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Postcard Signed ("T. Hardy") with two words, "eleventh Novr.", in his hand, Hardy's reply on a pre-printed postcard saying he cannot be present at a meeting of the Dramatists' Club.1 page oblong 8vo , n.d. [postmarked 6 November 1914].

The postcard has on the verso the pre-printed reply address of H.M. Paull, the Honorary Secretary of the Dramatists' Club. Henry Major Paull (1854-1934) was a moderately successful playwright, author of such now-forgotten works as The Gentleman Whip and The Fortunes of Fan.In his later years Hardy often enjoyed coming up to London to attend literary and social events.

HARDY,, Thomas 1840-1928. Novelist and Poet Stock Code: AU4967