‎École‎

‎[Carpaccio] PEROCCO, Guido ; ROUDAUT, Jean‎

‎Tout l’oeuvre peint de Carpaccio‎

‎Flammarion. Collection “Les classiques de l’art”/Rizzoli Editore, Milano 1981 In-4, pleine toile marron, sous jaquette illustrée, photographies pleines pages en couleurs, vignettes photographiques en n. & b., 120 pp. Etat correct d’occasion.‎

‎On peut dire que Carpaccio est véritablement une découverte de la critique moderne ; c’est grâce à la sensibilité des écrivains d’aujourd’hui que son langage a été révélé dans son authentique résonance. Bon état d’occasion‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 23424 ISBN : 2080112163

‎[CATTLE]. ENGLISH SCHOOL ? SKC S K C‎

‎Horned Bull possibly a Hereford with two cows in landscape.‎

‎No Binding. Very good. Lithograph signed and dated on plate on chine colle laid on backing sheet faint horizontal creases An early lithograph presumably privately printed. There is an S above the monogram which is perhaps LC or KC. No Jacket issued unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : RGW20985

‎[Centre Georges Pompidou] Wlassikoff, Michel ; LACROIX, Romain‎

‎Signes des Ecoles d’Art‎

‎Centre Georges Pompidou 2003 In-8, broché couv. illustrée, photographies en couleurs, 189 pp. Bilingue français/anglais. Très bon état.‎

‎Exposition présentée au Centre Georges Pompidou du 25 juin au 22 septembre 2003. Bon état d’occasion‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 19370

‎[CHARRETON]. CHATIN (Robert et Bertrand).‎

‎Victor Charreton. Vie et oeuvre - Victor Charreton, catalogue raisonné. [2 volumes].‎

‎[La Sauvetat], Robert Chatin, Imprimerie Vatel à Brioude, 1995 - Paris, Art inprogress Editions, 2007 ; 2 forts vol. in-4. 597 pp.-1 f. / 733pp. Cartonnages illustrés de l'éditeur, avec une jaquette couleurs por le second volume. Exemplaires neufs.‎

‎Rare réunion des deux volumes consacrés au peintre auvergnat. Le premier est précédé d'une préface de Marcel Charreton (neveu du peintre), et contient une "Analyse stylistique" et une "biographie" par Valérie Huss, une "Etude critique" par Mme Jamet-Cortat, et des "Réflexions sur le paysages" par Gustave Kahn. Ouvrage de référence, très abondamment illustré, désormais épuisé et difficile à trouver. Au second volume, les auteurs ont fait précéder le catalogue (presque entièrement illustré en couleurs) d'une biographie et chronologie générale, d'un chapitre sur ses convictions en peinture, d'une chronologie de son évolution picturale, d'un album de photographie sur la vie du peintre, et d'un important dossier "fortune critique" dans lequel ils reproduisent nombre d'articles consacrés au peintre depuis 1898 jusqu'en 2004.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 13210

‎[CHEUNGQUA]. [Studio Or School Of]‎

‎A SUITE OF 7 COLOR CHINESE PITH PAINTINGS SHOWING CHINESE WOMAN PLAYING MUSICAL‎

‎Canton 1860-80's Cheungqua. A group of 7 pith or Tongcao color paintings usual minimal issues mostly clean & solid sold "as is" as a collection with the typical chips & a few fox spots else very good clean examples. A RARE GROUP ! . . . . A SUITE OF 7 FINE CHINESE COLOR PITH PAINTINGS . . . SHOWING BEAUTIFULLY DRESSED CHINESE WOMEN . . . PLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS . . . EXECUTED IN STUNNING & BRILLIANT COLORS . . . AKA: CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS . A group of typical "trade paintings" executed by Chinese native artists for foreign traders visiting Canton or Macao during the early to mid-19th century. . A SUPERB SUITE OF FABULOUS COLOR PITH PAINTINGS: A stunningly beautiful group of hand-painted color pith paintings depicting a woman playing a musical instrument. . "GOLDEN LOTUS" or "LOTUS FEET" BOUND FEET Chanzu: This like most illustrations of the period show the women with bound feet. Chanzu bound feet was an erotic obsession and fetish in ancient China. The erotic ramifications are outlined in the references below. . The paintings illustrate Chinese women in a domestic scene with furniture playing musical instruments. Subjects are: . a. Yue1in Ruan Moon Guitar Moon Zither 4 stringed . b. Yanqin Chinese Dulcimer . c. Sanxian three-stringed Chinese lute . d. Drumming on the back of a Chinese ceramic bowl . e. Dizi Chinese bamboo flute . f. Huqin Chinese violin . g. Tong Luo Chinese Brass Gong . DESCRIPTION OF THE PAINTING ART WORK AND CONDITION: . Each painting is in brilliant vivid and stunning colors. Each is skillfully painted with a fine hand delicate fine-point brush with great detail incredible reality texture and appeal. . As usual the set paintings were tipped to a contemporary backing period Each painting is backed with a contemporary stiff paper or a more current back card. . Items "a" & "b" are matted see cover.jpg & title.jpg photos posted to our website. . Each painting is approximately 21 x 34 cm. most have a blue silk ribbon border partial border or border lacking chipped and the like on has restorations on the verso in the margin only. . Each painting has some chips parts missing on the edges or with small holes here and there 'e' by and large the images are complete but some may have usual and often typical age-related cracks or splits a touch of fox spots on "c." . Suitable for framing & display. Please review photographs posted to our website for details. . "RICE PAPER" PAINTINGS: Several authors refer to this name rather than the proper name "Pith" paper paintings also can be called "Tung Tsao." . THE CANTON ARTIST OR 'SCHOOL' OF CHEUNG QUA: Cheung Qua was an export watercolor painter in Canton. He and followers of his school produced various single and albums of these paintings which were sold from his studio. . Often his in-house artists began painting on their own thus replicating the techniques subjects and essence of their masters. Because these paintings were rarely signed the one and only identification ever found was occasionally on the album cover or spine with the studio name. . Often these paintings were sold in various shops in Macao the main resting and gathering place of foreigners during part of the year. . REFERENCE: . CLUNAS Craig.: CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS. This entire book is devoted to Pith or Rice paper paintings. For musical instruments see color plates on pp.50-53 especially plates on pp.66-67 plates 39 & 40 are particularly similar to our examples that is to say by the same or an artist who was in the same house of Cheungqua or that school. CHU Arthur. et al.: ORIENTAL ANTIQUES AND COLLECTIBLES: A GUIDE pp.62-66. THE CHINESE PITH PAINTING COLLECTION AT THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA: An Annotated Guide. Crossman Carl L. The decorative arts of the China trade : paintings furnishings and exotic curiosities. LEVY Howard S.: CHINESE FOOT BINDING: The History of a Curious Erotic Custom. . --. THE LOTUS LOVERS: The Complete History of the Curious Erotic Custom of Foot binding in China. JACKSON Beverly.: SPLENDID SLIPPERS: A THOUSAND YEARS OF AN EROTIC TRADITION. . . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 98101501

‎[CHINA, Canton School]‎

‎Album of exceptional watercolours of members of the Chinese court and of various tradesmen and occupations‎

‎Canton 1800. Large 4to. 15 x 12 1/2 inches. 141 watercolours on thin paper nearly all captioned in ink in Chinese in the lower right corner each tipped to a sheet of wove paper. Mid-nineteenth century citron half morocco over marbled paper covered boards spine with raised bands in six compartments lettered in gilt in the second compartment the others with a repeat decoration in gilt marbled edges<br/> <br/> Provenance: Annie Pearson Viscountess Cowdray née Cass 1860-1932 Dunecht House Aberdeenshire.<br/> <br/> An extraordinary album of early Chinese export watercolours of the highest quality.<br/> <br/> Beginning in the late 18th century centred on the treaty port of Canton there existed a thriving trade in ethnographical watercolours executed by local Chinese artists and sold to the western merchants and travellers. The best known result of this trade is William Mason's Costume of China first published in London in 1800 which is illustrated with 60 hand-coloured aquatints adapted from a series of original watercolours by Pu-Qua of Canton. It was common for the local artists including Pu-Qua to work from a set series of models. The present album includes a number of compositions that are from the same set of models as those used by Pu-Qua but they include more detail and more of the trade-associated paraphernalia than are shown in the images as published in Mason's work. This suggests that they were not copied from Mason but were after another more detailed source or were unique compositions by the artist based on a similar series of models. Importantly these watercolours are of a uniformly higher quality than usually encountered and represent not only a wide array of occupations but also members of the highest echelon of Chinese society. The detailing on the costumes worn by these members of the royal court is breathtaking with copious use of gilt. Later collections of Chinese export watercolours were routinely executed on less expensive pith paper whereas the present watercolours are on high quality tissue and are larger in size than those typically encountered. The album represents an earlier more prestigious style of export watercolour paintings specifically meant for wealthy Europeans. These are Chinese watercolours of the highest quality designed and executed to the highest standards. The album was once owned by Annie Pearson Viscountess Cowdray Steward of Colchester and wife of Lord Weetman Dickinson Pearson 1st Viscount Cowdray.<br/> <br/> Cf. Crossman The China Trade Princeton: 1972; cf. Clunas Chinese Export Watercolours London: 1984. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 26715

‎[Chinese Pith Paintings] School of Youqua‎

‎An eleven-leaf album of Chinese export paintings of Women and their Musical Instruments on pith paper‎

‎1870. Finely executed portraits of women and their musical instruments larger and more detailed than many other albums. From the school of Youqua. The portraits have no background painting. 8 images mounted with dark turquoise border silk some with cracks; 3 images are mounted on card at a later date. All images loose in papered boards which open Western style and are disbound and very rubbed. Most images are in lovely and larger than most. Besides some small cracks they are in very good condition. 4to 11 1/2 x 8 unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 27911

‎[CHINESE SCHOOL].‎

‎Album of watercolours of flowers fruit and silkworms.‎

‎Circa 1800. . 3 vols folio 50.9 x 37.4 cm; 244 mounted watercolours of flowers fruit birds and silkworms on Chinese paper comprising vol.1: 82 drawings of flowers vol.2: 82 drawings of flowers vol.3: 8 drawings of silkworms 7 of parrots 59 of fruit/flowers 6 of junks nineteenth-century russia gilt gilt armorial of George Spencer-Churchill Marquess of Blandford light foxing to a few plates one volume rebacked retaining original spine one volume with light water stain to upper cover lightly scratched some loss of leather to spine.<br /> A sumptuous collection of mounted watercolours depicting Chinese silkworm cultivation birds including parrots Asian fruits and multiple species of flowers; the work of exceptionally fine draughtsmanship from a Chinese school. Stylistic variety suggests a number of hands. The Chinese characters on the painting of silkworms read Quan Yuan Hao Jian Bo meaning a shop the first three characters that sells silk foil the last two characters. The spines of two volumes are labelled 'Flowers' and the third is labelled 'Silk Worms Fruits &c'.<br /><br />From the library of George Spencer-Churchill fifth Duke of Marlborough 1766-1840. The armorial design on the covers exhibit the coronet of a marquess indicating that the albums were bound whilst the Duke was Marquess of Blanford. He had a famed library at Whiteknights Park near Reading which was sold in 1819 due to financial difficulties exacerbated by his extravagant lifestyle. At Whiteknights the Duke had established the gardens as some of the most renowned in England at the time richly described by Barbara Hofland in A Descriptive Account of the Mansion and Gardens of White-Knights 1819. They featured a folly of a ruined Gothic chapel exotic botanicals imported from China and India and a Chinese temple. He was a passionate botanist and much of his library reflected this love for natural history this rare collection of watercolours being no exception. Lord Macartney's Embassy to China in 1793 saw the opening up of the Imperial lands to the West so it is likely that these drawings were produced in the last decade of the eighteenth or the first decade of the nineteenth century.<br /><br />John William Fordham Johnson 1866-1938 was a British-born Canadian businessman who became Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia in 1931.<br /> Circa 1800. hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 108333

‎[CHINESE SCHOOL].‎

‎Branch with Flowers‎

‎China mid nineteenth century. . Ink and gouache on paper mounted. Image size: 356 mm x 300 mm; mounted: 465 mm x 380 mm.<br /> Fine well executed decorative Chinese export watercolour. Light and easily transportable these watercolours mostly produced in the Canton region found a ready market in the West. Natural history studies were and continue to be amongst the most sought-after subjects.<br /> China, mid nineteenth century. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 109665

‎[CHINESE SCHOOL].‎

‎Butterflies and Fruits‎

‎China mid nineteenth century. . Ink and gouache on paper mounted. Image size: 356 mm x 300 mm; mounted: 465 mm x 380 mm.<br /> Fine well executed decorative Chinese export watercolour. Light and easily transportable these watercolours mostly produced in the Canton region found a ready market in the West. Natural history studies were and continue to be amongst the most sought-after subjects.<br /> China, mid nineteenth century. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 109624

‎[CHINESE SCHOOL].‎

‎Butterflies and Flowers‎

‎China mid nineteenth century. . Ink and gouache on paper mounted. Image size: 356 mm x 300 mm; mounted: 465 mm x 380 mm.<br /> Fine well executed decorative Chinese export watercolour. Light and easily transportable these watercolours mostly produced in the Canton region found a ready market in the West. Natural history studies were and continue to be amongst the most sought-after subjects.<br /> China, mid nineteenth century. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 109628

‎[CHINESE SCHOOL].‎

‎Butterfly and Fruits‎

‎China mid nineteenth century. . Ink and gouache on paper mounted. Image size: 356 mm x 300 mm; mounted: 465 mm x 380 mm.<br /> Fine well executed decorative Chinese export watercolour. Light and easily transportable these watercolours mostly produced in the Canton region found a ready market in the West. Natural history studies were and continue to be amongst the most sought-after subjects.<br /> China, mid nineteenth century. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 109625

‎[CHINESE SCHOOL].‎

‎Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.‎

‎Canton circa 1810. . Pencil water colour and body colour drawing of craft heightened with white on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1804' and '1805'. Framed and glazed overall size: 68.5cm x 58.5cm.<br /> Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.<br /><br />A fine group of unusual and very attractive depictions of river life. Typically with the river in the foreground with a finely executed drawing of a native boat the backgrounds showing landscape scenes interspersed with occasional architectural details.<br /><br />The Pearl River is so named because of the pearl-colored shells that lie at the bottom of the river in the section that flows through the city of Guangzhou. Formerly often known as the Canton River it is an extensive river system in southern China. The name 'Pearl River' is also often used as a catch-all for the watersheds of the Xi 'West' Bei 'North' and Dong 'East' rivers of Guangdong. These rivers are all considered tributaries of the Pearl River because they share a common delta the Pearl River Delta. Measured from the farthest reaches of the Xi River the Pearl River system is China's third-longest river 2400 kilometres after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River and second largest by volume after the Yangtze.<br /> Canton, circa 1810]. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 111581

‎[CHINESE SCHOOL].‎

‎Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.‎

‎Canton circa 1810. . Pencil water colour and body colour drawing of craft heightened with white on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1804' and '1805'. Framed and glazed overall size: 68.5cm x 58.5cm.<br /> Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.<br /><br />A fine group of unusual and very attractive depictions of river life. Typically with the river in the foreground with a finely executed drawing of a native boat the backgrounds showing landscape scenes interspersed with occasional architectural details.<br /><br />The Pearl River is so named because of the pearl-colored shells that lie at the bottom of the river in the section that flows through the city of Guangzhou. Formerly often known as the Canton River it is an extensive river system in southern China. The name 'Pearl River' is also often used as a catch-all for the watersheds of the Xi 'West' Bei 'North' and Dong 'East' rivers of Guangdong. These rivers are all considered tributaries of the Pearl River because they share a common delta the Pearl River Delta. Measured from the farthest reaches of the Xi River the Pearl River system is China's third-longest river 2400 kilometres after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River and second largest by volume after the Yangtze.<br /> Canton, circa 1810]. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 111577

‎[CHINESE SCHOOL].‎

‎Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.‎

‎Canton circa 1810. . Pencil water colour and body colour drawing of craft heightened with white on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1804' and '1805'. Framed and glazed overall size: 68.5cm x 58.5cm.<br /> Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.<br /><br />A fine group of unusual and very attractive depictions of river life. Typically with the river in the foreground with a finely executed drawing of a native boat the backgrounds showing landscape scenes interspersed with occasional architectural details.<br /><br />The Pearl River is so named because of the pearl-colored shells that lie at the bottom of the river in the section that flows through the city of Guangzhou. Formerly often known as the Canton River it is an extensive river system in southern China. The name 'Pearl River' is also often used as a catch-all for the watersheds of the Xi 'West' Bei 'North' and Dong 'East' rivers of Guangdong. These rivers are all considered tributaries of the Pearl River because they share a common delta the Pearl River Delta. Measured from the farthest reaches of the Xi River the Pearl River system is China's third-longest river 2400 kilometres after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River and second largest by volume after the Yangtze.<br /> Canton, circa 1810]. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 111578

‎[CHINESE SCHOOL].‎

‎Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.‎

‎Canton circa 1810. . A Group of forty pencil water colour and body colour drawings of craft heightened with white on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1804' and '1805'. Each 36.5 x 48 cm.<br /> Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.<br /><br />An unusual and very attractive drawings of river life. Typically with the river in the foreground with a finely executed drawing of a native boat the backgrounds showing landscape scenes interspersed with occasional architectural details.<br /><br />The Pearl River is so named because of the pearl-colored shells that lie at the bottom of the river in the section that flows through the city of Guangzhou. Formerly often known as the Canton River it is an extensive river system in southern China. The name 'Pearl River' is also often used as a catch-all for the watersheds of the Xi 'West' Bei 'North' and Dong 'East' rivers of Guangdong. These rivers are all considered tributaries of the Pearl River because they share a common delta the Pearl River Delta. Measured from the farthest reaches of the Xi River the Pearl River system is China's third-longest river 2400 kilometres after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River and second largest by volume after the Yangtze.<br /> Canton, circa 1810]. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 100986

‎[CHINESE SCHOOL].‎

‎Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.‎

‎Canton circa 1810. . Pencil water colour and body colour drawing of craft heightened with white on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1804' and '1805'. Framed and glazed overall size: 67.8cm x 57.3cm.<br /> Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth century China.<br /><br />Typically with the river in the foreground with a finely executed drawing of a native boat the backgrounds showing landscape scenes interspersed with occasional architectural details.<br /><br />The Pearl River is so named because of the pearl-colored shells that lie at the bottom of the river in the section that flows through the city of Guangzhou. Formerly often known as the Canton River it is an extensive river system in southern China. The name 'Pearl River' is also often used as a catch-all for the watersheds of the Xi 'West' Bei 'North' and Dong 'East' rivers of Guangdong. These rivers are all considered tributaries of the Pearl River because they share a common delta the Pearl River Delta. Measured from the farthest reaches of the Xi River the Pearl River system is China's third-longest river 2400 kilometres after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River and second largest by volume after the Yangtze.<br /> Canton, circa 1810. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 101456

‎[CHINESE SCHOOL].‎

‎Chinese Craft on the Pearl River.‎

‎Canton circa 1810. . Pencil water colour and body colour drawing of craft heightened with white on paper watermarked 'J Whatman 1804' and '1805'. Framed and glazed overall size: 67.8cm x 57.3cm x 2cm.<br /> 87 mp22pic Well executed and highly atmospheric watercolours capturing the importance of the river for trade in early nineteenth-century ChinA<br /><br />An unusual and very attractive depiction of river life. Typically with the river in the foreground with a finely executed drawing of a native boat the backgrounds showing landscape scenes interspersed with occasional architectural details.<br /><br />The Pearl River is so named because of the pearl-colored shells that lie at the bottom of the river in the section that flows through the city of Guangzhou. Formerly often known as the Canton River it is an extensive river system in southern China. The name 'Pearl River' is also often used as a catch-all for the watersheds of the Xi 'West' Bei 'North' and Dong 'East' rivers of Guangdong. These rivers are all considered tributaries of the Pearl River because they share a common delta the Pearl River Delta. Measured from the farthest reaches of the Xi River the Pearl River system is China's third-longest river 2400 kilometres after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River and second largest by volume after the Yangtze.A<br /> Canton, circa 1810]. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 101452

‎[CHINESE SCHOOL].‎

‎Flower and Insect‎

‎China mid nineteenth century. . Ink and gouache on paper mounted. Image size: 356 mm x 300 mm; mounted: 465 mm x 380 mm.<br /> Fine well executed decorative Chinese export watercolour. Light and easily transportable these watercolours mostly produced in the Canton region found a ready market in the West. Natural history studies were and continue to be amongst the most sought-after subjects.<br /> China, mid nineteenth century. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 109660

‎[CHINESE SCHOOL].‎

‎Flowers‎

‎China mid nineteenth century. . Ink and gouache on paper mounted. Image size: 356 mm x 300 mm; mounted: 465 mm x 380 mm.<br /> Fine well executed decorative Chinese export watercolour. Light and easily transportable these watercolours mostly produced in the Canton region found a ready market in the West. Natural history studies were and continue to be amongst the most sought-after subjects.<br /> China, mid nineteenth century. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 109659

‎[CHINESE SCHOOL].‎

‎Fruit Tree with Insect‎

‎China mid nineteenth century. . Ink and gouache on paper mounted. Image size: 356 mm x 300 mm; mounted: 465 mm x 380 mm.<br /> Fine well executed decorative Chinese export watercolour. Light and easily transportable these watercolours mostly produced in the Canton region found a ready market in the West. Natural history studies were and continue to be amongst the most sought-after subjects.<br /> China, mid nineteenth century. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 109663

‎[CHINESE SCHOOL PAINTING]‎

‎Interior tea drinking scene.‎

‎China 1820. 47 x 61 cm. picture; 61 x 74.5 cm. frame. Oil painting on canvas in a black lacquered Chinese export frame. An elegant interior scene from a Chinese Mandarin’s home in the early nineteenth century: a Manchu Mandarin and his consort taking tea in a domestic setting. He wears non-official semi-formal winter attire including rank badge sitting beside ahis beautiful Chinese lady surrounded by fine furniture and fittings. The whole scene reflects his good taste and social standing.Whilst tea had been the driving force of the China Trade since the early eighteenth century giving rise to export paintings illustrating its cultivation and production process the style and subject of the early export paintings was firmly rooted in traditional Chinese art and culture as in this delightful painting.l Cf. Choi Kee Il “Tea and design in Chinese export painting” in: The Magazine ‘Antiques’ vol. 154 no. 4 October 1998. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : ABC_45805

‎[Christopher Fry [born Arthur Hammond Harris] (1907-2005), playwright] his brother Charles Leslie Harris (b1902) [Bedford School‎

‎Christopher Fry: the schoolboy diaries of his elder brother Charles Leslie Harris. Four years of diaries 1916-1919 covering his time at Bedford School.‎

‎1916 to 1919 each a ‘Charles Letts School-Boy’s Diary’. At front of diaries for 1916 and 1917 he writes: ‘C L. Harris / 120 Gladstone St / Bedford’. See Fry’s entry by Michael Billington in the Dictonary of National Biography. His brother survives as a rather shadowy figure: he was certainly alive in 1978 when Fry referred to him in the account of his family background ‘Can You Find Me / A Family History’ OUP. In that volume Fry describes his ‘brother Leslie’ as a baby ‘growing sturdily’ noting that ‘though he was later called by his first name Charles he was Leslie for many years to come’. The four years of diary entries that are present here are short and factual and rather uneventful but they have a double interest: at once casting light on the family background of one of England’s finest twentieth-century playwrights and giving a picture of the development of an average English middle-class schoolboy around the period of the First World War as he rises to position of ‘Head of School’ at Bedford. The four volumes are in fair condition aged and worn with the 1916 diary sprung from its covers at the gutter of the rear endpapers. The four volumes are uniform in embossed brown cloth described by the publisher as ‘Art Linen’ each with back loop for pencil. Each volume provides space for four days’ entries per page with numerous preliminary printed pages with the customary useful information including endpapers and other matter reflective of the conflict with maps of the Europe theatre illustrations of medals and of a ‘soldier-’ and ‘sailor-boy hero of the Great War’ the last volume carrying a ‘Message from Admiral Sir John Jellicoe to the Readers of “The Schoolboys’ Diary’. In the first three volumes Harris writes in pencil filling in the diary assiduously from 1 January 1916. In the final volume by May of 1919 the entries become intermittent and on 15 August 1919 they cease entirely. In additional to the daily record Harris also provides details of ‘Pocket Money’ personal information including ‘Size in Hats’ and memoranda dates of significant events such as ‘Promoted to Lance-Corporal in the O.T.C.’ ‘Received 1st XV colours’ and on 24 July 1919 ‘Made HEAD OF SCHOOL.’. Loosely inserted are a few postal order counterfoils and Chatham bus tickets. The entries begin in 1916 with Harris on his school holidays doing errands for his widowed mother and reading to her and entertaining his brother ‘Arthur’ i.e. Christopher Fry for example by taking him on walks to town for a haircut and helping him with his stamp collection. The monotony of school begins repeated entries in early volumes start with ‘School as usual’ and the entries reflect the rounds of sport he is captain of the ‘Wasps’ cricket team in 1916 cadet corps bible classes exams trips to London 2 January 1919: ‘Went over St Dunstans in morning with Jack / Uncle Walter took Jack girl Madeleine & myself up to the “Old Vic†to see Shakespear’s “Macbeth†2.0-5.0. Jolly fine performance though a bit tragic / Left & returned by train took 1 hr each way.’ his health recurring toothache mumps etc the weather involvement for the war effort in agriculture 11 September 1918: ‘Another dismal day all by myself. Have quite made up my mind to chuck farming if this goes on especially as when I was happily walking home at 4.30 I ran into more work & had to load wheat till 7.9.’. By 1918 the entries begin to loosen up a little. On 19 March for example: ‘Rotten wet beastly muddy miserable day with a boil on my chin about the size of an egg & a Corps Inspection 2.30 by Lieut Col Pilkington on top of that. The rest may speak for itself. Also EII beat WII by 1/4 length.’ And on 10 September; ‘G his friend Gerald often referred to & I shocked barley all the morning & then ditched until 5.30. Shocking barley is qute a decent job.’ The signing of the armistice 11 November 1918 is greeted with ‘Flags all over the town bells etc. Bands in afternoon; town packed.’ And on the following day ‘Whole Holiday for Armistice / Thanksgiving Service in Hall instead of Prayers.’ Final entry 14 August 1919: ‘Went over St Mary Redcliffe Church in morn. More wonderful even than the Cathedral. Employed myself immensely. Went on to Downs by myself in even to hear band.’ 1916 to 1919, each a ‘Charles Letts School-Boy’s Diary’. At front of diaries for 1916 and 1917 he writes: ‘C L. Harris / hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 23912

‎[COLLECTIF]‎

‎Naissance d'une autre école.‎

‎Paris, La Découverte, "Cahiers libres", 1984 1 volume 13,5 x 22cm Broché. 237p., 1feuillet. Bon état.‎

‎Pédagogues et responsables politiques socialistes proposent une description critique de l'institution scolaire et présentent un projet politique axé sur une conception neuve de l'enseignement, de la laïcité, et de la nécessaire unicité du service public. Avec la participation de F. BEST, M. DAVID, J.-M. FAVRET, A.-M. FRANCHI, J. GUYARD, J.-L. PIEDNOIR, et F SERUSCLAT.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2046 ISBN : 270711443

‎[COLLÉGES]‎

‎Édit du Roi, portant réglement pour les colléges qui ne dépendent pas des Universités. Donné à Versailles au mois de février 1763‎

‎Douay, J. F. Willerval, s.d. in-4, 8 pp.‎

‎- - ACTUELLEMENT EN CONGÉS, DE RETOUR LE 17 AOÛT - VENTE PAR CORRESPONDANCE UNIQUEMENT - LIEN DE PAIEMENT, NOUS CONSULTER.‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 667342