Inscribed Books

i) John Ruskin. Dame Wiggins and Lee, and her Seven Wonderful Cats. Orpington: George Allen, 1885, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY JOHN MILLS AND MARY HAYLEY BELL (“Vivien Wiggins of Leigh | from Johnnie + Mary | for | her | birthday | November 5th 1944”) on the front free endpaper, additionally inscribed (“J.M. Fothergill | From M. M. H. | Christmas 1885”) on the title page, original purple cloth, some browning to endpapers; 

ii) George Bernard Shaw. Dramatic Opinions and Essays with an Apology. Volume One. London: Constable and Company, 1913, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY JOHN GIELGUD (“Dear Viv, | with my best love | john | Nov. 5. 1942”) on the front free endpaper, original green cloth; 



iii) Cyril Maude. Behind the Scene with Cyril Maude. London: John Murray, 1927, 8vo, SIGNED BY VIVIEN LEIGH AND NUMEROUS ACTORS (including Ivor Novello, Violet Vanbrugh, Irene Vanbrugh, Ann Todd, Decima Moore, Gordon Harker, Kay Hammond, Mabel Terry-Lewis and others) on the front free endpaper, original blue cloth; 



iv) Francis Thompson. The Poems of Francis Thompson. London: Oxford University Press, [c.1937], small 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY JOHN MILLS AND MARY HAYLEY BELL (“Little Darling Vivien | All our dearest love | for a happy Christmas | from | Johnnie | x | Mary | x | and | Juliet | x”) on the front free endpaper, three-quarter red morocco by Hatchards, top edge gilt;



v) Douglas Reed. Nemesis? The Story of Otto Strasser. London: Jonathan Cape, 1940, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY PROBABLY INSCRIBED BY MERIEL “MU” FORBES (“Vivien from Mu in a rather | preempting [?] way. | 27th June ‘41”) on the front free endpaper, original blue cloth; 



vi) Alice Duer Miller. Cinderella. New York: Coard-McCann, 1943, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY PROBABLY INSCRIBED BY GEORGE RELPH (“Darling Viv | I think Cinderella | looks like you* - You’re in my | thoughts a great deal - | Love to you both | always | George | (*a young Vivien Leigh)”) on the page following the title, original printed boards; 



vii) Harry Price. Poltergeist Over England. London: Country Life, 1945, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY RALPH RICHARDSON (“To Viv | from | Ralph”) on the front free endpaper, original black cloth;



viii) D.B. Wyndham Lewis and Charles Lee. The Stuffed Owl. London: J.M. Dent and Sons, 1948, 8vo, later edition, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY EMLYN WILLIAMS (“darling Vivien - | a generous present | with fondest love | Emlyn | 1967”) on the front free endpaper, original grey cloth;



ix) Maurice Herzog. Annapurna. London: Jonathan Cape, 1953, 8vo, sixth impression, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY RALPH RICHARDSON (“Viv | Love from | Elephantd [sic] fun[?] Love | V | 58”) with a sketch of an elephant on the front free endpaper, original blue cloth, spine browned; 



x) Irwin Shaw. The Young Lions. London: Jonathan Cape, 1954, 8vo, twelfth impression, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY EMLYN WILLIAMS (“Vivien | from Emlyn | Kloziers”) on the front free endpaper, original green cloth, dust-jacket; 



xi) Christopher Isherwood. The World in the Evening. London: Methuen & Co., 1954, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY RICHARD WATTIS (“Dear Vivien | with much love and gratitude | for your sweetness & kindness to me | during a most happy run. | Richard. | Phoenix 1954”) on the front free endpaper, original blue cloth; 



xii) Harold Nicolson. The English Sense of Humour. London: Constable and Company, 1956, 8vo, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED TO LAURENCE OLIVIER BY GEORGE RELPH AND MERCIA SWINBURNE (“To: L | from: M & G | For[?]: May 22nd 56”) on the front free endpaper, original blue cloth, dust-jacket; 



xiii) Mary Renault. The King Must Die. London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1958, 8vo, second impression, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY ADRIANNE ALLEN (“For | My darling Vivien | with love from | Adrianne | Sept 1958”) on the front free endpaper, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, jacket worn at foot of spine; 



xiv) Mary Hayley Bell. Far Morning. London: Heinemann, 1962, 4to, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR (“Darling Vivien | with my fond love always | Mary”) on the front free endpaper, original blue cloth, dust-jacket, boards bowed, dust-jacket worn at extremities (14)

Behind the Scene with Cyril Maude was probably signed by Vivien and numerous other actors in April 1942, when two special performances of 'The School for Scandal' were put on at the Haymarket Theatre, one as a charity performance and the other to celebrate Maude's 80th birthday.