A collection of 28 mainly poetry titles circa mid to late 20th Century, several signed/signed & inscribed, including Cecil Collins 'In the Solitude of this Land Poems 1940-81', Ipswich, Golgonooza Press, 1981, 1st edition, limited edition (56/100), numbered, pencil signed autolithograph frontis illustration, further signed "Cecil Collins 1984" to verso of frontis, original stitched printed wraps; Christopher Logue: 'Wand and Quadrant', Paris, Collection Merlin, 1953, limited edition, (600), (300), on paier d'arches, Autograph Letter Signed from the author to John Yeoman loosely inserted, orig. printed wraps; Francis Meynell: 'Poems & Pieces 1911 to 1961', L, Nonesuch Press, 1961, ltd edn (274/750), signed & inscribed by the author to John Yeoman on FFEP "John Yeoman's copy Francis Meynell (a comrade-in-words) 14 September 1961", orig. cloth gilt, d/w; John Heath-Stubs: 'A Charm against the Toothache',L, 1954, 1st edition, signed on FFEP, orig. cloth, d/w; Maureen Duffy: 'The Venus Touch', L, Weidenfeld, 1971, limited edition (237/500), numbered and signed by author, ills. reproduced from drawings by Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt orig. pictorial cloth gilt, glassine d/w; [Edward Gathorne-Hardy]: 'Inadvertencies', The Mill House Press, 1963, limited edition (173/200), orig. printed wraps; Gavin Ewart: 'Throwaway Lines', Keepsake Press, 1964, limited edition (36/200), signed and numbered, linocut ills. by Warwick Hutton, orig. wraps; Thea Holme: 'The Carlyles at Home', illustrated Lynton Lamb, 1965, 2nd printing, signed & inscribed to FFEP, orig. cloth, d/w; plus 20 others including A.S.J. Tessimond, Craig Raine, George Crabbe 'Peter Grimes', 1984, signed by publisher/illustrator James Dodds Peter Johnson J.A.B. Harrisson, Angela Carter 'Black Venus's Tale', 1980, 1st, signed, woodcuts by Philip Sutton etc, several others signed. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (28)
A collection of 28 mainly poetry titles circa mid to late 20th Century, several signed/signed & inscribed, including Cecil Collins 'In the Solitude of this Land Poems 1940-81', Ipswich, Golgonooza Press, 1981, 1st edition, limited edition (56/100), numbered, pencil signed autolithograph frontis illustration, further signed "Cecil Collins 1984" to verso of frontis, original stitched printed wraps; Christopher Logue: 'Wand and Quadrant', Paris, Collection Merlin, 1953, limited edition, (600), (300), on paier d'arches, Autograph Letter Signed from the author to John Yeoman loosely inserted, orig. printed wraps; Francis Meynell: 'Poems & Pieces 1911 to 1961', L, Nonesuch Press, 1961, ltd edn (274/750), signed & inscribed by the author to John Yeoman on FFEP "John Yeoman's copy Francis Meynell (a comrade-in-words) 14 September 1961", orig. cloth gilt, d/w; John Heath-Stubs: 'A Charm against the Toothache',L, 1954, 1st edition, signed on FFEP, orig. cloth, d/w; Maureen Duffy: 'The Venus Touch', L, Weidenfeld, 1971, limited edition (237/500), numbered and signed by author, ills. reproduced from drawings by Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt orig. pictorial cloth gilt, glassine d/w; [Edward Gathorne-Hardy]: 'Inadvertencies', The Mill House Press, 1963, limited edition (173/200), orig. printed wraps; Gavin Ewart: 'Throwaway Lines', Keepsake Press, 1964, limited edition (36/200), signed and numbered, linocut ills. by Warwick Hutton, orig. wraps; Thea Holme: 'The Carlyles at Home', illustrated Lynton Lamb, 1965, 2nd printing, signed & inscribed to FFEP, orig. cloth, d/w; plus 20 others including A.S.J. Tessimond, Craig Raine, George Crabbe 'Peter Grimes', 1984, signed by publisher/illustrator James Dodds Peter Johnson J.A.B. Harrisson, Angela Carter 'Black Venus's Tale', 1980, 1st, signed, woodcuts by Philip Sutton etc, several others signed. From the estate of John Richard Harding Yeoman (1916-1988), Copy Writer and Director for several Advertising Agencies, Assistant Secretary (Publicity) for the Council for the Protection of Rural England, Borough Councillor for Kensington and Chelsea, Governor of the Chelsea School of Art, and lover of art, poetry and books. John Yeoman’s first wife was Antonia Yeoman, née Beryl Antonia Thompson (1907-1970), the Australian-English commercial artist, cartoonist and illustrator who worked under the name “Anton” (28)
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