Name: Auction: Brown, George Mackay A collection of manuscript and typed material
Brand: Lyon & Turnbull
Price: 1008 GBP
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Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs 

Sale number: 739&nbsp; Our 21 June&nbsp;Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps &amp; Photographs&nbsp;sale began in Edinburgh before setting off on a tour around the world and back through time, with stops in the Antarctic with Shackleton and Scott, Mecca and Medina with Burton, and the Mediterranean as envisioned by a 17th-century maker of portolan charts. After a century-long layover in India, bidders relived Howard Carter’s discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen before glimpsing the rarefied world of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson in a remarkable collection of effects belonging to their personal bodyguard David Storrier. Returning to Scotland we visit Ian Hamilton Finlay’s Little Sparta before celebrating the Scottish Enlightenment with works by Smith, Hume and their illustrious peers. Browse the collection below.&nbsp;

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1) Sanatorium 1941. 20pp. manuscript account of Brown's tuberculosis diagnosis until his assessment for fitness to fight in the Second World War (which he was to fail), dated 25/7/8- and initialled 'GMB'; 2) Acrostic poem entitled: Brian Murray: 13th March 1994, manuscript, initialled GMB and inscribed 'A HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN from George'; and another, undated; 3) Acrostic poem entitled: Elisa Murray: 22nd January 1992, manuscript, inscribed 'Happy birthday, Elisa, Love, George'; and another, dated 1995; 4) 2 typed copies of 'A Silver Calendar (to Nora), 1977; 5) 2 handmade printed Christmas cards, inscribed from George Mackay Brown; 6) 2 drafts of a letter written 'To second year pupils, Sacred Heart Academy, Girvan, Ayrshire', 2nd August 1988, each signed George Mackay Brown

Brown, George Mackay

A collection of manuscript and typed material

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