Every day Sophie Dupre presents two items from her large stock of signed photographs, autograph letters, autographs for sale, royal memoralbilia and antiquarian manuscripts.
The photographs are presented with the catalogue descriptions.
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January 21
On this day in1932 Lytton Strachey, English biographer and critic, dies at the age of 51of stomach cancer at Ham Spray House. He lived in a menage a trois with Ralph Partridge and Carrington, who saw no purpose in a life without Strachey. She committed suicide two months after his death by shooting herself with a gun borrowed from her friend, Hon. Bryan Guinness.
STRACHEY (Lytton, 1880-1932, critic and biographer, member of the Bloomsbury group)
Signed limited edition of “Portraits in Miniature”, a collection of biographical essays of James Boswell, Sir John Harington, David Hume, Edward Gibbon, Thomas Carlyle, and others, 8vo., buckram-backed boards, first Edition
CARRINGTON (Dora de Houghton, 1893-1932, British painter, closely associated with the Bloomsbury Group, especially Lytton Strachey)
Delightful Autograph Letter signed “your very loving C” to “Dearest Barbara” sending some “pieces of shaved lamb in case you ever want to alter your jacket. I was turning out a box, and found them so I thought I’d send them you before I forgot. Gascon send me some more lovely orchids last week - they are so beautiful & have a special oriental secret of living for ever apparently ... How are you & your family? I think darling, for a little I want to be here alone. Don’t think it unfriendly of me but its really easier. Olive is very kind and looks after me very attentively & James & Alix will be here this weekend & R comes down today ... Ralph has been so very kind. I know he doesn’t like me being here alone ... so its really rather noble of him to do what I want & go away to London. I wanted to tell you this because I can’t bear thinking that anyone might think Ralph left me here alone ... Its very cold here but I managed to almost finish my Laurel Grove this week ...”, 2 sides 4to., with a delightful engraved vignette of Ham Spray House at the head of the pink paper, no date
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