Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter from John Betjeman, Wantage, to Thomas Balston, 1951 January 23 : typescript signed.

BIB_ID
440942
Accession number
MA 13112.13
Creator
Betjeman, John, 1906-1984, sender.
Display Date
Wantage, England, 1951 January 23
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 16.1 x 20.3 cm
Notes
Written on printed letterhead stationery: Farnborough, / Wantage, / Berkshire.
Forms part of a collection chiefly composed of letters received from friends and associates of the English publisher Thomas Balston (1883-1967); see: MA 13112.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Commenting with enthusiasm on the architectural designs of Gilbert Scott; mentioning two sources for information on the architect William Butterfield, including John Summerson's book "Heavenly mansions."