BIB_ID
456049
Accession number
MA 4817.131
Creator
Clark, Leonard, sender.
Credit line
Purchased on the Gordon N. Ray Fund, 1994.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 24.5 x 20.2 cm
Notes
Written on blue Air Mail stationery stamped and postmarked on the verso with address panel: "Professor Edward Wagenknecht, / 233 Otis Street, / West Newton, 65, / Mass. / U.S.A." and sender's address panel: "Leonard Clark F.R.S.L. / 50, Cholmeley Crescent, / Highgate, N.6. / London."
Exhibition checklist referenced in the letter: Walter de la Mare : a checklist prepared on the occasion of an exhibition of his books and mss. at the National Book League ... 20th April to 19th May 1956; reference collection, record ID: 51911.
Exhibition checklist referenced in the letter: Walter de la Mare : a checklist prepared on the occasion of an exhibition of his books and mss. at the National Book League ... 20th April to 19th May 1956; reference collection, record ID: 51911.
Provenance
Edward Wagenknecht.
Summary
Thanking him for kind letter and looking forward to recieving items; listing items that he has sent under separate cover; saying "W.J. liked my poems very much"; asking about publishing in America; saying there are no duplicate copies of "some of the books for which W.J. did introductions" and having materials coming back from the National Book League's exhibition of Walter de la Mare; asking him to be in touch with list of booksellers about "W.J. items"; discussing articles published about Walter de la Mare; explaining "'N' is Edith Saxton, WJ's dear friend, housekeeper, and nurse. He inscribed Winged Chariot to her. She is a dear, kind person."
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