Typewritten letter signed : the Presbytery, Christchurch, to A.J.A. Symons, 1935 Oct. 7.

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Typewritten letter signed : the Presbytery, Christchurch, to A.J.A. Symons, 1935 Oct. 7.

Discussing painting thought to be by Rolfe (Baron Corvo) on the wall of the Church, but which are probably the work "of one Westlake--a well-known Catholic artist."

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McDonald, A. G

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Symons, A.J.A. (Alphonse James Albert), 1900-1941

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Alphonse James Albert Symons was born in a suburb of London and privately educated, until apprenticed to a furrier at age fourteen. With little experience in the book trade, he founded the First Editions Club, and soon published a bibliography of William Butler Yeats. An avid collector, he was editor of the Book-Collector's Quarterly, establishing himself as an authority on literature of the 1890s with essays and lectures. He wrote several biographies, notably The Quest for Corvo, an innovative ...

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