Author:
Howard Colvin [Sir Howard Montagu Colvin] (1919-2007), architectural historian [Peter Reid]
Publication details:
All on Oxford letterheads: three from St John's College, one from 50 Plantation Road and one from 28 Museum Street. 7 and 14 August 1966, 6 August 1978 and 7 September and 4 November 1979.
Totalling 7pp., 12mo. All in good condition, on aged paper, except for the fourth, which has light water staining from the bases of a cup. The first three letters addressed to 'Mr. Reid', and the last two to 'Peter'. In the first letter Colvin discusses Redbourne House in Derbyshire, Salle Park, Norfolk, and Barrington Park, Gloucestershire. 'I am going to Burford on Thursday and will see if I can get a sight of the exterior despite the churlish owner.