[Jean Anouilh, French playwright] A collection of material, mainly correspondence, from the papers of Edward Marsh, translator of Anouilh and others, including two ALsS in French from Anouilh and a publishing agreement signed by him (about 40 items).

A small archive of material relating to the translation into English and production in the UK and USA of works by Jean Anouilh (particularly Dinner with the Family), comprising: A. Two Autograph Letters Signed Jean Anouilh, in French, to Edward Marsh, translator and biographer of Anouilh, one dated in pencil Feb. 1953, one of two pages, the other of one, both 4to, condition only fair. As far as I can tell, the contents are as follows: (Ist letter) Anouilh agrees to a performance of Rendezvous a Senlis at Polson's Theatre, subject to Marsh's assurances(artistiquement), adding the wish (?) that van Loewen and son patron Curtis Brown, agents, will arrange a West End appearance. He states his financial terms. He awaits concluding detail of the contract, and wishes him luck, adding a postscript that he would be heureux de lire la traduction; (2nd letter, 2pp., Feb. 1953) He appreciates so much effort on his behalf (on Rendezvous?), particularly when he feels demod? d?ja, du moins par le capricieux Paris. He hopes his efforts are rewarded. He goes on to discuss the production of le voyageur (prob.Le Voyageur sans bagage), discussing Van Lowen the agent and invoking the names of Peter Brook, distinguished director, and John Gielgud. Further discussion of Rendezvous (contract, the fidelit? of an English translation, etc). He suggests that Marsh try the BBC for a production of voyageur; B. Four draft and copy letters from Marsh to Anouilh, three handwritten, one typed,dating from 5 March 1952, some heavily worked with corrections, additions and changes, concerning aspects of translation, rights, and production, one substantial with notes about Anouilh's works; C. Memorandum of Agreement between John Anouilh and Edward Marsh AND Coward-McCann (US publishers) for Dinner with the Family, 1951, seven pages, folio, signed by parties iincluding Jean Anouilh, Edward Marsh and Theodore U. Purdy (Publishers). These three parties have also initialled each of the seven pages. Rights to publication in the English language in the USA; D. Memorandum of Agreement Edward Marsh and W.H. Allen, publishers, for Marsh's biography of Anouilh, This Man Anouilh, 1952, signed by Marsh and a director of W.H. Allen; E. Memorandum of Agreement for Dinner with the Family with publishers, Methuen, 1957, signed only by Methuen director (not Anouilh); F. Fourteen items concerning Marsh's biography of Anouilh, including correspondence with the publisher, W.H. Allen; a letter from Jean Flory of the Theatre de l'atelier in praise ((une place de choix en ma biblioth?que); a letter from a representative of his agent, Jan van Loewen, reporting Anouilh's surprise at not having a copy of the biography; list of Pictures for 'Anouilh' dated 15 Sept. 1952; a letter from Harpoer and Brothers saying the USA is not ready for a biography of Anouilh; G. Five items concerning Zeke Berlin's production of Dinner with the Family, 1959-60 (permissions, discussion, and planning for performance in New York), including detailed letters from Berlin; H. Four items relating to the Royal Court's boss, Murray Macdonald's negative response to Dinner with the Family (not his kind of play); I. Typed Letter Signed rom Paul Schofield, actor, saying he liked Dinner with the Family but has commitments (with copy letter from Marsh to Schofield); J. Material re. New York production in 1961 of Rendezvous at Senlis (director Zeke Berlin), including programme, newspaper clippings/reviews, and detailed letter about it from Geoffrey of the BBC New York; three items of related correspondence.~1200~CECCALDI FRENCH DRAMA THEATRE FRANCAISE FRANCAIS DRAMATURGE~ ~0~Shelf below Burke's 9flat/right); hold for harvard~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 26786~15/09/2025~False~John Carter (1748-1817), English architect and draughtsman~[John Carter, architect and draughtsman] 54 of John Carter's original engravings, from his own drawings, for his 'Views of Ancient Buildings in England' (1786-1793).~All 54 captioned as 'Engrav'd & Pub'd' by John Carter between January 1786 and January 1791, successively at Wood Street and College Street, Westminster; and Hamilton Street, Hyde Park Corner; from drawings made by him between 1766 and 1785.~All 54 are printed on paper 12 x 9 cm. Each is captioned and numbered in roman numerals, with the first as III and the last as XCVII. Carter published his 'Views of Ancient Buildings in England' between 1786 and 1793, and the six volumes contained a total of 120 views. Those LACKING from this collection, in arabic numerals, are 1, 2, 6-10, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 26, 36-38, 43, 48, 53, 57-59, 63-66, 69-71, 73, 75, 76, 78, 81-84, 90-94, 96, and 97-120. The 53 present are in fair condition, on lightly-foxed paper, with small pinholes in the margins of a few of the engravings (not affecting image or text). Simply-executed and charming, the images range from '[III] View of the chapel of St. John Baptist, and part of the tomb of Sr. Thomas Vaughan Kt. treasurer to Edward IV. in the east end of the Abbey Westminster.' to '[XCVII] North view of the Gate of Bermodsey [sic] Monastry, [sic] in the Borough, Southwark.' The images are not confined to London.~450~AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT JOHN CARTER ARCHITECT ARCHITECTURE GOTHIC REVIVAL BRITISH ENGLISH ANCIENT BUILDINGS NINETEENTH CENTURY EIGHTEENTH CENTURY GEORGIAN PRINTS AND DRAWINGS ECCLESIASTICAL~ ~0~Olympia file; mayfly~ ~ ~0~ ~ 26785~15/09/2025~False~Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen (1792-1849), Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of Hanover, consort of King William IV~[ Royal Accounts; German ]Two MS. account books, in German, of income and expenditure in Hanover of Princess Adelaide ('K?nigin Adelheid von Gro?britannien'), widow of the English King William IV. With reference by her housekeeper inserted.~The two account books are dated April 1844 to 1845; April 1847 to 1848.~The two volumes folio, 20 pp, and folio, 18 pp. Both in the same neat hand and in uniform original bindings of green boards, with green cloth spines and white decoratively-cut paper labels on front covers, each carrying a description of the contents addressed to 'K?nigin Adelheid von Gro?britannien'. The first account book (1844-1845) has part of the second leaf (pp.2-3) torn away; and the second (1847-1848) is lacking the fourth leaf (pp.9-10). The second has a summary (3 pp, folio, on bifolium) loosely inserted, addressed to 'K?nigliche Majest?t', and dated 'Meiningen, den 25 Juni [June] 1848'. The second account book also has, tipped in to the front pastedown, a signed autograph reference from 'E. Ballinger | Housekeeper to her late Majesty Queen Adelaide', addressed from '40 Colehill Street, Eaton Square' and undated, for 'Hannah Feesey', who 'lived has [sic] Housemaid in the establishment of Her late Majesty Queen Adelaide upwards of 4 years': 'I found her a clean industrious good servant, and a respectable well conducted young woman'. Expenses include 'Bauwesen und Meublement im F?rstenhaus zu Liebenstein'. The two volumes contain a total of eleven pages of 'Pensionem', with the named recipients including L?wenstern, Wagner, Uttenhoven, Mauris, Panzerbieter, Zierlein. A scarce and unusual item: personal accounts for leading members of the Royal Family rarely if ever appear on the market.~800~AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT PRINCESS ADELAIDE OF SAXE-MEININGEN QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY ROYALTY KING WILLIAM IV HANOVER ACCOUNT BOOKS EXPENSES~ ~0~Olympia file~ ~ ~0~ ~ 26780~15/09/2025~False~The Old Book Table, club for New York antiquarian booksellers, founded 1931 [Ernest R. Gee; E. Byrne Hackett, Brick Row Bookshop; Frank R. Thoms (Thoms and Eron); Edgar H. Wells; Geoffrey J. L. Gomme]~[Book Trade] Mimeographed typescript history of a club for New York antiquarian booksellers, 'The Old Book Table | A Social Organisation | An Informal Record 1931-1970 | Lists of Officers & Members and of Guests of The Old Book Table | &c., &c.'~Undated [1971]. New York: The OBT [i.e. The Old Book Table].~[iv] + 39 + 7 pp, with a further 17 pp loosely inserted at back (making a total of 67 pp), 4to. Good, in maroon plastic folder. Preface followed by list of 'Past Officers, Roster of Members, etc.', 'Chronology of The Old Book Table [1931-1970]' and 'Alphabetical List of Guests 1933-1970'. The loose leaves mainly consist of 'Extracts from the Minutes: 1931-1954'. The preface begins: 'Five members of the antiquarian booktrade in New York City met for a friendly dinner on the night of 9 January 1931. They were: Ernest R. Gee, a leading specialist in sporting and color plate books; E. Byrne Hackett, head of the Brick Row Bookshop, dealing in rare books and specialising in literature of the Johnsonian period; Frank R. Thoms, head of the firm of Thoms & Eron, general booksellers; Edgar H. Wells, who had given up being a dean at Harvard University to found and operate his own bookshop from the early 1920's until his death in 1938; and Geoffrey J. L. Gomme, who served as Edgar Wells's scholarly cataloguer and shop manager.' At the end of the volume is reproduced over six pages the Club's 1933 constitution. Scarce: no copies on COPAC or WorldCat, the last of which does however give a record for the book.~400~AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT THE OLD BOOK TABLE NEW YORK CITY ANTIQUARIAN BOOK TRADE BOOKSELLING ERNEST R. GEE BRICK ROW BOOKSHOP FRANK R. THOMS AND ERON EDGAR H. WELLS GEOFFREY J. L. GOMME AMERICAN~ ~0~Shelf below Burke's (flat/right).formerly Box 38; Mayfly~ ~ ~0~ ~ 26787~15/09/2025~False~The Original Society of Papermakers, Maidstone, Kent [ James Bourke and R. Robertson, Secretaries ]~[Papermaking] 72 printed items, from The Original Society of Papermakers, Maidstone.~Mainly printed by R. W. Burkitt, Maidstone, Kent. Three dating from 1901, the other 69 from between 1920 and 1929.~An interesting collection of material relating to trades unions in the paper industry, and a scarce survival. The University of Warwick, which holds a small collection of pre-twentieth-century material relating to the Original Society of Papermakers, notes that 'Few records have survived, including papers kept by chance and found within later correspondence'. The entry for that collection neatly sums up the history of the Society: 'Most probably arising from wage disputes at the end of the C18th, the Original Society of Papermakers was founded in 1800 as the trade union for workers in the hand-made paper business. Early factional disputes and trade pride prevented the OSP from expanding into machine-based mills. Consequently membership dwindled to just 83 by 1947 when the Executive Council sought a merger with the NUPBPW which was achieved in 1948.' More detail regarding to the Society can be found in C.J. Bundock's 'The Story of the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers' (Oxford, 1959), but the main source of information is Jean Stirk's 'Industrial Relations in a Craft Trade: The Original Society of Papermakers 1800-1948' (Studies in Paper History Vol. 4, BAPH, 1999). 72 items, 69 of which are conventionally-printed, stapled and uniform in layout, the other three being duplicated. The collection is in fair condition, with most items lightly aged and worn, a handful exhibiting heavier wear and closed tears. The greater part addressed by R. Robertson, Secretary, to 'Brothers in Trade', most from the Sun Inn, High Street, Maidstone, Kent, and a number from 13 Peel Street, Maidstone. The collection can be grouped as follows. ONE: Three circular bulletins, 1901, by James Bourke. Totalling 36pp. 12mo. Dealing with resolutions, reproducing correspondence, discussing a conference with lists of delegates. TWO: 53 circular bulletins, 1920-1929. Ranging between 16 and 2pp., 12mo. Giving details of topics including: details of 'Members Unemployed'; the register of births of apprentices; reports of 'Days' Wages' for various jobs; committee resolutions; correspondence; conference reports; election details; auditors reports and balance sheets; results of votes; benevolent fund; funeral claims; umpires' decisions in benefit claims. Issue of 2 June 1920 carries the obituary of James Sharp of Maidstone, whose company was founded in 1805. A number of issues from 1920 deal with a dispute between the OSP and the Papermakers' Association of Employers of Carded Labour, regarding rates of pay, reproducing correspondence. Issue of 5 July 1922 reports a 'great amount of unemployment that has prevailed in the Trade during the past 18 months or so, during which time mills have experienced very long laystills', and attacks 'the latest ?stunt? devised by the Ministry of Labour [?] the payment of what they term ?Unconventional Benefit,? that is, benefit which has not been paid for'. Issue of 12 August 1924 discusses 'some intimidation of men at one of the mills'. THREE: Seven Benevolent Fund Reports by R. E. Smith, Secretary, dating from between 1921 and 1929. Between 6 and 7pp. FOUR: Three duplicated typed circulars, two dating from 1927, both 1p., folio, and giving details of a committee meeting. FIVE: Two Special Circulars, both from 1923. Each 7pp. SIX: Three reports, one headed 'Financial Position' (1922, 4pp.) and two 'Financial Statement' (1927 and 1928, 8pp. Each). SEVEN: Auditors' balance sheet for half year ending December 1922. EIGHT: Set of proposed 'Revised Rules'. 8pp. Undated [1920].