Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

SUGGESTING PUBLICATION TERMS FOR “BORDER ANTIQUITIES OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND” 264 c   SCOTT,WALTER.Autograph Letter Signed,“WalterScott,” to publishers Longman & Co., requesting a loan of £1,000, sending two promissory notes of £500 each [not pres- ent], proposing that they publish his new book [ The Border Antiquities of England and Scotland , 1814-17], suggesting publication terms, and in a postscript, reminding them of the success that Scott’s poem Rokeby has brought to their company. 3 pages, 4to, written on two separate sheets; holograph address panel on verso of third page, some loss from seal tears (not affecting text), minor scattered staining, folds. Melrose, 19 April 1813 [600/900] “. . . I have an offer of . . . a very desirable purchase. But the circumstances of the seller requires the money to be made instantly forthcoming and . . . I find myself £2,000 short . . . . “My other topic is the publication of a work which I have long prepared for press . . . . It is a Collection of all the popular ballads and songs relating to the Rebellions 1715 & 1745 with modern poetry on the same subject . . . . I think as you publish the Minstrelsy I ought to offer you the same share in this book on the first edition or a larger share if you like it. . . . [Y]ou should have the books at a handsome discount under sale-price granting acceptance at six months. . . .” 265 c   SHAW, GEORGE BERNARD. Autograph Letter Signed, “G. Bernard Shaw,” to publisher Brentano’s, sending a last-minute correction to his Heartbreak House [1919], and giving his address through August. 1 page, 4to, pale green paper; folds, abrasions and adhesive remnants at upper right verso, ink receipt stamp at upper left recto. “Great Southern Hotel,” Kenmare, 7 July 1919 [300/400] “I sent you a few days ago the preface to Heartbreak House; but I find that I omitted an important correction. “On page xxii, line 10, instead of ‘changing the King’s famous historical Germanic surname to that of a piece of British soap’ please print ‘changing the King’s illustrious and historically appropriate surname (for the war was the old war of Guelph against Ghibelline, with the Kaiser as Arch-Ghibelline) to that of a traditionless locality.’ . . .” 264