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, 1952 October 27 : typescript signed with autograph manuscript postscript.

BIB_ID
455642
Accession number
MA 4817.97
Creator
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956, sender.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1994.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 24.4 x 20.2 cm
Notes
Written on blue Air Mail stationery, stamped and postmarked on the verso with address panel: "Dr. Edward Wagenknecht, / 233, Otis Street, / West Newton, / 65 Mass., / U.S.A." and sender's address panel: "W.J. de la Mare, / 4, South End House, / Montpelier Row, / Twickenham, Mdx."
This resource contains racist language.
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Responding to Walter being read to and talking about reading to Dick; saying "Kyllmann, the Managing Director of Constables, suggested my writing rhyme to the photographs he enclosed"; asking "Would you like me to send you anything to put into the copy of Crossings?"; marveling at Wagenknecht's surveys of literature in the English language; discussing own projects and book with Derleth; saying "I enjoyed immensely my talk with Mr. Donald Bryen" just before memorial plaque to Forrest Reid was unveiled; sending love to Walter and wishing for him to be with Julian next spring.