Lot 5 - 'SIR EDWARD ELGAR Bt EPHEMERA IN THE ESTATE OF THE LATE BETTY COLLEY, KNOWN TO ELGAR AS 'THE GRANDAUGHTER HE NEVER HAD.''
Estimate:
£3,000 - £5,000
Description:
1) SIR EDWARD ELGAR Bt
THE APOSTLES PART II
VOCAL SCORE WITH NOTES IN MARGIN, MOSTLY IN RED INK.
BUFF PAPER COVERS MARKED PROOF AND INSCRIBED, THE APOSTLES AND SIGNED EDWARD ELGAR, IN PENCIL.
CONDITION: DAMAGE TO SPINE AND TEARS AND STRAINING TO COVER.
2) THE APOSTLES PART I
VOCAL SCORE WITH NOTES IN RED.
THE TITLE PAGE MARKED PROOF AND PRIVATE IN RED INK.
3) SIR EDWARD ELGAR Bt
THE KINGDOM: AN ORATORIO.
THE TITLE PAGE INSCRIBED 'HENRY ELGAR FROM HIS AFFECTIONATE NEPHEW'.
SIGNED EDWARD ELGAR AND DATED OCTOBER 1906.
BUFF COVER.
CONDITION: DAMAGE TO SPINE, FRONT AND REAR COVER. TEARS AND STAINING.
4) SIR EDWARD ELGAR Bt
DREAM OF GERONTIUS
SIGNED IN PENCIL ON TITLE PAGE, 'HENRY ELGAR WORCESTER 1900.'
BUFF PAPER COVERS.
CONDITION: TEARS TO SPINE AND TO FRONT AND REAR COVER.
5) THE VOICE
VOLUME XVI
NO. 6 JUNE 1932.
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED, 'BETTY FROM EDWARD ELGAR AND MARCO, 21ST JULY 1932.'.
(MARCO WAS ELGAR'S SPANIEL).
(ONE OTHER COPY, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED, CONDITION GOOD.)
6) THE PARENTS' BOOK
ANSWERS TO CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, BY RITA STRAUSS.
HARD BACK WITH LINEN COVERS. REVISED EDITION.
INSIDE PAGE INSCRIBED AND SIGNED.
'FOR BETTY, CHRISTMAS 1930. FROM EDWARD ELGAR'
THIS BOOK WAS A GIFT TO HIS CHAUFFEUR'S DAUGHTER, BETTY MOUNTFORD, THE GRANDAUGHTER HE NEVER HAD.
CONDITION: GOOD, SOME STAINING TO PAGES.
8) BETTY MOUNTFORD'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
THE INSIDE PAGE SIGNED CARICE BLAKE AND DATED SEPTEMBER 1ST 1935, ALONG WITH OTHER SIGNATURES FROM THE WORLD OF THEATRE AND THE ARTS.
(CARICE BLAKE WAS SIR EDWARD ELGAR'S DAUGHTER)
9) SIR CHARLES SANTLEY, A LECTURE BY JOHN MEWBURN LEVIEN.
INSIDE PAGE INSCRIBED, 'SIR EDWARD ELGAR, WITH KINDEST AND GRATEFULLEST REMEMBRANCES FROM JOHN MEWBURN LEVIEN, SEPTEMBER 22ND 1930.'
HARDBACK WITH LINEN SPINE.
CONDITION: GOOD.
10) PAGE THREE OF THE DAILY MIRROR, MONDAY, MAY 29TH, 1933.
THE NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON SIR EDWARD ELGAR'S FIRST FLIGHT BY AIR TO PARIS, AT THE AGE OF 75 TO CONDUCT YEHUDI MENUIN AT A GALA CONCERT AT LA SALLE PLEYEL, ALONG WITH TWO IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LIMITED LUGGAGE TICKETS.
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS MAP OF AIR ROUTES.
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LUNCHEON AND BREAKFAST MENUS.
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS NOTES WHEN TRAVELLING BY AIR IN EUROPE (2).
11) AFTER SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN
PORTRAIT OF SIR EDWARD ELGAR
FRAMED PRINT.
12) A COPY OF THE LISTENER VOL XIV.
13) A COPY OF THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS BY CARDINAL NEWMAN.
14) A COPY OF WORCESTER'S MEMORY LANE BY MICHAEL GRUNDY FEATURING REFLECTIONS ON SIR EDWARD ELGAR.
15) A POSTCARD FROM SIR EDWARD ELGAR TO HIS FATHER ALONG WITH ANOTHER POSTCARD.
16) AN INSCRIBED COPY OF HANDS BY JAMES A. MACKERETH, 1933, AND A SIGNED COPY OF POEMS BY GERTRUDE HAMAR.
17) A PHOTOGRAPH OF ELGAR'S WOLSELEY 21/60 CAR (CIRCA 1930) AND OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS.
18) ROYAL VISIT, STATUE UNVEILING CEREMONY
2ND JUNE 1981- 1 PASS MRS MOUNTFORD ALONG WITH NEWSPAPER CUTTING.
19) ODE AND FORM OF SERVICE FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE MEMORIAL TO QUEEN ALEXANDRA ALONG WITH ADMISSION TICKET FOR SIR EDWARD ELGAR AND HIS CHAUFFEUR RICHARD MOUNTFORD.
ALONG WITH ORDERS OF SERVICE, NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ALL PERTAINING TO SIR EDWARD ELGAR.
20) BETTY COLLEY'S MEMORIES OF HER LIFE AND SIR EDWARD ELGAR AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS FAMILY DOCUMENTS AND EPHEMERA.
THE APOSTLES PART II
VOCAL SCORE WITH NOTES IN MARGIN, MOSTLY IN RED INK.
BUFF PAPER COVERS MARKED PROOF AND INSCRIBED, THE APOSTLES AND SIGNED EDWARD ELGAR, IN PENCIL.
CONDITION: DAMAGE TO SPINE AND TEARS AND STRAINING TO COVER.
2) THE APOSTLES PART I
VOCAL SCORE WITH NOTES IN RED.
THE TITLE PAGE MARKED PROOF AND PRIVATE IN RED INK.
3) SIR EDWARD ELGAR Bt
THE KINGDOM: AN ORATORIO.
THE TITLE PAGE INSCRIBED 'HENRY ELGAR FROM HIS AFFECTIONATE NEPHEW'.
SIGNED EDWARD ELGAR AND DATED OCTOBER 1906.
BUFF COVER.
CONDITION: DAMAGE TO SPINE, FRONT AND REAR COVER. TEARS AND STAINING.
4) SIR EDWARD ELGAR Bt
DREAM OF GERONTIUS
SIGNED IN PENCIL ON TITLE PAGE, 'HENRY ELGAR WORCESTER 1900.'
BUFF PAPER COVERS.
CONDITION: TEARS TO SPINE AND TO FRONT AND REAR COVER.
5) THE VOICE
VOLUME XVI
NO. 6 JUNE 1932.
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED, 'BETTY FROM EDWARD ELGAR AND MARCO, 21ST JULY 1932.'.
(MARCO WAS ELGAR'S SPANIEL).
(ONE OTHER COPY, SIGNED AND INSCRIBED, CONDITION GOOD.)
6) THE PARENTS' BOOK
ANSWERS TO CHILDREN'S QUESTIONS, BY RITA STRAUSS.
HARD BACK WITH LINEN COVERS. REVISED EDITION.
INSIDE PAGE INSCRIBED AND SIGNED.
'FOR BETTY, CHRISTMAS 1930. FROM EDWARD ELGAR'
THIS BOOK WAS A GIFT TO HIS CHAUFFEUR'S DAUGHTER, BETTY MOUNTFORD, THE GRANDAUGHTER HE NEVER HAD.
CONDITION: GOOD, SOME STAINING TO PAGES.
8) BETTY MOUNTFORD'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
THE INSIDE PAGE SIGNED CARICE BLAKE AND DATED SEPTEMBER 1ST 1935, ALONG WITH OTHER SIGNATURES FROM THE WORLD OF THEATRE AND THE ARTS.
(CARICE BLAKE WAS SIR EDWARD ELGAR'S DAUGHTER)
9) SIR CHARLES SANTLEY, A LECTURE BY JOHN MEWBURN LEVIEN.
INSIDE PAGE INSCRIBED, 'SIR EDWARD ELGAR, WITH KINDEST AND GRATEFULLEST REMEMBRANCES FROM JOHN MEWBURN LEVIEN, SEPTEMBER 22ND 1930.'
HARDBACK WITH LINEN SPINE.
CONDITION: GOOD.
10) PAGE THREE OF THE DAILY MIRROR, MONDAY, MAY 29TH, 1933.
THE NEWSPAPER REPORTS ON SIR EDWARD ELGAR'S FIRST FLIGHT BY AIR TO PARIS, AT THE AGE OF 75 TO CONDUCT YEHUDI MENUIN AT A GALA CONCERT AT LA SALLE PLEYEL, ALONG WITH TWO IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LIMITED LUGGAGE TICKETS.
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS MAP OF AIR ROUTES.
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LUNCHEON AND BREAKFAST MENUS.
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS NOTES WHEN TRAVELLING BY AIR IN EUROPE (2).
11) AFTER SIR WILLIAM ROTHENSTEIN
PORTRAIT OF SIR EDWARD ELGAR
FRAMED PRINT.
12) A COPY OF THE LISTENER VOL XIV.
13) A COPY OF THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS BY CARDINAL NEWMAN.
14) A COPY OF WORCESTER'S MEMORY LANE BY MICHAEL GRUNDY FEATURING REFLECTIONS ON SIR EDWARD ELGAR.
15) A POSTCARD FROM SIR EDWARD ELGAR TO HIS FATHER ALONG WITH ANOTHER POSTCARD.
16) AN INSCRIBED COPY OF HANDS BY JAMES A. MACKERETH, 1933, AND A SIGNED COPY OF POEMS BY GERTRUDE HAMAR.
17) A PHOTOGRAPH OF ELGAR'S WOLSELEY 21/60 CAR (CIRCA 1930) AND OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS.
18) ROYAL VISIT, STATUE UNVEILING CEREMONY
2ND JUNE 1981- 1 PASS MRS MOUNTFORD ALONG WITH NEWSPAPER CUTTING.
19) ODE AND FORM OF SERVICE FOR THE DEDICATION OF THE MEMORIAL TO QUEEN ALEXANDRA ALONG WITH ADMISSION TICKET FOR SIR EDWARD ELGAR AND HIS CHAUFFEUR RICHARD MOUNTFORD.
ALONG WITH ORDERS OF SERVICE, NEWSPAPER CUTTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ALL PERTAINING TO SIR EDWARD ELGAR.
20) BETTY COLLEY'S MEMORIES OF HER LIFE AND SIR EDWARD ELGAR AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS FAMILY DOCUMENTS AND EPHEMERA.
Condition:
GOOD CONDITION
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If somebody bids in the final minute of a lot's auction time then the time will be automatically extended up to 60 seconds to ensure that everyone has a chance to respond with a bid.
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