Catalogue of the Loan Collection of Pictures English horror author Dennis Wheatley's copy
189547372London: Corporation of London Art Gallery 1895. Edition not stated. Octavo 21.5cm; red morocco decoratively stamped in gilt; spine in six compartments; AEG marbled endpapers; 126pp. Light soiling to boards with minor spots of chapping to hinges and crown of spine; front leading corner bumped. Toning to preliminary margins; slightly foxed ex libris on front pastedown see comments. Overall Near Fine. A directory of loaned artworks on exhibition at the Corporation of London Art Gallery from April 23 to July 21 1895. While the book does not contain pictures each piece and artist is described to detail along with the identity of the donor. With complete index.<br/><br/>Bookplate reveals that this book is from the collection of Dennis Wheatley 1897-1977 a best-selling English author of thrillers many with an occult or "black magic" theme e.g. The Devil Rides Out 1934. He was also a noted collector of antique books and nowadays there is a great deal of artistic appreciation directed towards his personal bookplate. It was illustrated by F.C. Papé as a tribute to Wheatley's mentor Gordon Eric Gordon-Tombe; in his design Gordon Eric is depicted as a satyr seated on a stump beside a bottle of champagne and a saxophone as he delivers some words of wisdom to a young man based on Wheatley himself. [Corporation of London Art Gallery] unknown books
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