BELL QUENTIN: (1910-1996) Lot n° 1321

BELL QUENTIN: (1910-1996) English art historian and author, the son of Clive and Vanessa Bell and a nephew of Virginia Woolf. T.L.S., Quentin Bell, one page, 8vo, Cobbe Place, Beddingham, Lewes, Sussex, 13th October 1976, to Stephen Brook. Bell thanks his correspondent for their letter and apologises for the delay in replying, continuing to state, ´I don´t think that I could write on cosmetics, certainly not a history which could be a fascinating but rather specialised piece of archaeology. It´s possible that Mrs. Langley Moore might be able to help you, or alternatively the Professor of Fashion, whose name escapes me, at the Victoria and Albert Museum´. Bell also adds a postscript in his hand, signed with his initials Q. B., apologising if his salutation is too familiar and impertinent. One staple to the upper left corner. VG Stephen Brook (1947- ) English author and wine journalist, a former editor of The Atlantic Monthly Magazine and publisher at Routledge, Kegan & Paul from 1976-80. Doris Langley Moore (1902-1989) English author and fashion historian, and a well-respected Lord Byron scholar.