SACKVILLE WEST
(Vita, 1892-1962, Poet & Novelist)
Fine Autograph Letter signed 'Vita Nicolson' to Mr Darton
thanking him for "sending me that very interesting young man. He duly turned up, and we had a long talk, and I gave him a letter I thought might be useful to him. He tells me there is some chance of your publishing his poems this autumn, I do hope you will be doing so, if only for the selfish motive that I may see a few more, beyond his seven little leaflets! I sent him to see a cousin of mine, who is now on the 'New Statesman', and he was enormously taken with him, and will I think do what he can to help him. I was sorry to hear you had been ill, and hope you may be sufficiently recovered to pay your visit to Sevenoaks before long - I am away from home for a week , but shall be there for the rest of the summer ...", with a pencilled autograph note the "The 'Young Man' is a New Zealand poet named Cresswell whom I tried to help", 2 sides 8vo., Sherfield Court, Basingstoke, no date but circa
Item Date:
1925
Stock No:
40784
£675
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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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“WE MUST HOPE THAT THE DUTCH GIRL MISBEHAVES HERSELF AND HAS TO BE SENT BACK TO HOLLAND”
SACKVILLE WEST
(Vita, 1892-1962, Poet & Novelist)
Typed Letter Signed “Vita Nicolson” to Miss Patricia Kelly,
saying that “it was such a pleasure to see you again and I am only sorry that I wasn’t up and thus able to see more of you. I had some difficulty in running my cousins to earth as there was no reply to their telephone in London, but I found them eventually having a holiday on Hayling Island. I am afraid it sounds rather as though they had got a Dutch girl to help with the children, but I gave my cousins your address and telephone number and asked them to communicate with you. We must hope that the Dutch girl misbehaves herself and has to be sent back to Holland...”, 2 sides 8vo., with original typed envelope, Sissinghurst Castle headed paper, 27th July
Item Date:
1960
Stock No:
42527
£575
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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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