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To C.P. Johnson, August 3, [1929]

 File — Folder: A:2

Scope and Contents

RECIPIENT: "Mr Johnson" in letter; "C.P. Johnson" in inscription. Probably Charles Plumptre Johnson, 1853-1938, amateur book collector.

PRECIS: Herewith a book for the first-edition hunter. Can you tell me if some of mine [listed] are of value?

DATE: "Aug: 3"; inscription dated "Aug: 1929".

Written and signed by Dunsany.

Place: on Dunsany Castle paper. 3 pages (1 piece).

Dates

  • Creation: August 3, [1929]

Custodial History

Tipped into O'Hegarty B4731, The Art of Playwriting: lectures delivered at the University of Pennsylvania...by Jesse Lynch Williams...Dunsany...Philadelphia, 1928; apparently sent with the book. (Fly-leaf inscribed "To C. P. Johnson from Dunsany Aug: 1929" [Removed September 30, 1991. wlm.]

Was added to Watson collection; returned to O'Hegarty collection in 1991.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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