Papers, 1930-1940.

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Papers, 1930-1940.

Typescripts of a biography of William Wycherley published by Scribner (New York, 1930), and two books published by Cassell, The true Chesterfield (London, 1939), and The reign of Beau Brummel (London, 1940); together with the research notebooks for the latter two.

2 boxes ; 27 x 13 x 32 cm.

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Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl, 1694-1773

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Born into the English aristocracy, the 4th Earl of Chesterfield had the family connections and wealth to live, in the words of the Dictionary of National Biography, as "politician, wit, and letter-writer." Upon the death of Queen Anne in 1714, his family connections enabled him to leave his life of travel and leisure to take up at the age of 20 what was the beginning of a fluctuating political career. Chesterfield was influential in government circles but the role of o...

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Connely, Willard, 1888-1967

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Brummell, Beau, 1778-1840

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