BIB_ID
298789
Accession number
MA 7646.11
Creator
Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965.
Display Date
[1928-1958] Feb. 21.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 12.6 x 20.3 cm
Notes
Dating: Maugham purchased the Villa Maresque in 1928, and this letter is mentioned in Ifan Kyrle Fletcher's 1958 description of the collection.
Part of a collection of 12 letters from W. Somerset Maugham to the director Dion Boucicault (MA 7646.1-9) and his wife Irene Vanbrugh (MA 7646.10-12). Letters have been individually described in 12 catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery printed with "Villa Mauresque, / St. Jean-Cap Ferrat, / A.M."
Part of a collection of 12 letters from W. Somerset Maugham to the director Dion Boucicault (MA 7646.1-9) and his wife Irene Vanbrugh (MA 7646.10-12). Letters have been individually described in 12 catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Written on stationery printed with "Villa Mauresque, / St. Jean-Cap Ferrat, / A.M."
Provenance
Purchased by Gordon N. Ray from the London dealer Ifan Kyrle Fletcher.
Summary
Reminding her that the Duke of Wellington said "Publish & be damned" to a woman who was intending to publish his letters; noting that Maugham says "publish & bless you." Signed "W. S. Maugham."
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