BIB_ID
157919
Accession number
MA 8978
Creator
Birrell, Augustine, 1850-1933.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Purchased on the Acquisitions Fund, 1981.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 18 x 11.3 cm
Notes
Birrell gives the place of writing as "The Pightle / Sheringham / Norfolk."
The date of writing is given only as "Sunday."
Formerly MA 3589.
The date of writing is given only as "Sunday."
Formerly MA 3589.
Provenance
Purchased from the New York dealer Charles Hamilton (Sale 142), 1981 December 10.
Summary
Writing that he is sorry he cannot oblige his correspondent, but that he thinks "reprints of first impressions are unfair to Authors & I should be very sorry to do such a thing in the case of a personal friend"; adding "I know opinions differ & do not venture to dogmatize."
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