kipling caroline (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 80 pages. 7.91x5.08x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 80 pages. 10.47x8.07x4.76 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: Wie neu. 4°. 1 S. Caroline Kipling schreibt auf Briefpapier mit gedrucktem Absender "Burwash / Etchingham // Burwash / Sussex" im Namen ihres Mannes an H. J. de Backer, Arnhem und sagt die Einladung zu einem Besuch in Wiesbaden wegen Krankheit ab. "He asks me to thank you for your very kind thought for him, and to say how much he regrets it is not possible for him to accept, as his physicians have made other arrangements for him." - // - Bateman`s in der Ortschaft Burwash, Grafschaft East Sussex, war der Alterswohnsitz des Autors von "Das Dschungelbuch" Rudyard Kipling. Seine Frau vermachte Kiplings Haus nach ihrem Tode 1939 dem National Trust. Es wurde in ein öffentliches Museum umgewandelt und ist heute ein beliebtes Ziel für Touristen. Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 1550.

3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, with one central vertical fold, and patch of small holes at head of second leaf. Interesting letterhead, with image of Egyptian hieroglyphics. Someone (probably Mrs Kipling) has written 'orchid' on the first page. The letter begins: 'Mr dear Mrs. Kipling, | I sent you a few flowers today by post, also (by rail to Etchingham) a Cypripedium Insigne, a Blush Rambler & a Lady Gay rose. The Cyp: Insig: is very fairly hardy but I should not stand it in too violent a draught. When it goes off flower any ordinary glass house will do for it but it wants a good deal of water in the growing season & some all the year round'. He gives further information , also asking her to 'please write for further instructions'. He adds, 'I had one once with 50 blooms & there are several out now with a score & more.' He states that the other two named flowers are 'cuttings which I struck last year'. He ends by thanking her for 'all your kindness to me'. Haggard's entry in the Oxford DNB describes how he 'tended his gardens and his farms', becoming an 'agricultural authority and expert on rural affairs'. Four years before the writing of this letter he had published 'A Gardener's Year', sequel to his 'Farmer's Year' (1899). According to Mrs Kipling's diaries, at the time of writing she only left Etchingham for 'the normal fleeting trips to town and Tisbury'.