Autograph Letter, signed “J. Masefield” , to Dr. Philip Skrainka of St. Louis

by John Masefield

$350 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

1 p. pen and ink on letterhead of the Hotel Fontenelle. 4to. Offsetting to letter, wear to top margin, closed tears along folds, remnant of mounting tape to verso. Item #266115 In 1917-18 Masefield undertook his second lecture tour of the United States, on which he frequently addressed American soldiers waiting to be sent to Europe. During the tour he accepted honorary doctorates from both Yale and Harvard, but declined a knighthood from his own

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