Major General Apsley Cherry-Garrard
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Estimate: 1.000 - 1.500 GBP
Price realised: 2.000 GBP
Price realised: 2.000 GBP
Description
MAJOR GENERAL APSLEY CHERRY-GARRARD (1832-1907)
Indian Mutiny and other letters. [Privately published: 1914.] 4° (256 x 198mm). 317 leaves of mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only, 21 mounted illustrations (mostly photographic) on 19 sheets, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH NINE MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDING ONE OF MAJ.-GEN. CHERRY-GARRARD WITH HIS SON, APSLEY, THE ANTARCTIC EXPLORER, ON THE STAIRCASE AT LAMER, DRIED FLOWERS MOUNTED IN WALLET TO FRONT PASTEDOWN WITH ANOTHER LOSOELY TIPPED IN, NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS FROM THE 1960S-1980S TIPPED IN OR LOOSELY INSERTED. ORIGINAL DARK BRICK-RED CRUSHED MOROCCO BY BICKERS AND SON, COVERS WITH BORDER IN BLIND AND LETTERED TO THE UPPER COVER AND SPINE, GILT EDGES (EXTREMITIES LIGHTLY RUBBED). PROVENANCE: EVELYN EDITH CHERRY-GARRARD (NéE SHARPIN, PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION DATED 29 JULY 1914, TO:) -- MARGARET URSULA CHERRY-GARRARD.
FASCINATING PRIVATELY PUBLISHED LETTERS RECOUNTING MAJOR-GENERAL APSLEY CHERRY-GARRARD'S EXPLOITS IN THE INDIAN MUTINY AND ZULU WARS. The letters here are written to his mother and brother, as well as some to Col. Welby. The first half of the book contains approx. 46 letters dated March 1857-May 1860. Shipwrecked on the voyage out to India, Cherry-Garrard then sees action at Lucknow, where he volunteers to help man a gun while under severe enemy fire to blow a breech in one of the walls at Shah Nujeef. His hopes of receiving a Victoria Cross for this action were dashed when his commanding officer, Capt. Peel, died of smallpox before he could be recommended. The second half of the book comprises approx. 30 letters dated February 1878-September 1879. Although Cherry-Garrard was 15 miles in the rear at the time, he writes several important accounts of the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift, and is quite uncompromising in placing blame on Lord Chelmsford. This private publication seem
Indian Mutiny and other letters. [Privately published: 1914.] 4° (256 x 198mm). 317 leaves of mimeographed typescript printed on rectos only, 21 mounted illustrations (mostly photographic) on 19 sheets, EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED WITH NINE MOUNTED PHOTOGRAPHS INCLUDING ONE OF MAJ.-GEN. CHERRY-GARRARD WITH HIS SON, APSLEY, THE ANTARCTIC EXPLORER, ON THE STAIRCASE AT LAMER, DRIED FLOWERS MOUNTED IN WALLET TO FRONT PASTEDOWN WITH ANOTHER LOSOELY TIPPED IN, NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS FROM THE 1960S-1980S TIPPED IN OR LOOSELY INSERTED. ORIGINAL DARK BRICK-RED CRUSHED MOROCCO BY BICKERS AND SON, COVERS WITH BORDER IN BLIND AND LETTERED TO THE UPPER COVER AND SPINE, GILT EDGES (EXTREMITIES LIGHTLY RUBBED). PROVENANCE: EVELYN EDITH CHERRY-GARRARD (NéE SHARPIN, PRESENTATION INSCRIPTION DATED 29 JULY 1914, TO:) -- MARGARET URSULA CHERRY-GARRARD.
FASCINATING PRIVATELY PUBLISHED LETTERS RECOUNTING MAJOR-GENERAL APSLEY CHERRY-GARRARD'S EXPLOITS IN THE INDIAN MUTINY AND ZULU WARS. The letters here are written to his mother and brother, as well as some to Col. Welby. The first half of the book contains approx. 46 letters dated March 1857-May 1860. Shipwrecked on the voyage out to India, Cherry-Garrard then sees action at Lucknow, where he volunteers to help man a gun while under severe enemy fire to blow a breech in one of the walls at Shah Nujeef. His hopes of receiving a Victoria Cross for this action were dashed when his commanding officer, Capt. Peel, died of smallpox before he could be recommended. The second half of the book comprises approx. 30 letters dated February 1878-September 1879. Although Cherry-Garrard was 15 miles in the rear at the time, he writes several important accounts of the battles of Isandlwana and Rorke's Drift, and is quite uncompromising in placing blame on Lord Chelmsford. This private publication seem
Upper estimate price exceeded by 33 %.
The work Unknown by Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard was sold in the Travel, Science and Natural History auction at Christies in London in October 2012. The »bidding war« ended at GBP 2,000.00 (€ 2,486.65), 33% above the upper estimate. Of course, this price has nothing to do with the top prices that other works by Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard achieve. The highest price we have observed so far was reached by the work Cherry-Garrard's silk sledging flag, sewn and embroidered by his sister, Ida Cherry-Garrard, and carried on Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 in September 2008 with an auction result of GBP 37,250.00 (€ 47,098.86).
Oberer Schätzpreis um 33 % übertroffen
Die Arbeit Unknown von Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard wurde im Oktober 2012 in der Auktion Travel, Science and Natural History bei Christies in London versteigert. Das »Bietergefecht« endete beim Preis von GBP 2.000,00 (€ 2.486,65) und damit 33% über dem oberen Schätzpreis. Dieser Preis hat freilich nichts mit den Spitzenpreisen zu tun, die andere Arbeiten von Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard erzielen. Den höchsten von uns bisher beobachteten Preis erreichte die Arbeit Cherry-Garrard's silk sledging flag, sewn and embroidered by his sister, Ida Cherry-Garrard, and carried on Scott's British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13 im September 2008 mit einem Auktionsergebnis von GBP 37.250,00 (€ 47.098,86).
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