FITZGERALD
(Penelope Mary, 1916-2000, Booker Prize Winning Novelist, Poet, Essayist and Biographer)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed 'Penelope' to Josephine PULLEIN-THOMPSON
(1924-2014, Writer best known for her Pony Books) thanking her for her book which she “took down to Theale this past weekend & left it with Tina & she almost wept, it brought back her pony-owning days so intensely, (but after all she might have one again - there’s a kind of stable at the back of the garden, not belonging to us, but just being used for hens & for fattening calves, & I daresay in time we could get hold of that). If you should have another copy to spare & would sign it for her, she’d love it... It’s hard to put in words the connection between the book, the child & the pony, or the imagined pony I suppose in so many cases. I’ve got the ticket for the PEN outing too & look forward to it. I wonder how much is still there at Knole? - there seemed to be some sort of arrangement by which the Sackville-Wests were allowed to withdraw pictures & items of silver-plated furniture &c, & sell them, so that blanks appeared on the walls & in the rooms, & things had to be hastily re-arranged - but there’s always plenty left I suppose. I’ve never seen the Woolfs house at Rodmell but always wanted to...”, 2 sides 4to., 76 Clifton Hill, London, 6th April
Item Date:
1982
Stock No:
43538
£225
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FRASER
(Lady Antonie Margaret Caroline, born 1932, Author of History, Novels, Biographies and Detective Fiction)
Autograph Note Signed in a coloured picture card to Josephine PULLEIN-THOMPSON
(1924-2014, Writer best known for her Pony Books) thanking her for “a lovely party and I forgot to tell you personally (tho’ I told many others) how good your garden was looking as usual. Tomorite for ever! (You gave me that tip). Everyone seemed in v. good form... Pauline, more beautiful than ever!...”, 2 sides folded card, 4½” x 4½”, no place, 18th July
Item Date:
1995
Stock No:
43528
£55
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FRY
(Christopher, 1907-2005, Poet and Playwright)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Josephine PULLEIN-THOMPSON
(1924-2014, Writer best known for her Pony Books) apologising for his late reply and saying that he “was very touched indeed by your Committee’s invitation to be guest at the Christmas party, and would wish in so many ways to say yes - which is why I haven’t answered at once. But I’m afraid the evening would be a bit taxing, together with the other things that are happening about that time... it’s always difficult to sit when other people are standing. Tell the Committee how very much I appreciate the invitation. I wish you could all come down here for an afternoon tea party instead!...”, 2 sides 4to., The Toft, East Dean, Chichester, 20th July
Item Date:
1997
Stock No:
43522
£150
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CEREMONIAL WOODEN STAFF FOR THE CORONATION OF GEORGE VI
[GEORGE VI
(1895-1952, King of Great Britain) and ELIZABETH (1900-2002, his Queen)]
Ceremonial wooden staff decorated in red and gold with the King’s cypher and the date
and the word “Coronation” at the top, the top and bottom are red and the central portion is gold, 21 inches long, used at Westminster Abbey, 12th May
the paint is quite extensively chipped.
Item Date:
1937
Stock No:
43513
£175
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GLENDINNING
(Victoria, born 1937, Biographer, Critic, Boradcaster and Novelist)
Autograph Note Signed 'Victoria' to Josephine PULLEIN-THOMPSON
(1924-2014, Writer best known for her Pony Books) thanking her for her letter of condolence on the death of her second husband, “Terence was a lovely man & I am very sad. But we have between us a large extended family, so I have lots of hands to hold on to. Thank you too for the invitation to the picnic - I don’t think I do have the stamina for that, grief is extremely tiring! But it was a lovely suggestion, T & I have always thought you were such a kind person, & you are...”, 2 sides postcard, Davis Cottage, Torriano Cottages, no date but
Item Date:
1994
Stock No:
43532
£45
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