A group of three ALSs and one ANS from English writer Evelyn Waugh, one signed in full and three others signed with his initials “E. W.,” each one page, penned either on his personal postcard or on Combe Florey House letterhead, 5.5 x 3.5 and 8 x 10, dating to the early and mid-1960s, all seemingly addressed to his bookbinders Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Highlights from the handwritten letters include:
No date: “I may return the samples of leather given to Mr. Walker of Chapman & Hall. Will you please use the lighter of the two blues for binding ‘The Loved One.’”
September 5, 1963: “You will shortly receive from the printers sheet and a plate (frontispiece) of my ‘Basil Seal Rides Again.’”
April 3, 1965: “Thank you for your letter of yesterday about A Little Learning. I am distressed to learn that Chapman & Hall misunderstood my instructions. I am afraid it does make a serious difference.” In overall fine condition, with a block of toning to one of the postcards.
