Lot 44
  • 44

Housman, A. E.

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12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • printed books with inscriptions
A fine group comprising one photograph and 6 books from the collection of Housman's godson, Gerald Jackson:



Carte-de-visite photograph of A. E. Housman, affixed to a wooden frame.  This photograph was taken to India by Moses Jackson, when he moved to India, nd; rubbed, extremities worn down — A. E. Housman.  A Shropshire Lad.  London, 1930.  Inscribed by Housman, "G. C. A. Jackson from A. E. Housman — Last Poems.  London, 1930. Inscribed by Housman, "G. C. A. Jackson from A. E. Housman" — A. S. F. Gow.  A. E. Housman.  Offprint from the Cambridge Review, 8 May 1936.  Signed by Gerald Jackson — A. S. F. Gow.  A. E. Housman: A Sketch.  Cambridge, 1936.  With 3 typed notes from Gow to Gerald Jackson tipped in — Laurence Housman.  A. E. H. Some Poems, Some Letters and a Personal Memoir by his Brother.  London, 1937.  Inscribed by Housman to Gerald Jackson and with a TNS laid in — Katherine E. Symonds and others.  Alfred Edward Housman.  New York, 1937.  Inscribed by Symonds for Gerald Jackson.  Condition of books varies; 3 dust jackets.