Autograph copy of a letter : [London], to Henry Watson Kent, [1933, copied ca. 1950].

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Autograph copy of a letter : [London], to Henry Watson Kent, [1933, copied ca. 1950].

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Describing having run into the sculptor Jacob Epstein after dining with Gordon Craig at Luigi's, and a "pleasant expedition" to the Royal Library at Windsor, where he and George W. Jones compared sheets from a 16th century book to some similar sheets owned by Jones, discovering that they were indeed from the same book; also mentioning a luncheon with the King's Librarian, Owen Morshead.

1 item (2 p.) ; 25.7 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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