Ɵ SITWELL, Sacheverell / RUSSELL, James. Old Garden Roses, Part 1, 1955 with Three TLS. relating to Georgia Sitwell and The Times newspaper, 1977. comprises: SITWELL, Sacheverell / RUSSELL, James. Old Garden Roses, Part 1. George Rainbird Ltd., in association with Collins, London, 1955. single volume, first edition, Limited edition of 2160 copies, this being No. 213, folio., (430 x 315mm), original publisher's green papered boards, pink label lettered in gilt to front, colour illustrated with 8 reproductions from paintings by Charles Raymond, foreward by Graham Thomas, 52pp, NPG. tissue wrapping with printed label. National Portrait Gallery Exhibition. The Sitwells: 14/10/94 - 22/1/95. Catalogue No. f72 / 6.51n; together with three typescript letters loosely inserted, the first letter - a copy of a typescript letter, unsigned, from Georgia Sitwell to the Literary Editor of the Times, 1977, 12 lines, typed to a single leaf, 'May I be allowed to say a few words in defence of my late, and by me, lamented father-in-law, Sir George Sitwell . . . it seems unnecessary that someone as biased as your reviewer in last Saturday's Times should be allowed thus to malign him . . . the review seems utterly obsessed with the 'social' side of Osbert's autobiographies to the detriment of their literary credits . . . '; the second letter - a response to Lady Sitwell from from Ion Trewin, the Times Literary Editor, October 14, 1977, 10 lines, ' . . .In my opinion . . . it would be a very boring book page if we indulged solely in literary criticism . .'; the third letter - from the original reviewer of the Times article, to Lady Sitwell, October 18, 1977, 22 lines, typed to a single leaf, printed address, Arundel Terrace, Brighton, Sussex, . . . 'Since we were fellow guests at Robin Maugham's 60th birthday party, and I sat next to your husband . . . '.Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.