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Mettoy factory drawings for the chassis and rear axle plate for model No.1119 Corgimatics Mercedes Load Lugger dated June 1982 and 21/09/82 also Midland Design Associates Ltd for Byron Jardine Ltd drawing dated 08/05/70 for what appears to be an outer plastic typewriter carry case possibly for use with the Mettoy petite typewriter range? (3)
* Tolkien (J. R. R., 1892-1973). Autograph Letter Signed ('J.R.R. Tolkien'), c/o George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 8th November 1971, to Miss Morley, thanking her for her (unsolicited) letter of introduction offering her services as a secretary with a knowledge of Finland and the Finnish language, regretting that he has no need of such services now but would have done earlier in his career, continuing that he now has a secretary at Allen & Unwin, and rarely has to give any personal answers, 'My "work" now is confirmed to writing, under contract, I cannot be assisted in that, since I cannot dictate it, nor indeed compose any matter of the sort without a pen in hand. My first (written) drafts are usually beyond a secretary's (and sometimes of my own) power of accurate of decipherment, and I always use a typewriter myself for their revision', mentioning his advancing age and his wife's failing health, then wondering how she had heard of his private address, 'It was in order to have one that I with regret left Oxford, to escape from an intolerable persecution and invasion of my time and privacy (even at night). I should be grateful if you would treat your knowledge as confidential, and if possible ask your informant to do so in future. This may seem absurd, but no one who has experienced the ruthlessness of the press and certain kinds of "fan" would think so', the final paragraph concluding with his envy of her knowledge of Finland and its languages and recommending that she travels there, 'though that is not advice based on wisdom or economics', 2. pp., large 8vo (1)
CARIBONUM LIMITED (pub.) CHARLES FREDERICK CLARK. A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF A GREAT CHARACTER. Printed by the Baynard Press and the Chiswick Press for Caribonum Limited, London n.d. Homage to the life of C.F. Clark 1876 - 1945 who was evidently an inspirational leading figure at the Caribonum Factory of Leyton, London, which became one of the leading producers of carbon paper and typewriter ribbons under Clark's stewardship. The biography is illustrated with b/w photos and has been sumptuously bound in full crushed tan morocco, housed in silk-lined clamshell box.
Goodman (W.L.). The History of Woodworking Tools, reprinted, 1978, b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., together with Beeching (Wilfrid A.), Century of the Typewriter, 1st ed., 1974, num. b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., plus Blakemore (Kenneth), Snuff Boxes, 1st ed., 1976, num. col. and b & w illusts., orig. cloth in d.j., and other various art and antiques reference, mostly G/VG (20)
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