SITWELL ON 'FACADE'
SITWELL
(Dame Edith, 1887-1964, Poet)
Fine Autograph letter signed in full to Miss Cooper
saying that she is "not sure to which of Dr Walton's works you are referring but I think it may be the orchestral suite 'Facade' the whole of which (it has many numbers) is adapted from a joint work of Dr Walton's and mine. This, also called 'Facade' consisted of poems of mine recited by a speaker, with a small orchestra, the music being, of course, Dr Walton's. The poems in question ... appear in my Collected Poems, not in the order in which they appear in Dr Walton's work ..." she then explains how they differ, she continues that she is "not very familiar with the Suite, as she has not heard it for a long time ...", when she has listed all the poems in the suite she goes on that she thinks "these all come to the suite. In my case, they did to the original work, from which the Suite was taken. We did a good many other ... a Scotch Rhapsody and a Tarentella which I have not reprinted ..." and she says the works can by got from the OUP, 2 sides 4to., Renishaw Hall, 5th January
paperclip mark at the head not affecting the text
Item Date:
1944
Stock No:
38335
£375
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SKEAT
(Walter William, 1835-1912, Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Cambridge)
Autograph Letter in the third person to Sir William Treloar, Lord Mayor,
accepting for 25th May, 1 side 8vo., 2 Salisbury Villas, Cambridge, 16th April
Item Date:
1907
Stock No:
50612
£15
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SMILES
(Samuel, 1812-1904, M.D., Scottish Writer and Social Reformer, author of 'Self Help' and 'Lives of the Engineers')
Signature from a document,
West Bank, Blackheath, no date, c.
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
50766
£15
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SMILES
(Samuel, 1812-1904, social reformer, author of 'Self-Help' and 'Lives of the Engineers')
Autograph Letter Signed to Sir Theodore MARTIN
(1816-1909, Scottish Poet, Biographer and Translator) saying that he is "now writing out the life of James Nasmyth, Inventor of the Steam Hammer, as a sort of conclusion to my Lives of the Engineers. I am going to efface myself and write it out, from beginning to end, as an Autobiography. He has furnished me with all his notes which require a great deal of re-writing. I found in your admirable Life of the Prince Consort, a description of Nasmyths appearance at Worsley Hall ... He showed to Her Majesty and Prince Albert his Map and Drawings of the moon. I intend to quote this. But is there anything else in Her Majesty's Diary that might be given? I suspect not, as the Diary may still be private . But I thought I might mention the matter to you. I know you are in Italy at present, but I shall be glad to hear from you on your return ...", 2 sides 8vo., 8 Pembroke Gardens, Kensington, 27th February
Item Date:
1882
Stock No:
41579
£150
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SMILES
(Samuel, 1812-1904, social reformer, author of ‘Self-Help’ and ‘Lives of the Engineers’)
Autograph Letter Signed to “My dear and Sweet Magda”
saying how “happy your bright letter has made me! I am always glad to hear of your welfare. Your letter is writte in beautiful English, and now you are studying German, Spanish and Latin. What an awfully clever woman you will be. ‘Awfully’ is a common term amongst the young ladies here, but is is not ‘in good form’. We were very glad to see your mother here last summer. She seems to be making an impression in London - this very big place. We are at the present moment enveloped by smoke and fog and I am writing (11 a.m.) by gas-light. I suppose you are now in bright sunshine. Alas! I’m afraid I shall never see Roma again. I am too old to travel about much. I hope we may yet see you in London again, though your letter throws doubts upon it. However, you must persevere in doing what is right and dutiful. We have had a pleasant Christmas. We have had sons, daughters, and grand-children about us. These young people are rising in the world, while we are going out of it. The Influenza has been very prevalent here, in some cases fatal. My daughter-in-law at Belfast calls it the ’horrid plague’. I hope you will soon recover, & be no more afflicted by it. My wife desires here kindest remembrances to you and your father and mother...”, 4 sides 8vo., 8 Pembroke Gardens, Kensington, 30th December
Item Date:
1892
Stock No:
42597
£175
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