Lot 121
  • 121

Knight, G. Wilson, and Philip Larkin.

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • A collection of 36 letters to William ("Woods") Gray, together with 8 printed books, some inscribed, comprising:
G. Wilson Knight, 24 letters and cards, mostly autograph, ("...Someone asked me where S's History plays touched the 'otherness'. Of course, the answer is through the mystique of royalty..."), 1962-69, 3 letters by Jackson Knight, 5 printed works by Knight, all signed or inscribed by him to woods gray ("...Bill Gray -- remembering many happy talks at Exeter..." etc), and one by W.F. Jackson Knight (with autograph letter signed); Philip Larkin, 1 typed letter ("...though I am a librarian, I am not a very good librarian, which may extenuate the fact somewhat...", 1 page, 15 May 1968) and two printed books (The North Ship. Fortune Press, c.1965, second, unauthorised edition, dust-jacket; The Whitsun Weddings. Faber, 1964, first edition, dust-jacket, both 8vo); Percy Lubbock, 1 letter signed, 1964; Peter Owen, 3 typed letters discussing a commission, 1958; V.S. Pritchett, 1 typed letter, 1958; Bertrand Russell, 1 typed letter, 1964; Edward Upward, 1 autograph letter, 1962; and one other



For William ("Woods") Gray, see lot 91.

Condition

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