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KATE GREENAWAY Memorial Ring.
A late Victorian memorial ring for the book illustrator Kate Greenaway, the 18ct gold ring centered with a glazed hairwork panel within black enamel border, and between black enamel shoulders with gold scrollwork detail, the underside engraved 'Kate Greenaway b March 17.1846, d November 6.1901', shank fully hallmarked for Chester, 1902 and bearing maker's mark 'WHR', ring size S (leading edge).

GREENAWAY (Kate) [1846–1901]
MINIATURE Artwork, circa 1885-1895.
Original pencil and watercolor drawings on toned paper, the bottom titled in pencil: "The cloud baby gone to sleep".
Pictures measures 1-7/8 x 2-1/2 and 2 x 3 inches (framed together).

Delicate illustrations typical for her set of Almanacs (1883–1895), though we have not confirmed their specific publication. Nevertheless, absolutely authentic and genuine.

A Selection of a Highly Important Archive

KERVORKIAN (Jack), MD:
Selection from his Archives from the Sale of his Estate, collectively dated 1982-2007.
Sold four months after his death, Dr Kervorkian's archive comprises nearly a dozen historical lots inventoried in his estate auction sale, a copy of the catalogue is likewise included:1. 2pp. typed interviews transcript with three San Quentin death row inmates and subsequent 2pp. signed Petition of 27 Death Row Prisoners in support of execution by lethal injection as opposed to lethal gas, as the former would allow use of the prisoners' body parts for organ donation while the latter would not. (42)2. Handwritten letters (3 sheets) from patient Joe Tushkowski to JK dealing with arrangements for an assisted suicide with Jack Kevorkian's initials and notes. (43)3. Four typed letters from Judge Amnon Carmi, signed, of an international scientific journal MEDICINE AND LAW, with JK carbon responses (often on verso), 1985-88, dealing with their acceptance to… Read More

KIPLING (Rudyard); KING (Jessie M), illus.
L'habitation forcée.
Translated into French by Louis Fabulet and Robert D'Humieres.
Paris: René Kieffer, 1921.
Square 4to., 93 pp. + colophon, [2] adverts; pictorial wrappers with Art Deco style design in black outline with blue pochoir decoration, original protective glassine wrapper (lightly tanned), overall a fine copy.
Illustrated with Twenty pochoir color plates by Jessie M. King.
One of a Limited edition of 550 copies, of which 500 were printed on velin paper, and 50 copies printed on japon paper.
This copy is number 196 of the 500 on velin paper.
The delicate illustrations for this book are considered to be some of King's finest; prepared during Jessie M. King's time in Paris. They are reproduced using the stencil technique known as Pochoir, which produces clearer and more vibrant colors.
Reference: Taylor, Art Nouveau Book in Britain, p. 136.

KLEIST (Heinrich von): Gesammelte Schriften. Herausgegeben von L. Tieck. Berlin: Reimer, 1826. Three volumes, complete. 8vo, lxvi 330, [i] 418, [iv] 340pp; early mottled boards with green gilt label on spines (small section of volume 2 spine chipped, edges rubbed). Overall, a handsome set in what may be described as being in its original binding. Bookplate of MAURICE SENDAK in each volume, part of his bequest to the Rosenbach Museum & Library (S0936).
First complete edition of von Kleist's writings published fifteen years after his death. "Significantly, the meritorious Kleist editions of 1821 and 1826, which testify to Tieck's unselfishness and his sure recognition of poetic geniuses, contain no sweeping salvation of Kleist's honour; the preface speaks of the 'deep disharmony' and the 'glaring contradictions' of his character; Despite his unconcealed admiration for the 'Prince of Homburg' and for the 'Narratives', Tieck cannot recognize him as a consummate poet. In no way, however, does he… Read More