrimmed. With original acetate jacket lettered in black and white with vignette of costumed woman. Small chip to foot of spine, boards sprung, short tear to front blank; jacket price-clipped, slightly yellowed with loss to head and foot of spine, rear flap lacking: A very good copy in a just about very good jacket.
