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From newsletter 19:
28. WELLS, H.G. La perle de l'amour. Traduit de l'anglais par Odette Keun. Paris, La Connaissance, 1926. Les Bijoux Typographiques No. 7. Original white wrappers printed in blue. (2), 26 p. Uncut. Typography P. Knuttel, set in the Médiéval Hollandais printed in blue and black in 150 numbered copies on fine Canson-Montgolfier paper. Insignificant little stains on front cover.
€ 25
* Typographical gem with an
impressive calligraphic initial 'P'
by only 21-year old typographer Pieter Knuttel following the style of
Charles Nypels. French translation of the short story 'The Pearl of
Love', first published in 1925.
From newsletter 3:
10. MILLAY, Edna St. Vincent Original Press Photo taken in Boston on August 22, 1927. Original photo with two stamps ('International Newsreel Corp.') and a captioned ticket pasted on verso. 20,8 x 26,0 cm. With penciled inscription on verso. Unobtrusive creases.
€ 120
* Millay in 1927 was a world famous poetess (1892-1950), now chiefly remembered for her life-relishing poem 'My candle burns at both ends,/ It will not last the night;/ But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--/ It gives a lovely light!' and her simultaneous relations with men and women. Like many of her contemporaries she was very upset by the death sentence of the Italian immigrants Sacco and Vanzetti; she wrote four poems about them. Some of her co-campaigners were Dorothy Parker, G.B. Shaw, Upton Sinclair and H.G. Wells. This photo was made the day before the execution. According to the caption '[Millay is taken] under arrest with another woman by plain clothesmen and police. Both women were participants in the "Death March" by Sacco-Vanzetti sympathizers in front of the State House, and were among the many picketers arrest today.' Far left we see Millay detained by a plainclothesman, who at his other side holds an elderly woman with a grim face. She is flanked by a uniformed policeman. Behind them walks another policeman detaining two men (one is smiling).
