Author:
John Fothergill [John Rowland Fothergill] (1876-1957), Classical archaeologist turned publican, author of 'An Innkeepers Diary'
Publication details:
27 April 1947; on his letterhead, Market Harborough, Leicestershire.
12mo, 1 p. Fair, on aged paper, with brown paper mount along one margin. The letterhead, with design of three swans, is printed in purple. Having seen a notice by Freeman in the Sunday Times, he has 'jotted down (at high speed) the enclosed notes' (not present). Typed at foot of page: 'Presented to my collection by William Freeman Esq.' Laid down on the reverse is the caricature of Fothergill by Bert Thomas, printed in colour, from the dust-jacket of 'John Fothergill's Cookery Book' (1943), with attractive manuscript caption in blue and red ink.
