KIPLING, Rudyard

Portrait Photograph of Rudyard Kipling

Burwash, Sussex: , 1920. A Framed Portrait of Rudyard Kipling Together with an Autograph Letter to "The Bath Railway Poet" KIPLING, Rudyard, English poet and novelist, Nobel laureate (1865-1936). Portrait photograph of Rudyard Kipling. Together with a two-page autograph letter signed and dated "Feb. 7. 1920." and the original post marked envelope. Photograph (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; 241 x 190 mm.). Mounted, framed and glazed (double-sided) with the autograph letter, the envelope and an engraved brass plaque "Rudyard Kipling/1865-1936/Author". Frame size (16 3/4 x 20 5/8 inches; 425 x 524 mm.). The signed autograph letter to Henry Chappell (The Bath Railway Poet) is dated "Feb. 7. 1920" and is marked "Private" at the head. Here Kipling is thanking him for sending his poem 'The Chaplet' which Kipling likes very much - "barring 'hauteur' in the first verse": adding "I don't know exactly what would be a good place to publish it in just now - unless you tried the Express". Two octavo pages on headed paper, "Bateman's Burwash, Sussex, Feb[ruary] 7, 1920", with autograph addressed envelope. Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, novelist, poet, and short-story writer. Born in British India, his experiences there greatly influenced his work. By middle age, he had already won the Nobel Prize in Literature and was renowned across the English-speaking world. Kipling's notable works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), The Second Jungle Book (1895), Kim (1901), and Just So Stories (1902). Among his many short stories, "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888) remains a classic. His poetry includes "Mandalay" (1890), "Gunga Din" (1890), "The White Man's Burden" (1899), "If—" (1910), and "The Gods of the Copybook Headings" (1919). Recognized as a pioneer of the short story, Kipling's children's books are considered timeless classics, with one critic praising his "versatile and luminous narrative gift." Henry Chappell (1874-1937) gained instant fame with his poem The Day, published in the Daily Express on August 22, 1914. The poem was widely translated, earning him recognition beyond Britain. Known as the "Bath Railway Poet," Chappell worked as a porter at Bath Spa Station. In addition to poetry, he authored Life on the Iron Road, a book about railway life. Though never officially considered, there were informal suggestions that he should be named Poet Laureate. He was acquainted with Rudyard Kipling and maintained connections with other prominent poets of his time. .

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Book number: 06200

Catalogue: Autographs

Keywords: Poetry Signed Photograph

WOOD, Natalie; WOOD, Lana

Natalie. A Memoir by Her Sister Lana Wood

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1984. With an Autograph Letter Signed by Natalie Wood [WOOD, Natalie]. Wood, Lana. Natalie. A Memoir by her Sister Lana Wood. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, [1984]. First edition. Octavo (9 x 6 inches; 229 x 152 mm.). [1]- 240 pp. Illustrated with 32 photogravure plates. Publishers quarter black cloth over gray boards, pictorial dust jacket. A fine copy. Loosely inserted is a one page autograph letter on headed paper dated 1970 “I am most pleased to donate this ashtray which was given to me by Spencer Tracy in 1958 to be auctioned off for the benefit of the ICAA. Sincerely, Natalie Wood” Natalie Wood (1938-1981) was an American actress who began her career in film as a child and successfully transitioned to young adult roles. On November 29, 1981, at the age of 43, Wood drowned in the Pacific Ocean near Santa Catalina Island during a break from production of her would-be comeback film Brainstorm (1983). She was with her husband Robert Wagner and Brainstorm co-star Christopher Walken. The events surrounding her death have been the subject of conflicting witness statements, prompting the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, under the instruction of the coroner's office, to list her cause of death as "drowning and other undetermined factors" in 2012. In 2018, Wagner was named as a person of interest in the ongoing investigation into her death. .

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Book number: 05863

Catalogue: Autographs

Keywords: WOOD, Lana Biography Film