‎English‎

‎Ascari, Maurizio, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Bologna, Italy‎

‎A Counter-History of Crime Fiction Supernatural Gothic Sensational‎

‎New York: Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009. Clean b/w illustrated cover. Top-edge with just a few very faint spots. Clean contents. Binding is As New. 222p. First Paperback Edition. Soft Copy. NF/None. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd. an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited Paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 047957

‎English Dialect Society‎

‎Publications Volume 21‎

‎Hardback. New. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : A9781345071740 ISBN : 1345071744 9781345071740

‎Thomas Dunn English‎

‎The Select Poems of Dr. Thomas Dunn English‎

‎Paperback / softback. New. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : B9783743328839 ISBN : 3743328836 9783743328839

‎International Commission on English in the Liturgy‎

‎The Order of Celebrating Matrimony Bonded Leather International Commission on English in the Liturgy‎

‎bonded_leather. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 194124355X.G ISBN : 194124355X 9781941243558

‎Michael Avi-Yonah & Ephraim Stern(Editors, English Edition)‎

‎Enclopedia Of Archaeological Excavations In The Holy Land‎

‎<p>Vol. 1 – Michael Avi-Yonah Editor English Edition</p><p>Vol. II – Michael Avi-Yonah Editor English Edition</p><p>Vol. III – Michael Avi-Yonah & Ephraim SternEditors English Edition</p><p>Vol. IV – Michael Avi-Yonah & Ephraim SternEditors English Edition</p><p>Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall Inc. 1973 Edition Unstated Presumed 1st. 338 Pages ISBN: 0132751151 Oversize Temple X-Library Neat Fine Hardcover Near Very Good DJ. Pocket intact BPD else content appears as unread and unblemished with fine brown/gold gilt decorated cloth covered boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear in DJ displaying minimal surface/edge wear as shown. Taped ID at Heel of spine and some bumping at corners & head/heel of spine.</p><p>Organized alphabetically Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land Volumes 1-4 describes and analyzes archaeological excavations carried out during the past century or more in the Holy Land on both sides of the Jordan. With 365 articles prepared by more than 200 scholars from around the world this comprehensive encyclopedia presents a rich and extensive body of archaeological material. An extensive bibliography is appended to each article. No other work compares with the scope and authority of the New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavations in the Holy Land Volumes 1-4 or its scholarly significance."</p><p>Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall Inc. 1976 Edition Unstated Presumed 1st. From 338 Pages to 647 ISBN: 0132751232 Oversize Temple X-Library Near Fine Hardcover Near Very Good DJ. Pocket intact BPD else content appears as unread and unblemished with fine brown/black gilt decorated cloth covered boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear in DJ displaying minimal surface/edge wear as shown. Taped ID at Heel of spine and some bumping at corners & head/heel of spine.</p><p>Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall Inc. 1977 Edition Unstated Presumed 1st 648 Pages to 931 Pages ISBN: 013271313 Oversize Temple X-Library Near Fine Hardcover Very Good DJ. Pocket intact BPD else content appears as unread and unblemished with fine brown/black gilt decorated cloth covered boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear in DJ displaying minimal surface/edge wear as shown. Taped ID at Heel of spine.</p><p>Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall Inc. 1978 Edition Unstated Presumed 1st 937 Pages to 1237 Pages ISBN: 0132751496 Oversize Temple X-Library Near Fine Hardcover Very Good DJ. Pocket intact BPD else content appears as unread and unblemished with fine brown/silver gilt decorated cloth covered boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear in DJ displaying minor surface/edge wear as shown. Taped ID at Heel of spine.</p><p>Sold as a unit of the 4 volumes.</p><p><strong>Insurance & handling is included free. Extra Charges/Fees apply on Shipments Outside The U.S. and Expedited Shipments. Oversize and/or heavy books may require additional fees. Will advise. </strong> . Written 1.17.21J AK This is heavy and oversize Biblio #4521-20521AK Img. #5643 thru 5646 <strong>Updated 9.7.25 </strong></p> Prentice Hall, Inc hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 4521-20521AK ISBN : 0132751151 9780132751155

‎English Tourist Board‎

‎Somewhere Special England 1995 Where to Stay Series‎

‎paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 0711706891.G ISBN : 0711706891 9780711706897

‎Soubhi Saouaf; George F Miller, English edition‎

‎The Museum of Aleppo - Visitors' Guide 4rd. English Edition‎

‎Trade paperback 84 pp. text w/ some b&w pics very tight copy unmarked crisp text only very light corner wear; age-discoloration areas on cover some stray light marks. Archaeological Society of Aleppo paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 18060-VB

‎Gogol, Nikolai; Translated by Christopher English‎

‎Nikolai Gogol: A Selection Two volume set!‎

‎Moscow Russia: Progress Publishers 1981. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Two volume set! Green cloth boards in dust jackets octavos 396pp. and 397pp. illustrated in color and b&w. Books have handsome boards and tight bindings faint off-setting to endpapers three paperclip ghosts otherwise texts clean and unmarked. DJs have soft toning import stickers to each rear panel. Progress Publishers hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : B73904

‎Barnes, Malcolm (English version editor); Swiss Foundation for Alpine Research‎

‎The Mountain World 1964/65‎

‎George Allen & Unwin / Rand McNally London and Chicago. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Signed by noted climber Jim Whittaker on title page. Whittaker whose ascent of the West Face of Everest is covered in this volume was the first American to summit. A near fine copy of the first edition in English in jacket slight wear. George Allen & Unwin / Rand McNally hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 627202

‎Sybil Thorndike [Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike] (1882-1976), distinguished English actress whose career spanned six decades:‎

‎Sybil Thorndike Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike distinguished English actress. Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Mr. Bagnall’ and Autograph Card Signed to Victor Jones both expressing thanks.‎

‎ONE: ALS to Bagnall 2 September no year; on letterhead of the Midland Hotel Manchester. TWO: ACS to Jones ‘New Theatre W.C.2. London Feb. 8.’ with London postmark dated 9 February 1945. See her entry in the Oxford DNB. ONE: ALS to Bagnall. 1p 12mo. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once. Reads: ‘Dear Mr. Bagnall. / How very kind of you to write me such a charming letter. I did appreciate all you said – thank you very much / Sincerely yrs / Sybil Thorndike’. TWO: ACS addressed to ‘Victor Jones Esq. / 83. Ravenhurst Road. / Harborne. / Birmingham.’ Signed ‘Sybil Thorndike.’ Aged and discoloured with address side lightly stained. She is not sure whether she thanked him for his ‘sweet letter & card for Xmas -it was such a very kind thought & I must seem ungracious! You will understand tho’ – playing 3 shows a day - & only last week stopped my morning shows!! but Thank you thank you - & forgive delay and P.C!!!’ ONE: ALS to Bagnall, 2 September [no year]; on letterhead of the Midland Hotel, Manchester. TWO: ACS to Jones, ‘New Theatre W. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 26328

‎Felix Moscheles [Felix Stone Moscheles] (1833-1917), English genre painter of German Jewish extraction, pacifist and advocate of‎

‎Felix Moscheles genre painter. Autograph Letter Signed to ‘Mrs Lewis’ Kate Terry regarding ‘the necklace you spoke of the other day’.‎

‎29 June 1888. No place. Felix Mendelssohn was his godfather. See the entry on his father Ignaz Moscheles 1794-1870 in the Oxford DNB. Moscheles discusses his acquaintance with Kate Terry and her husband Arthur Lewis in his 1896 reminiscences ‘In Bohemia with Du Maurier’. 1p 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. In good condition lightly aged and creased with part of mount adhering to the blank second leaf. Addressed to ‘Dear Mrs Lewis’ and signed ‘Felix Moscheles’. He asks her to ‘let the bearer have the necklace you spoke of the other day’ as he ‘can just use it this morning’. He closes ‘With an instalment of best thanks in advance’. 29 June 1888. No place. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 26318

‎'Benny Hill' [Alfred Hawthorne Hill] (1924-1992), English comedian famed for his television series 'The Benny Hill Show', and hi‎

‎Benny Hill English comedian famed for his television series ‘The Benny Hill Show’. Signed Autograph Inscription to black and white publicity photograph with Autograph Note Signed on reverse.‎

‎No date or place but the portrait of Hill apparently dating from the 1960s or early 1970s. Despite criticism for his supposedly sexist humour Hill’s work was admired by men from the novelist Anthony Burgess to Michael Jackson and Burt Reynolds. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. In good condition lightly aged with light traces of glue from mount on reverse. An 8.5 x 14 cm photographic print carrying an 8.5 x 10.5 cm black and white head and shoulders shot of a smirking Hill staring fixedly at the viewer in black top. Inscribed in light ink in the blank patch beneath the image: ‘To Eric / Cheers! / Benny Hill’. Autograph Note Signed with initials on reverse in darker ink: ‘ “Ta†for the cutting. / B. H.’ See Image of photo. No date or place, but the portrait of Hill apparently dating from the 1960s or early 1970s. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 26315

‎John Callcott Horsley (1817-1903), English painter [Doyne Courtenay Bell (1830-1888), Keeper of the Privy Purse]:‎

‎John Callcott Horsley English painter. Two Autograph Letters Signed to Doyne Courtenay Bell Keeper of the Privy Purse regarding the possible inclusion of a painting from the queen’s collection in a Royal Academy exhibition.‎

‎17 and 18 December 1886; each on letterhead of the Royal Academy of Arts London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The two items in good condition lightly discoloured and each folded twice. Both addressed to ‘Doyne . C . Bell’. ONE 17 December 1886: 2pp 12mo. On first leaf of bifolium. Signed ‘J. Callcott Horsley. He explains the reason for not writing sooner: ‘I waited to see how our wants were likely to be as to small pictures’. The picture that Bell describes ‘must be a very interesting one’ and Horsley would ‘much like to see it’. He asks for it to be left where he is addressed to him ‘& then if I am unable to “hang†it I will take care that it is safely returned to you’. TWO 18 December 1886: 2pp 12mo. Signed ‘J. C. Horsley’. He thanks him for the kind trouble ‘but I regret to say that the Committee here do not think the little picture sufficiently up to concert pitch artistically for our Exhibition. ! -’. He regrets that Bell ‘should have been put to some inconvenience unnecessarily’. 17 and 18 December 1886; each on letterhead of the Royal Academy of Arts, London. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 26324

‎Schleip, Karl; English adaptations by Frederic E Sondern‎

‎Hematological Atlas with a Description of the Technic of Blood Examination‎

‎New York: Rebman Company 1908. Hardcover. Very good. Gray cloth boards octavo illustrated with 71 mounted color illustrations. Book has two ink names on top front board spine ends worn and torn with some splitting to cloth at joints edgewear that includes small tears in cloth soil and rubbing binding tight but front joint cracked at top edge previous owner's signature to front flyleaf previous owner's signature to copyright page otherwise text clean and unmarked but gently age toned. Rebman Company hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : B70556

‎Sir Cliff Richard (born 1940 as Harry Rodger Webb), popular British singer and film actor, the top-selling artist in the English‎

‎Sir Cliff Richard popular British singer and film actor. Autograph Signature to black and white print of publicity photograph of him in swimming trunks seated on a beach between two girls in bikinis.‎

‎No date or place. Early 1960s. Lightly-written signature ‘Cliff Richard’ in blue ink at bottom left of 21 x 16 cm photographic print on glossy paper of black and white publicity photograph of a tanned Richard sitting in swimming trunks with his hands on his knees looking at the viewer between two rather plain brunettes in bikinis. The print is somewhat creased and worn with minor discoloration to white border at the top edge. See Image. No date or place. [Early 1960s.] unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 25418

‎Nassau William Senior (1790-1864), English political economist notorious for his supposed callousness during the Irish Potato Fa‎

‎Nassau William Senior English political economist notorious for his supposed callousness during the Irish Potato Famine. Autograph Signature ‘N W Senior’ to envelope addressed by him to ‘The / Lady Theresa Lewis / Kent House’.‎

‎No date or place. The claim that Benjamin Jowett reported Senior as saying that ‘the famine of 1848 in Ireland would not kill more than a million people and that would scarcely be enough to do much good’ appears to have been made up by Cecil Woodham-Smith. It is certainly not mentioned in Senior’s entry in the Oxford DNB along with the entry for the recipient Lady Maria Theresa Lewis 1803-1865 who lived in Kent House in Knightsbridge with her second husband Sir George Cornewall Lewis Bart her first husband having been the novelist Thomas Henry Lister 1800-1842. The present item is a 12.5 x 8 cm envelope. In good condition lightly aged. The front panel has the signature ‘N W Senior’ at bottom left with the address centred as usual: ‘The / Lady Theresa Lewis / Kent House’. On the reverse the back flap has been carefully torn open leaving a the red-wax seal intact but sadly without any impression. See Image. No date or place. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 25614

‎W L Wyllie [William Lionel Wyllie] (1851-1931), distinguished English maritime painter [John Macallan Swan (1847-1910), RA, pain‎

‎W. L. Wyllie William Lionel Wyllie distinguished English maritime painter. Autograph Card Signed to ‘Miss Swan’ daughter of artist John Macallan Swan regarding ‘the copy of Cape St Vincent’ and a roll that is unsuitable for a panorama.‎

‎24 March 1931. Letterhead: ‘From / W. L. Wyllie / Tower House Portsmouth / Tel. 2598.’. See his entry and that of Swan in the Oxford DNB. From the Swan papers. On both sides of an 11.5 x 9 cm card. In good condition lightly aged and with faint ink line at foot. Signed ‘W L Wyllie’. Begins: ‘Dear Miss Swan / Very many thanks for sending me the copy of Cape St Vincent. It is quite fine I will try if I cannot steal a bit for my big picture.’ He turns to a ‘roll’ which is ‘not long enough to make a panorama’ but which he hopes to be able to ‘drive round and look at’ when the weather is warmer. ‘We might make it into pictures.’ He ends in the hope that ‘the fireback is going strong’ and with regards to her mother. 24 March 1931. Letterhead: ‘From / W. L. Wyllie, / Tower House, Portsmouth / Tel. 2598.’ unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 25550

‎Edna Best [Edna Clara Best] (1900-1974), English stage and screen actress who made films for Gainsborough Studios, and starred i‎

‎Edna Best English stage and screen actress who made films for Gainsborough Studios and starred in Hitchcock’s 1934 version of ‘The Man Who Knew Too Much’. Signed publicity photograph.‎

‎Without date but from the 1930s. No place. Not present among the twelve portraits of Best on the National Portrait Gallery inventory. A black and white collotype print covering a 13 x 17.5 cm piece of matt paper with no border. Lightly aged and in good condition apart from the thinnest of strips no more than half a centimetre deep along the top of the image taken up when the print was removed from its mount. This negligibe loss only affects the background and would be easily hidden on the photograph being mounted. A head and shoulders shot of an anxious-looking Best staring to her left with short hair style and side parting plucked eyebrows prim lips and sensible outfit against blurred background. Without date, but from the 1930s. No place. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 25952

‎Lord Carnarvon [Henry John George Herbert, 3rd Earl of Carnarvon (1800-1849)], English nobleman, Tory politician and traveller,‎

‎Lord Carnarvon: Henry Herbert 3rd Earl of Carnarvon. Autograph Letter in the Third Person thanking Mrs Page for papers on the boundaries of Highclere and commiserating with her on the death of Colonel Page.‎

‎‘43. Grosvenor Sq / July 2. 1835.’ London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 4to. In fair condition on lightly aged and worn paper. Folded four times. Begins: ‘Lord Carnarvon presents his Compliments to Mrs. Page and is extremely obliged by her polite attention in sending him the Papers relating to the boundaries of Highclere - Burghclere and Woodhay Parishes which he has no doubt will prove extremely useful to him’. He has ‘many apologies to make for not sooner acknowledging the receipt of the Papers but he has been for some time past incessantly occupied in attending the Committee on the Gt. Western Railway in the House of Lords’. He is anxious to express ‘the sincere concern he experienced in the loss of Colonel Page whose inestimable qualities as a Friend and Neighbour had been so long known and were so fully appreciated by Lord C. and all his Family. Lord C. trusts Mrs Page is herself in the Enjoyment of perfect health -’. ‘43. Grosvenor Sq / July 2. 1835.’ [London] unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 25929

‎Albert Burdon (1900-1981), English stage and screen actor and comedian, who made nine films and starred in 1930s pantomimes at t‎

‎Albert Burdon English stage and screen actor and comedian who made nine films and starred in 1930s pantomimes at the Lyceum. Signed publicity photograph.‎

‎No date early 1930s. Stamp on reverse of the photographers Messrs Newby 18 Prospect Hill Douglas Isle of Man. The National Portrait Gallery lists no portraits of Burdon who was born and died in South Shields despite his nine films and numerous starring roles in London's West End. A photographic print in tones of grey covering an entire piece of 12.5 x 18.5 cm card. In good condition lightly-aged. An attractive half-body shot of a smiling Burdon with gleaming teeth and eyes to the right dressed in a smart grey suit with patterned tie arms folded in front of him. Around his waist he has neatly written in a large and bold hand: ‘Yours sincerely / Albert Burdon’. No date (early 1930s). Stamp on reverse of the photographers Messrs Newby, 18 Prospect Hill, Douglas, Isle of Man. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 25947

‎Mr Serjeant Ballantine [William Ballantine, Serjeant-at-Law] (1812-1887), lawyer and author ['The English Resident', journal; Bo‎

‎Mr. Serjeant Ballantine William Ballantine Serjeant-at-Law lawyer and author. Substantial Autograph Letter Signed praising 'a new family paper called "The English Resident"' with regard to 'English sojourners' in Boulogne-sur-Mer.‎

‎'Boulogne s/m June 18 1883'. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 4to. On first leaf of bifolium. Forty-three lines of neat text. In fair condition lightly aged and worn with a few small closed tears. The author 'Sir' is unnamed but is presumably the 'Editor' referred to in the text. Signed 'Wm Ballantine'. By recipient at head of first page: 'Letter from Mr Sergeant sic Ballantine / United Club -'. Begins: 'I have to acknowledge the receipt of what purports to be a specimen of a new family paper called "The English Resident" & which it is supposed will supply a want existing especially amongs the English sojourners of all descriptions in different French places of resort. & notably at this one of the most favourable watering places of the British people - Those who favoured me with the number in question were aware that for many years of a busy life there has rarely been a year during which upon more than one occasion I have not sought health and recreation uponits shores. I have had abundant opportunities of appreciating its advantages & recognizing its wants and I welcome very heartily the probabl advent of a newspaper which appears to be conducted upon principles likely to render it a very popular addition.' The second half of the letter is in much the same highfallutin tone see reference to 'the freedom and elasticity of Boulogne air' with Ballantine feeling that is is 'impertinent on my part to offer hints to an Editor so evidently experienced as the Gentleman who has supplied news in the number that I have had the pleasure of reading'. See Image of second page. 'Boulogne s/m June 18 1883'. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 25837

‎A E W Mason [Alfred Edward Woodley Mason] (1865-1948), hugely-popular English novelist, playwright and screenwriter, author of '‎

‎A. E. W. Mason English novelist author of ‘The Four Feathers’. Typed Note Signed to Rosemary Barron responding to a request for an autograph.‎

‎9 August 1927. On letterhead of New Grove Petworth Sussex. Mason was according to E. V. Lucas ‘famous in both hemispheres’. His entry in the Oxford DNB ends with this assessment: ‘His books were best-sellers for fifty years and the films made from them notably The Drum 1938 for which he wrote his own scenario and The Four Feathers 1939 were among the most popular in their time.’ 1p 12mo. In good condition lightly aged. Folded twice for postage. The valediction is in Mason's autograph: 'Yours sincerely / A. E. W. Mason'. The rest of the note is typed: 'Dear Rosemary Barron / I am very happy to send you my autograph since you are kind enough to say that you would like to have it.' 9 August 1927. On letterhead of New Grove, Petworth, Sussex. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 25855

‎Arnold Wesker (1932-2016), radical English Jewish playwright, one of the 1950s 'angry young men':‎

‎'We weren't very angry either': Arnold Wesker radical English Jewish playwright. Autograph Letter Signed to Paul Furness about the part played by the pub and drinking for Jews the ‘angry young men’ David Mercer and in his own life.‎

‎9 October 1982. On his letterhead 27 Bishop’s Road London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 4to. In good condition lightly aged. Folded for postage and in stamped and postmarked envelope with Wesker’s address printed on it addressed to Furness in Battersea. One of a number of letters from British poets in response to enquiries from Paul Furness with regard to their pub memories. Addressed to ‘Dear Mr Furness’ and signed ‘Arnold Wesker’. Begins: ‘You must understand this about Jews: they descend from parents who fled pogroms which where sic usually lanched sic from the inns where peasants assembled and became drunk.’ Turning to his own experience he continues: ‘Neither I nor my family nor my circle of friends frequented pubs. The ignorant gathered there to realease sic their beery prejudices and hatreds to stimulate dutch courage & to give reign to a spurious imagination. / We gathered in our kitchens & shared tea sandwiches bread pudding matzos dipped in egg & fried & - if we were lucky - a little chicken-soup.’ He states that he still doesn’t ‘have the pub habit’ before turning to the ‘angry young men’ who ‘were never a group’ and ‘shared no social life’. ‘We weren’t very angry either. We simply had energy & that special joy which comes from recognition. I was rarely angry - except with fools idiot critics and I’m afraid drunks.’ He concludes: ‘David Mercer drank himself to death & was only ever maudlin when drunk as I find most people drunk become. Maudlin or self centred. Conversation is impossible. They only want to be heard.’ He ends with apologies that he ‘cant be more helpful’. 9 October 1982. On his letterhead, 27 Bishop’s Road, London. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 25899

‎Richard Cobden (1804-1865), English Radical Liberal politician and author, a leading figure in the fight to abolish the Corn Law‎

‎Richard Cobden Radical Liberal politician who led the fight to abolish the Corn Laws. Autograph Note Signed to 'Jas Thomson Esq' with biographical note about the recipient in a contemporary hand.‎

‎8 February 1848; London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. In fair condition aged and worn with slight loss to two of the corners and a trace of paper from the mount adhering on the reverse. Addressed to 'Jas Thomson Esq'. Reads: 'Dear Sir / I have forwarded your list of names to the Land Tax Office / & remain Dear Sir / faithfully Yours / Richd Cobden'. Pencil note in a contemporary hand at the foot of the letter: 'The Great Anti Corn Law man. / Mr. Thompson sic to whom it was written was proposed by Cobden & seconded by Bright of the Free Trade Club. A Club in St. James Square London of 400 or 500 members. Thompson got Dr. Lingard to become an Anti Corn law man & he subscribed 2 Guineas.' 8 February 1848; London. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 26160

‎Hugh Walpole [Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole] (1884-1941), popular English novelist, born in New Zealand:‎

‎Hugh Walpole Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole popular English novelist and author born in New Zealand. Autograph Letter Signed to 'Mr Hunt' regarding a proof he is sending and explaining the source of a quotation.‎

‎10 July 1935. On letterhead of Brackenburn Manesty Park Keswick. Of his activities around this time the Oxford DNB writes: 'he 'wrote film scripts in Hollywood in 1934–5 for classics such as David Copperfield MGM 1935 in which he played a bit part and Little Lord Fauntleroy 1936'. The subject of the letter may be his novel 'The Inquisitor' published by Macmillan in 1935. 1p 12mo. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. Folded once. Reads: ‘Dear Mr. Hunt / Here is a proof. The quotations are from the Version. to me the only last word underlined version. / Yours sincerely / Hugh Walpole’. 10 July 1935. On letterhead of Brackenburn, Manesty Park, Keswick. unknown‎

Bookseller reference : 26154