WAR. [With an original typed letter by Chapman].

Chapman, John Alexander.

Published by [Eton, England]: Saville Press, 1951., 1951

About this Item

- Octavo, 7-1/2 inches high by 5 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed stiff light blue-gray wraps titled in black on the front cover. The overlapping edges of the soiled covers are creased with a few tiny tears. vi, [ii] & 64 pages. "Eton, England" is penciled in above the publisher's name on the title page. Very good. First edition.Laid in at the front is an original one-and-a-quarter page typed letter by John Alexander Chapman. Over 200 words typed on both sides of 7 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide light blue paper, dated "March 6, '52" and addressed from "The Wynd, Gayle Hawes, Yorkshire". Chapman writes to "H. W." asking if he would be amiable to writing a letter of support so that Chapman can be eligible to receive funding from the "Royal Literary Fund". "Here is the next booklet after 'The End of Time'. The bill for 'War' is 76-odd, &, after paying it, which I do after paying for the earlier booklet, I'll be as the Witch said she'd make the husband, gone to Aleppo, of the rump-fed ronyon: 'drained dry as hay'. I am to ask Dorothy L. Sayers & C.S. Lewis to write letters." Signed in type "J.A.C.". Seller Inventory # 98217

Bibliographic Details

Title: WAR. [With an original typed letter by ...

Publisher: [Eton, England]: Saville Press, 1951.

Publication Date: 1951

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition