Lot 27
Commonplace Book, manuscripts, drawings, watercolours and ephemera, in several hands, including: pencil drawing of a castle in the Gulf of Akaba; Martin Tupper autograph poem etc., original blind-stamped boards, 1844-85.
Hammer Price: £300
Description
Commonplace Book, manuscripts, drawings, watercolours and ephemera, 50pp. excluding blanks and with ephemera loosely inserted, with contributions, in several hands, some pasted in, from multiple people, including: autograph inscription, partly in Fijian by James Calvert, missionary in Fiji; pencil drawing of a castle in the Gulf of Akaba; pencil drawing of The Lower Loch Erne by Mary F. Cameron; Martin Tupper autograph poem (marked "original copy”) coupled with an autograph letter to an editor by Tupper regarding proofs (published as "Self-Reliance" but the autograph poem uses the different title "Individuality”), also with an early photograph of Tupper; Chinese inscription of a poem signed Tyeng Howqua (?Howqua Valley in Victoria, Australia), some ff. loose or working loose, original blind-stamped boards, rubbed, covers detached, spine defective with small loss, g.e., sm. 4to, 1844-85.
Description
Commonplace Book, manuscripts, drawings, watercolours and ephemera, 50pp. excluding blanks and with ephemera loosely inserted, with contributions, in several hands, some pasted in, from multiple people, including: autograph inscription, partly in Fijian by James Calvert, missionary in Fiji; pencil drawing of a castle in the Gulf of Akaba; pencil drawing of The Lower Loch Erne by Mary F. Cameron; Martin Tupper autograph poem (marked "original copy”) coupled with an autograph letter to an editor by Tupper regarding proofs (published as "Self-Reliance" but the autograph poem uses the different title "Individuality”), also with an early photograph of Tupper; Chinese inscription of a poem signed Tyeng Howqua (?Howqua Valley in Victoria, Australia), some ff. loose or working loose, original blind-stamped boards, rubbed, covers detached, spine defective with small loss, g.e., sm. 4to, 1844-85.
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