FLEMING, Ian. Typed letter signed, with autograph salutation and envoi, to Charles des Graz [sometime Chairman of Sothebys], July 1952, one page, 4°. As a director of Queen Anne Press, Fleming looks forward to reminiscences of Dr Rosenbach for “The Book Collector”: “He was such an extraordinary old pirate that it would be a shame if some of the stories about him were not recorded while they are still fresh”. With des Graz’s autograph manuscript (5 pages, f’cap); single autograph letters to him from John Carter, Philip Gaskell and John Hayward; six related carbons, and earlier (1949) typescript memorandum of a conversation with Rosenbach’s elder brother, Philip, 2 pages, 4°.

Details
FLEMING, Ian. Typed letter signed, with autograph salutation and envoi, to Charles des Graz [sometime Chairman of Sothebys], July 1952, one page, . As a director of Queen Anne Press, Fleming looks forward to reminiscences of Dr Rosenbach for “The Book Collector”: “He was such an extraordinary old pirate that it would be a shame if some of the stories about him were not recorded while they are still fresh”. With des Graz’s autograph manuscript (5 pages, f’cap); single autograph letters to him from John Carter, Philip Gaskell and John Hayward; six related carbons, and earlier (1949) typescript memorandum of a conversation with Rosenbach’s elder brother, Philip, 2 pages, .

More from Modern Literature: the Personal Collection of Anthony Hobson

View All
View All