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Lot 134

LYE, Len (New Zealand, 1901-1980). Autograph Letter Signed....

Estimate: $800 - $1,200

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LYE, Len (New Zealand, 1901-1980).?Autograph Letter Signed.?[N.p., ca. 20th?century]. 3 4to pages on 3 plain off-white folded folio sheets. Each sheet approximately 12 ? x 8 ?". Written in pencil. Creases, some minor soiling, some marginal chipping, tears, some pencil cross-outs by Lye. Very good. ?Can Pabo Deya Mallorca April 2 or 3 or 1 or more Dear O Blakeston got those 2 closeups no I casually mentioned how about a closeup as reading material is thin out here + in between the shadows imagine my disappointment when I opened up the mags to find they were the two old copies I had read previously + so works like lousy are coined + flung at a misguided fate. Thanks all the same for them I have friends hither + thither whom I can send same to + they might get or certainly will get a pleasant kick out of opening up a brand new lot of reading material that I just missed so Kismet what does it matter the pleasant feeling is not lost but eventually appears in the mind of the whoever who get the two mage + open them for the 1st?time in a foreign land?"