METCALFE (John, b. 1891, English Novelist)

Greetings card signed to 'Roughie', William Nicol Roughead, (publisher and editor) with an attractive design of a town house on the front, 'The Green Door', in green and black, by Nesta Clive-Smith, 5" x 4", no place, no date, c.

Metcalfe served in both world wars in R.A.F., and taught for a while at Highgate School. In 1928 he went to America and lived on a barge in the East River, where he wrote 'Arm's Length' (1930), the manuscript and Metcalfe being rescued after the barge was wrecked. He married Evelyn Scott, b. 1893, the American novelist in 1928.

Item Date:  1960

Stock No:  15248      £15

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