LEMON
(Mark, 1809-1870, Founding Editor of ‘Punch' and ‘The Field’)
Autograph Letter signed to W. C. MACREADY
(William Charles, 1793-1873, Actor) saying that the has “much pleasure in accepting your kind invitation...”, 1 side 8vo., White Cottage, Hammersmith, 13th October
Item Date:
1845
Stock No:
42474
£95
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LESLIE
(Doris, 1891-1982, Novelist and Historian, wife of Sir Walter Fergusson Hannay)
Autograph Letter Signed to Eileen Cond,
saying she is just on the revision of her latest book, and has found a flat in Budleigh, meanwhile she and her furniture are in the hotel, "I greatly wish I had never come so far from the few friends I have in or near London, only of course I could never live in London", she hopes Miss Cond can come over from Sidmouth, with a P.S. "I have left Hodder & Stoughton - have a far better contract with Heinemann who have been angling for me for years! Please excuse scrawl", 2 sides folio, Rolle Hotel, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, 5th May n.y., c.
Item Date:
1964
Stock No:
17734
£35
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LESLIE
(Doris, 1891-1982, Novelist and Historian, wife of Sir Walter Fergusson Hannay)
Autograph Letter Signed to Eileen Cond,
saying "having no car, and stuck at my desk ... I can seldom get out of Budleigh", she has just spent "almost two weeks in London delivering my latest book to Heinemann's", making "copious cuts ... working in their office and my hotel bedroom ... They are very enthusiastic" and "are hastening publication for ... June ... I like to have one going before publication of another ... My previous publishers [H & S] always gave me about ten months interval at least", she hopes Miss Cond will come over, "London was awful! Full of diesel fumes ... I stay at the Rembrandt" within walking distance of her friends, "but most of them also have country houses or cottages where they can get away from it all", 4 sides 8vo, Cintra, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, 7th November
Item Date:
1964
Stock No:
17735
£40
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LEVIN
(Bernard, b. 1928, Journalist and Broadcaster)
Typed Letter Signed to Miss M.L. Whichello of the Cheltenham Gramophone Society,
regretting that "I have too much on my plate to accept", 1 side 8vo, The Times, Printing House Square, E.C.4, 2nd May
Item Date:
1972
Stock No:
17738
£15
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LEWIS
(C. S., 1898-1963, Writer & Scholar, Author of ‘The Screwtape Letters’)
Re-used envelope signed with initials “C.S.L.” with the original direction to C. S. Lewis crossed out addressed to “Miss J. Flewett”,
at “Kingswood, Gipsy Lane, London S.W.15”, which has also been crossed out and it has been re-directed to “Miss Jill Raymond” in Worcestershire, together with a later Typed Envelope addressed to Mrs C. Freud, 2 envelopes, the second postmarked Oxford, 1948 and
Item Date:
1966
Stock No:
42213
£575
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