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Letters from Jim Benton to Eileen Hose

Includes typescript and manuscript letters concerning the contract for the American publication of Beaton's book, 'My Royal Past'; 'Pygmalion' (1956); 'Little Glass Clock' (1956); 'The Chalk Garden' (1955); media requests and payments for copies of Beaton's photographs; arrangements for a photographic sitting for Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962); 'My Fair Lady' (Broadway 1956; London West End 1958); 'Vogue' magazine; 'Harper's Bazaar'; Beaton's 'Scrapbook'; 'Saratoga' (1959); 'Turandot' (1961) and 'Tenderloin' (1960).

Letter to family

Autograph letter to Mummie, Daddy, Nancy & Reggie written on board RMS Aquitania the day before arrival in the USA on his first trip to America. Knows only a few people on board and has found the journey dull. Is looking forward to seeing how his photographs come out in Tatler. Letter is undated; date inferred from content.

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