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The Roy Davids Collection. Part III. Poetry: Poetical Manuscripts and Portraits of Poets. Second Session (L-Y)

Session: The Roy Davids Collection. Part III. Poetry: Poetical Manuscripts and Portraits of Poets. Second Session (L-Y)

London, New Bond Street
8 May 2013, session starting at 13:00 BST

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WILDE, OSCAR (1854-1900)
Sold for £67,250 inc. premium
WILDE, OSCAR (1854-1900) AUTOGRAPH REVISED MANUSCRIPT OF HIS EARLY POEM 'HEART'S YEARNINGS', signed
SASSOON, SIEGFRIED (1886-1967)
Sold for £37,250 inc. premium
SASSOON, SIEGFRIED (1886-1967) AUTOGRAPH EXTENSIVELY REVISED POETICAL NOTEBOOK PRIMARILY FOR THE 1920s WITH NEARLY 50 UNPUBLISHED POEMS,
PLATH, SYLIVA (1932-1963, American poet)
Sold for £37,250 inc. premium
PLATH, SYLVIA (1932-1963, American poet) THE COMPLETE WORKING PAPERS FOR HER KEY POEM 'SHEEP IN FOG', 1962-1963
ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA (1830-1894)
Sold for £33,650 inc. premium
ROSSETTI, CHRISTINA (1830-1894) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HER CELEBRATED SONNET 'REMEMBER ME WHEN I AM GONE AWAY', signed

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LADIES OF LLANGOLLEN
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LADIES OF LLANGOLLEN. TWO AUTOGRAPH POEMS, one by Eleanor Charlotte Butler (1739-1829), the other written but apparently not composed by Sarah Ponsonby (1755-1832)
Sold for £687 inc. premium
LAMB, CHARLES (1775-1834)
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LAMB, CHARLES (1775-1834) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS POEM 'A STRANGER'S TRIBUTE TO MISS HILL', signed and dated, 1829
Sold for £7,500 inc. premium
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LANDOR, WALTER SAVAGE (1775-1864) PORTRAIT BY ALFRED COUNT D'ORSAY, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST AND THE SITTER, 1845
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LANDOR, WALTER SAVAGE (1775-1864)
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LANDOR, WALTER SAVAGE (1775-1864) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS POEM 'WHERE MALVERN'S VERDANT RIDGES GLEAM', signed, 1841
Sold for £750 inc. premium
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LANG, ANDREW (1844-1912, Scottish poet) PORTRAIT BY ALVIN LANGDON COBURN, 1910
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£500 - 800
US$ 750 - 1,200
€580 - 930
LANG, ANDREW (1844-1912, Scottish poet)
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LANG, ANDREW (1844-1912, Scottish poet) PORTRAIT BY MAYALL & CO., [c. 1888]
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£350 - 450
US$ 530 - 680
€410 - 530
LANG, ANDREW (1844-1912, Scottish poet)
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LANG, ANDREW (1844-1912, Scottish poet) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS POEM 'SALMO IRRITANS', 1890
Estimate:
£600 - 800
US$ 910 - 1,200
€700 - 930
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271AR
LARKIN, PHILIP (1922-1985) and TED HUGHES (1930-1998), JOINT PORTRAIT BY MARK GERSON, [1977]
Sold for £1,750 inc. premium
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LARKIN, PHILIP (1922-1985), PORTRAIT BY MARK GERSON, [1977] (printed 1981)
Estimate:
£1,200 - 1,800
US$ 1,800 - 2,700
€1,400 - 2,100
LARKIN, PHILIP (1922-1985)
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LARKIN, PHILIP (1922-1985) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS POEM 'LOVE' signed with initials, [1962]
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LARKIN, PHILIP (1922-1985)
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LARKIN, PHILIP (1922-1985) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS POEM 'HOW TO WIN THE NEXT ELECTION (TUNE: LILLIBULERO'), [1970]
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LARKIN, PHILIP (1922-1985), PORTRAIT BY CHRISTOPHER BARKER, 1986 (printed later)
Estimate:
£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
€930 - 1,400
LAWRENCE, DAVID HERBERT (1885-1930)
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LAWRENCE, DAVID HERBERT (1885-1930) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT, IN EFFECT A DRAFT, OF HIS POEM 'HIBISCUS AND SALVIA FLOWERS', [1921]
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LAWRENCE, THOMAS EDWARD (1888-1935, 'Lawrence of Arabia'), PORTRAIT BY ERIC KENNINGTON, 1935
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£1,000 - 1,500
US$ 1,500 - 2,300
€1,200 - 1,800
LAWRENCE, THOMAS EDWARD (1888-1935, 'Lawrence of Arabia')
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LAWRENCE, THOMAS EDWARD (1888-1935, 'Lawrence of Arabia') POETICAL MANUSCRIPT IN HIS HANDWRITING
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LEAR, EDWARD (1812-1888)
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LEAR, EDWARD (1812-1888) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS WELL-KNOWN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NONSENSE POEM 'SOME INCIDENTS IN THE LIFE OF MY UNCLE ARLY', 1886
Sold for £10,000 inc. premium
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LEE, LAURIE (1914-1997) PORTRAIT BY ROBERT BUHLER R.A., 1970; AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS POEM 'APPLES'; TYPESCRIPT OF HIS POEM 'APRIL RISE' (3)
Sold for £750 inc. premium
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LE GALLIENNE, RICHARD (1866-1947) TWO AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS AND A PORTRAIT
Sold for £250 inc. premium
LEVI, PETER CHAD TIGAR (1931-2000)
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LEVI, PETER CHAD TIGAR (1931-2000) AUTOGRAPH REVISED MANUSCRIPT OF HIS POEM BEGINNING 'JOWETT'S WHITE CUCKOO OWL CRIED IN A DOME', signed with initials, 1990
Estimate:
£400 - 500
US$ 600 - 750
€470 - 580
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283
LEVY, AMY (1861-1889) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HER POEM 'AT DAWN', signed, [1889]
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LEWIS, CLIVE STAPLES (1898-1963, Anglo-Irish poet) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS POEM ['ON BEING HUMAN'] on the subject of angels, 1948
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LEWIS, MATTHEW GREGORY (1775-1818) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS POEM 'THE MOTHER'S ALARM', signed, 1802
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LINDSAY, VACHEL (1879-1931, American poet) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF HIS CELEBRATED POEM 'THE CONGO A STUDY OF THE NEGRO RACE'
Estimate:
£3,500 - 4,000
US$ 5,300 - 6,000
€4,100 - 4,700
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LINDSAY, VACHEL (1879-1931, American poet) AUTOGRAPH QUOTATION SIGNED, from his famous poem 'Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight', 1930; and a portrait, inscribed
Estimate:
£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
€930 - 1,400
LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH (1807-1882, American poet)
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LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH (1807-1882, American poet) AUTOGRAPH REVISED MANUSCRIPT OF THE FIRST FIVE STANZAS OF HIS POEM 'ROBERT BURNS'
Estimate:
£3,500 - 4,000
US$ 5,300 - 6,000
€4,100 - 4,700
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289AR
LONGLEY, MICHAEL (b. 1939, Irish poet), PORTRAIT BY GRANVILLE DAVIES, [1985] (printed later)
Sold for £250 inc. premium
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LOWELL, JAMES RUSSELL (1819-1891, American poet) AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT OF A STANZA FROM HIS WELL-KNOWN 'ODE FOR THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1876'; and a portrait, signed ...
Sold for £500 inc. premium
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LOWELL, ROBERT (1917-1977, American poet), PORTRAIT BY JUDITH ARONSON, 1977
Estimate:
£800 - 1,000
US$ 1,200 - 1,500
€930 - 1,200
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LOWELL, ROBERT (1917-1977, American Poet) THE WORKING PAPERS FOR HIS IMPORTANT POEM 'FALL 1961'
Sold for £10,000 inc. premium
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LOWELL, ROBERT (1917-1977, American Poet) PORTRAIT BY JUDITH ARONSON, 1977
Estimate:
£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
€930 - 1,400
LOWELL, ROBERT (1917-1977, American Poet)
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LOWELL, ROBERT (1917-1977, American Poet) TWO TYPESCRIPT DRAFTS WITH AUTOGRAPH REVISIONS WITH SOME RELATIONSHIP TO HIS POEM 'DEPARTURE'
Sold for £3,500 inc. premium
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LOWELL, ROBERT (1917-1977, American poet) PORTRAIT BY JUDITH ARONSON, 1977
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£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
€930 - 1,400
LOWELL, ROBERT (1917-1977, American Poet)
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LOWELL, ROBERT (1917-1977, American Poet) AUTOGRAPH AND TYPESCRIPT DRAFTS WITH AUTOGRAPH REVISIONS FOR HIS POEM 'SQUARE OF BLACK', [1977]
Sold for £6,875 inc. premium
LOWELL, ROBERT (1917-1977, American Poet)
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LOWELL, ROBERT (1917-1977, American Poet) TWO AUTOGRAPH DRAFTS FOR AN UNTITLED FIVE-LINE POEM
Sold for £1,000 inc. premium
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LOWELL, ROBERT (1917-1977, American poet) PORTRAIT BY JUDITH ARONSON, 1977
Estimate:
£800 - 1,200
US$ 1,200 - 1,800
€930 - 1,400
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