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The Roy Davids Collection. Part III. Poetry: Poetical Manuscripts and Portraits of Poets. Volume I: A-K

Auction 20922
London, New Bond Street
10 Apr 2013, starting at 13:00 BST.
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KEATS, JOHN (1795-1821) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT FROM THE DRAFT OF HIS POEM 'I STOOD TIPTOE UPON A LITTLE HILL', [1816]
BRONTË, CHARLOTTE (1816-1855)
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BRONTË, CHARLOTTE (1816-1855), AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT POEM WRITTEN IN HER MINUSCULE HAND SIGNED 'C. BRONTE', [Haworth Rectory], 14 December 1829
HOPKINS, GERARD MANLEY (1844-1889)
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HOPKINS, GERARD MANLEY (1844-1889) AUTOGRAPH DRAFTS AND VIRTUALLY THE FINAL VERSION OF HIS CELEBRATED POEM 'BINSEY POPLARS' INCLUDING IMPORTANT OTHERWISE ...
ELIOT, THOMAS STEARNS (1888-1965, American-born poet)
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ELIOT, THOMAS STEARNS (1888-1965, American-born poet)

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BELLOC, HILAIRE (1870-1953)
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BELLOC, HILAIRE (1870-1953) AUTOGRAPH DRAFTS OF THREE SONNETS
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BETJEMAN, JOHN (1906-1984) PORTRAIT BY MARK GERSON, 1960
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BETJEMAN, JOHN (1906-1984) PORTRAIT BY MARK GERSON, 1960
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BETJEMAN, JOHN (1906-1984)
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BETJEMAN, JOHN (1906-1984) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS CELEBRATED POEM 'THE ARREST OF OSCAR WILDE AT THE CADOGAN HOTEL', [1932/33]
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BETJEMAN, JOHN (1906-1984) PORTRAIT BY GRANVILLE DAVIES, [1982]
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BETJEMAN, JOHN (1906-1984)
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BETJEMAN, JOHN (1906-1984) TWO AUTOGRAPH DRAFTS OF HIS POIGNANT POEM 'LITTLE CHILD ILL', ENTITLED HEREIN 'TO PAUL ALIVE', [c.1945]
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BETJEMAN, JOHN (1906-1984)
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BETJEMAN, JOHN (1906-1984) AUTOGRAPH DRAFT, AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT AND REVISED TYPESCRIPT OF HIS POEM 'POT POURRI FROM A SURREY GARDEN'
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BETJEMAN, JOHN (1906-1984)
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BETJEMAN, JOHN (1906-1984) AUTOGRAPH REVISED MANUSCRIPT OF HIS NOSTALGIC POEM 'EUNICE'
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BETJEMAN, JOHN (1906-1984) PORTRAIT BY CHRISTOPHER BARKER, 1986
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BINYON, LAWRENCE (1869-1943) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE IMMORTAL LAST STANZA OF HIS POEM 'FOR THE FALLEN', [before 1918]
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BINYON, LAURENCE (1869-1943) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF THE IMMORTAL FOURTH STANZA OF HIS POEM 'FOR THE FALLEN', [before 1918]
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