Buckland Wright. Porter (Quincy)1930-31

Buckland Wright (John)
Porter (Quincy) Composer.
12 Songs for Helen on Mother Goose Rhymes,
13pp., original manuscript notebook with music to 12 songs after Little Bo-peep, Dickery, dickory, dock Bah, bah, black sheep etc., original covers, content pasted to verso of front cover, *** Helen was Porter’s daughter, n.d. Together with 2pp., ‘Little Boy Blue’ original artwork to coloured in crayon initialled lower left ‘JBW’ and music score with decorative border initialled at lower centre by the artist, with woodblock version [2nd state] highlighted in colour; Ding, dong, dell, Blue’ original artwork to coloured in crayon in-itialled lower border and music score with decorative border initialled at lower centre by the artist, with woodblock version [9th. state] highlighted in colour; ‘There was a Piper had a Cow’, Blue’ original art-work to coloured in crayon initialled lower border and music score with decorative border initialled at lower centre by the artist, with woodblock version; and two further trial woodblocks; String Quartet No. III, 35pp. Presentation inscription.- ‘For John and Mary Bell with deepest affection, from Quincy Feb.18, 1931 (date of first performance), slight damage to edge of front cover just touching inscription, Paris, 1930, all presented within quarter morocco solander box by SSZ binders, 4to. (10)

From the Estate of John Buckland-Wright