Autograph Letter Signed Declining Wedding by Platt John (1 results)

Unbound. Condition: Very Good Minus. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued). Unique Item. Autograph Letter Signed (with the embossed address of Lisburne Terrace, Aberystwyth, and dated 13th June, 1932) from the geologist and (during the mid-1900s) senior lecturer at Aberystwyth University John I. Platt to a Miss Rowlands, in which he thanks her for the wedding invitation but is 'very sorry that we cannot accept. I cannot get away and my wife finds it too much of a.nervous strain to tackle the double journey to Cardiff'; but he hopes that she 'will be able to spend a few days with us, if not with Kenneth, by yourself (this could be a reference to fellow geologist, Kenneth Arthur Davies (1897-1991), former director of the Geological Survey, Uganda). One leaf, written recto/verso in blue ink. One horizontal fold; paper very lightly foxed, and very lightly tanned/nicked at top edge, but writing/signature clear, ink quite fresh. Lightweight item, hence overseas customers will have SHIPPING CHARGES REDUCED subsequent to ordering. VG- PRICE INCLUDES UK POSTAGE & PACKING. Size: Approx. 225mm x 140mm. SIGNED by JOHN I. PLATT. Letter.…