Printed books, 1902-1914

File

MS. 21234/4

Held in our offsite storage facility

Contains:

Printed copy of Hassan in German translation with original wrappers, Albert Langen, München, 1914, inscribed ‘W. Heller Nicholls’, with his annotations and tipped-in photograph of the Darmstadt Theatre.
First edition printed copy of The King of Alsander, Max Goschen, 1914, with accompanying postcard from Flecker to J.N. Mavrogordato, 4 Mar 1914.
Printed copy of The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, translated into English by Thomas Roscoe, Newnes, 1904, inscribed ‘G. Leonardo Cheeseman D.D. Kara James’ [Flecker] with an 18 line comic poem written in Flecker’s hand. Book plate indicates prior ownership by Dennis Wheatley.
Printed copy of The Last Generation, A Story of the Future, The New Age Press, 1908, presentation inscribed ‘To Frank from James’, with accompanying autograph letter to Frank [Savery], n.d.
Printed copy of Stephen Phillip’s Ulysses, John Lane, 1902 (presentation copy to Leonard Cheeseman from Flecker as Kara James), with 8 line comic poem in Flecker’s hand, and short autograph letter from Phillips to ‘Miss Yale’, n.d. Book plate indicates prior ownership by Dennis Wheatley.

Dates

1 box

MS. 21234/4

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