Watts Dunton Walter Theodore (3 results)

72 pp. Errata leaf tipped-in after p. 72. 8vo. 9" x 6-1/8" Publication of "a paper read before the Association of Haverford Alumni, in Alumni Hall, Haverford College, Pennsylvania, on the Evening of the Twenty-First of June, 1886, by Alden Sampson, A. M. (Haverford and Harvard)." "Theodore Watts-Dunton was an English critic and poet. He is often remembered as the friend and minder of Algernon Charles Swinburne, whom he rescued from alcoholism." [Wiki] Wear & soiling to binding, with slight splay to boards. Terminal flyleaf with short closed tear to bottom edge. Booklabel of Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton. About Very Good. Original publisher's quarter-vellum over grey paper wrapped boards; title stamped in blind to front board. Printed paper title label to spine. TEG 1st edition. INSCRIBED PRESENTATION copy from Sampson to Theodore Watts, dated 1887.

Condition: Very good. First Edition. Large 8vo. 21 pp., 82 lots. Illustrated issue, complete with 5 plates not found in ordinary issues. Original printed wrapper (to the upper cover is affixed Maggs Bros. label soliciting bids). Loosely inserted is a reproduction of the price-list and buyers' names. IMPORTANT BUT LITTLE-KNOWN SALE CATALOGUE OF PRE-RAPHAELITE PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS, AND MANUSCRIPTS BELONGING TO SWINBURNE AND TO ROSSETTI'S FRIEND AND FORMER ASSISTANT, WATTS-DUNTON. The full title of the catalogue shows that the sale contained "important drawings by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, a self- portrait by Ford Madox Ford, drawings of Rossetti and his house in Cheyne Walk by Henry Treffrey Dunn; an extensive and interesting autograph correspondence from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to his studio assistant, H. Treffry Dunn; H. Treffry Dunn's autograph ms. "Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his circle"; an unrecorded proof of a Byron engraving presented to Watts-Dunton by Swinburne; old master paintings and Whistler etchings; Swinburne's cherished bronze of Victor Hugo; furniture and works of art, including mirrors and a cabinet painted by Dunn with copies from Rossetti's works, some now lost; signed and presentation books, photographs and relics." Jorge L. Contreras explains: "Rossetti met Theodore Watts-Dunton, a solicitor, poet and critic, in the autumn of 1872, when the artist returned to London following a brief convalescence in Scotland. [.] By 1876-77, Watts-Dunton was among Rossetti's closest friends and companions." Watts-Dunton was also Rossetti's studio assistant. -- SOURCE: "Re-identification of Picture for a Story by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-82) and Henry Treffry Dunn (1838-99)" in: British Art Journal (Autumn 2012), Vol. 13, Issue 2. Our copy belongs to the greatly superior "Illustrated issue," with 5 plates not found in ordinary issues. We have seen various digitized versions, and in all of them the scans of the illustrations are ABYSMAL.

Two pages and one page respectively. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo. Watts-Dunton was a friend of both Michael and Dante Gabriel Rossetti and acted as Gabriel Rossetti's solicitor. Watts Dunton writes to William Michael Rossetti to say not to wait at home for him in case he's delayed and continues "I am much interested [ ] the preface and the title to the book. Could you bring it to Somerset House and let me have a peep at it." and comments that he hopes "that Mrs. Rossetti is feeling all right." Watts-Dunton was involved in encouraging Gabriel Rossetti in the publication of the works that became "Ballads and Sonnets" in 1881 but would also have been interested in any of the collections and editions of Gabriel's works that Michael produced. The second letter, recipient unidentified, states that he would prefer for him to call on Saturday and looks forward to seeing him. To "My dear Rossetti" and "My dear Sir." Some light discoloration, the first folded, lower edge rough else very good (2 pieces) Two pages and one page respectively. 1 vols. Sm. 8vo.