PRIESTLEY (John Boynton, 1894-1984, Dramatist, Novelist and Critic)

Autograph Letter Signed to 'My dear MacAlister', (Sir Ian, 1878-1957, Secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 1908-1943), saying he is sorry "not to have replied before to your kind note of the 23rd but I have been desperately busy - for in addition to broadcasting three times a week (at 2.a.m!) to America, & doing the Postscript, I have also been making a film", offering "my deepest sympathy on the loss of your eldest boy, whom I remember well ...", 2 sides 8vo, 3 The Grove, Highgate Village, N.6., 29th June no year but

On Sunday nights, after the 9 o'clock news, Priestley had just started broadcasting the 'Postscript', which ran till the following October.
Flying Officer J.E.S. MacAlister (1912-1940) had just died in action. See The Times for 17th, 18th and 24th June 1940.

Item Date:  1940

Stock No:  56512      £75

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