DAY-LEWIS
(Cecil, 1904-1972, from 1968 Poet Laureate)
Typed Letter Signed to "Dear Wood"
thanking him for "letting me see the speech, which I found most interesting and return now. I am looking forward to your paper on the 3rd, though feeling a little intimidated at the idea of being 'on appro.' at so distinguished a gathering ...", 1 side oblong 8vo., Box cottage, Charlton Kings, Glos, 'yesterday', no date
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DAY-LEWIS
(Cecil, 1904-1972, from 1968 Poet Laureate)
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Wood
saying that his "wife says that you asked to be reminded of a promise to sound Miss Spence about getting the Princess hall for a recital of dancing & madrigals: it all makes a very involved sentence. Oh, yes, & and there was something about doing it for charity, the Tewkesbury Abbey appeal fund ... I hope you understand the substance of this letter better than I do: my wife has compelled me to write it because, she says; it seems most improbable - you wanted my signatures ...", with a long postscript by his wife Mary asking if the letter is "at all coherent? It all sounds rather flippant but I should be very grateful indeed if you can smooth the way towards a demonstration of Greek and other dancing in Princess Hall ...", 2 sides 8vo., Box cottage, Charlton Kings, Glos, 'Saturday', no date
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DAY-LEWIS
(Cecil, 1904-1972, from 1968 Poet Laureate)
Typed Letter Signed to Mr Wood
typed in red and black to indicate titles, saying that he knows of "very few. The Buried Child - Dorothy Wellesley in Modern Poetry (Macmillan): Poem 12, in Stephen Spender's Poems (Faber): Learning to Talk, the first poem in my new book: and perhaps that very lovely poem of Blunden's - The Ripple - might come into this category; it is to be found the The Year's Poetry (Bodley Head). I expect you would find a good deal of material in De la Mare's new book ...", 1 side oblong 8vo., Box Cottage, Charlton Kings, Glos, 'thursday', no date
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DAY-LEWIS
(Cecil, 1904-1972, from 1968 Poet Laureate) and his wife Jill BALCON (1925-2009, Film and Radio Actress, 2nd wife of C. Day-Lewis and mother of Tamasin and Daniel)
'THE NEWBORN, D.M.B.'a limited edition poem signed and inscribed by Jill
"'Rusty' - with greetings to you & your family for Christmas Jill &", signed by the author, number 173 of a limited edition of 200, in excellent condition, Favil Press, Kensington, 29th April
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1957
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DAY-LEWIS
(Cecil, 1904-1972, from 1968 Poet Laureate)
Autograph Letter Signed to Alan Hancox
saying that his "£15 will be acceptable. The Oxford Lecture has not been published it was given, as far as I remember in 1954 ...", 1 side oblong 8vo., with original autograph envelope, 96 Campden Hill Road, London, 23rd June
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1957
Stock No:
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£125
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