25th Sep, 2013 10:00 GMT/BST

Book Sale

 
  Lot 89
 

89

Maugham (W. Somerset) Liza of Lambeth, 1947, number 2 of a limited edition of 1000, signed by...

Maugham (W. Somerset)
Liza of Lambeth, 1947, number 2 of a limited edition of 1000, signed by the author, original quarter vellum;
idem
, On A Chinese Screen, 1935, presentation copy to Liza, signed by the author, original cloth;
idem
, Catalina, A Romance, 1948, first edition, inscribed by the author, 'For Liza on her wedding day, from her affectionate father, this First Copy', original cloth;
with two others and;
[Beaton (Cecil)]
, A pencil sketch of Lady Glendevon [Liza], nd., unsigned, mounted framed and glazed;
Glendevon (Lord)
, Untitled still life of a vase of flowers, 1993, pastel, mounted, framed and glazed;
de la Mare (Laura)
, Blue Anenomes, [1990], watercolour, framed and glazed (8)
['Liza' or Mary Elizabeth Maugham was the author's only child. Her second marriage was to Lord John Hope who became Baron Glendevon. Maugham attempted to disinherit Lady Glendevon in a very expensive and lengthy court case.]

Sold for £420
Estimated at £80 - £120


 

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