PRIESTLEY
(John Boynton, 1894-1984, Dramatist, Novelist and Critic)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear MacAlister',
(Sir Ian, 1878-1957, Secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 1908-1943), saying he is sorry "not to have replied before to your kind note of the 23rd but I have been desperately busy - for in addition to broadcasting three times a week (at 2.a.m!) to America, & doing the Postscript, I have also been making a film", offering "my deepest sympathy on the loss of your eldest boy, whom I remember well ...", 2 sides 8vo, 3 The Grove, Highgate Village, N.6., 29th June no year but
Item Date:
1940
Stock No:
56512
£75
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PRIESTLEY
(John Boynton, 1894-1984, Dramatist, Novelist and Critic)
Signed Portrait Postcard Photograph by Arnold Newman,
showing him seated nearly full length, leaning back in his chair in his library, with a knowing look at the viewer, a large cigar in his left hand, signed in the right blank margin, a most expressive image of Priestley the sage, 4¼" x 6", National Portrait Gallery, the photo
Item Date:
1979
Stock No:
56511
£75
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PRIESTLEY
(John Boynton, 1894-1984, Dramatist, Novelist and Critic)
Typed Letter Signed to 'Dear STORRS '
(Sir Ronald Henry Amherst, 1881-1955, Near Eastern Expert and Governor), sending his wife's thanks "for the Penguin, and I shall be very glad to have the Essay on Zionism and Palestine ..." apologising for a muddle about tickets and explaining how it had come about, with pencil note by Storrs at the head commenting on Priestley's use of the praise "grateful thanks" as how can they be otherwise, 1 side 4to., B4, Albany headed paper, 21st March
Item Date:
1944
Stock No:
26079
£75
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PRIESTLEY
(John Boynton, 1894-1984, Dramatist, Novelist and Critic)
Typed Letter Signed to the impresario Anmer Hall,
(1863-1953, pseudonym of Alderson Burrell Horne), thanking him "for your two notes ... Everybody else last night seemed to enjoy it too, though I gather from this morning's papers that nobody enjoyed it ... Anyhow ... I do feel I owe most to the two brilliant people you so kindly lent me", he "met your dramatist, Bridie" (James, 1888-1951), "up in Glasgow last week and liked him", 1 side 9" x 7", 3 The Grove, Highgate Village, N.6, 18th May
Item Date:
1932
Stock No:
54682
£125
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PRIESTLEY
(John Boynton, 1894-1984, Dramatist, Novelist and Critic)
'Lost Empires', signed and inscribed on the title page
"J. B. Priestley for Catherine Dupré", 8vo., Heron Books,
Item Date:
1965
Stock No:
22690
£40
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