Name: Auction: [Robert Louis Stevenson interest] - Sir Graham Balfour A.L.S. from Sir Graham Balfour to Sidney Colvin, and a collection of other letters
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 400 GBP
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This June's Books &amp; Manuscripts auction is led by one of the most important collections of historical Scottish manuscripts ever offered for sale, containing no fewer than five letters signed by Mary Queen of Scots, with further letters and documents signed by James V, James VI and I, and Mary of Guise. &nbsp;The papers of Kilravock Castle, near Nairn in the highlands of Scotland, bring to life the history of the ancient Rose family as they fought for influence in a feudal society populated by child kings, doomed queens, jostling consorts and regents, and power-hungry bishops.From the 20th century, the highlight of the sale is a spectacular archive depicting the progress of Roald Dahl’s 1984 memoir Boy: Tales of Childhood from idea to print, and including 30 original ink sketches by Dahl. The Boy archive is one of several lots from the estate of the late Ian Craig (1944-2023), who was Dahl’s art director at Jonathan Cape while also working with celebrated figures including Judith Kerr and Ralph Steadman.The sale also offers a rich selection of children’s books and original artwork, rare works of travel and exploration, and fine bindings, together with original letters by figures including Winston Churchill and Ludwig Wittgenstein, and manuscripts and historical documents in fields ranging from science to the Napoleonic Wars.Buyer's Guide:

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Autograph letter signed discussing corrections to "fourteen sheets of vol.IV", possibly of the concluding volume of the Edinburgh edition of the works of R.L. Stevenson, issued in 1917: "the addition to Vailima, built to please Aunt Maggie, was either the same size as the first block or a little smaller... p.126 Burn is Jack Buckland who has been dead some years... the last half dozen are not Polynesian but seems worth suggesting, p.151 March 2nd seems to have been the date of their arrival..", 3 pages, 19th March 1911;&nbsp; [Sir Walter Scott interest]. &nbsp;Letter from Edinburgh Life Assurance Company, confirming Sir Walter Scott's allotment of stock of £150, signed by George Crozbie, 2 January 1824, integral blank, wax seal, endorsed by Sir Walter Scott on verso; Bulwer-Lytton, Robert. ALS in French dated 1862; Hallé, Charles. ALS dated 3rd March '68; Belloc, Hilaire. Signed slip dated Feb. 10th 1936; Graham, Winifred. Short ALS to Mr Bishop, a response to his request for “some autographs”, dated October 19th 1901; Cardigan, Adeline, Countess of Cardigan and Lancastre. ALS dated 1909; and 18 others (25)

A.L.S. from Sir Graham Balfour to Sidney Colvin, and a collection of other letters

[Robert Louis Stevenson interest] - Sir Graham Balfour

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[Robert Louis Stevenson interest] - Sir Graham Balfour

A.L.S. from Sir Graham Balfour to Sidney Colvin, and a collection of other letters

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