English Literature, History, Children’s Books and Illustrations Online Auction
Our May online sale features a compelling mix of material, from one of the most important and influential of all English travel books (Samuel Purchas’s Pilgrimes, of 1625/6), to very rare working lyrics for one of Bob Dylan’s key songs from his brilliant Blonde on Blonde album of the mid-1960s. Other cultural highlights include: a rare inscribed copy of the script for one of the greatest movies ever made (The Third Man, 1949, signed by the legendary actor Orson Welles, alongside the famous “Cuckoo Clock” speech which was his unique improvised addition to Greene’s screenplay), and a small archive belonging to Stanley Kubrick’s would be assistant director Andrew Birkin for his ultimately unrealized film project Napoleon, often termed ‘the greatest movie never made’.
This is supported by a mix of first editions from the golden ages of detective and spy fiction, letters and other fascinating material by and about Winston Churchill and Oscar Wilde, a lovely preparatory watercolour for the character of ‘The Drunkard’ from Saint-Exupéry’s celebrated The Little Prince, and much more besides.
2pm
Sotheby's - London
34-35 New Bond Street
Mayfair
London, UK
51.5118195, -0.1437308
Sotheby's - London -- Online Auction
