Documents and Letters

Georges SIMENON (1903-1989) Autograph Letter Signed (“Geo Simenon”) on his correspondence card to Danielle Henrotte, thanking her for a letter which moved him, and giving her advice as a writer.1 page oblong 8vo on his correspondence card, Lausanne, n.d. Trans: “Thank you for your letter which moved me. Tell your grandfather,...

Osbert SITWELL (1892-1969) Autograph Letter Signed (“Osbert Sitwell”) to Sewell Stokes, informing him that two photographs are being sent to him. 1 page 8vo, 2 Carlyle Square, n.d. “Thank you for yr. letter. I have instructed Beck & McGregor of Marylebone Mews to send you two photographs from you to...

Sacheverell SITWELL (1897-1988) Autograph Letter Signed (“Sacheverell Sitwell”) to “Dear Dosse” [Philip Dosse, founder of the magazines Dance and Dancers and Books and Bookmen] regarding the publication of “Augustus” [Augustus Hare in Italy, for which Sitwell wrote the introduction] and commenting on a Gala at the Royal Opera House.1 page...

Howard SPRING (1889-1965) Autograph Letter Signed (“Howard Spring”) to “Dear Miss Condi”, promising to inscribe her bookplate. 1 page large 8vo, Falmouth, 15 January 1958.                      “. . . I have mislaid your letter and your Christian name has escaped me. If...

Dame Sybil THORNDIKE (1882-1976) Autograph Letter Signed (“Sybil Thorndike Casson”) to A.G. Gardiner, editor of the Daily News, thanking him for a perceptive article about her. 2 pages 4to, n.p. [London], 12 February 1926. “Please will you forgive me bothering you, I’ve wondered whether I ought not to perhaps, but...

Sybil THORNDIKE (1882-1976) Typed Letter Signed (“Sybil Thorndike”) to the theatrical manager J. Bannister Howard, declining a part in a play as “I am absolutely the wrong type”.1 page 4to, Regent Theatre, 2 February 1925. “Yes, I have read “The Rose of the Ghetto” and find it a most excellent and...

Kenneth TYNAN (1927-1980) Typed Letter Signed (“Ken”) to “Dear John” [John Moody, actor, director, head of drama at the Arts Council and Director of the Bristol Old Vic], evidently replying to an enquiry about “budding playwrights”.1 page 4to, 29 Hyde Park Gardens, W2, 19 February n.y. “I’ll certainly let you know...

Hugh WALPOLE (1884-1941) Autograph Letter Signed (“Hugh Walpole”) to “Dear Humbert” [Humbert Wolfe] inviting him to his new luncheon club. 2 pages 8vo, 90 Piccadilly, 9 November 1938.                                             ...

Theodore WATTS-DUNTON (1832-1914) Autograph Letter Signed (“Theodore Watts-Dunton”) to A.G. Gardiner [editor of the Daily News], congratulating him on an article praising the work of George Meredith.2 pages 8vo, The Pines, Putney Hill, 17 February 1908. “Through the courtesy of Mr. G.G. Desmond, I am enabled to send you a line...

Evelyn WAUGH (1903-1966) Autograph Letter Signed (“Evelyn Waugh”) to Mr. Braybrooke [writer and editor Neville Braybrooke], thanking him for his book London Green, but regretting that he can do nothing to “prosper it”.1 page small 4to, Combe Florey House, 2 July 1960. “It was a kind thought to send me a...

Sir Archibald WAVELL, 1st Earl Wavell (1883-1950) Typed Letter Signed (“Wavell”) to General Sir Sidney Kirkman, confirming that the 7th Gurkhas have permission to wear the Black Watch tartan on their pipe bags. 1 page 8vo, 23 Kingston House South, SW7, 6 February 1950. “Thank you for your letter of...

Herbert George WELLS (1866-1946) Typed Letter Signed ("H.G. Wells") to "Dear Mr. Shaw", enquiring "what are you driving at?". 1 page oblong 8vo, 13 Hanover Terrace, 29 November 1944. "Thanks for your interesting letter. I don't quite get your point about the "mystics". Are you referring to my Doctorate Thesis...

Emlyn WILLIAMS (1905-1987) Typed Letter Signed (“Emlyn Williams” to “Dear Mr. Sampson” [A.H. Sampson, Vice-President of the Cambridge Union Society], regretting that he is unable to accept an invitation. 1 page small 4to, 15 Pelham Crescent SW7, 4 June 1952. “Thank you very much for your letter and charming invitation –...

Sir Reginald WINGATE (1861-1953) Autograph Letter Signed (“R Wingate”) to “My dear & beloved old Chief” [Sir Evelyn Wood], thanking him for his “affectionate sympathy in our great sorrow”.4 pages 8vo, The Residency, Cairo, 12 May 1918.            “Your affectionate sympathy in our great sorrow is most...

Sir Henry Joseph WOOD (1869-1944) Typed Letter Signed ("Henry J. Wood") to "Dear Mr. Page" thanking him for a book on Toscanini. 1 page 4to, Chorley Wood, 1 October 1929. "Many thanks for kindly sending me round the book on Toscanini; I expect the account of his rehearsals will make...

Sir Henry Joseph WOOD (1869-1944) Typed Letter Signed (“Henry J. Wood”) to “Dear Mr. Stein” [Erwin Stein, editor at music publishers Boosey & Hawkes], a long and detailed discussion of his work on a transcription of the Brandenburg Concertos suitable for amateur orchestras.1½ pages 4to, including a half-page autograph postscript,...