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Pollinger, Laurence -- Correspondence
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John Cowper Powys letters to Laurence Pollinger

  • NLW MSS 23088D, 23089-90E
  • File
  • 1944-1964

Letters from the files of Laurence Pollinger, literary agent for John Cowper Powys, including one hundred and twenty letters, 1944-1962, from John Cowper Powys, and forty-eight letters, 1945-1964, from his companion Phyllis Playter, many of which were written after Powys's death; together with carbon copies of Pollinger's replies and letters from other members of the Powys family.

Powys, John Cowper, 1872-1963

Letters from publishers and literary agents

Letters, 1936-1963, to John Cowper Powys from various publishers and literary agents. The correspondents include Laurence Pollinger Ltd (22), 1936-1954, 1957, Simon and Schuster (11), 1937-1947, and Keidrych Rhys (1), 1944. Enclosures comprise typescript copies of letters to Laurence Pollinger Ltd from John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd and Jonathan Cape Ltd and a printed copy of Wales (March 1944).

Letters to Francis Llewellyn Powys and others from Laurence Pollinger Ltd

Letters to Francis Llewellyn Powys from Laurence Pollinger and Gerald Pollinger of Laurence Pollinger Ltd, literary agents, London, together with a number of letters addressed to Francis's wife Sally Powys and to Phyllis Playter. The letters mostly relate to the publication of, and copyright, royalties, performance rights, etc. relating to, the published works and other papers (eg letters and diaries) of John Cowper Powys.