Letters from Alec Guinness to Merula Guinness 1941, forty letters with summary and transcribed excerpts typed by Piers Paul Read, written between May - Jun 1941.
Alec Guinness to Merula February - April 1941, letters
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Letters from Alec Guinness to Merula Guinness 1941, forty seven letters written from Plymouth and Torpoint during Feb-Apr 1941 while Alec was still serving in the navy.
Letters from Alec Guinness to Merula Guinness 1941, sixty nine letters, four with summary and transcribed excerpts typed by Piers Paul Read, written between Aug - Dec 1941. One envelope addressed to Merula.
Letters from Alec Guinness to Merula Guinness Jan - Sep 1943, seventy one letters, written in 1943. One envelope addressed to Merula, with a blue crayon drawing on.
Letters from Alec Guinness to Merula Guinness Jan- Jun 1944, ninety four, four with summary and transcribed excerpts typed by Piers Paul Read, written in 1944 including one poem written by Alec Guinness.
Letters from Alec Guinness to Merula Guinness Jul - Dec 1944, eighty eight, one with summary and transcribed excerpts typed by Piers Paul Read, written in 1944, includes a knitting pattern for socks.
Alec Guinness to Merula 1971-1999 and undated, letters
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Letters from Alec Guinness to Merula Guinness 1971-1999, one letter from 1971, five from 1975, one 1981, one 1982, twenty from 1984 (while filming a Passage to India), one 1985 and one 1999 – giving info about solicitor and account for when he dies, with summary and transcribed excerpts typed by...