18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2094
Ransome (Arthur)
An autograph letter signed by Arthur Ransome teasing the recipient about the true location of Swallowdale and Trout Tarn before revealing that he took some things from Coniston, 'e.g, the harbour of Wild Cat is taken from the harbour at the South End of Peel Island'. He asks the recipient to pass on his best wishes to the Crossfields (boat builders in Arnside) 'where I have spent many happy hours'. Ink manuscript on two sides of Ransome's note card with various printed illustrations in the front margins, some hand colouring, card 142mm x 88mm.
[The recipient had, with his brother, built a dinghy called Wildcat in the family garden (c.1936) and sailed it on Windermere, he was related to the Crossfield family via his grandmother.]
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022
Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.
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