2008-01-03UTC08:45:28An elusive item for all fans of the Clarke FamilyThis looks interesting, an invitation to a preview of a retrospective of the works of David Clarke, son of Harry Clarke and Margaret Clarke. If you can have such a thing as a preview to a retrospective.You are bidding for a paperback exhibtion previe... 2007-12-19UTC09:05:03So this is who I was bidding against in that last Harry Clarke auctionI bought a 1931 copy of Hans Anderson's Fairy Tales on ebay the other day for about twenty quid. It's in terrible condition (though I've mostly reassembled it) and some of the black and white illustrations have been crayoned in by a child, BUT, all o... 2007-10-27UTC07:47:42TFI The WeekendBit of a choppy working week, but now two days respite. Which is nice. So, off to see the family in a few minutes, hence being up and about at this time.Quiet night in last night, Brand new Rebus on TV, lots of swearing for an ITV show I thought, the... 2007-10-05UTC01:03:42Tales of Edgar Allen PoeSee this ebay auction, loads of really good scans of Harry Clarke illustrations there, worth checking out out just for those, even if you don't bid... In fact, please don't bid, because I might.There is a much later reprint available, that's too high... 2007-04-17UTC07:07:00Live auction for a signed and numbered Harry ClarkeClarke (Harry).- Goethe (Johann Wolfgang von) Faust, one of 1000 copies signed by the artist, 22 plates, 8 colour and illustrations by Harry Clarke, original vellum-backed boards, dust-jacket, minor chipping to head of spine and corners, a fine copy,... 2007-01-16UTC08:31:14Tales of mystery and imaginationNo family tree updates for a little while, though I'm off to investigate The Grants of Winterbourne Stoke again in case I missed anything before, one of my great great great grandfathers is there. In the mean time, here's a smashing super rare copy o... 2006-10-01UTC08:25:50Another Harry Clarke auctionHans Anderson's Fairy Tales, with colour plates intact. Low price, but high postage. Still getting plenty of bids though, will we ever get lucky with a copy of this?Published by G. Harrap & Company Ltd, Portsmouth, 1931 HB Cloth. Harry Clarke (illust... 2006-08-23UTC08:41:18Oh dear what's happened to the style then?Been playing with PhpGedView while I had some time to play with PHP (which might help me with work) and genealogy things(which probably won't). It's "skinnable", but only sort of, it needs some hacking to integrate it in this site, and in the process... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/9000/Oh+dear+what%27s+happened+to+the+style+then%3F">Rated 6.88/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-07-25UTC08:55:22Yep, I'm going to be in troubleJim wanted it when I told him about it, I said hold on and see what it goes for and we'll know what sort of amount we should bid next time... he'd have paid more than that, we might have got it. I did mean to check in again but I forgot.There's one i... 2006-07-18UTC07:22:37Bidding's started on FaustFaust, illustrated by Harry Clarke, a first edition I think from 1925. I love the pictures on this one.Faust. illustrated by Harry Clarke. Translated by Bayard Taylor. DE LUXE EDITION. All illustrations are complete, and in excellent condition. Thoug... 2006-07-17UTC02:27:54Harry Clarke on EbayJust searching on a whim and I found this Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales, illustrated by Harry Clarke. This is Harry Clarke who is Clare's great grand uncle, no blood relation to we Clarkes, but now part of my family. The book must have just been put on... 2004-04-22UTC02:39:18David Devant and his Spirit WifeWell the gig was fantastic I'm very glad to report, a homecoming to Dingwalls (now called Lock 17 for some reason), the launchplace of their first album, was somehow appropriate. The place was packed, perhaps partly because of an enormous free guest...