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Anglo-Saxon Cemetry at Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire
Dinwiddy, Kirsten Egging; Stoodley, Nick; Barnett, Catherine (CON); Blakelock, Eleanor (CON); Cooke, Nicholas (CON)
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Anglo-Saxon Cemetry at Collingbourne Ducis, Wiltshire
Dinwiddy, Kirsten Egging; Stoodley, Nick; Barnett, Catherine (CON); Blakelock, Eleanor (CON); Cooke, Nicholas (CON)
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Published by Victor Gollancz Ltd, London 1966
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First Edition. Pp. 160, frontispiece portrait; demy 8vo; boards a trifle bowed, the bottom fore-corners bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly creased and rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, tiny closed tear to top edge of last text page, edges of leaves slightly soiled; Victor G…ollancz Ltd, London, 1966. First edition.
[Denys Blakelock inscribes his memoir of Eleanor Farjeon to Christopher Fry.] In Search of Elsie Piddock | An Echo of Eleanor Farjeon.
Denys Blakelock; Edward Ardizzone [Christopher Fry; Eleanor Farjeon]
Published by . Privately printed with slug on reverse of title: 'The Favil Press Ltd. 152 Kensington Church Street W.8.' 1967
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23pp., small 8vo. In shiny blue paper boards, with yellow label with title printed in black on front cover. A good copy, lightly worn. Inscribed on front free endpaper: 'Christopher | in memory of | Eleanor | & with all good | wishes - | Denys | Christmas | 1967'. Characteristic frontispiece by Ardizzone. A charming piece, in wh…ich Farjeon's friend Blakelock tracks down Elsie Puttick, the inspiration for the heroine of Farjeon's 'Elsie Piddock skips in her sleep'. From the Christopher Fry papers.
More imagesPublished by W. Collins Sons & Co Ltd, London 1928
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Cloth. Condition: Very Good. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, viii, 239, [1], incl. pea plant vignette (i.e. 'To Pod') to dedication page and chapter head-pieces. Original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Fore-edge roughly trimmed. Spine slightly cocked, gently rubbed and sunned, pushing and wear to spine ends with sp…lit to head, some scoring to bottom board. Previous bookseller's pencil note to front pastedown, Farjeon's inscription in black pen to ffep: "Denys/ with Eleanor's Love" and at tail of the page: "Property of Denys Blakelock/ 317 Endsleigh Court/ Upper Woburn Place/ W.C.1." plus, in another hand and blue pen: "Bertha Rose/ given to me by Renée/ in memory of Denys./ March 15. 1971." scant foxing to endpapers. 'How came you by this Book?' Collins postcard laid in. Else, clean and tight. A unique association copy of Farjeon's "beautiful and timeless collection of stories". Very good Inscribed to "Denys" in 1950, the first year of Blakelock and Farjeon's friendship, and subsequently re-gifted to another friend Bertha Rose (née Hagart) by Blakelock's sister-in-law Renée: "in memory of Denys./ March 15. 1971". Denys Blakelock (1901-1970), actor, RADA teacher and childhood friend and lover of Laurence Olivier, became one of the closest friends of Farjeon's later life. The couple met when Blakelock was cast as King Nollekins of Norfolk in the first run of Farjeon's play The Silver Curlew at The Arts Theatre in 1949/1950 (an event celebrated in her inscription to our copy of Love Affair (ref. 2214), as well as in our inscribed copy of the The Fair Venetian (ref. 2213) the following festive season, when the play was revived at Fortune Theatre, London: "Dearest Denys Nollekins / from Eleanor Nellikins / to mark The Silver Curlew's / second London year./ Dec. 22nd 1950". Indeed, 1950 proved a hinge year for Farjeon, who had lost her long-time companion, George Earle (Pod) in November 1949 and was grieving deeply; it also saw the beginnings of her conversion to Catholicism. By their meeting, Blakelock "was an established victim of dark moods of depression and anxiety," which were taking a toll both personally and professionally. The friendship offered a new start for them both and very rapidly they became each other's emotional succour. They even dubbed their first trip away together in June 1951 their "honeymoon" holiday, which they commemorated over the 15 years of their friendship. As Blakelock reflected in the closing pages of his memoir of Farjeon, Eleanor: "Eleanor Farjeon's life was so closely bound up with mine for that last long phase, if I were to paint a true picture of her it seemed to become increasingly impracticable to keep myself to any real extent in the background". (Blakelock, 1966). Less is known about Farjeon's friend, Bertha Hagart/ Rose: it seems likely she is the Royal Academy of Music (RAM)-trained, South African pianist, who was active professionally both in South Africa and Britain in the 1950s. If this is the case, it also seems probable that the two women met through Farjeon's elder brother Harry, who taught at RAM for 45 years. Whatever the case, Hagart was close enough to them both to be presented with Blakelock's cherished copies of Farjeon's books by his sister-in-law, the actor Renée Blakelock (1897-1973); a posthumous intertwining of their three lives, which would surely have pleased Farjeon, given her own practice of re-gifting books (see our other inscribed Farjeon copies). Denys Blakelock (1966) Eleanor: Portrait of a Farjeon. London: Gollancz Ltd.
More imagesPublished by Michael Joseph Limited 1941
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp. 271, [1]. Original beige cloth, spine lettered in lilac. Spine slightly cocked with nick to heel, bumped and rubbed, a few marks. Bookseller pencil notes to front pastedown, inscribed by Farjeon in sepia pen to ffep: "Dearest Denys/ with all my… love./ From Eleanor./ June 22nd 1952" and beneath in another hand in blue ink: "Bertha Rose./ given to me by Renée / in memory of Denys/ March 15th 1971." Else, clean and tight. A unique association copy. Good+ Denys Blakelock (1901-1970), actor, RADA teacher and childhood friend and lover of Laurence Olivier, became one of the closest friends of Farjeon's later life. The couple met when Blakelock was cast as King Nollekins of Norfolk in the first run of Farjeon's play The Silver Curlew at The Arts Theatre in 1949/1950 (an event celebrated in her inscription to our copy of Love Affair (ref. 2214), as well as in our inscribed copy of the The Fair Venetian (ref. 2213) the following festive season, when the play was revived at Fortune Theatre, London: "Dearest Denys Nollekins / from Eleanor Nellikins / to mark The Silver Curlew's / second London year./ Dec. 22nd 1950". Indeed, 1950 proved a hinge year for Farjeon, who had lost her long-time companion, George Earle (Pod) in November 1949 and was grieving deeply; it also saw the beginnings of her conversion to Catholicism. By their meeting, Blakelock "was an established victim of dark moods of depression and anxiety," which were taking a toll both personally and professionally. The friendship offered a new start for them both and very rapidly they became each other's emotional succour. They even dubbed their first trip away together in June 1951 their "honeymoon" holiday, which they commemorated over the 15 years of their friendship. Farjeon's inscription here "Dearest Denys/ with all my love./ From Eleanor./ June 22nd 1952" is likely such a remembrance. As Blakelock reflected in the closing pages of his memoir of Farjeon, Eleanor: "Eleanor Farjeon's life was so closely bound up with mine for that last long phase, if I were to paint a true picture of her it seemed to become increasingly impracticable to keep myself to any real extent in the background". (Blakelock, 1966). Less is known about Farjeon's friend, Bertha Hagart/ Rose: it seems likely she is the Royal Academy of Music (RAM)-trained, South African pianist, who was active professionally both in South Africa and Britain in the 1950s. If this is the case, it also seems probable that the two women met through Farjeon's elder brother Harry, who taught at RAM for 45 years. Whatever the case, Hagart was close enough to them both to be presented with Blakelock's cherished copies of Farjeon's books by his sister-in-law, the actor Renée Blakelock (1897-1973); a posthumous intertwining of their three lives, which would surely have pleased Farjeon, given her own practice of re-gifting books (see our other inscribed Farjeon copies). Denys Blakelock (1966) Eleanor: Portrait of a Farjeon. London: Gollancz Ltd. Inscribed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by Michael Joseph Ltd 1943
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo. Original red cloth, spine lettered in silver. Unevenly sunned and rubbed, pushing to spine ends, edgewear, bottom corners bumped, a few scores to bottom board. Inscribed by Farjeon in blue pen to ffep: "Dearest Denys Nollekins / from Eleanor Nellik…ins / to mark The Silver Curlew's / second London year./ Dec. 22nd 1950" with another inscription below in blue ink: "Bertha Rose./ given to me by Renée / in memory of Denys./ March 15. 1971." Closed tear to bottom edge of pp. 211-2, nick to rear hinge, else, clean and tidy, especially given the wartime paper stock. A unique association copy of Farjeon's only crime novel. Good+ Aptly, with a printed dedication to Farjeon's brother, who was a crime novelist by trade: "To Joe from a novice in his craft". Inscribed to "Denys" in 1950, the first year of Blakelock and Farjeon's friendship, and subsequently re-gifted to another friend Bertha Rose (née Hagart) by Blakelock's sister-in-law Renée: "in memory of Denys/ March 15th 1971". Denys Blakelock (1901-1970), actor, RADA teacher and childhood friend and lover of Laurence Olivier, became one of the closest friends of Farjeon's later life. The couple met when Blakelock was cast as King Nollekins of Norfolk in the first run of Farjeon's play The Silver Curlew at The Arts Theatre in 1949/1950; an event celebrated in her inscription to our copy of Love Affair (ref. 2214), and, indeed, recalled in Farjeon's inscription here too. Indeed, 1950 proved a hinge year for Farjeon, who had lost her long-time companion, George Earle (Pod) in November 1949 and was grieving deeply; it also saw the beginnings of her conversion to Catholicism. By their meeting, Blakelock "was an established victim of dark moods of depression and anxiety," which were taking a toll both personally and professionally. The friendship offered a new start for them both and very rapidly they became each other's emotional succour. They even dubbed their first trip away together in June 1951 their "honeymoon" holiday, which they commemorated over the 15 years of their friendship. As Blakelock reflected in the closing pages of his memoir of Farjeon, Eleanor: "Eleanor Farjeon's life was so closely bound up with mine for that last long phase, if I were to paint a true picture of her it seemed to become increasingly impracticable to keep myself to any real extent in the background". (Blakelock, 1966). Less is known about Farjeon's friend, Bertha Hagart/ Rose: it seems likely she is the Royal Academy of Music (RAM)-trained, South African pianist, who was active professionally both in South Africa and Britain in the 1950s. If this is the case, it also seems probable that the two women met through Farjeon's elder brother Harry, who taught at RAM for 45 years. Whatever the case, Hagart was close enough to them both to be presented with Blakelock's cherished copies of Farjeon's books by his sister-in-law, the actor Renée Blakelock (1897-1973); a posthumous intertwining of their three lives, which would surely have pleased Farjeon, given her own practice of re-gifting books (see our other inscribed Farjeon copies). Denys Blakelock (1966) Eleanor: Portrait of a Farjeon. London: Gollancz Ltd. Inscribed by Author(s).
More imagesLove Affair: Decorations by Rolf Gérard
FARJEON, Eleanor; GÉRARD, Rolf (decorations); [BLAKELOCK, Denys]; [HAGART/ ROSE, Bertha]
Published by Michael Joseph 1947
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. 8vo, pp. 223, [1], incl. 3 b/w illustrations and head-pieces by Rolf Gérard. Illustrated endpapers. Original purple cloth, spine letter in silver, silver and red-stamped seagull with letter to upper board. Spine gently sunned, extremities bruised a…nd worn, bottom corners bumped. Gently toned, inscribed by Farjeon in sepia ink to half-title: "Denys/ from/ Eleanor/ Jan. 22nd 1950/ The last of / The Silver Curlew." and in another hand and blue ink: "Bertha Rose./ given to me by Renée / in memory of Denys./ March 15th 1971." Else, clean and tight. A unique association copy marking the beginnings of Farjeon and Blakelock's own love affair (in/ of friendship). Very good. Inscribed to "Denys" in 1950, the first year of Blakelock and Farjeon's friendship, and subsequently re-gifted to another friend Bertha Rose (née Hagart) by Blakelock's sister-in-law Renée: "in memory of Denys/ March 15th 1971". Denys Blakelock (1901-1970), actor, RADA teacher and childhood friend and lover of Laurence Olivier, became one of the closest friends of Farjeon's later life. The couple met when Blakelock was cast as King Nollekins of Norfolk in the first run of Farjeon's play The Silver Curlew at The Arts Theatre in 1949/1950, an event celebrated in her inscription here: "Denys/ from/ Eleanor/ Jan. 22nd 1950/ The last of / The Silver Curlew." as well as in our inscribed copy of the The Fair Venetian (ref. 2213) the following festive season, when the play was revived at Fortune Theatre, London: "Dearest Denys Nollekins / from Eleanor Nellikins / to mark The Silver Curlew's / second London year./ Dec. 22nd 1950". Indeed, 1950 proved a hinge year for Farjeon, who had lost her long-time companion, George Earle (Pod) in November 1949 and was grieving deeply; it also saw the beginnings of her conversion to Catholicism. By their meeting, Blakelock "was an established victim of dark moods of depression and anxiety," which were taking a toll both personally and professionally. The friendship offered a new start for them both and very rapidly they became each other's emotional succour. They even dubbed their first trip away together in June 1951 their "honeymoon" holiday, which they commemorated over the 15 years of their friendship. As Blakelock reflected in the closing pages of his memoir of Farjeon, Eleanor: "Eleanor Farjeon's life was so closely bound up with mine for that last long phase, if I were to paint a true picture of her it seemed to become increasingly impracticable to keep myself to any real extent in the background" (Blakelock, 1966). Less is known about Farjeon's friend, Bertha Hagart/ Rose: it seems likely she is the Royal Academy of Music (RAM)-trained, South African pianist, who was active professionally both in South Africa and Britain in the 1950s. If this is the case, it also seems probable that the two women met through Farjeon's elder brother Harry, who taught at RAM for 45 years. Whatever the case, Hagart was close enough to them both to be presented with Blakelock's cherished copies of Farjeon's books by his sister-in-law, the actor Renée Blakelock (1897-1973); a posthumous intertwining of their three lives, which would surely have pleased Farjeon, given her own practice of re-gifting books (see our other inscribed Farjeon copies). Denys Blakelock (1966) Eleanor: Portrait of a Farjeon. London: Gollancz Ltd. Inscribed by Author(s).
More imagesPublished by P.E.N. Books/ George Allen & Unwin Ltd 1941
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. Slim 8vo, pp. 48. Eggshell blue and yellow patterned paper boards, lettered in black, label to spine. A little soiled and darkened, bruising and light wear to extremities. Inscribed, movingly, by Farjeon in blue ink to half-title: "For Denys who ha…s/ added another magic casement to my mansion / from Eleanor in/ remembrance of this/ week: July 19 26/ 1950" and below, in a different hand: "Bertha Rose./ given to me by Renée / in memory of Denys./ March 15th 1971." With Farjeon's marginal corrections and clarifications to pp. 12 & 13. Else, clean and tight. A gorgeous and significant association copy, inscribed to Blakelock in the first year of friendship. Near fine. With Farjeon's own marginal corrections and clarifications regarding misquotations from Cymbeline: ' Should be "lads" of course. This is a slip', but not so for the (mis)citations from Twelfth Night: whose "spinners" and "sitters in the sun" is "how I've always misremembered this lovely line". Inscribed to "Denys" in 1950, the first year of Blakelock and Farjeon's friendship, and subsequently re-gifted to another friend Bertha Rose (née Hagart) by Blakelock's sister-in-law Renée: "in memory of Denys/ March 15th 1971". Denys Blakelock (1901-1970), actor, RADA teacher and childhood friend and lover of Laurence Olivier, became one of the closest friends of Farjeon's later life. The couple met when Blakelock was cast as King Nollekins of Norfolk in the first run of Farjeon's play The Silver Curlew at The Arts Theatre in 1949/1950 (an event celebrated in her inscription to our copy of Love Affair (ref. 2214), as well as in our inscribed copy of the The Fair Venetian (ref. 2213) the following festive season, when the play was revived at Fortune Theatre, London: "Dearest Denys Nollekins / from Eleanor Nellikins / to mark The Silver Curlew's / second London year./ Dec. 22nd 1950". Indeed, 1950 proved a hinge year for Farjeon, who had lost her long-time companion, George Earle (Pod) in November 1949 and was grieving deeply; it also saw the beginnings of her conversion to Catholicism. By their meeting, Blakelock "was an established victim of dark moods of depression and anxiety," which were taking a toll both personally and professionally. The friendship offered a new start for them both and very rapidly they became each other's emotional succour. They even dubbed their first trip away together in June 1951 their "honeymoon" holiday, which they commemorated over the 15 years of their friendship. As Blakelock reflects in the closing pages of Eleanor: "Eleanor Farjeon's life was so closely bound up with mine for that last long phase, if I were to paint a true picture of her it seemed to become increasingly impracticable to keep myself to any real extent in the background". (Blakelock, 1966). Less is known about Farjeon's friend, Bertha Hagart/ Rose: it seems likely she is the Royal Academy of Music (RAM)-trained, South African pianist, who was active professionally both in South Africa and Britain in the 1950s. If this is the case, it also seems probable that the two women met through Farjeon's elder brother Harry, who taught at RAM for 45 years. Whatever the case, Hagart was close enough to them both to be presented with Blakelock's cherished copies of Farjeon's books; a posthumous intertwining of their three lives, which would surely have pleased Farjeon, given her own practice of re-gifting books (see our other inscribed Farjeon copies). Denys Blakelock (1966) Eleanor: Portrait of a Farjeon. London: Gollancz Ltd. Inscribed by Author(s).
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First Edition. Portrait frontispiece Fine copy in dust-wrapper.
