Autograph Letter Signed. Thanking the recipient for the gift of a book and complimenting its contents.

Auction 90 | Tuesday, July 21st, 2020 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts

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Lot 200
DEEDES, WYNDHAM.

Autograph Letter Signed. Thanking the recipient for the gift of a book and complimenting its contents.

Written in English on letterhead of Town Hall, Bethnal Green, London EC2. Two pages. 8vo.

London: 11th April n.y

Est: $60 - $90
Brigadier-General Sir Wyndham Henry Deedes (1883-1956) was the Chief Secretary to Sir Herbert Samuel, the first British High Commissioner in Palestine. In later years Wyndham Deedes devoted himself to unpaid social work in London’s East End, one of the poorest quarters of the city.