WCP6373

Letter (WCP6373.7369)

[1]1

MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

ST MARTIN’S STREET,

LONDON, W.C.2.

AGG/JB

4th November, 1929.

W. G. Wallace2, Esq[uire].,

Doveshill Cottage,

Ensbury Park,

BOURNEMOUTH.

Dear Sir,

Geographical Distribution of Animals3.

In reply to your letter of the 30th ult[imo]. we have much pleasure in sending to you herewith an original wood block, one of the illustrations to the above, so that you may preserve it with the original sketches and the set of proofs which you have in your possession.

We are, dear Sir, | Yours faithfully, | Macmillan & Co[mpany]. L[imi]t[e]d. A.G.L. [Company and initials handwritten].

Copy of ack[knowledgeme]nt Nov[ember]. 5 / [19]294

Dear Sirs,

Please accept my very cordial thanks for the woodblock. I am delighted with it and shall value it highly.

W.G.W.

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This is a carbon copy of a typewritten letter. The page is numbered [WP16/1/29] in pencil in the top RH corner.
2
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951) Electrical engineer, second son and third child of ARW.
3
Wallace, A. R. (1876) The Geographical Distribution of Animals, With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas As Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface London, Macmillan & Co. Vols I and II.
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Dated and initialled copy of acknowledgement written in ink below the typescript in recipient’s hand.

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Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2018-08-15]

Please cite as “WCP6373,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6373