MAUGHAM, W. Somerset (1874-1965). Photographic print portrait of Maugham in profile on his 80th birthday, signed "W. Somerset Maugham" [1954]. 8vo, visible area 160 x 115, matted and framed, unexamined out of frame. [Framed with:] SEARLE, Alan (1905-1985). Typed letter signed ("Alan Searle"), to Mr. Penn. Cap Ferrat. France, 30 November 1965. 1 page, 8vo, visible area 176 x 111 mm, on Villa Mauresque stationary. Writing on behalf of Maugham, his private secretary and companion Alan Searle responds: "I read your letter to him, and he asks me to thank you for it and to say how touched and pleased he was -also to say how sad It makes him that he is too unwell to be able to reply personally. I enclose a photograph of Mr. Maugham which he has autographed for you. It was taken eleven years ago on his eightieth birthday. I am afraid the signature is rather shaky, but Mr. Maugham is very frail just now." Maugham would pass away just 16 days later.