[Cambridge bookseller] Autograph Letter Signed "G. Brimley Bowes" to "Mr Stoakley" of the bookbinders, Stoakley & Son, apologising for his behaviour but carrying a point.

Two pages, 12mo, bifolium, good condition. As follows: " I wish to apologise for having spoken to you in the way I did here today in the presence of several people [...] I had no knowledge of the matter in question until my Father appealed to me for my opinion, and I gave my opinion [excision] viz. that we should have been referred to at an earlier period, & if the leather was actually in stock & not promised to anypne else when the order was received. that it should have been used for those books. [...] but your manner when I had stated it [his opinion] certainly seemed to me - well, not pleasant, and I unfortunately lost my temper and used expressions which I now wish to withdraw. I had no knowledge [...] that you were so full of work that you could not turnout even the stock orders at all as quickly as usual: but had you just come in during the Term & told us how things stood, you know us well enough to know that we should not ask or expect impossibilities. But in the absence of that knowledge, you will I think agree that we had [underlined] some grounds for annoyance at what seemed [underlined] to be inexcusable delay in executing our orders with regard to the special matter abiut which I [underlined] had asked you to come in. I was a little surprized to receive the message, & thought it best to send for you personally. I will come in if necessary this afternoon, or perhaps you would lokk in here, as Mr. Lambeth was the one who saw our customer."