Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

290 “ODETO PICASSO” 290 c   COCTEAU, JEAN. Autograph Manuscript Signed, within the text, draft of a title- page for his poem, L’Ode à Picasso [Paris, 1919], including title, device, publisher’s imprint, and circled printing instructions in right margin. 1 page, 8vo; minor scattered soiling; matted with portrait and framed. Np, [1919] [400/600] THE PALL MALL GAZETTE’S BIOGRAPHY OF GREENAWAY “WAS QUITE INCORRECT” 291 c   GREENAWAY, KATE.Two items:Autograph Letter Signed * Partly-printed Doc- ument Signed.The letter, to “Dear Miss Femmern,” declining to give her personal biography. 2 pages, 12mo, with integral blank; faint scattered foxing, horizontal fold. The document, “rec[eived] K. Greenaway,” a receipt to publisher Cassell, Petter & Galpin acknowledging receipt of £7 “for the drawings mentioned in account and entire copyright of same.” 1 page, oblong 8vo, pale blue paper; signature written across revenue stamp, folds, docketing verso. [London],“Monday” no year; 22 March 1879 [200/300] The letter:“I could give no details of my Life—as I dislike so anything of that sort published or any- thing in the style of interviewing. I have always refused. I refused the Pall Mall, so they made one up, which was quite incorrect. If it were only just relating to my drawings, I should be happy to give you any information . . . .”