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| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Autograph Auction (Day 1 of 2) | |||
| Auctioneer: | IAA International Autograph Auctions Ltd | Location: | RADISSON EDWARDIAN HOTEL, HEATHROW |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)115 845 1010 Fax: +44 (0)115 845 1009 | ||
| Date: | 8th June 2013 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | VIEWING: On the day of the auction from 9.00 a.m. and will continue throughout the duration of the auction MIDLANDS VIEWING: Only in the week prior to the auction at our offices at Foxhall Business Centre |
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| Auction Lots - Page 13 | |||
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| DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. T.L.S., Daphne, four pages, 8vo, Kilmarth, Par, Cornwall, 26th September 1974, to 'My Dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier writes a social letter and announces 'I made the most fearful mistake! It was your birthday on the 18th, and Clara's is tomorrow, the 27th!….and I hastened to make amends by going into the pottery shop in Fowey and finding you this card of a charger of the imperial Guard to remind you of your riding days! Not that Ginger or Peggy looked quite like this, but never mind - the riding-horse that used to be in the nursery was surely similar.' Du Maurier also recounts the circumstances surrounding 'a mysterious telephone call' and refers to domestic help and the experiences of her children, 'Nannies for young children are a thing of the past, and when I telephoned Kits today after lunch he told me Olive had been obliged to go into Maidenhead and to do her shopping, and to fetch the boys later from school, while he was sitting at home minding little Miss Grace aged three months, who, having screamed when put down in her cot, would only stay quiet if he sat in her the living-room and let her watch the television! My dear..at three months, what is the world coming to?' VG £100 - 120 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. |
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| 602 | |||
| DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. A.L.S, Daphne, 8vo, two pages, n.p, Saturday Lunch 10, to 'My Dear' (Foy Quiller-Couch). Du Maurier writes a social letter to her friend saying she is sending her two letter and 'a batch of U.S. clippings', continuing 'Have you been sent you American copies yet? I have my first English one to hand, which I feel Mrs Smith should have. Let me know her new name, & I will sign my copy & forward it to you for your signature.' VG £100 - 120 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. |
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| 603 | |||
| [DU MAURIER DAPHNE]: (1907-1989) British Author. BROWNING FREDERICK (1896-1965) British Lieutenant-General of World War II, husband of Du Maurier. A.L.S., with his family name Guardsman, two pages, 8vo, Menabilly, Par, Cornwall, 25th April 1964, to 'My dear Foy'. Browning announces 'The shafts arrived safely this morning and please do not worry about arranging for them to be transported….as I can quite easily arrange that.' and continues 'I will have the new ones put in hand as soon as possible and will let you know when they are ready to collect.' VG £80 - 100 |
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| 604 | |||
| COOPER JAMES FENIMORE: (1789-1851) American Writer of The Last of the Mohicans (1826). D.S., J. Fenimore Cooper, being a signed cheque, Cooperstown, 20th August 1832. The partially printed cheque, completed in Cooper's hand and numbered 749, is drawn on the Otsego County Bank and made payable to David Weeks for the sum of $21. A red circular bank cancellation only very slightly affects the signature. Slightly irregularly trimmed and with a small area of paper loss in the lower right corner, not affecting the text or signature, about VG £80 - 100 |
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| 605 | |||
| HOLMES OLIVER WENDELL: (1809-1894) American Author. A.L.S, Oliver Wendell Holmes, one page, 8vo Boston, 29th March 1887, to [Dr Robert Clark]. Holmes briefly writes, in full, 'It gives me pleasure to comply with your right request'. With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Holmes. VG £80 - 100 |
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| 606 | |||
| TWAIN MARK: (1835-1910) American Author. A.L.S., S.L. Clemens, one page, 8vo, Vienna, 5th May 1899, to [Ambrose Poynter of London]. On the stationery of Hotel Krantz, Twain writes in full 'No, of course I have no objection. The way of it & the details, are set down in a book of mine - "Old Times on the Mississippi"(Chatto & Windus) & I will refer you to that. I do not remember which chapter it is in & I have no copy of the book by me; but it is in the book somewhere'. With blank integral leaf. Some light age wear and very minor corner creasing, about VG £1000 - 1200 Ambrose Poynter (1796-1886) English Architect. |
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| 607 | |||
| HUBBARD ELBERT: (1856-1915) American Writer, Publisher & Artist, an influential exponent of the Arts and Crafts Movement. Hubbard died on board the RMS Lusitania when it was sunk by a German submarine in May 1915. Vintage signed and inscribed 7 x 10 print of an etching of Hubbard in a head and shoulders pose. Signed in bold blue fountain pen ink to a light area at the base, 'To Cecilia Goldsmit, with all kind wishes from her Uncle, Elbert Hubbard'. Matted in blue and burgundy to an overall size of 13 x 15.5. Some very light, minor surface creasing, otherwise VG £100 - 150 |
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| 608 | |||
| LONDON JACK: (1876 - 1916) American Author of The Call of the Wild (1903). T.L.S, Jack London, one page, 4to, California, 26th December 1910, to Elinor Glyn. London announces 'After wandering around on the edge of the world for some several years, I am at last home' and continues 'I like your books so well that I have a proposition to make. I see by the leaflet issued by Duffield Company, that you have eight (8) books on the market. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll autograph any dozen of mine that you may select, and will exchange them for your eight ----- autographed by you, of course.' He concludes 'If you're ever out here in California, and can stand roughing it, Mrs. London and I should be delighted to have you visit us on our ranch.' A letter of good association. VG £150 - 200 Elinor Glyn (1864-1943) British Novelist who coined the use of the phrase It as a euphemism for sex appeal. |
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| 609 | |||
| LONDON JACK: (1876 - 1916) American Author of The Call of the Wild (1903). T.L.S, Jack London, one page, oblong 8vo, California, 1st March 1911, to Elinor Glyn. London states that he has just returned to his ranch and explains that it is too late for him to send the books to New York so has instead sent them to the Ritz Hotel in London. He continues 'To save my life, remembering your disinclination for sociological studies and novels, I have been hard-put to find enough of my books on the ranch to send you. I have managed to dig up eleven. Please tell me how you like some of them' and further remarks 'When I tell you that this is the first time I ever exchanged books, or offered to exchange books with anybody, you will appreciate the almost maidenly embarrassment with which I awaited an answer from you'. A letter of good association. Two very small, minor spots of foxing, not affecting the signature, otherwise VG £150 - 200 Elinor Glyn (1864-1943) British Novelist who coined the use of the phrase It as a euphemism for sex appeal. |
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| 610 | |||
| STEINBECK JOHN: (1902-1968) American Writer, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1962. A.L.S., with his initials J.S, to the inside of a small folding 8vo Greetings card featuring a colour illustration of a lace boar to the front, 6th June 1963, to [Howard Gossage]. Steinbeck writes a curious letter, in full, 'Back to the Wall? Push it down with a World Rover. This is the answer to quiet desperation. How long is it since you have been alone? When did you last take inventory of yourself. Togetherness destroys the fine edge of all parties. You don't have to kill your wife - just take off for awhile and indulge in some unagonizing reappraisal. What's it like off the highway? World Rover is a landship of discovery and you may discover yourself - the one you lost so long ago. Tom gets home from school tonight. I am going to put him to designing. I'll send the results. Next year he wants to skirt the whole Mediterranean all the way from the gates of Hercules African side clear around to the Rock European side. That would be a trip. Maybe he can. I hope so. I mean this. I think is a definite longing to be alone.' VG £400 - 600 |
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| 611 | |||
| KING STEPHEN: (1947- ) American Author of Horror, Suspense and Science Fiction works. Signed and inscribed 10 x 8 photograph of King outdoors, seated in a full length pose on a large lawn roller. The publicity still bears a printed caption at the base stating, in part, that King is seated upon 'one of the evil cast of characters in…..Maximum Overdrive, which marks his directorial debut.' Signed by King in blue ink to a light area at the head of the image, 'For Fred, Step under my gravel roller? Stephen King' and dated 4th March 1987 in his hand. Signed photographs of King are scarce. EX £100 - 120 Maximum Overdrive (1986) is an American action-disaster-horror-science fiction film written and directed by King. The author's only directorial effort, King himself described the film as a "moron movie" and vowed never to direct again. |
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| 612 | |||
| ZOLA EMILE: (1840-1902) French Writer. A.L.S., Emile Zola, one page, 8vo, n.p., July 1893, to a gentleman, in French. Zola states that he will be in Paris on Monday and invites his correspondent to come and talk with him in the evening regarding a biographical work. Very slightly unevenly trimmed, particularly to the upper edge, causing a small area of paper loss, just affecting the text, but not the signature. Laid down to a page removed from an autograph album. FR £100 - 150 |
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| 613 | |||
| SARTRE JEAN PAUL: (1905-1980) French Philosopher & Novelist. Blue ink signature on a white card. Together with John Betjeman (1906-1984) British Poet Laureate 1972-84. Vintage fountain pen ink signature ('J Betjeman') on a white card. Also including Daphne du Maurier (1907-1989) British Author. Blue ink signature and four additional words in her hand on a white card. VG to EX, 3 £100 - 120 |
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| 614 | |||
| SINYAVSKY ANDREI: (1925-1997) Russian Writer, Dissident & Political Prisoner. Book signed, a small 8vo paperback edition of Thoughts Unaware by Abram Terz (pseudonym of Sinyavsky), published by Echo Press of Munich in Cyrillic. Signed by Sinyavsky in black ink with both forms of his signature, and a short greeting in Cyrillic, to the half title page and also dated 23rd October 1977 in his hand. About EX £100 - 120 |
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| 615 | |||
| LITERATURE: Small selection of individually signed gilt edged oblong 12mo cards by various Austrian and German writers, playwrights etc., comprising Arthur Schnitzler, Ludwig Fulda, Rudolf Hans Bartsch, Bernhard Kellermann, Otto Ernst, Victor Bluthgen (A.Q.S.), Hugo Salus and also including a card signed by August Bebel (1840-1913) German Marxist Politician. G (1) otherwise VG to EX, 8 £100 - 120 |
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| 616 | |||
| LITERATURE: Selection of signed pieces, cards, signed photographs of various sizes, some letters etc., by various female writers and novelists, including P.D. James (2), Dorothy L. Sayers, Ruth Rendell (4), Lynda La Plante, Elizabeth Beresford (2), Hannah Hauxwell (3), Esther Freud, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Maeve Binchy, Beryl Bainbridge, Catherine Cookson, Jackie Collins, Daphne Du Maurier, Barbara Cartland (2), Danielle Steel, Monica Dickens, Margaret Drabble, Fay Weldon, Rosamund Pilcher, Germaine Greer, Jilly Cooper, etc. A little duplication. Generally VG, 79 £100 - 120 |
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| 617 | |||
| LITERATURE: Selection of signed pieces, cards, signed photographs of various sizes, some letters etc., by various male writers and novelists, including John LeCarre, Andrew Motion, Dick Francis (2), Gerald Durrell, Colin Dexter, Richard Adams, Hammond Innes, Frederick Forsyth, Bernard Cornwell, James Herbert, Harold Pinter, Nick Butterworth, Len Deighton, Raymond Briggs, Ian Rankin, Tom Sharpe, Dick King-Smith (2), Michael Bond, Winston Graham, Roger McGough, Melvyn Bragg, Jeffrey Archer, Jonathan Miller, Leslie Thomas, John Mortimer, Bernard Braden, Tom Stoppard, Neil Simon, Quentin Blake, Hernan Wouk, James Herriot, Wilbur Smith, Arthur Hailey, Peter Shaffer, Terry Pratchett, Alan Bennett, etc. A little duplication. Generally VG, 106 £100 - 120 |
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| 618 | |||
| LITERATURE: Small selection of A.Ls.S, T.L.S (1), signed First Day Cover (1), by various writers, novelists and poets, comprising Henry Miller, Allen Ginsberg, Annie Shepherd Swan, James Dickey and John Updike. VG, 5 £100 - 150 |
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| 619 | |||
AUTOGRAPHS: Selection of signed pieces, A.Ls.S., T.L.S., signed 8 x 10 photographs (2) etc., by a variety of writers and artists etc., including Graham Greene (signed piece neatly laid down beneath a colour postcard reproduction of a painting of Greene), Anthony Burgess (to Vivian Ellis, expressing admiration of his work), John Galsworthy (2), Paul Gallico, Helmut Newton etc. FR to G, 7 £100 - 150SCIENCE & EXPLORATION |
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| 620 | |||
| CALDANI LEOPOLDO: (1725-1813) Italian Anatomist & Physiologist. Scarce D.S., Caldani, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., in Latin. The holograph document is a prescription for the treatment of venereal disease, based on Dr. Salvadori's cure, and lists specific amounts of Sarsaparilla, herbs, leaves, flowers, Mercury and Aluminium, with instructions as to mixing and applying the concoction, 'Mix and place in a glazed pot then add a quantity of spring water. Boil the pot at medium or slightly higher temperature. Press the decoction hard and save the liquid obtained in a glass vase, close it and store in a cool place. Apply a tepid dose of the serum, after shaking it, on the sick person's head. Should the patient not recover thanks to this treatment in a reasonable period of time, repeat the dose as often as possible.' VG £150 - 200 Matteo Salvadori (1736-1808) Italian Physician. |
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| 621 | |||
| ARAGO FRANCOIS: (1786-1853) French Mathematician & Physicist. Prime Minister of France May - June 1848. A.L.S., F Arago, two pages, 8vo, Paris, 28th July 1837, to Madame H. de Fonvielle, on the printed stationery of the Municipal Council, Department of the Seine, in French. Arago states 'I have been looking, literally, for the last 24 hours, for the volume by Mr. William Matthews on the hydraulic establishments of London' and adds that he remembers lending her the book, and it being returned, although further writing 'So it is only as a last resort that I am troubling you, to ask you to check whether the 'Hydraulia' could possibly have remained among your husband's books. You will easily understand how important it is to me to be able to quote an English author on the subject of the imperfections of the filtering system used in London.' With integral address leaf. Some light age wear and minor staining, G £150 - 200 |
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| 622 | |||
| DAVY HUMPHRY: (1778-1829) British Chemist & Inventor. A.L.S., H Davy, one page, 8vo, n.p., 15th January 1826, to [George J. P. Scrope]. Davy writes, in full, 'I return you my thanks for the honour you have done me in sending me your book on Volcanoes which I shall read with great attention & interest.' A couple of very minor, light stains in the upper left corner, not affecting the text or signature. VG £250 - 350 George J. P. Scrope (1797-1876) English Geologist. His Considerations on Volcanoes, leading to the establishment of a new theory of the Earth, had been published in 1825. |
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| 623 | |||
| BARRY MARTIN: (1802-1855) British Physician. A.L.S., Martin Barry, one page, 4to, Lothian Street, 12th May n.y., to a friend. Barry announces that Walter C. Trevelyan has requested that their company at breakfast and continuing 'After breakfast thou will have an opportunity of making a selection from the duplicates', further providing his address in St. Andrew's Square. Some light traces of former mounting to the verso, causing a little light staining to the text, and with a small area of paper loss and tear to the left edge. About G £100 - 120 Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879) English Naturalist & Geologist. |
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| 624 | |||
| LYELL CHARLES: (1797-1875) British Geologist, a close and influential friend of Charles Darwin. A.L.S., Chas Lyell, one page, 8vo, Harley Street, 12th February 1867, to H. M. Jenkins, inviting him to dine as his guest at the anniversary of the Geological Society. With blank integral leaf. Together with a second A.L.S., Charles Lyell, two pages, 8vo, Harley Street, 13th February 1858, to Professor Cotta, in French (untranslated). Some light staining to the second letter, G to about VG, 2 £100 - 150 |
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| 625 | |||
| DARWIN CHARLES: (1809-1882) English Naturalist. Bold, dark fountain pen ink signature ('Charles Darwin') with the address and date, Down, Kent, 19th May 1876 in his hand, on a small 8vo sheet of notepaper. Further annotated in his hand at the base of the page, 'with Mr. D's compliments'. A very minor smudge just affects the concluding three letters of Darwin's signature. Lightly mounted to an 8vo page removed from an autograph album and with light discoloration to the corners, not affecting the signature or text. About VG £200 - 300 |
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| 626 | |||
| STEINMETZ CHARLES P.: (1865-1923) German-American Mathematician & Electrical Engineer. Small selection of three Ds.S., Charles P. Steinmetz, each being signed cheques, Schenectady, New York, May 1904 - April 1907. Each of the partially printed cheques are drawn on The Schenectady Trust Company and are completed in Steinmetz's hand, made payable to various individuals, including the New York Electrical Society, for various amounts from $3 to $15.85. Each with bank cancellations, only one slightly affecting the signature. Generally VG, 3 £80 - 120 |
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| 627 | |||
| EDISON THOMAS: (1847-1931) American Inventor of the phonograph and light bulb among many other items. D.S., Thos A Edison, using his "umbrella" signature, being a signed cheque, West Orange, New Jersey, 10th April 1928. The partially printed cheque is drawn on the account of the Edison Botonic Research Corporation at the Savings Investment & Trust Company and is made payable to the Tension Envelope Co. for the sum of $21.44. Edison´s bold blue fountain pen ink signature is only very slightly affected by a small perforated bank cancellation. VG £100 - 150 |
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| 628 | |||
| EDISON THOMAS: (1847-1931) American Inventor of the phonograph and light bulb among many other items. A.N.S., Edison, one page, 4to, n.p., 6th November 1920, to John P. Constable. In bold pencil Edison writes a note at the base of a letter to him from Constable, stating, in full, 'I suppose you have made scratch record tests & everything. If so I approve if saving in cost is as you report.' Constable's letter, dated 5th November 1920, to Edison states, in part, 'At Mr. Maxwell's request I am sending you latest prints of filing partition cardboard. The limits and specifications now represent an economical price'. Some light overall uniform age toning, presumably caused by previous framing, and an area of paper loss in the upper right corner, and a couple of neat tears to the edges, none affecting the text or signatures, G £200 - 300 |
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| 629 | |||
| WHITEHEAD ALFRED N.: (1861-1947) English Mathematician & Philosopher. Scarce A.L.S., Alfred, one page, 8vo, Radnor Hall, 15th September 1934, to Professor J. H. Woods ('Dear Jim'). Whitehead thanks his correspondent for the loan of some books and remarks 'We have had many long hours during this summer and are very grateful.' In concluding he wishes Woods luck and asks him to come back in May ('That will be luck for us'). Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Whitehead. One small, very neat split to the right edge of the central horizontal fold, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise EX £250 - 350 |
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| 630 | |||
| RAMSAY WILLIAM: (1852-1916) Scottish Chemist, Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, 1904. A.L.S., W. Ramsay, two pages, 8vo, Regent's Park, 24th February 1907, to Dr. [H. Charlton] Bastian. Ramsay refers to a paper which he feels should have been submitted in his own name, remarking 'As a matter of fact, I sent it to Moissan, whom I asked to place it in the best hands for publication, and urged him to do his best to get it published. After the mere heading had appeared, he wrote regretting that it had not been accepted.' He continues 'You see I don't know the biological or medical set in Paris, & did what I thought would give your paper the best chance. I fancy that Pasteur's influence, as you say, still dominates the Academie des Sciences.' With blank integral leaf. Together with a selection of A.Ls.S, T.Ls.S, etc, by various other Nobel Prize winners, including Riccardo Giacconi, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, Martin Chalfie, Paul Nurse, Robert Aumann, Herbert Kroemer, etc. VG to EX, 16 £150 - 200 Henry Charlton Bastian (1837-1915) English Physiologist and Neurologist. |
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| 631 | |||
| NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS: Selection of signed First Day Covers, by various Nobel Prize winners, including John Sulston (2), Mairead Corrigan, Maguire, Milton Freidman, Peter Mansfield (2), Peter Agre (2), Ahmed Zewail, Dan Shechtman, Roger Kornberg, Martin Chalfie, Herbert Kromer, Ricardo Giaccni, Joseph Stiglitz, John Gurdon (2), Jules Hoffman, Alfred Gilman, etc. G to VG, 20 £100 - 120 |
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| 632 | |||
| LIVINGSTONE DAVID: (1813-1873) Scottish Missionary & Explorer. Dark fountain pen ink signature ('David Livingstone') and four additional lines of text in his hand on a piece neatly removed from the conclusion of a letter. VG £200 - 300 |
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| 633 | |||
| OATES LAWRENCE: (1880-1912) British Antarctic Explorer. Rare A.L.S., L E G Oates, one page, 8vo, Rimington's Column, near Tafel Kop, 7th March 1902, to his Mother. Oates writes in pencil, announcing 'We are in the middle of a drive having left the Harrismith Bethlehem blockhouse line the day after I wrote you last,' and continues 'This note will go in tomorrow to Tafel Kop where there is a garrison. We move on at 7 tomorrow.' With blank integral leaf. Accompanied by the original envelope hand addressed by Oates. EX £1000 - 1500 |
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| 634 | |||
| POLAR EXPLORATION: Frederick J. Hooper (1891-1955) British Royal Navy officer, served as a Steward on Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition 1910-13. Bold blue fountain pen ink signature ('F. J. Hooper, Late of Captain R. F. Scott's Expedition to the South Pole 1910-13') on a page removed from an autograph album, dated 4th May 1939 in his hand. With a small circular printed logo of The Antarctic Club neatly affixed above the signature; Edward R. G. R. Evans (1881-1957) British Naval officer and Antarctic Explorer, Second-in-Command on Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition 1910-13. Brief T.L.S., E. R. Evans, Rear Admiral, one page, oblong 8vo (most likely neatly trimmed), Sloane Court, London, 22nd April 1932, to Miss. Hooton, forwarding his autograph; Raymond Priestley (1886-1974) British Geologist and Antarctic Explorer, a member of Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod Expedition 1907-09 and Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition 1910-13. Brief A.L.S., Raymond Priestley, one page, 8vo, London, 10th November 1958, to Mr. Davis, on the printed stationery of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Scientific Bureau. Priestley states 'As I was for 15 years Vice Chancellor of the University of Birmingham it would certainly be unreasonable of me to refuse...' Generally VG, 3 £100 - 150 |
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| 635 | |||
| EVEREST EXPEDITION 1953: A page removed from an autograph album individually signed in bold blue fountain pen ink by two members of the Everest Expedition of 1953, Edmund Hillary and Lord John Hunt. Also signed at the base by Doug Scott (1941- , English Mountaineer), adding Everest 1975 in his hand alongside his signature. Together with a second page removed from an autograph album individually signed by the mountaineers Frank Smythe and George Ingle Finch. About VG, 2 £100 - 150 |
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| 636 | |||
| EVEREST EXPEDITION 1953: A First Day Cover individually signed by Edmund Hillary (1919-2008) New Zealand Mountaineer, the first man, with Tenzing Norgay, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953 and Tenzing Norgay (1914-1986) Nepalese Indian Sherpa Mountaineer, the first man, with Edmund Hillary, to reach the summit of Mount Everest, 1953, commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the first ascent of Mount Everest, the cover issued by the Kingdom of Nepal and postmarked at Namche Bazar, 29th May 1978, and with an inset sterling silver commemorative medal. Signed by both Hillary and Tenzing with their names alone in black inks to a clear area of the cover. Contained in the original plastic presentation wallet and accompanied by the relevant certificates etc. VG £100 - 150 |
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| 637 | |||
| EXPLORERS: Selection of signed First Day Covers, a few T.Ls.S, etc, by various explorers, sailors, etc, including Francis Chichester, John Blashford-Snell (2), Ranulph Fiennes, Robin Knox-Johnston, Donald MacMillan, Finn Ronne, Alec Rose, Laurens van der Post, Thor Heyerdahl, etc. Generally VG, 12 £100 - 120 |
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CHICHESTER FRANCIS: (1901-1972) British Sailor & Aviator. Book signed, a hardback edition of Gipsy Moth Circles the World, being a deluxe advance issue of the First Edition, published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1967. Signed by Chichester to a green and cream embossed printed page and numbered 148 of 500, December 1967. Bound in the original full dark green calf with gilt titles to spine and Chichester's facsimile signature in gilt to the front board. All edges gilt. Contained in the original green paper covered box. Some light scuffing and age wear to the boards. Together with signed hardback editions of My Lively Lady by Alec Rose, First Standard Edition published by Nautical Publishing Company in association with George G. Harrap & Co., London, 1968, and The Tigris Expedition - In Search of Our Beginnings by Thor Heyerdahl, First Edition published by George Allen & Unwin, London, 1980, both accompanied by the dust wrappers. Generally VG, 3 £100 - 120END OF FIRST DAY OF SALE |
| Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD | |||
| Autograph Auction (Day 1 of 2) | |||
| Auctioneer: | IAA International Autograph Auctions Ltd | Location: | RADISSON EDWARDIAN HOTEL, HEATHROW |
| Contact: | Tel: +44 (0)115 845 1010 Fax: +44 (0)115 845 1009 | ||
| Date: | 8th June 2013 | Time: | 11:00AM |
| Details: | VIEWING: On the day of the auction from 9.00 a.m. and will continue throughout the duration of the auction MIDLANDS VIEWING: Only in the week prior to the auction at our offices at Foxhall Business Centre |
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