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LITERATURE AND THE ARTS (20th Century -- British). A collection of letters by British writers and artists, the majority addressed to George Sayer, and comprising:
George Bernard SHAW. Autograph postcard (bearing a photograph of Shaw) signed, 'From GBS who has not forgotten Lawnside, Ayot St Lawrence, 26th July 1947 when his 92nd year began';
Edmund BLUNDEN. Two autograph letters signed to Sayer, Oxford, 29 January and 9 February 1935, making arrangements for meetings and enquiring about Sayer's magazine The Programme, 2 pages, 8vo; with a proof annotated by Blunden of a poem, 'Sixpence for the River', with six minor emendations and two brief notes, on one leaf, folio; Dame Laura KNIGHT. 16 autograph letters signed and three autograph postcards signed to Winifred Barrows, 22 October 1963 - 27 October 1969, four illustrated with drawings of dancing figures and flowers, approximately 25 pages, mostly 4to;
together with letters signed by Hilarie Belloc, John Masefield, Arthur Somervell, Arthur Bliss, R.B. Haldane and others, 18 in total. (41)
George Bernard SHAW. Autograph postcard (bearing a photograph of Shaw) signed, 'From GBS who has not forgotten Lawnside, Ayot St Lawrence, 26th July 1947 when his 92nd year began';
Edmund BLUNDEN. Two autograph letters signed to Sayer, Oxford, 29 January and 9 February 1935, making arrangements for meetings and enquiring about Sayer's magazine The Programme, 2 pages, 8vo; with a proof annotated by Blunden of a poem, 'Sixpence for the River', with six minor emendations and two brief notes, on one leaf, folio; Dame Laura KNIGHT. 16 autograph letters signed and three autograph postcards signed to Winifred Barrows, 22 October 1963 - 27 October 1969, four illustrated with drawings of dancing figures and flowers, approximately 25 pages, mostly 4to;
together with letters signed by Hilarie Belloc, John Masefield, Arthur Somervell, Arthur Bliss, R.B. Haldane and others, 18 in total. (41)
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