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Box 1

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Contains 38 Results:

Letter, 5 May 1954

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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"I shall be returning home on May 21st, so you might be able to arrange a visit to Haytesbury--..."

Dates: 5 May 1954

Letter , 31 May 1954

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This is an artificial collection comprised from several purchases. It includes correspondence, dating from 1931 to 1934, between Sassoon and Thomas Balston of Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd., Morchard Bishop, Raymond Mortimer and Arthur Waley, as well as writings including 8 individual autograph poems, a galley proof of This Glib Garland (1931), and drafts, mock-up, and proof copy of Poems by Pinchbeck Lyre (1931). Also included is a 1920 studio portrait of Sassoon inscribed to him by J.B....
Dates: 31 May 1954

Letter , 9 January 1955

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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"(Enclosed with THE TASKING) Don't allow these exercises of an inquiring spirit to depress you!..."

Dates: 9 January 1955

Mortimer, Raymond to Sassoon, 1931 May 13

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"It was extraordinarily kind of you to send me Pinchbeck Lyre [and] Poems...."

Dates: 1931 May 13

Shorter, Mr. from Sassoon, 1919 October 22

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"Thanks for your letter. I have done very little writing lately and have nothing to send you...."

Dates: 1919 October 22

Waley, Arthur to Sassoon, May 24

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"Thank you very much for asking Balston [Thomas Balston, Gerald Duckworth & Co., Ltd.) to send me your parodies of Humbug...."

Dates: May 24

"The Celestial Asylum"

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 2
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Pencilled poem with handwritten revisions, 1p.

Dates: 1919 - 1955