Manuscripts, Literature & History, Modern First Editions
Sale held on
Thursday 16th October 2008
Auction Results
(Hammer prices are shown exclusive of buyer's premium, VAT or other applicable charges)
Print a Summary Sheet 241. Churchill ( Sir Winston Spencer, statesman … Portrait photograph of Churchill working at … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
£380
242. Pudney (John, poet and journalist … 2 Typed Letters signed and 1 Autograph Letter … (details)
estimate: £200 – £250
unsold
243. RAF.- Rey (N.R., Flight Engineer )Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£50
244. Trenchard (H.M., first Viscount Trenchard … 2 Typed Letters signed to “Mrs … (details)
estimate: £60 – £80
£65
245. Montgomery (Bernard Law, first Viscount … Photograph posctard signed of Montgomery … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
unsold
246. Tolkien (J.R.R., author and philologist … Typed Letter signed to a female ?member of … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
unsold
247. Churchill ( Sir Winston Leonard Spencer … Pair of sheepskin gloves, with typed … (details)
estimate: £400 – £600
unsold
248. Searle (Ronald, artist and writer, b. 1920 … [Autograph album]. This book belongs to … (details)
estimate: £600 – £800
£400
249. Churchill ( Sir Winston Spencer … Photograph of Sir Winston Churchill … (details)
estimate: £500 – £700
£650
250. Maugham (William Somerset, writer … Typed Letter signed to Bonnie Ann de Meio … (details)
estimate: £60 – £80
£70
251. Miles (Bernard, Baron Miles, 1907-91)Letters to Bernard Miles on the opening of … (details)
estimate: £150 – £200
£175
252. Essex.- Mountford (Douglas, teacher, of … View over Chingford, manuscript, 52pp … (details)
estimate: £200 – £300
unsold
253. Shakespeare (William, playwright and … [Shakespeare’s coat of arms], pen … (details)
estimate: £80 – £120
unsold
254. Asimov (Isaac, author and professor of … Autograph Postcard signed to Jean-Louis M … (details)
estimate: £80 – £120
£45
255. Olivier (Laurence, Baron Olivier, actor … Typed Letter signed to Mary Leigh, 1p., 8vo … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
£80
256. Durrell (Lawrence, novelist and poet … 2 Typed Letters (1 signed “Larry … (details)
estimate: £300 – £400
£400
257. Scannell (Vernon, poet and author … Large archive of letters and articles sent to … (details)
estimate: £4000 – £6000
£6000
258. Auden (W.H.)Poems, first trade edition , John … (details)
estimate: £120 – £180
unsold
259. Auden (W.H.)New Year Letter, first edition , Nell … (details)
estimate: £100 – £150
unsold
260. Beerbohm ( Sir Max, caricaturist and … Autograph Letter signed to Peter Burra, 2pp … (details)
estimate: £1500 – £2000
unsold