Auction Date:2011 Apr 13 @ 19:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Brief ALS signed “Jack,” one page, 6.5 x 5, stamp-dated January 4, 1906. London’s letter is written on a blank sheet of a two-page letter to London from Mrs. Joshua Slocum, wife of Captain Joshua Slocum. Mrs. Slocum’s letter, in full. “Your letter to Captain Slocum has been forwarded to my address. Captain Slocum at this time is in Inagua West Indies, he arived there December 2nd with the ‘Spray.’ He expected to spend the winter there. Very Sincerely, Mrs. Joshua Slocum. December 23rd 1905. Captains home address is West Lisbury, Martha’s Vineyard Mass.” On the inside of the second integral page, London writes from Jamaica, in full: “Dear Roscoe – This explains how I missed Slocum. Jack.” Central vertical fold through London’s letter, affecting a single letter of signature, and some scattered light toning and soiling to all pages, otherwise fine condition.
Slocum was master and commander of the Spray and the first man to sail single-handedly around the world from 1895 to 1898. London, whose fascination with sailing and the sea dated to his youth, had solicited insight from the captain as he prepared for his 1907 sailing adventure across the South Pacific in his small boat, the Snark. The adventures of sailors heavily influenced much of London’s writing, and details of his South Pacific voyage, for which Slocum was the inspiration, was published in the illustrated 1911 book, The Cruise of the Snark. In 1909, Slocum and his vessel were lost at sea while sailing from Martha’s Vineyard to South America. Personal correspondence between the great author and the man who served as his co-navigator on his voyage, referencing an influential force.
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