Dec 01, 2011 - Sale 2263

Sale 2263 - Lot 563

Price Realized: $ 210
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY KATHERINE ANNE PORTER (NORTH GERMAN LLOYD LINE.) "Werra." Photographic Portrait of the Ship, Inscribed and Signed by Katherine Anne Porter. Photographic copy print produced by the Peabody Museum of Salem, in 8x10 inch format. This copy Inscribed and Signed by noted novelist Katherine Anne Porter; matted and framed. 1971

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"For Robert Forrest: This ship, Nord Deutscher Lloyd 'Werra' is the original of my ship 'Vera' in 'Ship of Fools.' The novel is based on my diary of my first voyage to Europe. I sailed with her from Vera Cruz, Mexico, August 22 to Bremerhaven, Germany, September 17, 1931. Bon Voyage! Katherine Anne Porter, 3d July 1971."