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![First Issues Mix (1973-89). Inhumans 1, Shazam 1, Suicide Squad 1 [gd], Mr Miracle 2nd Series 1 [vfn-/vfn+] (4). No Reserve](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a22d40b9-cabf-4041-8912-a7150102e0be/6f18f310-0050-4922-eafc-1d0878ecb7d7/468x382.jpg)
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Lot 8
Bubbles Annuals 1-4 (1924-27). These first four editions all have their original glassine dust wrappers. Starring the Bunty Boys and Peter and the Pirates. Copiously illustrated by comics artists Herbert Foxwell, Helen Jacobs and Albert Lock. The 1924 annual has a full page 'Fluffykin Family at the Seaside' illustration by Louis Wain. Bright boards, no dedications, creamy white pages with fresh illustrations. Complete with printed glassine dust jackets. Rare [fn] (4)
Lot 238
* JUNE CAREY RSW RGI,THE INVITATIONpastel on paper, signed and dated 87. Titled on artist's label verso.83cm x 55cmFloat mounted, framed and under glass.Note: June Carey began her art education in the 1960s at The Glasgow School of Art. She has been exhibiting her work widely throughout Britain and abroad ever since. Her awards include The Scottish Arts Council 1998, McGrigor Donald Trust 1989, European City of Culture Woman 2000 (First Prize) 1990, Dundee District Council Purchase Prize 1991, British Council Assistance Grant 1992, The Hope Scott Trust Award 1993, Scottish Arts Club Award 1993, McDonald Orr Ltd 1993, Anne Redpath Award 1996, BP Aberdeen Assistance Grant 2002, Connell & Connell Sponsorship and in 2004, a Research Grant from the Scottish Arts Council, to visit India.June Carey's work can be found in the collections of Lady Thyne; Peter Gabriel, BBC Television, The Royal Bank of Scotland, The Scottish Arts Council, Oxford University, Teachers Whisky, Highland Region, Edwins Gallery Jakarta, Barclay Lennie Fine Art Ltd, MacTaggart & Mickel Ltd. Eastern General Hospital, McDonald Orr Ltd, Dundee District Council, Arts in Fife and Private Collectors at home and abroad.
Lot 55
* JAMES MORRISON RSA RSW (SCOTTISH b 1932 - ),FLOWERSoil on board, signed and dated 195842.5cm x 74cmFramed.Note: James Morrison was born in Glasgow in 1932 and studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1950-4. He was visiting artist at Hospitalfield House in Arbroath1963-4 and lived in Catterline before moving to Montrose in 1965. James Morrison joined the staff of Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art Dundee the same year and was senior lecturer there from 1979-87 when he left the college to paint full time. His first solo exhibition with The Scottish Gallery (Edinburgh) was in 1959.He has painted widely abroad since his travelling scholarship took him to Greece. Further painting trips have been to France, Canada, the High Arctic and Botswana, but for a long time his two major sources of inspiration have been the landscapes around his home in Montrose and Assynt in West Sutherland. Morrison is an Academician of the Royal Scottish Academy and a member of the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour.James Morrison's work is to be found in numerous institutional, corporate and private collections throughout the world, including the Royal Collection.
Lot 57
* MITCH GRIFFITHS (BRITISH B 1971 - ),SEE NO EVILoil on canvas120cm x 100cmFramedGallery label verso: Halcyon Gallery, Knightsbridge, London. Inscribed with title, artist's name and stock no.Provenance: Deceased estate. This painting is shown and documented on the artist's website and was completed in 2006.Note: On 7th June 2016, the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia unveiled 21 works by Mitch Griffiths as part of the remarkable exhibition: Realisms. The paintings, selected by Dimitri Ozerkov, Curator and Director of the Contemporary Art Department at the State Hermitage Museum, were exhibited at the historic institution until 18 September. The unique opportunity to exhibit at one of the world's largest and most prestigious museums of art and culture marks a seminal moment in Griffiths' already celbrated career and the collection on display spanned the breadth of Griffiths' artistic concerns for more than a decade. Please see: http://www.halcyongallery.com/artists/mitch-griffiths Note: This is believed to be the first major work by Mitch Griffiths to be offered at public auction.
Lot 105
Collection of (8) Antiquarian Books. (2) Volumes "The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti" by L. A. Symonds, 1893, leather cloth boards; (2) Volumes, Mark Twain's Autobiography with Introduction by Albert Bigelow Paine, 1924 First Edition, (2) Volumes, The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, selected by Sidney Colvin, 1899 & (2) Volumes, Lord Chesterfield's Letters to his Son, by the Earl of Chesterfield. (Last 3 sets with leather and marble cloth boards).
Lot 117
Pre Civil War document / speech with many references to The American Colonization Society. Excerpts include: "The first Emigrants having remaining at Sierra Leone until arrangements could be completed for their Settlement, arrived at the Colony in he Month of June 1822"; "To the United States it will cost us but little reflection and argument to show that the great Design of African Colonization is a subject of deepest National Interest. By the Census of 1830, the White population of our Country was 110, 530,000, the Colored population , 2,328,000. Of the Colored population, 2,009,000 are Slaves, 319,000 free blacks".
Lot 19
One Volume, American Bard, Being the preface to the first edition of Leaves and Grass now restored to its native verse rhythms and presented as a living poem. Lime Kiln Press, Santa Cruz, 1981, with all inserts. Limited edition #57/115, illustrated and signed by William Everson. Both printed and illustrated with two woodcuts.
Lot 11
KING AND I THE: A good, unusual selection of individual signed cards, pieces, colour 8 x 10 photograph (1) by various actors and the composer and dramatist of the musical The King and I (1951) comprising composer Richard Rodgers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II (a good card signed by both individually and inscribed by Rodgers to the Irish actress Doreen Duke, who starred as Tuptim in the 1953 performance of the musical at the Drury Lane theatre in London, ‘For Doreen O’Tuptim: May the fates smoyle on you tonight and may you be big but with honorable guests of Siamese King….’, the card originally accompanying a good luck bouquet presented by Rodgers and Hammerstein on the occasion of the first night), Gertrude Lawrence (Anna Leonowens in the original Broadway production, 1951), Deborah Kerr (Anna Leonowens in the film version, 1956) and Yul Brynner (King Mongkut of Siam). Each of the signatures and photograph are attractively matted together in pink and pale green and framed and glazed in a decorative gold coloured wooden frame to an overall size of 14.5 x 21.5. VG The 1956 film version of The King and I was a critical and commercial success, and was nominated for nine Academy Awards, winning five, including the Best Actor Oscar for Yul Brynner.
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MY FAIR LADY: An unusual selection of signed pieces, cards, album pages, a few signed photographs etc., by the lyricist, composer, main cast members (of both stage and screen productions), original author and other individuals associated with the musical My Fair Lady, comprising George Bernard Shaw (whose stage play Pygmalion formed the basis for My Fair Lady), Julie Andrews (Eliza Doolittle), Rex Harrison (Professor Henry Higgins), Stanley Holloway (Alfred P. Doolittle), Alan Jay Lerner (lyricist & screenwriter), Audrey Hepburn (Eliza Doolittle; signed printed 4to colour cover of a programme for a screening of My Fair Lady at the Warner Theatre, Leicester Square, 25th April 1965), Robert Coote (Colonel Hugh Pickering), Andre Previn (conductor of the Warner Bros. studio orchestra for the soundtrack to the film), Cecil Beaton (Art Direction), Gladys Cooper (Mrs. Higgins), Hermes Pan (choreographer), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Colonel Hugh Pickering), Marni Nixon (Eliza Doolittle's singing voice) and Frederick Loewe (composer; signed First Day Cover). Each of the signatures and photographs are attractively matted in gold and grey to the recto and verso of an unusual display which also features colour printed flowers and butterflies etc., neatly affixed to the matt. Framed and glazed in a plain metallic frame to an overall size of 13.5 x 17.5. VGThe 1956 Broadway production of My Fair Lady was a notable critical and popular success, setting a record for the longest run of any show on Broadway up until that time. It was followed by a hit London production and a popular film version in 1964, winning eight Academy Awards including the Oscars for Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director. My Fair Lady has frequently been labelled 'the perfect musical'.
Lot 137
ENTERTAINMENT: A selection of American First Day Covers, signed, by various Actors, Actresses, a few popular Musicians, including Jaclyn Smith, Dyan Cannon, Andrea Parker, Jane Randolph, Kathy Bates, Ruth Husse, Jessica Tandy, Julia Meade, Estelle Parsons, Eve Marie Saint, Arlene Dahl, Beverly Roberts, Phyllis Thaxter, Robert Clary, August 'Shorty' Swensen, Art Carney (x3), Danny Thomas, Dom De Luise, Billy Crystal, Harold Russell, John Hart, Lou Wagner, Dick Martin, Robert Wuhl, Barbara Mandrell, Pete Fountain. VG, 41
Lot 152
PRESLEY ELVIS: (1935-1977) American Singer & Actor. Signed record sleeve for the album Elvis (1956), signed in bold blue ink with his name alone to a clear area of the verso. Further signed (‘Many thanks! Elvis Presley’) a second time to the plain inner sleeve. Record still present. Some overall age wear and light scuffing and staining, about G Elvis was the second studio album recorded by the singer and released by RCA Victor in October 1956. It spent four weeks at Number One on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart that year, making Presley the first recording artist to have both albums go straight to Number One in the same year.
Lot 154
MCCARTNEY PAUL: (1942- ) English Singer & Songwriter, a member of The Beatles. Blue ink signature ('All the best! Paul McCartney') to the verso of a colour picture postcard of Fanhams Hall in Ware, Hertfordshire. Also signed and inscribed by Linda McCartney (1941-1998) American Musician & Photographer, first wife of Paul McCartney. Some very light, extremely minor corner creasing, VGProvenance: According to information supplied by the vendor, the signatures of Paul and Linda McCartney were obtained in person by her at a chance meeting with the former Beatle and his wife at Ashford train station in Kent in late 1976 or early 1977. The only item the vendor had to hand which was appropriate for signing was the present postcard of Fanhams Hall which, at the time, was the headquarters of the Chartered Building Societies Institute and where the vendor would teach residential courses. During their conversation, Linda enquired about the vendor's young children, adding their names as an inscription.
Lot 165
ELGAR EDWARD: (1857-1934) English Composer. A.L.S., Edward Elgar, three pages, 4to, Plas Gwyn, Hereford, 8th October 1908, to Mssrs. Novello & Co. ('Dear Sirs'). Elgar sends his publishers a manuscript (no longer present) of 'a little simple song' and asks that it be engraved as early as possible. The composer also encloses a letter (no longer present) from Mr. Salmon 'regarding the words (he refers to two sets - I have only set one as yet)' and requests that Novello & Co arrange matters with Salmon in the usual way. In a postscript, Elgar writes 'I hope to set the other poem soon but you need only refer to “Pleading” at present. I shall be glad if there can be no delay in this matter'. With a purple ink received stamp of Novello & Co to the first page, only very slightly affecting a couple of words of text and the date. VG
Lot 175
TURNER J. M. W.: (1775-1851) English Painter. An extremely rare, early ink signature, William Turner, on a slim 8vo page removed from the Attendance Book of the Plaister Academy at the Royal Academy, London, n.d. (16th November 1790?). The fifteen year old Turner's bold signature appears at the centre of the page, and above and below his signature appear those of fourteen other fellow students, with a further fifteen signatures to the verso. Included are the signatures of artists Henry Thomas, James Oliver, Thomas Hargreaves, Charles Brome, Thomas Kearsley, Robert Clamp (x2), Charles Hayter, Robert Hills, Joseph Bowring, Thomas Sautelle Roberts, J.B. Cuming and John Fairbourne (x2). Some minor age wear, with slight creasing and a very small tear to the foot and very slight traces of former mounting to the right edge of the recto, otherwise VGJoseph Mallord William Turner, known within his family as William, entered the Royal Academy Schools as a promising student at the age of 14. The young Turner first worked in the Plaister Academy, drawing from casts of antique sculpture. In the biography Turner In His Time (1987) Andrew Wilton notes that Turner's name appears fairly frequently in the registers between 21st July 1790 (the earliest record extant) and 8th October 1793. Provenance: Some of the Attendance Books now in the Library of the Royal Academy were once the property of the renowned British collector Charles Fairfax Murray (1849-1919) and bear his Ex-Libris to the inside boards. Upon the dispersal of his large collections, the Registers, with a number of pages removed, were apparently re-acquired by the Royal Academy. The present, previously missing page, were re-discovered in Australia, tipped into an old Victorian album.
Lot 181
CHAGALL MARC: (1887-1985) Russian-French Artist. Signed First Day Cover commemorating Chagall's stained glass window entitled Peace, featuring an image of the artist discussing his work with Basile Yakovlev, Chairman of the Staff Memorial Committee at the United Nations. The cover features a colour postage stamp with an illustration of the window and is postmarked at the United Nations, New York, 17th November 1967. Signed ('Marc Chagall') in blue ink with his name alone to a clear area. About EX Chagall's stained glass window was created for the United Nations in 1964 in honour of Dag Hammarskjold, the UN's second secretary general who was killed in an airplane crash in Africa in 1961.
Lot 209
COMING OF CHRIST THE: John Masefield (1878-1967) English Poet & Writer, Poet Laureate 1930-67. Book signed and inscribed, an 8vo paperback edition of The Coming of Christ, Cathedral Edition published by William Heinemann, London, 1928. Signed by Masefield in bold black fountain pen ink to the half title page, 'For Douglas Wood from John Masefield, Canterbury Play, May 28 - 29 1928'; Gustav Holst (1874-1934) English Composer. Signed 4to printed score for the music composed by Holst to Masefield's The Coming of Christ, the paperback edition being an advance copy published by J. Curwen & Sons Ltd., London, 1928. Signed ('Gustav Holst') in dark fountain pen ink with his name alone to the title page. Some light overall age wear, a few small stains and other minor faults to both editions, G, 2In the 1920s Masefield wrote a large number of dramatic pieces, most based on Christian themes. To his amazement, the poet encountered a ban on the performance of plays with biblical subjects that stretched back to the Reformation and had been revived a generation earlier to prevent production of Oscar Wilde's Salome. However, a compromise was reached, and in 1928 The Coming of Christ became the first play to be performed in an English Cathedral since the Middle Ages.
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Lot 215
[DOYLE ARTHUR CONAN]: (1859-1930) Scottish Author, creator of Sherlock Holmes. A fascinating piece of memorabilia comprising a small folded piece of paper containing a dried Snow Drop flower and stalk. This being kept within a 12mo envelope, upon which is written, in bold black fountain pen ink, in the hand of Conan Doyle's wife, Jean Leckie, 'The first Snow Drop in the garden - picked by darling Arthur for one - January 14th 1917'. With age related wear and very slight foxing. G
Lot 22
MUSICAL THEATRE: Selection of signed pieces, cards, First Day Cover (1), signed photographs of different sizes (2) etc., by various composers and lyricists etc., all associated with Musical Theatre, comprising Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Ira Gershwin, Richard Rodgers, Sammy Cahn (interesting typed statement signed recounting an anecdote for Benny Green's Book of Calamities, 1981) and Lionel Bart (2 signed photographs, one by Vivienne of London). Generally VG, 7
Lot 229
COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French Writer, Designer, Playwright, Artist & Filmmaker. A.L.S., Jean Cocteau, one page, 4to, Milly-la-Foret, 6th September 1963, to Betty Judkins, in French. Cocteau announces that Simone Signoret had telephoned him and that he is leaving for Paris in four days in order to rehearse La Voix Humaine at the BBC, further commenting 'they are giving me a suitable sum but sharing between two reduces by half what I requested as accommodation expenses. “L'affaire serait énorme en Amerique” but, I told them, the contract no doubt applies to all English speaking areas' and adding 'It's the fault of the BBC I regret to say. Only I believe that Simone invents a lot'. In a postscript, part of which is written to the verso of the page, Cocteau remarks 'I have confirmed to Simone that the sharing of rights was all the same to me….' With an ink received stamp to the upper right corner, only just affecting a couple of words of text. Some very slight, extremely minor creasing and a couple of small tears to the edges, VGSimone Signoret (1921-1985) French Actress, Academy Award winner. Cocteau's La Voix Humaine ('The Human Voice') was the first of the French Writer's plays to be broadcast on BBC television when it was screened on 6th November 1963. The one-woman monologue was performed by Anouk Aimee and is set in Paris where a middle-aged woman is speaking on the telephone with her lover of the last five years. He is to marry another woman the next day, which causes her to despair. Cocteau died between writing the present letter and the BBC broadcast of his play, after suffering a heart attack on 11th October 1963.
Lot 230
COCTEAU JEAN: (1889-1963) French Writer, Designer, Playwright, Artist & Filmmaker. A.L.S., Jean Cocteau *, one page, 4to, Milly-la-Foret, 28th September 1963, to Betty Judkins, in French. Cocteau announces 'I very much like Anouk Aimee and I suppose that she puts all her heart and all her science into it' and continues to state 'As regards “La Difficulté d'étre” I do not know the language well enough to judge it', recommending that his correspondent instead contacts several other individuals whom he lists as Carl Wildman, Dame Edith Sitwell and Rosamond Lehmann, in each case providing their addresses in London. In a postscript to the head of the letter Cocteau refers to a 'horloge chinoise'. Some very slight, extremely minor creasing and a couple of small tears to the edges, VGAnouk Aimée (1932- ) French Actress who performed Cocteau's one-woman monologue La Voix Humaine ('The Human Voice') for the BBC in their first screening of one of the French Writer's plays on 6th November 1963. Carl Wildman - Playwright and translator of several of Cocteau's works including The Human Voice and Orphée. Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) British Poet & Critic, the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. Rosamond Lehmann (1901-1990) British Novelist who had translated Cocteau's The Holy Terrors (1955). La Difficulté d'étre ('The Difficulty of Being') is a collection of short autobiographical essays by Cocteau which was published in 1947. The present letter was written just less than two weeks before Cocteau died of a heart attack on 11th October 1963.
Lot 233
SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. A vintage colour picture postcard, depicting an autumnal glen entitled 'Eagle's Nest, Killarney'. Signed (G. Bernard Shaw) to a light area of the image and dated 1915. Postally used, with a New York times press cutting adhered to the verso regarding the first production in America of 'Major Barbara'. G
Lot 236
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. Three A.Ls, each two pages, 8vo, each being part of a longer letter (no longer present), including, Old Rectory House, Frimley, n.d. (Wednesday), to 'My dear' [Foy Quiller-Couch], on the personal printed stationery of Du Maurier. Du Maurier informs her correspondent 'The parents have just departed to catch the non-stop train from Farnborough, and as far as I can tell, look none the worse for their outing. We met them at 4.51… the house was shown, and the garden inspected between tea and dinner, and father smoked and mother chatted gaily.' In another, n.p., n.d., to an unidentified correspondent [Foy Quiller-Couch], Du Maurier remarks 'The Guardsman here made his first mistake, and confused apparently by the various streams of traffic that were striking out in various directions all over England, made his way with confidence in the direction of Scotland. Had it not been for a lucky signpost, we should probably have reached Edinburgh in comfortable time for…' And finally, n.p., n.d., to an unidentified correspondent [Foy Quiller-Couch], Du Maurier tells of 'an immense coffin being handled into the end compartment… the porter touched hat and murmured in my ear "The Duke of Hamilton, going home". Continuing 'The manager, with a bad cold in his head, was waiting for me in the next sleeper…The poor little fellow was in a great state of agitation because the car attendant told him we reached Glasgow at 7… I heard him exclaim in high-pitched tones, "you must understand that I am always exceedingly ill in the early morning".' With age wear, discolouration and minor foxing. G, 3Foy 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, from where the present letter was written. 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.
Lot 237
BLYTON ENID: (1897-1968) English Children's Writer. A.L.S., Enid Blyton, one page, 8vo, Old Thatch, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, 29th October 1933, to 'Dear Children' [pupils of the Open Air school in Barnsley, Yorkshire]. Blyton thanks her correspondents for their letters and order for twelve more of Bobs' books, remarking 'The printer will send you them this week. Bobs is so pleased you like his books. I keep a few in my study, & he will go and lick the covers, isn't he funny! I suppose he feels very fond of them!' Blyton continues to add 'I am sending you some cards….I hope you will like them. I've written on the back what they are' and concludes 'Bobs sends you a loud bark. Dilly sends you hugs & kisses. I send you much love. Best wishes to your teacher'. Accompanied by the four different vintage postcard photographs referred to by Blyton, two depicting Bobs in different poses, one annotated 'Bobs & the tame baby thrush' and the other 'Bobs & Sandy' by Blyton to the versos in pencil, another showing Blyton seated outdoors in her garden, annotated in pencil to the verso 'Old Thatch. I am on well with Bobs by me', and the fourth showing part of her thatched roof home, annotated by Blyton in pencil to the verso 'The new wing we built on to Old Thatch'. Some very light, extremely minor age wear and with some very slight traces of former mounting to the verso of the letter and some very slight traces of former mounting to the corners of the photographs, generally VG, 5The 'Dilly' Blyton refers to in the present letter is her eldest daughter, Gillian, who had been born in 1931. Blyton also makes references to her fox terrier dog, Bobs, who contributed a weekly letter in Blyton's magazine Sunny Stories. The letters proved so popular that in 1933, the same year as the present letter, they were published in book form as Letters from Bobs, selling 10,000 copies in the first week.
Lot 238
BLYTON ENID: (1897-1968) English Children's Writer. A.L.S., Enid Blyton, one page, 8vo, Green Hedges, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, 17th September 1938, to 'My dear Girls' [pupils of the Open Air school in Barnsley, Yorkshire]. Blyton thanks her correspondents for their lovely letters and remarks 'I think you wrote them beautifully and I was so pleased to hear your news. You had a nice lot to tell me!....I loved the postcard photograph too - what a lovely place the camp is in! It must be fun to look out over all that water.' In concluding Blyton states 'Gillian and Imogen send you hugs & kisses. Bob sends you a bark each'. Together with a vintage postcard photograph of Blyton's young daughter, Gillian, standing outdoors in a full length pose, annotated in pencil by Blyton to the verso, 'Dilly sending you a smile'. A paperclip rust stain appears to the upper and lower edges of the letter, only very slightly affecting the paraph of Blyton's signature, and with some extremely minor foxing and slight traces of former mounting to the verso of both the letter and the photograph, not affecting the annotation. About VG, 2In the present letter, Blyton refers to her young daughters Gillian, born in 1931, and Imogen, born in 1935. She also makes a reference to her fox terrier dog, Bobs, who contributed a weekly letter in Blyton's magazine Sunny Stories. The letters proved so popular that in 1933 they were published in book form as Letters from Bobs, selling 10,000 copies in the first week.
Lot 240
BLYTON ENID: (1897-1968) English Children's Writer. A.L.S., Enid Blyton, to the verso of a postcard with printed text promoting Blyton's adventure story The Secret Island, Green Hedges, Beaconsfield, n.d. (3rd February 1939), to Miss Vera Wright, a pupil at the Open Air school in Barnsley, Yorkshire. Blyton thanks her correspondent for their long and interesting letter and comments 'I thought you had written it beautifully and you did have a nice lot of news to tell me', further adding 'You had a lovely time at Christmas. So did Gillian and Imogen - they loved their stockings and the Christmas tree. They send xxx'. Some slight corner creasing and minor age wear, otherwise about VGThe Secret Island was published in 1938 and was the first in a series of five adventure novels written by Blyton and known as the Secret Series. In the present letter, Blyton refers to her young daughters Gillian, born in 1931, and Imogen, born in 1935.
Lot 243
ROWLING J.K.: (1965- ) British Author of the Harry Potter books. Book signed, a hardback edition of The Casual Vacancy, First Edition, published by Little, Brown, London, 2012. Signed ('JK Rowling') in bold black ink with her name alone to a clear area of the title-page. Bound in black cloth with dust jacket. Together with a 12mo printed ticket for the Cheltenham Literature Festival, 6th October 2012, at which Rowling was appearing to discuss her novel The Casual Vacancy and sign copies. EX, 2
Lot 251
CHICHESTER FRANCIS: (1901-1972) British Sailor & Aviator, the first person to sail single-handed around the world by the clipper route. Signed 23 x 19 print entitled Lone Adventurer, after the oil painting by the artist J. Lawrence Isherwood, the image depicting Chichester in a head and shoulders pose with his ketch, Gipsy Moth IV at sea in the background. Limited Edition 34 of 75 published by Henry Dunn of Whitefield, Manchester, 1972. Signed by Chichester with his name alone in bold pencil to the lower white border and also signed by the artist with his name alone in bold pencil to the lower white border. Framed and glazed to an overall size of 25.5 x 21.5. VG
Lot 252
ROOSEVELT MARTHA: (1835-1884) American Socialite, mother of American President Theodore Roosevelt and the paternal grandmother of Eleanor Roosevelt. A true southern belle, she is considered to have been one of the inspirations for Margaret Mitchell's character Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind. A good, lengthy A.L.S., Mittie, six pages, 8vo, Henderson, Herkimer County, 28th September 1882, to [Captain James D. Bulloch] 'My darling Brother', on mourning stationery. Roosevelt commences her letter stating 'I think of you tenderly & most lovingly as seated in that little room at Irvine's writing & thinking & looking so far away in yr. dear brown eyes', adding that she shall 'eagerly look for your book & read it with mingled feelings of pride, interest, love, all deeply permeated with the patient, thoughtful, painstaking truthful writer who tho' the revival of most of the incident must be painful in one sense must still remember thy interest such incidents will lend his book'. Roosevelt continues her charming letter with family news of their recent activities and many references to relatives and mutual friends, in part, '…the four or five months Theodore, Elliott & Corinne spent in Dresden in 1873 is always fresh in their memory - & it gave them such a spur in their German. Nannie being near Linlie will be a great comfort & advantage to her. I long to hear of her departure & first impressions….Bamie & I spend October at Tranquillity - hoping that Alice & Teddie, Corinne & Douglas & Elliott will spend some Saturdays & Sundays with us - November will find us all in the City for the winter. I wish you all could see the glorious view from The Mansion & the Farm House….clear atmosphere with every distant point & range, tree farm in view & blue either overall, then all in melting haze & great soft masses of clouds. Purple & gold sunsets, golden sun sets - then the heavens flecked with soft pink clouds & the distant hills steeped in depths of saphire (sic) blue….We took Tea with old Mr & Mrs Ward yesterday in their most comfortable Farm House which had the usual bead baskets large Bible in the best parlour & our tea was exquisite in its daintiness & brightly cleaned real silver….the Pastor of the primitive little church at the village of Henderson is a most agreeable man, a scholar & very fine preacher - Their House most pretty, cake & home made wine they refreshed us with when we called…..Douglas has gone in his dog cart for our mail at Jordanville. He is also ordering potatoes, buckwheat & maple syrup for all of our tables in the winter….Elliott is seated by Corinne reading Sidney Smith's Memoirs & Letters to her….& they are both laughing at some of the bon mots. Mr. Robinson rises at four a.m. after his toilette, he makes a little fire in his room, boils his water & makes his tea & partakes of it with bread & butter, reads & then has prayers at 7 am for the farmer….He again has prayers for us at half past eight after which we breakfast. Our table is waited on by a young girl formerly Mrs. R's Sunday School schooler. Her little brother Willie follows in John Martin's wake in overhauls far too large for him…..Elliott has been unfortunate in the illness of his horse Jack who foundered the other evening after coming in from the ride….the poor old Horse has his two feet done up & in saw dust while the Vet (as D & E say) from Utica visits him….' Roosevelt concludes by sending her love to Hariott, Jessie, Linlie, Jimmie and Stuart. A letter of wonderful content and quite scarce as a result of Roosevelt's untimely death at the age of 48 from typhoid fever. Some light creasing and very minor age wear, otherwise VGJames Dunwoody Bulloch (1823-1901) American Naval Officer, half-brother of Martha Roosevelt. Bulloch served as the Confederacy's Chief Foreign Agent in Great Britain during the American Civil War. Based in Liverpool, he operated blockade runners and commerce raiders that provided the Confederacy with its only source of hard currency. Bulloch arranged for the unofficial purchase of Confederate cotton, and the despatch of armaments and other war supplies to the South. His secret service funds are alleged to have been used for the planning of Lincoln's assassination. Never pardoned by the American Government for his role in the Civil War, he spent the rest of his life living in exile in England. The book which Roosevelt refers to in the present letter was Bulloch's The Secret Service of the Confederate States in Europe which was published in two volumes in 1883. Hariott Foster (1829-1897) Second wife of Bulloch from 1857. They had five children together, James ('Jimmie'), Jessie, Henry, Stuart and Martha Louise. Irvine Stephens Bulloch (1842-1898) American Naval Officer, brother of Martha Roosevelt. Bulloch served with the Confederate Navy during the American Civil War and was the youngest officer on the famed warship CSS Alabama, firing its last shot before it was sunk off the coast of France at the end of the Civil War. Anna Roosevelt Cowles (1855-1931) American Socialite, eldest daughter of Martha Roosevelt. Nicknamed 'Bamie', she was the older sister of Theodore Roosevelt and an aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American President 1901-09, eldest son of Martha Roosevelt. Elliott Bulloch Roosevelt (1860-1894) American Socialite, third child of Martha Roosevelt. Father of First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and the younger brother of Theodore Roosevelt. Corinne Roosevelt Robinson (1861-1933) American Poet & Writer, the youngest child of Martha Roosevelt. Sister of Theodore Roosevelt and an aunt of Eleanor Roosevelt. Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt (1861-1884) American Socialite, the first wife of Theodore Roosevelt from 1880-84. Less than two days after giving birth to their only child, Roosevelt tragically died at the age of 22 from Bright's Disease. Her mother-in-law, Martha Roosevelt, somewhat remarkably died on the same day and in the same house.
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FAMOUS MEN & WOMEN: A selection of signed First Day Covers from a variety of countries, featuring a range of topics. Signed by celebrities, public servants and professionals including: Tony Soper, Julian Pettifer, Bill Travers, Kenneth Kendall, Jim Bacon, John Kettley, Alistair Cooke, Colin Baker, Martin Brundell, Frank Muir, Sir Michael Hordern, Lord Clinton, Michael German, Ron Davies, Jerome Flynn, Lord Glenamara, Sir John Cheshire, Bill Oddie and Sir Michael Graydon. VG, 54
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NEWTON ISAAC: (1643-1727) English Mathematician, Astronomer & Physicist. A fine autograph D.S., Is. Newton, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p., 15th November 1721, to [John Grigsby] the Accountant General of the South Sea Company (‘Sr’). Newton instructs Grigsby to pay the dividends due on his holding of stock with the South Sea Company and writes, in full, ‘Pray pay to Dr Francis Fauquier the four per cent Dividend due at Midsummer last upon sixteen thousand two hundred & seventy two pounds four shillings & nine pence south sea stock in my name & his Receipt shall be your sufficient discharge from Your humble Servant, Is. Newton’. An extremely rare, bold and attractively penned document. Neatly tipped at the left edge to a contemporary oblong 8vo page removed from an album. VG Dr. John Francis Fauquier (1672-1726) Governor of the Bank of England. A French Huguenot immigrant, Fauquier came to England as a financial agent and was employed as Deputy Master of the Mint, serving under Newton and supervising copper coinage in early part of King George I’s reign. The South Sea Company was formed in 1711 with the promise of a monopoly of all trade to the Spanish colonies in South America in exchange for taking over and consolidating the national debt raised by the War of Spanish Succession (1701-1714). The value of this promise, however, was closely tied to the outcome of the war and the resulting South Sea Bubble was a complex event, the product of intersecting financial, legal, political, and cultural factors. With the War drawing to a close, there was an assumption that a treaty would be drawn up allowing trade (mainly in slaves) with Spanish America. As a result the company’s stock, with a guaranteed interest of 6%, sold well, but the relevant peace treaty, the Treaty of Utrecht made with Spain in 1713, was less favourable than had been hoped, imposing an annual tax on imported slaves and allowing the company to send only one ship each year for general trade. The success of the first voyage in 1717 was only moderate, but King George I of Great Britain became governor of the company in 1718, creating confidence in the enterprise, which was soon paying 100 % interest. In 1720 there was an incredible boom in South Sea stock, as a result of the company’s proposal, accepted by Parliament, to take over the national debt. The company expected to recoup itself from expanding trade, but chiefly from the foreseen rise in the value of its shares. These did, indeed, rise dramatically, from 128 1/2 in January 1720 to more than 1,000 in August. Those unable to buy South Sea stock were inveigled by overly optimistic company promoters or downright swindlers into unwise investments. By September the market had collapsed, and by December South Sea shares were down to 124, dragging other, including government, stock with them. Many investors were ruined, and the House of Commons ordered an inquiry, which showed that at least three ministers had accepted bribes and speculated. Many of the company’s directors were disgraced. The scandal brought Robert Walpole, Britain’s first Prime Minister, to power. He promised to seek out all those responsible for the scandal, but in the end, he sacrificed only some of those involved in order to preserve the reputations of the government’s leaders. The South Sea Company itself survived until 1853, having sold most of its rights to the Spanish government in 1750. Isaac Newton was just one of many who suffered heavy financial losses when the South Sea Company collapsed and, according to his niece, Catherine Conduitt, he lost around £20,000 – a small fortune at the time and equivalent to around £2.5 million today. It was reported that when Newton was asked about the continuance of the rising of South Sea stock he answered that ‘he could not calculate the madness of people’ and on the same subject is also quoted as remarking ‘I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men’.
Lot 265
LALANDE JOSEPH: (1732-1807) French Astronomer, Freemason and Writer. A.L.S., Dela Lande, one page, 8vo, Paris, 15th March 1782, to Comte de Saluce, in French. Lalande informs his correspondent 'Your reputation in the Sciences… inspired me with the confidence to ask you for some enlightenment for the second edition of my book Voyage to Italy.' Continuing 'The establishment of the Academy of Sciences and that of the Fine Arts are two subjects of which I would like to be able to indicate the date and the current constitution, and if there are any other notable establishments since 1766…' Adding 'I spoke in my first edition of you Sir, of Messieurs Michelotti, Gerdil, d'Antoni, Allions, Gaber, Cigna, Carcia, Bartoli, Ansaldi, Pasin, Berta, Savi… others whose celebrity warrants quoting/including… I would very much like it if you would be kind enough to point them out to me.' Further adding 'Travellers and the public that make frequent use of this book will share my recognition and I will not allow them to be ignored in my preface, and a Monsieur the Baron of Choiseul will voluntarily be responsible for passing this memoire to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.' Concluding 'I would also very much like to know when Le Probeccaria died, where Cardinal Girdil is, how many printed volumes in your Academy… ' With blank integral leaf. With a piece torn from the bottom right corner, not affecting text or signature, with signs of former mounting to verso with one corner having a small portion missing. G
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RENNIE JOHN: (1794-1874) English Civil Engineer whose constructions included the Waterloo Bridge, Southwark Bridge, and London Bridge. A.L.S., John Rennie, two pages, 8vo, Whitehall Place, London, 26th August 1841, to Allan Cunningham. Rennie apologises to his correspondent, '…absence from London has prevented me from replying to your letter about the monument to our late most excellent and beloved friend Sir David Wilkie. I can only say that I shall be most happy to assist in any way that my humble service can be useful…' Together with a second A.L.S., John Rennie, one page, 8vo, Whitehall Place, London, 13th August 1824, to Mr. Cole M.P. Rennie informs his correspondent 'You will perhaps shortly expect the Report of Mr.Wyatt and myself upon the proposed Quay between Whitehall and Waterloo Bridge.' Further adding 'Having however been detained at Plymouth longer than I expected I must ask your indulgence for a little longer time than first thought would be required.' With blank integral leaf. With minor discolouration and age related wear and a very small cut piece adhered to the left top corner of the 1824 letter, being four printed lines regarding Rennie, not affecting signature or text. G, 2Allan Cunningham (1784-1842) Scottish Poet, Author and Art Historian. Sir David Wilkie (1785-1841) Scottish painter.
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FREUD SIGMUND: (1856-1939) Austrian Neurologist, the founder of psychoanalysis. A good A.L.S., Freud, one page, 4to, Vienna, 25th December 1908, to [Friedrich Salomon Krauss] (‘My dear Colleague’), in German, on Freud’s personal printed stationery. Freud congratulates his correspondent on ‘the merging of your journal with that of Hirschfeld’ and adds that he expects ‘it will strengthen its significance in a very special manner’. The psychoanalyst continues with a request of his correspondent, ‘Today, I would like to ask you to send to press a small but very important article prepared by our colleague Ferenczi, from Budapest, who wrote it partly under my influence. This theoretical work is entitled “Introjection and Transference”. It will have only a few pages but, for a number of reasons, it should appear a few months before a paper of mine to be published in the “Annual of Psychoanalytical Research”’ and concludes ‘Therefore, February or March, or at the latest April, should be the date for your publication’. A letter of fine and important association and content. Two file holes to the left edge, and some very light creasing and a few extremely small tears, largely to the lower edge of the letter and not affecting the text or signature. About VG Friedrich Salomon Krauss (1859-1938) Croatian Austrian Jewish Sexologist. One of his first publications, a translation of Artemidoros' of Daldis “Interpretation of Dreams” was cited in Freud’s book The Interpretation of Dreams. Magnus Hirschfeld (1868-1935) Jewish German Physician and Sexologist. An outspoken advocate for sexual minorities, Hirschfeld founded the Scientific Humanitarian Committee, a group which have been considered as having carried out ‘the first advocacy for homosexual and transgender rights’. Sandor Ferenczi (1873-1933) Hungarian Psychoanalyst, a key theorist of the psychoanalytic school and a close associate of Freud. Ferenczi and Freud first met in early 1908, the same year in which the present letter was written, and an intense, lifelong personal and professional relationship developed between them. Ferenczi immediately embraced psychoanalysis and soon published his first work, Introjection and Transference, reflecting the perspective of early object relations theory. Rounding out Freud’s concept of projection, Ferenczi described ‘introjection’, a word he coined, as the powerful aspect in the formation of the internal world and the internal object. Introjection and Transference, the first publication of which Freud requests in the present letter, is now considered a masterpiece of psychoanalytical literature.
Lot 292
ROYAL AIR FORCE: Selection of individually signed aviation First Day Covers by various Marshals of the Royal Air Force, Admirals, Ministers, Squadron Leaders or their close family relatives, including Sir Frederich Rosier, R.A.B. Learoyd V.C., Sir John Barraclough, Sir Denis Spotswood, Lord Mackie of Benshie, David Craig, Muriel Dowding, James Morris, Sir Michael Beetham, Don Bennett, Sir Michael Knight, Scott Lidbetter, Sir Jock Slater etc. VG, 45
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EARHART AMELIA: (1897-1939) American Pioneer Aviatrix, the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. A good vintage blue ink signature ('Amelia Earhart'), above the signature of her husband ('G P Putnam'), both to the foot of a plain folio page. Beneath the signatures is written, in the hand of another, the date '4 Juin 1932'. With three file holes to the left edge, not affecting the signatures. VG
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COCHRAN JACQUELINE: (1906-1980) American Aviatrix. T.L.S., Jacqueline Cochran, one page, 4to, Washington D.C., 31st March 1960, to Ben Kocivar of Look magazine, on the printed stationery of the National Aeronautic Association. Cochran writes to her correspondent to solicit his participation as a member of the committee to select the 1959 winner of the Collier Trophy, awarded to an individual or group 'for the greatest achievement in aviation in America, the value of which has been thoroughly demonstrated by actual use during the preceding year'. Cochran continues to give details of the nomination and voting procedures, as well as the date and venue of the final committee meeting, stating 'Committee members are invited to submit nominations either in the field of aeronautics or in the field of astronautics whether for manned or unmanned flight.' Together with a small selection of signed pieces, cards etc., by various pioneer aviatrix including Jean Batten (2; a signed First Day Cover and a signed 4to menu for a luncheon in honour of Batten, 1937), Clara Adams (signed printed small 8vo illustrated flyer advertising the German Air Mail service to South America), Mildred Bruce etc. FR to generally G, 8
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MARTIN GLENN: (1886-1955) American Aviation Pioneer and Aircraft Manufacturer. Blue fountain pen ink signature at the base of a 12mo card featuring an original black pen and ink caricature of Martin by an amateur artist. Accompanied by a T.L.S. by Martin's assistant secretary sending the autograph to a collector, 8th July 1947. Together with a fine blue fountain pen ink signature by Martin on a white card. Also including Leslie Frise (1897-1979) British Aircraft Designer of various planes including the Blenheim, Beaufort and Brabazon among others. A good pair of vintage signed 9 x 7 photographs, the first depicting two Beaufort aircraft in flight and the second showing a Bristol Bombay aircraft on a runway. Both have been signed by Firse with his name alone in dark blue fountain pen ink to light areas of the images. Both are neatly annotated in ink by a collector to the lower white border. A couple of light surface creases and a few minor pinholes to the edges and slight corner creasing, about VG, 4
Lot 297
HINTON WALTER: (1888-1981) American Pioneer Aviator, pilot of the NC-4 seaplane on the first Transatlantic flight, commanded by A. C. Read, in 1919. Hinton was also the first pilot to fly from North America to South America. Signed commemorative Air Mail cover, featuring an attractive cachet honouring the Exchange Club Service to Aviation Tour beginning at Toledo, Ohio, 25th November 1930, piloted by Hinton. Signed by the aviator with his name alone in black fountain pen ink to a clear area. Postally cancelled at Idaho, May 1931. Together with a selection of signed clipped pieces, cards, First Day Cover (1) etc., by various famous American pilots including Eddie Rickenbacker (signed colour 8 x 11 magazine cover), Howard Rinehart, Roland Maheu (2), David McCampbell etc. A few are neatly laid down. Some very light age wear, about VG, 7
Lot 299
AMERICAN AVIATION: Selection of signed Air Mail covers, First Day Covers, signed clipped pieces, signed 8 x 10 photographs etc., by a selection of famous pilots, mainly American, including Irvin Woodring, Alford Williams, Marcel Doret, Wesley Smith, Edwin Preston, Erik Nelson, Harry Mills, Ralph Barnaby, Francis Gabreski, Hiram Bingham (T.L.S.), Donald Blakeslee, James 'Slim' Carmichael etc. Generally VG, 18
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AVIATION PIONEERS: Benjamin Abruzzo (1930-1985) American Hot Air Balloonist and Businessman. Bold black ink signature ('Ben Abruzzo') and inscription 'Double Eagle Balloon' in his hand, to a 12mo card. Together with Maxi Anderson (1934-1983) American Hot Air Balloonist and Businessman. Bold black ink signature ('Maxie Anderson') and inscription 'Double Eagle, 65 hours 19 min, Boston to Iceland' in his hand, to a 12mo card. Also including, signed black and white 6 x 9 photograph Dick Rutan (1938- ) and Jeana Yeager (1952- ) individually, the image depicting the two aviators in head and shoulders pose, wearing 'Voyager' jackets, the Rutan Model 76 Voyager being the first aircraft to fly around the world without stopping or refuelling. Signed by each in bold pen ink with their names alone to clear areas of the image. EX, 3
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ARMSTRONG NEIL: (1930-2012) American Astronaut, Commander of Apollo XI (1969). The first man to walk on the Moon. A rare 4to hardback edition of The Retrospect 1947, being the Yearbook (Volume XXXX) published by the Class of 1947 from Blume High School, Wapakoneta, Ohio, featuring various printed text and images relating to various sporting, theatrical and other events that took place throughout the year, and also including small portrait images and brief printed text relating to the students and teachers at the school, one of them being the young Neil Armstrong, with the added caption ‘He thinks, he acts, ‘tis done’ alongside his image. Signed by Armstrong in fountain pen ink to a clear area beneath his printed text with an early form of his signature in block letters. The Yearbook is also signed by eighteen further Senior classmates of Armstrong, all in fountain pen inks with their names alone alongside their portraits. Also featuring a number of annotations in the hand of a previous owner, largely indicating where various students have died, in some cases accompanied by the date of their death. A highly unusual form of Armstrong’s signature. A few pages loose and the entire contents separated from the binding and with some light overall age wear, G The young Neil Armstrong and his family consistently moved around Ohio, living in twenty different towns, before finally returning to the town of his birth, Wapakoneta, in 1944. It was during this period that Armstrong’s passion for flying grew and whilst attending Blume High School he also took flying lessons at the grassy Wapakoneta airfield.
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RESNIK JUDITH: (1949-1986) American Astronaut, a crew member of the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-51-L. Resnik was the first Jewish American to travel in space. Signed and inscribed colour 8 x 10 photograph, the official NASA image depicting Resnik in a head and shoulders pose wearing her blue NASA overalls. A model of the space shuttle can be seen in the background. Signed in black ink to a clear area of the background. Autographs of Resnik are scarce in any form as a result of her tragically early death at the age of 36 when the space shuttle Challenger was destroyed on the launch of STS-51-L. One very slight, extremely minor corner crease, otherwise EX
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ASTRONAUTS: Small selection of multiple signed colour 10 x 8 photographs and slightly smaller (1) by the crews of various space shuttle missions comprising Orbiter 51-A (Dale Gardner, David Walker, Anna Lee Fisher, Joe Allen & Rick Hauck; the first three being autopen signatures), Orbiter 51-B (Don Lind, William Thornton, Robert Overmyer and Frederick Gregory; not signed by the other three crew members), Orbiter 51-F (Tony England, Karl Henize, Story Musgrave, Loren Acton, John-David Bartoe, Gordon Fullerton & Roy Bridges) and Orbiter 51-J (Dave Hilmers, Bill Pailes, Bob Stewart, Karol Bobko & Ron Grabe). Each of the official NASA photographs depict the astronauts in group poses wearing NASA overalls and two of the images are inscribed. Neatly trimmed to the lower edge and with slight creasing (1), G to otherwise VG, 4
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