American Historical Ephemera and Photography

A group of 24 typescripts from the television series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau, an Illuminated manuscript text from Anatole France's L'Ile des Pingouins bound with 22 color photographs of Cousteau with penguin colony, a group of pen and ink drawing designs by Cousteau for 3 bathrooms and a kitchen, and a spiral bound photocopy of original poetry composed by Cousteau for British-German actress Dana Wynter (1967-1976). Provenance: Previously sold at Bonhams 25 June 2013, lot 2242; The estate of Dana Wynter (1931-2011), British-German actress.

Jacques Yves-Cousteau was an undersea explorer, filmmaker, and author whose most notable accomplishments include the invention of the first successful open-circuit self-contained undersea breathing apparatus (SCUBA) set, the discovery of the wreck of HMHS Britannic, sister ship to the Titanic, and his conception and subsequent promotion of the Calypso 35-mm camera, one of the first to create high-definition color images of the undersea world.