TWAIN LECTURES ON THE SUBJECTS HE KNOWS "LEAST ABOUT"
TWAIN
(Mark, 1835-1910, pseudonym of Samuel L. Clemens, American Author of Tom Sawyer) and Thomas HOOD (the Younger, 1835-1874, 'Tom Hood', Humorist)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed "Mark Twain" to "The Editor"
saying that with his "permission I desire to say to those societies in London & other cities of Great Britain under whose auspices I have partly promised to lecture, that I am called home by a cable telegram. I shall spend, with my family, the greater part of next year here, & may be able to lecture ... during the autumn upon such scientific topics as I know least about & may consequently feel least trameled in dilating upon ...", 1 side 8vo., written upside down on a piece of paper, headed 52 Bond Street, crossed out, London, 5th November together with an autograph letter signed by Tom Hoodheaded "Mark Twain's Lecture" and sending the instruction "Please pass two & oblige ...", 1 side 8vo., Fun Office, Fleet Street headed paper, 16th December
Item Date:
1873
Stock No:
38122
£7500
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FAN SIGNED BY MARK TWAIN AND MANY OTHER IMPORTANT ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS
TWAIN
(Mark, 1835-1910, pseudonym of Samuel L. Clemens, American Author of Tom Sawyer), Sarah BERNHARDT (1844-1923, Actress, 'The Divine Sarah'), Pietro MASCAGNI (1863-1945, Italian Composer), Gerhart HAUPTMANN (1862-1946, German Dramatist & Novelist, Nobel Prizewinner, 1912), Hermann SUDERMANN (1857-1928, German Novelist and Playwright), Ruggero LEONCAVALLO (1857-1919, Italian Composer), Bronislaw HUBERMAN (1882-1947, Polish Violinist), Ernest van DYCK (1861-1923, Belgian Wagnerian Tenor), Vasily VERESHCHAGIN (1842-1904, Russian Artist of the horrors of war, here in German spelling 'W. Werestchagin'), Franz von LENBACH (1836-1904, German Painter) & Felix DAHN (1834-1912, German Historian & Novelist)
Superb collection of signatures
(with a few others, including one partly with original smudge, the rest excellent), on a silk fanwith dark wood spokes and the owner's fine silver monogram 'H [von] G' under a heraldic coronet of five pearls, the fan was made in Vienna where most of the signatures were collected, a few at St Moritz, Gastein, Salzburg or Munich, they range from Sarah Bernhardt in 1893, Mark Twain in Vienna 1897 through to Felix Dahn in 1901, Gebrüder Rodeck, Vienna, circa
beautifully framed and glazed with museum glass
Item Date:
1893
Stock No:
28915
£3250
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UNTERMEYER
(Louis, 1885-1977, American poet, Anthologist, Critic and Editor)
"Selected Poems and Parodies" signed and inscribed on the front free endpaper
"For Peter, with a bow to Vandenberg, Murphy, & St Patrick - including the Ruthven snakes!", 8vo., published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, with the date embellished a small flower 17th March
Item Date:
1938
Stock No:
38645
£275
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UPCOTT
(William, 1779-1845, Librarian and Antiquary)
Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed Correspondent
saying that “to a much esteemed friend like yourself, I cannot but inscribe on the first page of this Album some frail memorial of the sentiments with which I regard him. Possibly on turning over its leaves it will remind you, when far removed from us, of those hours of pleasant converse which have now winged themselves away from us, and administer the most agreeable solace of exile and distance by reviewing the recollections which time and absence are too apt, if not to obliterate, at least to impair and diminish. This Book is destined, I conceive, to be the depository of various sentiments from various sources; but the sentiments I am striving to record, are unaffected and sincere, and flowing as directly from the Heart as any of the effusions whether in Poetry or Prose, which may be deemed worthy of a place in your Album. Accept then my warmest wishes for your happiness, mingled with heartfelt vows for your speedy return home (a word which contains within it every blessing that is permitted to us below) to enjoy the verdant landscapes and cool valleys of your native country, in exchange for the scorching gales and rocky soil of the Mauritius...”, with a note in another hand “My home is now ten thousand miles away’ Yet in my thoughts its every image fair Rises us keen, as I still lingered there, And turning me, could all I loved survey...”, 2 sides 8vo., London Institution, 12th June
Item Date:
1832
Stock No:
42154
£175
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UTTLEY
(Alice Jane, 1884-1976, Author of the 'Little Grey Rabbit' books)
Fine Typed Letter Signed with Autograph Postscript to Mrs Mackay,
saying that when she was in bed the previous night "a book slipped on my bedside table and down fell my small travelling writing case. I picked it up and put back the many papers which had fallen out. I came across various old documents, long forgotten and among them was a letter from you. I do not remember answering it ... I found a note about a letter from your son, Phillip, long ago. I think perhaps you first met my work in Housewife, - you ask me about this -, for one or two stories were taken by Housewife ... I may have been away from home, as it was in this special writing case. I hope you read 'The Swans Fly Over' which came out at Christmas. Another book of essays is written and will come out next autumn or a little later. I wonder if you have any little children now, perhaps they are all grown up. Everything changes so quickly I have to stick to the small changeless delights that I know so well. I have been gardening this afternoon, and that is a pleasure. 'Grey Rabbit finds a Shoe' comes out on the 28th, and I sent an advance copy to the Baby Prince, - which was acclaimed with pleasure by the Queen. It will have to wait until he is old enough to be read to of course . I am glad your children like Owls. I adore them ..." with the postscript that she may have written as "Plough & Harrow rings a bell, but it may be the childhood association ...", 2 sides oblong 8vo., Thackers, Beaconsfield, 21st March
Item Date:
1960
Stock No:
41468
£225
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