HERBERT ERNEST BATES (1905-1974); ANDRÉ MAUROIS (1885-1967); ELIZABETH BOWEN (1899-1973); CLEMENCE DANE (?1891-1965); CLARE SHERIDAN (1885-1970)

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HERBERT ERNEST BATES (1905-1974); ANDRÉ MAUROIS (1885-1967); ELIZABETH BOWEN (1899-1973); CLEMENCE DANE (?1891-1965); CLARE SHERIDAN (1885-1970)
A head-and-shoulders photograph of H.E. Bates, inscribed on the image: "For Nancy Pearn. With all the very best. H.E," 8 x 6¼in. With an accompanying autograph letter, signed with initials, from The Granary, Little Chart, Ashford, Kent, Nov. 23, 1944 and 4 other signed portrait photographs of André Maurois, Elizabeth Bowen, Clemence Dane and a post-card of a sculpture signed by Clare Sheridan. (5)

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Nancy Pearn "The Queen of Fleet St" was a director of the Literary agency Curtis Brown. She gained a reputation for representing authors for serialisation in Magazines. In 1935 she left Curtis Brown to set up a rival Literary agency Pearn. Pollinger. Higham which became known as P.P.H.

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