Shaw, Lettice Barbara Hay Lettice
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Shaw, Lettice Barbara Hay Lettice Bedford: Privately Printed by F. Hockliffe, 1908. 8vo, 2 photographs of the author laid-in, also loosely inserted a letter from Lettice Barbara Hay Shaw in a childish hand to a Miss Woods, an early signed autograph poem in the same hand, another entitled 'Sunset Thoughts', signed, in an older hand, and a final letter from the author in a very young hand; also including an autograph letter from the author's mother to Ethel Woods, to whom she has inscribed the book, original quarter cloth
Footnote: Note: Lettice Barbara Hay Shaw lived from 1887-1904, passing away aged 17 and leaving behind a remarkable amount of writings. This copy of her work is notable owing to the number of letters and autograph poems by Hay Shaw loosely inserted, written over a number of years with the handwriting developing from that of a small child to that of an older teenager.
Footnote: Note: Lettice Barbara Hay Shaw lived from 1887-1904, passing away aged 17 and leaving behind a remarkable amount of writings. This copy of her work is notable owing to the number of letters and autograph poems by Hay Shaw loosely inserted, written over a number of years with the handwriting developing from that of a small child to that of an older teenager.
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