Verlag: 7 July Oving House Oving Nr. Aylesbury Bucks on cancelled letterhead of 12 Catherine Place London SW1, 1953
Anbieter: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, Vereinigtes Königreich
Manuskript / Papierantiquität Signiert
See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 4to. In good condition, lightly aged. Signed 'Randoph S. Churchill. The recipient Vere Henry Collins (1872-1966), was an author and grammatical stickler. After apologising for the delayed response he administers an effective put-down: 'I do not pretend to be an expert in these mattes, but I have never heard the word EQUALITARIAN used in ordinary talk. EGALITARIAN, on the other hand, I have heard used by a wide variety of people who speak good English, including Sir Winston Churchill. I note that you say that EQALITARIAN [sic] is an affectation of journalese. According to the O.E.D. the word was introduced into the English language from the French by Lord Tennyson. It is news to me that he was a journalist.' He concludes: 'Thank you so much for writing. I am ordering a copy of your book.' (Collins's 'The Choice of Words' had been published in the previous year.].