Lot 401
Five Books Presented to Alice and Vincent Massey by John Burgon Bickersteth
Lot 401 Details
Five Books Presented to Alice and Vincent Massey by John Burgon Bickersteth
Henry LaFarge ed., LOST TREASURES OF EUROPE. New York: Pantheon Books, 1946, inscribed “Vincent and Alice from Burgon Batterwood Christmas 1946.”
Laurence Binyon, DANTE'S PARADISO, London: Macmillan and Co., 1943, inscribed “Vincent and Alice from Burgon Christmas 1943.”
Geoffrey Bickersteth, THE PARADISO OF DANTE ALIGHERI Cambridge: At the University Press, 1932, inscribed “Vincent and Alice from J.B.B. Batterwood Christmas 1932.”
Samuel Bickersteth, MORRIS BICKERSTETH, (1891-1916). Private Circulation: Cambridge, 1931, inscribed "Vincent and Alice Massey from Morris’s parents, Meistyer Omer The Precincts Canterbury June 1931."
Camille Mauclair, THE FRENCH IMPRESSIONISTS, London: Duckworth and Co., 1903, inscribed on front fly leaf: “Hart from J.B. Bickersteth. 7th November 1935. Bought at Edinburgh June 1928.”
various sizes 10 x 8 in — 25.4 x 20.3 cm
Estimate $100-$150
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John Burgon Bickersteth (1888-1979), an academic and poet, was Warden of Hart House, University of Toronto, Canada from 1921 to 1947.
During the First World War he served in The Royal Dragoons, writing The History of the 6th Cavalry Brigade, and twice won the Military Cross. During the Second World War he was seconded to the War Office as Director of Army Education.