BETJEMAN
(Sir John, 1906-1982, Poet Laureate)
Typed Letter Signed to "Dear Rector" with autograph postcript
thanking him for his invitation "to read some of my poems in the Parish Church ... Unfortunately I shall not be coming down to Cornwall until October and so shall not be able to accept. But by all means use any extracts you wish from 'Summoned by Bells' at the Royal Cornwall Show ...", with the autograph postscript sending his "blessings on that Inn beside the church and the stream in the Vale of Lanherne ...", 1 side 4to., Sir John Betjeman headed paper, 6th August
Item Date:
1974
Stock No:
41455
£275
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ORIGINAL POEM
BINYON
([Robert] Laurence, 1869-1943, Poet and Playwright, Oriental Curator at the British Museum)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Leggatt'
saying that he really hasn't "had time to be inspired on Top-hats. Wait till those scrannel lines of Mrs Dyer and the Ruins of Rome have put me into the proper funereal mood for such a black subject. Meanwhile I send you this as a sop - some profane verses on your idol Tennyson ...", inside are 10 verses of 4 lines each titled "Peerless Poet v. Poet-Peer", the first verse reads "I see thee cloak'd about thy chair, / The fragrant cloud upon thy lip, / The old Virginian fellowship, / Cooperant case, dissolving care ..." and the final verse "That mock'd thy wisdom. Rise & fly ? The fawning rout, the apish horde, / Move upward, working out the 'Lord' / And let the tuft and title die.", 3 sides 8vo., 3 Matheson Road, West Kensington, no date
Item Date:
1924
Stock No:
39426
£375
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BLACK
(William, 1841-1898, Novelist)
Signature on card
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
21381
£10
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BLACKIE
(Prof. John Stuart, 1809-1895, Scottish man of letters)
Autograph Letter Signed asking his publisher
to send "a copy of my Self-culture to the enclosed address and affix the papers to the fly-leaf", 2 sides 8vo., London (with in pencil '22 Arle St. Edin.'), 28th January n.y., c.
light traces of old tabs on verso
Item Date:
1875
Stock No:
16789
£25
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BLACKIE
(John Stuart, 1809-1895, Scottish Scholar & Translator of Goethe's Faust)
Fine signature with several words in Greek,
on a card, no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
5141
£45
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