Typed Letter Signed from the Richmond bookseller Eric Barton, and Autograph Letter Signed ('Irène Barton') from his wife Irina Barton, to 'Mr. Bright', with reference to Aleister Crowley, Montague Summers and the unveiling of a plaque to Oscar Wilde.

Eric Barton's letter: 4to, 1 p. Nineteen lines. Text clear and complete. Fair, on aged paper. His wife wishes him to apologise for not replying: her illness and that of their 'small son' prevented them both from 'attending to a huge mass of correspondence following the Oscar Wilde ceremonies'. He will attend to Bright's order and will also 'put you on our mailing list for books by and about Crowley and Summers. I too met both these gentlemen when they lived in Richmond, and visited Mr. Crowley at his flat in the Paragon'. He would like to see Bright's 'Wilde collection which sounds really thrilling'. Irina Barton's letter: 4to, 2 pp. Twenty-six lines. Text clear and complete. In frail condition, on aged and creased paper, with thin tape stain to one margin. She is grateful for his 'kind tribute' and asks whether he was 'at the unveiling' (of an LCC plaque on the Tite Street house of Oscar Wilde). She has 'in mind to form some kind of a 'Nineties' museum or society should the co-operation be forthcoming in the New Year', and asks to 'see and/or borrow something to help make the exhibition a success'. Her husband 'also knew Crowley so you would both have a "common friend".' For more on Barton see Timothy d'Arch Smith's obituary in the Independent, 7 June 1997.