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Charleston [Firle], Melksham [Wiltshire], and Bloomsbury [London], to Vita Sackville-West
- Title
- Collection of five autograph letters signed : Charleston [Firle], Melksham [Wiltshire], and Bloomsbury [London], to Vita Sackville-West, 1927 June 4-Sept. 27 and undated.
- Author
- Bell, Clive, 1881-1964.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Berg Coll m.b. Bell, C A.l.s. to Sackville-West, Vita 1927 | Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962.
- Description
- 5; 18-26 cm. +
- Summary
- Letters discuss Clive Bell's sadness over his place in the world; his father's illness; the beauty of the countryside; his love for Virginia Woolf; Lytton Strachey on Vita's husband's (Harold Nicolson's) book, probably The Development of English Biography (London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf, 1927); Katherine Mansfield; Arthur Rubinstein; Vita's alleged preference of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights to Jane Austen's Emma; and Arnold Bennett, Hugh Walpole, and [Luigi] Pirandello.
- Subjects
- Nicolson, Harold, 1886-1968
- Rubinstein, Artur, 1887-1982
- Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936
- Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848 > Wuthering Heights
- Bloomsbury group > Sources
- Mansfield, Katherine, 1888-1923
- Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941
- Bennett, Arnold, 1867-1931
- Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 > Emma Spanish
- Walpole, Hugh, 1884-1941
- Bell, Clive, 1881-1964
- Strachey, Lytton, 1880-1932
- Note
- Collection consists of the following letters: Melksham, Wilts., to "Dearest Vita," June 4, 1927 (on blue Gordon Square stationery, letterhead crossed out), 1 leaf (2 p.), with blue envelope, postage canceled; Charleston, to "Dearest Vita," Sept. 22, 1927 (on cream Gordon Square stationery, letterhead crossed out), 1 leaf (2 p.); Melksham, Wilts., to "Dearest Vita," September 29, 1927 (on blue Gordon Square stationery, letterhead crossed out), 1 leaf (2 p.), with blue envelope, postage canceled; Bloomsbury, to "Dear Mrs. Nicholson," "Wednesday" [1927?] (on cream stationery with Gordon Square letterhead), 1 leaf (2 p.); Bloomsbury, to "my dear Vita," "Friday" [1927?] (on cream stationery with Gordon Square letterhead), 1 leaf (2 p.).
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Call Number
- Berg Coll m.b. Bell, C A.l.s. to Sackville-West, Vita 1927
- OCLC
- 758136963
- Author
- Bell, Clive, 1881-1964.
- Title
- Collection of five autograph letters signed : Charleston [Firle], Melksham [Wiltshire], and Bloomsbury [London], to Vita Sackville-West, 1927 June 4-Sept. 27 and undated.
- Access
- Restricted access; request permission from holding division.
- Connect to:
- Place of Publication
- England London.England Wiltshire Melksham.England East Sussex West Firle.
- Added Author
- Sackville-West, V. (Victoria), 1892-1962. Addressee
- Research Call Number
- Berg Coll m.b. Bell, C A.l.s. to Sackville-West, Vita 1927