WILLIAMSON GIVES ADVICE TO AN ASPIRING AUTHOR
WILLIAMSON
(Henry, 1895-1977, Author of ‘Tarka the Otter’ & Journalist)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed in full in blue ink, to Mr Humber
telling him that he “ought to write your book of autobiography, forgetting all local papers, local attitudes, local prejudices, local mannerisms; write it simple & straight, & make the scenes live for us by re-creating them out of Time. Do not read or show the chapters, as you do them, to anyone. Keep it secret & growing within yourself; guard it as a mistery [sic] or urge or inspiration. Describe the fells & mosses, make pictures of them. Make a picture of your excellent inn & characters. Tell us the story of your life & doings in the places you love & relish. Write it for yourself, in secret, easily, stealthily, say 500 words daily, regularly; & soon we’ll have a transcription of life. Put in the good manners & the bad manners, the uncouth keeper & the snooty person, the cadgers who ‘sir’ for a drink off a stranger & the poachers & the decent chaps & the fast-car ones (?) who make the car itself live, the engineers who care & have passion for perfection, the engine & the chassis, the roads, the lanes, the birds, the cider, the life you’ve flown along & loved & dreaded & dreamt of. Put it all in as a flowing sequence, with the ‘I’ of yourself as thread & mainspring, & you’ll write a book which everyman will want to read & adventure with you & above all, don’t feel ‘Oh, this will be too dull’ for it is the ‘dull’ things that make a book nice & authentic. Don’t write for locals; forget them; write it for your secret self, & when done, get it typed & send it to me & I’ll see if I can get it published in London...”, 2 sides oblong 8vo., with original autograph envelope (somewhat faded), Stiffkey, Norfolk, 28th November
Item Date:
1943
Stock No:
41927
£475
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WILLIAMSON
(Geoffrey, Novelist)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Duthie,
saying he much enjoyed "our brief association and always appreciated your helpful guidance ... the fee you name for the French version of RED FINGLE's TREASURE is quite acceptable", he is negotiating for a home in Folkestone "for eventual retirement", 2 sides 8vo., Flat 1, 43 Redington Road, N.W.3., 14th October
a few small rust marks
Item Date:
1964
Stock No:
19114
£20
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WILLS
(William Henry, 1810-1880, Journalist, Playwright, newspaper Editor and close friend of Charles Dickens)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed in blue ink to Sir Alexander DUFF GORDON
(1811-1872, Civil Servant and Baronet of Halkin) telling him that “Our ordinary rate of payment for contributions is one guinea per printed page of All the Year Round’ but we could not reckon Lady Gordon among our ordinary contributors, therefore the papers would, most likely, be worth more to me, and be paid for accordingly. Lady Gordon would not surrender her copyright to us. All we ask is the use and advantage of the articles for this journal...”, 1 side 8vo., Office of All the Year Round headed paper, Wellington Street, North Strand, 11th August
Item Date:
1863
Stock No:
42187
£575
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WILSON
(Sir Angus, 1913-1991, Writer)
Printed Questionaire for 'The Directory of British & American Writers (1970)' filled in by hand,
with amendments for publication, giving details of name, address, employment as "Professor of English Literature, University of East Anglia" and past appointments, "Deputy Superintendent British Museum Reading Room ... Member of the Arts Council ... CBE 1968 ...", 2 sides A4, Felsham Woodside, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, no date, c.
Item Date:
1970
Stock No:
3810
£65
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WILSON
(John, 1785-1854, Author and Journalist, Professor of Rhetoric at Edinburgh, 'Christopher North')
Signature from a letter, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1830
Stock No:
54981
£10
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