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Thomas Hardy. Autograph letter signed ("Thomas Hardy"), to A. E. Housman. Max Gate, Dorchester, 13 October 1919....
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Letter from Thomas Hardy to A. E. Housman
Thomas Hardy. Autograph letter signed ("Thomas Hardy"), to
A. E. Housman. Max Gate, Dorchester, 13 October 1919.2 pages, 8vo (178 x 134 mm). Housed in a cloth folding case.
A wonderful letter from Hardy, thanking Housman for sending him a copy of his book of poetry with a manuscript poem, in full:
"I find to my pleasure that among the poet friends who have been so kind as to send me a book of verses, you are one, and represented by a beautiful little poem which I cannot remember reading before, though it sounds your own particular note. Please accept my very warm thanks for such an interesting MS which I shall always value, & which will, I hope, be valued by others after I am gone as a relic of the Shropshire Lad.
I had meant to be often in Cambridge when I last saw you there, but the barbarism of the age we live in has prevented it & now I hardly go anywhere, indeed hardly want to, though I often think of faces I should like to see again---among them your own.
Believe me, with best wishes,
Yours most sincerely,
Thomas Hardy."
Condition: Some minor wrinkling and short tear at upper righthand corner; creased at horizontal center fold.
Provenance: Sold by Scribner Rare Books, New York, 1936, item 123b. From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2024 June 27 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part I, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6295 (go to Auction Home page)
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