O'Leary, John Gerard. 1 letter to [Wilfred Partington, b. 1888], A.L.S. (1 p.), (1929, Jan. 22), London (Eng.)

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Description: Also enclosed: printed copy of book review from Bookman's Journal (2 p.).
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1912-1953.
Call number: PAR 901
Creator: Partington, Wilfred (1888-1955)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Acquired through Maggs Bros., from Sotheby's (London), Lot 426, July 28-29, 1977.
Associated people: Adcock, Arthur St. John, (1864-1930.); Allan, P. B. M. (1884-1973.); Beinecke, Edwin J. (1886-1970.); Conrad, Jessie. (1872-1966.); Craig, Edward Gordon, (1873-1956.); De la Mare, Walter, (1882-1937.); Drinkwater, John, (1879-1970.); Forster, E. M. (1867-1933.); Galsworthy, John, (1879-1959.); Gosse, Philip, (1879-1937.); Hardy, Florence Emily, (1907-1999.); Hart-Davis, Rupert, (1859-1936.); Housman, A. E. (1858-); Ibbett, William Joseph, (1865-1936.); Keen, Alan. (1871-); Kipling, Rudyard, (1899-1975.); Kirkby, John, (1883-1959.); Laver, James, (1878-1967.); McBey, James, (1875-1954.); Masefield, John, (1880-1958.); Maxwell-Scott, Walter, (1892-1979.); Meikle, Henry W. (1884-1967.); Morton, H. V. (1888-1955.); Murray, John, (1859-1944.); Partington, Wilfred, (1876-1949.); Pollard, Alfred W. (1876-1952.); Pope-Hennessy, Una, (1856-1950.); Rosenbach, A. S. W. (1878-1968.); Shaw, Bernard, (1858-1948.); Sinclair, Upton, (1891-1970.); Spielmann, M. H. (1884-1941.); Thorp, Margaret Farrand, (-1948.); Walpole, Hugh,; Watt, Alexander Strahan,
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O'Leary, John Gerard. 1 letter to [Wilfred Partington, b. 1888], A.L.S. (1 p.), (1929, Jan. 22), London (Eng.)

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