BIB_ID
304884
Accession number
MA 1967.3
Creator
Rogers, Bruce, 1870-1957.
Display Date
1917 Feb. 21-27.
Credit line
Gift of Ray Nash, 1959-1960.
Description
1 item (7 p.) ; 28 cm
Notes
Begun on Feb. 21 and completed Feb. 27.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed and revised typed and autograph copies of letters to Henry Watson Kent. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Possibly a retained copy.
Written from Digby Mansions, No. 1, Lower Mall Hammersmith, London SW4. Closing reads: B.R.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed and revised typed and autograph copies of letters to Henry Watson Kent. Items in this collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Possibly a retained copy.
Written from Digby Mansions, No. 1, Lower Mall Hammersmith, London SW4. Closing reads: B.R.
Provenance
Gift of Ray Nash in 1959 and 1960.
Summary
Describing at length the difficulties of his move to London; discussing a conflict between book designer T. J. Cobden-Sanderson and printer Emery Walker; detailing the set up of his makeshift "composing room" and press, which "horrified" St. John Hornby during a visit; describing having seen "the famous day-light raid" over the city, the occasional presence of night alarms, and jaunts into the city for dinner.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (31.6 cm)
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