Manuscripts from Chris Phillips

1954. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. Approx. 10.5" X 9. A four page letter to Edith Sitwell from Susanna Walton, wife of composer Sir William Walton. Dated June 2 and written on headed notepaper from the Walton's home on the Island of Ischia. The content expresses sympathy for Edith in her dealings with the "Hollywood Boys" and tells… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan & Co., 1888. 1st edition in book form . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Hugh Thomson and Herbert Railton. The first edition, in book form, of this illustrated account of coach travel in the nineteenth century. Internally very good in original green cloth with gilt titles and vignettes to top… Read more about this item

Bath, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. A highly embellished illuminated address presented to the outgoing Mayor of Bath, Councillor William Henry Jordan Shepherd, in May 1962. Written on 2 parchment panels, with 2 watercolour views and titles of events he attended during his mayoralty. Finely bound in red leather with gilt… Read more about this item

No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. A very good photograph of the performer with slight, almost imperceptible, creasing. Rear of photo is blank. Autograph is genuine. Size 12.5 X 17.5cm.

1925. No Binding. Very Good. A neatly written personal reference, in a secretarial hand, signed and dated by a (shaky) Hallam Tennyson - the elder son of the famous poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Hallam Tennyson became the 2nd Governor General of Australia between 1903 - 1904 and retired to the Isle of Wight as Deputy Governor from 1913.… Read more about this item

Guernsey: The Toucan Press, 1967. Limited Edition . Soft cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Published in an edition of 100 copies, only, this booklet contains a transcript of the judgment given, against Caitlin Thomas, by Mr. Justice Plowman. The case was brought by the widow of Dylan Thomas and centered around the ownership… Read more about this item

1919. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 25 X 19cm folded. This is the original handwritten Memorandum of Agreement between Sir Thomas Beecham Bart. and Westby & Co. Ltd. dated 20th August 1919. The agreement is for a loan of£10,000 to Sir Thomas in consideration of Westby's having exclusive rights to catering and all other Front of House activities… Read more about this item

London: The British Museum, 2013. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. R. B. Kitaj R.A.. The Catalogue Raisonne of graphic works by R. B. Kitaj, the controversial American Artist. Fine in original boards with very good illustrated dustwrapper. Loosely inserted is a one leaf A.L.S., dated June (1977), from the artist… Read more about this item

London. No Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. Court sized postcard 4.5 X 3.5. A brief note, in the artist's hand and signed by him, referring to the enclosed authorised cheque (not present) and asking the recipient to confirm tomorrow that they "have got it". The note, on a court sized postcard gives his address as 2 Holland Park Road,… Read more about this item