Lot 334
Isabella and Samuel Beeton. A group of ten ALS to Samuel and Isabella Beeton on the occasion of the death of their first child and third, principally from family members, 'How my heart was grieved when I read dear Sam's letter...' (Aunt Cassie) and 'I cannot expect that the yearnings of parental love can subside at first; nature will have its way and tears must fall...' (Agnes Strickland), 33pp. some folded, 1857-1863; a collection of carbon copies of transcribed letters, 13 from Samuel Beeton to his wife, Isabella, 1856-1864, 2 from Samuel Beeton to Mr Stagg, 1865, 3 to Isabella from Nelly Beeton, Esther and W. Dorling,c.1856, and 7 others, miscellaneous, v.s. (a quantity)
PROVENANCE: Nancy Spain (1917-1964) writer, journalist and author of Mrs Beeton and Her Husband (1948); Isabella was Spain's great aunt. Sold with this lot is a copy of The Nancy Spain Colour Cookery Book, with associated letters loosely inserted.
