Lot 220 , Captain Frederick Britten Austin (1885-1941), British novelist and storywriter, a collection of ephemera,

Captain Frederick Britten Austin (1885-1941), British novelist and storywriter, a collection of ephemera, including two personal diaries from the First World War, scrapbooks of press cuttings, small notebooks, photograph albums including Singapore circa 1937 and the topography of the Waterloo Campaign, a collection of ALS and TLS including Duff Cooper and an autograph book belonging to his wife Mildred Britten Austin (nee Ethel Mildred King), signed by various writers and artists from 1924 to 1971
Estimate £100-150

Note: Britten Austin was noted for his collections of stories illustrating problems for British military security arising from new weaponry and tactics. He enlisted in the London Rifle Brigade on 4 August 1914, the day war was declared on Germany, and was later attached to the Army Service Corps, 75th Training Unit. His own war-time experience became a major influence on his writing. He also had a particular interest in historical military campaigns, as reflected in 'The Road to Glory', his 1935 autobiographical novel of Napoleon.


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Sold for £900