John Masefield manuscript material : 4 items ca. 1961

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John Masefield manuscript material : 4 items ca. 1961

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John Edward Masefield, English poet and novelist. To Neville Rogers, Shelley scholar : 4 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Jul 1961 : (S'ANA 0912.47) : from Burcote Brook, Abingdon (printed stationery) : begins, "I thank you for your letter & for the kind things you say of my work. I will will gladly support the scheme for the restoration of the window to Vincent Novello ..." With the stamped and post-marked envelope, with black wax seal. -- 1 typescript letter signed : [ca. 1961?] : (S'ANA 0912.44) : from Burcote Brook, Abingdon (printed stationery) : begins, "Many thanks for your letter. I am sorry to have to refuse your request. I have been ill ..." -- 1 typescript letter signed : [ca. 1961?] : (S'ANA 0912.45) : from Burcote Brook, Abingdon (printed stationery) : begins, "Many thanks for your letter. For the next few months I shall be very much pressed with work of different kinds, and may be quite unable to write you anything ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : [ca. 1961?] : (S'ANA 0912.46) : from Burcote Brook, Abingdon (printed stationery) : begins, "So many thanks for you letter & for the very kind gift of your book ...".

4 items

The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.

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Masefield, John, 1878-1967

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The English poet, playwright and novelist John Masefield was born in 1878 in Ledbury. After running away to sea early (when he was thirteen) he settled in London from 1897 and devoted himself to writing. Later he moved to Oxford which was where he lived when most of the following collection was produced. Masefield became Poet Laureate in 1930 and was awarded the Order of Merit in 1935. Among his more notable works are some early reflections of his maritime experiences in Salt Water Ba...

Rogers, Neville.

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Neville Rogers was an authority on Percy Shelley and a professor at Ohio University. Rogers was born in London, England, on 5 January 1908. He attended Rossal School and Birkbeck College, and graduated with honors in the classics. He served as Headmaster or Assistant Master at various preparatory schools in England, positions that were interrupted from 1941-1946, when he served in the Royal Air Force Intelligence Service. After the war, Rogers worked with The Times Literary Supplement on their w...