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Auction: 15037 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 59

Documents
P.G. Wodehouse
1956-75, three typewritten letters to Joe (Whitlock Blundell) from his home in Remsenburg in New York.



The first letter, dated 3 February 1956 tells how he had handed a script to Simon and Schuster editor, but he did not like it. Also how much he enjoyed living in the country. It is signed "Plummy"



The second letter dated 18 April he asks where the Macall book is that was promised and how they had just purchased the plot of land next to theirs to prevent building on it, "It was a very sound move, really, because land down here is getting more and more valuable". He had also just finished a new novel but was astounded that The Ladies Home Journal turned it down as it was not funny enough! It is signed "Plum" with the postscript "I'm writing this on my new electric typewriter - wonderful machine"



The final letter, dated 15 January 1975 he is full of his pending knighthood. He had just completed his latest Jeeves story and how a newspaper interviewer replied, "What is a Jeeves story?". Signed "Plum". Photo

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