COUNT BUNKER - UNUSUAL GIFT INSCRIPTION - SIGNED BY Philip Streatfeild [Noel Coward's Supposed Lover] - Given by M.M. Carey

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UNUSUAL GIFT INSCRIPTION - SIGNED BY Philip Streatfeild [Noel Coward's Lover] - Given by M.M. Carey. Philip Streatfeild: James Philip Sydney Streatfeild. (5 November 1879 ? 3 June 1915) was an English painter and bohemian descended from the historic Streatfeild family of Chiddingstone Castle, Kent.- He studied at art college. A successful artist, he had a studio off the Kings Road in London. It has been suggested he received training under Henry Scott Tuke. He painted portraits of industrialists, the occasional actress and young children. He was acquainted with London society and was a friend of Robbie Ross, patron of the arts and a former lover of Oscar Wilde. In 1914, Streatfeild became a mentor to the then-14-year-old actor and later famed author Noël Coward. Coward's social ascendancy began thanks to Streatfeild who, before his death, asked wealthy socialite Mrs Astley Cooper to take Coward under her wing. Mrs Astley Cooper continued to encourage her late friend's protégé, who remained a frequent guest at her estate, Hambleton Hall in Rutland. Streatfeild enlisted in the army in November 1914 but contracted tuberculosis and was invalided out in the spring of 1915. He died from the disease in June 1915 at age 35.[Interesting.]. Condition of Book: Yellow cloth boards. Black lettering to front board and spine slightly faded. Spine faded in comparison to front and rear boards. Corners bumped. The iscription is on the inner front board. Endpages very browned. On the reverse of the first blank page, the price appears to still be there and the date: '6/- 10/06'. Good quality paper stock, foxing throughout. 340 pages for the story and a further 16 pages of the catalogue of Messrs Blackwood and Son's Publications. All pages are tightly bound. END. Fast despatch. Seller Inventory # 001317

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