The Sphere, November 20th, 1940. (Christmas ).

For Sale is an Issue of "The Sphere, November 20th, 1940," Christmas Edition, with which are incorporated "Black & White"  and "Graphic". 

                                                    Contents.

   1- Charity in Wartime :  Some Organisations Worthy of Your Support.

   2- Full Page Advert for "Player's Navy Cut," Cigarettes.

   3- The Son of God is born for all.  Words from Praetorius 1609.  Decorations by G. Rees.

   4- The Saviour of the Soul of Mathieu Guillermin. (Drawings by Carlegle.)

   5- Lillies and Love-In-The-Mist.  (From the Painting by Gerald Cooper.) Exhibited at the Royal Academy  1940. (In Colour).

   6- Life in the West Indies in the Sugar Prosperity Days culled from the pages of Lady Nugent's Diary during the period 1801 - 1805.  (Specially illustrated for "The Sphere" by H. M. Brock.)

   7-  RAE.  From the portrait by Sir Walter W. Russell,  R.A. Keeper of the Royal Academy.  Exhibited at R.A.,  1940. (In Colour).

   8- The Charm of Britain in town and country. (Colour Pictures).
      a- The little Green Shop. (From the painting by John Cole 1940.)
      b- Where Ancient Church and Red Tiled Roofs Meet by the River Pangbourne from the Millstream.  (From the Water-Colour Drawing by Percy Home.)
     c- When the Tide Runs Low - A Study at Littlehampton.  (From the Water-Colour Drawing by C. Harrington.  By Courtesy of Walker's Gallery.)
     d- The beauty of an English Sunset.  (From a Water-Colour by Wm.  James Muller, a Landscapist born at Bristol.)
     e- "On the Wide Moorlands where the Breezes Blow free and the Eye can roam afar one Catches the Spirit of the Ancient Land".  (From a Water-Colour drawing by Thomas Collier.)

   9-  Young Womanhood of To-Day. (Colour Pictures.)
     a- Pola Nirenska.  (From the Portrait by Henry Hoyland R,A. 1939.)
     b- Juanita.  (From the Portrait by Barry Craig.  R.A. 1939.)
     c- Lola Gwendolin Ann.  (From the Portrait by Kate E. Oliver  R.A. 1940.)

   10- The Fascination of Woman through the Ages. (Black and White Portraits.)
     a- The Duchess of Saxony Showed no Hair beneath her Embroidered Cap. (Portrait by Lucas Cranach).
     b- The Marvellous Coiffure of Giovanna Tornabuoni. Portrait by Ghirlandato).
     c- Lady Arabella Revels in The Lace Embroideries amd Muslin of the early Seventeenth Century.  (Portrait of lady Arabella Grendon by Cornelius Johnson).
     d- The Wife of the Artist Barthel Beham Looks a Pleasant Woman. (Portrait by beham).

    11- The Kilt in Wartime.  An Historical Retrospect.  Written by Colonel Norman MacLeod,  D.S.O.

    12- The Tree of Jesse.  From the Painting by Jan Mostaert of Haarlem.  A.D.  1470 - 1555. (Full Page Black and White Picture.)

     13- In the Spacious Days when one Dressed Handsomely and fared Sumptiously.  (A detail from the Painting by Dirck Hals.)  (Colour Picture.)

     14-  A Peep of St. Mary-Le-Strand Church from the point where Holywell Street and newcastle Street Joined.  (From a Water-Colour Drawing by J. J. Dodd in the Possession of Walker's Galleries. (Colour Picture.)

    15- In the Wapping of Ancient Days.  (Some notes on a district of london which began to grow into a busy seafaring district under the Stuart kings.

    16-  When old Wapping was a Place of urban and Rural Charm : a reconstruction from a plan in the Public Record Office, dating from about 1590.

    17-  Dorothy Osborne Encounters The Shepherdesses on a Common at Chicksands, in May 1653.  (Double page Colour Picture.)

    18- The Adventures of Lavinia Fitzaubyn.  (An extract from a volume of Short Stories published under the above title in 1816, perfect novelettes of their time, in which the hero is never less than an Earl.)

    19-  The Fascination of Ballet.  (Illustrated by a Drawing by Hookway Cowles and a number of Camera Studies.)

    20- The Ballet Girls of Edgar Degas.  (Showing the Following black and White Pictures.)
      a- The "Classe De Danse."
      b- "La Repetition Pour Le Ballet."
      c- "Salle De Dance."

   21- An Album of Modern Ballet Pictures.   (Showing the following 5 Black & White Pictures.)
     a- Irina Baronova and Anton Dolin in "Les Sylphides".
     b- Alexandra Danilova in "Le Beau Danube."
     c- Reconstructed like a Degas was this scene in "Les Perles De La Couronne."
     d- Exercies De Danse :  The little Ballet Pupils go through the First Movements.
     e- Alicia Markova and Igor Youska-Vitch in "Gisella."

   22- When Men Foughtin Greenwich Armour.  (Black & White pictures.)
      a- A Greenwich suit of plain bright armour which probably belonged to Henry Herbert, Earlof Pembroke,  1534 - 1601. 
      b- The armour of Galiot de Genouilhac.

   23-  A Mechanical Clock in Silver Gilt in the Shape of a Ship. Made by Hans Schlott at Augsberg in 1580. (Colour picture).

   24- Murder without Clues.  Written by Laurence G. Green.

   25- The Romance of Sheridan and Miss Linley. (Article with Coklour painting by Jerry Barrett showing "Sheridan, disguised as a Hackney Coach Driver, sees Miss linley Home from Covent Garden Theatre.")

   26- Full Page Colour Advert for "Brylcreem."

   27-  A Solemn Little Dutch Girl - A Rare Genre Study by Albert Cuyp.

   28-Full Page Colour Advert for "Huntley & Palmers."

   29- The Frills and Foibles of a Hundren Years Ago. (Showing 4 Colour pictures of Some Fashion Documents from a Collection in the Possession of "The Sphere").

   30- Full Page Colour Advert for "Craven 'A'  Cigarettes."

   31- Christmas Animal Studies. (Showing the Following 2 Half Page Camera Studies.)
      a- What Was That ?.  (A Camera Study of a fine set of Labrador Retrievers, in the possession of Mr. Nigel Colman, M.P.
      b- An Early Fall of Snow in Essex. (A Camera Study by Douglas Went, of Brightlingsea.)

   32- Eonter's White mantle.  (A Camera Study from Devonshire.)

   33-  Half Page Advert for "Royal "Ediswan" Lamps."

   34- Full Page Advert for "Highland Queen Grand Liqueur Scotch Whisky."

   35-  Half Page Advert for "Grants Scotch Whisky."

   36- Full Page Advert for "Bovril."
   
    37- Full Page Colour Advert for "Black & White" Scotch Whisky.


Condition is Very Good.