FRANCIS BRETT YOUNG - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 12/09/1929 - HFSID 73644
Price: $320.00
FRANCIS BRETT YOUNG
On company letterhead for Dulau and Co. Ltd. Booksellers, Young sends
a letter regarding a client's subscription
Typed letter signed: "B.Y.", 1p, 8x10. December 9,
1929. On company letterhead to H.S. Moore, Esq. In full:
"We are very sorry to have to inform you that the Williamson title in the
Wolburn Books Series has been so very heavily oversubscribed and our allocation
of copies so drastically cut down that we find ourselves unable to supply you
with a copy. Your very truly". Francis Brett Young (1884-1954) was an
English novelist, famous for his epic poem The Island (1944) which
sold out of its first edition of 23,500 copies immediately upon print. Other
famous works include the Mercian Novels --featuring The Black
Diamond (1921), The House Under the Water (1932), and
Cold Harbour (1924) --which follows themes based on life in the
English West Midlands and Welsh Borders. Also a composer and playwright, Young's
best work has been adapted to film and in television, including My Brother
Jonathan (1948) starring Michael Denison and Dulcie Gray. His novel
Portrait of Clare (1927, also a Mercian Novel) won the 1927 James Tait
Black Memorial Prize. Multiple mailing folds. Creased and toned. Otherwise,
fine condition.
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