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13 JANUARY 2016
LOT 138
Fraser, George MacDonald
Flashman, from the Flashman papers 1839-1842.
New York: The World Publishing Company, [1969].
First American edition, 8vo, inscribed to Alastair
Phillips "by the hand of the editor George MacDonald
Fraser", original cloth, dust-jacket, later? red
endpapers, ownership signature and inscription
attribution to Fraser in owner's hand, some soiling to
covers, some darkening and slight chipping to dustjacket; [Idem] Flashman at the charge. London:
Barrie & Jenkins, 1973. Provisional publication, 8vo,
original paper covers with dust-jacket stapled to
upper cover, some soiling and creasing to dust-jacket
(2)
Estimate £ 150-250
Note: Fraser's inscription (signed 'Harry Flahman')
reads: "To the worthy descendant of my old
comrade-in-arms and occasional fellow Indian fighter
PORTUGEE PHILLIPS in admiring recollection of his
ancestor's headlong flight from Fort Phil... I could not
have done better myself." In 1866, Phillips rode 236
miles through inclement weather from Fort Kearny to
Laramie, in order to rally troops following the
Fetterman fight. Another, typed, letter from Fraser to
Phillips's grandson, Alastair, is laid-down onto an
endpaper. Fraser has written: "Sorry the inscription
was done with a ball-point. It should have been a
quill, dipped in blood -- someone else's blood."
Fraser and Alastair Phillips shared an office at a The
Glasgow Herald, with Phillips working as assistant
editor, whilst Fraser was deputy editor. Phillips took a
key role in persuading Fraser to go ahead and publish
the first Flashman book, when he was toying with the
text.
Sold for £375 (buyer's premium included)
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