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LOT 317 CORRESPONDENCE TO OSBERT SITWELL: INCLUDING ROYALTIES STATEM...

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Dreweatts 1759

Weston Hall and the Sitwells

Dreweatts 1759

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CORRESPONDENCE TO OSBERT SITWELL: Including Royalties Statements for his published works, 1950, Three ALS., One TLS., and a postcard. comprises: Statements of Royalties from Pearn, Pollinger & Higham Ltd., London, a typescript statement from Pearn, Pollinger & Higham Ltd, London, to Sir Osbert Sitwell, Bart. LLD, St. Regis Hotel, New York, 18th October, 1950, 1pp., typed to both sides of a single leaf, showing a breakdown of Macmillan & Co. Ltd., Royalties, (less 10% commission) payable to 30.6.50, listing ten titles of Sir Osbert's works, including BBC. one British Broadcast use in Spanish - extract from 'Sing High, Sing Low', and Argosy extract for one BBC. serial use. 'Left Hand Right Hand', the statement with manuscript signature of Secretary, Monica Preston, with 4pp. manuscript accounts, written to single sides of 4 lined, ruled headed sheets, showing the breakdown of Sir Osbert's works sold in England or overseas, and Royalties earnt by sales, and a 1pp. typescript Royalties statement for Pan Books Ltd., for the period ending 31st December, 1949; Autograph Letter, signed, to Sir Osbert Sitwell from Michael Hawkins, (Secretary to the Duke of Gloucester), 18 May, 1955. 1pp, single leaf, 8 lines, the printed address York House, St. James's Palace, Hawkins thanks Sir Osbert on behalf of the Duke following a recent visit, ' . . he enjoyed his visit to your beautiful home last Sunday and meeting Miss Sitwell . : Autograph Letter, signed, to Sir Osbert Sitwell from John Masefield, undated. 2pp., written to both sides of a single leaf, on blue notepaper with the printed address, Burcote Brook, Abingdon, undated '27th Nov', Masefield, in poor health, thanks Sir Osbert for his kind letter, ' . . . & for your (& your sister's) wishes for my recovery. Thank you, I am a good deal better: but unable to do much . . .'. Sir John Masefield, (1878-1967), English poet and writer, Poet Laureate from 1930-1967; Autograph Letter (part), signed, to Sir Osbert Sitwell from Clifford Maxwell, (Director of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton), (only the second part of the letter present). 2pp., 26 lines, written to both sides of a single leaf in brown ink, the Royal Pavilion, Brighton printed address, . . . 'what a wonderful reading of 'Gold Coast Customs' your sister gave the other evening! . . . Truly she is the greatest living poet, the greatest woman poet ever . . '. As director of the Royal Pavilion in the years after the Second World War, Dr Musgrave had the unenviable job of rescuing the palace from wartime disrepair. He persuaded Brighton Council, which owned the Pavilion, to restore the Pavilion to its original splendour; Typescript Letter, signed, to Sir Osbert Sitwell, Renishaw Hall, from 'Rothermere', June 8, 1949. 1pp., 19 lines, typed to one side of a single leaf, The Daily Mail London, EC4, printed address, Rothermere apologises to Sir Osbert for an article printed in the 'Continental Daily Mail', which had escaped his notice, . . 'quite apart from the inaccuracies the article was not suitable for a newspaper circulating abroad and read by a large number of French people . . .'; together with a postcard written to Sir Osbert Sitwell, Renishaw Hall, from Mervyn Horder, 7/8/ 49. 8 lines, 'This is to acknowledge safe receipt of 'DISCURSIONS' - my holiday reading in a Norfolk windmill . . .'. (Qty. 6)Provenance: The Sitwell Family Collection, Weston Hall.

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