MYERS
(Leopold Hamilton, 1881-1944, Novelist)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
saying he is "not sure I found a copy of that blank verse play of mine", he goes on to say how reluctant he would be to drag it out of oblivion, "...so please forget its existence!", 2 sides 8vo, Twyford Lodge, Birch Grove, Haywards Heath, 30th November
Item Date:
1929
Stock No:
29388
£45
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MYERS
(Leopold Hamilton, 1881-1944, Novelist)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed W.A.Dibden
replying to his query, "The Orissers is the first book I published, unless I am to count the blank verse play I wrote when I was young and published a few years later, when I was young enough not to know better", he goes on to explain how "The Near and Far" is the first book in a trilogy, and discusses the drafts and his attempts to add density to his philosophy, but find this hard to do without heavy sacrifices, 4 sides 8vo, Twyford Lodge, November 25th
Item Date:
1929
Stock No:
29355
£75
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NAMIER
(Sir Lewis, 1886-1960, Historian)
Typed letter signed to historian Geoffrey F.A. Best, b. 1928,
editor of the 'Cambridge Review', later Professor at Edinburgh and Sussex, saying he has "to cut down reviewing very seriously", and that "Cavour and Garibaldi" are of secondary interest to him, "If I now review at all, it is in the form of essays which can afterwards be reprinted in book form", 1 side 4½" x 7", 60 The Grampians, W.8., 8th June
Item Date:
1954
Stock No:
53517
£25
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NEGRI
(Ada, 1870-1945, lyric poet and novelist, 1st woman member (1940) of the Italian Academy)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Gentilissima', in Italian with translation,
saying "I should have written before; but these days I am not very well and I feel rather tired", her correspondent's book " 'Mediterranean Baltic' is most interesting ... you have avoided descriptive pages written 'for effect', which are quite easy to write when travelling, and it contains quite fine and subtle observations on social progress; particularly women's life ... 'A dinner without an appointment' ... is capital ... eloquent, and worth translating ... into Swedish. I would go on longer, if I could", and wishing her "the best success with your fine book", 2 sides folio, Viale dei Mille 7, Milan, 4th February
Item Date:
1937
Stock No:
19419
£175
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"I HOPE TO BRING OUT A VOLUME OF POEMS"
NESBIT
(Edith, 1858-1924, Author of Children's Books, Poet and Novelist)
Fine long Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
saying that she has "no photograph with me here, but I have written home & directed that one should be sent to you. Will you please return it to me (at Three Gables ...) when you have finished with it. I don't know whether you care for information about one's work but in case you do I may mention that I hope to bring out a new volume of poems in this year, & probably two books for children - one of them to include the children's stories which appeared last year in the Pall Mall Magazine, and which have brought me much praise. I am also doing a series for fairy tales ...", 2 sides 4to., The Manor House, Rottingdean, 10th January
Item Date:
1899
Stock No:
38975
£625
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