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• Auction House:
  Davidson Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Estate & Collector featuring the Collection of the Late Brian Murray
• Sale Date:
  14 Sep 2019 ~ 12noon (AEST)
  15 Sep 2019 ~ 10am (AEST)
• Lot #:
  124
• Lot Description:
  Various Dymphna Cusack Items
  Dymphna Cusack Southern Steel, Constable - London, 1953. Signed on the title page by Cusack and an inscription 'To Nell - with our love & all good wishes Nell & Norman London 1953,' on the free front endpaper; Dymphna Cusack & Florence James, Come in Spinner, Heinemann, London, 1951. Signed by Cusack & James on the title page, with an inscription 'To Barry - with love & all good wishes. Dymphna Cusack. London. Feb,1951,' on the free front endpaper; Dymphna Cusack, Say No To Death, Heinemann, London, 1951. Signed on the title page by Cusack & an inscription 'To Barry - a memorial to times shared. Love - Dymphna Cusack,' on the free front endpaper; 2 Noel Ruby portrait photographs of Cusack, c1930. One (20x15cm) & the other (19x14cm). The smaller photo has an inscription on the back in Cusack's hand 'To Kay with love on her birthday.' Kay is believed to be the TB sufferer who was the inspiration for Cusack's novel 'Say No To Death.' (See Dymphna, Freehill & Cusack, Nelson, 1975, page 28 & the pictorial section following, page 74); a snapshot of Cusack holding a cat with an inscription on the back 'To Barry - with all good wishes from us both. Love, Nell Cusack, London, 1949;' & a brochure from Annabella School of Charm, Sydney, 1940, which contains an approving testimony from Dymphna Cusack.
• Estimate:
  A$60 - 150
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Memorabilia

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