BRACERS Record Detail for 48111

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
70
Box no.
6.42
Source if not BR
George Allen and Unwin Ltd.
Recipient(s)
Allen and Unwin
Unwin, Stanley
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1947/12/01
Form of letter
ALS(X)
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
LDH
Notes and topics

BR asks for Burns' The First Europe for Patricia, who is ill.

Transcription

BR TO ALLEN AND UNWIN / STANLEY UNWIN, 1 DEC. 1947
BRACERS 48111. ALS(X). George Allen and Unwin Ltd.
Proofread by K. Blackwell

<letterhead>
27 Dorset House
Gloucester Place
N.W.1.
1 Dec. 1947

Dear Unwin

I gather that Delisle Burns’s First Europe is about to appear.1 Would it be possible to let me have an advance copy, unbound if necessary? I want to give it to my wife, as she is ill in bed and it is just the sort of book to occupy her mind pleasantly.

Yours sincerely
Bertrand Russell

  • 1

    Delisle Burns’s First Europe is about to appear Allen and Unwin did publish it before the end of 1947. Russell reviewed it on the BBC on 3 March 1948. The review is reprinted as 41 in Collected Papers 25.

Permission
Everyone
Transcription Public Access
Yes
Record no.
48111
Record created
Nov 23, 2005
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
Created/last modified by
duncana