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 Walter de la Mare, Twickenham, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1950 December 25 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
455563
Accession number
MA 4817.83
Creator
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956, sender.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1994.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 24.4 x 20.2 cm
Notes
Written on blue Air Mail stationery, stamped and postmarked on the verso with address panel: "Prof Edward Wagenknecht / 233, Otis Street, / West Newton, 65, / Mass., / U.S.A." and sender's address panel: "Walter de la Mare, / 4, South End House, / Montpelier Row, / Midd-Eng. Twickenham."
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Saying his writing has been "sluggish and dilatory"; describing Christmas and the weather; saying that Faber has decided against a proposed book; describing an almanac issued by the [Hornbook ?] with "exquisite imagery and decorations from Pamela Bianco "who has just sent me, my, as yet, only copy"; hoping Wagenknecht is at peace with his publishers; mentioning that the Winged Chariot "has all but come to final page proofs" and debating whether to send it to "the Arts Council G.G.B." for a reward; saying this is his seventy-seventh Christmas; asking if Wagenknecht is coming over soon; telling a story about Julian falling at school and reading about Nebuchadnezzar.