Typed Letter Signed

SHAW, George BernardCARTER, S.H.)

Published by 1918,

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SHAW, George Bernard. Typed Letter Signed concerning Sailing Ships and their numbers. A letter by Shaw, typed on his 10 Adelphi Terrace, W.C. letterhead to a S.H. Carter, Esq., Craghill, Ravenscar, Scarborough. 7th January 1918. Dear Sir I have not had a look at the docks since the war, to which thestatement in my article has of course no reference; but it is one of the standing surprises of the riverside in London, now that we have come to regard sailing craft as obsolete, to see the closely packed rows of old fashioned wooden sailing ships, most of them looking fresh from the builders' yards, moored there. It may not be literally true that an XVII century seamen [sic] would see more wooden ships today below London Bridge - even new ones- than he could have supposed the world to contain in his lifetime; but ifnot, the seamen of that day must have had robust imaginations. I daresay itis possible to find out what the wooden sailing tonnage is today; but I have not the necessary works of reference at hand here. The percentage of thetotal traffic carried in such ships must be much less; but this does not imply the number of the ships themselves is not much greater. Yours faithfully [signature:] G. Bernard Shaw Sheet has the watermark of MILLREVAN, Asprey, Bond Street, London. Vg. 1,500.00. Seller Inventory # 38557

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Title: Typed Letter Signed

Publisher: 1918,

Signed: Signed by Author(s)