WARREN
(Sir Herbert, 1854-1930, President of Magdalen College, Oxford 1885-1928)
Typed letter signed to Mrs. M.C. Strachey,
saying he has wanted to write to her "to tell you how very specially I like and enjoy your little volume 'Sketches in Verse' ", for "its classical finish. The themes are much to my mind, but the treatment is even more so. The blending too of Rome and London, of the Latin lands and seas with Somerset, has a special attraction for me ... for instance 'The Manor House' and 'Tivoli' side by side, make a peculiarly delicious blend", withan obituary notice of Warren from the 'Spectator', 14th June 1930, "As an undergraduate he was ... a brilliant classical scholar ... When he became Professor of Poetry ... he astonished many persons who had not been aware of the wideness of his reading or the power of his enthusiasm", the letter 1 side 4to., Magdalen College, 21st February,
light traces of old transparent tape in blank margins
Item Date:
1918
Stock No:
16446
£30
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WATTS
(Alaric Alexander, 1797-1864, Poet and Journalist)
Autograph verse 'Epitaph on an Idiot Girl', signed,
"If ... God but little asks where little's given, The great Creator hath for thee in store Eternal joys ! ...", 4 lines, 1 side 3¼" x 5", blind embossed edges, no place, no date, c.
Item Date:
1830
Stock No:
51920
£65
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WATTS-DUNTON
(Walter Theodore, 1832-1914, Critic, Novelist & Poet)
Fine Letter Signed to Mr Meredith
saying that "Mr Swinburne, I know, had a great regard for Bishop Stubbs. I do not in the least know, however, whether he would be willing to communicate any reminiscenses to you. Will you not come over to tea some afternoon and see him and talk the matter over? We are delighted to get such good news of your father ..", 2 sides 8vo., The Pines, 11 Putney Hill, 31st July
Item Date:
1903
Stock No:
40545
£150
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WAUGH
(Alec, 1898-1981, Elder brother of Evelyn, Novelist & Traveller)
Autograph Postcard Signed 'Alec' to Desmond Flower,
apologising "about the muddle over the cricket match. I had the idea that Boulsten's changes of plan had altered ours, and I've now got the week-end mortgaged ...", 1 side postcard with photo on the front, Brighton and Hove, June
Item Date:
1937
Stock No:
39582
£75
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EVELYN WAUGH AS A SCHOOLBOY
[WAUGH
(Evelyn, 1903-1966, Author)]
Rare Unsigned Snapshot Photograph as a boy at Heath Mount Preparatory School,
where he was a day boy, 1910-1917, showing him standing nearly full length, full face, with a cheerful smile, third from the viewer's left with three other contemporaries, all in Eton collars, apparently taken by assistant master Aubrey ENSOR in the school grounds, 3½" x 2½", no place but Heath Mount, New End, Hampstead, no date, circa
Item Date:
1915
Stock No:
56643
£375
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