[Rev. Richard Blake Brown.] Typescript of the novel 'My Aunt in Pink', with four sections of the autograph manuscript, and the autographs of 'The Land of Lost Spirrits. [sic] An Epic Poem', written when he was sixteen, and of another youthful story.
ONE: Typescript of 'My Aunt in Pink. A novel by Richard Blake Brown.' Fonthill, Salperton, New Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; 1936. 261pp., 4to. Black cloth binding, gilt. Cutting of review of RBB's 'Joy in Jeopardy' from John O'London's Weekly, 24 August 1935, laid down at front of volume. TWO: Autograph of 'The Land of Lost Spirrits. [sic] An Epic Poem, written by Richard Blake Brown. Author of "Caesar's Hamlet;" etc. With Frontispeice, [sic] And Various Other Illustrations.' 1918. 44pp., 4to. In notebook with red cloth spine and marbled boards. 'Dedicated to My Father and Mother, and Piers; the former that they may enjoy reading it and the latter because he has shewn such a keen interest towards my writing it.' The volume also contains: 'My Aunt in Pink. A novel by Richard Blake Brown.'1936. Autograph. 47pp. Dedication: 'To My Aunt in Massachusetts, Edith Knight Barney, [last word scored through, and '(as she used to be styled),' added] Whom I shall always remember looking absolutely ravishing, one night in The Edwardian era, in an evening gown of coarse biscuit-coloured lace over violent emerald-green satin!' 'Started at Fonthill, Salperton, Monday night, April 8th, 1935.' First edition of 'My Aunt in Pink | A Novel | By Richard Blake Brown. (London: Martin Secker & Warburg, Ltd. 1936.) 304pp., 8vo. Pink cloth. Dedication: 'To Christopher Wood.' No other copy of this programme located, either on COPAC or OCLC WorldCat. From the papers of Richard Blake Brown, (still catalogued in their entirety, inventory #13711.