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[ Richard Hearne, 'Mr. Pastry'. ] Corrected typescript of his unpublished autobiography 'Falling up the Ladder' ('Being the Life Story of Richard Hearne | Written at the Age of 48, - | just 48 years after | his first appearance on any stage.'

Author: 
Richard Hearne [ Richard Lewis Hearne ] (1908-1979), English actor, comedian ('Mr. Pastry'), producer and writer
Publication details: 
[ London, 1956. ]
£950.00

242pp., 8vo. With autograph emendations throughout. Unbound and stapled into chapters. In good condition, with light aging and rusting of staples. Typed title-page, with the book said to be written 'By Richard Hearne. Assisted (and sometimes hindered) by interpolations from "Mr.

Autograph Letter Signed ('Tom') from the Labour Member of Parliament Tom Driberg to 'My dear Gérard' (Gerald Hamilton, Christopher Isherwood's 'Mr Norris')

Author: 
Tom Driberg [Thomas Edward Neil Driberg] (1905-1976), Baron Bradwell, flamboyant Labour MP and the 'William Hickey' of the Daily Express; Gerald Hamilton (c.1888-1970), arms dealer and fraudster]
Publication details: 
On letterhead of Bradwell Lodge, Bradwell juxta Mare, near Southminster, Essex. 12 July 1947.
£56.00

1p., 4to. Fifteen lines. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The recipient is beyond doubt: the two men were friends with shared interests, and among the Driberg papers are letters from Hamilton signed 'Gérard'). Driberg is delighted to hear that Hamilton is feeling better: 'Would you be allowed to come over to Bradwell to lunch with me? If so, I might manage next Saturday. I could call with the car. Drop me a line at the House of Commons; [last four words underlined] that is the best address'.

Five Typed Letters Signed and one Autograph Note Signed ('Gerald', 'Gérard', 'G. H.') from the arms dealer and fraudster Gerald Hamilton (model for Christopher Isherwood's 'Mr Norris') to Yvon Davis [pseudonym of Tom Driberg?] of Bradwell Lodge.

Author: 
Gerald Hamilton (c.1888-1970), arms dealer, traitor and fraudster, the original of Christopher Isherwood's 'Mr. Norris' [Yvon Davis; Tom Driberg; Bradwell Lodge]
Publication details: 
The first two letters on letterheads of 91 Kinnerton Street, Belgrave Square, SW1; the fourth from London, and the others without place. The first letter dated 22 December 1939 and the last 21 January 1940; the note undated.
£280.00

All in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. The letters are dated 22, 24 and 25 December 1939 and 20 and 21 January 1940; the note is undated. The letters total 6pp., 4to, with an additional 1p., 4to, carrying a translation from Spanish; the note is on the back of a scrap of Asbach Uralt packaging. The first two letters are in English, the other letters and the note in French. One envelope is present, addressed to: 'M. Yvon Davis, Bradwell Lodge, Bradwell-on-Sea, nr.

Printed 1940 New Year's 'Boomps a Daisy' card, for the fraudster and arms dealer Gerald Hamilton (model for Christopher Isherwood's 'Mr Norris'), with cartoon by Ruth Gill,Hitler and Stalin bumping bottoms.

Author: 
Gerald Hamilton (c.1888-1970), arms dealer, traitor and fraudster, the original of Christopher Isherwood's 'Mr. Norris' [Ruth Gill]
Publication details: 
'Brownlee Series No. 16 | Design by Ruth Gill'. [London, 1939.]
£80.00

A stylish and amusing 12mo card, with the cartoon printed in dark red and black on the front and the slug on the back. All printed. Tipped in inside the card is a bifolium, with 'BOOMPS-A-DAISY!' on the verso of the first leaf, and 'What is a BOOMP between friends?' and a short musical phrase at the head of the recto of the second leaf', with 'Peaceful New Year, | 1940 | from Gerald Hamilton | 91, Kinnerton Street | Belgrave Square, S.W 1.' beneath it.

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