BIB_ID
454642
Accession number
MA 4817.31
Creator
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956, sender.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1994.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 14 x 18.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Written on blue stationery with "The Old Park / Penn" written in the upper right corner.
Envelope with Air Mail stamp, stamped and postmarked to "Professor Edward Wagenknecht / 1721 Chancellor St / Evanston / Illinois / USA."
Envelope with Air Mail stamp, stamped and postmarked to "Professor Edward Wagenknecht / 1721 Chancellor St / Evanston / Illinois / USA."
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Thanking him for letter of the 11th; saying that he is "disappointed at the delay over the proofs of "When I Was a Child"; apologizing for not answering his question about "The Burning-Glass" and doesn't have former letter at Twickenham but accepts changes; discussing "the Leland Hayward business"; hearing from Jean Rogers that Frances Pindyck left and that it has been taken over by Music Corporation of America; expressing surprise at not hearing from Frances Pindyck "as we were such good friends and she knows how grateful I am to have always been for all the help and advice she has given me."; recalling that "When Ralph Pinker failed I left my affairs with Litt in America" and wondering about "any legal rights" and asking for amy information; saying glad to hear about the "ghost anthology" and securing "so fine an illustrator for "your other anthology"; feeling that he has been lucky with Faber reprints as well; wondering if he will be coming to England this year.
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