L. P. HARTLEY WRITES TO THE POET LADY MARY WILSON
HARTLEY
(L. P., 1895-1972, Novelist & Critic, Author of 'The Go-Between')
Fine Autograph Letter Signed to "Dear Mrs WILSON"
(Gladys Mary Wilson, Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx, 1916-2018, Poet and wife of Sir Harold Wilson) saying that he feels she "must have more fan letters than you can read in praise of your 'Scholar Poems' but all the same I would like to add my tribute, for I have enjoyed them more than I have enjoyed any contemporary poetry, and I do congratulate you for writing from the heart, as well as from the head. These too, too cerebral verses which pass as poetry nowadays, ingenious as they are, verbal conundrums, leave me quite cold, whereas yours have a touch of the divine fire. On no account acknowledge this ...", 2 sides 4to., 53 Rutland Gate, London, 20th November
Item Date:
1970
Stock No:
40346
£225
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HÉLÈNE
(Princess of Waldeck, 1861-1922, wife of Leopold, 1853-1884, 1st Duke of Albany, son of Queen Victoria)]
Fine unsigned original photo
showing the Duchess half length in profile, seated in an upholstered chair wearing pearls and a lace cap, 6" x 4", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1885
Stock No:
40349
£175
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[HENRY
(of Prussia, 1862-1929, Grand Admiral of the Imperial Navy, Son of Friedrich III and Victoria, Empress Frederick)]
Fine unsigned original photo
showing him head and shoulders, looking straight at the camera, 5½" x 4", no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1891
Stock No:
40350
£125
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