$1,280
A group of three books from Greta Garbo's library: Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers, 1921), also inscribed "Greta/ Julen 1932" on the cover; Jakob Lorbers' Die Grundfragen des Lebens (Wurttemburg: Neu-Salems-Verlag, 1930), also with a long inscription in German on the frontispiece that translates to: Up toward the "light" by "rising up"/ From Greta Garbo/ To the memory/ THE BASIC QUESTIONS OF LIFE/ Your soul, too, comes from "above"!/ In play it's often out of touch with the world .../(illegible) Luck./ The longing (illegible);/ Rejoice! You come from "above"!/ For a short period of time (illegible)/ to experience the love inside the body, it seeks out that which is spiritually related/ and moves (illegible) toward the light./ In the "light" above the soul comes to understand, why it was rising toward the earth (illegible)/ "Experience" the "light", then everything will be apparent to you./ May God's blessing lead you to victory!/ Resurrection Fest 1935."; and a limited edition of Oscar Wilde's Salome , illustrated by Aubrey Beardsley, numbered 480 on Strathmore Japan (Liepzig: Insel-Verlag, 1907), with a pink and turquoise pen colored and decorated G.G. monogram. Largest 10 by 7 1/2 inches Categories: Greta Garbo
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2012-12-14
