Bloomsbury Auctions

Lot 237
237. Sassoon (Siegfried, poet and writer, 1886-1967) to lu g g i a at
li n d i S fa r n e, a u t o g r a p h m a n u S C r i p t p o e m, “I have heard a troubled
spirit; And visit curlew-haunted sands” [first and last lines], with
initialled pencil note from Sassoon and a reply from the editor, 1p.,
folds, 8vo, n.d. £200 - £300
*** Pencil inscriptions read: “Is this alright? SS”, and the editor’s
reply “No, S. ‘fraid it isn’t. Get back to the air. Sorry to be so harsh!
Just startin’ to gab about you in America.”
238. Johnson (Amy, aviator, 1903-41) au t o g r a p h le t t e r S i g n e d
“mi C K e y” to miSS gl a S S, girlie a n d Sh e i l a, 1p., lge 8vo, 15
Vernon Court, Finchley Road, 15th February 1931, thanking them
for a “sweet letter” and her flight back from Hanover, “I had a
rather unpleasant trip back as it was extremely windy, so windy
that most of my small belongings were blown out of the cockpit &
policemen are now picking maps etc. up in Kent!”, and that she “has
been awfully busy” and hoping for some “peace & calm”, folds.
£120 - £180
239. Kipling (Rudyard, author, 1865-1936) ty p e d letter S i g n e d to
b.t. pe a r S e, o f Co l a C, vi C to r i a, au S t r a l i a, 1p., sm. 4to, Burwash,
19th June 1934, “Here is a most belated answer to your kind birthday
letter to me. But I’ve been in France for some months and only came
back a short time ago... . What you are good enough to say about my
books, but I did not quite understand your thinking that I didn’t visit
Victoria when I was in Australia ever so many years ago. I was in
Melbourne and went up country there and had the best of good times.
Your P.S. and cutting, however, put matters straight and I feel better”,
cut at head not affecting address, folds, browned. £200 - £300
Lot 240
240. Shaw (George Bernard, playwright, 1856-1950) au t o g r a p h
n o t e S i g n e d, reSponSe o n a t y p e d l e t t e r S e n t to h i m f r o m th o m a S
C. go d f r e y, b o o K S e l l e r, 1p. 4to, York, 25th January 1934, letter
from Godfrey referring to Shaw’s book Immaturity, “in the preface
to your book “Immaturity” you refer to a book by Alexander
Mackintosh Shaw on the history of the Shaw family. A lady of this
name in Ottowa is most anxious to obtain a copy of this family
history... . Please excuse the liberty... in asking if you would be
prepared to sell your copy...”, and Bernard Shaw’s reply, “My copy
is the only one I ever saw. I won’t sell it, as it is my only authority
for the statements in the Immaturity preface G. Bernard Shaw...”,
framed and glazed. £150 - £200
241. Baldwin (Stanley, first Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, politician
and prime minister, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1867-1947)
lo n g au t o g r a p h le t t e r to ma ry bu t l e r, 6pp. & envelope, 8vo,
24th March 1935, declaring himself “a real cabbage” having
discovered that he is descended from gentry in Shropshire and
relating that he had gone to the church at Mumslow and copied a
brass to one of his family who had given the church a silver flagon
that the vicar had shown him and of which he has had a perfect
replica made which he intends to leave to Trinity, concluding that
his ancestors were “small country gentry”, that he is descended
through the younger sons which accounts for the paucity of records
and that it “is no wonder that I am a Tory with such roots!...”, slight
browning along central folds. £80 - £120
Lot 242
242. Ransome (Arthur, journalist and writer, 1884-1967)
au t o g r a p h po S t C a r d t h i r d perSon to “Ca p ta i n Jo h n” [Jo h n
ru b i n S t e i n], 1p., 8vo, w i t h p r i n t e d p i C t o r i a l b o r d e r a n d g r e e n
wat e r C o l o u r w a S h , n.p., n.d. [c. 1935], “Mr Arthur Ransome
presents his compliments to Captain John and brothers and regrets
that circumstances make it impossible for him to accept their kind
invitation. He hopes that if ever they are charging round this part
of the country on a weekend they will look in on him”, and a note
on Way & Waller Estate Agents notepaper inscribed “to Cap ta i n
Jo h n f r o m art h u r ran S o m e” and a small p e n a n d i n K d r aw i n g
o f a S a i l i n g b o at , tipped-in to an au t o g r a p h alb u m, including:
al d o u S hux l e y, w.b. ye at S, h.g. we l l S, Queen Victoria, Lloyd
George (pencil), Noel Coward, A.E.F. Horniman, Richard Church,
Rose Macaulay, Victor Gollancz, Radclyffe Hall, Clifford Bax,
George Bernard Shaw, Margot Asquith, Edmund Dulac (w i t h
S m a l l wat e r C o l o u r o f a C at ), G.B. Stern, Louis Golding, General
Birdwood, R.C. Sherriff, Sybil Thorndike, Leslie Hore-Belisha,
John Masefield, Laurence Housman, Malcolm Muggeridge,
Vera Brittain, A.J. Cronin, Marie Stopes and others, together
c. 75 pieces, some ff. loose or working loose, original leather,
slightly rubbed, in an album, some slight rubbing, oblong 8vo.
£600 - £800
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