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Lot 320
GRUBB DAVIS: (1919-1980) American Novelist, author of The Night of The Hunter (1953). T.L.S., Davis Grubb, two pages, 4to, n.p. (Louisiana), 26th January 1976, to Barrie Rawson in Australia. Grubb informs his correspondent 'No book has appeared since The Barefoot Man and I am just getting into another one, the tentative title of which is Let The Clocks Run Down. It is (a switch) about a Conspiracy to Prevent the President from Being Assassinated and that's all I am going to tell you about it (I don't really know much more) save to say that, as I now envision it, it will have all and more of the suspense and excitement of The Night of The Hunter or The Watchman' and continues 'I begin a book with a desparate (sic) idea in which I half-believe, force myself to continue, and soon become so hooked with the idea that I am forced to complete it out of curiosity to see how it will all come out. Much of the same motive works in reading a book, I suppose.' He further writes 'one of the strongest literary influences in my life as a writing man has always been that brave, tragic New Zealand genius Katherine Mansfield. She and Kipling and Stevenson just about complete that pattern and the other two have associations not too remote from Australia' and also refers to several of his books, recommending that his correspondent tries and locates a copy of A Tree Full of Stars at the Gotham Book Mart in New York. In concluding Grubb reflects 'The kinship which art establishes for a writer is of a most delicate and yet substantial nature. Letters from far corners of the earth don't come often but when they do they are like the warm breath of exotic breezes against one's weary brow. A writer wonders -- at least I do -- when he sits down amid the solitudes and begins the first picking at his typewriter who (if anyone) is going to be hearing his small, lost voice....' Beneath his signature Grubb has added a small original drawing of a flower. A letter of interesting content. Some very light creasing and minor age wear, otherwise VG
Lot 215
after: Rene Magritte, Belgian (1898-1967) Color Lithograph "Typewriter". Signed Lower Right. Numbered 247/300 Lower Left. Good Condition or better, not examined outside the frame. Measures 26 Inches by 30 Inches. Frame Measures 42 Inches by 50 Inches. We will not ship this item due to its size. We will happily recommend a list of outside vendors upon request.
Lot 459
A substantial and varied miscellaneous collection to include a late 19th/early 20th century tin chest with painted finish bearing the name J Ashford Smith, containing iron boot lasts, a vintage fire bell, alarm clock, a typewriter, a small industrial stool, an oversized vintage champagne bottle (lacking contents), several servants bells on sprung frame, vintage lamps, a vintage Union Jack, a Chinese dinner tray with gilded detail, etc
Lot 166
EPHEMERA, selection, inc. brochures, tourist issues, Lancs, Bucks, Devon, Derbys etc; Dennis Knight activity books, maps, Canada Dry Mixture game, Derbyshire & Sons Models (5), railway postcards, typewriter cleaning kit, Wills Woodbine and other dominoes, Colgate painting sets, recipe cards, razors etc., good VR, Qty.
Lot 707
German Army / Waffen SS Field Typewriter complete with its original wooden storage box which retains much of the original green paint finish. Interior of the case has the original paper label. SS runes above the number 5 key, these have been worn so are not as clear as other keys. The typewriter was made by Olympia and has their makers mark.
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