Gollancz, Israel. Autograph letter signed from Israel Gollancz, Juan-les-Pins, to Lord Charles Wakefield

Folger bibliographic ID: 188302
Folger call number: Y.c.1714
Folger holdings ID: 226473

Discusses details of a tribute to Wakefield by the artist Macdonald Gill to be unveiled before the British Academy's Annual Shakespeare Lecture on May 1. Updates Wakefield on Wakefield's donations of Shakespeare volumes to training colleges in England and to Tokyo University. Informs him that on May 7 the Foreign Secretary will present the Japanese ambassador with the Kelmscott Chaucer "as a symbol of the movement, with which you have been so intimately concerned." Congratulates him on Major Seagrave's fine exploits (breaking the land speed record on March 11 using Wakefield's Castrol oil). On letterhead of Le Grand Hôtel, Juan-les-Pins

General notes

Bifolium

Item information about Folger Y.c.1714

Adopted by Phoebe Brunner Peacock, Acquisitions Night 2006

Extended title: Autograph letter signed from Israel Gollancz, Juan-les-Pins, to Lord Charles Wakefield 1929 April 16

Gollancz, Israel, 1864-1930 Wakefield, Charles Cheers Wakefield, 1859-1941 Gill, MacDonald, 1884-1947

correspondent: Gollancz, Israel, 1864-1930
subject: Gollancz, Israel, 1864-1930
subject: Wakefield, Charles Cheers Wakefield, 1859-1941
subject: Gill, MacDonald, 1884-1947
correspondent: Wakefield, Charles Cheers Wakefield, 1859-1941