BETJEMAN
(Sir John, 1906-1982, Poet Laureate)
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to Mrs Brooksbank of the Hampstead Subscription Library
asking her to “change it to December? I now find, looking at my diary now I am back from the holidays that I am due at Durham University on November 18th, is there another later in that month which you offer me, that I can manage. If you can manage Dec it is easier for me. Preferably a Tues or Wed or Mon, when I am in London...”, 2 sides 8vo., The Mead, Wantage, Berks headed paper, 24th September
Item Date:
1954
Stock No:
43421
£225
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BETJEMAN
(Sir John, 1906-1982, Poet Laureate)
Somewhat shaky signature on card
4½” x 3”, no place, no date
Item Date:
0
Stock No:
43419
£35
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BETJEMAN
(Sir John, 1906-1982, Poet Laureate)
Carbon Copy of a Typed Letter Signed to “Dear and Learned Clerk” the copy is addressed to Mrs R. S. Thomas
the copy letter says he is “most grateful for your action over the two-stroke engine, it is now somewhat muffled. The enclosed letter from the wife of that great poet, the Rev. R.S. Thomas, and herself a considerable artist, is I like to hope, alarmist and two of the lamp standards have been taken down for repair...”, with autograph postcript “Copy to Mrs R.S. Can I come & see you? What a good drawing of the lamp-post. Love to Ronald. John B”, 1 side A4, 43 Cloth Fair headed paper, with original typed envelope, 7th March
Item Date:
1972
Stock No:
42043
£275
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BETJEMAN
(Sir John, 1906-1982, Poet Laureate)
Typed Letter Signed to Mr Stanley Jones
thanking him for his "most kind letter ... I really don't know of any book such as that to which you refer, my feeling has always been enjoy those poems that appeal most to you, I don't think it matters if one doesn't understand all of it. One doesn't want to be too analytical ...", 1 side A4, 43 Cloth Fair headed paper, 19th January
Item Date:
1972
Stock No:
41161
£175
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ORIGINAL POEM
BINYON
([Robert] Laurence, 1869-1943, Poet and Playwright, Oriental Curator at the British Museum)
Autograph Letter Signed to 'Dear Leggatt'
saying that he really hasn't "had time to be inspired on Top-hats. Wait till those scrannel lines of Mrs Dyer and the Ruins of Rome have put me into the proper funereal mood for such a black subject. Meanwhile I send you this as a sop - some profane verses on your idol Tennyson ...", inside are 10 verses of 4 lines each titled "Peerless Poet v. Poet-Peer", the first verse reads "I see thee cloak'd about thy chair, / The fragrant cloud upon thy lip, / The old Virginian fellowship, / Cooperant case, dissolving care ..." and the final verse "That mock'd thy wisdom. Rise & fly ? The fawning rout, the apish horde, / Move upward, working out the 'Lord' / And let the tuft and title die.", 3 sides 8vo., 3 Matheson Road, West Kensington, no date
Item Date:
1924
Stock No:
39426
£375
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