LANG
(Andrew, 1844-1912, Folklorist, Poet & Scholar)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to "Dear Richmond"
asking if he could "find room for this note in Master Hynotaux? 2. I think the hoplite mentioned in your review of a book on Thucylides wars, except for his ... no heavier accoutred than a Highlander & his trusty ... if we may judge from vase paintings ... could you let me review Lord Avebury's book in Totems when it comes out? I've lost the biggest part of my new book in Totems! ...", 3 sides 8vo., 1 Marloes Road, 19th May, no year
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39556
£145
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LAWRENCE
(David Herbert, 1885-1930, Poet, Novelist and Essayist)
Fine signature
on a piece of paper, no place, no date
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38305
£225
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LAWRENCE WRITES TO HIS COUSIN FROM INDIA AND TALKS ABOUT THEIR FRIENDS THE HARDY’S
LAWRENCE
(T.[homas] E.[dward] 1888-1935, ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ British soldier, scholar and author of ‘The Seven Pillars of Wisdom’)
Superb long Autograph Letter Signed (‘T. E. Shaw’) to his cousin Milicent Lilian Teresa FETHERSTONEHAUGH
(1894-1971, his cousin and a friend of Thomas and Emma Hardy) saying that it “was nice to think of Dorset again, as I read your letter. Miramshah is the Clouds' Hill only in that we burn wood for fuel. Otherwise it is a tiny brick fort, all ringed with barbed wire, in which 25 R.A.F. and 700 India troops live very shut up and peaceful lives. They will not let us go beyond the barbed wire and the aerodrome: so when I want fresh air, I take it in the air, literally! We are 3000 feet up, and it is cold. The mountains all about us are snow-dressed for their top 4000 feet. in the hollow, with us, there is no snow and very little frost: but it is cold enough to make an excuse for wood fires: and they are very luxurious. Afghanistan is only ten miles away. The newspapers in England seem to have had a burst of curiosity about me lately, and to have put me in all sorts of queer places. Only they haven't said Miramshah. Yet Miramshah is quite a queer place. I hope to come home in 1930. The delay is for a film about me to be produced and forgotten: and the film-magnate who proposed to do it has turned coy: probably he is short of money. I hope so, for perhaps he'll give it up: and that will be a great relief to me. I'm glad you see Mrs Hardy. She must have felt very unrooted when T. H. went: almost worse than you and Okers Wood, for T.H. must have been a great experience, as a house-mate: and the shadow of his reputation will be very heavy on her while she lives. Her first volume on T.H., is, I see, out: I've read bits of it. If you see her, will you say that I was delighted with the way they ran? It struck me, as once before, that it was as good as another book by the old man. I do wish people didn't die. He was worth going round the world just to see for five minutes: and now it's all over. A stupid little letter this: but I'd defy Samuel Pepys to fill a diary at Miramshah. It's like being in cold storage. My regards to B and the Morris! Yours, T. E. Shaw'...”, 4 sides 8vo., with original autograph envelope, 338171 A/C Shaw R.A.F., Miramshah Fort, Waziristan, India, 11th November
Item Date:
1928
Stock No:
41759
£17500
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LAWRENCE
(Frieda, 1879-1956, wife of the author D. H. Lawrence)
Autograph letter signed to "Grace, Lawrence, Margot"
(Grace Rogers, the artist) saying that they had written her "such an enchanting trinity of a letter, thank you very much - It pleased me so much that I dashed into Florence & bought some of the paper, that Lawrence and I bought in the past, it may come in useful. Well, I know you will rejoice with me, no operation was necessary so I am a fraud, very glad to be one - I am quite alone & realised how alone one is these days. Orioli & Douglas I think got scared, thinking they might have a really sick woman on their hands, so they went away, but Giglioli the doctor is awfully good. The sun is gorgeous & I wish you could all appear here & I'd show you all the lovely places, one day you must - you sound so jolly and busy - soon I'll come back, I'll let you know when ... I feel fit & wont [sic] to win ... Medley comes here on the first to take Orioli's & Douglas evidence ...", 2 sides 4to., Pensione Bal[l]estri, Firenze, no date circa end of 1931 or beginning of
somewhat stained and lacking the bottom corners without loss of text
Item Date:
1932
Stock No:
37147
£475
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LAWRENCE
(Charles Edward, 1870-1940, Playwright and Novelist)
Autograph Letter Signed to Miss Easterbrook,
thanking her, "Collins did not promise an early cheap edition ... of Y[outh] W[ent] R[iding] in contradistinction from that of Mrs Bente which for reasons of Glasgow morality they deprived me of. I am quite willing to wait ... so long as it does come some day this side of my tombstone", 2 sides 8vo, Argovie, Tatsfield, Surrey, 20th March
Item Date:
1920
Stock No:
17718
£25
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