Lot 306
Sassoon, Siegfried. ALS to Storrs (Sir Ronald, 1881-1955, governor of Jerusalem etc.) Heytesbury House, 4.1.46, 1p, 8vo., "Your postcard adds to my satisfaction about the wonderful reception "The Journey" is having from those for whose enjoyment it was written. To provide civilised mental relief from the oppression of things as they are now - that was my purpose." [In an ALS to Marjorie Forster, 19th December 1943, SS describes Storrs as "a noisy bounder", after they both attended a dinner party given by Lady Cholmondeley, SS's cousin, see lot ] With an ALS from the same to Mr. Fabes (Gilbert Fabes, 1894-1973, bookseller), Wilsford Manor, 12.10.30. 1p., 8vo. "I am very glad to inscribe a copy of my book for anyone who is a friend of Lady Ottoline Morrell…At the age of 44 the wine of popularity does not cause the same intoxication as it might have done ten years earlier." (2)
