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1893214413東京. Tokyo.: 奎暉閣. Keikikaku. Revised Edition. Meiji 26 1893. Folding engraved map of Tokyo in Japanese and English with woodblock colour 51.7 x 71.7cm folds into 18.5 x 10cm original covers title and publishing details upper cover. Neatly repaired on the reverse along some of the folds with a little minor loss occasional minor spotting otherwise very good. This is a map of Tokyo which was originally published in 1887 and revised in 1893. The map could be used for a tourist self-guide map as 39 illustrations of major sites and buildings are surrounding the map. Main landmarks including the Royal Palace are coloured in deep red. Some residents' names are recorded in some blocks. Three charts of text in Japanese on the bottom right give the names of the neighbourhoods to be found within each of Tokyo's wards. An inset at the top left shows a map of Yokohama. . 奎暉閣. [Keikikaku]. unknown
196246618æ±äº¬ Tokyo: èŠ¸è‰¸å ‚ Unsodo 1962. Revised edition. Softcover. vg- to near fine. Quartos. Unpaginated. 15 string-bound volumes in blue paper wrappers. White paper labels with gilt lettering on the front covers. Housed in a large dark blue cloth-covered clamshell portfolio with a printed paper label on the front cover and bone fasteners. English label on the spine of the portfolio. Gorgeous reproduction of the classic monumental work by Hokusai 1760-1849 originally issued in 15 volumes between 1812-1878. The first 12 volumes were issued by the artist during his lifetime while volumes 13-14 were issued posthumously from previously unpublished material. The final volume includes a compilation of some previously published material and of other work not even by Hokusai and is therefore not considered authentic.<br /> <br /> The vast amount of content covered in these "sketchbooks" consists of thousands of images ranging from domestic and social scenes animals landscapes plants architecture historical scenes legends and martial arts to masks as well as household and ritual objects. Of interesting note are some detailed close up images of firearms. Finely printed to reproduce the quality and look of the original editions with images printed in b/w and hues of light pink. The set includes a 22-page informative text booklet in Japanese and English. Additionally the final section of each volume contains text in Japanese and English relating to the specific content of the volume and giving additional technical and historical context. <br /> <br /> Text in Japanese and English.<br /> <br /> Portfolio with some light foxing to the label and on the interior. A few of the wrappers with minor rubbing to corners. Foxing to the edges of book blocks. Interiors with some sporadic minor to light foxing mostly to top margins with images almost entirely unaffected. Images clean bold and bright. Portfolio in very good wrappers in very good to near fine interiors in very good- to near fine. 芸艸堂 (Unsodo) unknown
1860217209Japan. Circa 1860. Two black and white woodblock kawarabans 22.4 x 30cm occasional light creasing but overall very good. These two kawaraban present vocabulary lists comparing Japanese with six foreign languages: American Russian British Dutch Chinese and French. Alongside each vocabulary list a small portrait of a "typical" man from the respective country is provided with the country's capital indicated. For instance an American soldier is shown holding a gun with Washington listed as the capital while a Russian officer is depicted with a sword and St. Petersburg is named as Petoruku the capital. <br> <br>The vocabulary lists themselves are quite difficult to interpret raising the possibility that some of the words may be fabricated or inaccurate. However in the American section a few recognisable words such as "silver" and "coin" appear to have been transcribed phonetically into Japanese. . unknown
216798Japan. Late Edo early Meiji. Black and white wood block print with three illustrations on right of sheet 22.4 x 30cm. Small brown mark at foot of print but otherwise very good. This kawaraban features comparative vocabulary lists showcasing Japanese alongside three foreign languages: American English Russian and British English. Accompanying each list is a small portrait of a "typical" man from each country with the respective capital noted. For instance an American soldier is depicted holding a gun with Washington identified as the capital while a Russian officer holding a sword is paired with St. Petersburg transcribed as Petoruku in Japanese.<br><br>The vocabulary lists are challenging to interpret suggesting that some entries might be fabricated or inaccurately represented. However the American section includes a few recognisable words such as "silver" and "coin" transcribed phonetically into Japanese offering a glimpse of early efforts at linguistic comparison and cross-cultural representation. . unknown
2620131 October 1931. On letterhead of 24 Holland Park Road Kensington W. London. See the two men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. In good condition on the first leaf of bifolium. There are extensive pencil annotations in a later hand on the second leaf. Very neatly written. Addressed to ‘J. G. Wilson Esqre.’ and signed ‘Anstey Guthrie’. He has ‘much pleasure’ in answering Wilson’s question. ‘‘Shut Out’ is a short story of mine which was published in Longmans Magazine about 1895 or 6 afterwards included in a volume of short stories under the title of “The Talking Horseâ€. I think published by Messrs. Smith & Elder - but now long out of print. “The Talking Horse†is included in “Humour & Fantasy†but not “Shut Outâ€.’ See Image. 31 October 1931. On letterhead of 24 Holland Park Road, Kensington, W. [London] unknown
2628615 September no year. On letterhead of Hunthay near Axminster Devon. See her entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p landscape 12mo. In fair condition lightly aged with curling to inner edge. Central vertical fold. She thanks her for writing about ‘Broome Stages’ and is glad she enjoyed it. ‘You are quite right it is a pleasure and an encouragement to hear that a book makes friends.’ She concludes ‘Yes I suppose the name did come from the Church: it gave me the idea but it was pure chance there is no association.’ 15 September [no year]. On letterhead of Hunthay, near Axminster, Devon. unknown
2410712 May 1908. On letterhead of 14 Hanover Square W. London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once. The valediction reads ‘Yours alway faithfully / Arthur W. Pinero’ and it is written with quite a flourish: the ‘y’ of ‘faithfully’ hooks downwards in a long squiggle exrending downwards past the right of the termination of Pinero’s signature which rises upwards being dotted above and below the signature’s underlining. He feels that her ‘kind letter is all the more welcome inasmuch as it gives signs’ that she is recovering from her recent illness. ‘We have indeed been greatly concerned at the bad news we have heard of you. I hope that the present fine weather will set you up completely.’ He thanks her for what she says about his play ‘The Thunderbolt’: ‘I fear it is rather too serious an affair for the taste of the ordinary playgoer; but we shall see.’ He ends with ‘repeated acknowledgments’. 12 May 1908. On letterhead of 14 Hanover Square, W. [London.] unknown
24123In another hand: ‘Written Oct 7. 1870.’ New York. During Lahrbush’s lifetime William John Thoms in his ‘Human Longevity’ 1873 described his claim to have been born in 1766 as ‘the most barefaced case of pretended centenarianism which has ever come under my notice’. ‘Capt. Lahrbush’ who claimed to have been born in 1766 ended his days in New York. He also claimed to have guarded Napoleon in St Helena and to have obbained a lock of Bonaparte’s hair there. In fact he was court-martialled for fraud in 1818 and sent as a convict to Australia. See Roberts and Roussac ‘Authenticating a Lock of Napoleon’s Hair: The Bizarre and Dubious Career of Frederick Lahrbush’ ‘The Gazette’ 2002 and the article on the Rollins College Archive website ‘Enough Hair to Carpet Versailles’ On 11.5 x 5 cm slip of paper laid down part of leaf from an album. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. In a remarkably bold hand reads ‘F: Lahrbush / born March 9th. 1766.’ Beneath this in a small contemporary hand: ‘written Oct. 7. 1870.’ See image. In another hand: ‘Written Oct 7. 1870.’ [New York.] unknown
2455616 December 1956; on letterhead of ‘International Comedy Musicans with Concertinas & Piano / Clown / Ralom and Rosa’ 29 Hibbert Road Leyton London E17. From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p 4to. On light-blue paper with letterhead in dark-blue and red. Signed ‘Ralom’ with ‘RALOM & ROSA’ typed beneath. In good condition lightly aged. Writing to MP at the Evening News London. ‘There has sic been quite a few remarks passed by critics of the “paucity†of Acts in the Variety profession. My Act which comprises good clean comedy and expert musicianship is one of the most successful Acts from “an audience point of view†in the business to-day and obviously what audiences want.’ MP could ‘ascertain the truth’ of this statement by visiting the forthcoming show at Collins’ Musical Hall. He concludes: ‘Owing to the “paucity†of the right recognition we are contemplating leaving the country shortly to try and find recognition on the Continent.’ 16 December 1956; on letterhead of ‘International Comedy Musicans with Concertinas & Piano / Clown / Ralom and Rosa’, 29 Hib unknown
248789 April 1974; on his letterhead as Warden of Wadham College Oxford. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient Philip Dosse was proprietor of Hansom Books publisher of a stable of seven arts magazines including Books and Bookmen and Plays and Players. See ‘Death of a Bookman’ by the novelist Sally Emerson editor of ‘Books and Bookmen’ at the time of Dosse’s suicide in Standpoint magazine October 2018. This item is 1p 4to. In good condition lightly aged and creased and folded twice for postage. Signed ‘Stuart Hampshire’. He thanks him for his letter ‘arising from the television programme with Melvyn Bragg’ and expresses agreement ‘about a boycott in South Africa. No British Government could afford the economic cost of severing economic relations with South Africa and of boycotting in that sense. Therefore it is left to artists and sportsmen and playwrights and so on to do the boycotting.’ He regrets that he has to decline the invitation to review for ‘Books and Bookmen’ which he knows ‘quite well through Martyn Goff’ as he has to ‘cut down the amount of reviewing that I do and cannot undertake any more’. 9 April 1974; on his letterhead as Warden of Wadham College, Oxford. unknown
26316No date or place. ‘Mr Flotsam and Mr Jetsam’ are regarded as precursors of Flanders and Swan. The present item is on a 14 x 13 cm leaf torn from an album. The high-acidity paper is discoloured otherwise in good condition with no chipping or wear. Entirely blank on both sides apart from the autograph ‘Flotsam’ with diagonal flourish beneath a highly stylized and simplified portrait of flotsam seated at his piano. A nice and unusual item. See Image No date or place. unknown
24606No date 1940s. Stamped ‘FOR & ON BEHALF OF / THE NEW ENGLISH WEEKLY. / 15 REGENT’S PARK TERRACE / GULiver 3875’. On one side of a 12mo a piece of grey-green paper; creased worn and torn at the bottom. A fifteen-line poem in five three-line stanzas titled ‘REST’. At end: ‘JOHN GAWSWORTH’. Proof directions in pencil to convert a full-stop at the end of the fourth stanza to a comma. While the poet's attempt at direct simplicity verges on triteness one should recall that he served manfully in the RAF: ‘Beneath the oaks the soldiers lie / Staring at the open sky / Drowsily lazily. / Like England is this plot of green / But in the mountains all unseen / The guns’ complaint affects the scene. / Death is abroad this sunny day. / Life has no time for idle play: / Soon these will go their comrades’ way. / Meanwhile the oaks throw chequered shade / Upon the brows of many a blade / Still eager and still unafraid / And overhead the clouds scud on / Unto their own oblivion / Whence soon these men too will be gone.’ Apparently published in the Briarcliffe Quarterly - Volumes 1-12 - Page 50 1944 but Google don't even give a snippet. No date [1940s]. Stamped ‘FOR & ON BEHALF OF / THE NEW ENGLISH WEEKLY. / 15 REGENT’S PARK TERRACE / GULiver 3875’. unknown
2452414 March 1949; 60 Christchurch Road Streatham Hill SW2 London. From the Macqueen-Pope papers see his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 8vo. In good condition lightly aged and worn and folded three times for postage. She asks him to send ‘3 or 4 more copies’ of his ‘nice write up in the “Sunday Chronicle†March 13th.’ as she would like to send ‘a copy to Australia Canada & America as there is some talk about my going to America in the near future’. She has ‘tried all over Streatham and Brixton and it seems impossible to get a copy anywhere’ and will be happy to pay the cost. She would ‘also like to ask you if you could put me in touch with anyone who could write up my memoirs for me’. 14 March 1949; 60 Christchurch Road, Streatham Hill, SW2 [London]. unknown
243174 February no year; on letterhead of 38 Westbourne Terrace W. London. See his long but strangely-cagey entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 12mo. On a bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once. Signed ‘Frederic Harrison.’ The recipient is not named. The letter begins: ‘Madam I am obliged to you for your interesting letter. I do not enter an argument because it is founded on a few sentences which give a very imperfect idea of what I said on Sunday last.’ He does not dispute many of her assertions and as for ‘the usefulness of larger landlords’ he has ‘repeatedly urged it in my addresses’. He refers her to his paper ‘Report of the Industrial Remuneration Conference 1885. Cassells. 2s/6d’. He ends with the observation that ‘it is now not safe to take a newspaper paragraph report of the speeches of any public man’. In pencil in another hand at foot of second page: ‘Written in reply to mother’. 4 February [no year]; on letterhead of 38 Westbourne Terrace, W. [London.] unknown
251227 February 1896. London: 242 Portsdown Road W. 4pp 12mo. Bifolium. Aged worn and with spots of discoloration. 106 lines in a truly execrable hand. The following reading is tentative. The recipient is not named and the letter is signed ‘T. Outram Marshall’. The letter begins: ‘My dear Sir / I also read the letters in the Guardian very carefully’. There follow references to ‘the argument of a pamphlet as to the Teaching of Holy Scripture’. The third paragraph begins: ‘But to my mind the words of the Council of Arles are evidence that in 314 the Bps. there assembled believed just what our Petitioner says.’ He quotes a Latin test and discusses it. There are three long numbered objections. and three assertions are given of which ‘We are convinced’. He discusses what is the case ‘If “the High Ch. Party†is not content with the Scripture & the existing Laws of the English & whole western Ch’. He is glad that the recipient does not agree on one point ‘with the Bp. of London’ ‘But if you do not - what remains - you say the husband of this unfaithful wife - has permission to marry again - then it follows that he has permission to dissolve the bond which till he desides to do so - has not been broken. This is a wholly new theory which as yet no Bp. East or West has fulfilled. / Forgive my writing this - I want to shew you how very insecure is your foothold’. 7 February 1896. London: 242 Portsdown Road, W. unknown
2414219 November 1957. 9 Courtfield Mews Courtfield Road SW5 London. On his letterhead. See the entries for Warner and Macqueen-Pope in the Oxford DNB. Such was the popularity of Warner’s portrayal of George Dixon that the Queen told him it had become part of ‘the British way of life’ and he was carried to his grave by six real officers from Paddington Green Police Station. LETTER: 1p 4to. Folded twice. In good condition lightly aged. Signature ‘Jack.’ and salutation to ‘My dear Popie’ in Warner’s hand; the rest typed. Letterhead with his name. He is sending ‘the long promised photos’ delayed because he ‘had to get some new prints of the “pipe†one. It is the character I play in the film “Carve her name with Pride†with Virginia McKenna and Paul Schofield. / I look a bit scruffy but I think people get a bit fed up with “tidy†pictures and anyway it is the character and after all that is what matters.’ He ‘just got through the show’ on the previous Saturday before going ‘home to bed with “fluâ€. It was a very near thing and I have never felt more like chucking my hand in but only because I could hardly think or see anybody. What we do for ART eh I’d like to meet this fellow Art one of these days.’ In a postscript he states that his ‘Indian doctor performed a miracle’. PHOTOGRAPH: 16 x 20.5 cm black and white print with unobtrusive vertical crease. Inscribed ‘To / A lifelong “FAN.â€â€™ and ‘With best wishes / Sincerely / Jack Warner / Sergt Dixon’. A smiling Warner in the part of Police Sergeant George Dixon stands in uniform with one hand on his desk. See image. 19 November 1957. 9 Courtfield Mews, Courtfield Road, SW5 [London]. On his letterhead. unknown
2455915 April 1953; on letterhead of Lavender Lodge Maidenhead Court Maidenhead. From the Macqueen-Pope papers. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p 16mo. Signed ‘Bill Owen’. In fair condition lightly aged and creased. Hailing him as ‘the greatest living authority on British Theatre’ he asks for advice. ‘My job is acting and it has always been an ambition of mine to portray the life of Dan Leno either on film or TV. The “powers that be†have shown a certain interest in the idea and in order to get things moving I want to present them with a full working script or even a synopsis as soon as possible.’ He asks him ‘what reading matter I might find useful for historical detail of this wonderful artiste’. 15 April 1953; on letterhead of Lavender Lodge, Maidenhead Court, Maidenhead. unknown
249189 June 1907; 34 Norham Road Oxford. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. At his death in 1917 H. T. Beresford-Hope was Third Secretary at the British Legation at Athens; and he left the enormous sum of £67167. Bifolium. In fair condition lightly aged and worn. Folded twice for postage. Addressed to ‘My dear Beresford-Hope’ and signed ‘H. Fisher’. Twenty-eight lines of text. He begins a gently teasing letter by stating that he is delighted to hear of Beresford-Hope’s ‘triumph in the Diplomatic Service examination’ his wife joining him in sending congratulations. ‘Herbert is a good man and moreover a man of a sic Balliol and it is a distinction to have got ahead of him.’ He presumes that Beresford-Hope is now ‘the complete foreigner retaining only the slightest acquaintance with your native tongue’. He urges him to ‘Become an ambassador if you like the sooner the better but do not plunge us into war or in any way imitate the proceedings of that courteous but unwise gentleman the late Duc de Grammont. Eradicate by your personal example the false maxim now so prevalent that England expects every diplomat to play polo.’ He thinks that BH has ‘a chance of going ahead judging from the deplorable feebleness of so many of our Foreign Blue books notably the recent collection of reports in Foreign Income boxes compiled by the second secretaries of our legations.’ He ends by inviting him to ‘Come and see us when you are next this way.’ 9 June 1907; 34 Norham Road, Oxford. unknown
2407611 May 1977. On letterhead of 12 Regents Park Terrace London N.W.1. Pritchett’s ‘The Gentle Barbarian: The Life and Work of Turgenev’ appeared in 1977; the present letter is clearly addressed to his editor at the book’s publishers Chatto & Windus. Pritchett’s entry in the Oxford DNB describes his handwriting as ‘legendarily ugly and difficult to decipher’ but the present example is no worse than an average hand. 1p 12mo. In good condition lightly aged. Two fold lines. He is sending his ‘Turgenev’ and explains: ‘As you will see I have marked passages from the book in purple crayon and my own summary bridges in green. They are long because of course a whole career lies between the quotations.’ He hopes Higgins finds that ‘they are satisfactory; if they need changes in your opinion they can be altered’ but he gives dates when he will be ‘away in Cornwall’ for ‘A much needed holiday!’ He ends in the hope that Higgins is enjoying his holiday. See image. 11 May 1977. On letterhead of 12 Regents Park Terrace, London N.W.1. unknown
25158Without date or place. In his entry on Laye in the Oxford DNB Sheridan Morley describes her as a ‘bright particular star’. 1p 16mo.Good firm signature. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once for postage. On the otherwise-blank reverse is Laye's monogram with her initials. Reads: 'My dear Kenneth. / Thank you for your very sweet letter. I am so delighted you liked the broadcast. It brought back many happy memories to me & when I sat & listened to it all alone I must say I longed for the past. / Bless you. / Evelyn Laye.' From the papers of Kenneth Sephton. Without date or place. unknown
2515925 November 1969. From the Palace Theatre London. In his entry on Laye in the Oxford DNB Sheridan Morley describes her as a ‘bright particular star’. 1p 12mo on grey-blue paper with monogram of her initials printed at top left. The letter concerns the 1969-70 Palace Theatre production of ‘Phil the Fluter’ in which she played Mrs Fitzmaurice. Addressed to ‘Dear Kenneth’ and with good firm signature ‘Evelyn Laye’. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once for postage. She thanks him for the letter and ‘the lovely Shamrock’ which she has planted ‘in a little pot as it was so very thoughtful of you to sentd it to me for Good Luck’. The typed text ends ‘The show is going very well and I am so glad that you enjoyed it.’ Beneath this in autograph: ‘Come & see me but send up word from the Stage-door / Bless you / Evelyn Laye’. 25 November [1969]. From the Palace Theatre, London. unknown
24058Undated. On letterhead of West House Campden Hill Kensington. London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 2pp 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once. The recipient is named as ‘J. Pendred Broadhurst Esq’. Boughton begins by thanking him for his ‘kind note’. He is ‘quite out of photos for the moment - there has been such “a run on†me’. His portrait is not ‘in commerce’. He is enclosing ‘a Menu Card of a dinner given me by Messrs Harper in New York’ which has ‘a portrait by Mr L. Alma Tadema R.A. which I think is a little out of the Common. There is also an illustration from our book - E. A. Abbey and mine sketching “Rambles in Holland.†which the Harpers published’. If Broadhurst uses the latter item ‘then pray let me have it again as I have only one other - which I may lose any moment.’ Undated. On letterhead of West House, Campden Hill, Kensington. [London.] unknown
26350‘Chertsey March 8th. c. 1865'. The phrase ‘Box and Cox’ has entered the English language. See the OED and the two men’s entries in the Oxford DNB. 2pp landscape 12mo. Neatly inserted in a trimmed windowpane mount. In good condition lightly aged. Folded twice. Signed ‘John M Morton’. Begins: ‘Dear Webster. / As Mr Anson informs me that you are “on the forward course to regenerated health†I hope I need not apologise for writing again. I find a letter of your’s respecting Woodcock’s little game produced in 1864 & two one act farces you offer me £15 per Act with the privilege of repurchasing the pieces at the same price in the event of your not having produced them’. He asks if he will do the same ‘in the case of the 4 Acts’ he has recently sent him. ‘If not let me beg of you to return them by post as I really cannot afford the expence of coming to Town!’ He continues: ‘I was served with a Writ yesterday for the first time in my life!!’ and adds ruefully: ‘I’m afraid the veteran farce writer’s “little game†is nearly up!†He concludes with surprising candour: ‘Thank God I could never get any children - not for want of trying I’m ashamed to say.’ ‘Chertsey March 8th. [c. 1865]'.. unknown
240591 April 1896. On letterhead of the Reform Club Pall Mall S.W. London. See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p 12mo. On the first leaf of bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once. He begins by thanking him ‘most sincerely for your cheering note of congratulation’. Whilst it is ‘pleasant to be raised to the “Upper Shelfâ€â€™ he finds that ‘the position of Associate of the Royal Academy is one that is quite Ideal. To gain that - and to paint a good picture were my two great ambitions’. 1 April 1896. On letterhead of the Reform Club, Pall Mall, S.W. [London.] unknown
24697ALS: 17 August 1944; 27 Oakington Manor Drive Wembley. TLS: 31 October 1962; 807 Howard House Dolphin Square London SW1. See her Guardian obituary by Ronald Bergan ‘Britain's original “It†girl who rose from shop assistant to movie star’ 13 September 1999. Both items in good condition lightly aged and folded for postage. Both letters with good content. Eileen Margaret Cond 1911-1984 of Honiton was an enthusiastic autograph collector and she had an ability to draw a more than perfunctory response from her targets. ONE 1944 ALS: 2pp 8vo. Addressed to ‘Dear Miss Cond’ and signed ‘Chili Bouchier’. Begins: ‘Just a wee line to thank you so much for your nice Xmas card which was forwarded to me in Egypt. where she had been touring with ENSA / I am home now safe & sound and fortunately for me on tour with a new play “Lady - Be Careful†so I can escape the flying bombs without feeling too guilty of running away from their horror.’ Having a ‘week out’ before playing Bath ‘we decided to spend our week here and enjoy the antiquities’. She ‘thoroughly enjoyed’ her ‘trip out East and I think it was appreciated by the “boys.â€â€™ With reference to the war she feels things look ‘grand all round now’. She hopes Cond is well and making her ‘post-war plans. It’s fun to do although they may all go wrong - as all plans persistently do. At least that is my experience.’ TWO 1962 TLS. 1p 4to. Twenty-eight single-spaced lines. Addressed to ‘My Dear Eileen’ and signed ‘Chili’. She has written a letter of protest against theatre closures to the Daily Express and ‘Yes the Theatre Royal Portsmouth was one of the casualties I had in mind’. I had another letter from someone from your district bewailing the apathy of the majority of people about the closing of the theatre.’ She doesn’t feel very hopeful: ‘There doesn’t seem to be much one can do about it except wait for the time when people will be sick of staying at home and watching the “goggle-boxâ€. But with new attractions like Telstar and colour TV it doesn’t look as if that time will ever come.’ Her letter has ‘brought a tremendous response from the public’ and she has been ‘deeply moved to learn how many unknown friends I have.’ Despite the ‘stunned silence at the audacity of an artist to raise a voice in protest’ she will soon be working again. She makes a suggestion regarding those who wish to join her. She expresses the ‘happiness and relaxation’ she finds in Spain before turning to her autobiography: ‘The book is now finished having re-written it once more and I just don’t know which publisher to send it to as it is all a bit peculiar. It has to be as my life has been. Not at all like anyone elses.’ She is certain she will gain ‘an inspiration’ regarding the publisher ‘and in the meantime I have high hopes of placing a musical with a Spanish background which I have also written during the quiet times’. Bouchier did not publish an autobiography until 1996 'Shooting Star'. The renewed interest resulted in an appearance on 'Desert Island Discs' and an episode of 'This is Your Life'. ALS: 17 August 1944; 27 Oakington Manor Drive, Wembley. TLS: 31 October 1962; 807 Howard House, Dolphin Square, London SW1. unknown
