LEHMANN JOHN: (1907-1987) Lot n° 1322

LEHMANN JOHN: (1907-1987) English publisher and poet who joined Leonard and Virginia Woolf as managing director of their Hogarth Press from 1938-46. A.L.S., John Lehmann, one page (folding air mail stationery), 8vo, Cornwall Gardens, London, 14th September 1972, to Mr. R. Majumdar. Lehmann grants permission to his correspondent to ´quote from my remarks on "Between the Acts" in N[ew] W[riting] & Daylight (Summer 1942) if you will let me know whether the quotation is to [be] used in a critical work, an article or an educational text book´ and concluding by stating ´The usual acknowledgement of author and origin should be made´. Hand addressed by Lehmann to the verso and also signed in the return address panel. A few minor tears to the left edge caused by the hasty opening of the air mail letter, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG Between the Acts is the final novel by Virginia Woolf and was published shortly after her death in 1941.