Typed Letter signed, to Nicholas Bagenal

Woolf (Leonard)

Typed Letter signed, to Nicholas Bagenal

Description: typed direct on paper headed to Monk's House, Rodmell, signed at foot 'Yours, Leonard', p. [1], oblong 8vo, original folds, very good condition

Publication Details: 24th February 1969

Notes: A late letter, in the year of his death, from Leonard Woolf, to the horticulturalist Nicholas Bagenal - who, decades earlier, had been part of the Woolfs' circle in Bloomsbury, alongside his wife Barbara Bagenal (née Hiles).Woolf declares it a 'pleasant surprise to hear from you again after so many years', and is 'glad you liked my book' (probably 'A Calendar of Consolation'). In reference to G.E. Moore's 'Principia Ethica', Woolf clarifies that 'it was not published by the Hogarth Press', but has been reprinted - closing with a friendly overture, suggesting that 'if your grandson or you are...moreA late letter, in the year of his death, from Leonard Woolf, to the horticulturalist Nicholas Bagenal - who, decades earlier, had been part of the Woolfs' circle in Bloomsbury, alongside his wife Barbara Bagenal (née Hiles).Woolf declares it a 'pleasant surprise to hear from you again after so many years', and is 'glad you liked my book' (probably 'A Calendar of Consolation'). In reference to G.E. Moore's 'Principia Ethica', Woolf clarifies that 'it was not published by the Hogarth Press', but has been reprinted - closing with a friendly overture, suggesting that 'if your grandson or you are ever in this neighbourhood, I hope you will look in and see me' but stating that he is 'very rarely' in Cambridge. HIDE