| Description | Manuscript letter (in pencil) from Eric Arthur Blair to his wife Eileen, written probably from hospital following a hand injury and infection in the Spanish Civil War, and mentioning [John] McNair, B[ob] Edwards], Michael Parker and [Harvey] Buttonshaw. In addition to thanking her for cigars and margarine, and requesting copies of photographs, EAB reminisces about life back home, and alludes to reviews of '<i>The Road to Wigan Pier</i>' (including Harry Pollitt's), (6ff). |