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S. K. Ratcliffe (1868-1958), journalist and lecturer [S.K. Ratcliffe] Two Typed Letters Signed to Robert Lynd, author. 2 TLsS, 4pp., 8vo, good condition. First, on letterhead of Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; 12 January 1923. He 'ran into Plunkett and Karl Walter' in Washington a few days before, and he is 'delighted to hear that the funds are available [for the relaunch of the Irish Statesman], and...		£80.00
Sir Algernon Methuen [né Stedman] (1856-1924), publisher. [Methuen] Autograph Letter Signed to Robert Lynd, author. ALS, on letterhead of New Place, Haslemere, Surrey; 3 April 1922, 2pp., 12mo, good condition. Regarding his Anthology of Modern Verse (1922), to which RL wrote the introduction. 'I can see at once that some of your suggestions I shall accept but some I jib at for various reasons [...] 2)...		£95.00
Sir J. C. Squire (1884-1958), editor of the London Mercury. [J.C. Squire] 7 ALsS and 1 TLS to Robert Lynd, mainly editorial matters. 7 ALsS and 1 TLS, three on letterheads of the London Mercury, and two on letterheads of the New Statesman; only three fully dated: 13 November 1917, 16 November 1924 and 27 November 1925, 12pp., 8vo and 12mo. Mostly on editorial matters. The letter of 13 November 1917, on New Statesman...		£250.00
'G. F.' [Viola Garvin (1898-1969), journalist; Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), Anglo-Irish poet, wife of the essayist Robert Lynd (1879-1949); Gerald Gould (1885-1936), reviewer with the Observer, London] [Viola Garvin, journalist.] Typed Letter, written on her behalf by 'G. F.', to 'Sylvia Dear' (i.e. the Anglo-Irish poet Sylvia Lynd), thanking her for 'one of the nicest novel articles we have had', and asking her to review Somerset Maugham. 1p., 4to. In good condition, on lightly-aged paper. She thanks Lynd for 'one of the nicest novel articles we have had in Gerald's absence', and asks her to 'be an angel, and do something else for Viola, who is vanishing tomorrow for four or five weeks', in reviewing 'the Somerset Maugham book...		£40.00
[Artizans, Labourers & General Dwellings Company Limited; Shaftesbury Park Estate, Battersea; Victorian social Housing in London; George Glyn, 2nd Baron Wolverton; George Kinnaird, 9th Lord Kinnaird] [The Artisans Labourers and General Dwellings Company Limited, London.] Two vellum indentures regarding their Shaftesbury Park Estate in Battersea, one with the Mutual Life Assurance Society; the other a mortgage with Lords Wolverton and Kinnaird. Both items in good condition, lightly aged, and both laid out in the customary fashion, with tax stamps and embossments. ONE: On three vellum skins. Endorsed, with signatures of various Company officials, on reverse of third skin: 'The Artizans Labourers and General Dwellings Company Limited to...		£500.00
Alfred Douglas (1870-1945), author, poet and translator, whose liason with Oscar Wilde brought about the latter's downfall [Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), Anglo-Irish poet, wife of the essayist Robert Lynd] [Lord Alfred Douglas.] Unsigned Typed Copy of letter [to the editor of an English national newspaper], regarding a 'very ill-natured review' of his autobiography by the Irish poet Sylvia Lynd, and recalling his time at Winchester School. 1p., 4to. In fair condition, on lightly-aged paper. Apparently unpublished. He complains of Lynd's 'very ill-natured review of my "Autobiograp[hy] [...] She makes the ridiculous statement that "a child" at a public school is "at most on speaking terms with five percent of his contemporaries"....		£120.00
Austin Clarke (1896-1974), Irish poet [Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), Anglo-Irish poet, wife of the essayist Robert Lynd (1879-1949); T. S. Eliot] [Austin Clarke, author.] Typed Letter Signed to fellow Irish poet Sylvia Lynd, complaining of 'people' in the 'literary world' of 'no literary abiltiy or genuine interest', and the rejection of his poem by a 'youngster' in 'the Eliot interest'. 2pp., 8vo. In fair conditon, on lightly aged paper. 'For some reason or other which I cannot understand a number of people have got into the literary world who have no literary ability or genuine interest in writing [...] Recently I gave a poem to a very young literary editor as a result of...		£150.00
Desmond Harmsworth (1903-1990), publisher, poet and artist, a member of the Northcliffe publishing dynasty [Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), Anglo-Irish poet, wife of the essayist Robert Lynd (1879-1949)] [Desmond Harmsworth, publisher, poet and artist.] Autograph Letter Signed ('Desmond') to Irish poet Sylvia Lynd, expressing condolences on the death of her husband Robert. 2pp., 8vo. On aged paper. He expresses himself with sincere emotion: 'O Sylvia - I have just read the news that your Robert has died - my Robert, too, in a far, far lesser, but still real, sense. […] Think how few women have loved, & been loved, by a man like him. […] I, too, am not far off...		£65.00
E. V. Knox [Edmund George Valpy Knox; 'Evoe'] (1881-1971), English author and editor of Punch, 1932-1949 [Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), Anglo-Irish poet, wife of the essayist Robert Lynd (1879-1949)] [E. V. Knox, editor of Punch.] Two Autograph Letters Signed (both 'E. V. Knox') to Anglo-Irish poet Sylvia Lynd, the first concerning an 'American publisher', and the second a letter of condolence on the death of her husband Robert Lynd. Both items are 2pp. 12mo, on bifoliums. Both in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. ONE: 'I was so sorry I couldn't come this afternoon - especially if he was a simple kind of American publisher. Owing to a rash fit of indulgence in Church going I had to have tea elsewhere'. TWO: Letter of...		£120.00
Edward Gordon Craig (1872-1966), actor, director, scenic designer [Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), Anglo-Irish poet, wife of the essayist Robert Lynd (1879-1949)] [Edward Gordon Craig.] Four Autograph Letters (two signed 'Edward Craig' and two unsigned) and one Autograph Note Signed ('EGC') to Irish poet Sylvia Lynd, an intimate and affectionate correspondence in his calligraphic hand. Five items totalling 11pp., 8vo. All in good condition, on lightly-aged paper. ONE: ALS, on letterhead of the Hotel Angleterre, Copenhagen; [22 Dec.1926]. Signed 'Edward Craig'. 4pp., 8vo. Bifolium. 'I am at work for the Royal Theatre [...] I am enjoying Stagemanaging the actors designing the...		£350.00