BIB_ID
454923
Accession number
MA 4817.48
Creator
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956, sender.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1994.
Description
1 item (2 page) ; 13.7 x 17.8 cm + envelope
Notes
Written on blue stationery with address in the upper right corner: "4 South End House / Montpelier Row / Twickenham / Middx".
Envelope, stamped and postmarked to "Mr. Edward Wagenknecht / 233 Olis Street / West Newton 65 / Mass / USA."
Envelope, stamped and postmarked to "Mr. Edward Wagenknecht / 233 Olis Street / West Newton 65 / Mass / USA."
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Asking "Why did they write that ballad about you?" and thanking him for his "handsome letter"; commenting on "A.K." [Alfred Knopf] being "an unusually temperamental publisher" and asking Wagenknecht to read an enclosure and "judge whether it's harmless: if so, please send it on"; saying he is thankful to hear that "your wife was not seriously injured in the motor accident"; recommending "a recent H.J. [Henry James] re-publication in the T.L.S. last week".
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