Autograph letter signed : London, to Henry Watson Kent, 1931 Apr. 24.

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Autograph letter signed : London, to Henry Watson Kent, 1931 Apr. 24.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/705915655

Complaining of his general state of mind and various mundane obstacles; philosophizing about printing; downplaying his social life and indicating that he only regularly sees [Stanley?] Morison and John Johnson, and rarely even sees Emery Walker or Wilfred Merton; discussing progress on projects and mentioning having seen [Daniel Berkeley?] Updike's "Prayer Book" at the British Museum; indicating their return to New York on "one of the slow (and cheap) American Merchant Line boats" in mid-July; enclosing for his critique a draft for a possible preface to the Odyssey.

1 item (7 p.) ; 22.8 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8033676

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