VITA ENJOYED THE PAMPHLET THAT 'VI' (VIOLET TREFUSIS) HAD SENT HER
SACKVILLE WEST
(Vita, 1892-1962, Poet & Novelist)
Fine Typed Letter Signed "Vita Nicolson" to Eva Mabel TENISON
(1880-1961, Historian and Novelist), at Hedingham Castle, saying that it was "nice to hear from you again. I am afraid that I have got no family history of the Wests, so cannot tell you whether the Sir Thomas West you refer to was an ancestor of mine or not. I daresay you may be able to find out from Lady De La Warr ... I have not read either of the two pamphlets you mention and should love to see them. I did so much enjoy reading the article about the Duke of Alba which Vi sent on to me, I think at your request. It was most admirably done ...", 1 side 8vo., with original envelope, Sissinghurst Castle headed paper, 4th May
Item Date:
1954
Stock No:
40476
£325
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"I DO FEEL FOR YOU OVER YOUR TRIALS WITH E.E.!"
SACKVILLE WEST
(Vita, 1892-1962, Poet & Novelist)
Fine Typed Letter Signed "Vita Nicolson" to Eva Mabel TENISON
(1880-1961, Historian and Novelist), at Hedingham Castle, thanking her for writing to tell here "about the article by Ian Moncreiffe. He married a cousin of mine, Dynan Erroll, so I suppose that he knows what he is talking about , and in any case he has always been interested in heraldry. I have a question ... Can you tell me whether the late Duke of Alba was the nephew or the great-nephew of the Empress Eugenie ... was he the son or the grandson of the Empress's sister Paca? ..." with an autograph postscript on the verso "I do feel with you over your trials with E.E.! and the loss of all your precious documents & books ...", 2 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope, Sissinghurst Castle headed paper, 7th March
Item Date:
1955
Stock No:
40477
£350
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SAINTSBURY
(George, 1845-1933, Literary Critic & Historian)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Hill,
saying he had received the document late, and that he ought to be "glad at anything which must do ... daily papers so much harm. From any other point of view I can only be astounded at conduct as unreasonable as it is indecent..", 3 sides 8vo., 75 Gunterstone Rd, W. Kensington, 9th January no year.
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
2966
£35
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SAINTSBURY
(George, 1845-1933, Professor of English Literature at Edinburgh, 1895-1915)
AN in the third person to Sir William Treloar, Lord Mayor,
accepting for dinner on 25th May, engraved card with MS additions, 2 Eton Terrace, Edinburgh, 10th April
Item Date:
1907
Stock No:
50573
£15
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SALA
(George Augustus, 1828-1896, Journalist & Writer)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to the Sam TIMMINS
(1826-1902, British Shakespearian Scholare and Antiquarian) saying that he is the "victim of uncontrollable circumstances, and the cruelty of Newspaper proprietors, being summoned to London this morning in some confounded affair of (journalistic) state. Ergo; I cannot avail myself of your kind invitation for tomorrow. But I hope to be back in Birmingham in a very few days. I am very sorry to disappoint you but a newspaper correspondent is twin brother to a Queen's Messenger, literally ...", 1 side 8vo., Great Western, Saturday morning, no date,
small tear in left hand side not affecting the text
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0
Stock No:
40933
£125
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