Autograph Letter, Signed To Lord Dunsany

by Walter De La Mare, Dunsany

$350 · Offered by Argosy Book Store

Signed

1944. 16 lines, on 1 8vo sheet, written on both sides and folded. Undated, but accompanying envelope is postmarked October 23, 1944. Gives Dunsany permission to quote Nod or anything else in his public lecture. Asks if he can recall our game of Chess- you blindfolded & me in acute anxiety lest I should be mated at move iii......I had the privilege of initiating my eldest grandson now to be entered for the Chess Championship of Eton....I am

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