The Price of Slave Trade
A
copy of Uncle Tom’s Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe, signed by the author, was authenticated after it was
found in a vast cellar full of donations for Scotland’s annual Christian Aid
second-hand book fair. The book, with a price tag of about £1,500, is expected
to be one of the biggest draw at this year’s event in Edinburgh.Books are stored in disused coal cellars as they are collected during the year. Reid Zulager – an American book expert - flies in annually to evaluate the thousands of books on offer at the Christian Aid book sale.
The author’s inscription, along with her signature, includes the words of the dying Uncle Tom, after he is viciously beaten by his master Simon Legree for refusing to reveal the whereabouts of two escaping slaves. “Ah, mass’r George, yer too late – the Lord’s bought me, and is going to take me home; and I long to go – Heaven is better than Kintuck.”
Other rare offerings include a guide to Britain’s greatest duels, a “hot read” in the early 19th century when gentlemen still fought with pistols at dawn. The book, published in 1821 by James Gilchrist, offered detailed accounts of “the principal duels” in Georgian Britain, and the “decision of private quarrels by single combat”.
Michael Treloar - Auction
Sunday
12 May, at 1 pm, Norwood Town Hall, 175 The Parade, Norwood, Adelaide
Public viewing:
Friday 10 May, 12 noon - 5 pm
Saturday 11 May, 10 am - 1 pm
Sunday 12 May, 10 am - 1 pm
A feature of the sale is a single-owner collection of books on voyages and exploration relating to Australia. Items include Cook (first voyage, 1773, and third voyage, 1784), Collins (1798 and 1804), Hunter, Phillip, Tasman (1898), and White; Davis, Giles (1875), Gosse, Gregory (1884, the superior presentation issue with mounted photographs), Grey, Landsborough, Leichhardt, Lindsay, McKinlay, Mitchell (1839), Oxley, Stuart (1865), Sturt (1834 and 1849), Tietkens, Warburton, and Wills. From other vendors, there are rare Parliamentary Paper journals of Davidson, Forrest, Stuart and Wells.
Important Australian Aboriginal material includes the Report of the Horn Scientific Expedition (four volumes, 1896), assorted titles by Spencer and Gillen, Strehlow's Songs of Central Australia (1971), and numerous publications by Charles Mountford, from the personal collection of the author.
Art books include a mint copy of Donald Friend's masterwork Bumbooziana (one of only 150 signed copies, bound as issued), as well as the printer's retained master copy of the unbound sheets (signed, in mint condition, ideally suited to a designer binding), and a bifolium of Friend's richly-illustrated original manuscript – a variant in both text and all illustrations to the version that was published.
Other rare published works include Lewin's Birds of New South Wales (1822), The Hobart Town Almanack (1829, the very rare first issue of the almanacks of James Ross), and an unbroken 42-year run of the main regional newspaper of its day, The Northern Territory Times (from June 1890 to June 1932, the last issue published).
Maps, photographs, artwork and manuscripts round out the first session of this interesting and eclectic sale. An important unique item is the lengthy manuscript diary, unpublished but almost certainly prepared for publication, of Waldemar Bannow, a Danish migrant to goldfields Victoria, with much on Bendigo and Ballarat in the crucial years 1853 and 1854.
Military history is another strength of the sale. There is a good range of desirable Winston Churchill sets and early single volumes. Australian material includes rare Boer War and internment camp ephemera, a surreal letter from Gallipoli, and approximately 40 uncommon unit histories.
The sale concludes with another single-owner collection of several hundred books on Second World War military history, aviation, weaponry and accoutrements.
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Public viewing:
Friday 10 May, 12 noon - 5 pm
Saturday 11 May, 10 am - 1 pm
Sunday 12 May, 10 am - 1 pm
A feature of the sale is a single-owner collection of books on voyages and exploration relating to Australia. Items include Cook (first voyage, 1773, and third voyage, 1784), Collins (1798 and 1804), Hunter, Phillip, Tasman (1898), and White; Davis, Giles (1875), Gosse, Gregory (1884, the superior presentation issue with mounted photographs), Grey, Landsborough, Leichhardt, Lindsay, McKinlay, Mitchell (1839), Oxley, Stuart (1865), Sturt (1834 and 1849), Tietkens, Warburton, and Wills. From other vendors, there are rare Parliamentary Paper journals of Davidson, Forrest, Stuart and Wells.
Important Australian Aboriginal material includes the Report of the Horn Scientific Expedition (four volumes, 1896), assorted titles by Spencer and Gillen, Strehlow's Songs of Central Australia (1971), and numerous publications by Charles Mountford, from the personal collection of the author.
Art books include a mint copy of Donald Friend's masterwork Bumbooziana (one of only 150 signed copies, bound as issued), as well as the printer's retained master copy of the unbound sheets (signed, in mint condition, ideally suited to a designer binding), and a bifolium of Friend's richly-illustrated original manuscript – a variant in both text and all illustrations to the version that was published.
Other rare published works include Lewin's Birds of New South Wales (1822), The Hobart Town Almanack (1829, the very rare first issue of the almanacks of James Ross), and an unbroken 42-year run of the main regional newspaper of its day, The Northern Territory Times (from June 1890 to June 1932, the last issue published).
Maps, photographs, artwork and manuscripts round out the first session of this interesting and eclectic sale. An important unique item is the lengthy manuscript diary, unpublished but almost certainly prepared for publication, of Waldemar Bannow, a Danish migrant to goldfields Victoria, with much on Bendigo and Ballarat in the crucial years 1853 and 1854.
Military history is another strength of the sale. There is a good range of desirable Winston Churchill sets and early single volumes. Australian material includes rare Boer War and internment camp ephemera, a surreal letter from Gallipoli, and approximately 40 uncommon unit histories.
The sale concludes with another single-owner collection of several hundred books on Second World War military history, aviation, weaponry and accoutrements.
For more details click here
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Medical Treasures at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
An
exhibition of historical medical books and artefacts, is now open at Emory
University's Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library – a reminder of the days
when doctors had a rudimentary understanding of human anatomy, performed
surgery without antiseptic, and used primitive forms of anaesthesia for
operations and dental work.
An opening reception will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, May 17, when the American Association for the History of Medicine, in town for a conference at the Emory Conference Center, will visit the exhibition.
“Medical Treasures,” on display through October 2013, features materials from the WHSCL's historical collections, which include 18th- and 19th-century works on human anatomy, pathology, surgery, midwifery and alternative medical practices.
An opening reception will be held at 5 p.m. Friday, May 17, when the American Association for the History of Medicine, in town for a conference at the Emory Conference Center, will visit the exhibition.
“Medical Treasures,” on display through October 2013, features materials from the WHSCL's historical collections, which include 18th- and 19th-century works on human anatomy, pathology, surgery, midwifery and alternative medical practices.
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William Faulkner at Sotheby's
Sotheby's
New York is pleased to announce that it is to offer the largest and most
important group of William Faulkner material ever to appear at auction on 11
June 2013. Estimated to fetch over $2 million, Property from the Descendants of
William Faulkner contains a highly personal selection of letters, manuscript
drafts, and drawings, providing a remarkable window into key moments of the
celebrated author's life, including his time in Paris in the 1920s as well as
receipt of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. Further glimpses into the
private life of this public figure are offered by intimate gifts the author
prepared by for his wife and daughter. Highlights will be on view at Sotheby's
Paris in late May and in New York in advance of the June sale.
"This archive is remarkable for the new insight it provides into how Faulkner explored his artistic future in 1920s Paris, how his principles informed the content of his novels, and how he struggled with life in Hollywood, among other topics," commented Justin Caldwell, Vice President in Sotheby's Books & Manuscripts Department. "The intimate nature of so many of these items speaks to Faulkner's enduring relevance today, not only as one of the most important American authors of the 20th century, but as a writer who remains an essential figure to everyone from President Obama to Martin Scorsese, Oprah Winfrey to will.i.am, French President François Hollande and most currently James Franco, who is currently starring in and directing a film adaptation of As I Lay Dying."
The highlight of the sale is an early handwritten draft of Faulkner's highly acclaimed 1950 Nobel Prize acceptance speech along with the Nobel medal and diploma (est. in excess of $500,000). Faulkner conceived the draft while staying at the Algonquin Hotel in New York en route to the ceremony in Oslo, and the draft is penned on the hotel's letterhead. The draft contains significant differences from the final draft he read from, and his spoken words were different still, illustrating the evolution of this important speech.
In contrast to Faulkner's public and broad-ranging Nobel speech that addressed the troubled world of the time, the sale also includes highly personal texts such as the series of 16 letters and 10 autograph postcards signed from Faulkner to his mother and family members while he was living in Paris in the 1920s (est. $$250/350,0000). The author describes the literary scene and reveals more personal details such as his discovery of French cuisine and the fact that he decided to grow a beard. Faulkner's relationship with France is particularly poignant as he would go on to be celebrated by the country (and still is today), receiving the Chevalier de la Legion d?honneur in 1951, also up for sale in June (est. $255/35,000). A further highlight is 25 volumes of his work bound in blue morocco leather, given as a Christmas gift to his daughter Jill in 1953, which are inscribed and signed ((est. $300/400,000).
Some of the material in the sale was only recently discovered on his family's property in Virginia including a completely unpublished 12 page short story entitled The Trapper's Story (est. $30/50,0000) about a young man from the country that falls in love and moves to the city. Also recently revealed is the original book of poetry called Vision in Spring that Faulkner wrote and bound for his wife which was only published in 1984 from a poor quality photocopy; the original thought to be lost until now (est. $100/150,000).
Another deeply personal item is Faulkner's eulogy for Caroline Barr, known as 'Mammy Callie' ? the former slave who became his nanny and who informed so much of his outlook on racial politics (est. $20/30,000). Although the eulogy was published in 1940, the present typescript with autograph corrections reveals subtle differences.
The sale will also include the manuscript for the short story Hog Pawn, with autograph annotations and corrections, which Faulkner originally wrote for the Knights Gambit Collection, although it was never included (est. $15/20,000).
———————————"This archive is remarkable for the new insight it provides into how Faulkner explored his artistic future in 1920s Paris, how his principles informed the content of his novels, and how he struggled with life in Hollywood, among other topics," commented Justin Caldwell, Vice President in Sotheby's Books & Manuscripts Department. "The intimate nature of so many of these items speaks to Faulkner's enduring relevance today, not only as one of the most important American authors of the 20th century, but as a writer who remains an essential figure to everyone from President Obama to Martin Scorsese, Oprah Winfrey to will.i.am, French President François Hollande and most currently James Franco, who is currently starring in and directing a film adaptation of As I Lay Dying."
The highlight of the sale is an early handwritten draft of Faulkner's highly acclaimed 1950 Nobel Prize acceptance speech along with the Nobel medal and diploma (est. in excess of $500,000). Faulkner conceived the draft while staying at the Algonquin Hotel in New York en route to the ceremony in Oslo, and the draft is penned on the hotel's letterhead. The draft contains significant differences from the final draft he read from, and his spoken words were different still, illustrating the evolution of this important speech.
In contrast to Faulkner's public and broad-ranging Nobel speech that addressed the troubled world of the time, the sale also includes highly personal texts such as the series of 16 letters and 10 autograph postcards signed from Faulkner to his mother and family members while he was living in Paris in the 1920s (est. $$250/350,0000). The author describes the literary scene and reveals more personal details such as his discovery of French cuisine and the fact that he decided to grow a beard. Faulkner's relationship with France is particularly poignant as he would go on to be celebrated by the country (and still is today), receiving the Chevalier de la Legion d?honneur in 1951, also up for sale in June (est. $255/35,000). A further highlight is 25 volumes of his work bound in blue morocco leather, given as a Christmas gift to his daughter Jill in 1953, which are inscribed and signed ((est. $300/400,000).
Some of the material in the sale was only recently discovered on his family's property in Virginia including a completely unpublished 12 page short story entitled The Trapper's Story (est. $30/50,0000) about a young man from the country that falls in love and moves to the city. Also recently revealed is the original book of poetry called Vision in Spring that Faulkner wrote and bound for his wife which was only published in 1984 from a poor quality photocopy; the original thought to be lost until now (est. $100/150,000).
Another deeply personal item is Faulkner's eulogy for Caroline Barr, known as 'Mammy Callie' ? the former slave who became his nanny and who informed so much of his outlook on racial politics (est. $20/30,000). Although the eulogy was published in 1940, the present typescript with autograph corrections reveals subtle differences.
The sale will also include the manuscript for the short story Hog Pawn, with autograph annotations and corrections, which Faulkner originally wrote for the Knights Gambit Collection, although it was never included (est. $15/20,000).
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