BIB_ID
455643
Accession number
MA 4817.98
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."
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Saying this letter will "be brief, tranquil, cogent and informative"; expressing astonishment "at the realisation that the contents of August Derleth's little book are now decided on" and saying he would have rather not included A:B:O; asking for advice about "an invitation from the Council of The Authors' Guild of the Authors' League of America" to enroll but debating his age and "an annual subscription of 25 dollars"; asking for news of Wagenknecht's book and family.
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