Agatha

[An Aging Composer, H.V. Jervis-Read] Lge archive of letters, signed HJR or Fitzjohn or F (as of Fitzjohn Avenue, Hampstead), to his mistress, Brunhild 'Brynnie' Granger, with a body of printed and ms material relating to his life and career.

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[An Aging Composer in Love; Ferguson's Gang] H V Jervis-Read [Harold Vincent Jervis-Read], English composer (b.1883), Royal Academy of Music.
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[Royal Academy of Music, High Street & Fitzjohns Avenue, Hampstead, etc, London], various pleaces (and hotels) when he travels, 1926-1934.
£450.00

An unusual survival, the letters of a composer, Harold Jervis-Read, to his lover illustrating the growth of a relationship (and an ability to express his feelings) against the backcloth (sometimes foreground) of his musical activities, and his marriage. Total of letters circa 350 (three hundred and fifty) Autograph Letters, 118 (one hundred and eighteen) apparently complete letters (many start and end abruptly), dated, 432 (four hundred and thirty two) pages, with some APCSs, mainly 12mo, 1-8pp. each, 55 of these letters dated 1933 and 30 dated 1934, 1926-1928 comprising one letter only.

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[Eden Phillpotts, Devon novelist, poet and dramatist.] Autograph Note Signed, gently admonishing an autograph hunter for omitting to send a stamp.

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Eden Phillpotts (1862-1960), Devon novelist, poet and dramatist, friend of Agatha Christie and father of Adelaide Eden Phillpotts (1896-1993), latterly Ross, who accused him of incest
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14 January 1920; Tuscany.
£45.00

See his entry, and that of his daughter, in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 4to. In good condition, on lightly-worn grey paper. With two folds for postage. Reads: ‘My dear Scout [Silver?] / always send a stamp when you want an autograph / You will get more that way / Your friend, / Eden Philpotts’.

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[ Lady Agatha Russell, daughter of Lord John Russell. ] Autograph Letter Signed ('Agatha Russell.'), regarding 'The Inquirer', her father's views on free trade and the repeal of the Corn Laws.

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Lady Agatha Russell (1853-1933), daughter of Liberal Prime Minister Lord John Russell and aunt of Bertrand Russell
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On letterhead of Rozeldene, Hindhead, Surrey. 18 April 1930.
£50.00

2pp., 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Written in a shaky hand. The letter begins: 'Dear Sir | I was much obliged to you for the extra copy of The Inquirer which I was glad to have, containing very good letters supporting Free Trade. It is a subject on which I feel strongly – perhaps inherited from my father!

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