1991.1016.177.1

Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (author)

Letter dated 30th July 1910 from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt to Emery Walker requesting his help in locating a particular type of printing press amd inviting Walker and his daughter to visit. Found inserted in the book, Poetical Works of W.S. Blunt Vol.1 when acquired by the museum, shelf L36 (B) . Part of the Emery Walker Library.

London

1910-07-30 - 1910-07-30

Arts & Crafts

Letter from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt to Emery Walker dated 30th July 1910. Found inserted in the book, Poetical Works of W.S. Blunt Vol. Newbuildings Place Southwater Sussex July 30. 1910 Dear Mr. Walker , I wonder whether you could help me to get one of those small old fashioned printing presses which were made with movable types in a box, & were screwed down with a handle – not much more than a toy but capable of being used to print put [two illegible crossings out] writing in type, a page or two at a time. I have got a number of odds and ends of verse it wd. amuse me to set up with my own hands. I remember seeing such things when I was a boy – Perhaps you know where I shd. go for one. With apologies for troubling you I am yrs very truly, Wilfrid Scawen Blunt[i] Wd. it amuse you to come down here for a Sunday (week end) one day before the summer is over with Miss Walker? You will have mourned with us all Miss Cockerell’s death. I believe the French garden is to be kept on by one of the pupils – [Footnote: [i] Wilfrid Scawen Blunt (1840 – 1920), poet and horse breeder. CAW]