WODEHOUSE
(Sir P. G., 1881-1975, Novelist, Creator of ‘Jeeves’)
Dustjacket for his book Louder and Funnier signed on the front
the illustration shows a statue of a laughing Roman Emperor on a plinth and is coloured in greens and pinks, 11½” x 7½”, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1935
Stock No:
41955
£275
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WOLFE
(Humbert, 1885-1940, Poet & Critic)
Autograph Letter Signed ‘Humbert’ to ‘Diana Dear’
Diana Marr-Johnson (1908-2007, Social Advocate, Novelist and Playwright, niece of Somerset Maugham) saying that he knows he will “like the book & you need suffer no preliminary shudders. But I shall like even more, I always remember, the letter that came with it. It was very gentle, very gallant & made me happy...”, 1 side 8vo., Ministry of Labour headd paper, no date
Item Date:
1937
Stock No:
41932
£75
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WOLFE
(Humbert, 1885-1940, Poet & Critic)
Typed Letter Signed with autograph amendment to Dr Austin Priestman,
thanking him for a book, and wondering what "happened to the other copy. A careful search has been made but there is no trace whatever of it ... I have not, of course, read the book yet, but I shall do so with the greatest care and interest. I shan't I am afraid, be able to give it a review to itself because the bitter law of newspaper necessity almost demands that all books of verse should be reviewed in batches. But what I can do to give it prominence I will ...", 1 side 4to., Montagu House, Whitehall, 26th October
Item Date:
1926
Stock No:
38087
£95
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WOOD
(Ellen, 1828-1900, Mrs Henry Wood, Novelist)
Signature on fragment of a letter to the writer Mrs Mary Howitt, 1799-1888,
in which she says Mr Wood has aged ten years in a fortnight, 2 sides 5" x 1¼", circa
Item Date:
1860
Stock No:
53421
£15
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WOOD
(Sir Henry J., 1869-1944, Conductor, Founder of the ‘Proms')
Fine Signature and date
on card, 3¾” x 2½”, no place, April
Item Date:
1926
Stock No:
42573
£20
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