Premium pages left without account:

Auction archive: Lot number 283

FROST (ROBERT)

Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$790 - US$1,053
Price realised:
£1,187
ca. US$1,563
Auction archive: Lot number 283

FROST (ROBERT)

Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$790 - US$1,053
Price realised:
£1,187
ca. US$1,563
Beschreibung:

Group of papers relating to Robert Frost and his friend Jack Haines, including the first press photograph taken of Frost, at High Wycombe in June 1913, mounted as a carte-de-salon and signed on the reverse ("Robert Frost") on the original photographer's card ( some fading and damage at centre ); an autograph letter signed ("Robert") to Haines (Dear Jack"), written on the back of a parking-ticket and delivered to Haines on 16 July 1949 ("...This is a funny way of resuming letters to you..."); his printed Christmas poem for 1952, with autograph inscription signed ("Robert") to Haines ("Dear Haines: I'm always talking about you instead of writing to you. Its about time I either stopped talking about you or stopped not writing to you. One or the other..."); printed Christmas poems for 1957 and 1961; Frost's copy of the printed Proposal for a Memorial to Edward Thomas [1937]; a telegram from Frost, letters by his publisher, the Jones Library and Frost's friend Ray Nash of Dartmouth College, plus other material (small quantity)

Auction archive: Lot number 283
Auction:
Datum:
20 Jun 2018
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com
Beschreibung:

Group of papers relating to Robert Frost and his friend Jack Haines, including the first press photograph taken of Frost, at High Wycombe in June 1913, mounted as a carte-de-salon and signed on the reverse ("Robert Frost") on the original photographer's card ( some fading and damage at centre ); an autograph letter signed ("Robert") to Haines (Dear Jack"), written on the back of a parking-ticket and delivered to Haines on 16 July 1949 ("...This is a funny way of resuming letters to you..."); his printed Christmas poem for 1952, with autograph inscription signed ("Robert") to Haines ("Dear Haines: I'm always talking about you instead of writing to you. Its about time I either stopped talking about you or stopped not writing to you. One or the other..."); printed Christmas poems for 1957 and 1961; Frost's copy of the printed Proposal for a Memorial to Edward Thomas [1937]; a telegram from Frost, letters by his publisher, the Jones Library and Frost's friend Ray Nash of Dartmouth College, plus other material (small quantity)

Auction archive: Lot number 283
Auction:
Datum:
20 Jun 2018
Auction house:
Bonhams London
London, Knightsbridge Montpelier Street Knightsbridge London SW7 1HH Tel: +44 20 7393 3900 Fax : +44 20 7393 3905 info@bonhams.com

Recently viewed lots

Try LotSearch

Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!

  • Search lots and bid
  • Price database and artist analysis
  • Alerts for your searches
Create an alert now!

Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.

Create an alert