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Lot 370
Two gold rings, comprising one 9ct gold ring with birds holding a cabochon garnet, size N1/2, with a total gross weight of approx 4.6gms; together with a yellow metal probably 14ct goldwith a flower detail to the top set with green stones and a central old cut diamond, finger size M approx (shank has detached from head and head moves), set with green stones (possibly tourmaline) and a central old cut diamond (2) both boxed
Lot 4071
Kestner: A beautiful Kestner bisque head doll, marked to head 'M Made in Germany 16 164', pale bisque, with big brown eyes, head appears to have no damage or cracks, body also appears good with no obvious breaks or cracks, open mouth revealing four front teeth, sleep eyes, blonde long human hair, original old underclothes, cream and brown later silk dress, 79cm/31" approx.
Lot 4081
Armand Marseille: An Armand Marseille bisque head doll, deep blue eyes, long brown human hair, body appears in good condition, as found, open mouth to reveal four front teeth, neck incised '390n A. 13 M.', re-dressed in deep gold silk dress, overlayed in lace, wearing a straw hat, 76cm/30" approx.
Lot 4085
Armand Marseille: A pair of Armand Marseille bisque head dolls, one inscribed to the back of the head 'A.M. Germany 551./5.', open mouth doll, cloth body, 23 inches, eyes working, together with another Armand Marseille bisque head doll, inscribed to back of neck 'Armand Marseille Germany 590 A.9.M.', open mouth, revealing four teeth, open and closed eyes, fingers and feet appear complete, 24 inches long. (2)
Lot 4088
Armand Marseille: An Armand Marseille bisque head doll, open mouth, revealing four top teeth, blue eyes, composition body, stamped to back of head, 'Armand Marseille, Germany, 390, A. 6. M', 23 inches long, head appears undamaged, some losses to fingers together with an Armand Marseille black baby bisque head doll, inscribed to the back of the head, 'A.M. Germany 351./6.K.', losses to fingers, otherwise appears undamaged to head. (2)
Lot 4089
Armand Marseille: An Armand Marseille open-mouth, bisque head doll, composite body, wearing a later, vintage cotton dress, marked to the back of the head 'A.M Koppelsdorf Germany 996. A. 7. M.'Condition Report: Right eye doesn't shut properly, slight losses to fingers, head appears undamaged.
Lot 4148
Cameras: One box of assorted cameras to comprise: Yashica Electro 35 (5), Yashica MG-1, Yashica FX-3, Yashica Minimatic-C, Yashica MG-1, Yashica MF 35, Yashica M-II, Yashica Minister-D, Yashica Minister, Yashica Minister III, Yashica Lynx-1000, Yashica Ic, Yashica FX-1, Yashica Minister-D, Yashica FX-3. (one box)
Lot 4153
Cameras: One box of assorted cameras to comprise: Minolta XG2, Minolta XG1, Minolta SRT101b, Minoltina-P, Konica C35, Konica Autoreflex T, Konica Auto, Konica Autoreflex TC, Fujica ST605, Fujica ST701, Fujicarex II, Fujica AZ-1, Fujica ST605n, Zorki-4K, Minolta Hi-Matic 6, Minolta XG-M, Minolta XG9, and others. (one box)
Lot 614
Two boxed Matchbox diecast models from the 'Major Pack' range, M-2 Articulated Freight Truck, 'Lep' black base and M-8 Mobilgas Tanker, both appear G+/VG in G boxes together with a King Size No 4 'International Tractor', VG in G+/VG box, another KS-4 F/G and dusty in G+ box and a K-11 containing a somewhat dusty trailer and a tractor from the 1-75 series (No 39 Ford) and K-11 both F in a F box. (5)
Lot 552
A boxed Matchbox MG-1 'Showroom and Service Station' with yellow base and red building, missing roof sign, otherwise G and may benefit from careful cleaning, in P/F box with grubbiness, crushing, creasing, tears and missing one inner tab and a portion of the lip of one end flap. Also included in this lot are A1a Esso Petrol Pumps and Sign and an M-1 BP Autotanker, all G, unboxed.
Lot 593
Ten empty boxes for Matchbox 'King Size series' models and two empty 'M-7 Cattle Truck' boxes, some with with detached tabs and flaps, crushing and tears, condition of boxes ranges from F to G. Also included in this lot are two unboxed King Size models and parts of two Major Pack models. (16)
Lot 408
A mixed lot of boxed and carded diecast models by Matchbox including several different models from the 'Models of Yesteryear' range, a boxed G-5 M-O-Y Gift Set, an 'Ultra-Class' BMW 750iL, and a 'Skybusters' Space Mission craft. Also included in this lot is a re-release of the Lesney 'Coronation Coach' signed by Les Smith O.B.E.. Overall models appear G+ in packaging ranging from F to G+. (46)
Lot 158
Tiffany & Co Service for Six "Chrysanthemum" Sterling Silver Flatware. Includes: 6 luncheon forks, 6 salad forks, 6 spoons, 6 teaspoons, 6 luncheon knives, and pie/cake server with original dust bags. Stamped with makers mark, sterling, Pat. 1880 M. to handle. Good condition. Forks measures 6-3/4" Long. Weighs approx. 65.02 troy ounces with knives and server, weighs approx. 47.31 troy ounces without knives and server. Shipping $125.00 (estimate $2000-$3000)
Lot 187
CHANNING MARK: (1879-1943) British Author of thriller and adventure novels, many featuring the Secret Service agent Colin Gray. Series of thirteen A.Ls.S. and one T.L.S., Mark Channing, (and two with his first name only, and one signed with his initials only), twenty pages (total), generally 4to and 8vo, Chelsea & Newhaven, August 1933 - May 1937, all to Eileen M. Cond. In a number of the letters Channing discusses a property he should like to purchase and enquires as to whether his correspondent knows of 'a timbered 4-6 room cottage which is for sale?', specifying that 'it must have a garden in which nightingales sing in nightingale time' (25th August 1933), further remarking 'Indeed I was serious about the cottage I am looking for…Please, instead of stopping keeping an eye open, keep open both your kind eyes!' (28th August 1933), and in other letters he also refers to his work, 'Have you a Boots' circulating library near you? If you have, and will ask them for "White Python" they will get it for you. When you have read it, I hope you will let me know whether you like it. It has just gone into its third edition' (25th May 1934), 'My next book will be called "The Poisoned Mountain"….Your criticism of "White Python" interested me. I don't think you'll find my next novel too fantastic' (25th March 1935), 'I am expecting to finish my new book "IndianMosaic" (a series of pen pictures of the India I knew & loved for 20 years) before Xmas. But…I may, when it is written, decide not to publish it, but to write another novel & let this semi-autobiography simmer, or mature. I do not feel that my readers wd. be much interested….they'd far prefer, I imagine, a tale I'd thought out on the lines of "King Cobra" - wh. story, by the way, has just finished running with Figaro! (Paris).' (28th November 1935),'My new book -(semi-autobiographical)- comes out….very shortly. Let me know how you like it, & why so, or not so!' (7th May 1936), 'Yes, you sent me your kind opinion of Indian Mosaic, in wh. you said I had not said enough about elephants! But you did not tell me what you wd. like my next "adventure story" to be about. So I have started on a Himalayan adventure with a new hero & heroine' (16th September 1936), 'My kitten is exceedingly flattered to receive your message & is sitting on the top half of this sheet of paper, as if censoring all my remarks! Heaven knows when I'll finish my new book. Haven't started it yet. I'm too busy trying to "see" it' (6th October 1936), 'I have to give a resume of KingCobra very swiftly & describe my previous characters - Colin, Diana….so that the reader who has not read 'K.C.' shall understand the background. And believe me, that is a tiresome business. At the 9th attempt I have gotten together a first chapter wh. I fancy will stand.' (21st December n.y.), 'The writing of the new novel - a Colin Gray thriller, but not wildly impossible - proceeds, but slowly. It is to be called "Nine Lives" & will (naturally) contain a kitten - my kitten. In the end it - but I won't spoil the story for you by telling you it in advance!' (10th December n.y.). Also including a promotional postcard issued for The Poisoned Mountain, featuring a portrait of Channing and various printed texts, signed and inscribed by Channing with his initials, two greetings cards, one signed by Channing and the other by the author on behalf of his cat, and two unsigned candid 2.5 x 4 photographs of Channing standing outdoors, in one of the images holding his cat. Some light overall age wear and a few of the letters with minor paperclip rust stains. G to generally about VG, 19
Lot 243
MITCHELL MARGARET: (1900-1949) American Author of Gone with the Wind, Pulitzer Prize winner, 1937. Brief T.L.S., Margaret M. Marsh, one page, 4to, Atlanta, Georgia, 1st March 1939, to Mrs. Mills, on her personal printed stationery. Mitchell states, in full, 'I am returning the clippings which I enjoyed so much. Thank you for letting me see them.' Together with a fountain pen ink signature ('Mrs. John Marsh') on an oblong 12mo piece neatly clipped from the return address panel of an envelope, also bearing Mitchell's address in Atlanta, Georgia, in her hand. Some very light, extremely minor age wear, about VG, 2
Lot 263
THACKERAY WILLIAM MAKEPEACE: (1811-1863) English Novelist of Vanity Fair (1847-48). A.L.S., W M Thackeray, in his sloping hand, one page, oblong 8vo, Sheffield, 16th February 1857, to 'My dear Leith'. Thackeray writes, in full, 'Alas! Who knows when I shall ever dine with my friends in London again? Your dinner is over I see these two days. I was unwell at Halifax when it came off, and received your kind note only the day after. I am on a 2 months cruise, and not a dining out man for months to come'. Some very light age wear, otherwise VG
Lot 188
LITERATURE: Selection of T.Ls.S. and a few A.Ls.S. by various writers, novelists and playwrights etc., some related to crime fiction, including Marion Chesney (signed 'M C Beaton'), Ken Follett, Frederick Forsyth (making a reference to his book The Fist of God and stating 'Some of the passages, I fear, were pretty brutal and I was in two minds on occasion as to whether I should write them that way. But people who know that area and that peculiarly evil regime rather well assured me that they were quite accurate as to what goes on', and also discussing his upcoming work concerning Russia, 'At the moment my principal fear is that Russia will pre-empt me and collapse before I am ready - so inconsiderate, these foreigners!', 10th January 1995), Michael Gilbert, Robert Barnard (2), Catherine Aird, Jeffrey Archer (3), Morris West (2), Ted Allbeury (2; in one referring to KGB, CIA and MI6 agents being alike), Tom Clancy, John Mortimer etc. Also including a signed hardback edition of The Body Farm by Patricia Cornwell, reprinted edition published by Little, Brown and Company, 1994. Signed by Cornwell with her name alone in bold black ink to the title page. Accompanied by the dust jacket. Most of the letters have interesting content relating to the writer's work. VG, 20
Lot 105
WILDE OSCAR: (1854-1900) Irish Playwright and Novelist. Brief A.L.S., Oscar Wilde, one page, 8vo, Tite Street, Chelsea, n.d. (c. 1889), to Mr. Arthur Fish. Wilde writes, in full, 'The name of the lady is 'Miss Muir Mackenzie'-I can't get her Christian name, so put the heading 'By Miss M…Mc. etc.' With blank integral leaf. With light age wear, otherwise VGArthur Fish, Wilde's assistant during his editorship of The Woman's World, a position Wilde held from November 1887 to October 1889. The referenced work by Miss Mackenzie, 'Sunday Club for Working Boys in Paris', was published in the magazine's second volume, 1889.
Lot 266
FORSTER E. M.: (1879-1970) English Novelist of A Room with a View (1908) and A Passage to India (1924). A.L.S., E M Forster, two pages, oblong 8vo, Bombay, India, 14th December 1945, to Creagh Coen. Forster exclaims 'It is maddening' and continues 'If “contacts” had been a little earlier I could have joined you. But I had just fixed up to go to Delhi, and had told friends at Calcutta to come and meet me there if they wanted to. So I shan't be with you….I am much disappointed, and think it very good of you to have taken so much trouble about me'. Forster also mentions several mutual friends and acquaintances, one of whom Forster met the previous evening 'at a cinematogenic drinking party'. A series of paperclip rust stains appear to the head of each page, only very slightly affecting the date but not Forster's text or signature, otherwise VG Forster's correspondent is likely to have been Terence Creagh Coen, author of The Indian Political Service: A Study in Indirect Rule.
Lot 289
BARRIE J. M.: (1860-1937) Scottish Novelist, created Peter Pan. A.L.S., J. M. Barrie, one page, 8vo, Lancaster Gate, 2nd December 1905, to Mr. Hammerton. Barrie writes, in full, 'I don't have a thing, and am very sorry. May the magazine flourish under you. And thank you for your pleasant words about my plays'. With blank integral leaf. VG Barrie correspondent is most likely to be John Alexander Hammerton (1871-1949) Scottish Journalist and Editor of encyclopedias and other reference works. Hammerton had joined Alfred Harmsworth's Amalgamated Press in 1905, the same year as the present letter, and would later edit a biography of Barrie.
Lot 35
FRY ROGER: (1866-1934) English Painter & Critic, a member of the Bloomsbury Group. A.L.S., Roger Fry, two pages, 8vo, Durbins, Guildford, 14th February 1912, to 'Dear Madam'. Fry states that he has been handed his correspondent's letter by his sister Margery ('I won't deny that you are wise to have sent it that way as she is a person who gets obeyed') and adds that he would like to come and lecture in Cardiff, explaining 'I fear my usual lecture fees might seem to you too high £10.10….what would you be able without undue strain to offer me', further remarking 'Forgive this mercenary question? But there will be considerable expenses outside travelling in the matter of slides, since I think it would be foolish not to have a demonstration with magic lantern, otherwise many people will not know at all what I am talking about'. An attractive, boldly penned letter. About EX Fry's correspondent was apparently a Miss. M. E. Howell, associated with the Suffragette movement.
Lot 226
WILLIAMS TENNESSEE: (1911-1983) American Playwright who adapted much of his best work for the cinema. Pulitzer Prize winner 1948 & 1955. A good, interesting A.L.S., Tenn Williams, one page, 4to (written to the verso of a T.L.S. to the playwright from M. David Samples, a college teacher in New York), n.p. (New York), 8th June 1972, to Mr. Samples. Williams responds to the letter from Samples, dated 5th June 1972, in which the teacher writes, in part, 'I understand you will be on hand for discussion following performances this week….I am bringing to a close my class on Contemporary Dramatic Literature with a study of your plays. The students have posed a number of questions which I am naturally unable to answer…..I hoped you might find a moment to pen an answer. They would, of course, be so terribly impressed if the answer came directly from the playwright. Several students seem to feel a definite parallel between certain characters in your one acts, and events as well, that appear to have been reused, expanded or used in variation later in your full lengths. For example, Portrait of a Madonna and Streetcar Named Desire, Lord Byron's Love Letter and Glass Menagerie etc. Or is it merely the ideas that seem similar?'. The playwright initially apologises for writing his reply on the verso of his correspondent's letter ('I am in the dressing room without stationery') and continues to address the observations presented to him, 'I am mystified by the parallel between "Lord Byron's" & "Glass Menagerie" - but I am surely well aware that there is a continuity of concerns and ideas running through my fiction and plays', further adding 'This seems to be true of all "organic writing" - I am sure you know what I mean'. A letter of fine literary content with references to his first major success. Some traces of former mounting to the upper and lower edges of the recto (featuring the letter of Samples) which has resulted in some very minor staining to the upper and lower edges of the verso, only very minimally affecting the date and a few words of the letter by Williams. Otherwise VG The Glass Menagerie (1944) is a five-character memory play by Williams with strong autobiographical elements, reflecting closely on his own unhappy family background. The playwas Williams's first major success, catapulting him from obscurity to fame and pathing the way for his reputation as one of America's most highly respected playwrights.
Lot 255
An original manuscript to an unproduced film POTTER DENNIS: (1935-1994) English Dramatist & Screenwriter. Autograph Manuscript, signed ('Dennis Potter', to the holograph title page), 165 pages, 8vo, n.p., 27th February 1980. The handsomely bound manuscript is of Potter's unproduced screenplay for a film project entitled Unexpected Valleys, commissioned by the director and choreographer Herbert Ross. Set at the time of writing, the screenplay has a balletic theme and explores life, death, love and relationships, with the action taking place in Manhattan, New York, and Los Angeles, California. Potter's work centres on the major characters of the ballet dancers Zina Gant ('a beautiful dancer….in her twenties, approaching all sorts of peaks and maybe an unexpected valley or two….') and Gregor ('a sardonic, mildly cynical yet secretly vulnerable character dancer….in his late 40s….a Russian who defected well over a decade ago….') and the Californian based writer Daniel Westenberg (who suffers from alcoholic tendencies, occasionally falling off the wagon, and is experiencing writer's block) and his estranged wife, Ruth ('a quietly rather than strikingly pretty woman in her early thirties'). They are supported by a small cast including Ned, another dancer with Zina and Gregor's company, Nick, a music student who plays the violin, Daniel and Ruth's son, Simon (who becomes unexpectedly hospitalised) and Tony, Westenberg's literary agent. Potter opens with a scene set on Madison Avenue where Zina and Gregor, whilst having dinner in a basement restaurant, encounter an elderly Russian lady, whom Gregor recognises as Natalia Vaganovna. Described as an eccentric recluse with the appearance of a vagabond, Vaganovna is nonetheless a former dancer, a revered name in the world of ballet, who, when she defected to the West in the 1950s, caused a diplomatic storm. Gregor and Vaganovna have a brief, but frosty, exchange of words in their native tongue before Vaganovna promptly leaves the restaurant, only to result in drastic consequences that continue to haunt Zina throughout the story. The plot subsequently follows the life of the nymphomaniac Zina ('she is reaching her climax, with a hungry, demanding intensity that helps illuminate what men would call her “promiscuity”….she likes it, and how!') whose numerous sexual encounters result in her being forced to make not just one, but several, life changing decisions. Potter entwines the action between Zina's life and that of Daniel, a former lover who remains infatuated with the ballerina. Zina and Daniel's paths cross again as the writer finds himself in New York whilst researching Natalia Vaganovna for a book he is struggling to complete on defectors and Western culture. Typical of Potter's screenplays, the personalities within Unexpected Valleys are interlinked and their destinies are revealed as the screenplay concludes with a perhaps surprising outcome, 'They were growing anxious for they saw now that the house might be hidden anywhere between them and the mountains. Then came an unexpected valley, narrow with steep sides, that opened suddenly at their feet'. Potter's manuscript, which features just a minimal number of minor corrections in his hand, is typically neatly written on individually numbered pages and comprises over 300 numbered scenes complete with slug lines, screen directions and dialogue. Unexpected Valleys demonstrates many characteristics found in Potter's other screenplays as he explores the concept of betrayal and provides various flashbacks throughout the work. Potter pioneered the use of music in his dramatisations and the present manuscript is no exception with various scenes being acted to music including extracts from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet and Bizet's Carmen, as well as incorporating Cole Porter's song Night and Day and Lilly & Loesser's I've Got Spurs That Jingle Jangle Jingle. The manuscript is written on good quality cream paper with uncut edges and is attractively bound in half morocco over green marbled boards by The Abrams Bindery of Wellington, Somerset and also features gilt decoration, a panel to the front gilt stamped with the title and Potter's name, and further gilt decoration and title stamped to the spine. About EXORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS OF POTTER'S WORKS RARELY APPEAR ON THE MARKET. Indeed, American Book Prices Current do not record any as having previously being offered at auction and what is described as 'the complete archive' of Potter's manuscripts, unpublished works and initial drafts is held at The Dean Heritage Centre in Gloucestershire, the county of his birth. Their archive includes Potter's original typescript of Unexpected Valleys, dated December 1979, and a manuscript notebook, of a rather plainer appearance than the present manuscript, and which is also somewhat shorter, running to 120 pages. Unexpected Valleys (occasionally also referred to as The Next Step) is an unproduced work that was originally commissioned by Herbert Ross as a sequel to his 1977 film The Turning Point, a drama which also centred on the world of ballet in New York and was written by Arthur Laurents. Starring Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft and Mikhail Baryshnikov, The Turning Point was nominated for eleven Academy Awards including the Best Picture Oscar.Herbert Ross had met Dennis Potter whilst directing Nijinsky at Shepperton Studios in 1978 and invited him to write the screenplay for his next project, which resulted in the present manuscript for Unexpected Valleys, completed in early 1980. However, Ross did not progress with his plans for Unexpected Valleys, instead commissioning Potter to adapt Pennies from Heaven for the silver screen. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released the film version of Potter's musical drama series (originally broadcast by the BBC in 1978) in 1981 as an 'anti-musical' with actors Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters and Christopher Walken all taking roles. A box office disaster which received a mixed critical reaction, the film version of Pennies from Heaven was poorly handled in production in Potter's view (he was apparently ordered by M-G-M to rewrite the script thirteen times) and significant cuts were made to the film following initial test screenings. However, it did result in Potter being nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.The copyright for Unexpected Valleys is not offered with the lot, and any prospective buyers should contact the Potter family agent with any concerns or questions regarding the copyright associated with this work.We are indebted to Nicola Wynn of the Dean Heritage Centre for her assistance in researching Potter's screenplay.
Lot 46
ART: Selection of A.Ls.S., a few T.Ls.S., signed pieces and letterheads etc., by various Sculptors, Architects and Photographers including Giles Gilbert Scott, Emanuel Vincent Harris (whose works included Nottinghamshire County Hall), William Curtis Green, Evan Owen Williams (whose joint works included the Dorchester Hotel, London; Williams was also responsible for the Boots building in Nottingham, the M1 motorway and Gravelly Hill Interchange, the latter popularly known as Spaghetti Junction), Gilbert Ledward (designed the Great Seal of the Realm, 1953), Alfred Frank Hardiman (whose best known and most controversial work is the Earl Haig Memorial), Clare Sheridan (cousin of Winston Churchill), Ernest Gillick, Adrian Jones (created Peace descending on the Quadriga of War on top of the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park Corner), James Abbe (A.L.S. referring to the Spanish Civil War, of which he took photographs, in part 'It's difficult to predict when the conflict in Spain will end, but it will like everything else, someday', 1936), Salomon van Abbe (two A.Ls.S., in one referring to an 'excellent reproduction of my portrait of the ex-King (alas)', also including the signed colour 8 x 10.5 reproduction of King Edward VIII, December 1936). All of the letters and signatures were sent to the English collector Eileen M. Cond in the 1930s. A few with paperclip rust stains, generally VG, 14
Lot 164
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. A.L.S., D du M, to the verso of a picture postcard depicting du Maurier's home, Menabilly, n.d., to an unknown correspondent. Du Maurier titles her photograph 'Menabilly - or Brydon's Dream Palace' continuing to inform her correspondent, in part, 'Thank you so much for my birthday Penguin which I read & finished last night. Very good…You see by this card how class-conscious I am with the old Ford 1933 vintage as status symbol. You'd better take a holiday in Cornwall and come and “call”.' Further annotated 'Menabilly' in du Maurier's hand, to a clear area of the photograph. With very minor creasing, otherwise VG
Lot 223
SANDBURG CARL: (1878-1967) American Poet and Writer, Pulitzer Prize winner 1919, 1940 & 1951. Brief T.L.S., Carl Sandburg, one page, oblong 8vo, Chicago, 19th May 1924, to Preston M. Nolan, on the printed stationery of the Chicago Daily News Editorial Rooms. Sandburg informs his correspondent, in full, 'I have enjoyed “Pertinent and Impertinent” and put your book among things to read again.' With light age wear, otherwise VG
Lot 45
ARTISTS: Selection of A.Ls.S., a few T.Ls.S., signed pieces and letterheads etc., by various Painters and Artists including Sydney Lee, Cowan Dobson (with a small ink sketch of a palette and brush beneath his signature), Molly Bishop (Lady Montagu-Douglas-Scott), Leonard Campbell Taylor, Algernon Newton, Peter Scott, Alfred Kingsley Lawrence (with a small ink illustration of an eye alongside his signature), Kitty Shannon (2), Algernon Talmage (A.L.S., in part, 'I should think that it is impossible that my picture in the RA this year is the largest there. I conclude that you have read that in the press. But almost every statement that I have read in the press regarding the RA has been incorrect, it nearly always is', 1937), Harold Dearden, Kurt Winkler (2), Fortunio Matania etc. All of the letters and signatures were sent to the English collector Eileen M. Cond in the 1930s. A few with slight traces of former mounting, generally VG, 18
Lot 245
CAIN JAMES M.: (1892-1977) American Novelist of hardboiled Crime fiction. Several of Cain's novels inspired highly successful movies including Double Indemnity, Mildred Pierce and The Postman Always Rings Twice. T.L.S., James M Cain, one page, 4to, Los Angeles, 25th January 1946, to the Editors of Newsweek in New York, on the printed stationary of RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. Cain informs his correspondents, in full, 'Your review of The Spiral Staircase is excellent, but not one word in it discusses the producer of this remarkable picture, Dore Schary, or the writer, Mel Dinelli. The omission of such credits in New York reviews is quite common, but wholly bewildering to anyone in the picture business. Siodmak is unquestionably a good director, but he didn't come in until Dinelli had done the script under Schary's direction, and the script, as anyone here will tell you, is 90% of the grief on a moving picture. These bouquets your reviewers toss around for "performances" and such things, are all right as far as they go, but your reviews would have more savvy if occasionally you dealt with the more important values of a picture in terms of those you are responsible for them. This is not for publication, merely a suggestion from a regular reader.' A letter of good content. With light creasing and minor dust staining. GIsadore Schary (1905-1980) American Film Director, Writer, and Producer.Mel Dinelli (1912-1991) American Writer for Theatre, Radio, Film and Magazines, usually in the suspense genre.Robert Siodmak (1900-1973) German Film Director.
Lot 155
POUND EZRA: (1885-1972) American expatriate Poet, a major figure in the Modernist movement. A.N.S., with his initials, E.P., to the ample left margin of a postcard which features a portrait of the poet in a head and shoulders pose to the right side (and, as such, could also be considered a signed photograph), Brunnenburg, Merano, Italy, n.d. (1959), to Madame L. M. Theis in Sussex. Pound writes, in full, 'Thanks I like cuttings when etc.'. With a typed address and postmark to the verso. Some very light, minor age wear, otherwise VG Schloss Brunnenburg, a 13th century castle, was the home of Pound's daughter, Mary de Rachewiltz, and her husband. The poet stayed with his daughter and her family in 1958 after returning from the United States and wrote the last six of his 116 'Cantos' from The Cantos whilst residing in the castle. The Cantos is generally considered one of the most significant works of modernist poetry of the 20th century.
Lot 235
COWARD NOEL: (1899-1973) English Actor & Playwright, Academy Award winner. D.S., Noel Coward, six pages, folio, n.p. (London), 1st April 1966. The typed document is an agreement made between Coward and H. M. Tennent Ltd. of the Globe Theatre in London, in which Coward grants Tennent the sole and exclusive licence to perform three plays by Coward entitled A Song at Twilight, Come Into the Garden Maud and Shadows of the Evening, agreeing that the plays be produced in a first class manner and opening at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin before transferring to the West End, and that Coward shall receive 10% of the gross weekly box office receipts, rising to 15% if he himself is performing in the plays. The document also states that the actresses Lilli Palmer and Irene Worth have also both been engaged to co-star with Coward. Signed by Coward at the conclusion. Tied with the original green ribbon and incorporating a second D.S., Noel Coward, one page, 4to, n.p. (London), 1st April 1966, being a supplemental memorandum to the agreement. Signed by Coward at the foot. Both of Coward's signatures are across violet revenue stamps. Unusual in this form. VG
Lot 133
Denmark 1857-1938 Collection on old time printed leaves,m&u ranges with useful;we note a decent offering of classics with some 4 margin imperfs inc 1852 4s brown imperf,1853 2s blue;later perforated skilling values,a fresh mint range of 1929/30 issues with sets,50 ore and 1K airs,d/dues /later fu etc Cat well in excess of Euro 1000,the mint cat Euro 760 Original unpicked lot (approx 170)
Lot 191
Italy 1863 -1922 Compact yet valuable collection on 3 annotated leaves with better and hi cat stamps, m& (chiefly,u);we note 1863 2L pale scarlet,1878 surcharged officials,1879 King Umberto low vals mint(3,cat £2100),1889 5L red and green light used(cat £750),1891 5L carmine and blue fu,1922 o’printed Trieste Philatelic Congress 10c,15c,25c cds with Trieste cancels (cat £975-not expertised) etc Scores The better items excluding Trieste o’printed issues cat £3500+ Condition varies ,some imperfections but generally sound
Lot 66
Auction Catalogues. A large collection of approximately 140 modern art auction catalogues from Sotheby's & Christie's, including Bowie/Collector, The Personal Art Collection of David Bowie, parts 1-3, 2016, Chƒteau de Groussay, volumes 1-3, plus Index, 1999, The Maurice & Margo Collection, 1999, The Rostropovich-Vishnevskaya Collection, 2007, Succession de M. Henri Samuel, 1996, all original wrappers, some in slipcases, condition is generally very good, 8vo (3 shelves)
Lot 7
Becher (Bernd & Hilla). Water Towers, 1st English language edition, MIT Press, 1988, original plates from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, together with Adie (Donald W.), Marinas, A Working Guide to their Development and Design, 3rd edition, London & New York, 1984, black and white illustrations including many from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, rubbed, plus Maitland (Barry), The New Architecture of the Retail Mall, 1st edition, 1990, black and white and some colour illustrations, original cloth in slightly rubbed dust jacket, both small folio, plus Pegler (Martin M., editor), Successful Food Merchandising and Display, 1st edition, New York, 1989, colour illustrations from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, a little rubbed, 4to, plus other mostly dust-jacketed modern publications on public architecture and related, the majority with library number paper labels at foot of spines (46)
Lot 11
Latham (Charles). In English Homes, volumes 1-3, 1904-09, numerous black and white illustrations, all edges gilt, uniform original gilt decorated blue cloth, boards and spines slightly rubbed to head and foot, folio, together with Tipping (H. Avray), English Homes of the Early Renaissance, circa 1910, numerous black and white illustrations, all edges gilt, original blue cloth, boards and spines rubbed to head and foot, folio, and Kreisel (Heinrich), Die Kunst des deutschen M”bels, Germany, 1968, numerous colour and black and white illustrations, original green cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly rubbed with small tears to head and foot, large 4to, plus 12 further volumes of furniture reference, folio/4to (17)
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