MEYNELL
(Viola, 1885-1956, Writer, Novelist and Poet)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Sir Ronald' (STORRS )
(Sir Ronald Henry Amherst, 1881-1955, Near Eastern Expert and Governor) telling him that "so much of Francis Thompson's handwriting is in pencil, & so much of it unsigned, that a letter in ink, & with the signature, seems the best thing to send you. The article by my mother which it refers to is one called 'At Monastery Gates' which was reprinted in The Spirit of Place in 1896. It was written after she & my father had visited Francis Thompson at the monastery (Franciscan) at Pantasaph. I cannot convey to you - & you can never find out for yourself - how pleasant it is to sit next to you at luncheon. And thank you again for your book. I didn't realise it was inscribed until I opened it in the train ... to my great pleasure ...", 1 side 8vo., Greatham, Pulborough headed paper, 8th July
Item Date:
1947
Stock No:
40886
£75
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MEYNELL
(Alice, née Thomson, 1847-1922, English Poet and Essayist)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to an unnamed correspondent
saying that she "hardly knows how to tell you that your correspondent is right. 'The Shepherdess' is an ideal young woman and not a child. One would not call a child a lady'. However the sonnet 'your own fair youth' is (dramatically) supposed to be addressed to a young women & a lover ..." she continues that she "found your book delightful and am very reluctant to put these things right ...", 2 sides 8vo., Greatham, Pulborough, Sussex, 14th August no year
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
39274
£125
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MEYNELL
(Alice, née Thomson, 1847-1922, English Poet and Essayist & Suffragist)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to "Dear Madam", Rita Francis MOSSCOCKLE
(née Harriet Francis Sparrow, died 1943, Poet, Author of the Golden Quest) thanking her for her "kind thought of me in sending me your poems. I had already seen them and admired (if you will pardon the personality) the portrait, as well as the text. I am greatly interested in the subject of your poems and in their spirit and energy. You have put the result of much thought into the Golden Quest. Let me congratulate me from my heart upon the great step you have taken ..." with a postscript that her "husband wishes me to tell you that he had the pleasure of writing a notice of your book in the Tablet ...", 4 sides sm. 8vo., 2a Granville Place, Portman Square, 18th March no year but circa
Item Date:
1890
Stock No:
41535
£150
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MILLER
(Henry Valentine, 1891-1980, American Writer, Author of the “Tropic of Cancer” and the “Tropic of Capricorn”)
Autograph Letter Signed on a Picture Postcard to Dr Johan Wallin in Sweden,
saying that he expects “to be here when you arrive in June. Please call me when you arrive. The telephone number is 454-408 (unlisted). If I don’t answer, leaver your name & number with my answering service...”, on the verso of a coloured reproduction of his painting ‘One Fish’, 6” x 4”, no place but with an American stamp, 5th August
Item Date:
1973
Stock No:
42333
£500
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MILLER
(Arthur Asher, 1915-2005, American Playwright, husband of Marilyn Monroe)
Typed Letter Signed to A.W. Price,
of the Department of English, University of Malaya, (who has written about the book Price is writing on 'Forethrust and Arena Stages'), giving permission "to quote the words you have specified from my works" and wishing him "good luck with your book", with a carbon copy of Price's letter of 14th June, referring to Miller's remarks on the film version of 'Death of a Salesman' about "imaginary wall-lines" and to Miller's stage directions at various points, "Linda and the stockings ... Charley's office ... restaurant scene ... Willy goes outside to plant seeds", ending with apologies for his "foul typing", and of Price's letter of 30th June, apologising that he had "miscounted ... and overlooked a few short quotations", and hoping "this letter will have reached you before you have replied", each 1 side 11¼" x 8½", Miller's letter 1 side 10½" x 7¼", printed heading 'Arthur Miller', no place, 17th August
neat filing holes, marks from pins in top left corners
Item Date:
1973
Stock No:
54746
£250
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