18th Nov, 2020 10:30 GMT/BST

Books, Maps, Manuscripts & Photographs - Online auction

 
Lot 3062
 

3062

Lewis (Clive Staples) A.L.S., A single page autograph testimonial for Mr Dawson who 'has been...

Lewis (Clive Staples)
A.L.S.
, A single page autograph testimonial for Mr Dawson who 'has been my pupil for the final Honour School of English Language and Literature ... the qualities that make a good teacher - an attractive personality, a clean and ready tongue and good humour ... On the linguistic side, especially, he was outstanding ... (C.L. Wrenn ... a notoriously severe judge) pronounced him first class. His mind is still growing and he has good health and great industry ..., C.S. Lewis, May 1936, on headed paper (Magdalen College, Oxford);
T.L.S., Typed Letter Signed, from C.S. Lewis to Dawson, 'I don't think that I can write a new testimonial with no new data ..... You have my authority to omit the words ... If you knew what I think the qualities of a successful bureaucrat are, you would perhaps not wish me to say that you possessed them! ...., C.S. Lewis, 10th January 1946;
T.L.S., Single page T.L.S, the updated testimonial for Mr Dawson with changed tenses and some lines omitted from the first testimonial, signed C.S. Lewis, May 1946 (3)
[Lister Dawson, born in Silsden, read English at Oxford from 1932 to 1935). The C.L. Wrenn mentioned was one of Lewis's fellow 'Inklings'. The later request for a reference arose following Lister's return from service in World War II. After taking up a job at a teacher training college he went on to become a School Inspector in Northern Ireland. ]

Sold for £1,900
Estimated at £800 - £1,200


 

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