Richard Aldington: Versatile Man of Letters
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Richard Aldington: Versatile Man of Letters
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Richard Aldington
Publicity photograph of Aldington, aged about 37, issued in connection with the publication in 1929 of Death of a Hero, the World War I War Novel that made him famous. Madame Yevonde (Yevonde Philone Middleton) was an early pioneer of color…
May Aldington
The photograph is signed by May Aldington and was taken in 1917 in Rye, where May Aldington bought and operated The Mermaid Inn following her separation from her husband.
The Mermaid Inn, Rye, Sussex
The Mermaid is the best-known inn in the medieval town of Rye, East Sussex. Aldington’s mother owned and operated the Mermaid Inn from 1911-1924. Although Aldington did not greatly like his mother, he and H.D. used to stay with her from time to…
Love Letters That Caused A Divorce
Originally published by the Standard Office, Dover, 1905. The first of six novels and two books of poetry by May Aldington. Aldington’s father, Albert, who had a fine library, also wrote a novel, The Queen’s Preferment, published by Digby Long & Co.…
Meg of the Salt-Pans
This is an autograph fair copy of the third of May Aldington’s six novels, written in “school” exercise books. The novel was published in 1909 by Everett & Co., London. In its June 1909 issue, The Westminster Review said, “…May Aldington has…
Dover, Kent
The school incorporates the remains of the medieval St. Martin’s Priory. In his memoirs, Life for Life’s Sake, Aldington recounts how, on a return visit to the school as a successful author, the headmaster asked him “where on earth did you get your…
Autograph Letter to “Straus” [Ralph Straus]
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Written by Aldington, aged 19, following his withdrawal from University College, London. Ralph Straus (1882-1950), bibliophile, biographer and novelist, was then a reviewer for The Bystander, a London journal and Secretary of The Sette of Odd…
Autograph Letter to “Straus” [Ralph Straus]
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Aldington notes that his literary activity has picked up since his earlier letter, with three book reviews in the March 1912 issue of The Poetry Review. Handel Booth (1867-1947) was a Minister of Parliament who led the government inquiry into the…
The Renaissance
Aldington’s copy with his signature dated 1912 and with “Dedit H.D.” in pencil underneath. On the rear endpapers are two manuscript poems by Aldington: Angelico’s Coronation of the Virgin [to H.D.] and “Swpθv ύrvϽЈ” {unmixed wine], neither of which…
Ten Songs for Children Young and Old
A very early joint publication by Aldington and H.D. Walter Rummell. Rummell was a friend of Ezra Pound and then of H.D. Aldington contributed three songs: Mister Rain, The Seven Swan Ladies and Sir Lancelot.
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