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293 - Iceland.- Mostly written in the Rain, Laugarvat'n 1932 [Record of a trip to Iceland in poetry and photographs], manuscript on paper, 10 poems in ink in a neat calligraphic hand, 81 mounted photographs (each 69 x 112mm. or the reverse) within ink ruled border, original cloth-backed decorative boards with paper label "Iceland" in ink on upper cover, lacking backstrip, oblong 4to, 1932.

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£400 (€478)

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Estimation

£500 - 700 (€590 - 840)

Sale fees

32.5%

Iceland.- Mostly written in the Rain, Laugarvat'n 1932 [Record of a trip to Iceland in poetry and photographs], manuscript on paper, 10 poems in ink in a neat calligraphic hand, 81 mounted photographs (each 69 x 112mm. or the reverse) within ink ruled border, original cloth-backed decorative boards with paper label "Iceland" in ink on upper cover, lacking backstrip, oblong 4to, 1932. *** The charming poems and photographs record an early motoring tour of Iceland undertaken seemingly by two middle-aged ladies and a young man, all of whose identities remain a mystery.

Auction details

Books and Works on Paper
Thursday, November 26
01:00 PM
4 Ingate Pl, Nine Elms
SW8 3NS London, United Kingdom

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Forum Auctions +44 2 07 87 12 640 books@forumauctions.co.uk
On Drouot for 5 years avec More than 11,000 lots published

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