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WILLIAMSON (HENRY) A collection of 20 works inscribed by the author to John Heygate, fellow author and life-long friend, including: The Linhay on the Downs, 8vo; and 7 others (unsigned) by Williamson (27)
4 December 2019, 11:00 GMT
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WILLIAMSON (HENRY)
A collection of 20 works inscribed by the author to John Heygate, fellow author and life-long friend, including: The Linhay on the Downs, inscribed on the front free endpaper "Never let it be thought by John Heygate Esqre. that Mister Henry Williamson did'nt want to give him a copy of his newest book. 8 November 1934" above a large caricature self-portrait wearing a "Adventurer's High Hat", saluting "Heil Hitler!" with one hand and with the other indicating "How do you do Jesus Christ!", whilst stating "Damn Hugh Walpole anyway" and "...I wish I was back home in Devon...", Cape, 1934; The Golden Virgin, inscribed "For John and Dora Heygate... gratitude for much help, friendship..., and hospitality... this first copy, at Bellarena, 31 August 1937", dust-jacket, Macdonald, 1957; The Scandaroon, DEDICATION COPY, with lengthy inscription explaining Heygate's role in the gestation of the book, and stating "This may be my last published book" [It was], dust-jacket, Macdonald, 1972; Tales of a Devon Village, second impression, inscribed to "John Heygate, author, squire, fisherman and friend", dust-jacket, Faber and Faber, [1946]; One Foot in Devon, inscribed "To my old colleague and companion in sunshine, seas and sand John Heygate from H.W., June 1933", and beneath the printed dedication to "Miss A.T. who did all the works" Williamson has added in ink "and who was given the works", Maclehose, 1933; The Labouring Life, inscribed "To A.C.G. Heygate Esqre. from Henry Williamson, April 1932", Cape, 1932; The Children of Shallowford, a 20-line inscription dated 1 September 1957, in which the author after re-reading the book notes "that it shows the author in a bad light. He was in a bad light: but he should have restrained himself, perhaps, from trying to illumine a shadow...", dust-jacket (loss to half of spine), Faber and Faber, 1939; The Dream of Fair Women, inscribed "To Evelyn [Heygate, previously Waugh], this book about cads, from the author, June 1931. Also to John, who once dreamed. H.W.", Faber and Faber, 1931; The Ackymals, one of 225 copies signed by the author, additionally inscribed "If I had'nt had 3 pints in the Higher House & returned late for lunch & dashed off my excitations into notes, The Ackymals ... would never have written... 21/12/29", Windsor Press, 1929; How Dear is Life, PROOF COPY WITH CORRECTIONS by both the author and John Heygate, and with two full-page notes by Williamson, wrappers, lacking upper cover, Macdonald, [1954], unless stated FIRST EDITIONS, unless stated publisher's cloth, 8vo; and 7 others (unsigned) by Williamson (27)
Footnotes
A collection of books inscribed by Williamson to fellow author John Heygate (1903-1976), ranging from The Ackymals published in 1929 (the year after the pair met) to the dedication copy of Williamson's last novel The Scandaroon (1972), and including a caricature self-portrait making the Nazi salute in The Linhay on the Downs (1934, the year before Williamson and Heygate attended the Nuremberg Rally), and "the first copy" of The Golden Virgin inscribed six days prior to the official publication date.
Provenance: John Heygate, gift inscriptions from the author; by family descent to current owner.