ABERCONWAY LETTERS. Vol. VII (ff. 261+162*). Letters of others; 1919-1961, n.d. The principal correspondents are:- (a) Augustus Edwin John, painter; 1924-1959, n.d. ff. 25-114b;- (b) George Bernard Shaw and his wife, Charlotte Frances; 1925-1930. Par... 1919-1961
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