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Preisdatenbank abonnieren3 Corgi TV related toys. A first series Batmobile, with red centred Batwheels and rubber tyres. A Green Hornet and a James Bond Toyota 2000 GT- boxed, but no display insert. Plus a Dinky Toys Captain Scarlet Spectrum Persuit Vehicle. GC-VGC some light chipping and cleaning required. See the-saleroom.com
3 Corgi Toys. Lancia Fulvia Sport Zagato (332) in metallic blue. Customised Chevrolet Corvette Stingray (337) in yellow ‘GoGoGo’ livery. Plus a Ford Mustang Stock Racing Car (348) ‘Flower Power’ in light blue. Plus an empty box for a Pennyburn Workman’s Trailer (109). Light wear to boxes GC-VGC. Contents require cleaning, some wear/light chipping. See Plate 6
3 Corgi Toys. Renault 16 (260) in metallic maroon with yellow interior. Plus 2 ‘Golden Jacks’ series- Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe (300) in an anodised metallic green finish with yellow interior. Plus a Hillman Hunter with Kangaroo ‘London to Sydney Marathon Winner’. (302). In blue with white roof and light grey interior. An example with a red roo-bar. Extra labels applied with some silver enhancements. All boxed, one slightly grubby. Contents VGC-Mint except enhancements to Hillman. See Plate 7
Corgi Major Toys Gift Set No.16 Ecurie Ecosse Racing Car Transporter And Three Racing Cars. Transporter in metallic blue with yellow wording to sides. 3 racing cars- Vanwall Formula 1 Grand Prix Car 150S in red RN25. Lotus Mark II Le Mans Racing Car 151A in blue, RN7 and a BRM Formula 1 Racing Car 152S in light green, RN3. All three in their individual boxes, contained within the gift set box, complete with packing and some paperwork. Very minor wear only. Contents VGC minor wear only, driver missing to Vanwall. See Plate 8 £300-350
Corgi Toys Gift Set No.38. Comprising B.M.C. Mini Cooper ‘S’ in red with white roof, RN52. Rover 2000 in metallic maroon with white roof, RN136 and a Citroen D.S.19 in light blue with a white roof, RN75. All contained in their original display box. Some wear to outer box, flaps complete. Contents GC-VGC some light chipping. See Plate 8
GREASE: Signed colour 10 x 8 photograph by both John Travolta (Danny Zuko) and Olivia Newton-John (Sandy Olsson) individually, the image showing the actors in a full length dance pose together in a scene from the musical film Grease (1978). Signed by both Travolta and Newton-John in bold black inks across a light area at the base of the image. VG
BOW CLARA: (1905-1965) American Actress. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Bow in a head and shoulders pose. Number 217f from the Picturegoer series. Signed in black fountain pen ink with her name alone across a light area at the base of the image. Very slightly neatly trimmed to the white borders, otherwise VG
LAEMMLE CARL: (1867-1939) American Film Pioneer, founder of Universal Pictures. A good vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Laemmle in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black fountain pen ink across a light area of the background and dated 2nd June 1937 in his hand. An ink annotation in the hand of the collector to the verso indicates that the signature was obtained in person prior to the sailing of the S.S. Normandie on 2nd June 1937 (most likely from New York). A couple of very light, extremely minor corner creases, otherwise VG
SCHULBERG B. P.: (1892-1957) American Pioneer Film Producer and Movie Studio Executive. An excellent, extremely rare vintage signed and inscribed 11 x 14 photograph of Schulberg in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink to the clear background, 'To Clara Bow - who will always be great because she has the heart of all humanity, B. P. Schulberg', and dated 20th February 1930 in his hand. An important association photograph. Some extremely light, minor corner creasing, otherwise VG Clara Bow (1905-1965) American Actress who personified the Roaring Twenties as 'The It Girl'. Schulberg first employed Bow as an 18 year old starlet on a three month trial contract, although within days of arriving she was made part of the studio permanent stock and quickly became a major Box Office star. However, in 1931, in the following year that the present photograph was signed, Bow left Hollywood and only made a few more movies in her career.
COHN HARRY: (1891-1958) American Film Mogul, President of Columbia Pictures. Vintage signed and inscribed 10.5 x 13.5 photograph of Cohn in a semi-profile head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Coburn and bearing his blindstamp to the lower left corner. Signed in blue fountain pen ink to a light area of the background, 'To Bill….You've been very loyal and most helpful. I am sincerely grateful. Harry Cohn'. Neatly mounted, otherwise VG
BROOKS RICHARD: (1912-1992) American Film Director, Academy Award winner. Signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Brooks standing outdoors in a half length pose, smoking a pipe, alongside a wooden sign bearing a warning in German and English, on the set of $ (The Heist, 1971). Signed in bold black ink to a light area of the image and dated 1984 in his hand. A couple of very slight, extremely minor corner creases, VG
HANNA BARBERA: HANNA BILL (1910-2001) & BARBERA JOE (1911-2006) American Animators. Signed 8 x 10 photograph by both Hanna and Barbera individually, the image depicting the two men standing and seated together in full length poses. Signed by each in bold black inks with their names alone to a light area at the head of the image. Together with a signed 10 x 8 photograph by David Attenborough, the image depicting him lying in a half length pose feeding an orangutan and its baby. Signed in bold black ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. EX, 2
CHAPLIN CHARLES: (1889-1977) English Film Comedian, Academy Award winner. Vintage signed sepia postcard photograph, an early image of Chaplin standing in a full length pose in familiar costume from one of his films for Essanay Studios. Signed ('Sincerely, Chas Chaplin') in dark fountain pen ink, largely across a clear area of the image. Some very light corner creasing and age wear, otherwise VG Chaplin was employed by Essanay Studios for just one year, making fourteen short comedy movies in 1915. The most significant of these was The Tramp in which Chaplin's famous vagabond character appeared.
LAUREL & HARDY: LAUREL STAN (1890-1965) & HARDY OLIVER (1892-1957) English and American Film Comedians. Book signed by both Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy individually, a hardback edition of The Modern World Book of Nature, edited by Haddon, Harvey & Wolff, published by Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., London, n.d. (c.1952) and with many illustrations and some colour plates. Signed by both Laurel and Hardy individually to a specially printed 12mo presentation bookplate neatly affixed to the front free endpaper and indicating that the book was presented personally by Laurel and Hardy to Alan Hoy on Saturday, 19th July 1952 at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, as a consolation prize in the Evening Chronicle Laurel and Hardy painting contest. Signed by both comedians with their names alone in bold inks. The front free endpaper also features a colour vignette of the duo neatly affixed beneath the bookplate. Together with an original unsigned vintage 6 x 4.5 press photograph of Laurel and Hardy at the presentation, surrounded by various young children, some holding prizes (information supplied by the vendor indicates that Alan Hoy is kneeling at the centre of the front row, and can be seen holding the present book). Scarce in this form. Some light overall age wear and minor creasing, about VG, 2
STORY OF SEABISCUIT THE: An unusual vintage signed 10 x 7 photograph by both Barry Fitzgerald (Sean O'Hara) and Shirley Temple (Margaret O'Hara) individually, the image depicting the Oscar winning actors together in half length poses in a scene from the horse racing film The Story of Seabiscuit (1949). Signed by both in bold, blue fountain pen inks across light areas of the image, with their names alone (Temple's signature dating from the early 1950s after her marriage to Charles Alden Black). Rare in this form. Some creasing to the corners and white borders, G
BEATLES THE: A good vintage signed 8 x 10 photograph by both John Lennon and Paul McCartney individually, the image depicting them standing together in a full length pose alongside their fellow band members George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Signed by Lennon with his name alone in bold blue fountain pen ink and signed and inscribed by McCartney, also in bold blue fountain pen ink, and both to clear areas of the background at the head of the image. Not signed by Harrison or Starr. Some light surface and corner creasing, only very slightly affecting McCartney's signature. About VG
DYLAN BOB: (1941- ) American Singer & Songwriter. Signed album record sleeve for Infidels (1983), signed by Dylan in blue ink with his name alone to the cover which features a close-up portrait. Record no longer present. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and corner creasing, otherwise VG
WOOD RONNIE: (1947- ) English Rock Musician, a member of The Rolling Stones. A page of original holograph lyrics, unsigned, by Ronnie Wood, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., from an untitled song. The page is headed 8 bars INTRO and the twelve lines of lyrics begin 'I got this little bit of light inside me/ and I know its shining for you/ I got this little bit of fight inside me/ and I know its fighting for you....' and conclude 'You have the power/ to make me shine/ You've got the power/ to make me fight for whats mine'. Accompanied by a copy of a certificate of authenticity signed by Jonathan Poole of the Compton Cassey Gallery in Cheltenham (who has exhibited art works by Wood) dated 4th May 2011 and relating to various handwritten lyrics including one entitled Will He Take a Shine to You. Some light smudging, VG
FAITHFULL MARIANNE: (1946- ) English Singer & Songwriter, famous for her association with Mick Jagger and The Rolling Stones. Signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of Faithfull in a half length pose in costume as Rebecca in a scene from The Girl on a Motorcycle (1968). Signed in bold black fountain pen ink across a light area at the head of the image. A couple of slight surface and corner creases, otherwise VG
SHAKUR TUPAC: (1971-1996) American Rapper and Actor. An extremely rare signed 8 x 10 photograph of 2Pac standing in a characteristic three quarter length barechested pose smoking a joint and with a gun tucked into the top of his loose fitting jeans. Signed in black ink to a light area of the background, with an additional sentiment in his hand across the centre of the image, 'Fuck the World! No matter where life takes U always stay ↑'. Autographs of the rapper are extremely rare as a result of his tragic murder at the age of 25. EX Accompanied by a signed affidavit by Atron Gregory, Tupac Shakur's manager, dated 27th March 2013, stating that he has personally examined the present photograph and believes the signature and handwriting to be authentic.
LIVE AID: A 4to printed paperback edition of Live Aid - The Concert by Peter Hillmore, with an introduction by Bob Geldof, First Edition published by Sidgwick & Jackson, London, 1985, individually signed to the inside photo pages by over 40 pop singers who performed at the events in London and Philadelphia, including Queen (Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon; two sets), Tina Turner, David Bowie, Bob Geldof, Status Quo, Midge Ure, Spandau Ballet (Tony Hadley, Steve Norman, Gary Kemp etc.), Joan Baez, Nik Kershaw, Sting, Phil Collins, Paul Young, Bono, Bo Diddley, Carlos Santana, Elton John, Brian May, Rik Ocasek, Duran Duran (Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes etc.) and others. Rare in this form. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG
AUTOGRAPH ALBUMS: Two autograph albums containing over 100 signatures by various film and stage stars, entertainers etc., including Jimmy Durante, Roy Hudd, Thora Hird, Bob Monkhouse, Mary Martin, Sydney Tafler, Robert Douglas, Robert Preston, Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Robert Stack, Douglass Montgomery, Petula Clark, Adelaide Hall, Arthur Askey, Hoagy Carmichael, Orson Welles, Jeremy Spenser, Leo Genn, Ann Todd, Robert Morley, Wendy Hiller, Christopher Fry, Danny Kaye, Donald O'Connor, Linda Darnell, Celia Johnson, Ralph Richardson, Stanley Holloway, Peggy Ashcroft, Alec Guinness, Belita, Flora Robson, Michael Gough, Coral Browne, Dermot Walsh, Bette Davis & Gary Merrill, Austin Trevor, John Garfield (scarce), Fred Allen, Peter Ustinov, Joan Fontaine, Red Skelton, Jack Carson etc. Many pages are multiple signed. Some light age wear, about VG, 2
AUTOGRAPH ALBUM: An autograph album containing over 150 signatures by various film and stage stars, some classical musicians, opera singers and ballet dancers, including Vivien Leigh, Margaret Lockwood, Larry Parks & Betty Garrett, Tyrone Power, Linda Christian, Ronald Howard, Patricia Roc, Malcolm Sargent, Walter Susskind, Margaret Rutherford (who experienced some pen trouble), Claire Bloom, Glynis Johns, Mai Zetterling, Tito Gobbi, Dirk Bogarde, Richard Todd, Nova Pilbeam, Leonide Massine, Tony Martin, Dennis Price, Ian Hunter, Michael Redgrave, Marius Goring, Luigi Infantino, Terence Rattigan, John Gielgud, Beatrice Lillie, Alice Faye, Phil Harris, Rochester, Jack Benny, Georg Solti, Nicolai Malko, Roland Culver, Rex Harrison, Herbert Lom, William Hartnell, George Cole, Jackie Cooper, Anton Dolin, Alicia Markova, Michael Rennie, Robert Newton, Joyce Grenfell, Gordon Jackson, Esmond Knight, David Tomlinson, Robert Beatty, Bernard Miles, Miles Malleson, Susan Shaw, Elisabeth Schumann, Valerie Hobson, Michael Medwin, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. etc. Some pages are multiple signed and a few signatures are in pencil. Some light age wear, about VG
PADEREWSKI I. J.: (1860-1941) Polish Pianist & Composer, Prime Minister of Poland, 1919. A.L.S., I J Paderewski, two pages, 8vo, n.p., 23rd May 1890, to a lady, in French. Paderewski informs his correspondent that he has just been passed her kind invitation by Mrs. F. Dallas Yorke although continues 'I could not be more touched by the extreme honour you do me, but, most unhappily, I am afraid that I shall be unable to accept. It proves utterly impossible, as I have taken an engagement in Paris for the 30th and 31st of May, and must therefore leave here after my concert on the 29th itself. I am most upset by this, and offer you my every excuse.' A couple of extremely light, minor stains, otherwise VG
CATALANI ANGELICA: (1780-1849) Italian Opera Singer. Scarce ink signature ('Ang Catalani') to the border of an attractive printed oblong 12mo admittance ticket for Madame Catalani's Extra Night at the King's Theatre, 9th July 1812. Numbered for Box No. 99. Some light overall age wear and minor creasing, G
FLAGSTAD KIRSTEN: (1895-1962) Norwegian Opera Singer. Vintage signed and inscribed sepia 8 x 10 photograph of Flagstad in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink across a light area at the base of the image. Together with Jane Fonda (1937- ) American Actress, Academy Award winner. Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the actress in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold black ink across a light area at the base of the image. VG to EX, 2
PAVLOVA ANNA: (1881-1931) Russian Ballet Dancer. Dark fountain pen ink signature ('Anna Pavlova') on an 8vo page removed from an autograph album. Together with Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) French Actress. Dark fountain pen ink signature and inscription, in French, on an 8vo page removed from an autograph album, dated 1916 in her hand. Both pages are neatly annotated in pencil. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, about VG, 2
PAVLOVA ANNA: (1881-1931) Russian Ballet Dancer. Vintage signed postcard photograph of Pavlova standing in a full length pose, en pointe, in costume from Swan Lake. Signed in bold, dark fountain pen ink with her name alone across a light area at the centre of the image. Some silvering and light age wear, G
LEAR EDWARD: (1812-1888) English Artist, Illustrator and Poet. A.L.S., Edward Lear, four pages, 8vo, Villa Emily, Sanremo, 4th July 1875, to Constance. Lear expresses his desire to be informed about his correspondent and receive 'a general account of all of you, particularly of your Uncle Arthur, whose state of health when I left England was, tho' not worse, yet not satisfactory. I hope your Mama & Papa are well - & Uncles Will & Christopher, & Aunt & Uncle Palmer' and further continues 'Knowing your love of Autographs, I have just hit on an idea, which if carried out will confirm you as a devoted worshipper of this child to the end of his life:- namely - all the subscribers - (I think from 600 - 800) to my "Corsica", sent me their names in writing, & I mean to leave the whole Budget to you in my Will - there being among them some of interest & value. But if Mama & you will come here next winter, I hereby declare I will give the whole lot to you myself, without waiting for dissolution. Meanwhile I find one of gt. interest, - namely that of Prosper Merimee - (which alas is connected with Corsica - of which land he wrote one of his very best tales "Colomba"?) so you can commence your Corsican series with this. (I declare I feel inclined to say you shall only have the great mass of Autographs if you Lear again writes of mutual friends and his correspondent's family and in a postscript adds 'As you may not have known much of M. Prosper Merimee, I may add that he was always considered one of the most influential & important persons about the late Emperor Napoleon's court - (he had always rooms there as one of the family) besides being a senator, & one of the best known Literati of France.' A letter of good content. Some light overall age wear and creasing, the edges of the letter a little worn and with some small tears, only very slightly affecting the text, but not the signature, G
LEAR EDWARD: (1812-1888) English Artist, Illustrator and Poet. A.L.S., Edward Lear, four pages, 8vo, Villa Emily, Sanremo, 22nd October 1876, to 'My dear Constance'. Lear states that he should have replied to his correspondent's letter earlier although 'I saw the terrible calamity at Bangor announced in the papers, & I thought you would all have more than enough to think of without worrying over letters from this child' and continues to enquire if it was the eldest son of a mutual friend who perished, commenting 'Somehow, in our inconsistent & vague ways of thought, it seems a slight comfort that his poor Father was removed before this happened. But, coming so soon after Arthur's death, the blow to his poor widow must have been most hard to bear. If you can tell me anything about them you will do me a kindness'. He further discusses the health of his correspondent's mother and father before remarking 'No, Miss: English air would not do me no good: no, not at all. English smoke, English Eastwind, English climate of any sort - far be it from me during the now short time I have to live! I say short - for I am 65 next May - & 70 is the universal doom'. Lear also makes reference to a collection of signatures, 'And now - about the Autographs - I have heard that a family of "Hooks" are coming here this winter, & "someone said" they are Dean Hooks people. If this be so, could they carry back the 800 autographs? Though I would far rather your mother & you & any amount of you would come & fetch them' and continues to write of his garden and house and present condition, 'I weary exceedingly of living so much alone - tho' I don't see how it is to be helped, - & after all.....it seems to me that patience & waiting are what we ought most particularly to cultivate. Just now I am not especially lively, as my dear good old servant, who for 21 years has been so faithful always, - is far from well. He has never got over the dreadful blow of his wife, mother's and brother's deaths nearly at once: - & he changes much. I have let him have his 2nd son here - since all those distresses happened & that helps him: little enough for me to do to so long tried & good a man. (I say long tried advisedly:- for my temper was always abominable, though I hope less so than formerly.' Some light overall age wear and creasing, the edges of the letter a little worn and with some small tears, only very slightly affecting the text, but not the signature, G
[PICASSO PABLO]: (1881-1973) Spanish Painter. An unusual hand carved light coloured wooden walking cane, 35" in length, the carved handle (approximately 4 x 8 inches) featuring two faces at either end attributed to Pablo Picasso and apparently presented by him to the American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. as a birthday gift. Rare and unusual. Some light age wear, otherwise VG Provenance: The vendor obtained the cane indirectly from Sy Marsh, Sammy Davis Jr's personal manager for over twenty years, and it was originally accompanied by a necktie and pair of shoes also belonging to Davis Jr. A colour image of the present cane displayed in a frame alongside the necktie and shoes is included in the lot, as is a copy of a letter of authenticity signed by Marsh relating to the shoes. Also included in the lot is a printed 8vo edition of Jet magazine, 4th June 1990, featuring a tribute to Davis Jr. and making reference to Picasso, who had painted a portrait of him, and his relationship with the entertainer whose own extensive art collection included works by Picasso ('Among the outstanding works contained in the world's greatest performer's collection, a profile head-and-shoulder painting of Davis by Pablo Picasso')
TWOMBLY CY: (1928-2011) American Painter. Signed colour 4 x 6 postcard, being an image of one of the artist's Untitled sculptures from 2002. Signed in bold blue ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. Together with Gottfried Helnwein (1948- ) Austrian-Irish Artist. Signed colour 8 x 10 photograph of the artist standing in a three quarter length pose with a large image of Marilyn Manson in the immediate background. Signed by Helnwein with his name alone in blue ink to the image. EX, 2
DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. Autograph Envelope signed, addressed in his hand to Leigh Hunt at Edwards Square, Kensington. Signed ('Charles Dickens') to the lower left corner. The envelope bears a Penny Black postage stamp and several partial and illegible post marks. Neatly cornermounted to card and matted beneath a small reproduction photograph of Dickens and framed and glazed in a dark wooden frame to an overall size of 10 x 16.5. Some light age wear, otherwise VG Leigh Hunt (1784-1859) English Critic, Essayist, Poet & Writer. Hunt is believed to have been the inspiration behind the character Harold Skimpole in Dickens's Bleak House (1852-53).
DICKENS CHARLES: (1812-1870) English Novelist. A fine D.S., Charles Dickens (a good, bold blue ink example with paraph), being a signed cheque, London, 9th September 1861. The partially printed cheque, completed entirely by Dickens, is drawn on Messrs. Coutts & Compy., and made payable to H. M. S. Britannia for the sum of £10.0.0, and crossed by Dickens with two diagonal lines in his hand. A bank cancellation only very lightly touches the signature. Matted in black and framed and glazed to an overall size of 12 x 8. One very small file hole, not affecting the text or signature, and some light, minor age wear, VG Dickens had sailed in the Britannia on his voyage to America in 1842, detailing the trip in his travelogue American Notes for General Circulation (October 1842).
COLLINS WILKIE: (1824-1889) English Novelist. Autograph address panel signed ('Wilkie Collins'), the oblong 12mo panel neatly trimmed from a larger envelope, addressed by Collins in bold, dark fountain pen ink to Edward Lear at Villa Tennyson, San Remo, Italy and additionally marked in his hand 'By Book Post, Registered' and dated 25th August 1883. Bearing a four pence postage stamp and two Registered postal cancellations. Signed by Collins at the base with his return address at 90 Gloucester Place, London, in his hand. An interesting association. Some light age wear, otherwise VG Edward Lear (1812-1888) English Artist, Illustrator and Poet.
WILDER THORNTON: (1897-1975) American Playwright & Novelist. A.L.S., Thornton Wilder, two pages, 8vo, Naples, n.d. (December), to 'Chere Comtesse'. Wilder refers to having been in Zurich and Milan and explains 'Now I am "hanging around" Naples until my boat sails for Venezuela on the 21st' and further adds that he would have liked to have seen his correspondent, 'Just a year ago I was in Naples and I called at the Excelsior to be told that you were away - and I would have called there again last week (I always stop in for their martini cocktails, anyway) but that I now know you were in Lausanne'. He continues, 'I have always loved Naples intensely - even in the days when I was an officer at Caserta '44 and '45 and all those fascinating streets off the Via Tole were "out of bounds". The San Carlo has been giving operas that I could not sit through (Adriana Lecouvreur and Thais) but I always go to the Teatro San Ferdinando. I am afraid the wonderful Eduardo made a mistake in rebuilding that theatre in that district. The plays of Scarpetta no longer mean much to the "people". Even in the working classes in that part of town the people are sitting all evening before their television screens'. Together with a book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of A Thornton Wilder Trio, published by Criterion Books, New York, 1956. Signed by Wilder in bold dark blue fountain pen ink to the title page, 'For Dagmar Alvarez de Toledo - with the regards and friendship of Thornton Wilder', and dated Hamden, Connecticut, May 1960 in his hand. Bound in grey and red cloth boards. Lacking the dust jacket. A few light, minor creases to the base of the letter, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG, 2
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. A lengthy A.L.S., Daphne, twelve pages, 8vo, Rue Jessop, 21st November n.y., to 'My dear Foy' (Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier states that a wire, followed by a long letter from her correspondent which she received yesterday, has re-assured her, although she had been 'in quite a fuss' over a scribbled note on the back of the previous week's Guardian stating 'Miss Foy has just gone into the Cottage Hospital for an operation for appendicitis', continuing 'There was I picturing a rush job in the middle of the night - Father sent for - Mother with smelling salts….I'm so glad all is well, but I think you should sue your surgeon for "removal of the vitals without permission"!' Du Maurier also refers to returning home, 'I can't tell you how I'm looking forward to coming. The only misery is leaving the poor Guardsmen (her husband, Frederick Browning) which will be very sore' and continues to discuss at some length a problem which has arisen over renting a holiday property the following summer, referring to an alternative and asking her friend if she could find out if it is available, or knows anything of any alternatives, commenting, 'You see, with a new baby I can't let poor Nanny cope alone in lodgings plus an energetic Tessa, and I do feel we all ought to be together. Of course the servant question may be a difficulty. At the School House that nice Mrs. Ward would cook for one, but I don't know who would take it on at the Rosevere's. The Rosevere's situation would be ideal, with the Hunlin's boat store below etc., for the Guardsman, and it wouldn't be such a pull up the hill for all of us….I wish you'd be an angel and discuss it with Mother, and if you think the house would be suitable, go over and see the Roseveres for me….I believe there's a garden too, for Tessa to let her energy off in, and the baby could be parked in it in a pram…..The Guardsman is looking forward so terribly to his 3 months that I can't bear to disappoint him. As it is, the news about Ferryside will be a crashing blow.' Some very light, minor age wear, VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses.
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, two pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 18th April 1966, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier writes to her friend immediately following her return from Greece with news of her travels, 'my life was saved at Knossos where I found a shepherd's short white cloak with a hood, and this I wore, day in day out, much to the surprise of the fellow-travellers! Greece we really adored, I would return any day, Delos - uninhabited - my highlight, quite superb, though a larger island to the far north, Thasos, also glorious. In the Peloponnese, Mycenea, Epidauros, Olympia, all quite wonderful. I was rather put off by Turkey, possibly because of the weather. But it was not so inviting, and the people all looked rather grim and hostile, only men in the streets, and the women shut away. Though one day, at one of the ports, the inhabitants came to dance to us on the quayside in national costume, and this was fun….Tessa was wonderful, so friendly with everyone, and had I been alone I know I should have hidden in our cabin, but she dragged me from my shell, and it was really the right thing to do….We vied for the favours of Sir John Wolfenden, and I fear Tessa won - no doubt middle-aged ex University Vice Chancellors have an eye to the young (!) but both he and his wife were extremely kind to us, and - you will have known it in the past - I did find what I call the scholarly intellect stimulating, such rapier-like talk and exchanges between Sir John and Sir Maurice Bowra. Both superb as lecturers, and an Irishman from Trinity College equally good, Professor Luce. In a way it was awfully like being at a University, we were all the pupils, and the dining room might have been a huge Common Room.' In concluding Du Maurier writes of mutual friends and also remarks 'No news on the Menabilly front, except that I asked an architect friend to look around Kilmarth and he was appalled, saying thousands would be needed to make it even habitable today. Oh, dear, Oh, dear, I wonder where I stand.' A couple of light, small tape stains to the head of the first and final pages, only slightly affecting one word of text, and not the signature, otherwise VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses.
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, four pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 22nd October 1966, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier announces 'Forgive me for not thanking you before for the return of the M.S. and for the comments on it. You are very generous to me not to have made more corrections. I have been hard at it all this week on the telephone going over the small cuts and the corrections brought up by the publisher's "corrector" (yours have been included) and thank goodness they did not want any big changes either - just a bit of pruning here and there. Their one criticism - and I guessed they would have it - was that I harped too much against "tourists" (!) so I have had to cut a few passages where perhaps I was a bit rude! I realise I was rather hard on Mevagissey, and certain lines in the last "Where and When" chapter, but I think I have succeeded in keeping the title of "Vanishing Cornwall". After all, I imply a nostalgic rather than a "This is Finished" attitude.' She further thanks her friend for the loan of some books, commenting 'Perhaps it is best I keep them until after I have read the final printed proofs, which won't be ready for some time…..I could not have written the book without their aid, for I gleaned an enormous amount from them, and feel I am now an expert!' Du Maurier also writes of a visit to Dartmoor and of some repairs which need to be carried out at her home at Kilmarth, as well as a further house in France of which she has not received much news, 'the only indirect news I have is through an acquaintance, who visited the village to make discreet enquiries via the Mayor, and was told that the Will had not yet been proved or agreed, but that "Lady Browning had not been forgotten, far from it". This is rather ominous. I have visions of furious relatives of poor Fernande counting spoons. All I would like is a book or two.' A couple of light, small tape stains to the head of the first and final pages, only very slightly affecting one word of text, and not the signature, and a few stray ink marks in the borders, otherwise VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses.
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, four pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 25th November 1966, to 'My dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier writes of some repairs being carried out at her home, Kilmarth, commenting 'there is scaffolding all around it, and men hurrying about like ants all over the property - at my expense, of course! My lawyer said we must start on repairs, whether I end up there or not, so a Mr. Pascoe from St. Austell has been engaged to do the work with a team of minions. He is semi-royal, what I mean is I shake hands with him, but he seems to be shy, for whenever I drive up there to see what is going on he backs into the bushes, and two weeks ago nearly fell to his doom down a well in the garden that nobody knew was there' and further writes of the garden and the help of a gentleman from the National Trust, 'I call him U Thant - for he is a sort of mediator between me and the Estate, and wants to save my purse at every step. I wish a leaseholder, as I am, could enter some agreement or covenant with them, but I doubt if I can.' Du Maurier also refers to her work, 'Kits and I are trying to make a film script out of Vanishing Cornwall, so that he could make a documentary film, in colour, out of the book, and if we can get some assurance from a film company or a television company, to back us, he will come down in January and we shall proceed to film it….I imagine the filming would take about a month, or even more, depending a lot on the weather…' A couple of light, small tape stains to the head of the first and final pages, only slightly affecting two words of text, and not the signature, otherwise VG Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses.
BURGESS ANTHONY: (1917-1993) British Novelist of A Clockwork Orange (1962). A.L.S., Anthony B., on one side of a correspondence card, Etchingham, Sussex, n.d. (24th December 1966), to Patrick Taylor at Collins. Burgess thanks his correspondent for their kindness and continues 'I think "Extra Verse" a very exciting idea, & it encourages me to think that I might consider considering thinking of writing poems again'. Hand addressed by Burgess to the verso. Together with a T.L.S., Anthony B, on one side of a correspondence card, Etchingham, East Sussex, 13th January (1967), also to Patrick Taylor. The letter features no punctuation or capital letters and Burgess writes, in part, 'we shant be back in london till candlemas james joyces birthday that is february the second to be precise as im still slaving away at the enderby book and other things to make tax money....id like very much to write verse again but its so difficult unless you can give it to a fictional character but thanks again for your invitation i saw the pink curry item why should this happen when turmerics yellow or is that my daltonianism coming out again'. Hand addressed by Burgess to the verso. Also including H. Rider Haggard (1856-1925) English Writer of Adventure Novels. Fountain pen ink signature ('H Rider Haggard') and date, 17th April 1919, in his hand on a page removed from an autograph album and further including William Gladstone (1809-1898) British Prime Minister 1868-74, 1880-85, 1886, 1892-94. Autograph envelope signed, W E Gladstone, addressed in his hand to the Mayor of Chester. Bearing a Penny Red postage stamp and post marked at Hawarden and Chester, 3rd November 1867. Some light age wear and minor staining to the latter two items, G to VG, 4
TWAIN MARK: (1835-1910) American Writer. Bold black ink signature ('Yrs Truly, Mark Twain') on a 12mo white card, lightly laid down to a page within a scrapbook beneath an engraving of Twain etc. The 4to scrapbook contains many other unsigned vintage magazine images, newspaper clippings etc., most relating to English and American literature, subjects include William Shakespeare, John Milton, Alexander Pope, Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Robert Burns, Walter Scott, Washington Irving, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Darwin, Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Robert Browning, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rudyard Kipling, Walt Whitman, Thomas Hardy, Arthur Conan Doyle etc. Many are laid down in multiples to the pages which also bear some ink annotations in the hand of the compiler. With the ownership signature and address of Rosa Louise Barrows of Hartford, Connecticut, dated August 1906, to the first page. Some light overall age wear, G
DALAI LAMA: (1935- ) Tibetan Spiritual Leader, Nobel Peace Prize winner, 1989. Signed colour 4 x 6 photograph of the Dalai Lama seated in a half length pose wearing his familiar Buddhist robes. Signed in bold black ink with his name alone to a light area of the image. A couple of very light, minor stains, otherwise VG
HOYLE EDMOND: (1672-1769) English Authority on the rules and play of Card Games. Rare book signed, a hardback edition of Mr. Hoyle's Games of Whist, Quadrille, Piquet, Chess and Back-Gammon, Complete Fourteenth Edition, including the laws of the several games and 'To which is now first added, Two new Cases at Whist, never before printed; also The New Laws of the Game at Whist, As played at White's and Saunders's Chocolate-Houses', printed for Thomas Osborne in Gray's Inn and Henry Woodfall and Richard Baldwin of Pater-noster-Row, London (1765). Signed ('Edmond Hoyle') in bold ink with his name alone to the lower margin beneath an advertisement declaring, in part, 'No Copies of this Book are genuine, but what are signed by the Author'. The small 8vo edition has the original tan calf boards although with a rebound spine, with raised bands and gilt lettering ('Hoyle's Games'). Some light age wear and staining, G
BARNUM P. T.: (1810-1891) American Showman. Book signed and inscribed, a hardback edition of Struggles and Triumphs; or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum, published by Warren, Johnson & Co., New York, 1873. Author's Edition, revised, enlarged, newly illustrated and written up to February 1873. Signed by Barnum in fountain pen ink to the front free endpaper and dated 4th August 1874 in his hand. Some light overall staining and foxing, only just touching a few letters of the inscription, and some ink bleeding. Binding a little loose and with some wear and small tears to the boards and spine. FR
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