Two Autograph Letters Signed ('B Pollock.' and 'B P.') and one unsigned Autograph Letter, all written during his final illness.

The three items are good, on aged paper. Letter One: Undated. Signed 'B Pollock'. 4to, 1 p. In pencil. Headed 'please forgive stationery'. On reverse is a cancelled carbon page of autobiographical typescript. He is travelling to London and asks for the addresses of a couple of doctors. 'I have had very slight bleeding from the prostate, but this has become much greater in the last 24 hours. Pulse and temperature quite normal, some constipation, no pain. I dont know whether my walks should be reduced'. Letter Two: Dated 26 August 1943. From the Grand Eastern Hotel, on cancelled letterhead of the Athenaeum in Pall Mall. Unsigned. 12mo, 3 pp. Reports on his condition, and thanks Noon for his consultation and advice. He hopes to stay with his wife at her London flat, and to 'speak on Monday at the memorial service in the City to my cousin Adrian - the City Chamberlain, about whose death The Times wrote very charmingly'. Letter Three: 12 October 1943; Gissing Rectory, on cancelled letterhead of Bracon Lodge, Braconash, Norwich. Signed 'B P. 12mo, 1 p.' Written within five days of his death. Reporting on his condition.