'Dear T.S. Eliot... Yours, Groucho' [a selection of letters in The Sunday Times, Weekly Review]

Eliot (T.S.) & Groucho Marx.

'Dear T.S. Eliot... Yours, Groucho' [a selection of letters in The Sunday Times, Weekly Review]

Description: large broadsheet, the cover-illustration a composite-portrait of Eliot and Marx, faintly toned, pp. 45-64 [the entire supplement], folio, original self wrappers, folded, very good condition

Publication Details: The Sunday Times, 12 November 1967

Notes: This selection of correspondence from 'The Groucho Letters', on the eve of the book's publication in the UK, comprises six letters from Eliot to Marx and four letters in return - as well as two letters from Groucho concerning the poet, one to Gummo describing their meeting. They are the record of an unexpected friendship and fandom - they discuss an exchange of portraits, and their mutual admiration, with warmth and humour; most amusing is the comedian's description of their first face-to-face meeting, each trying to impress upon the other their enthusiasm for their work rather than receive th...moreThis selection of correspondence from 'The Groucho Letters', on the eve of the book's publication in the UK, comprises six letters from Eliot to Marx and four letters in return - as well as two letters from Groucho concerning the poet, one to Gummo describing their meeting. They are the record of an unexpected friendship and fandom - they discuss an exchange of portraits, and their mutual admiration, with warmth and humour; most amusing is the comedian's description of their first face-to-face meeting, each trying to impress upon the other their enthusiasm for their work rather than receive the intended compliment. HIDE