Lot 147
  • 147

Writers

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Description

  • A collection of 18 autograph letters signed (except where otherwise stated), mostly by writers of the fin de siècle, comprising:
  • paper
Lord Dunsany, to Markie, 2 pages, 8vo, Dublin, 30 August 1918; Ford Madox Brown, autograph postcard, to Henry Buxton Forman, 3 May 1887; Arthur Symons, to Mr Hill, on buying his books and manuscripts and a visit by Havelock Ellis "You are sure to have his Sex Books", 4 pages, 8vo, Wittersham, Kent, 1 September 1917; John Addington Symonds, to Mr Rodd, 2 pages, 8vo, Rome, 1 November 1891; Alfred, Lord Tennyson, sending compliments, 1 page, 8vo, Haslemere, Surrey, 23 September 1892; Louis Golding, to Douglas Glass, sending 10 shillings for the defence of the poet the Count de Montalk, 1 page, 8vo, London, 29 February 1932, with envelope; Stephen Hudson, typed letter signed, to Douglas Glass, on the "monstrous sentence" against de Montalk, 1 page, 8vo, London, 25 February 1932, with envelope; Lawrence Housman, two letters, one to Douglas Glass, on de Montalk's poetry and criticising his imprisonment for obscenity, 2 pages, 4to, 12 March 1932, with envelope, the second a postcard to Miss A.E. White, with thanks for photographs, 1 page, 13 September 1915 ; Evelyn Waugh, returning a book "it is very eloquent & penetrating", 1 page, 8vo, White's, London; Pearl Mary-Teresa Craigie, to Dorothy, arranging an appointment, 1 page, 8vo, Convent of the Assumption, Kensington Square, 28 December 1897; Lord John de Tabley, to T. Watt-Dunton, hoping that he will in the future "be able to introduce you to the Land of Cheeses", 2 pages, 8vo, Isle of Wight, 2 August 1893; Robert Hichens, to H.A. Phillips, giving his future travel plans, 1 page, 4to, Luxor, Egypt, 24 March 1926, with envelope; Richard le Gallienne, giving his favourite quotations, 1 page, 8vo, 1 March 1923; Andre Gide, in French, 1 page, 8vo; Paul Verlaine, to M. Letellier, asking for an advance, in French, 1 page, 9 August 1893; Guillaume Apollinaire, autograph postcard, to Max Jacob, in French, 13 April 1916; Pierre Louys, on an appointment, in French, 1 page, 8vo, 25 December