Three autograph letters signed and related correspondence.

GIELGUD, SIR JOHN (1907-2000), actor.

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He writes to the manager of Harrod's book department wanting to purchase a copy of Eckermann's Conversations of Goethe "Many years ago Gordon Craig gave me a copy.I never bothered to read it at the time, and the book subsequently dissapeared. Your people told me it is definately out of print, but surely there must be a copy somewhere.". Together with a carbob copy of the manager's reply in which he writes that he has managed to obtain the one and only file copy from the publishers Dent "they were only prepared to do this if I explained who it was for and on the strict understanding that it would be returned eventually". Together with a letter from Bill Neill-Hall of Dent to Harrods "If it is not returnedsafely in due course, then have you any vacancies for trainees (I like reading).?In the two further letters from Gielgud he gives thanks for the book, asks permission to take it to Yugoslavia where he is filming, etc. South Pavilion, Wotton-Underwood, Nr. Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, May & July .86. Usual folds, small corner punctures where once stapled. Seller Inventory # 19317

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