Two ALS from writer Thomas Sturge Moore to his editor dated 1938/39

MOORE, Thomas Sturge (1870-1944). Two autograph letters signed to editor Rolfe Arnold Scott-James (1878-1959).
 
40 Well Walk, N.W.3, 27 September 1938 and 21 February 1939.
 
Two autograph letters signed, each 1 page, c. 180 x 230 mm. Both folded for posting, with light creasing and some scattered spotting, more noticeable to the earlier letter, but both very good.
 
In the letter of 27 September 1938, Irish poet, artist and writer Moore asks Scott-James to return two pieces from his series “Provocations”, noting that he does not seem inclined to make use of them and that he has been approached for another section of the series elsewhere. It is well known that Sturge Moore struggled to find publication for these later poems. In the letter of 21 February 1939, he sends “a couple of sonnets and a note on them”, expressing the hope that Scott-James may wish to print them in the London Mercury, and adding a stamped addressed envelope for their return if unsuitable.
 
A neat pair of letters showing Moore submitting work to Scott-James in his capacity as editor of the London Mercury.