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The poems in this lot were written by O' Leary and Bolan whilst on tour in Atlanta, Georgia, 1972.
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Marc Bolan
A collection of material comprising:
- a page from a notebook, 1972, inscribed in Bolan's hand in blue ballpoint pen with a poem Chase me not Lady cos my fragile & all my teeth are glass & besides your [sic] not a sea captain I'm of the salt an old sea dog your [sic] no mermaid be gone & chew on somebody elses stomack [sic] mines taken/MB atlanta, 1p.;
- a piece of paper inscribed in Alphi O' Leary's hand with five lines of lyrics and completed in Bolan's hand ...also is a tower mormid & shaken where the king of fancy rules crownless, cold & raunchy, 1p.;
- a book, BOLAN, Marc The Warlock Of Love, London: Lupus Music, 1969 front end paper signed and inscribed in pink felt pen to alphi my man, love Marc, additionally inscribed with a portrait caricature;
- two concert programmes: T-Rex, Australian Tour, 1973 and T-Rex, U.K. Tour, 1977;
- a book, O' LEARY, Alphi Poems By Alphi, Inspired by Marc Bolan, Isle Of Wight: Springfield Leisure-Art, 1997, numbered 197 of a limited first edition;
- two black and white publicity photographs of Bolan circa 1972, both -- 6x4in. (15.2x10.2cm.); and a black and white photograph of T-Rex backstage -- 8x10in. (20.3x25.4cm.) (8)
A collection of material comprising:
- a page from a notebook, 1972, inscribed in Bolan's hand in blue ballpoint pen with a poem Chase me not Lady cos my fragile & all my teeth are glass & besides your [sic] not a sea captain I'm of the salt an old sea dog your [sic] no mermaid be gone & chew on somebody elses stomack [sic] mines taken/MB atlanta, 1p.;
- a piece of paper inscribed in Alphi O' Leary's hand with five lines of lyrics and completed in Bolan's hand ...also is a tower mormid & shaken where the king of fancy rules crownless, cold & raunchy, 1p.;
- a book, BOLAN, Marc The Warlock Of Love, London: Lupus Music, 1969 front end paper signed and inscribed in pink felt pen to alphi my man, love Marc, additionally inscribed with a portrait caricature;
- two concert programmes: T-Rex, Australian Tour, 1973 and T-Rex, U.K. Tour, 1977;
- a book, O' LEARY, Alphi Poems By Alphi, Inspired by Marc Bolan, Isle Of Wight: Springfield Leisure-Art, 1997, numbered 197 of a limited first edition;
- two black and white publicity photographs of Bolan circa 1972, both -- 6x4in. (15.2x10.2cm.); and a black and white photograph of T-Rex backstage -- 8x10in. (20.3x25.4cm.) (8)
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