EDITH SITWELL: SELECTED LETTERS OF EDITH SITWELL. TYPESCRIPTS, David Higham Associates, Ltd., 1919-1964. a group of approx. 190 loose typescript letters, selected and edited from original letters written by Edith Sitwell. comprises: 1pp. title page, in blue ink manuscript, 'David Higham Associates Ltd., / Selected Letters of / Edith Sitwell / Edited by / John Lehmann / & David Parker', 3pp. typescript Introduction, the letters mostly 2pp., (a few 4pp.), to one side of single leaves, stapled to top l.h. corners, and numbered 3 - 440, written to 60 plus recipients from Edith Sitwell's various addresses in London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, and the Sitwell family residences, Castello di Montegufoni, Italy, Renishaw, Derbyshire and Weston Hall, Northamptonshire, the selected letters begin 14th March, 1919 with Edith's letters to Wilfred Owen's mother, Susan Owen, the collection includes correspondence to Dylan Thomas, Harold Acton, Jean Cocteau T. S. Eliot, Stephen Spender, Virginia Woolf, John Gielgud, Noel Coward, Alec Guinness, Graham Greene Benjamin Britten and other notable writers and artists, many of whom were to remain close friends throughout her life. The letters reveal a fascinating portrait of Dame Edith Sitwell's witty, imaginative and at times vulnerable personality. Later published, LEHMANN, John: PARKER, Derek. 'Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell'. Vanguard Press, NY, 1970 and Macmillan & Co Ltd, London, 1970. (Qty. approx. 190). Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.
EDITH SITWELL: SELECTED LETTERS OF EDITH SITWELL. TYPESCRIPTS, David Higham Associates, Ltd., 1919-1964. a group of approx. 190 loose typescript letters, selected and edited from original letters written by Edith Sitwell. comprises: 1pp. title page, in blue ink manuscript, 'David Higham Associates Ltd., / Selected Letters of / Edith Sitwell / Edited by / John Lehmann / & David Parker', 3pp. typescript Introduction, the letters mostly 2pp., (a few 4pp.), to one side of single leaves, stapled to top l.h. corners, and numbered 3 - 440, written to 60 plus recipients from Edith Sitwell's various addresses in London, Paris, New York, Los Angeles, and the Sitwell family residences, Castello di Montegufoni, Italy, Renishaw, Derbyshire and Weston Hall, Northamptonshire, the selected letters begin 14th March, 1919 with Edith's letters to Wilfred Owen's mother, Susan Owen, the collection includes correspondence to Dylan Thomas, Harold Acton, Jean Cocteau T. S. Eliot, Stephen Spender, Virginia Woolf, John Gielgud, Noel Coward, Alec Guinness, Graham Greene Benjamin Britten and other notable writers and artists, many of whom were to remain close friends throughout her life. The letters reveal a fascinating portrait of Dame Edith Sitwell's witty, imaginative and at times vulnerable personality. Later published, LEHMANN, John: PARKER, Derek. 'Selected Letters of Edith Sitwell'. Vanguard Press, NY, 1970 and Macmillan & Co Ltd, London, 1970. (Qty. approx. 190). Provenance: The Sitwell Family Library, Weston Hall.
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