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Lot 307
ARTISTS: Selection of autograph statements signed by various artists and painters, mainly French, each one page, folio, 1930, comprising Francisque Poulbot (charming original colour crayon drawing of a young boy with a rifle over one shoulder and a sword and cannon at his feet, writing Down With War on the wall before him), Maurice Denis (in part 'Peace must be deserved....Man is driven by passion, not by what is good for him; and the passion for killing, as we see daily, is not about to disappear. In order to ensure world peace, in order to render it less precarious, or war less barbarous at least, let us return to Christianity....Soldiers shall have done more than bankers or politicians for the spirit of sacrifice to replace vile passions. Peace be in thy strength: in strength, and in moral strength.'), Moise Kisling, Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac, Georges Goursat ('SEM'; in part, 'A child born in 1914 said to its mother four years later, hearing the thunder of the armistice cannon: "Mama, will the peace last long?..." That child was right. Peace is a precarious state and bodes no good....') and Kees van Dongen (in full 'Alas, we must make war to have peace'). Some light age wear, G to VG, 6 The statements were prepared for publication in the Pax Mundi book; an anthology of sentiments on peace published in Switzerland by the World League for Peace. Between 1925 and 1932 many notable persons from around the world were asked to comment on the prospects of world peace and the volume included contributions from Marie Curie, Guglielmo Marconi, Albert Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore and many others.
Lot 335
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. Lengthy, early A.L.S., Daphne, eight pages, 8vo, Cannon Hall, Hampstead, 1st December n.y., to Foy Quiller -Couch. Du Maurier writes a boldly penned letter in red fountain pen ink, for which she apologises ('Its not the effect of du Maurier cigarettes, but I cannot find any blue or black'), and continues 'Your letter was a wild success with me; but I'm so swollen headed because of the attentions paid to me coming to town from Fowey that I'm beginning to disbelieve in your own powers of royalty with the G. W. R. [Great Western Railway]. Not only was I surrounded by every porter in Cornwall, but the station master at Lostwithiel presented to me the flower in his button hole, exclaiming with a magnificent gesture - “The last rose of summer for you”. I was ushered from carriage to carriage (as soon as they filled up) by the ticket collector who enquired tenderly after “His Lordship” and the dining car attendant swept me into a first-class saloon! I am furiously beginning to doubt the advisability of socialism in our time.' Du Maurier further writes, in a somewhat intriguing tone, 'Yes, Mr. Hony is most mysterious. I had a letter from him saying “I perfectly derive your reason for departing” (!) and adding a sentence later “You will, I presume go abroad” !! Foy, what does he mean?? Does he insinuate that I really am Mrs. Hearn, and wish to escape justice, or does he infer that I am (in the words of Mrs Barker of Philleigh) “In Trouble”. As far as I am aware neither of these charges can be laid at my door. Anyway, if my name is bandied lightly in the streets of Fowey I hope you will produce the hell of the Royal, Bodmin, and say I was with you! I may wear strange dressing gowns but I am not, as yet, so poor as to become a lady of the town. Time, and the Daily Express will show of course….By-the-way I think sawing trees has improved my dancing!! Don't laugh. It probably makes me “sway from the hips” or something! Anyway, I was on a party the other night and received complements from the gentlemen present. One creature, a little gone in wine maybe, declared I was as “light as a feather”!' The author continues 'I've got a marvellous thing for changing in every night. Black evening trousers, cream satin shirt, and black velvet jacket! You can't beat that, princess. I rather fancy myself, and try to look like Shelley! I haven't had any Daily Express urges yet, and in spite of your suggestions I intend to keep the original person as a preventative' and concludes 'London is very rainy, and foggy, and cold. But I feel surprisingly cheerful', adding in a postscript, 'I've just read in the papers that Huntley + Palmers have produced a new biscuit - said to be amazing. Don't fail to tell your mother - to whom, incidentally, I send my sincere and loving homage.' A fascinating early letter. A couple of small, minor water stains to the final page, just affecting three words of text (which remain legible) but 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. The present letter, written from Cannon Hall where the young Du Maurier grew up after her father purchased the property in 1916, would appear to date from the early 1930s, around the time that her first novel, A Loving Spirit was published (February 1931) to modest success.
Lot 253
A large and varied quantity of clear cut drinking glasses to include wine glasses by Stuart with cut foliate detail to the bowls and twisted stems, sundae glasses by Stuart with stepped bases and etched detail, further drinking glasses to include a large glass with etched Greek key and floral petal detail to the bowl with faceted waisting stem, further wine glasses, water glasses, spirit glasses, etc (two boxes)
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