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LOT 3137
11th July 2016
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LOT 3137
SAILING, SIGNED. - Winifred BROWN. Duffers on the Deep. London: Peter Davies, 1939. First edition, 8vo (217 x 138mm.) Original cloth (extremities lightly bumped, split to head of spine, spine slightly browned), dust-jacket (chipped and torn with loss, some repaired tears, creased and backstrip slightly browned). Provenance: Harry Vandenvelle (presentation inscription from Winifred Brown 'Wishing Harry Vandenvelle the best of luck, fair winds, and good passages' to front-free endpaper); Michael Gilkes (bookplate to front pastedown). Together with two a.l.s by Winifred Brown addressed to Commander Vandervelle, one hurriedly discussing her book and autographing it for him, 'Please excuse haste, but everybody here is rushing out to the submarine that has gone down just outside'. - And two other sailing volumes (comprising: Irving JOHNSON. 'Shamrock v's Wild Voyage Home and Other Sea-Going Adventures'. Springfield: Milton Bradley Company,1933. First edition, 8vo. Provenance: Lieutenant Commander Ninson (presentation inscription from Irving Johnson 'To Lieut. Commander Ninson who enjoyed a sail as only one who was brought up in sail can' to front-free endpaper); Errol BRUCE. 'When the Crew Matter Most, an ocean-racing story'. London: Stanley Paul, 1961. First edition, 8vo. Together with an a.l.s. by Errol Bruce addressed to Michael dated '11 September 1978'). Provenance: The Michael Gilkes Collection (3).
Hammer price: £34
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