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Auction archive: Lot number 356

LITERATURE AND THE ARTS (20th Century -- British). A collection of letters by British writers and artists, the majority addressed to George Sayer, and comprising

Auction 30.11.2001
30 Nov 2001
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$718 - US$1,005
Price realised:
£564
ca. US$810
Auction archive: Lot number 356

LITERATURE AND THE ARTS (20th Century -- British). A collection of letters by British writers and artists, the majority addressed to George Sayer, and comprising

Auction 30.11.2001
30 Nov 2001
Estimate
£500 - £700
ca. US$718 - US$1,005
Price realised:
£564
ca. US$810
Beschreibung:

LITERATURE AND THE ARTS (20th Century -- British). A collection of letters by British writers and artists, the majority addressed to George Sayer and comprising: George Bernard SHAW. Autograph postcard (bearing a photograph of Shaw) signed, 'From GBS who has not forgotten Lawnside, Ayot St Lawrence, 26th July 1947 when his 92nd year began'; Edmund BLUNDEN. Two autograph letters signed to Sayer, Oxford, 29 January and 9 February 1935, making arrangements for meetings and enquiring about Sayer's magazine The Programme , 2 pages, 8vo ; with a proof annotated by Blunden of a poem, 'Sixpence for the River', with six minor emendations and two brief notes, on one leaf, folio ; Dame Laura KNIGHT 16 autograph letters signed and three autograph postcards signed to Winifred Barrows, 22 October 1963 - 27 October 1969, four illustrated with drawings of dancing figures and flowers, approximately 25 pages, mostly 4to ; together with letters signed by Hilarie Belloc, John Masefield, Arthur Somervell, Arthur Bliss, R.B. Haldane and others, 18 in total . (41)

Auction archive: Lot number 356
Auction:
Datum:
30 Nov 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

LITERATURE AND THE ARTS (20th Century -- British). A collection of letters by British writers and artists, the majority addressed to George Sayer and comprising: George Bernard SHAW. Autograph postcard (bearing a photograph of Shaw) signed, 'From GBS who has not forgotten Lawnside, Ayot St Lawrence, 26th July 1947 when his 92nd year began'; Edmund BLUNDEN. Two autograph letters signed to Sayer, Oxford, 29 January and 9 February 1935, making arrangements for meetings and enquiring about Sayer's magazine The Programme , 2 pages, 8vo ; with a proof annotated by Blunden of a poem, 'Sixpence for the River', with six minor emendations and two brief notes, on one leaf, folio ; Dame Laura KNIGHT 16 autograph letters signed and three autograph postcards signed to Winifred Barrows, 22 October 1963 - 27 October 1969, four illustrated with drawings of dancing figures and flowers, approximately 25 pages, mostly 4to ; together with letters signed by Hilarie Belloc, John Masefield, Arthur Somervell, Arthur Bliss, R.B. Haldane and others, 18 in total . (41)

Auction archive: Lot number 356
Auction:
Datum:
30 Nov 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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