messel oliver (19 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. Messel, Oliver (illustrator). 1st Edition. 2nd imp. Fine copy in slip case that has some slight discoloration around the edges, and ends starting to split. 94 pps.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Oliver Messel (cover) (illustrator). 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 clean. Binding tight, no annotations or inscriptions; text and illustrations bright and clear throughout. Not an old library book. Photograph available.

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.

Wraps. Zustand: Fair. Messel, Oliver (illustrator). 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.

Zustand: Very Good. Cover artwork and titles by Oliver Messel. (illustrator). 1958. Glyndebourne Publications. London. 1958. Paperback, 4to; illustrated wrappers. 88 pages. Illustrated in colour and b&w. English. 310x245mm. 0.5kg. Very good; light shelf wear to wrappers, some creasing to wrappers where edges extend over text block, light ruffling to spine ends. A 1958 Glyndebourne Opera programme with a cover design by Oliver Messel. Messel designed the set and costumes for the season's productions of Le Nozze di Figaro, Comte Ory and Ariadne auf Naxos. Other operas staged in 1958 were Falstaff (designed by Osbert Lancaster), Alceste, The Rake's Progress (also Lancaster) and Il Segreto di Susanna. The programme includes articles, synopses and contemporary adverts. 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.

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: 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. Zustand: Good. Covers And Illustrations By Oliver Messel (illustrator). 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. Inscribed by Author(s).

Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Designs by Oliver Messel. (illustrator). 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 very good dust jacket; light shelf wear to jacket, small 1.5cm tear to top edge of front panel, spine slightly faded, a few light marks to white rear panel; slight offsetting to endpapers. 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.

Decorative Boards. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. Messel, Oliver (illustrator). 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 tears 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.

Decorative Boards. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Messel, Oliver (illustrator). 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.

First 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.

Leather. Zustand: Fine. Oliver Messel (illustrator). First edition. A wonderful example of the uncommon first edition of Lady Sysonby's cookery work, in a signed quarter morocco binding. The uncommon first edition of this work, with an introduction from Osbert Sitwell.A refined and eclectic collection of recipes compiled by Victoria Lily Hegan Ponsonby, Lady Sysonby, drawing on her experiences of aristocratic life, travel, and entertaining. The book features traditional British dishes alongside international recipes.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and a small number of colour vignette illustrations from Oliver Messel, one of the foremost stage designers of the 20th century.In a striking quarter morocco signed binding by David M. Kirby of Chester. Endpapers renewed.With the bookplate of Martin and Pamela Finch to the verso of the front free endpaper. They were antiquarian booksellers with an interest in antiquarian gastronomy. In a quarter morocco signed binding, with marbled paper covered boards. Endpapers renewed. Externally, fine. Binder's label to front pastedown, bookplate to front free endpaper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages a touch age toned to perimeters, but clean and bright. Fine. book.

Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Illustrated by Oliver Messel. (illustrator). 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. 290x215mm. 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.

Zustand: Near Fine. 1953. Cresta Silks. 1953. Printed pale-pink silk scarf with applied gold decoration. Supplied with April 1953 issue of 'British Vogue'. English. 870x870mm. 0.2kg. Near fine; a remarkably well-preserved example with the gold decoration remaining bright and fresh; a couple of very small spots, a small faint mark to left margin. A scarf designed by Oliver Messel to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, heightened with real gold. The printed silk scarf was made by Cresta Silks as a commemorative item for the 1953 royal event. Tom Heron of Cresta travelled to Switzerland to oversee the printing of the scarf and the pioneering technique that allowed real gold to be applied to the surface. The pale-pink ground is printed with a design of a horse and carriage (the Gold State Coach) surrounded by a frame of floral and natural elements. The border contains the Queen's cypher, the emblems of the four nations and a spray of oak, picked out in pinks and greens. The whole is highlighted with gold decoration. It is signed within the design by Messel. The design carries Messel's sense of theatricality with rococo, romantic elements. The young queen and her horse and carriage are held within a sparkling fairytale setting. The scarf was so fashionable it featured on the pinked-hue cover of the April 1953 issue of British Vogue. The magazine indicates that the scarf was created in a 'Pink Champagne' colour, was available for 5 guineas at Hartnell and Fortnum & Mason, and is 'the first scarf to glitter with authentic gold, by means of a new process, which will wash, clean and press.' Tom Heron is quoted in Peart-Binns & Heron's biography as telling shop staff, 'I tell you in confidence that the Queen, the Queen Mother, the Duchess of Kent and Princess Margaret have all accepted scarves, and said very nice things about them too!' The design was also printed on a pale-green background. The scarf was re-issued in 1977 for the Queen's Silver Jubilee, printed on a silver-grey ground and heightened with applied silver, rather than gold. Examples of the original Coronation gold scarf are very scarce, especially in the desirable "Champagne Pink" colour. [Castle, Charles. 'Oliver Messel. A Biography'. 1986. p.156; 'British Vogue'. April 1953; Peart-Binns, John S. & Heron, Giles. 'Rebel & Sage: A Biography of Tom Heron 1890-1983'. 2001. p.78] 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.

Zustand: 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.

1/4 Morocco. Zustand: Near Fine. Messel, Oliver (illustrator). 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 designers of the 20th century. Near Fine condition. Square 8vo.

Zustand: 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).

First 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 Oscars. 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.

Ink, charcoal, gouache and water-colour on paper, signed in pencil 'Oliver Messel' on image, in fine condition, 350 x 230 mm; mounted, framed and glazed, 500 x 375 mm. Oliver Messel (1904-1978) was 'Great Britain's leading theatre designer from the early 1930s to the mid 1950s., [winning] international acclaim for his lavish, painterly and poetic designs informed by period styles' (V & A Museum). He designed the sets and costumes for a production of Rossini's La Cenerentola at Glyndebourne in 1952.