Autograph calligraphic and illustrated manuscript signed of portions of "The Ascent of F6" by W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood [1936] : [n.p.], 1963 Oct. 30-1954 Jan.

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Autograph calligraphic and illustrated manuscript signed of portions of "The Ascent of F6" by W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood [1936] : [n.p.], 1963 Oct. 30-1954 Jan.

1 item (14 leaves, mounted) ; 358 x 247 mm.

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Isherwood, Christopher, 1904-1986

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After Isherwood dropped out of Cambridge University in 1925, he became the private secretary to the French violinist AndreĢ Mangeot. Mangeot's son, Sylvain, the manuscript's illustrator, would become the Diplomatic Editor for the Reuters News Agency and the author of The Adventures of a Manchurian: The Story of Lobsang Thondup (Collins, 1974). From the description of People one ought to know : autograph manuscript signed : [London], January 1926. (New York Public Library). WorldCat r...

Parker, Robert Andrew

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Illustrator, author. From the description of Robert Andrew Parker papers, 1996. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 43073385 American artist. From the description of Autograph calligraphic and illustrated manuscript signed of portions of "The Ascent of F6" by W.H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood [1936] : [n.p.], 1963 Oct. 30-1954 Jan. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270609656 ...

Wescott, Lloyd, Mrs,

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Auden, W.H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973

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Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973), poet, was born in York, England, on February 21, 1907. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, from 1925-1928, then served as a schoolmaster in various institutions in England and Scotland from 1930 to 1935, including The Downs School in Colwell. In 1935 Auden married Erika Mann, a writer and the daughter of Thomas Mann, so that she could gain British Citizenship and escape Nazi Germany. Although the two never lived together, they remained married until Mann's death in ...