George L. Lewin correspondence, 1890-1970.

0.21 linear feet (1 box)

English; Russian

In English and Russian.

Purchased from Christie's London on the George Henry Nettleton Fund, 1998.

George Lionel Lewin, book dealer, was originally from South Africa and emigrated to England.

The collection consists of letters to Lewin and third-party correspondence, which was apparently collected for Lewin's book dealership. Letters to Lewin are from Henry Miller, William Plomer, Upton Sinclair, the University of Texas, Laurens van der Post and Cecil Woolf. They relate chiefly to the sale of Lewin's correspondence with John Cowper Powys and others. Letters from William Plomer touch on a wider range of subjects, including the Byron Society and various writing projects of Plomer. Third-party correspondence includes letters (1915-1923) about Private Grigorii Gutman, a Russian soldier who attempted to transfer into the English military in 1917, one letter (1909) from John Masefield to E. H. Visiak about Visiak's poetry and one letter (1940) from Francis Knollys to an unidentified recipient that reads "It is now settled that Prince Albert Victor and Prince George do not go tonight."

October 13, 2008

George L. Lewin Correspondence. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

George L. Lewin Correspondence. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

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