[Sir John Summerson, architectural historian.] Two Autograph Letters Signed and Autograph Note Signed to the proprietor of ‘Books and Bookmen’, with two Autograph reviews written by him.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient Philip Dosse (Summerson spells it ‘Dossé’) was proprietor of Hansom Books, publisher of a stable of seven arts magazines including Books and Bookmen and Plays and Players. The five items are in good condition, lightly aged. The three letters signed ‘John Summerson’. ONE: ALS, 3 October 1973. 1p, 12mo. Two previous letters from Dosse were sent while Summerson was in Canada. ‘The book on Fischer von Erlach I will review with pleasure. I’m not sure that I want to do the Raj book as well – anyway, not in the same review. I will either do a short review or let you have it back, whichever you say.’ TWO: ALS, 22 October 1973. 1p, 12mo. ‘It is really most kind of you to arrange for me to have the Inigo Jones book which I shall be delighted to review – and possess.’ He has just dispatched a joint review to ‘my typing lady who lives in the country and is slow’. THREE: ALS, 26 October 1973. ANS, 26 October 1973. Regarding the joint review he writes: ‘The typescript of the King’s Architecture / Fischer v. Erlach review has just come to hand so here it is’. FOUR: Autograph Manuscript of review of J. C. Connant, ‘Carolingian and Romanesque Architecture’ (1974). 2pp, foolscap 8vo. Single-spaced, on ruled paper. With a few emendations. FIVE: Autograph Manuscript of review of Puppi, ‘Andrea Palladio’ (1975) and D. Guinness and J. T. Sadler, ‘The Palladian Style in England, Ireland and America’ (1976). As Item Four, single-spaced and on ruled paper. With the last two pages carrying pasted-in sections, and a few emendations elsewhere.