Auction No 351, Tag: Literary Criticism

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F.R. Leavis (1895-1978) series of three letters to Paul Baxter, and two testimonials

Lot: 140

  • Auction Date: Wed 3rd Jun 2015 12:00 BST (Ended)
  • Est: £70 - £100
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F. R. Leavis (1895-1978) series of three 1949 autograph letters to Paul Baxter, together with two autograph open testimonials, the letters congratulating him on obtaining a First at Downing College Cambridge, encouraging Baxter to use his name as a referee, and making reference to the testimonials; all bar one on Downing College headed notepaper. Frank Raymond Leavis was an influential British Literary Critic and one of the foremost thinkers of the 20th Century. (5)