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Thackeray (William Makepeace) The Works, With Biographical Introductions by his Daughter, Anne Ritchie, 13 vol., 'Biographical edition', half-titles, frontispiece, illustrations, some toning, all but vol. 8 with bookplates of Charles B. Cochran, uniform calf-backed cloth, gilt, light rubbing and marks, spine ends and corners bumped, t.e.g., others uncut, 1898-1899 § Garnett (Richard, editor) The International Library of Famous Literature, 10 vol. only (of 20), comprises: vol. 1-8, 13, 14, half-titles, portrait frontispieces, titles printed in red and black, vol.1, inscribed by Ellen Terry on title, 'Ellen Terry - Yew Tree Cottage, Small Hythe', all but one vol. with Terry's Winchelsea bookplates, morocco-backed cloth, rubbed with light marks, gilt, t.e.g., spine ends and corners bumped, 8vo, Edward Lloyd [c.1899]; and others, including incomplete volumes of Scott's works, vs. (59) *** Sir Charles Blake Cochran (1872-1951) was a British theatrical producer of the most successful musical revues, plays and musicals of the 1920 and 1930s. Charles B. Cochran engaged Oliver Messel (1904-1978) from 1926 and awarded him with his first full commission to design both costumes and sets for his 1932 production Helen, directed by Max Reinhardt. Dame Alice Ellen Terry (1847-1928) was a leading Victorian English actress and the great aunt of actor and theatre director, Sir John Gielgud. Terry first saw Smallhythe Place, near Tenterden, Kent, whilst out riding in her pony and trap with Henry Irving. She instantly fell in love with the property and asked to be told if it ever became available to buy. In 1899, a postcard with a Tenterden postmark was sent to Terry's Chelsea house with the brief message 'House for Sale'. Ellen Terry purchased Smallhythe Place later that year and lived there for the rest of her life. Condition Report: Others include - Sue (Eugene) The Mysteries of Paris, 3 vol., first authorised English edition, pictorial titles, numerous illustrations in-text, some toning, contemporary half calf backed marbled boards, light rubbing, lacking three of six leather spine panels, spine ends and corners bumped, 1845-46 § Painter (William) Haslewood (John, Editor) Pleasant Histories and Excellent Novels . . . From the Edition printed by Thomas Marsh 1575, 3 vol., second volume in two parts, foxing to preliminaries, browning and occasional light foxing, armorial bookplates of Carlingford and Leonard Charles Rudolph Messel on marbled e/ps., half morocco marbled boards, gilt, spine ends and corners bumped, supposedly only 165 copies printed, reprinted for Robert Triphook, 1813 § Scott (W.) Works, comprises: Novels and Tales, 14 vol, (lacking vol. 3) titles include: Waverley, Guy Mannering, Antiquary, Rob Roy, Black Dwarf, Old Mortality, Heart of Mid-Lothian, Bride of Lammermuir, Edinburgh, 1821; Historical Romances, 7 vol. (lacking vol. 3) titles include, Ivanhoe, The Monastery, The Abbot, Kenilworth, 1822; Fortunes of Nigel, 2 vol. (lacking vol. 1) 1822; Peveril of the Peak, 3 vol., (lacking vol. 4) 1822; Quentin Durward, complete in 3 vol., 1823; Redgauntlet, vol. 2 only (of 3) 1824. Condition Report Disclaimer