Lot 40
Lawrence (D.H.) Autograph Letter initialled "DHL" to Else Jaffe, his sister-in-law, [1929], on feelings of depression, "I want to go. I get really depressed here"; and 2 letters from Henry Duke to John Middleton Murray commenting on 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' (3 pieces).
Hammer Price: £1,900
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Lawrence (David Herbert, writer, 1885-1930) Autograph Letter initialled "DHL" to Else Jaffe, his sister-in-law, 2pp., on lined paper, 8vo, Hotel Löwen, [Lichtenthal, Germany], n.d. [August] [1929], on making arrangements to move to Munich and feelings of depression, "I want to go. I get really depressed here - and you know isn't usual for me to get depressed. But here I get spells of hopeless feeling, heavy, & I hate it. What is it? I never have these other countries. Is it Germany? or your mother..."; and 2 letters from Henry Duke to John Middleton Murray commenting on Lawrence's novels, "Of all his writings I have read only 'Lady Chatterley's Lover', which I thought quite a conventional handling of a hackneyed subject", folds, browned (3 pieces).
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⁂ Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***
Lawrence (David Herbert, writer, 1885-1930) Autograph Letter initialled "DHL" to Else Jaffe, his sister-in-law, 2pp., on lined paper, 8vo, Hotel Löwen, [Lichtenthal, Germany], n.d. [August] [1929], on making arrangements to move to Munich and feelings of depression, "I want to go. I get really depressed here - and you know isn't usual for me to get depressed. But here I get spells of hopeless feeling, heavy, & I hate it. What is it? I never have these other countries. Is it Germany? or your mother..."; and 2 letters from Henry Duke to John Middleton Murray commenting on Lawrence's novels, "Of all his writings I have read only 'Lady Chatterley's Lover', which I thought quite a conventional handling of a hackneyed subject", folds, browned (3 pieces).