"A bit honky, but can't be helped!", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, T.L.S. 'Daphne', one page, Menabilly Par Cornwall, 11th June 1947, to Miss Maureen Luschwitz ('my dear Maureen'), Daphne details her son Christian Browning's recovery 'Kits is much better, and practically himself again, but looked awfully white at first'. She continues that 'another thing I want badly, I saw advertised in Harrods catalogue. It was "garden furniture". A table, in what they call "rustic wood" (a bit honky, but can't be helped!)' Miss Maureen Luschwitz would later become Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
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Daphne du Maurier: (1907-1989) British Author, vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, signed 'Daphne du Maurier Browning' in her hand, dated '1988', together with a blank Christmas card with a colour photograph of Daphne and her Browning grandchildren. (2)(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.L.S. 'Daphne', one page, to Miss Maureen Luschwitz, ('Dearest Maureen'), 'could you take into Miss Jarvis of Peter Jones my american check swagger coat. The tailor is to copy it with the lengths of green tweed left from my suit'. Miss Maureen Luschwitz would later become Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, small signed black and white photograph of Daphne in a three quarter portrait pose, signed in blue ballpoint pen 'Daphne', dated '1947'. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.L.S. 'Daphne', 1947, to Miss Maureen Luschwitz, ('my dear Maureen'), colour postcard from Vista dalla collina, Italy, 'it is lovely here in spite of nearly continuous rain!' Miss Maureen Luschwitz would later become Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907-1989) British Author, vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, with illustration of Menabilly by Joan Rickarby to front, signed 'Daphne' in her hand and inscribed 'To Maureen' dated '1946'.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
"It would make her feel grown up", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.L.S. 'Daphne', Menabilly Par Cornwall, 11th December 1946, three pages, to Miss Maureen Luschwitz, ('my dear Maureen'), she details her London plans and makes arrangements for her daughter 'I think Tessa would love to go out one evening with Tommy, it would make her feel grown up... Will you see that Tessa doesn't go out alone even. She might think she is old enough to pop off to Peter Jones, but I don't like to think of her doing so!'.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
"I don't want to miss the chance of a "number" if it is a good one!", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.L.S. 'Daphne', Menabilly Par Cornwall, 9th October 1946, four pages, to Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton, nee Luschwitz, ('my dear Maureen'), Daphne ask Maureen to liaise with 'an american friend of mine, a Miss Carol Brandt' who's 'brought over a black "number" for me to buy if it fits' asking that Maureen get in touch 'suggesting this manoeuvre with the frock. I don't want to miss the chance of a "number" if it is a good one! I'm feeling much more rested, and sleeping normally without a pill'.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Du Maurier (Daphne), 'Escort', early reprint, signed by author and inscribed 'all the nice girls love a sailor!', 1945, together with two other signed books 'Echoes from the Macabre' and 'The Winding Stair'. (3)Books: 'Escort', dedicated in blue ballpoint pen, inscribed '(all the nice girls love a sailor!)', signed 'Bing' and 'Daphne du Maurier', published by Polybooks, London and New York (reprint), 'Echoes from the Macabre', dedicated in blue ballpoint pen, signed 'Bing' and 'Daphne du Maurier', dated 1978, published by Avon Books, New York and 'The Winding Stair', dedicated in blue ballpoint pen, signed 'Bing' and 'Daphne du Maurier', dated 1978, published by Avon Books, New York.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, with black and white photograph of Menabilly inside, signed 'Daphne 1945' in her hand and inscribed 'Menabilly East Front'.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Du Maurier (Daphne), 'Hungry Hill', US first edition, signed by author, 1943, together with three other US first editions by du Maurier, including 'Kiss Me Again Stranger', 'The Breaking Point', 'The Winding Stair', all signed by author. (4)Books: 'Hungry Hill', US First Edition, dedicated in blue ballpoint pen, signed 'Bing', dated 1972, further signed 'Daphne du Maurier' to title page, published by Doubleday, Doran and Co, New York, together with 'Kiss Me Again Stranger', Eight Stories dedicated in blue ball point pen, signed 'Daphne', dated May 1953, published by Doubleday, New York, 1953, also 'The Breaking Point, dedicated in blue ballpoint pen, signed 'Bing', dated Oct 1959, published by Doubleday & Company, New York and 'The Winding Stair', dedicated in red ballpoint pen, inscribed 'warm wishes for (t)his over wine to fame afore a winding stair', signed 'Bing', dated December 1978, published by Doubleday & Company, New York.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.N.S. 'D', 20th October 1943, colour postcard from Florence, to Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton, nee Luschwitz, 'I am dazed by all there is to see. Spend most of my time in church!! It is so bewildering to see all the things one has seen reproductions of all ones life, in reality...'(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907-1989) British Author, A.Q.S. 'Daphne du Maurier', one page, Kilmarth Par Cornwall, 1987, 'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again'. This quote feels particularly poignant being written on the letterhead paper for the Dower house (Kilmarth) on the estate of Menabilly which she moved to after Philip Rashleigh decided not to renew her lease.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.L.S. 'Bing', Menabilly Par Cornwall, one page, to Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton, nee Luschwitz, ('Dearest Maureen'), Daphne requests that Maureen arrange some alterations for her with her "little dressmaker". (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
"I've nearly finished my book!", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.L.S. 'Daphne', Menabilly Par Cornwall, to Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton, nee Luschwitz, ('my dear Maureen'), Daphne requests that Maureen run some errands for her including posting down her 'mauve crepe evening frock with long sleeves' she exclaims 'I've nearly finished my book!'. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
"It's Hell without Kits", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, T.L.S. 'Daphne', Mena 26th September 19??, two pages, to Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton, nee Luschwitz, ('Dearest Maureen'), Daphne outlines her travel plans and tasks for Maureen as 'it also means gingering up various things... anything to avoid the horror of madly snatching things from the cupboard on Monday after lunch!' Daphne continues 'Dont say I said so, but it's Hell without Kits. I have to keep going into the lav and crying... it really is awful. I feel as if I had had my inside out'. The second page, which was sent separately, lists 'Suggestions for Packing' and is signed 'Daphne' she adds 'Feeling like death. A few hopeless little lines from Kits, saying "It is like your case here," meaning very homesick, that was to be our code'. 'Kits' refers to Daphne's son Christian Browning.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
"In vile dishonesty I had to read your post-card!", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.L.S. 'Daphne', Menabilly Par Cornwall, 28th October 19??, two pages, to Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton, nee Luschwitz, ('my dear Maureen'), 'In vile dishonesty I had to read your post-card! The bright exterior was too much for me! I'm going to get a new passport on the strength of it!' Daphne despairs 'I've been awfully depressed at the idea of having 5 teeth out - which they are threatening me with... I shall next be told that anaemia destroys the hair, and I must wear a wig!'.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, typescript notes from Macdonald v Du Maurier trial, entitled 'Notes for reference in answering questions forwarded from the American Court', with handwritten annotations, copy of a letter regarding the case from Stern & Reubens, along with an A.L.S. 'Nelson Doubleday', Oyster Bay 30th November 1948, to Daphne du Maurier, from her American publisher whom she stayed with during the trial, a signed portrait of Ellen Doubleday, 'Ellen' and a small photo album of photographs taken by Ellen Doubleday and given to Daphne for Christmas in 1952, signed 'Ellen'.The case was an accusation of plagiarism by the author of a story called 'Blind Windows' (1927) who claimed that there were '46 parallelisms' between her work and 'Rebecca'.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
"My ex-Claridge man, very mincy", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.L.S. 'Daphne', Menabilly Par Cornwall, one page, to Miss Maureen Luschwitz ('my dear Maureen'), Daphne makes arrangements for lunch and suggests a favoured hairdresser, 'my ex-Claridge man, very mincy, who used to do my hair when I stayed at Claridge! Do try him (plus manicure!) for Tuesday'. Miss Maureen Luschwitz would later become Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
"I suddenly thought it might be the Stern Gang!!", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.L.S. 'Daphne', Menabilly Par Cornwall, 13th November 194?, one page, to Miss Maureen Luschwitz, ('my dear Maureen'), 'Someone rang this morning and asked for the flat telephone No, and it wasn't until after I'd given it... I suddenly thought it might be the Stern Gang!! What absolute horror!' Miss Maureen Luschwitz would later become Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.L.S. 'Daphne', to Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton, nee Luschwitz, ('Dear Maureen'), 'get straight into bed and have a good rest. I hear you couldn't get a sleeper. Don't attempt to get up!'.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, autograph manuscripts of poetry and handwritten drafts.'To-night the other world came much too near and with it fear...', handwritten poem 'This kiss you gave me at (?) was priggish, pedantic, and prim, the kiss of a student of hygiene, who's glandular future is dim...' together with typescript and copies of other poems.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, signed colour photograph of Daphne at her typewriter, signed in blue ballpoint pen, Daphne du Maurier', along with an interesting selection of formal and informal photographs from 1940s - 1980s. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907-1989) British Author, vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, with colour photograph Cornish scene, signed 'Bing' in her hand, inscribed 'To dearest Maureen and Bim'.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, a charming album of six black and white photographs of Daphne and her young family soon after moving into Menabilly.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.N.S. 'Bing', 13th May, colour postcard from Roma, Via Appia Antica, to Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton, nee Luschwitz, 'Just been out to lunch with a millionaire who has the biggest collection of emeralds...' (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, autograph manuscript, 'Rebecca, A Play in Three Acts', handwritten adaptation of 'Rebecca' into dramatic form, in pencil and title page for the original manuscript of 'Rebecca' (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Du Maurier (Daphne), 'Rebecca', US first edition, signed by author, Doubleday Doran, New York, 1938. Novel 'Rebecca', dedicated in blue fountain pen, signed 'Daphne Du Maurier', dated 1988, published by Doubleday Doran, New York, 1938. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, signed black and white photograph of Daphne posing with a book, signed in black fountain pen 'Daphne', dated '1938', inscribed 'Fernande with all my love'. Mlle Fernande Yvon: Daphne was infatuated with her school mistress Mlle Fernande Yvon and the two enjoyed a close relationship. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards issue with embossed crest to front, signed 'Tommy, Daphne & the children' in her hand and inscribed '1937 edition!' (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, autograph manuscript of poem, 'Song of the Happy Prostitute', in pencil, 'Why do they picture me as tired and old..., selling myself with sorrow, just to gain a few dull pence to shield me from the rain'. To verso in blue fountain pen are further stanzas from a different piece, 'When I was ten, I thought the greatest bliss, would be to rest all day upon hot sand under a burning sun..., time has slipped by, and finally I've know, The lure of beaches under exotic skies, and find my dreams to be misguided lies, For God! how dull it is to rest alone'. Along with a framed photograph of Daphne in a bathing suit preparing to dive into the sea from the 1920s, the manuscript was found in the back of the photograph frame and is believed to be of the same date. It is likely that this early work dates from Daphne's early visits to Ferryside at Bodinnick when she would write alone. These early poems appears to have not been published.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
"I've been really rotten in health", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.L.S. 'Daphne', Cannon Hall Hampstead, 27th December 1925, one page letter, to Miss Itha Heissing, a very early letter to her school friend. 'It was divine of you Itha, to send me that book of Oscar Wilde's. I loved the subtle sayings that you had underlined, though I think he was a bit of a poseur'. She continues, 'I had such a hectic time this term at Camposenea. I got ill, had 'flu very badly, and the new matron was a hopeless lazy hag, and didn't look after me at all, so Daddy wired to Wick that I was to stay with a friend of mummies in Paris, and to go to her doctor... It made me very miserable, and I've been really rotten in health. It had all been such fun too - being in the 'premier' and sleeping at the cottage. Charbonnier came to give us history lessons which was faintly nerve-racking. Yvon was marvellous to me all the time, I dont know what I should have done without her'. Adding, 'I was very fond of Campo weren't you? And now everything is over. I could never bear to go back there again, and walk as a stranger in the place where I once lived. Do you know what I mean?... In a years' time we will be forgotten there. "Ships that pass in the night". Together with a letter from Itha to Daphne from 1981.During this time Daphne was suffering from influenza and would return to Paris the following January to continue treatment whilst being supervised by Mlle Fernande Yvon. Daphne was infatuated with her school mistress Mlle Fernande Yvon and the two enjoyed a close relationship.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, autograph manuscript, 'The Old Ship', handwritten in black fountain pen, signed 'D du M', 'No battered hulk am I!, No coward timorous of wind or gale, Have I not ridden seas and carried sail, Beyond the dreams of man...'.This early poem appears to have not been published.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907-1989) British Author, vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, with a colour photograph of a Cornish scene, signed 'Daphne du M Browning' in her hand, inscribed to 'Mrs Church', 1986.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, two 1920s photographs, one studio portrait of Daphne in a fur stole and one of her in a sailing boat in Fowey. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, with colour image of Windsor Castle to front, signed 'Boy & Daphne' in her hand.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, with colour image of Kilmarth to front, signed 'Bing' in her hand and inscribed 'Bim and Maureen' and 'Wine, I hope, on its way!' (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, with a black and white photograph of a sculpture of 'Eirene and Ploutos', signed 'Bing' in her hand and inscribed 'To Maureen'.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
"Bim is getting him Veteran funds for new boatie...", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, T.L.S. Menabilly Par Cornwall, 6th April 1962, 'Bing', two pages, to Maureen Baker-Munton, ('Dearest Maureen') an update letter on medical matters of Maureen and du Maurier's son Christian Browning. 'I'm so sorry you have not been well. I have scoured my Medical Dic, and it does sound a bit like glands, or even thyroid??... I do hope you get to the bottom of it. Nothing so worrying or wearing as weeks of feeling rotten... I've had the same worry with Rab, who's sickness started again, and now, after many X rays, it is said to be "spasms of the duodenum"...rather awful at his age... He - Moper - was livid, because I said Kit's thing must be inherited, and he swore in loud angry tones, like in old days "Why should my family be blamed for every bloody illness"!! But I can't help thinking "spasms" are in the Browning make-up. I do hope it does'nt mean Kits is going to start that nervous "inside" that has played havoc with Moper's life'. She continues 'Moper in very good heart, well... and so thrilled because Bim is getting him Veteran funds for new boatie. Anyway, it's keeping him happy...I can get on with my saga about the French glass-blowing forebears in the Revolution. It's going well'.'Moper' was Daphne's pet name for her husband Sir Frederick Browning. The book mentioned would become her non-fiction book "The Glass Blowers" (1963). (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, T.L.S. 'Bing', one page, to Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton, nee Luschwitz, ('Dearest Maureen'), 'if you are bang on time, and get indoor about 7:20, and want to nim before your break (I will put tray ready as you see) will you to the children's loo, all clean there'. She continues the children 'will insist on calling you "auntie Midge" which isn't really correct!". (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, T.L.S. 'Bing', 14th January 1959, one page letter, to Mrs Maureen Baker-Munton, nee Luschwitz, ('Dearest Maureen') 'I found, to my dismay, that a brand new bottle of whiskey has gone in four days, and a new one, which he must have opened last night, already well down. If this is going to start I prefer the meek depression. Because it was drinking in elated mood that lead to the disaster of sixpence. I very much wonder if he started when he when to see Limpit last week in London, because had'nt when he left here. And he had got so beautifully off all alcohol the last six months'.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, T.L.S. 'Daphne', Menabilly par Cornwall, two page letter, to Maud Waddell ('Tod'), Daphne's governess and friend, on trying to teach her son Christian Browning to budget, 'I think Kits should do every week, is what all honks do, and when he is paid his weekly cheque he should at once cash it, and then hand over to you £3. £2 will be for his keep (though we know its actually more than that) and £1 towards the rent, which you will put in an envelope and save for me. That will leave him with £8 a week, and he must therefore cut his coat according to his cloth, and try and reckon out how he can keep going on this through the week. So much for petrol, so much for canteen lunches... When that is reckoned safely, he must see what he has over for cigarette, records, dolls, films, and so on. But the point is that a "working" boy must not expect to be able to gad about and spend money ad lib', Daphne ponders, 'I wonder how my family would have progressed if I had been they type to order mink coats, fast cars, and all the rest of it... Sometimes I think it would not be a bad idea if Labour did get in and take a great slice off everybody's Trust, and all three children realised what it meant to work and keep a family entirely on what one earns. But there it is. Its marrying and bringing up a family that takes the money. We'll see how Kits manages when he has a haggard "doll" wife in bal, nagging, and two nippers toddling, and his rent to pay, and a job coming to an end!(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Selection of photographs of Daphne du Maurier with her West Highland Terriers. All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, six Birthday cards signed and inscribed.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907-1989) British Author, vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, with colour photograph Cornish scene, signed 'Bing' in her hand, inscribed 'To dearest Maureen and Bim'.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, T.L.S. 'Daphne', Menabilly, 4th December 1967, two page letter, to Grace her housekeeper, 'Dearest Grace', update on the family, including her errant grandchildren, 'remembering you are "off" the whiskey (or are you "on" it again?) I am wondering whether any other offering in the wine line would interest you as a Christmas token?', of her grandson Freddie 'I must say, at 2 1/2 I think it shows great savoir faire, the "Coat on... Coat on..." is the thing that makes me laugh most. Such a glorious riposte to one's hostess!'(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
"Which will shake my publishers who long for a "romance", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, T.L.S. 'Daphne', Kilmarth Par Cornewall, 5th March 1975, two page letter, to Grace her housekeeper, 'Dearest Grace', 'I know you despise birthday cards, so many happy returns for Friday the 7th! If Tod in London has done my bidding and gone to Harrods, you should receive some time this week a small gift of a quarter bottle of champagne', Daphne continues 'one of the reasons I tend to do most of my shopping locally and in consequence have become really very fond of Par and the various people I hob-nob with in the shops, especially an old cobbler who might have stepped right out of a Dickens novel, with his counter piled high with old boots and shoes in various stages of repair - and said to me this morning, pulling a pair of ancient bootees I had given him to mend - "my lady, this is one of the proudest days in my life, that I could do this for you." Such old-world courtesy!', of her son Christian Browning out filming, 'when in Sicily he and his camera man had to be warned not to go off the main roads or the police could not be responsible. The Mafia.. the Mafia.. Kits warned me, and "if they kidnap me, they'll come to you for a ransom!", of her granddaughter Grace, 'she is now very active, and gets about with some sort of "walk aid" which sounds to me highly dangerous, barging into people all the time, and if her requests are not instantly met there is trouble. I add that she is rather greedy, and belches after every mouthful. I dont think that is a du Maurier trait!, finally she adds 'still ploughing away at my Bacon M.S. sequel to the first due in September, which will shake my publishers who long for a "romance". (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, T.L.S. Menabilly Par Cornwall, 11th November 1966, to Grace her housekeeper, on widowhood, 'you will relieved to hear that I gave a polite refusal to the editor of Woman's Own re the Widowed Article, and another refusal by cable to Reader's Digest in the U.S. - evidently the press vultures were hovering', Daphne considers 'I might have some more typed copies to made to distribute amongest my widowed friends... But this is one of the things that should help, with the passing of time, and I feel the article might start to put her on the road. It is a bit like Alcoholics Anonymous, as I said, and one widow can pass on aids to another' along with a second letter, T.L. Menabilly, 21th March 1965, four page letter (incomplete), to Grace her housekeeper, on the sudden death of her husband Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Browning, 'I am not going to go into details of last Sunday, they are too fresh and agonising in my memory', Daphne then recounts in detail the health complaints which lead to his demise in a harrowing missive.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, T.L.S. 'Bing', Menabilly par Cornwall, 28th December 1956, one page letter, to Valie, post Christmas update, 'many thanks for my lovely Mary Chess bath essance. So fragrant as it wafts up from the bath, and I wallow in it. All went well and a grand Christmas was had by everyone. No bad moods, no arguments, and even Poonie behaved admirably without a single tear! I must say I was pretty tired when it was all over, what with keeping up the various fires, and collecting all the wrapping paper, and helping with washing-up, and making beds'.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907-1989) British Author, vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, with a colour photograph of Daphne, signed 'Bing' in her hand, inscribed 'To dearest Bim and Maureen', Kilmarth 1984, together with a blank Christmas card with a colour photograph of Daphne. (2)(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907-1989) British Author, vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, with a colour photograph of a Cornish scene, signed 'Bing' in her hand, together with a blank Christmas card with a colour photograph of Daphne. (2)(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
"I so look forward to reading it...", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.L.S. Kilmarth Par Cornwall, 30th November 1983, 'Bing', one page, to Monty, Maureen and Kristen Baker-Munton, ('Dearest Bim, Maureen and Kristen') a brief letter of thanks. 'So many thanks for the lovely book that came yesterday. I have seen very good reviews of it in the papers, and I so look forward to reading it'.(All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
"I always think they are rather feeble...", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, T.L.S. Kilmarth Par Cornwall, 17th September 1981, 'Bing', one page, to Maureen Baker-Munton, ('Dearest Maureen') an update letter on the dogs and her health. 'All well here, but for the vile weather. Absolutely teeming rain all today, though it hadn't started when I took the boys for their walk in the morning'. She continues 'I saw Luther yesterday, Wednesday, and he said I was looking much better. I told him about my appetite, and he said I was to take those Vitamins, Multivite twice a day, morning and evening. I always think they are rather feeble, and that the red ones Bim takes are stronger, however I must do as he says, and I have plenty of Multivite on hand'. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
"I think I shall have the portrait of myself by Derek Hill as Xmas card...", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.L.S. Kilmarth Par Cornwall, 6th October 1981, 'Bing', one page, to Maureen Baker-Munton, ('Dearest Maureen') a short update letter on the sale of shares and a proposed Christmas card. 'Can Bim find out when the Britannia Shares are going to be sold? I have not had a word from them... Esther has had all the days off that Flave has been here... I don't know where she has been, but next door looks empty!' She continues 'I think I shall have the portrait of myself by Derek Hill as Xmas card'. Derek Hill (1916 - 2000) was an English painter of portraits and landscapes. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, collection of personal effects, comprising three red leather bound personalised diaries with 'D. du M.B. embossed and another with some annotations, two leather card cases, inside which a handwritten Nietzsche quote in her hand and a signed National Trust membership card 'Daphne du Maurier Browning', leather passport case, leather coin purse, leather ring binder with 'Daphne' embossed, an address book, two further diaries, a blank leather book, two placemats with photos of Kilmarth, including a painting by Daphne with a photograph of her in her studio. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907-1989) British Author, vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, with colour photograph of Daphne du Maurier with her Browning Grandchildren, signed 'Daphne' in her hand, inscribed 'I know its early, please don't mind' and 'from Daphne on rather Track. Can't remember who I am!' (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907-1989) British Author, vintage signed and inscribed Christmas greetings card, with colour photograph of Daphne by Christian Browning, signed 'Daphne' in her hand, inscribed 'Foy'.Foy Quiller-Couch was Daphne's lifelong friend and daughter of British writer Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944). Their two riding trips to Bodmin Moor inspired the novel Jamaica Inn. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
"I am starving, and must get something to eat or I'll faint!", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, A.L.S. Kilmarth Par Cornwall, 18th June 1980, 'Bing', one page, to Maureen Baker-Munton, ('Dearest Maureen') a brief update letter. 'Just back from hectic drive to Foy at Lostwithiel in thick fog, and for lunch we had a ? pie that had been burnt to a frazzle in her kitchen electric stove! I am starving, and must get something to eat or I'll faint!' Foy Quiller-Couch was Daphne's lifelong friend and daughter of British writer Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944). Their two riding trips to Bodmin Moor inspired the novel Jamaica Inn. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
"The Silver Wedding, which should have been such fun...", Daphne du Maurier: (1907 - 1989) British Author, T.L.S. Kilmarth Par Cornwall, 27th July 1980, 'Bing', one page, to Monty and Maureen Baker-Munton, ('Dearest Maureen and Bim') a sad update letter regarding the Baker-Munton's Silver Wedding Anniversary. 'There is just nothing I can say. I am thinking of you both all the time. Not only do I feel miserable at the knowledge that you cant come down, but I am also so worried about the temp and throat'. 'Oh, dear, Oh, dear - the Silver Wedding, which should have been such fun'. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
Daphne du Maurier: (1907-1989) British Author, signed colour photograph of Daphne, signed in black ballpoint pen, 'Bing', along with an interesting selection of formal and informal photographs from 1940s - 1980s. (All rights are reserved by The Chichester Partnership and no written materials may be reproduced in part or in full without the express prior written permission of The Chichester Partnership c/o Curtis Brown Group Ltd)
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