Postcard from A. L. Rowse to Waterfield's booksellers, mentioning John Betjeman
Single Item
MS. Eng. c. 6859 fol. 47
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Postcard from A. L. Rowse to Waterfield's booksellers, mentioning John Betjeman. The postcard depicts St Enodoc's Church, Cornwall.
Dates
- Creation: n.d.
Extent
1 leaf
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries MS. Eng. c. 6859, fol. 47
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. c. 6859 fol. 47
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 6116
Abstract
Postcard from A. L. Rowse to Waterfield's booksellers, mentioning John Betjeman.
Biographical / Historical
Alfred Leslie Rowse (1903-1997) was a British author and historian, known for his poetry about Cornwall and studies of Elizabethan England. John Betjeman (1906-1984) was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1972. Waterfield's was a secondhand bookshop in Oxford from 1973-2009.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by Ann Gate, Waterfield's, 19 Jun 2006.
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Postcard from A. L. Rowse to Waterfield's booksellers mentioning John Betjeman
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Original catalogue by Judith Priestman. EAD version by Rachael Gardner
- Date
- 2016
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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