Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), a portrait photograph of the ...

Hammer

£300

Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967), a portrait photograph of the English poet & soldier by George Charles Beresford, c.1915, approx 20 x 15cm, in framed and glazed display, together with inset autograph letter signed by Sassoon, to Frederick Heath, editor of the literary magazine 'The Bermondsey Book', which was published from December 1923-May 1930, as the organ of the Bermondsey Bookshop, and mainly as a means of publishing hitherto unknown writers, the letter on 23 Campden Hill Square W8 headed paper, "Dec. 4th. Dear Mr Heath, It is a pleasure to me to see my poem in the Bermondsey Book. I am returning the cheque, as I am sure you can find some use for three guineas in your district. Yours sincerely, Siegfried Sassoon", framed and glazed, approx size 45 x 32cm