top of page
Two autograph signed letters written by Osbert Sitwell from 1933/34

Two autograph signed letters written by Osbert Sitwell from 1933/34

£250.00Price

SITWELL, Osbert - Two detailed autograph signed letters from 1933 and 1934

 

Two letters on folded A5 writing paper, with their original envelopes to the same recipient; the first letter is from September 1933 and is four sides long, on Port Lympne headed note paper; the second letter is from summer 1934 and is two sides long, on the Sitwell’s 2 Caryle Square headed note paper; both letters are in excellent condition, the second has a couple of turned edges, the envelope for the first letter was opened roughly and is missing a portion; overall the two letters are in near fine condition with good envelopes.

 

Osbert Sitwell has written two letters to a Mr Strutt, who he seemed on close terms with. He shares in these letters’ details about quarrels between him / his brother and his father Sir George. He said to the recipient at one point “I need hardly say that Sachie was entirely in the right” and that his father said “I should inherit no cash from him. In my case he’s much more likely to inherit from me.) He then goes on to make several recommendations for hotels in Italy and asked Mr Strutt to mention his name to the hotels in question. In the second letter he described how poorly he was and made a reference to Wimbledon, this being the year of ‘Wimbledon throat’, where several tennis players and officials came down with a mystery virus. Sitwell exclaimed “I’ve never been to Wimbledon in my life. So why should I be afflicted?”.

 

Two rare letters from Sitwell, the first one in particular, of some length and interesting content relating to his family.

    Product Page: Stores_Product_Widget

     

    Address

    9 Gordon Square, Birchington, Kent, CT7 9SL

    Telephone Number

    07979108398

    Email

    info@theplantagenetking.com

    Join our mailing list

    aba-logo_6f16da50af95e8511ca2a9e6a50991c9.png
    Red_Logo_Black Letters_ILAB_Pantone copy.jpg
    184-PBFA-by-E-Bawden.jpg
    bottom of page