Quilter, John, active 1990s

Date: 1982 - 1990

From: Kirkpatrick, Brownlee Jean, 1919-2007:Papers relating to Katherine Mansfield

Reference: MS-Papers-11923-12

Description: Correspondence with booksellers and scholars regarding Katherine Mansfield bibliography from the period 1982 to 1990. Includes the following correspondents: - David Bradshaw - Worcester College (University of Oxford) - Bede Corry - Victoria University of Wellington - Roger Robinson - Victoria University of Wellington - Michael Bassett (Minister of Arts and Culture) - Office of the Minister of Arts and Culture, Wellington - Anthony B Rota - Bertram Rota Ltd (London) - Hugh C Norwood (Palmerston North, New Zealand; Aylesbury, Bucks, England) - John Quilter - Quilter's Bookshop (Wellington) - Rowan W Gibbs - Smith's Bookshop Ltd (Wellington) - Charles W Traylen - Antiquarian Bookseller (Guildford) - Julian Nangle and Lucy Cawthron - Words Etcetera (London) - Richard Shuh - Alphabet Bookshop (Toronto, Canada) - Hugh Anson-Cartwright (Toronto, Canada) - Nicky Drumbolis - Letters (Toronto, Canada) - Chris Westwood (General Manager) - Belvoir St Theatre (Surry Hills, New South Wales) - Helen Nicoll - Cover to Cover Cassettes Ltd (Marlborough, Wiltshire) - Michael McCormack (Director) - Finborough Theatre Club (London) - Jim Edmonds - Four Corners (London) - David Pitman (Vice-Chairman) - Mull Little Theatre (Isle of Mull, Scotland) - Barrie Hesketh (Norwich) - regarding Mull Little Theatre - Judy Russell (Distribution Manager) - New Zealand Film Commission (Wellington) - Harry Haythorne (Artistic Director) - The Royal New Zealand Ballet - David Cole (Administrator) - Theatre Corporate (Auckland) Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, holograph and typescript (including aerogrammes)

Date: 1889 - 1904 - 1951 - 1925

By: Quilter, John, active 1990s

Reference: Eph-A-BOOKSELLER-Quilter

Description: Includes the following sample books (ie bound volumes with only a selection of pages of the full book): Daniel Kinnear Clark. Manual of rules, table & data. 10th ed, 1889 Frederic William Unger. Russia and Japan and the war in the Far East. ca 1904 William E Addis and Thomas Arnold. A Catholic dictionary. 15th edition 1951, revised by T B Scannell; further revised by P E Hallett Anatole France. Penguin Island. Minerva edition. 1920s? Stamped by bookseller James Johnston Ltd, 162, Fifth Floor, New AMP Building, Wellington Publishers', or booksellers', dummies were special sample copies of books issued to canvassers, showing sample pages, illustrations, bindings, etc. Their pagination rarely matched that of the actual book to be sold. (Information retrieved 24 February 2015 from http://www.library.yale.edu/BeinCatM/publishersdummies.htm ) Quantity: 4 album(s). Physical Description: Hardbound volumes, sizes varying up to 255 x 160 mm.

Date: 2014

From: Quilter, John, collector :[Four publishers' dummies, or booksellers' sample books]

By: Bleackley, Christopher David, active 1990-2023

Reference: Eph-A-BOOKSELLER-Quilter-2014

Description: Promotional postcards illustrated by Christopher David Bleackley as a gift for Quilter's Bookshop. Most cards have a combination of the words: Quilters Bookshop. John Quilter book dealer, buying and selling good books since 1979 A.D. One card shows a blimp, one shows a sci-fi comic scene, one shows equestrian soldiers holding a banner, one shows a pair of spectacles, one shows a man smoking, the "O's" of bOOkshop making spectacle lenses. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 4 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Digital prints, red on white card, 105 x 149 mm. Processing information: Material was previously attributed to Heatley, Chris, fl 2014. Record updated in April 2023 when material was corrctly attributed to Christopher David Bleackley.

Date: 1984-2001

From: Richards, Llewelyn Morgan, 1935-2013 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-12013-23

Description: Correspondence, invitations, offers to sell printing equipment and other items, circulated among members of the Association of Handcraft Printers. Most of the material has been hand-printed in a variety of formats and styles. Some of the paper is handmade. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript, printed matter

Date: 1986-1987

From: Peter McLeavey Gallery: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-12553-064

Description: General correspondence and papers from the period 1986-1987, including material relating to: Laurence Simmons, Derek Cowie, Keith W Thomson, Christine Webster, Tim and Sherrah Francis, Sue Crockford Gallery, Barbara Tuck, Gretchen Albrecht, James Ross, Neil Dawson, Peter Ransom, Gavin Chilcott, David Cheer, Rosemary McLeod, Michael Lance, Louise Beale Gallery, Marie Olsen, Barbara Strathdee, Jane Pountney, Erika Congreve, John Quilter, Paul Johns, Allan Maddox, John Reynolds, Julian Dashper, Michael Armstrong, Aberhart North Gallery, and others. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 17 colour original photographic print(s).

Date: 1996-2001

From: Peter McLeavey Gallery: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-12553-033

Description: Correspondence and papers relating to Rua Pick, Francis Uprichard, John Reynolds, James Francis Robinson, Richard Thompson, and Warren Viscoe, including various items of printed ephemera, newspaper clippings, and photographic prints. Also includes material relating to Nathan Thompson, Yvonne Todd, John Quilter, Seraphine Pick, Helm Ruifrok, Don Ramage, and Pauline Rhodes. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 32 colour original photographic print(s). Transfers: Transparencies, originally enclosed with papers now at Library reference PA12-4517.. Processing information: Transparencies originally enclosed with papers were separated for preservation.

Date: 1990-1993

From: Peter McLeavey Gallery: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-12553-160

Description: Correspondence and papers, mostly relating to artists and people whose names begin with Q, including: Peter Quin (Arts Council of New Zealand), John Leuthert (QEII Arts Council), John Quilter, and Merylyn Tweedie. Title taken from item. Arrangement: Originally in suspension file. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1850s? - 1890s?]

By: Quilter, John, active 1990s

Reference: MSX-10082

Description: Commonplace book relating to the Rutherford family. Contains newspaper clippings, poems, prayers, recipes, journal entries, facsimiles, and family genealogy. Handwritten and printed material, some is pasted into the volume and some is loose inside the front and back covers. Includes two handwritten facsimiles from 'A journal of an Indian captivity during Pontiac's rebellion in the year 1763' by John Rutherford and one from 'A system of heraldy, speculative and practical, with the true art of blazon, according to the most approved heralds in Europe: illustrated with suitable examples of armorial figures, and achievements of the most considerable surnames and families in Scotland, together with historical and genealogical memorials relative thereto' by Alexander Nisbet. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Black bound volume with all edges gilt and 'Beeby's Shorthand C.P.B' in gilt on the spine, 27 x 21.5 cm.

Date: [187-?], [ca 1930]

By: Quilter, John, active 1990s

Reference: PAColl-0054

Description: Photograph of Captain William Spratt Elgar taken circa 1870s by an unidentified photographer, probably in England, and a photograph of Lady Anna Paterson Stout, taken circa 1930 by an unidentified photographer, at an unidentified location. Source of title - Title supplied by Library Quantity: 2 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [1933-1977]

From: Glover, Denis James Matthews, 1912-1980 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0418-042

Description: Includes correspondence and poems from Winston Rhodes; poem, `Letter to Karl Stead' by Alan Roddick (1970); copy of article by J B Priestley on his visit to New Zealand (Observer magazine, 9 Sep 1973); letter from Tilly, Wellington, re Poetry Society letterhead; interview of Glover by Michael Player (1973); correspondence with HMNZS Pegasus group including letter signed by 17 members (1956); sonnet by Willie Patterson; poems by Rhys Pasley; letter from Paekakariki Old Folks Association, asking Glover for a rhyme to be sung to the tune of `Here we are again' (1964); letter from [?] R O'Neill of Lower Hutt. Identified persons entered under Name. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: See inventory for full description of the contents of this folder.

Date: 1988

By: Loney, Alan Perress, 1940-; Black Light Press (Lower Hutt, N.Z.); New Zealand Society of Authors

Reference: C-093-010

Description: Reprints text from Katherine Mansfield's letters and notebooks, selected by Margaret Scott. Published by Quilter's Bookshop to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Katherine Mansfield. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Letterpress on sheet 370 x 536 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Alan Loney in 1999.

Date: 1880 - 1890

By: K, A H (Artist), active 1880s; B.J.L. (Artist), active 1880s; Quilter, John, active 1990s

Reference: E-419

Description: New Zealand and Australian scenes Inscriptions: Album page - bottom left - A H K [artist's initials] on page 3 of sketchbook. B J L [artist's initials] inscribed in ink inside sketchbook cover. Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s) 23 pages. Physical Description: 20 pencil and watercolour, 2 pencil, 1 ink page size 176 x 250 mm

Date: 1935 - 1950

By: Tombs, Harry Hugo, 1874-1966; Quilter, John, active 1990s

Reference: A-109-075

Description: Shows small boat on calm Wellington Harbour, looking towards the Hutt Valley, with snow-capped Tararua range in centre background. Title inscribed by aretist, in pencil, below image. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wellington Harbour (inscribed in pencil); Recto - bottom right - H. H. Tombs (inscribed in pencil) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint, image 179 x 277 mm, on sheet 261 x 365 mm.

Date: 1935 - 1950

By: Tombs, Harry Hugo, 1874-1966; Quilter, John, active 1990s

Reference: A-109-073

Description: Shows Wainuiomata Valley Road receding from foreground, crossed by fence-post shadows, and flanked by group of trees. Portion of Rimutaka range in background. Title inscribed by artist, in pencil, below image. Other Titles - Wainuiomata Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wainui Valley Rd. Wellington (inscribed in pencil); Recto - bottom right - H. Tombs (inscribed in pencil) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint, image 256 x 163 mm, on sheet 349 x 236 mm.

Date: 1935 - 1950

By: Tombs, Harry Hugo, 1874-1966; Quilter, John, active 1990s

Reference: A-109-074

Description: Shows Wainuiomata River looking upstream towards Rimutaka range in background. Title inscribed by artist, in pencil below image. Other Titles - Wainuiomata Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Wainui Valley, Wellington (inscribed in pencil); Recto - bottom right - H. H. Tombs (inscribed in pencil) Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint, image 168 x 277 mm, on sheet 233 x 354 mm. Provenance: Purchase : John Quilter, Wellington, 1990.