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Auction #115 begins on 30 May 2024

Poetry Review:

GROUP OF SIGNED LETTERS.

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Letters written to John Graddon, sometime treasurer of the Poetry Review:

Als from Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) poet, dated 17th December 1948

Tls from Marie Stopes (1880-1958) birth control pioneer, dated 21st October 1949

Tls/als from Victoria Sackville-West (1892-1962) author & gardener, dated 4th August 1950

Als from Joyce Grenfell (1910-1979), actress, comedienne and broadcaster, dated 10th September 1950

Tls from Herbert Read (1893-1968), poet and critic, dated 20th May 1954

Als from Margaret Rawlings (1906-1996), actress, dated 1th January 1955

Tls. from Wavell Wakefield (Baron Wakefield of Kendal) (1898-1983) rugby player and conservative politician, dated 4th June 1965. Lunch appointment.

2tls from J.B. Priestly (1894-1984), author, dated 24th July & 13th August 1973. Seemingly not on poetry.

Als from C. Day-Lewis (1904-1972), author, dated 6th September 1956

Tls from Norman Birkett (1883-1962), barrister, judge during the Nuremberg Trials, dated
31st December 1959

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