Friend Stuart (6 results)

20p., wraps, rear wrap dampstained, some wrinkling of text from the dampstain, a basic reading copy. Cover title: Millions have wondered and asked the burning question why shot? Were these good men [pictures of JFK, RFK and MLK).

Paperback. The program for the Magnum Festival, NYC, June, 2007, held to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the agency founded by Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and David Seymour (Chim.) Includes a complete list of events with descriptions of film screenings by and about Magnum photographers, exhibitions of work, book signings, panel discussions, and other events, all related to Magnum and its photographers. With texts by Michael Bloomberg, Stuart Franklin, and David Friend. First edition. 42 pages; profusely illustrated in color and b&w; 5.25 x 8.25 inches. Condition: Very Good+ perfect bound paperback with a light crease to one corner of the cover and 4 leaves and a hint of wear at some edges. Will be sandwiched securely between stiff layers of cardboard and shipped the next business day.

Square of paper, neatly torn from letter. Lightly-aged and creased. On one side firm signature ('Yrs truly | Dudley Coutts Stuart'), with docketting at foot ('Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart | "The friend of the Poles" -'). On reverse: ' a select Committee - A short time I obtained a return of a memorial presented him to the Court of Directors'.

4pp, 16mo. Bifolium on light-green paper. In good condition, lightly aged. The letter begins: 'My Dear Miss de Witte | Of course I found the Yankee Poems directly after You were Gone too carefully put by. Do not put mine away too carefully as I want You to really read them. (Poetry of France) The sad lines of Marguerite d'Ecosse (in the notes at the end) are original & perhaps will stroke You as the mournful Subject did me. The lines have been translated into German French &c.' The news of the family the de Witte named has made her 'heart ache', and as Costello is sure she and her 'kind Mamma do something to help them', she asks her to 'let them have the enclosed trifle. It is nothing but, being unexpected, and sure to be useful in some way, may be acceptable'. She asks her to 'say nothing about it to any one as it is of no Consequence and I coul dnot offer it except with other Contributions'. She will 'look for the Scandinavian poetry & may find it. | Longfellow gives some in his Poets of Europe'. She ends in hopes of hearing 'better news of colds &c'.

The colourful life of the 'deeply eccentric Bradford-born writer' Jaeger is the subject of a good obituary in the Scotsman, 2 October 2008. In his youth Jaeger was adopted by Lady Margaret Sackville, and moved in Edinburgh high society. While studying at Montpelier University he developed a close friendship with the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. While living in Bognor Regis he made the acquaintance of Julian Maclaren-Ross, with whom he sampled the wares of Fitzrovia. After the war he and Maclaren-Ross - whom he caricatured in his novel 'The Man in the Top Hat' (1949) - became door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen. The pair then turned to screenwriting, alongside the future director of 'Barbarella' Roger Vadim. Throughout the fifties - and whilst also working as a labourer and playing cricket for the Sussex second eleven - Jaeger produced several charming children's books under the name 'Karel Jaeger'. In 1958 he landed a job teaching French and cricket at a prep school in Chichester, and he and his wife moved into a cottage on the grounds. In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in him and his work. The two items are in very good condition, on lightly-aged paper, in matching fake leather bindings (the first green and the second black) with gilt titling on the spines. Both have the pages typed on rectos only. ONE: 'Letters from an Oyster Bed.' [4] + 65pp., 4to. Title page reads: '"Letters From An Oyster Bed" | by | C. K. Jaeger'. At end of final page: 'Elmer Jan. Feb. 55.' Dedication on second page: 'Dedicated to the Boys | Jeremy | & | Christopher | Bangay | . | for | their | Encouragement.' Chapters on third page: 'The First Letter', 'The Man From Brighton', 'A Sensational Morning', 'Lord Ben', 'Disturbing News', 'The Mayor and Lord Benn [sic]', 'Smollett Sounds the Ocean', 'News from England', 'Skipper Cuttle' and 'The Oyster Bed'. Jaeger has been compared to Lewis Carroll, and the start of the novel gives a good indication of his style: 'The shattering news from Professor Knopp came quite unexpectedly. We were taking tea in the garden, a garden that was built high up on a hill overlooking the English Channel. The seashell paths around us shimmered in the sunlight. The sky was a lilac blue. Not a cloud to be seen anywhere. Across the Channel the French were waving to us and the Rock of Gibraltar peeped over the horizon. My nephew, Tan-Tan, was gathering Sea Lemons in the garden. Suddenly, from out of the lilac blue sky, a Seagull swooped upon us and landed on the tea-table. | "You Professor Dibley Dee?" | I sat up in surprise and looked over my spectacles at the Seagull[.] | "Yes. . . . ." I nodded. | "Thought it was. Couldn't mistake YOUR face with that long beard. Why don't you put a name or a number on your gate? I've wasted hours looking for you. Can't understand people wanting to build houses on hilltops. Thank goodness I've got wings. Letter for you."' TWO: ''"The Autobiography of a Flea" or A Kind of Memoir'. [4] + 61pp., 4to. Title page reads: '"THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A FLEA" | or | A Kind of Memoir | by | C. K. Jaeger.' At end of final page: 'Elmer. | March - May. 1955'. Epigraph on second page conveys the surreal tone: 'The King and Queen of Portugander. Papa can be seen on His Majesty's cuff. Mama is on the hat. I wasn't born then.' The third page states that thhe book is dedicated to 'Catherine | Karel | Charlotte | Joanna | Sarah | and | Patsy | With the kind permission of | MACHO'. The fourth page lists the chapters ('Capitulos.') from 'The Palace where I was Born' to 'Mama's triumphant departure from the Palace'. Ownership inscription on front free endpaper: 'BROWN | 9, HASLET AVE | PRINCETON. NJ'.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. His lengthy history of Frederick the Great is the one book Hitler had in the bunker with him. The copy of the present item in the National Portrait Gallery has the number NPG Ax28576, and the dating to around 1865 is theirs. The signature to that copy differs from that on the present item, which may be a facsimile, since the photograph has been stuck down over the top part. 6.3 x 9.2 cm photographic print, laid down on 6.3 x 10.5 cm piece of card. The photographers' details and the signature ('T. Carlyle', with '63' written to the left) are present on the card on the thin strip beneath the photograph, with the details repeated, with the royal crest, on the reverse. The image is a head-and shoulders shot of a weary-looking Carlyle, staring at the camera with his right hand pressed against the side of his face. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. See image.