Every day Sophie Dupre presents two items from her large stock of signed photographs, autograph letters, autographs for sale, royal memoralbilia and antiquarian manuscripts.
The photographs are presented with the catalogue descriptions.
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January 03
ON THIS DAY
On this day in 1892 J. R. R. Tolkien was born. He was an English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor who is best known as the author of the classic high-fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.
In 1981 Princess Alice of Albany died at the age of 102. She became the Countess of Athlone. She is the longest-lived Princess of the Blood Royal of the British Royal Family and was the last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria.
TOLKIEN ON HIS PREFATORY NOTE FOR GOOLDEN’S APPOLLONICUS
TOLKIEN (John Ronald, 1892-1973, Author of ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘Lord of the Rings’)
Fine pair of Autograph Letters Signed (one ‘J. R. R. Tolkien’ and the other ‘J.R.R.T) to Goolden (Peter, Editor of the Old English Apollonicus of Tyre) the first sending “some notes on your linguistic section, which I hope you will find useful, if not too illegible. N.B. they are notes only on what you have written: I have not had time to survey the text myself to see if there are features worth noting that you have overlooked...” the second letter says he has received a letter from Davin “right in the rush of term beginning. What do you think? I had hoped that your remarks in your preface would suffice. It is clear that the Press will publish, but they may insist on an editorial prefatory note : which means one by me. Can you assist me? You probably still have the details fairly clear in mind...", each 2 sides 8vo., no place and Merton College, Oxford, 13th January and 27th October 1957
36019
ALICE (Princess, Countess of Athlone, 1883-1981, Daughter of Leopold, Duke of Albany, Grand-daughter of Queen Victoria)
Fine portrait photo signed by both signed at the bottom left ‘Alice Mary Countess of Athlone’ with the place and date, and at the bottom right ‘Athlone’, showing them both full length, full face, the Princess in a patterned summer dress and a hat with a spray of feathers, the Earl in a light coloured suit, 9½” x 7½”, St. Lucia, 1950
55471
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