FROM ISTANBUL TO CANNES
COE
(Robert Douglas, 1902-1985, American Career Diplomat)
Guest book following the career of this diplomat,
on the front are the names of the places he had been posted to with the dates in gilt, with the title "Guest Book of Robert Coe", the signatures include celebrities and Royals from all fields and include Sir Hugh CASSON (1910-1999, Architect, President of the Royal Academy), Sir Sacheverell SITWELL (1897-1980, Poet and Writer on the Arts, from 1969 6th Baronet), Evelyn WAUGH (1903-1966, Author), his frequent visitor Daphne FIELDING (1904-1997, Author), UMBERTO II (1904-1983, last King of Italy), Oliver MESSEL (1904-1978, Artist and Stage Designer) and Wallis DUCHESS OF WINDSOR (Wallis Simpson, 1896-1986, Wife of Edward VIII), red morocco bound 4to., 1931 to
Item Date:
1959
Stock No:
39360
£1500
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COLLIER
(Mortimer, 1831-1915, Farmer, of Horrabridge)
Autograph Letter Signed to G.W. Ormerod,
thanking him for the copy of "'Annals of Teynbridge' which as one of the oldest Hon[orar]y members, I shall find very interesting", 1 side 8vo., Foxhams, Horrabridge, South Devon, 6th May
Item Date:
1889
Stock No:
56160
£45
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COLLINS
(W. Wilkie, 1824-1889, Novelist, Author of 'The Moonstone')
Fine Portrait Wood Engraving, by Ebenezer Landells,
(1808-1860, pupil of Bewick, and the original head engraver of Punch), showing him seated nearly three quarter length, his bearded head in profile, his left arm resting on the back of his chair, and wearing a jacket with velvet collar, 7¾" x 5¾" oval within margins 9¾" x 6½" including Collins' facsimile subscription and signature below, also with monogram 'WL' and 'E. Landells' within the image, in window mount 15" x 11½", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
56064
£150
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COLLINS
(Norman Richard, 1907-1982, Journalist and Television Administrator)
Typed Letter Signed to Alastair Wallace,
at the Government African School, Nandi, Kenya, saying "It really is cheering to learn that anything that one has written continues to give pleasure in that way ... The Hampstead Garden Suburb is of course not really London at all, but as you say ... a pleasant spot in which to live", Wallace's question "about Basil Bouchier amuses me ... his successor, one Father Rennie, came round to ask me if I had based my own cleric upon himself", he wonders if "St. Jude's tends to have a somewhat highly coloured kind of incumbent", 1 side 4to, High Definition Films Limited, 25 Catherine Street, Aldwych, W.C.2., 15th September
neat filing holes in blank margin, one corner defective and mark in top margin
Item Date:
1952
Stock No:
16930
£15
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CONNOLLY
(Cyril, 1903-1974, Writer and Critic, Editor of 'Horizon', 1940-1949)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs ZIEGLER,
about her difficulties in receiving 'Horizon', "I find you have a card correctly addressed, & there should therefore be no confusion with the other Mrs Ziegler ... The index is typed on to envelopes ... which are sent off by the printer", and asking for the missing numbers, 1 side postcard, address on verso, 'Horizon', 6 Selwyn House, Lansdowne Terrace, W.C.1., 21st April
remains of laying down on address side without loss
Item Date:
1941
Stock No:
55900
£40
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