James Bond on Bond Street

The Jon Gilbert Collection

Ian Fleming | Fleming family autographs, 1930s

No reserve

UK: Greenford Park WarehouseNo ReservesMargin Scheme

Lot Closed

September 22, 01:08 PM GMT

Estimate

700 - 900 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Fleming family

A double-sided leaf from a visitor's book, 1930s

A RARE COLLECTION OF EARLY AUTOGRAPHS.

Signatures include:

Ian Fleming (1908-64)

Michael Fleming (1913-40). Youngest brother of Ian

Letitia Fleming (1913-2002). Wife of Michael, Ian's sister-in-law

Patrick Borthwick (1908-1994). Brother of Letitia

Gerald Coke (1907-1990). Merchant banker and arts patron. Collected music manuscripts. Noted in the Leonard Russell mss. at the Lilly Library, where Ian Fleming's James Bond manuscripts are held.

Lady Viola Dundas (1910-1995). Daughter of Lawrence Dundas, Second Marquess of Zetland, British Secretary of State for India

Sir Egerton Hood Murray Hamond-Graeme (1877-1969). Fifth Baronet, of Holly Grove, Berkshire

Jock Milns West (1909-2004). Motorcyclist, manager of AJS Motorcycles. Rode in ten T.T. races and two Grand Prix. Brooklands Gold Star Holder.

Darwin, Charles | A rare leaf from The Descent of Man, Darwin’s epoch-making treatise

Estimate:150,000 - 250,000 USD

Monet, Claude

Lettre autographe signée à un ami, 1er avril 1926. Émouvant billet du peintre alors âgé de 85 ans.

Estimate:1,000 - 1,500 EUR

[Monet, Claude] ─ Sacha Guitry

Portrait de Claude Monet. [1915]. Avec une lettre de Guitry au peintre.

Estimate:4,000 - 5,000 EUR

Michaux, Henri

Précieux ensemble de 5 éditions illustrées de l'auteur : Labyrinthes ; Peintures et Dessins ; Comme un ensablement, etc. Exemplaires de tête : avec illustrations, suites, lithographies signées, etc. Reliés par Leroux ou Miguet.

Estimate:3,000 - 5,000 EUR

Cros, Charles

Le Coffret de santal. 1879. Deuxième édition en partie originale. Avec un envoi à Jules Truffier.

Estimate:1,000 - 1,500 EUR

Dickens, Charles | A Tale of Two Cities, in the original parts — the Kern copy

Estimate:8,000 - 12,000 USD

Céline, Louis-Ferdinand Destouches

Important dossier sur la défense de Céline, accusé de collaboration. Envoi, lettre et tapuscrit signé, adressés à son ami Lucien Descaves de Copenhague en 1947.

Estimate:4,000 - 6,000 EUR

Douglass, Frederick | Civil Rights champion on the false idylls of slavery

Estimate:20,000 - 30,000 USD

Tinguely, Jean

Correspondance au galeriste George W. Staempfli. 1956-1961. Sur ses premières expositions new-yorkaises, en 1960 et 1961.

Estimate:2,000 - 3,000 EUR

(Earhart, Amelia) — Noonan, Fred | Collection relating to the fated World Flight of 1937, including the last letter sent before he and Amelia Earhart disappeared forever

Estimate:8,000 - 12,000 USD