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Letters from Sir Alan Lascelles to Sir Rupert Hart-Davis, chiefly on the Literary Society, of which Lascelles was President and Hart-Davis Secretary, and on books edited by Hart-Davis.

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Subjects include: publication of Cooper’s "David"; founding Rupert Hart Davis Limited; Hart-Davis’s biography of Hugh Walpole; Cooper’s work on "Sergeant Shakespeare".

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Subjects include: a speech by Cooper to [?] the Booksellers’ Society; Hart-Davis’s biography of Hugh Walpole; the sales of Cooper’s books; his memoirs ["Old Men Forget"]. Also includes a list of Cooper’s papers held by Rupert Hart-Davis.

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Correspondence, mainly with Rupert Hart-Davis, director of Rupert Hart-Davis, Limited, Publishers and his staff, on Lady Diana’s memoirs. Also includes comments, corrections etc, with other correspondents including: Roger Makins [later 1st Lord Sherfield]; Randolph Churchill (2); Spencer Curtis Brown, literary agent (7); 1st Lord Kemsley [Editor in Chief of the Sunday Times, earlier Sir James Berry] (2).

Scope and Contents Correspondence with Hart-Davis, Duff Cooper’s nephew and director of Rupert Hart-Davis, Limited, Publishers, on subjects including: the deaths of Lady Diana’s parents; playing hostess to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at the British Embassy in Paris [France]; the death of Duff Cooper; the writing and publication of Lady Diana’s memoirs, "The Rainbow Comes and Goes"; "The Light of Common Day" and "Trumpets from the Steep"; Lady Diana’s finances; Duff’s books;...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Chiefly letters from Duff Cooper to his mother, Lady Agnes Cooper, particularly covering his time on the Western Front but also including letters to his nephew Rupert Hart-Davis, his son John Julius Cooper [later 2nd Lord Norwich] and other family members.

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Subjects include Cooper’s library.