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Wells, H.G.
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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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- Wells, H.G.
- Series of five autograph letters signed and three cards, to Frank Herbert Hayward
- ink on paper
on books and writing, commenting on Hayward's strengths and weaknesses ("...Like me you've just a trifle too irritable a brain & so you slip rather too easily into strong language..."), the later letters informing him of the terminal illness of his wife and enquiring about possible forms for funeral services, 13 pages, various sizes, Spade House, Sandgate and Easton Glebe, Dunmow, 4 December 1903 to 24 September 1927, dust staining, nicks
[with:] Laurence Binyon, autograph letter signed, to Hayward, giving permission for him to reprint 'For the Fallen' and promising to consider writing a prefatory note, 2 pages, 8vo, London, 10 October 1918; and Margaret MacMillan, autograph letter signed, to Hayward, 1 page, 4to, London, 17 June 1929
[with:] Laurence Binyon, autograph letter signed, to Hayward, giving permission for him to reprint 'For the Fallen' and promising to consider writing a prefatory note, 2 pages, 8vo, London, 10 October 1918; and Margaret MacMillan, autograph letter signed, to Hayward, 1 page, 4to, London, 17 June 1929
Catalogue Note
Frank Herbert Hayward (1872-1953) was an inspector of schools for London County Council and the author of a number of books on education. Professionalism and Originality (1917) prompted Wells to describe him as "one of the most vigorous and original thinkers of the time".