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, Penn, Buckinghamshire, to Edward Wagenknecht, 1953 June 9 : typescript signed.

BIB_ID
455756
Accession number
MA 4817.104
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 with 1953 coronation decoration, stamped and postmarked on the verso with address panel: "Professor E. Wagenknecht / 233 Otis Street / West Newton 65, Mass., / U.S.A." and sender's address panel: "W.J. de la Mare, / The Old Park / Penn, Bucks, England".
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Commenting on the "lovely new air-letter-forms"; wallowing in Wagenknecht calling him 'sir' ; listing other Sir Walters for Wagenknecht's son Walter and not remembering who was Prime Minister at the time of his honor; discussing Queen Elizabeth II's beauty and character; asking to hear about "your Appointment at the University".