| Admin/Biog History | Sewell's first autobiography was published as: Sewell, B. (2011). Outsider: Always Almost, Never Quite. London: Quartet. This book documents his life from birth until he left the employment of Christie's in 1967.
[A copy of this publication is available in the Paul Mellon Centre Library, see URL below] |
| Description | Includes:
-A4 diary used by Sewell to record key events and dates to be included in his autobiographies
-letter to Gillon Aitken, Chairman, Aitken Alexander Associates Limited, dated 18 February 2008, outlining chapter subjects
-letter from Keith Cheyney, Haberdashers' Aske's School, undated, forwarding details of teachers who worked at the school during the early 1940s
-letter from Noel Annesley, Honorary Chairman, Christie's, dated 13 October 2009, forwarding information requested by Sewell concerning events at the saleroom in the 1960s
-copy email from Alexandra Pringle, Bloomsbury Publishing, dated 12 July 2010, explaining why they are unable to publish the book
-letter to Aitken, dated 4 November 2010, expressing frustration at the book not having a publisher
-letter to Dan Franklin, Random House, dated 31 January 2011, in response to his email of 19 July 2010 explaining why they are unable to publish the book
-three letters from publishers Sansom & Co., The Robson Press, and Stacey International, dated 1 June-19 August 2011, expressing their interest in publishing Sewell's autobiography
-Agreement between Sewell and Quartet Books, dated 4 October 2011, summarising the terms and conditions of the proposed publication
-three newscuttings of book reviews
-letter from Quartet Books, dated 15 June 2012, advising of the shortlisting of 'Outsider' for the PEN/Ackerley Prize
-nineteen letters from various individuals, including Maggi Hambling and Anita Brookner, dated 8 August 2011-20 December 2012, expressing their enjoyment of the publication
-typed draft manuscript, 274pp
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