Sale 2502 - Autographs, March 21, 2019

248 c   MOORE, HENRY. Typed Letter Signed, to László Magyar, apologizing that he cannot answer his questions because he has “a very big programme of work in my studio,” and promising to send a book. 1 page, small 8vo, personal stationery; horizontal fold. Much Hadham, 18 July 1979 [80/120] 249 c   PREMINGER, OTTO. Photograph Signed, bust portrait showing him with hands together and looking down. Signed in the blank lower margin. 10x7 1 / 4 inches; few small scattered creases. Np, nd [80/120] 250 c   ROBERTS, DAVID. Autograph Letter Signed, to William Wynn, inviting him to dine at the Ship Tavern in Greenwich with [ J.M.W.?] Turner, [Edwin?] Landseer, and [Clarkson Frederick?] Stanfield the following evening. 1 page, small 8vo; toning at edges recto from prior mounting remnants verso, folds. “Fitzroy St” [London], “Monday” [300/400] “Turner, Landseer, Stanfield, and one or two more R.A. are to Dine Tomorrow, Tuesday at The Ship at Greenwich at [one quarter hour] before Six and are anxious you should join them if disengaged Pray say Yes and oblige yours in haste.” 251 c   ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL. Autograph Letter Signed, “DG Rossetti,” to “Dear Solomon,” asking to return his cloak. 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank; faint toning at edges, horizontal folds. Np, “Monday” [300/400] “Have you got a grey cloak of mine—medieval female one. If you have, will you send it to Ned [Edward Burne-Jones?] as soon as you can. If you haven’t, will you excuse . . .” LIFE OF THE GENUINE ARTIST: “DO EXACTLY AS YOU WISH” 252 c   SENDAK, MAURICE. Autograph Letter Signed, to Jeffrey Dinardo, explaining that his reply was delayed due to work on an opera [set design for the Washington Opera’s 1981 production of Magic Flute ], and giving some advice concerning his career as an illustrator. 1 page, 7x6 inches, dark green paper, personal stationery; remnants of prior mounting at corners verso, horizontal fold. Np, 8 March 1982 [200/300] “. . . [T]he reason for the long delay answering your two letters is the opera I’m designing in England. I’ve been shuttling back and forth for the last six months & will leave again, for a month, at the end of April. . . . “You sound very devoted to becoming an illustrator—Good! Be devoted. It is difficult but the best of all lives—give all up for it. I think you know what it means to do exactly as you wish. That is the life of the genuine artist.” 253 c   TENNIEL, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed, “J Tenniel,” to “Dear Mr. Walford,” declining to accept a commission. 1 page, 8vo; staining at upper and lower edges recto from remnants of prior mounting verso, horizontal folds. “Maida Hill W” [London], 27 September 1865 [100/200] “I am sorry to have to tell you that you must expect nothing from me for your Christmas number. My time is so completely occupied that I am forced to decline commissions in all dimensions.”