Typed Autograph Letter Signed "E.V. Lucas" (Edward Verrall Lucas) to "Mrs. Moody" (Minnie Hite Moody)

(British Popular Literature) Lucas, E.V.

Published by London, 1935

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1p. on "Methuen & Co." letterhead. 8vo. A letter from British humorist, essayist, novelist, anthologist, literary biographer, travel writer, and art critic, E.V. Lucas (1868-1938), written during his tenure as chairman of Methuen & Co. publishers, to American author, Minnie Hite Moody (1900-1993) relating that he has written "Mr. Moe," possibly Henry Allen Moe, Head of the Guggenheim Foundation, and making a thinly veiled, if not somewhat cryptic, reference to Moody s 1936 novel, Death is a Little Man, reading in part: "Of course I have written to Mr. Moe, and I hope that he does what I and you want. Death may be a little man but he can do immense damage as well as give relief.". 1p. on "Methuen & Co." letterhead. 8vo. Seller Inventory # 311194

Bibliographic Details

Title: Typed Autograph Letter Signed "E.V. Lucas" (...

Publisher: London

Publication Date: 1935

Condition: Old folds, else fine