Langford Reed, My Limerick Book (1937): author's copy with associated correspondence and newspaper cuttings
Langford Reed, My Limerick Book with illustrations by Joyce Dennys (Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, London, 1937, first edition) with inscription and original poem to his wife Hetty, Christmas 1937. With some [authorial] pencil and ink annotations in main text. Also includes:
- Letters sent to Reed from children requesting their own personal limerick as per token on dust-jacket, with some copies of replies, 1938-1943, n.d.
- Press cutting review of My Limerick Book from Books of Today, Jan 1938 and The Indiscreet Limerick Book from Yorkshire Evening News, Aug 1928.
Dates
- Creation: Creation: 1928-1943
- Creation: Creation: Majority of material found within 1937-1938
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. 24100].
Shelfmark:
MS. 24100
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 24100
Abstract
Langford Reed, My Limerick Book (1937): author's copy with associated correspondence and newspaper cuttings.
Biographical / Historical
(Herbert) Langford Reed (1878-1954) was a British author, scriptwriter, director and actor. He wrote and collected limericks. He married Henrietta ('Hetty') Elizabeth Spiers (1881-1973), a costume designer, in 1912.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian Library with the support of the Roy Davids Fund from Blackwell's Rare Books, 2025.
- Title
- Catalogue of Langford Reed,My Limerick Book (1937): author's copy with associated correspondence and newspaper cuttings
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Rachael Marsay
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Catalogued with the generous support of the Roy Davids bequest.
- Edition statement
- First edition
Repository Details
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