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Albert Wainwright
Today's post is staying in the 1930s but this time with Front Free Endpaper favourite, Albert Wainwright. I spent an extremely enjoyable afternoon yesterday with Nick Elm, with whom I edited a book...
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Vivian Forbes
I wrote a little bit about Vivian Forbes on this blog a couple of years ago explaining how he was a devoted to his fellow artist Glynn Philpot but probably as a result, rather overshadowed by him. He...
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The Little Juggler by Barbara Cooney
This is The Little Juggler (of Our Lady). It's a story many of you will know I'm sure. It is based on a 13th century French manuscript that tells the tale of orphan and street juggler Barnaby who...
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British Neo-Romantic Art in South Wales
Having had the immense privilege to see France and Nicolas McDowall's art collection 'in situ' as it were, over the years, I am thrilled to bits to hear that a large selection of their assiduous,...
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Crossdressing Boys
This is a scrapbook from the 1920s of press clippings made by The Art Theatre Company about their productions at that period. There are several pages devoted to their production of a new play by George...
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The Letters of Frederick Rolfe to Charles Kains-Jackson
My Dear KJ... The Letters of Frederick Rolfe to Charles Kains-Jackson Callum James Books, Portsmouth: 2015. 74pp. Octavo softcover.ISBN: 9780957450134£10 (publisher's special price) + £3 p&p (UK),...
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Theras. The Story of an Athenian Boy
This delightful little book was published in the UK in 1925 by J. M. Dent in a little 12mo. series of books called the Kings Treasuries of Literature under the general editorship of Sir A. T. Quiller...
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The Best School Prize Bookplate Ever?
Prompted by the post last week about crossdressing boys in the theatre, an Australian friend sent me this scan of an bookplate in his collection. He is quite adamant that the prize should be reinstated...
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WW1 Auxiliary Hospital: Englethwaite Hall Cumbria
This is Englethwaite Hall in Cumbria. It was built in 1879 by John Thomlinson, a plaster-of-paris 'magnate'. The house passed through several owners before it was taken over by the Red Cross and opened...
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Mr Mercury Returns
Last month I blogged about the number of appearances made by Mercury as a design image within some 1930s magazines I have, and a number of those appearances were of "Mr Mercury" in the National Benzole...
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Philip Core Paints Roger Rees as Hamlet
I am a huge fan of The West Wing (and in my mind every time I say that, the word 'huge' sounds just like President Bartlett says it when throwing a strop "he was a yooge contributor... a yooge...
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New Short Catalogue from Callum James Books
This is something I tried eighteen months ago and was pleasantly surprised by the response so once again: a catalogue (a short one) of unique books and other items. We are talking handwritten...
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David by Giacomo Manzu
Browsing some art books today I was rather struck by this sculpture of David by Giacomo Manzu, c.1939, and by the more usually helpful write up in the book:"The biblical figure of David has been a...
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The Thackeray and Kinglsey Hotels in Bloomsbury
Visitors to the British Museum might recognise the lower facade in the above picture as, The Thackeray Hotel, now no longer a hotel, is still more or less intact and faces the main pillared entrance...
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Three things I love about this Vintage Swimwear Postcard
Three things I love about this postcard:1) The towels make them look like Roman statues2) The utter disregard for Health and Safety3) The way that "Love from Aunt Lily" makes it all so very camp!
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Together Forever
Dated December 1942 on the back and taken on the same day at the same photographer's studio in the UK, an American serviceman and his sweetheart presumably. Still together 73 years later tucked...
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J. S. Wixom Drawings
J. S. Wixom is not a name that trips off the tongue from among the pantheon of twentieth century gay artists. As far as I can tell the scarce book Drawings and Paintings of J. S. Wixom is the only...
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Grubby Little Campers
I was intrigued enough to buy these simply because they seem such a motley crew.. and grubby! Not scouts and don't appear to be military either. No information came with the photos but they still need...
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An Eastern European Vintage Body!
Well if I had a body like that I think I would be wanting to show it off a little too! This handsome chap was waiting for me on the mat when I got in this evening. I know this blog has readers from...
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Short List #19
This weekend I sent out Short List No.19. These are lists of anywhere from 25-40ish items that are new to my stock. Many of the items you see here on Front Free Endpaper end up on the Short Lists. They...
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