Jacqueline du Pré interest - Derek du Pré When Poland Smiled...

Jacqueline du Pré interest - Derek du Pré When Poland Smiled - "a vital book". When Poland Smiled is Derek’s account of his chance adventure to Poland and the Tatra mountains in August 1938. Despite the troubled political situation, Derek, with his accordion and rucksack, travelled to little known districts where he was probably the first Englishman to be seen. Not being able to speak the local languages, he conversed in pantomime, dance and exchange of music. Derek had a natural, untaught ability to play anything by ear, accompanying and harmonising, easily. Overwhelmed by their welcomes and touched to be invited into their tiny, home-made wooden dwellings, he learnt about the people (Poles, Ukrainians, Gorals and Hutzels), their lives, crafts and unique colourful clothing. Their generosity flowed into many gifts of their crafts, several of which are included in this auction; - It was in these mountains that he met an English girl, Miss Iris Greep, whom he was later to marry and produce Jacqueline. - Without this serendipitous meeting, the world would not have had Jackie. - Engravings, drawings and decorations are by Jersey born artist, Hector Whistler, a first cousin of Sir Laurence Whistler. The induvial drawings of figures show various styles of dancing. “… correct in colour and design for the districts they depict.” The Polish Flea is highlighted, given its ferocious bite. - The Foreword is by the Rt. Hon. Lord Moyne, P.C, D.S.O, Chairman of The Polish Relief Fund. - All sale proceeds and publisher’s proceeds went to The Polish Relief Fund. - Photographs by Derek du Pré (on a 9/- [45p] Polish camera). - 1 copy of the book inscribed; ‘To you, who I feel know what hardship is and therefore will help the Polish refugees. With my thanks. (Undecipherable signature)’ ‘Instytut Polski’ (with some words in Polish). One corner damaged. 85% of the spine intact. Some foxing. Internal pages good. Also; 32” wide linen Polish (ordnance survey) map of Poland, with Derek’s route marked in pen. Map entitled PAS 55 SLUP 39 & PAS 55 SLUP 40. “Waskow Institute Geographics Warszawa 1933 Skala 1:100,000”. - Small collection of Polish newspapers/comics. - Derek’s passport dated 11 JUL 1929, with various countries’ stamps, with a Nazi Germany stamp/visa, Poland visa and other interesting stamps and visa. Pressed flowers and 2 postage stamps within. - Travel Permit Card Mrs I.M. du Pré. For Great Britain, Eire and Northern England, also Channel Islands. Issued 1945. - 31 of Derek’s B&W photographs, some duplicates, some mounted for the publisher’s printing guidance. Taken with Derek’s 9/- (45p) Polish camera. - 2 off photographs of the window of Taylor’s bookshop, Uckfield, displaying When Poland Smiled. - Printer’s print of the opening map of Derek’s ‘…footsteps on his journeyings…’, drawn by Hector Whistler. - 4 x Printer’s 4 page print of the cover drawing by Hector Whistler, the Foreword by Lord Moyne, Summary of When Poland Smiled by Derek du Pré, and a B/W version of the front cover drawing. - 1936 Tourist ID card for Czechoslovakia. - 1936 A3 size map of Poland. - 9¾“ newspaper cutting reviewing When Poland Smiled. - When Poland Smiled – 7 copies of ‘Excerpts of some of the Reviews received to 29th April 1940’ published by Gee & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 4 page leaflet, 3 of which have a loose leaf review from The Times Literary Supplement. - An ‘At home’ invitation to Iris Greep from Miss Vera Snelling to The Cowdry Club on Tuesday April 23rd to meet the author of “When Poland Smiled and his collaborators Iris Greep and Hector Whistler. - Newspaper cutting. Jersey Weekly Post. ‘Portrait of Gary‘ refers to Hector Whistler and his portrait of Prime Minster of Barbados and Sir Garfield Sobers. Relevant to When Poland Smiled. - 4 pages extract of The Times Literary Supplement, Sat June 8th 1940. Inside pages entitled, ‘A Turning Point’ ‘The Jackboot begins its march across Europe. German soldiers re-entering the Rhineland March 1936.’ Under the Travel Section, has an article on Derek’s ‘When Poland Smiled’. - Printers pages of the Polish matchboxes. - Envelope entitled ‘When Poland Smiled Correspondence’, containing: 2 off copies of the Printer’s 4 page print of the cover drawing by Hector Whistler; the Foreword by Lord Moyne; the summary of When Poland Smiled by Derek du Pré, and a B/W version of the front cover drawing. - A 94 page exercise book, 12½” tall x 7¾” wide, with many Reviews and various Notices. Index written by Iris, containing: 37 letters from the Polish Relief Fund, The British Council, Polish Embassy, Sussex Society for Polish Relief, Cardinal Hinsley, Lambeth Palace, Office of the Chief Rabbi, BBC, Press Club, Merton College, The Viscountess Snowden, and others. - A Press cutting from Les Chroniques de Jersey 4 May 1940 [content in French]. 2 copies. 12 copies of ‘Excerpts of some of the Reviews received to 29th April 1940’ published by Gee & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 4 page leaflet plus a loose leaf review from The Times Literary Supplement. 2 pink Cash Transaction slips for Gee & Co. May 2 1040. - “In less tragic days, this would have been just the book to inspire the reader with his determination to go to Poland and to see its beauties for himself – to visit the Carpathians, to witness the folk dances of the Tatra regions, to listen to the Goral songs, to wander through the happiness of the Polish countryside in the Ukraine or among the primitive peasantry of the Hutzuls. M. du Pré, a native of Jersey in the Channel Islands, has set down with candour and simplicity, but with infectious enthusiasm, his impressions of a stay among these generous and unspoiled folk in the summer of 1938. It in a slight yet well told story to which Miss Iris Greep has added a chapter on Ukrainian Folk Music. The book, with its pleasantly fantastic decorations, is beautifully produced, and excellent value for its price. As all the profits go to The Polish relief fund, there is an additional reason for giving the book the wide sale it certainly deserves.” Dublin Review. July 1940.

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