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A baguette and brilliant cut diamond ring, a baguette cut diamond 7mm x 3mm x 2mm, bar set to top and bottom with a princess cut diamond and five brilliant cut diamonds claw set to each side in an all white metal mount, ring size O, approximate weight of baguette cut diamond 0.40 carat, gross weight approximately 4.5g.

A contemporary diamond multi stone cluster ring, the twenty-seven brilliant cut diamonds individually claw set in a yellow and white metal mount with off set sweeping shoulders, shank marked 14K, ring size O, total weight of diamonds approximately 1.3 carats, gross weight 5.5g.

A three stone ring with two old cut diamonds and a rectangular step cut aqua coloured stone, 8x6.4mm, claw set in a yellow and white metal mount, ring size O, gross weight 3.2g.

Andrew Grima - an 18 carat gold diamond and gemset ring, the three golden coloured pear shaped stones, claw set and held in a ribbon of fifteen eight cut diamonds in an 18 carat all yellow gold mount with three diamonds set into each shoulder, the 2.7mm wide shank signed GRIMA, hallmarked London 1968, makers mark HJCo, ring size approximately O, gross weight 9.2g.The coloured stones have not been removed from their settings, they appear singularly refractive and could be hessonite garnet, this is not conclusive depending on the axis and the stones could be citrine, the ring has been consigned by the original owner but as it was a gift we do not have the original receipt. .

Quantity of Hornby 'O' gauge Railway. No.40 0-4-0T RN82011. No.501 0-4-0 tender locomotive, with tender. No.1 Wagon, Goods Van, Low Sided Wagon. Milk Traffic Van, 2x No.51 1st Class Coach, Passenger Brake Van. No.41 Passenger Coach. No.1 Water Tank. No.2 Signal Cabin, Level Crossing and a Turntable. Plus 2x Buffer Stops and sections of track. Also 2x The Leeds Model Co Ltd LNER 'Teak' composite coaches. Most boxed, some wear/damage. QGC-GC many items for restoration as worn overall. £70-90

13 Corgi Classics 1/50. Including; (97388) Atkinson 8 wheel rigid with trailer Tennant, (97840) Scammell Highwayman tanker ShellMex/BP, (97372) Atkinson cylindrical tanker Mackeson, (97327) Atkinson 8 wheel rigid with load Stobart, (97952) Foden tanker Hovis (97930), ERF tanker Blue Circle (97385), AEC fire engine Cardiff (97355), AEC pump escape Nottingham (97810), Foden tanker & Bedford O Series Tate & Lyle (97053), Burlingham seagull/AEC Regal York Bros (20501), Bedford S Type Pickfords (97329), Bedford O Series BRS and (97364) Leyland Tiger Club, North Western. All boxed, some wear/damage to two. Contents VGC-Mint. £60-80

A quantity of Various Makes. Commercial Vehicles including British Transport Classics: Commer Dropside, F.Compton. Albion Flatbed, R.Drummond. 4x Bedford 'O' series - including R.C.Jeffrey and BRS. Tekno Ford D800 Beaver-Tail with load. 2x 1:43 Ford and 1 Bedford Lorries. Fire Brigade Models Dennis Sabre Fire Appliance. Corgi Ford 8-wheel Platform Lorry with load, Silver Roadways. 3x Signature 1920s/30s Fire Appliances. Atlas Dinky Guy Van Heinz. All boxed, minor/some wear. Contents VGC-Mint. (18) £80-100

12 Corgi Classics and a Modern Haulers including; (75902) Leyland DAF Blue Circle, (21401) AEC box trailer Walls, (24701) Leyland Beaver Michelin Tyres, (21402) AEC refrigerated box trailer Daniel Stewart, (16401) Scammell Highwayman and trailer Siddle C Cook, (18401) Bedford O Series British Rail, (15101) Scammell Scarab Express Dairy, (15201) Scammell Scarab Mitchell's and Butlers, (97970) Foden tanker Regent, (97372) Atkinson cylindrical tanker Mackeson. The following 3 items have very poor box condition, all box illustrations are damaged (09701) ERF 8 wheel rigid (24202) Leyland Octopus tanker Power and (97942) ERF flatbed Flowers box lid has a code 3 label attached however the contents are correct. All boxed, minor wear/some damage. Contents VGC-Mint. £50-70

12 Corgi Chipperfields Circus 1/50 scale. (97888) Foden closed pole truck and caravan, (97915) Scammell Highwayman and two trailers, (97887) Bedford O series horsebox, (97889) AEC cage truck & trailer, (97896) AEC pole truck, (97957) ERF 8 wheel rigid truck, (97092) Bedford Pantechnicon, (97303) Bedford O Series articulated truck, (97022) AEC Regal living quarters, (97886) Scammell Highwayman with crane, (96905) Advance booking vehicle and (31703) Land Rover, Morris Minor pick-up, Thames trader, AEC fire engine. All boxed, minor wear. Contents VGC-Mint. £70-90

Ace Trains O gauge Metropolitan Railway 4-4-4T locomotive, RN108. In lined maroon livery. For 3 rail running. Boxed, felt tip pen marks to ends of box. GC-VGC, re-motored and wheeled with RJC motor. £70-100

5 Corgi Classic 1/50. Including (97335) Scammell Scarab Eskimo Foods, (97371) Bedford O series Cameron Brewery, (24501) Leyland 8 wheel J & A Smith of Maddiston. Bedford box van Toymaster, Bedford S type tanker Esso. Plus 19x Trackside 00 scale including Sentinal Ballast box and drawbar trailer Robert Wynn, Scammell Ballast Box with low loader and crane Wimpey, Sentinal Ballast Box & low loader & gun barrel load LNER, AEC Mammoth Ballast with low loader & cable wheel Southern Railway, Scammell Tractor with artic low loader & crated load LMS, AEC Mammoth with flatbed trailer London Brick Co, etc. All boxed, some damage to one. Contents VGC-Mint. £50-70

A quantity of White Metal Vehicles and other items. Sun Motor Co. Bedford 290 'A series' Fire Pumper. In 'Abbey of Gethsem' red livery. Gearbox Models Austin light van, in Royal Mail red livery. A Morris Z van in Royal Mail specification red livery. A Hart Models Unmade Kit for a Land Rover Forward Control Post Office Telephones van, (believed to be complete). Also a single axle cable trailer and a plastic Bedford 'O' cab by BTS Mouldings. All boxed, minor wear. Contents VGC-Mint. £80-100

A quantity of Various Makes. 2x Oxford 1:43 scale Weymann Fanfare coaches: Southdown and South Wales Transport. Corgi: 3x DAF 85 Aggregate Tipper, Hanson Aggregates & RMC Aggregates. British Transport Classics / Digbys: 2x Bedford 'O' series dropside lorry, BRS. Bedford 'O' series flatbed, Jeffrey. Commer forward control dropside, Compton and a Commer forward control flatbed, Knights of Old. 2x Best Choose Commer lightweight lorries with Asian style bodywork. Together with 4x 1:43 / 1:50 scale blister pack models: Bedford 'OB' coach, Renault Galion Van, Michelin. Bedford 'Auto Sleeper' 1974 and Hymermobil Type 650 1985. All boxed, minor wear. Contents VGC-Mint. (16) £80-100

Quantity of various makes. Including a Corgi Toys Carrimore Car Transporter, boxed, some wear/damage. 2x EFE two Southdown Bus sets. OOC Wright Eclipse Fusion, First Hampshire. A DINKY metal sign. Britains 155mm Gun, in a worn box, may not be complete. Plus many die-cast trucks, vans, cars etc by Spot-On, Corgi, EFE, Gescha, Base Toys magazine issues etc. Together with a few model railway items including Hornby 'Evening Star' RN 92220, 2x Hornby-Dublo passenger coaches, 6x 'O' gauge wagons, Hornby 0-4-0 saddle tank, 2x Lima '0' gauge locomotives - one steam and one diesel, plus 2 Lima passenger coaches. A few items boxed, minor/some wear. QGC-Mint. (c80) £80-100

Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. 1887 - 1964). The Canticle of the Rose Poems: 1917-1949, inscribed by Sacheverell Sitwell, The Vanguard Press, Inc. New York, 1949, with Two Related Autograph Letters, 1981, and four other vols., 1909-1973. comprises: SITWELL, Edith. 1887 - 1964). The Canticle of the Rose Poems: 1917-1949, inscribed by Sacheverell Sitwell, The Vanguard Press, Inc. New York, 1949. first US. edition, 8vo., (240 x 163mm), publisher's black cloth, pink rose and gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed and dated by the author's youngest brother in black ink to half-title, 'To Philip Collins / this copy of my sister's poems / 'The Canticle of the Rose'/ 1917-1949 / Sacheverell Sitwell / 3rd December / 1981'; with two Autograph letters loosely inserted, the first letter - 2pp., 22 lines, from Philip N.H. Collins, written to Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, dated 16.12.81, 'Dear Sir Sacheverell / Please could / you tell me why I can't get / a copy of your sisters poems / for love nor money? I consider / her to be one of the most brilliant poets this country has / produced and I think it is an / outrage that paperback volumes / are not available when / trash by so called 'poets' not / worth the paper they're printed on / flood the books shops. / Do you know if / any publications are contemplated / which will make available / at prices we can afford, / her wonderful work? . . .', the second letter - a response to Philip N.H. Collins, from Sacheverell, 1pp., 7 lines, written in black ink to Weston Hall printed headed paper, dated 30 December, 1981, 'Dear Mr. Collins, / I have your letter - and at once / went down to the old kitchen, which / contains my sister's library - and at / once found this book of poems - which / I hope you will approve and enjoy. I do not know / who it / belonged to! / Yours sincerely, Sacheverell Sitwell'; GRIGSON, Geoffrey. (1905 - 1985). Thornton's Temple of Flora with bibliographical notes by Handasyde Buchanan. London, Collins, 1951. folio, (435 x 312mm), original cloth-backed boards, printed title label to front, gilt lettered labels to spine, 12 colour plates, 24 monochrome collotype plates, all with tissue guards, text by Grigson, bibliographical notes by Buchanan and botanical notes by William T. Stearn. This edition was designed by George Rainbird and Ruari McLean, set and printed in Amsterdam from the original volume at the Eton College Library, bound at W. H. Smith and Sons, London; The wrapper design and label based on the original parts. The label and calligraphic title-page drawn by John Brinkley; SITWELL, George Sir, Baronet. (1860 - 1943). An Essay on the Making of Gardens being a Study of Old Italian Gardens, of the Nature of Beauty, and the Principals involved in Garden Design. London: John Murray, 1909. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 147mm), publisher's grey cloth, colour blocked Italianate garden scene to front boards with black short title, gilt lettering to spine, top edge gilt, dustwrapper unclipped, 110pp. and 2pp. adverts at end; together with SITWELL, Sacheverell. Old Fashioned Flowers, Illustrated by John Farleigh, London: Country Life Limited, 1939, with a handmade gift card loosely inserted, ink manuscript inscription, 'To be passed on to William one day, Mary'; SITWELL, Edith. A Book of Flowers, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1952; MITCHELL, Peter. European Flower Painters. London: Adam and Charles Black, 1973.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library(Qty. 8).Condition Report: 1. The Canticle of the Rose - clean boards, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper unclipped, worn and chipped (with loss), and tape repair to inside top of spine, e/ps. a little marked, some toning internally o/w. clean.2. 3. The two Autograph letters, with fold creases, and clean.4. Thornton's Temple of Flora - minor marks to boards, spine bumped at tail and labels on spine slightly detaching at corners, e/ps., with light marks, front e/ps., o/w. text and plates bright and clean.5. An Essay on the Making of Gardens . . - clean bright cloth boards, corners very slightly scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper worn and marked, front flap present but hanging on, lacks lower flap and torn (with loss) top and centre of spine, bright gilt, foxing to edges and further light foxing throughout.6. Old Fashioned Flowers - cloth marked, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper has price neatly cut out, with edge nicks and foxing, within glassine wrapper, foxing to edges affecting leaf edges, and further foxing internally to some pages of text, plates clean.7. A Book of Flowers - clean bright cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine bright, spine slightly bumped head/tail, dustwrapper unclipped, a little worn and marked, e/ps. marked, toning internally o/w. clean.8. European Flower Painters - clean bright red gilt cloth, green top, dustwrapper unclipped, a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Sacheverell. (1897 - 1988). MANUSCRIPT: BROTHER AND SISTER: A BALLAD OF THE PARALLELO. Edith Sitwell's copy, (c. 1949). single volume, folio. (335 x 207mm), bound in a modern green, gilt decorative morocco binding, gilt lettered to front, patterned e/ps., ownership name 'Edith Sitwell' in pencil to front pastedown, 10pp., 135 lines in Sacheverell's neat hand to single sides of 5 leaves, on ruled notebook paper in blue ink, with Sacheverell's crossings out and corrections, each leaf numbered at top, and some numbered in brackets to the left of a few verses, NPG. tissue wrapping with blue and white printed label. Sacheverell's poem later published, Daventry: M. Battison, 1977. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. f27 / 6.45.Provenance: The Library of Dame Edith Sitwell.  Condition Report: boards slightly warped, clean and bright, slight scuffing to corners, some toning internally, o/w. clean, text neat and easy to read.Condition Report Disclaimer

SACHERVERELL SITWELL. (1897 - 1988). TWO MANUSCRIPT NOTEBBOOKS, POETRY, ESSAYS AND NOTES, 1915-1961. a pair of Manuscript Notebooks containing Poetry, Essays, and Notes, written in Sacheverell's hand. comprises: the first notebook - a 'W. Straker Ltd.' ruled notebook, folio, blue marbled boards, containing verses of poetry, essays, and notes written in ink and pencil to mostly one side of approx. 82 leaves, many dated 1915-1925'; 'Sacheverell Sitwell, 2 Carlyle Square, Chelsea, London SWIII' written in pencil to front pastedown, the works include a travel related foreward, referencing Italy and Spain, and numerous titled and dated poems including 'Song 29.7.25 to Vogue' - 'At the Theatre 7.9.24, 18.4.25' - 'The Mill, The Golden Age 21.3.15' - 'Baroque Series I. The Holy Roman Empire' - 'Donkey's Ears' - and 'The Castle Window 2.7.25', at the back of the notebook is a numbered list, 36 lines, (possibly a list of plates), written in black ink and dated 29.8.25, 'ABCDARIO' from Hermann Schmitz, 'Kunst und Kultur de 18 Jahrhunderts in Deutchland' . . . Munchen, 1922'; the second notebook - an 'Ideal' burgundy ruled notebook, folio, approx. 98pp. of poetry, written mostly to single leaves in blue ink, many dated 1959-1961, 'Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston, Towcester, Northants', in pencil to front pastedown, and in red ink to the first page 'XXXXX N.B. This book has 17 poems forThe Portrait of Campaspe, 22. xii. 1959, Tetradrachm 23 July,1959'. numerous verses of poetry, a few titled and noting the date Sacheverell had altered them, ' retain i, iii, v, vii, xiv, xvi (7 poems in all), (22. xii. 1959'). Provenance:The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall..   Condition Report: 1. . W. Straker Ltd. Notebook, blue marbled boards, 1924-1925 - boards worn and scuffed, light foxing to leaf edges and a few beginning and end pages, o/w. clean, the text neatly written and easy to read.2. Ideal, burgundy notebook, 1959-1961 - boards clean with a few light marks, very light foxing to leaf edges, o/w. clean internally, the text neatly written and easy to read.Condition Report Disclaimer

SACHEVERELL SITWELL. (1897 - 1988). Autograph Letter to Edith Sitwell, Weston Hall, October, 1942. An Autograph Letter from Sacheverell Sitwell to his sister Edith, updating her with the recent exploits of Dylan Thomas and his wife in London nightclubs, as told to him by Ivan Moffat. 63 lines, on 2 leaves to Weston Hall headed notepaper, written in Sacheverell's neat manuscript hand in black ink, dated 25 October, 1942. 'My darling Edith . . . I went to London last week for two days and was told fascinating stories about the exploits of Dylan Thomas, who sounds an utterly impossible but quite fascinating person. His wife I am told, is dressed like the trainer in a boxing ring with about seven jerseys one over the other and is trained to knock him out whenever he comes home'. Dylan Thomas' wife, (Caitlin Mcnamara), had also caused a scene, ' . . . she broke the arm of a young girl called Virginia Gilliat who has just been married . . . a little casualty clearing station had to be set up downstairs . . .the next exploit of Dylan Thomas was at the 'Gargoyle', a night club owned by David Tennant . . . the other night when the Gargoyle was full of people and the band was playing, Dylan Thomas made his appearance and came spinning down the staircase so quickly . . . Once on the dancing floor (he was poetically dressed in tweeds, with curls of hair like Bacchus, shoes, but no socks), he ripped off both shoes and danced barefoot . . . He moved on to the table where David Tennant was sitting drinking a valuable bottle of claret, poured it into his own shoe and drank it, finished the botle . . . traversed the entire floor to the far end of the room and landed on the divan, nestling his head against the thighs of Harold Nicolson, whom he hates. . . '. Sacheverell confesses to Edith, that his current writer's block is nothing to do with the constant interruptions, but down to the actual difficulty of what he is trying to do, ' . . oh! I am having such a difficult time writing . . .'; within a clear protective sleeve, NPG printed label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d49/4.33.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.Condition Report: folded, marked to the verso of the last leaf, top and lower corners folded over, o/w. clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

SACHEVERELL SITWELL. (1897 - 1988). A MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK, POETRY AND DIARY ENTRIES, 1917-1920. a ruled notebook written in Sacheverell's hand, containing poetry, notes, diary entries and a few names and addresses. brown marbled boards, folio. (32 x 20.5cm), approx. 37pp. of poetry, mostly dated 1917-1918, with 72pp. of diary entries written in pencil from 1917-1920, the poems include 'Constantinople', July 26th 1915 Marlowe' - 'The Nightingale', January 1917 - 'AVENUE' 7. VI. 1917 - 'SIRENS' 12. VI. 1917 - 'Brighton Pier' - 'the Coronet Solo' - 'The Trapeze from Perspectives' 12.3.1918 - 'The Mayor of Murcia Part III & Part IV 14.4.1918 - 'The Speech' - and 'Barrell Organs'; the diary entries closely written on one or two lines, begin on May 23rd, 1917, 'Went to Renishaw', and end on September 17th, 1920, '. . . Kensington Palace then dinner with Lewis, to Edith & Helen, Seymours, Roderick, Gabriel- Siegfried'. a detailed record of Sacheverell and the Sitwell family's lives during the latter years of the Great War. The entries for 1917 note, 'August 21st (1917), Osbert to Renishaw, (A year ago today he and I came to London . . ' - 'Sept 4th, (1917) Zeppelins, dinner on guard, Osbert Lutyens' - 'September 29th (1917) the Great Air Raid'. Sacheverell and his older brother Osbert, both serving with the Grenadier Guards, continue to enjoy a hectic social life, enjoying lunches, teas, dinners, and parties with their arts and literary friends such as Ezra Pound, Cecil Beaton, Charlie Chaplin, T.S. Eliot, Augustus John, Siegfried Sassoon, Maynard Keynes, Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley, Arnold Bennett, Vanessa and Clive Bell, to name a few. Sacheverell is on and off duty throughout, meeting regularly with his sister Edith and her companion Helen Rootham, and attending Diaghilev's latest ballet performances. Life is being lived to the full whilst the war goes on in the background. The Sitwells busy themselves with their writings and work, 'Sept 15th (1917) first copy of 'Tides' appears' - ' April 9th (1918) mother to lunch, corrected my proofs of 'People's Palace' - ' Aug 4th (1918) Osbert on duty, Chile (Álvaro Guevara) in morning, his drawings of 'Bicyclists' for the third volume of 'Wheels' - ' Aug 7th (1918) proof read 'Wheels' vol III' - 'November 11th (1918) PEACE AT LAST' - 'November 12th (1918) Montie's Peace party 4pm'. Sacheverell notes family birthdays such as 'Osbert's 26th birthday (1892-1918)' - ' September 7th Edith's 33 birthday (1887-1920)', the close friendships between the three Sitwell siblings is apparent throughout, 'June 27th (1919), tea with 'the Coalbox' - Edith and Mitfords . . . good humoured ladies', - ' March 27th (1919) Osbert gets his passport for Monte Carlo, Edith gets it done for him', Sacheverell's later entries record 'July 29th (1919) Bloomsbury party' - ' August 10th (1919) The King, Queen, Princess Mary and Prince Albert to tea - panic,'; written in black ink to the lower pastedown is a list of eleven friend's names and addresses including T.S Eliot, Wyndham Lewis, Ethelbert White, Paul Nash, Aldous Huxley and others; with five additional notes, including an Autographed letter loosely inserted, each written in Sacheverell's hand, one written to Balliol College, Oxford, printed headed notepaper, dated 14.2.19, two written to Grenadier Guards, Albuhera Barracks, Aldershot, blue headed notepaper, one of which is an Autographed letter from Sacheverell, dated August 28. 1918, 'Dear Sir, Please send your new Catalogue of books. Include in particular, . . .the old Italian Theatre & old Italian Theatrical Prints.'.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.  Condition Report: boards worn, top of spine split, hinges splitting to front board, leaf edges curling and marked, internally marked to pastedowns and first page, a little toned to some pages, with a few pencil entries faded, o/w. reasonably easy to read and clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). Six Works: Green Song and Other Poems, Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell, 1944, and five other first editions, 1936-1952. comprises: Green Song and Other Poems. Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1944. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 145mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed by the author to her youngest brother in pencil on front free e/p., 'For my darling Sachie / with very best love / from / Edith', half-title, dedicated to Bryher, 35pp; Selected Poems With an Essay on her Own Poetry. Duckworth, London, 1936. first edition, 8vo., (203 x 140mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettered to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, printed Kemp Hall Press, Oxford, 285pp; The Song of the Cold. The Vanguard Press, Inc., New York, 1948. first US. edition, 8vo., (245 x 165mm), publisher's black decorated cloth, blue lettering to spine, half-title, 113pp; The Canticle of the Rose. Poems 1917-1949. The Vanguard Press, Inc., New York, 1949. first US. edition, 8vo., 240 x 165mm), publisher's black cloth, author's blindstamped signature to front, gilt lettered to spine with pink rose decoration, dustwrapper unclipped, 290pp; The American Genius. An Anthology of Poetry with some Prose Selected with a Preface by Edith Sitwell. John Lehmann, 1951. first edition, 8vo., (223 x 145mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design by Keith Vaughn, half-title, dedicated to Minnie Astor, 208pp; A Book of Flowers. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1952. first edition, 8vo., (223 x 150mm), publisher's mauve cloth, gilt lettered to spine, mauve top, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, dedicated to Osbert Sitwell, 314pp; Provenance: The Library of Dame Edith SitwellCondition Report: 1. Green Song and Other Poems. Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell - clean bright boards, light marks to dustwrapper, foxing to pastedowns and leaf edges, o/w. a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

SACHEVERELL SITWELL. (1897 - 1988). Two Autograph Letters to Osbert Sitwell, Weston Hall, 1942 -1961. Two Autograph letters from Sacheverell Sitwell to his older brother Osbert. comprises: the first letter - 2pp., 46 lines, written in black ink to both sides of a single leaf in Sacheverell's hand, dated 10 March, 1942 and marked Weston; 'My Darling Osbert, Georgia forgot to tell you that Reresby has scarlet fever - in the Fever Isolation Hospital in Slough. he is the only boy in the whole of Eton to have it . . ', Sacheverell shares some worrying financial news with Osbert, 'the other nice piece of personal news is that Georgia's mother writes that it is no longer possible to pay her allowance as formerly, but then the poor thing's letter goes into complete gibberish, so that it is quite impossible to know what does she mean or what the figures she quotes refer to, oh! darling, the news altogether!! And this aching cold . . Rebecca West's book is irritating, and has a character in it called 'The Sitwells' . . .oddly enough, I don't think it's meant to be rude, . . rather a compliment'. Sacheverell is less than pleased to be created adjutant to the general commanding the local Home Guard and complains to Osbert, 'I don't suppose I shall be allowed a second to myself. They already want me to do three evenings a week 7pm to 10pm . . . I honestly think that ones patriotic duty hits the direction of trying to make the muddle worse, because it is only a muddle that will get the better of the Germans. I certainly intend to do my best. Oh! dear to think one was ever alive. Best love to you Darling and to Edith from your loving brother Sach.'; the second letter - 2pp., 27 lines written in blue ink to both sides of a single leaf, with the printed address Weston Hall, Towcester, Northamptonshire, Tuesday 11 July, 1961, 'Dearest Osbert', I have been a little shattered by that notice in 'The Observer' with it's unfortunate, and quite horrid captioning. I have never been so much bludgeoned before, and I do find it very trying - as it must damage sales', Sacheverell has received a charming letter from Brylen, saying she will help Edith, and he lists a breakdown of £233.17.0, the total costs for his recent operation, explaining to Osbert that after receiving a cheque that morning from B.U.P. insurance scheme for £135.1.6, there is still a shortfall to pay and asks for his brother's help, 'It would be angelic if you could help a little over this - though I hate asking you - but you did say something about it . . . I have been trying to write again but at the moment it needs rather a deep health to begin' . . .'Best Love, your loving brother Sachie. This is such a boring letter'. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.   Condition Report: 1. Weston Hall, 10 March, 1942 - a few creases and marks, a clean edge tear, approx. 2.5cm. to l.h. edge, and an edge nick to lower r.h edge, o/w. clean, text neatly written and easy to read. 2. Weston Hall, 11 July, 1961 - folded, and clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

BILL BRANDT: (GERMAN, 1904 - 1983). SACHEVERELL SITWELL, C.1940. bromide print within white mount, the image 21.5 x 18.5cm, National Portrait Gallery printed label to verso of frame, framed and glazed. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition, The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95, Catalogue No. f33 / 6.43; together with UNKNOWN: OSBERT & SACHERVERELL SITWELL c. 1940's. a later black and white photographic print within white card mount, depicting the brothers side by side, the image 35.5 x 28.8cm, framed and glazed. (Qty. 2)Condition Report: 1. BILL BRANDT. Sacheverell Sitwell - 43 x 32.5cm overall within a modern black frame, a very small mark on the image top r.h., o/w. clean.2. Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell - 51.2 x 44cm overall within a modern black frame, some marks and scuffs to the frame, a few light marks to the white mount and to the glaze.Condition Report Disclaimer

SACHEVERELL SITWELL. (1897 - 1988). Autograph Letter to a friend, for the Shell Paper, Brazil, Weston Hall, 1964. An autograph letter from Sacheverell Sitwell to a friend, Tazil, reminiscing about their time together in Brazil, described by Sacheverella, as a 'carioca summer', written in Sacheverell's neat hand to single sides of 5 numbered leaves, 155 lines, on Weston Hall, printed headed paper, dated 17 April, 1964; 'Dear Tazil, I promised I would write something for the Shell paper, and here it is . . .', Sacheverell thanks Tazil for the kindness shown to him and his wife Georgia from the first day he came to meet them for luncheon, until the last morning at the airport when they waved goodbye to Lucio. 'Some readers of this letter may be wondering why we came to Brazil, and the answer is I have wanted to to do so for over forty years since I first began writing . . . I even wrote most of a special number about old and new buildings in Brazil for the Architectural Review in 1945, before I had ever been there, this is not as difficult as it sounds, so long as one is sufficiently interested, and I am letting you into a trade secret . . . And now that I have been to Brazil, what do I think of it . . . ', Sacheverell comments on his disappointment of hearing the popular song of the day 'Tea for Two' being relayed everywhere they went, and how noisy the Copacabana was, . . . 'I admired very much the Museum of Modern Art . . . other churches in Rio did not quite come up to expectations . . .', He admits to his friend that he is not alone in wishing not to live there, . . .'Brazilia, a Pompeii . . . of the nineteen fifties,is an astonishing experience . . . the air is wonderful, as are the sunsets and sunrises, but not yet the shops, cinemas or general amenities.'; Sacheverell writes of their visit to Salvador, flying onto Dakar and how he wishes even more than ever that he had seen the Amazon, humming birds and parrots of Brazil, however, '. . . Time and money are always in short supply'. He ends the letter with warm thanks and greetings to all who were kind to them, particularly in Shell-Brazil during their too short stay in Rio. Sacheverell's youngest son Francis Sitwell (1935 - 2004), had spent ten years working for Shell, during which time he represented the company in East Africa.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. Condition Report: the letter folded in half, light creasing and a few page corners turned over, a small hole to lower l.h. of page 4, and a clean edge tear, approx. 4cm to lower l.h edge of page 5, a few light marks o/w. clean; the text neatly written and esy to read.Condition Report Disclaimer

PHOTOGRAPHS: THE DOBLE FAMILY. a group of six framed photographs, 1907- 1930s. comprises: Georgie, Frances, and Georgia Doble, 1907. a sepia print, depicting Georgie Doble (nee Hyde), with her eldest daughter, 'Bunny', Frances Mary Hyde Doble (standing) and Georgia Louise Doble (sitting on her mother's knee), the image 21 x 16cm, on white paper, signed and dated lower right, framed and glazed; WALTER MACKENZIE AND FENWICK GUTTEN. Georgie Ethel Doble, c. 1910. a bromide print, mounted on card, depicting Georgie with her hair tied in a bun, photographer's studio blind-stamp 'Mackenzie and Fenwick Gutten' lower right margin, the image 20.5 x 16cm, on grey card, captioned in manuscript to verso of frame, 'Georgie Doble, About 1910, Mother of Frances Lindsay-Hogg + Georgia Sitwell', framed and glazed: Arthur Doble, c. 1930s. a black and white photograph, titled in blue ink to verso, the image 16 x 11.2cm, within mount, framed and glazed; Arthur Doble, Georgie Doble, Princess Helena Victoria, and others, c. 1930s. a black and white photograph depicting Princess Helena Victoria (seated second left), with a group of 14 guests, including Arthur Doble (standing centre back), and Georgie Doble (seated first left), 14 signatures beneath in the mount including 'Helena Victoria', (Georgie Doble signing as 'Georgia', the image 10.5 x 19.4cm, within mount, framed and glazed; Georgie Doble, c. 1930s. a pink tinted bromide print, depicting Georgie seated, wearing pearls and an evening dress, the image 33.3 x 25.3cm, framed and glazed; Georgia Sitwell (nee Doble), 1941. a photographic print from an original sketch by Augustus John, on cream card mount, the image 20 x 15cm, framed and glazed. (Qty. 6)Provenance: The Sitwell Family Collection. Condition Report: 1. Georgie, Frances, and Georgia Doble, 1907 - 43.5 x 32.3cm overall within an ornate gilt frame, the frame a little blackened in place, foxing to the mount affecting some areas of the photograph.2. Georgie Ethel Doble, c. 1910 - 36 x 30.4cm overall within decorative gilt frame, the frame's gilt colouring slightly dulled, a small crease (approx. 3cm) to r.h. centre of grey card, the image clean but slightly faded.3. Arthur Doble - 26.6 x 18.5cm overall within a black tape frame, some light marks to the mount, the image clean.4. Princess Helena Victoria, Arthur Doble, Georgie Doble and others - 26.5 x 31.2cm overall within a black, gilt frame, the frame clean with a few scuffs to corners, some light marks to the mount. the image clean.5. Georgie Doble, ca. 1930s - seated, wearing pearls and an evening dress - 35 x 27.2cm overall within a black tape frame, foxing to the image, glaze cracked lower r.h. corner.6. Georgia Sitwell (nee Doble), 1941 Augustus John, print of a sketch - 30.5 x 23.7cm overall within a wood frame, some foxing, mostly to edges of cream mount, o/w. the sketch clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). Two Author's Presentation copies to Georgie Doble, 1949-1950. comprises: Fanfare for Elizabeth. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. 1949. 8vo. (222 x 150mm), publisher's emerald green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, original dustwrapper, design by Jack Matthew, unclipped, priced 12s. 6d., inscribed by the author in pencil, on front free e/p., to her sister-in-law's mother, Georgie Doble , 'For / dearest Georgie / with best love / from Edith', half-title, dedication to Pavel Tchelitchew, 4 full-page plates, including frontispiece, 202pp; The Canticle of the Rose, Selected Poems 1920-1947. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1950. 8vo., (222 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, original dustwrapper, unclipped, priced 15s., inscribed by the author in pencil to front free e/p., 'For / dearest Georgie / with best love / from Edith', half-title, 274pp. Georgie Ethel Doble, (nee Hyde), was the mother of Georgia Sitwell. Georgia married Sacheverell Sitwell in Paris, 1925.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.   Condition Report: 1. Fanfare for Elizabeth - clean bright cloth, corners very slightly scuffed, and tail of spine bumped, the dustwrapper corners, and top and tail of spine with a few nicks, and light marks (more to the back cover), light foxing to e/ps., o/w. a clean copy.2. The Canticle of the Rose - clean bright cloth, corners a little scuffed, spine slightly bumped head/tail, a few marks to bright dustwrapper, minor foxing to edges and endpapers, o/w. clean internally.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). Two Works: Author's Presentation copies to Sacherverell and Georgia Sitwell. 1949-1950. comprises: The Canticle of the Rose, Poems: 1917-1949. Author's Presentation to Georgia Sitwell. New York: The Vanguard Press, Inc., (1949). first US. edition, 8vo., (240 x 165mm), publisher's black cloth, Edith Sitwell's signature blindstamp to front, gilt lettering and pink rose to spine, original pink dustwrapper, unclipped, priced $3.75, inscribed by the author to her sister-in-law in pencil on front free e/p., 'For / My darling Georgia / because the last section / contains four extra poems / with my best love / from Edith', half- title, 290pp; A Poet's Notebook, Author's Presentation to Sacheverell Sitwell. An Atlantic Monthly Press Book, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1950. first US. edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's mustard, blue decorative cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, priced $4.00, design by Edward Karr, inscribed by the author to her youngest brother in blue ink on front free e/p. 'For / my darling Sachie / with very best love / from / Edith', half title, 276pp; Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.  Condition Report: 1. Canticle of the Rose - clean bright boards, corners and spine very slightly rubbed, dustwrapper front bright, spine faded, and a few marks to lower cover, edges with a few marks, o/w. a clean copy.2. A Poet's Notebook - boards lightly marked, corners a little scuffed, dustwrapper with nicks and creases, worn mostly to corners (with some loss), e/ps. marked and a little foxed, o/w. clean internally.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  ARISTOPHANES. Comoediae undecim, edited by Simon Grynaeus. single volume, Greek text, printer's woodcut device on last leaf, inscribed on title 'R. Reynolds {Stepney/Portlock} . . . ', first 90pp. with annotations, eighteenth-century calf, small 4to., Basel, Cratander & Bebelius, 1532. First complete edition in the original Greek, with the addition of Lysistrata and Thesmophoriazusae to the nine plays, in previous collected editions.(Qty. 1)Condition Report: Last leaf with loss to blank area, some light staining at lower inner corner, title somewhat soiled, spine a bit rubbed. boards slightly marked, corners scuffed, spine worn, creased and bumped head/tail, lower black label to spine with worn gilt lettering, edges marked, stains to edges of front pastedown and first front free e/p., foredge a little grubby and marked, some marks to leaf edges, o/w. reasonably clean internallyCondition Report Disclaimer

A TROOPER'S 1796 PATTERN CAVALRY SABRE AND STEEL SCABBARDFIRST QUARTER 19TH CENTURYThe curved steel 341/2 inch blade inscribed R. L Fab. c. a de Fol. O Campbell and dated verso Ano 1812.101cm long

Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). Three Works: Author's Presentations, signed, to Helen Rootham and Sacheverell Sitwell, 1918 - 1947, with another volume by Sir George Sitwell, 1951. comprises: Clown's Houses. Edith Sitwell's Presentation to Helen Rootham, Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, Longmans Green & Co., New York, 1918. first edition, 8vo., (197 x 149mm), original stiff patterned paper wrappers, paper label to front, part label to spine, first four leaves uncut, inscribed by the author in pencil to front free e/p., 'To Helen / With my very best love and gratitude', 36pp., Edith Sitwell's third book and the fifth title in the publisher's 'Initiate Series of Poetry by Proved Hands'. NPG. tissue wrapper with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b32 / 2.63; Poems Old & New, Edith Sitwell's Presentation to Sacheverell Sitwell, Faber and Faber, 1940. first edition, 8vo., ( 194 x 130mm), peach dustwrapper, blue lettering to front and spine, clipped, priced 2/6, inscribed by the author in black ink to front free e/p., 'For / my darling Sachie / with Ediths very best / love', half-title, 80pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d99 / 4.78e; The Shadow of Cain, Edith Sitwell's Presentation to Sacheverell Sitwell. John Lehmann, London, 1947. first edition, 8vo., (219 x 145mm), original green boards, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed by the author in black ink to front free e/p., 'For / my darling Sachie / with very best love / from / Edith', dedicated to C.M. Bowra, printed Caxton Press, Christchurch, New Zealand, 18pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d99 / 4.78i; together with, SITWELL, Sir George. (1860 - 1943). On the Making of Gardens. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, London: Gerald Duckworth & Co. Ltd., 1951. reprint edition, tall 8vo., (222 x 147mm), publisher's (Duckworth's), olive green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, introduction by Sir Osbert Sitwell, 76pp., plus 16 b/w. photo. illustrations. NPG. tissue wrapping with ms. label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Provenance: From the Sitwell Family Library.(Qty. 4).Condition Report: 1. Clown's Houses - wrappers a little worn and marked, corners scuffed, spine chipped with part label, e/ps. toned, o/w. clean internally.2. Poems Old & New - clean bright boards, spine bumped at tail, clean bright dustwrapper, minor marks to verso of wrapper, foxing to edges, some toning internally, o/w. a clean copy.3. The Shadow of Cain - clean bright boards, some creasing to spine, minor marks to dustwrapper, a clean copy.4. On the Making of Gardens - clean bright cloth, corners scuffed, spine a little bumped at tail, dustwrapper marked and stained to spine, very light foxing to e/ps. o/w. a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). Five Works: first editions, 1937-1965. comprises: I Live Under a Black Sun. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1937. first edition, 8vo., (200 x 140mm), publisher's black cloth, gilt lettering to spine, 400pp., NPG tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d98 / 4.78d; Fanfare for Elizabeth. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1946. first edition, 8vo., (222 x 147mm), publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design Jack Matthew, half-title, 4 plates, including frontispiece, 202pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d62 / 4.78h; Green Song and Other Poems. View editions, the Vanguard Press, New York, 1946. first US. edition, 8vo., (242 x 165mm), publisher's yellow paper boards, dustwrapper unclipped, dustwrapper design and frontispiece after Pavel Tchelitchew, foredge untrimmed, 49pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d99b / 4.31; Gardeners and Astronomers. the Vanguard Press, New York, (1953). first US. edition, one of 2500 copies 8vo., (240 x 160mm), publisher's half lime green and black boards, decorated in gilt and blind with butterflies and stars to front, (lacks all but one star), silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, 6 full-page b/w. illustrations (including frontispiece), 60pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d99e / 4.78k; Taken Care of, an Autobiography. Hutchinson, London, 1965. publisher's beige cloth, gilt lettering to black on spine, blue top, photo. illustrated dustwrapper after Cecil Beaton, unclipped, the Times obituary notice of Dame Edith Sitwell, December 10th, 1964 endpapers, 15 plates (including frontispiece), 192pp., NPG tissue wrapping with label. . National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d99g / 4.78m.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.Condition Report: 1. I Live Under a Black Sun - clean cloth, two small dents to lower cover, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges and intermittently throughout.2. Fanfare for Elizabeth - clean bright cloth, dustwrapper marked, creased and chipped lower spine, internally clean.3. Green Song and Other Poems - boards marked, dustwrapper with chips to some edges, light foxing to foredge and e/ps., o/w. clean internally.4. Gardeners and Astronomers - boards marked, only one of the stars to front cover, dustwrapper with edge chips and light marks, internally clean.5. Taken Care of An Autobiography - clean bright cloth and gilt, dustwrapper clean with some chips to spine and lower wrapper edge, foxing to edges, o/w. clean internally.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). Four Works: Two Author's Presentations, signed, to Francis Sitwell, and Sacheverell Sitwell, with others, 1921-1962. comprises: The Queens and the Hive. Author's Presentation copy to Francis Sitwell. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1962. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 150mm), publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, design Jack Matthew, inscribed by Edith Sitwell to her nephew in blue ink on front free e/p., 'For / darling Francis / with best love / from Edith', dedicated to George Cukor, 16 illustrated portraits (including frontispiece), 542pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d99f / 4.78l. Francis Trajan Sacheverell Sitwell, (1935-2004), was the youngest son of Edith's brother Sacheverell. Francis, as Dame Edith Sitwell's literary executor spent much of his adult life promoting and defending her work and that of her siblings. The Canticle of the Rose. Selected Poems 1920-1947. Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1949. second edition, 8vo., (223 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed by the author in pencil to her youngest brother, 'For / my darling Sachie / with best love / from Edith', half-title, 273pp; Bath. London: Faber & Faber, 1932. publisher's red cloth, gilt lettered decorated spine, gilt top, dustwrapper and half-title design Rex Whistler, foredge and lower edge untrimmed, 16 b/w. plates, 288pp., further within brown paper wrapper, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. c69 / 3.25; together with [THE SITWELLS & OTHERS], [editor, Edith Sitwell]. Wheels: 1921: Sixth Cycle. London: C.W. Daniel Ltd., 1921. white cloth-backed boards, design William Roberts, printed paper label to spine, new e/ps., manuscript date '6 1929', in pencil to title page, further ink manuscript notes and corrections to text of 'Fantasia for Mouth-Organ', pp. 50 and pp.52, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b42 / 2.28f. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. Condition Report: 1. The Queens and the Hive - clean bright cloth, corners a little scuffed, dustwrapper worn and marked, internally clean.2. The Canticle of the Rose - clean bright cloth, dustwrapper a little marked, some foxing to lower wrapper, e/ps. and foredge also foxed, o/w. clean internally save a small brown mark to p.123.3. Bath - clean bright cloth, corners very slightly scuffed, gilt top faded, dustwrapper worn at edges and marked, foxing to untrimmed edges and e/ps., internally clean.4. Wheels: 1921 - boards marked and worn, corners scuffed, lower front corner chipped (with loss), spine marked and bumped head/tail, new e/ps., some toning internally, o/w. clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Sacheverell. (1897 - 1988). Four Works: Three Association copies, 1935-1953, with another volume, 1952. comprises: British Architects & Craftsmen. A Survey of Taste, Design, and Style . . .1600-1830, Julian Vinogradoff Association copy. B.T. Batsford, Ltd., 1946-47. third edition, 8vo. (220 x 155mm), publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, red top, ownership name of Julian Vinogradoff in blue ink to front free e/p., half-title, 200 illustrations from photographs, prints, and drawings, 196pp, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. Julian Vinogradoff (nee Morrell), (1906-1989), was the wife of Russian historian, Igor Vinogradoff (1901-1987), and daughter of society hostess and patron of the arts, Lady Ottoline Morell. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. f31 / 6.29; Truffle Hunt, Julian Vinogradoff Association copy. Robert Hale Limited, 1953. first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's pale blue cloth, dark blue lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed in blue ink to front free e/p., 'Julian Vinogradoff / see p. 69'., frontispiece and 30 b/w. photo. illustrations, 310pp, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. f70 / 6.511; A Background for Domenico Scarlatti 1685-1757 written for his two hundred and fiftieth anniversary, Seymour Whinyates Association copy. London: Faber and Faber Limited, 1935. first edition, 8vo., (185 x 135mm), publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, ownership name Seymour Whinyates in blue ink to front free e/p., half-title, dedicated to Violet Gordon Woodhouse, 168pp., NPG tissue wrapping with label. Seymour Whinyates studied the violin with W. H. Reed and later became an exhibitioner at the Royal College of Music. She studied with Lucien Capet in Paris, later forming the Whinyates String Quartet in 1930. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. f62 / 6.51d; together with Cupid and the Jacaranda, first edition, dustwrapper, London: Macmillan, 1952, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. f35 / 6.23. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.Condition Report: 1. British Architects & Craftsmen. A Survey of Taste, Design, and Style . . .1600-1830 - cloth worn, marked and faded in places, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with two tape repairs to inside of wrapper, edge nicks and a small tear (with loss) top of spine, dust to red top, foxing to edges and e/ps., o/w. illustrations bright and internally clean. 2. Truffle Hunt - bright cloth with light marks, dustwrapper a little marked, foxing to edges and intermittently to some pages, o/w. a clean copy.3. A Background for Domenico Scarlatti 1685-1757 - cloth a little faded in some places, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with some marks and discolouring to spine, foxing to edges and e/ps., some toning internally, o/w. clean.4. Cupid and the Jacaranda - first edition, 8vo., (220 x 150mm), publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, 316pp; cloth a little creased to front cover, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper a little worn, edge nicks to corners and top/tail of spine (with slight loss), some toning internally o/w. clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, George Baronet. (1860 - 1943). Two Works: Author's Presentation to Florence Alice Sitwell, 1909, with another, 1894. comprises: An Essay on the making of Gardens being a study of old Italian Gardens, of the Nature of Beauty, and the Principals involved in Garden Design, Author's Presentation, signed, to Florence Alice Sitwell. London: John Murray, 1909. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 148mm), publisher's grey cloth, colour blocked Italianate garden scene to front with black short-title, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, inscribed by the author to his sister, in pencil on the half-title, 'Florence Alice Sitwell / from George', with a 1pp. printed leaf 'With the Author's Compliments', loosley inserted, NPG tissue wrapping with label, 109pp, Florence Alice Sitwell (1859-1930) was the daughter of Sir Sitwell Reresby Sitwell, 3rd Baronet, and Louisa Lucy Hely-Hutchinson. Florence was Sir George Sitwell's elder sister. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. a019 / 1.25; The First Whig. An Account of the Parliamentary Career of William Sacheverell The Origin of the Two Great Political Parties and the Events which Led Up to the Revolution of 1688. Scarborough: Printed by the Author at his Private Press, 1894. first edition, reportedly limited to 53 copies, 8vo., (233 x 165mm), half-calf over tan boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, forty-nine illustrations from contemporary engravings and caricatures, (including portrait frontispiece of William Sacheverell), Appendices, Index of Sacheverell's Speeches, Index of Authorities Referred to in the Text. 225pp. An account of the political history of the Whig Party and William Sacheverell, the first Whig leader of the House of Commons. Sir George Sitwell, 4th Baronet, was a British antiquarian writer, a member the House of Commons, 1885-1895, and father of the literary trio, Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.(Qty. 2) Condition Report: 1. An Essay on the making of Gardens being a study of old Italian Gardens - cloth marked, corners a little scuffed, spine marked and bumped head/tail, foxing to edges, with further occasional foxing to pp.93 onwards. 2. minor marks to cloth, a few very light scratches to spine, foxing to untrimmed edges, o/w. clean internally.  Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Sacheverell. (1897 - 1988). Six Works: The People's Palace. Roger Senhouse Association copy, Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1918, and five others, 1924-1948. comprises: The People's Palace. Roger Senhouse Association copy, Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1918. first edition of the author's first book, limited to 400 copies, Adventurers All series, No. XXII, which introduced 'young poets unknown to fame', 8vo., (190 x 130mm), terracotta paper wrappers, printed labels to front and spine, edges untrimmed, ownership inscription to head of half-title in red ink, 'Roger Senhouse / Magd: Coll / Oxford', with a loosely inserted page of pencil notes written in Senhouse's hand, about Sitwell and his reasons for choosing the title of this book, engraved title page and frontispiece, 53pp. plus 2pp. publisher's catalogue at end. Roger Henry Pocklington Senhouse (1899-1970), was an English publisher, translator, and a peripheral member of the Bloomsbury Group of writers, intellectuals, and artists. Senhouse attended Oxford University, where he was friends with Michael Llewelyn Davies, one of the boys upon whom Peter Pan was based. In 1935, Senhouse became co-owner with Fredric Warburg of the publishing house which became Secker & Warburg; Southern Baroque Art: A Study of Painting Architecture and Music in Italy and Spain of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Author's Presentation copy to his future wife, Georgia Doble. London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1924. first edition, 8vo., (222 x 150mm), publisher's orange cloth, gilt-blocked decoration to front, gilt lettering to spine, gilt top, others untrimmed, two pencil inscriptions to top and bottom of front free e/p., 'Georgia Doble', and 'Georgia Doble / from Richmond Temple, April, 1924', further inscribed by the author in black ink to verso of half-title page, 'To / Georgia Doble / from Richmond Temple / with the approval of / Sacheverell Sitwell, 14.8.24', frontispiece and 15 illustrations, 319pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. Sacheverell Sitwell and Georgia Doble were married in Paris, 25 October, 1925. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. C49 / 3.63; Splendours and Miseries, inscribed to the author by Elsa Scammell, Faber and Faber Ltd., 1943. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 150mm), publisher's yellow silver decorated cloth, silver lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, further within glassine wrapper, greenish blue top, others untrimmed, gift inscription to the author in blue ink on front free e/p., 'For Sacheverell Sitwell: / With every good wish / Elsa Scammell', printed label with the address of Rodney and Elsa Scammell to head of page, half-title, 16 illustrations, 265pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. f63 / 6.51e; together with The Thirteenth Caesar and Other Poems. 1924. first edition, 8vo., dustwrapper unclipped, design by G. Severini, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. C42 / 3.70; The Cyder Feast and Other Poems. 1927. first edition, 8vo., dustwrapper unclipped, desin by G. Severini, NPG tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. C44 / 3.71. Selected Poems. 1948. NPG tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. f64 / 6.51f. Provenance: From the Sitwell Family Library.(Qty. 6).Condition Report: 1. The People's Palace - wrappers bright, front wrapper detaching at top, some toning to edges of leaves, o/w. clean internally.2. Southern Baroque Art . . - boards a little marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, foxing to edges, title page, and throughout.3. Splendours and Miseries - bright cloth with light marks, lower front cover edge a little grubby, dustwrapper clean within glassine wrapper, a very small tra to glassine wrapper and dustwrapper centre spine, some toning internally, o/w. clean.4. The Thirteenth Caesar and Other Poems - London: Grant Richards, 8vo., (215 x 150mm), publisher's yellow cloth, green printed label to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, 112pp; bright boards, a little creased, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked with edge nicks, and tears (with loss) to head/tail of spine, foxing to edges and some further foxing internally.5. The Cyder Feast and Other Poems - Duckworth, London, 8vo., (230 x 150mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, foredge untrimmed, half-title, 93pp; bright clean cloth, a small white mark to front cover, a fainter small mark to lower cover, corners slightly scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, d/wrapper a little marked with clean edge tears and chips, very slight loss to tail of spine, foxing to edges and title page, some toning and further sporadic foxing internally, o/w. reasonably clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ CARY, Joyce. (1888 - 1957). [Editor Andrew Wright]. The Horse's Mouth. Publisher's Presentation copy to Francis Sitwell. George Rainbird in association with Michael Joseph, 1957. Limited edition, No. 407 of 1500 copies, (Nos. 300-500 have been reserved for the friends of George Rainbird Ltd. & Rainbird, Maclean Limited, Christmas, 1957). single volume, 4to., (260 x 180mm), Mansell's of London decorative cloth, red gilt-lettered label to spine, red top, title page lettering, spine lettering, and chapter numbers engraved by John Woodcock, inscribed and dated by George Rainbird in blue ink to front free e/p., 'To Francis Sitwell / with all good wishes / from George Rainbird / Dec. 1957', portrait frontispiece printed direct from a plate lithographed by the author, 8 full-page illustrations reproduced by photo.-litho offset from the author's drawings, and The Old Strife at 'Plants' (a discarded chapter of the Horse's Mouth), printed at the Curwen Press, London, on Grosvenor Chater's Chariot white offset, 333pp, within a glassine wrapper and contained in a matching Mansell's of London decorative cloth slipcase. The third novel in the author's trilogy first published 1944; Francis Trajan Sacheverell Sitwell (1935 - 2004) was the second son of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, the youngest of the literary trio. Francis, the nephew and godson of Dame Edith Sitwell was named her literary executor following her death in 1964.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.  Condition Report: clean binding, very light foxing to edges, o/w. a clean copy; the slipcase clean and bright.Condition Report Disclaimer

WESTON HALL: Two folio Ledgers, 'An Inventory of Contents', 1911 / 'Legacy, Succession and Estate Duties', 1814-1923, with two related letters, 1912-1950. comprises: WESTON HALL. (Northamptonshire). Inventory of Contents, Weston Hall Stabling & Gardens &c., 1911. An Inventory of the Household Furniture, Oil Paintings, Engravings, Miniatures, Silver, Jewellery, Linen, Wines, Garden Utensils, Stable Requisitions, &c., compiled by H.P. Stage, Auction, Land Estate & Valuation Brackley, (Northamptonshire), on behalf of solicitors, Frere Cholmeley & Co., 28 Lincoln's Inn Fields, W.C., June, 1911, folio., (325 x 203mm), buff- coloured, ruled soft paper wrappers, titled in manuscript to front, 'June 1911, Lady Harriet Frances Wyndham Hanmer deceased . . . ', title page, 4pp. Index, and 82 leaves of single-sided typed inventory, 7 leaves of which have further pencil manuscript lists and marginal notes written to versos at the back of the ledger, 6 loose leaves of typed inventory listing Plate and Oil Paintings, stapled to top of pages, together with two letters loosely inserted, the first - a 1pp., 8 line manuscript letter, dated August 7, 1912, from the solicitors firm, Frere Cholmeley, 28 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London W.C., written on their printed headed notepaper to Mr. Thomas, Hurworth Manor, Darlington, (County Durham), 'Dear Mr. Thomas, I now enclose your copy of the Inventory of the contents of Weston Hall. It has now been carefully examined with the original copy approved & signed by you, & is quite correct'; the second letter - a 1pp., 10 line typescript, dated 1st July, 1950, from the solicitors firm, Frere, Cholmeley & Nicholsons, (same Lincoln's Inn address), to Mrs. Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston Hall, Towcester, Northampton, 'My dear Georgia, We have been making some searches here and found some old papers giving a list of pictures, etc. which were included in the Estate of a member of the Hamer (sic) Family which we believe form the basis of the Weston Heirlooms. I enclose a list and would be grateful of your views. . . .', the firm advises Georgia Sitwell to add to the enclosed list the items of furniture which are heirlooms, or take away those that are no longer there, in order for the present Trustees and Sachie (Sir Sacheverell Sitwell), to sign the list and 'get the thing settled'; WESTON ESTATE, NORTHANTS. Accounts for Legacy, Succession and Estate Duties, 1814- 1923. a bound ledger of documents, folio, (430 x 275mm), dark blue cloth, titled label to front 'Accounts for Legacy, Succession and Estate Duties, paid on the deaths of 1) Colonel The Hon. Henry Hely Hutchinson in 1814. - 2) Harriet Frances Lady Hanmer in 1911. - 3) Mrs. Georgina Mary Thomas in 1923, (bound 11/8/24)', 117pp., includes Inland Revenue accounts of real estate and leasehold properties, annuity receipts, debts in bond and other securities, three valuations, 7pp., of plate, oil paintings and books in the Library at Weston, 1923, 3pp. list of The Weston Estate cottages, land and tenants, 1pp. typescript document detailing the line of inheritance for the Coolcott Estate, situated in the Barony of Shilmalier and County Wexford, Ireland, held under Foo Farm Grant, dated 22 August, 1856 between the Honourable Henry Hely Hutchinson and the Rt. Hon. Barbara Dowager Countess of Donoughmore. Weston Hall was the home of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell and his Canadian wife Georgia Doble, from 1927 until his death in 1988. The house was inherited through the female line of the family until Harriet Hely-Hutchinson died in 1864, leaving Weston Hall to her daughter, Harriet Frances, (later Lady Hanmer), who bequeathed Weston Hall to her nephew, Sir George Sitwell, (1860 - 1943). The 17th century manor house and ancestral home of the Sitwell family played host to an eclectic circle of art and literary friends including Evelyn Waugh, Arthur and Zita James, Rex Whistler, Virginia Woolf, and Cecil Beaton. The young William Walton, a protégé of the Sitwells, composed much of the music for his choral cantata Belshazzar's Feast whilst he was living at Weston Hall. (Qty. 4) Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.  Condition Report: 1. The Weston Hall Inventory - paper covers marked and stained, the cover corners and leaves of inventory curled at the corners, internally a little toned, o/w, clean.2. Frere Chomeley Letter to Mr. Thomas - some marks overall.3. Frere Cholmerley Letter to Mrs. Sacherverell Sitwell - folded, minor mark beneath 'I enclose . . . ' o/w. clean.4. WESTON ESTATE, NORTHANTS. Accounts for Legacy, Succession and Estate Duties - cloth worn and marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped and rubbed head/ tail, the documents with minor foxing and toning, some pages with marks and ink stains, o/w. mostly clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, George Sir. (1860 - 1943). Letters of the Sitwells and Sacheverells Being a Selection of their Letters and other Documents Preserved in the Muniment-Room at Renishaw, Illustrating Country Life and Public Events in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. Scarborough: [Printed by the Author at his Private Press], 1900-1901. first edition, 2 volumes, 4to. (204 x 200mm), calf-backed boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt tops, others untrimmed, half-titles, frontispieces with tissue guards, numerous illustrations from contemporary engravings and caricatures, 284pp., 255pp Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.  Condition Report: Vol. 1 - clean bright cloth boards, a few scuffs to spine, scuffing to lower front corners, some light marks to e/ps., with joint slightly splitting from front board, foxing to edges affecting some leaf edges, o/w. clean internally; Vol. 2 - a few marks and small stains to cloth boards, and some scuffs to spine, e/ps. lightly marked, edges a little grubby affecting some leaf edges, o/w. clean internally, gilt bright to both vols.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  HEWITSON, William C. British Oology. 3 volumes, (including supplement), first edition, 169 hand-coloured lithographed plates, with an autograph letter signed from the author in vol. 1, (3pp., advising an unnamed correspondent about obtaining eggs), presentation note from W.H. Mullens (author of A bibliography of British ornithology) to Thomas Parkin, contemporary half morocco, Newcastle, no date, [1831-1842].Oology is the study of birds' eggs. This work by Hewitson is described by Mullens (who presented this copy to Thomas Parkin) as 'a standard work and esteemed for the exactness of the figures'.Condition Report: Binding very slightly rubbed. very light foxing in volume 2, heavier to the first few pages, first plate and and leaf edges of last few pages. A few versos of the plates with light foxing, o/w. plates clean and bright. Volume 1 with a few very light marks to some of the plates plates, o/w. also clean and bright internally. Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  WASHINGTON, George. [American State Papers]. Official Letters to the Honorable American Congress, written during the war between the United Colonies and Great Britain, by His Excellency George Washington. 2 vols. in one, first edition, both with additional titles / half-titles, with related press cuttings at beginning and manuscript notes at end, contemporary calf, 8vo., 1795. Condition Report: a few marks to boards, corners slightly scuffed, label to spine lifting at l.h. top corner, joint weak to front board, newspaper articles pasted to the two front free endpapers, a clean tear to l.h. top corner of title page, a few light marks to some pages, o/w. internally clean and bright. Condition Report Disclaimer

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Octagon Bunching Table Brass Natural Wood Solid Metal An Octagon Shaped Side Table With An Brass Metal Steel Metal Frame And An Inset Top Consider It As An Alternative To The Traditional Square Side Table As The Unusual Shape Means It Can Fit Into More Awkward Spaces 59 X 51 X 56 5cm (O-0325C)

Ɵ NASH, Paul. (1889 - 1946). Genesis: Twelve Woodcuts by Paul Nash with the First Chapter of Genesis in the Authorised Version. Georgia Doble and Robert Gathorne-Hardy Association copy, Soho: Nonesuch Press, 1924. single volume, first edition, Limited edition, numbered 208 of 375 copies, 4to., (275 x 195mm), original black boards, gilt lettering to front and spine, edges untrimmed, signed and dated in pencil to front free e/p., 'Georgia Doble / May 1924', and further signed to front free e/p., 'R.E. Gathorne Hardy / May 1924', twelve wood-engravings in black and white after Paul Nash, printed at the Curwen Press, in Rudolph Koch's Neuland type on Zanders hand-made paper with the Curwen Press watermark. Georgia Doble (1905-1980), married Sacheverell Sitwell, 6th Baronet (1897-1988), in Paris, October 25, 1925. Robert Gathorne-Hardy (1902-1973), was a British writer, botanist, horticulturalist, and a friend of the Sitwells.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. Condition Report: boards a little marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped at tail (with some loss), a small tear to the black paper of centre spine (approx. 4cm.), light marks, light foxing and toning to e/ps., leaf edges toned, occasional light marks and toning internally, o/w. clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ PABLO PICASSO: Two related volumes, (1930) - 1994. comprises: D'ORS, Eugenio. (1881 - 1954). XXe Siecle Pablo Picasso. Translation by Francisco Amentegui. Paris: Editions des chroniques du jour, (1930). Limited edition, this being No. 524 of 550 copies in the French edition, from a total edition of 1250 copies, 4to., (284 x 227mm), original soft orange wrappers with a photo. portrait of Picasso to front after Man Ray, further within glassine wrapper, edges untrimmed, French text, numerous in-text reproductions of the artist's works in b/w., 48 full-page b/w. plates following text, full-page colour plates with tissue guards. An important early work on Picasso; COWLING, Elizabeth: GOLDING, John. Tate Gallery Publications, London, 1994. 4to., (297 x 236mm), Catalogue of an Exhibition held at the Tate Gallery 16 February - 8 May, 1994, original colour illustrated, laminated soft wrappers, b/w. and colour illustrated throughout, Index, essays, analysis and biographical references, 295pp.Provenance: The Art Library of Sir Sacheverel Sitwell, Weston Hall.Condition Report: 1. XXe Siecle Pablo Picasso. Translation by Francisco Amentegui. Paris: Editions des chroniques du jour, (1930) - orange wrappers clean, the glassine wrapper, and orange wrappers torn at head and tail of spine (with loss), foxing to untrimmed edges and e/ps., a few occasional marks and minor foxing internally o/w. clean text and plates.2. Picasso: Sculptor / Painter. - some light creasing to laminate covers, a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ ART BALLET AND RELATED: includes a signed programme, exhibition catalogues, a photograph, and a TLS. to Sacheverell Sitwell. comprises: HASKELL, Arnold L. (1903 - 1980). Baron at the Ballet, Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell from Mark Bonham Carter, Collins Publishers, London, 1950. publisher's red gilt cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, Foreward by Sacheverell Sitwell, Preface by Baron, 222pp., with a loosely inserted typescript letter, signed, 1pp, 6 lines, written to Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston Hall, Towcester, Northamptonshire, from Mark Bonham Carter, Collins Publisher's St. James's Place London, dated 28 November, 1950, 'Dear Mr.Sitwell, I enclose a copy of BARON / AT THE BALLET to which you so kindly / wrote the foreward and I hope the / book comes up to your expectations. / Certainly we are most grateful to you for the help you gave us. / Yours sincerely, / Mark Bonham Carter'; WINDHAM, Donald / KIRSTEIN, Lincoln. [editors]. Dance Index. The Stage and Ballet Designs of Eugene Berman by Allison Delarue. Vol. V, No. 1, 1946, inscribed to Sir Osbert Sitwell from Allison Delarue. 8vo., (235 x 188mm), illustrated paper wrappers, photo. illustrated throughout, inscribed in black ink to front cover, 'For / Sir Osbert Sitwell / a token of / appreciation / Allison Delarue', 23pp; FELLOWES, Daisy. (1890 - 1962): VERTES, Marcel. (1895 - 1961). Les Dimanches de la Comtesse de Narbonne. Editions de France, Paris, 1935. first edition, limited edition of 1000, 4to., (263 x 230mm), original soft pictorial pink illustrated wrappers, edges untrimmed, ink flower illustration and inscription to half-title, 'to Emerald / with my love', in-text and full-page illustrations by Vertes, 192pp: Castello di Montegufoni, Italy, South Entrance. a sepia photograph, 26cm x 20cm, within a clear plastic sleeve, with NPG. label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. a32 / 1.246; BEERBOHM, Max. (1872 - 1956). Max's Nineties. Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1958. first edition, 4to., (293 x 228mm), publisher's original wavy, striped pink and grey paper covered boards, gilt title to burgundy buckram spine, dustwrapper unclipped, black e/ps., half-title, 10pp. Introduction by Osbert Lancaster, 46 captioned full-page monochrome plates; with CALLOWAY, Stephen. Twentieth-Century Decoration. The Domestic Interior from 1900 to the Present Day. Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 1988. first edition, green cloth, dustwrapper unclipped, 215 colour illustrations, 310 b/w. illustrations, 407pp., within white card slipcase; BEATON, Cecil. Photobiography by Beaton, Odhams Press Limited, London, 1951; MACINNES, Colin. Nolan, Thames and Hudson, London, 1961; 'HIS MASTERS VOICE', Catalogue, August 1920. 8vo., photo. illustrated green and white paper wrappers, 16pp. together with seven exhibition catalogues, 1931-1994. (Qty 17). Provenance: The Art Library of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston Hall.     Condition Report: EXHIBITION CATALOGUES INCLUDE- Henri Matisse, Expostion organisee au profit de L'Orphelinat des Arts, Galeries George Petit, Paris, 16 juin - 25 juillet, 1931, 4to., (290 x 230mm), cream card wrappers, cream dustwrapper with raised blue lettering to front, edges untrimmed, 24 full-page b/w. photo. reproductions, 8pp. adverts at end, catalogue lists 142 works; Tchelitchew. The Gallery of Modern Art, New York, 20 March 1963 - 19 April, 1964. catalogue lists 322 works, 69pp.; John Piper. The Tate Gallery, London, 30 November 1983 - 22 January, 1984. catalogue lists 171 works, 152pp.; John Piper The Sitwell's Montegufoni, The Maclean Gallery, London, 28 January - 20 February, 1981. some prices marked in blue ink manuscript beside the catalogue entries of 4 works, with a price list loosely inserted, catalogue lists 14 works, 20pp., NPG. tissue wrapping and label; Gwen John, An Interior Life, Phaidon Press and Barbican Art Gallery, 1984-85. catalogue lists 126 works; Rex Whistler's War 1939-July 1944, Artist into Tank Commander, National Army Museum, 1994. catalogue lists 149 works; T.E. Lawrence. Lawrence of Arabia. National Portrait Gallery, London, 1988-1989. catalogue lists 363 works; C/R: Les Dimanches de la Comtesse de Narbonne. Editions de France - covers marked and creased, torn to lower spine, foxing to untrimmed edges and throughout.Max's Nineties - a few light marks to dustwrapper, o/w. a clean copy.Twentieth-Century Decoration. The Domestic Interior from 1900 to the Present Day - a clean copy, the slipcase marked with a few stains. Henri Matisse, Expostion - front board present but detaching, foxing to dustwrapper and untrimmed edges affecting leaf edges, and further foxing throughout.   Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ WAUGH, Evelyn. (1903 - 1966). Black Mischief. Author's Presentation copy to Georgia Sitwell, London: Chapman Hall Ltd., 1932. Limited large paper edition, illustrated, signed and numbered by the author to limitation page, No. 58 of 250 copies, single volume, 8vo., (203 x 160mm), original purple, bevelled publisher's buckram, gilt vignette to front, gilt decorated titled spine, gilt top, edges untrimmed, further inscribed by the author to front free e/p. in black ink, 'For Georgia / with love from / Evelyn', half-title, 8 full-page illustrations, including frontispiece, none of which appear in the trade edition, plus a full-page map of the Azanian Empire, purple silk ribbon bookmark detached and loosely inserted, 323pp. Evelyn Waugh was a close friend of all three literary Sitwells, Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell. This book is inscribed to Sacheverell's wife, Georgia Sitwell (1905-1980). Evelyn Waugh often stayed at the primary family estate, Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire, beginning in 1930 when he stopped by with Robert Byron for an extended stay. His last visit was in 1957, after which Osbert became increasingly debilitated by Parkinson's disease. Waugh was Edith's 'sponsor' in her conversion to Roman Catholicism. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.Condition Report: boards and spine faded, gilt vignette and lettering to spine bright, untrimmed edges a little foxed, foxing somewhat heavier to endpapers, a few marks along the internal joints o/w. clean and bright internally.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ WELLS, H. G. (1866 - 1946). Two Works: Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell, and another 1927-1930. comprises: Democracy Under Revision. A Lecture Delivered at the Sorbonne, March 15th, 1927. Leonard & Virginia Woolf, the Hogarth Press, 1927. first edition in book form, 8vo., (190 x 130mm), original blue cloth, green spine with printed label, dustwrapper present (torn, and in three parts), inscribed and dated in black ink by the author on half-title page to Sacheverell Sitwell, 'a part ? return / to Sacheverell Sitwell / from H.G. Wells / June 1927', 47pp; Private and Confidential. Settlement of the Trouble Between Mr. Thring and Mr. Wells. A footnote to the Problem of the Troublesome Collaborator. Printed for private circulation only amongst those who received the previous pamphlet, 1930. first edition, Limited edition, No. 111 of 225 copies, 8vo., (223 x 145mm), original stiff light orange wrappers, foredge and lower edges untrimmed, half-title, 23pp.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.Condition Report: 1. Democracy Under Revision - cloth marked, corners slightly scuffed, spine bumped at tail, dustwrapper present, in three parts, front wrapper with flap detached and loosely slipped in the book, and lower wrapper with flap attached, with light foxing and loss, some foxing and marks to e/ps. toning internally, o/w. clean.2. Settlement of the Trouble Between Mr. Thring and Mr. Wells - covers marked, corners scuffed, spine bumped to head and more so to tail, foxing to e/ps. and leaf edges. with further sporadic light foxing to a few pages.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Osbert. (1892 - 1969). Two Works: Presentation copies to Edith and Sacheverell Sitwell, 1923 -1939. comprises: Out of the Flame. Presentation to Sacheverell Sitwell, London: Grant Richards Ltd., 1923. first edition, 8vo., (215 x 150mm), original smooth olive green cloth, florescent orange paper label pasted to spine, lettered in black, pictorial dustwrapper, unclipped, inscribed and dated by Osbert in pencil to front free e/p., 'To / Dearest Sachi / from Osbert / 14.6.23', half- title, frontispiece tipped in, 95pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. c45 / 3.69; Escape with Me! An Oriental Sketch-Book. Presentation to Edith Sitwell, London: Macmillan, 1939. first edition, 8vo., (225 x 150mm), original publisher's emerald green cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, red bird illustrated e/ps., inscribed and dated by the author in black ink to front blank, 'For / darling Edith / from her / devoted brother / Osbert / November -3-1939', NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e64 / 5.50c. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.Condition Report: 1. Out of the Flame. - clean, bright cloth and label to spine, corners and spine a little bumped, dustwrapper marked, with some edge nicks and two neat tape repairs to inside top of wrapper, o/w. clean internally.2. Escape with Me! An Oriental Sketch-Book - clean, bright cloth, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper with signs of wear and edge nicks, especially to top of spine, a tape repair lower l.h of front of wrapper, toning to e/ps., o/w. a clean copy internally.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ  SITWELL, Osbert. (1892 - 1969). Five Works: Four Author's Presentations to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell, and one other, 1952-1962. comprises: Wrack at Tidesend: A Book of Balnearics. Author's Presentation, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1952. first edition, 8vo., (223 x 150mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, black top, pictorial dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed by the author and dated in blue ink to front free e/p., 'For / darling Sachie and Georgia / with love / from Osbert / May.5.1952', 94pp., The second volume of 'England Reclaimed', NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e66 / 5.50e; Collected Short Stories. Author's Presentation, London: 1953, Duckworth & Co. Ltd., Macmillan & Co. Ltd. first edition, 8vo. (225 x 150mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, both gilt publisher's credits and gilt titles to black panel on spine, black top, pictorial dustwrapper unclipped, , inscribed by the author and dated in blue ink to front free e/p., 'For / dearest Sachie and Georgia / from Osbert / April:14:'53', 540pp, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e67 / 5.50f: The Four Continents, Being More Discursions on Travel, Art and Life. Author's Presentation, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1954. first edition, 8vo., (150 x 225mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, black top, pictorial dustwrapper, design by H. Cowdell, unclipped, inscribed and dated by the author in black ink to front free e/p., , 'For / dearest Sachie and Georgia / with love / from Osbert / ?July. 2. 1954', 24 b/w. photo. illustrated plates, 282pp. Osbert Sitwell's handwriting noticeably shakier due to his Parkinsons disease which was diagnosed in the mid 1950s, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e68 / 5.50g; On the Continent. A Book of Inquilinics. Author's Presentation, London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1958. first edition, 8vo., (221 x 145mm), publisher's smooth orange buckram, black top, gilt lettering to black panel on spine, dustwrapper unclipped, shakily inscribed and dated by the author in black ink to front free e/p., 'to / dearest Sachie and Georgia / with best love / from / Osbert / March.7.1958',. 109pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e69 / 5.50h; Tales My Father Taught Me. An Evocation of Extravagant Episodes. Hutchinson of London, 1962. first edition, publisher's green cloth, gilt lettering to blue panel on spine, blue top, dustwrapper unclipped, design by H. Cowdell, grey e/ps., 15 b/w. photo. illustrated plates, including frontispiece, 207pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e70 / 5.50i.Provenance: From the Sitwell Family Library.(Qty. 5)Condition Report: 1. Wrack at Tideside: A Book of Balnearics - clean bright cloth with a few minor marks, dustwrapper with light marks and edge nicks, o/w. a clean copy.2. Collected Short Stories - bright clean cloth, lower spine a little bumped, dustwrapper with light foxing, o/w. a clean copy.3. The Four Continents - clean bright cloth, spine marginally bumped head/tail, clean dustwrapper save a few marks to lower wrapper, a clean copy.4. On the Continent. A Book of Inquilinics - clean bright cloth, front top corner dented, a few light marks to the otherwise clean bright dustwrapper, a clean copy.5. Tales My Father Taught Me. An Evocation of Extravagant Episodes - clean bright cloth, spine bumped at tail, clean bright dustwrapper with a few minor marks, a clean copy.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Osbert. (1892 - 1969). Six Works: Two Author's Presentation copies and four others, 1926-1944. comprises: The Man who lost Himself. Presentation copy to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell, Duckworth, London, 1929. first edition, 8vo., (195 x 140mm), original publisher's orange decorated paper boards, black cloth spine, dustwrapper, unclipped, inscribed in pencil by the author to his younger brother and sister-in-law to front free e/p., 'For dearest Sachie + Georgia, / or Georgia + Sachie / from Osbert Sitwell', half-title, 288pp., NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e03 / 5.8; Before the Bombardment. Duckworth, London, 1926. first edition of the author's first novel, 8vo. (192 x 145mm), publisher's smooth orange cloth, blue lettering to spine, dustwrapper, unclipped, blue top, others untrimmed, 320pp., NPG. label loosely inserted. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e61 / 5.50a; Sing Hi! Sing Low!. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1944. first edition, 8vo.,(220 x 1405mm), publisher's rust-red cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, half-title, 188pp., NPG tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e65 / 5.50d; A Letter to My Son. Home & Van Thal Ltd., 1944. first edition, 8vo., (190 x 130mm), dark blue cloth, gilt lettering to front, dustwrapper unclipped, 32pp, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. e41 / 5.44: MINNEY, R.J. (1895 - 1979). and SITWELL, Osbert. (1892 - 1969). Gentle Caesar. A Play in Three Acts, Presentation copy to Sacheverell and Georgia Sitwell. London: Macmillan & Co. Ltd., 1942. first edition, 8vo., (190 x 130mm), publisher's blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine, dustwrapper unclipped, inscribed by Osbert Sitwell in blue ink to front free e/p., ' For / darling Georgia / and Sachie / with best love / from / Osbert / March. 1943'. half-title, 129pp.; SITWELL, Osbert. Winters of Content. More Discursions on Travel, Art, and Life. Duckworth, 1932. second impression, 8vo., (225 x 150mm), woodcut title page from a wood block by Eric Ravilious, 291pp. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall. Condition Report: 1. The Man who lost Himself - clean bright boards, corners a little scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked and worn, torn (with loss) head and tail of spine, foxing to lower edge with further intermittent light foxing internally, joint splitting p.168-169.2. Before the Bombardment - clean, bright cloth, spine bumped head/tail, dustwrapper marked, clean edge tears and edge nicks, torn (with loss) top r.h. corner of front, and top/tail of spine, edges foxed with further intermittent foxing throughout, some heavier in places.3. Sing Hi! Sing Low! - a few marks to the bright cloth, dustwrapper marked and foxed to inside of wrapper, light foxing to e/ps., o/w. clean internally.4. A Letter to My Son - clean bright cloth, a few minor marks, dustwrapper marked, foxing to top and lower edges, o/w. a clean copy.5. Gentle Caesar - cloth very lightly marked, spine a little scuffed head/tail, dustwrapper marked and spine a little grubby, ome toning internally, o/w. clean. 6. Winters of Content - publisher's orange cloth, gilt lettering to spine, ownership signature to front free e/p., 16 b/w. photo. plates (including frontispiece); cloth marked with some white marks, corners scuffed, spine faded, marked and bumped head/tail, light foxing to edges and e/ps., some toning internally, o/w. clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

OSBERT SITWELL. (1892 - 1969). Two Autograph letters to Edith Sitwell, 2 Carlyle Square, and St. James' Club, (c. 1950s). comprises: the first letter - Osbert Sitwell writes to his sister Edith, updating her with news of the family. 1pp., 17 lines, written in blue ink to both sides of a single leaf, with printed address 2 Carlyle Square, London, SW3, 'My Darling, Thank you so much for your letter and kind order of wines . . . Sachie looks very ill, and is obstinate as a mule. he didn't sleep at all last night but won't move . . . Reresby tells one stories that last all day, and is in a very stupid mood. Mrs. D. is completely gaga . . . and Georgia is collected and clever. I saw them yesterday . . . Best love O'; the second letter - 1pp., 10 lines, written in black ink to both sides of a single leaf, with printed address St. James' Club, Piccadilly, W1, 'My darling, Thank you so much for your cheque, and today Ted's letter, I must say it is very funny, 'In view of our next visit to England!', this is just to carry you my love before I go away, and I hope you are not being parachuted by ? Carsco. I shan't write much now, as I am shaky and have a lot to do. All my love, Osbert'. Osbert Sitwell suffered from Parkinson's disease from the 1950s, by the mid-1960s this condition had become so severe that he needed to abandon writing.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.   Condition Report: 1. Carlyle Square - folded and clean, Osbert's handwriting is straighter, clearer and easier to read.2. St James's Club - folded, some light creasing and marks, o/w. clean. Osbert's handwriting is smaller, slanting, a little shaky and more difficult to read. Condition Report Disclaimer

OSBERT SITWELL. (1892 - 1969). a group of three letters, of which two are to Edith Sitwell, and one is to Osbert Sitwell, 1959. comprises: the first letter - a typescript, signed letter from Osbert to Edith Sitwell, 1pp. 13 lines, addressed to Edith at the Sesame Club, London, on printed headed paper from The St. Regis, Fifth Avenue and Fifty Fifth Street, New York, dated April 28, 1959, 'Darling Edith . . . I have enclosed a rather sinister letter from Art News which I send to you. I have written to say that I am too unwell to give long interviews. I miss you very much . . . I think the treatment here is doing me good. Your loving brother', signed by Osbert in black ink, 'Osbert Mr'; the second letter - Osbert's enclosed 'sinister' letter to Edith from Parker Tyler of Art News, TLS., 1pp., 20 lines, typed on Art News headed paper, East Fifty Seventh Street, New York, and signed by Parker Tyler, dated April 24th, 1959, 'It is with great happiness that I am able to say a grant has been bestowed on me making it possible to devote myself to writing a definitive biography of Pavel Tchelitchew . . . Inevitably, I am seeking out those who knew him well . . . As one of these, and as one who knows the story of his friendship with Dame Edith Sitwell, would you do me the kindness, while you are still in this country, to let me have some personal recollections in the form of an interview? . . . With cordial wishes, Sincerely yours, Parker Tyler'; the third letter - Autograph letter from Osbert to Edith, 2pp., 25 lines, to single sides of 2 leaves, on Turf Club, Piccadilly blind-stamped headed paper, written in black ink from 2 Carlyle Square, undated, 'Darling I hope you are all right? . . .' Osbert updates Edith with news he has received from Renishaw 'everything is proceeding well in your affairs with Macmillan . . . Violet (Violet Gordon-Woodhouse), motored me over to see Sachie and Georgia, poor little R is having a bad time. Your devoted brother O'. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.  Condition Report: 1. Osbert typed, signed letter from St. Regis, New York, 1959 - folded, and clean.2. Enclosed Art News Letter, 1959 - folded, a little creased with a light stain mark to top r.h. corner, and browning to the right hand edge of the letter, o/w. clean.3. Osbert's autograph letter from 2 Carlyle Square, undated - folded, and clean.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ SITWELL, Edith. (1887 - 1964). Facade. Author's Presentation to her mother, signed and inscribed Limited edition, Privately Printed for the author. The Favill Press, Kensington, 1922. single volume, second edition, 8vo., (187 x 132mm), signed by Edith Sitwell, number 92 of 150 copies, original orange paper boards with brick pattern, white paper label, printed in black, pasted to front, foredge untrimmed, further inscribed by the author to her mother in black ink on front free e/p., 'Darling Mother / with Ediths very best love', half-title, colour frontispiece by Gino Severini tipped in, Compositor: Zina Drummond. Pressmen: Crosby Oakes, Kathleen Nutting, 27pp. 150 copies privately printed in February 1922. (Five extra un-numbered copies printed for printer's file and copyright purposes). NPG. tissue wrapping with printed label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. c18 / 3.10. The first performance of Facade was held at Carlyle Square on 22 January, 1922, before an invited audience of the Sitwell's friends. They were each given typewritten programmes which preceded this first official edition.Lady Ida Emily Augusta Denison was Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell's mother, married Sir George Sitwell on November 26, 1886; within a few days of the wedding she ran home to her parents, but was firmly sent back to her husband. Lady Ida Sitwell, developing a taste for champagne and whiskey, had a difficult relationship with Sir George and her three children. In 1915, she was taken to court over another monetary scandal and was sentenced to three months in Holloway for fraud. Edith wrote, 'In later years after she had fallen amongst thieves, her appearance still retained the vestiges of that summer beauty, but as though a black veil had been thrown over it'.Provenance: From the Library of Dame Edith Sitwell.Condition Report: boards bright but worn, front board splitting but attached, corners scuffed, spine split with loss to brick pattern, front free e/ps. with finger mark smudges, joints splitting p.16-17, o/w. clean internally.Condition Report Disclaimer

Ɵ [THE SITWELLS & OTHERS]. WHEELS. An Anthology of Verse. six vols, (1916-1928). comprises: Wheels: An Anthology of Verse, Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, (1916). original cloth-backed pictorial yellow boards, edges untrimmed, new e/ps., half-title with manuscript date '1916', written in pencil, circular diagrammatic title incorporating contributors, includes poems by Osbert and Edith Sitwell, Nancy Cunard, Iris Tree, Sacheverell Sitwell's first published poem, 'Li-Tai-Pe Drinks and Drowns', NPG. tissue wrapping with printed label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b37 / 2.28a; Wheels: A Second Cycle, Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, (1917). original green and red cloth-backed boards, design C.W. Beaumont, edges untrimmed, new e/ps., contributors include Aldous Huxley, Sherard Vines, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. Wilfred Owen purchased this cycle when considering The Sitwell's request to publish his poems. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b38 / 2.28b; Wheels: 1918: A Third Cycle, [editor, Edith Sitwell]. Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, (1918). original red and black cloth-backed boards, 'The Sky Pilot' design Laurence Atkinson, part label to spine, edges untrimmed, new e/ps., (thus lacking Guevara's original endpapers), includes Alvaro Guevara's translations of two Spanish poems, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b39 / 2.28c; Wheels: 1919: A Fourth Cycle, [editor, Edith Sitwell]. Oxford: B.H. Blackwell, 1919. original cloth-backed boards, 'Gun Drill' design William Roberts, part label to spine, new e/ps., (thus lacking Roberts' original endpapers), half-title, dedicated to the memory of Wilfred Owen and includes seven of his poems, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b40 / 2.28d; Wheels: 1920: Fifth Cycle. [editor, Edith Sitwell]. Duckworth. London, 1928. re-issue of 1920s first edition, original cloth-backed boards, design Gino Severini, paper label to spine, new e/ps., (thus lacking Severini's original endpapers), half-title, with manuscript date '5 1920', written in pencil, NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b41 / 2.28e. Wheels: 1921: Sixth Cycle. [editor, Edith Sitwell]. London: C.W. Daniel Ltd., 1921. white cloth-backed boards, design William Roberts, white paper label to spine, new e/ps., further within paper wrappers. NPG. tissue wrapping with label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. b43 / 2.28f. Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.   Condition Report: 1. Wheels: An Anthology of Verse - yellow boards marked, corners stained, worn and scuffed, new endpapers, some toning o/w. clean internally.2. Wheels: A Second Cycle - green and red circular design boards marked and worn, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, new endpapers, some toning o/w. clean internally.3. Wheels: 1918: A Third Cycle - 'The Sky Pilot' red and black boards marked and worn, corners scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, new endpapers, thus lacking Alvaro Guevara's original e/ps., part paper label to spine, some toning o/w. clean internally.4. Wheels: 1919: Fourth Cycle - 'Gun Drill' boards worn and marked, corners scuffed (with some loss), new endpapers, thus lacking William Roberts' original e/ps., some toning o/w. clean internally. Wifred Owen's seven poems include 'The Show', 'Strange Meeting', 'A Terre', 'The Sentry', 'Disabled', 'The Dead Beat' and 'The Chances'.5. Wheels: 1920: Fifth Cycle - boards marked and a little dented, corners scuffed, spine a little bumped head/tail, new endpapers,a small tear (with loss) to lower r.h. corner of p.9, 'Cornucopia' by Osbert Sitwell, some toning o/w. clean internally.6. Wheels: 1921: Sixth Cycle - boards with light marks, corners very slightly scuffed, spine bumped head/tail, a little toning, o/w. clean internally.Condition Report Disclaimer

EDITH SITWELL. (1887 - 1964). EDITH SITWELL'S PERSONAL ADDRESS BOOK. An Alwych ruled, indexed address book, all-weather black covers, 8vo. (230 x 170mm), 143pp., approx. 388 manuscript entries by Edith Sitwell and others. Edith's personal address book reads like a 'Who's Who' from the world of music, theatre, publishing, film, ballet, and politics, her entries in blue and red ink include The Queen Mother Castle of May, Caithness, Allanah Statlender, Alberto (de Lacerda), Ava Waverley (Viscountess), Eamonn Andrews, Charlotte Bonham-Carter, Elizabeth Arden, Armando Dumas Child, M.D., OBE., Chelsea dressmaker, Madame Nina Astier, The Home Secretary, Rt. Honourable Henry Brooke, Stephen Spender, Robert Helpmann, George Cukor, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Willie Walton, Cecil Day - Lewis, and Gore Vida to name a few. Aristocracy, celebrities, family members, International publishers and press contacts are mixed amongst Edith's practical and useful addresses, with little reminders to herself jotted in such as 'write to Lucia Davidova', 'Patches, black velvet beauty spots write to Fashion Daily Express', 'Poems for 9th October 1962'; bookcase suppliers and builders follow Cecil Beaton, Jean Cocteau, Noel Coward, Coutts Bank and 'Coroner, (murdered tramp), Southwark', with the New York Times and New Scotland Yard preceding the Noise Abatement Society; Edith's family related entries include 'Reresby & Penelope', 'The Palsied Osbert Time Magazine', 'Montegufoni wine', 'Sachie's suggestions for wine', and 'Osbert, from 25 March, 5 York House, Church St, W8'; Edith Sitwell's many personal and amusing comments are written in larger text within the addresses (not always in alphabetical index order), and include people she has been impressed by, 'Ian, charming American undergraduate to whom I must write', 'Well meaning American pest', 'BBC, young man (intelligent, wants to interview me)', 'little boy who wrote to me, I must send him Facade', plus many underlined entries with exclamation marks noting people who had annoyed her, 'Psychopath who insulted me after television', 'That Blasted Priest!',' The American who wants to bring his wife to tea',' Insolent women with the shrieking children!', ' Impertinent Catholic ass', 'Cat Torturers names withheld by the horrible woman magistrate', 'American woman who has copied my ring'; a loosely inserted Change of Address postcard from John Lehmann, inscribed, 'This is an update! - J'; tissue wrapping with NPG. label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition, The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. d94/4.73.Condition Report: some foxing and marks to the NPG. tissue paper wrapping and label, the address book's black covers with a few scuffs but clean, the alphabetical index curling a little at edges, some coffee? staining to pastedowns and to the tops of some pages, o/w. clean internally, the text easy to read.Condition Report Disclaimer

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