£5,000
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs | 659
Auction: 22 September 2021 at 11:00 BST
Pantomime Verlaine, [ms. of just the last of a set of three songs which Sorabji copied from the original ms. of the entire work (Trois Poèmes) for Norman Peterkin as a gift], 4pp., 1919, signed, rather spotted; Various small Mss. 4pp. in total, various sizes, one signed and dated 1917; Fantaisie Espagnole, 27pp., signed, dated 1919; L'heure exquise, Opus 2, no. 2, 2pp. dated 1916 and initialled; The Poplars, Opus 2, no. 1, 4pp., 1915, signed; Vocalise pour Soprano Fioriturata (Sopran. Lyrique). Opus II, no. 3, 4pp., ?1916; Quasi Habanera. Opus VIII, 6pp., signed, inscribed to Peterkin, [?1917]; Apparition. 4 pp., signed, 1916; untitled part of musical score [handwritten copy of several pages from his Toccata Seconda, for piano (1933-34)], pp.57-87 only, inscribed "Free Sample for Norman. Take a Seidlitz powder the morning after. NB. No obligation to purchase", spine repaired with sellotape and slightly frayed, all but last with small note by Norman Peterkin attached (9)