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NANCY FREEMAN MITFORD (1904-73)
A collection of 17 autograph letters and 8 postcards, signed ("Nancy Mitford") and ("Nancy Rodd"), all written to Brian Pearce, 42 Victoria Rd., New Barnet, Herts, altogether 37 pp., 8° and 4°, 7 Rue Monsieur VII, Suffren 7665, 4 Rue Artois, 78 Versailles and Nuffield Hospital, 16 Sep 1967 - 18 Dec 1972.
Thanking him for articles; discussing books, translations, archives, historians, French history and philosophies, Mitford's own books including 'Frederick the Great', travel, particularly Venice and Prague; complaining about Hamish Hamilton and other publishers, about illness and doctors; mentioning Mme. Lubenshaya and Noel Coward. "Publishers are the limit & usually only saved by some bright girl in the office who, as soon as one gets used to her, immediately marries. Somebody said, when I was in Greece, this country is entirely run by boys of 14; when they are 15 they take to love & become useless. Like publishers' young ladies" [4 Oct 68]; "I love pencil scribblings in books, esp. Carlyle's which are all over the London Library books I take out for Frederick. "Fool - hold thy peace!" or sometimes "ooooh-aaah" at some particularly inaccurate statement" [2 Apr 69]; "My views about marrying for money is that people must have a reason for falling in love & that is often money, but doesn't prevent a marriage from being as happy as when founded on other reasons; sex, power & so on! I would like to have a word with the doctor! But I think he was one of those fathers unable to bear the idea of his daughter marrying at all" [17 Sep 69]. (25)
A collection of 17 autograph letters and 8 postcards, signed ("Nancy Mitford") and ("Nancy Rodd"), all written to Brian Pearce, 42 Victoria Rd., New Barnet, Herts, altogether 37 pp., 8° and 4°, 7 Rue Monsieur VII, Suffren 7665, 4 Rue Artois, 78 Versailles and Nuffield Hospital, 16 Sep 1967 - 18 Dec 1972.
Thanking him for articles; discussing books, translations, archives, historians, French history and philosophies, Mitford's own books including 'Frederick the Great', travel, particularly Venice and Prague; complaining about Hamish Hamilton and other publishers, about illness and doctors; mentioning Mme. Lubenshaya and Noel Coward. "Publishers are the limit & usually only saved by some bright girl in the office who, as soon as one gets used to her, immediately marries. Somebody said, when I was in Greece, this country is entirely run by boys of 14; when they are 15 they take to love & become useless. Like publishers' young ladies" [4 Oct 68]; "I love pencil scribblings in books, esp. Carlyle's which are all over the London Library books I take out for Frederick. "Fool - hold thy peace!" or sometimes "ooooh-aaah" at some particularly inaccurate statement" [2 Apr 69]; "My views about marrying for money is that people must have a reason for falling in love & that is often money, but doesn't prevent a marriage from being as happy as when founded on other reasons; sex, power & so on! I would like to have a word with the doctor! But I think he was one of those fathers unable to bear the idea of his daughter marrying at all" [17 Sep 69]. (25)