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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Stock No:
39556
£145
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LANG
(Andrew, 1844-1912, Folklorist, Poet & Scholar)
Autograph Letter Signed to “Gentlemen”
saying that his “photographs of Mr Stevenson are in London, where I cannot get at them. I am asking one or two people who may have examples, and will let you know if I find any...”, 1 side 8vo., 27 Palmerston Place crossed out and 9 The Links, St Andrews put in, 19th January no year
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Stock No:
43257
£125
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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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LAWRENCE EXPRESSES HIS DISGUST AT THE CONFISCATION OF HIS PAINTINGS AND THE BURNING OF HIS BOOKS
LAWRENCE
(David Herbert, 1885-1930, Poet, Novelist and Essayist)
Superb long Autograph letter signed with initials to Else (Jaffe Richthofen, his sister-in-law)
saying that “Hans says it rains in Bavaria, & Max Mohr says it rains in Bavaria, so I suppose it does. Only now I hope it has left off. Here it is quite decent, sunny mornings, cloudy afternoons, & quite pleasant. The Schwiegermutter [mother-in-law] is here but says she will go back to the Stiff on Thursday. On Friday here ‘heissgeliebese Anita’ [beloved Anita] is due to arrive, with the nichtshoheissgelieber - aberdochgelieber Hinke [nothing dear - but dear Hinke], they will say a while here in the Löwer. [Lion] I have never met the Hinke, so I have a joy in store. We had the 50th Geburtstag bier [birthday beer] on Sunday evening, very noble, Bowle, trout, ducks and nice people - 3 Halms, 2 Schweikbards. 1 Kugler - and they all seemed very happy and we all kept it up very bravely. But alas, next day Frieda was in one of the worst moods I have ever seen here in! a seelerkafter [soulful], or however you spell it. You hear the pictures are to be returned to me, on condition they are never shown again in England, but sent away to me on the Continent, that they may never pollute that island of lily-livered angels again. What hypocrisy & poltroonery, & how I detest & despise my England. I had rather be a German or anything than belong to such a nation of craven, cowardly hypocrites. My curse on them! They will burn my four picture books, will they? So it is decreed. But they shall burn through the thread of their own existence as a nation, at the same time. Delenda est cartago! [Carthage must be destroyed] but she will destroy herself, amply. Che muoia! [Let him die]. Your mother says we are to stay here till middle September. I hope not. We have been here a month on Thursday, and when the heissgeliebse [dearest] Annie is here we shall surely be a superfluity. I should like to move in another week or ten days. Shall we come to Bavaria, to Rolsach, do you thing? or best so south to Lugano? I wonder if Hans is setting off across the mountain! We are going to tea with some Taormina friends, Americans, who are staying in. the Stephanie. Your mother says: Die wirst was schönes schen, Les Stephanie! [You’re going to make something nice, the Stephanie!]. It is all I can do not to make some really rude remark. I am so sick of all those old lies. It is terrible to be old, one becomes a bottle of old, but never mellow lies - lies, lies, lies / everything. Wisheit der Alter! [Wisdom of ages]. 19th Century lies... Only today I threw away the flowers you gathered when you were here & the Toadflax (wilde löwenmaüle) [wild snapdragons] were still fresh...”, 4 sides 4to., on lined paper, Hotel Löwen, [Lion Hotel] Lichtenthal, 13th August
Item Date:
1929
Stock No:
41992
£5000
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