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Lot 1427 Gladys Milton Palmer. Relations and Complications. …
Relations and Complications. Being a Recollection of H.H. The Dayang Muda of Sarawak. With a Foreword by the Rt. Hon. T. P. O'Connor. Mit 38 photographischen Abbildungen. London, John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd., 1929. XVII, 1 Bl., 253 S., 3 Bll. 8°. Lwd. mit goldgepr. Titel und Umschlag (Umschlag mit Einrissen und stärker berieben).
Film
Varia (mit diversen Schlagworten) – Erste Ausgabe. - Mit hs. Widmung von Palmer, signiert als Khair-ul-Nissa Sarawak, an Baron Jean de Montegnac-Veöreös. - Memoiren der britischen Filmproduzentin Gladys Milton Palmer, die auch als Khair-ul-Nissa bekannt war. Durch ihre Hochzeit mit Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke gehörte sie der englischstämmigen Herrscherfamilie Sarawaks in Borneo an, den sog. Weißen Rajas. Sie gründete ein Filmproduktions Unternehmen mit dem Namen Big Four Famous Productions Company und produzierte einen Film mit Ellen Terry. - Insgesamt sehr gut erhalten.
Varia and Miscellaneous – With 38 photographic illustrations. Cloth with gilt title and dust jacket (dust jacket with tears and heavy rubbing). - First edition. - With a handwritten dedication by Palmer, signed as Khair-ul-Nissa Sarawak, to Baron Jean de Montegnac-Veöreös. - Memoirs of the British film producer Gladys Milton Palmer, also known as Khair-ul-Nissa. Through her marriage to Bertram Willes Dayrell Brooke, she belonged to the English-speaking ruling family of Sarawak in Borneo, the so-called White Rajas. She founded a film production company called Big Four Famous Productions Company and produced a film starring Ellen Terry. - Overall very well preserved.
Startprice: 600 €
Estimate: 800 €
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