[E.F. Benson; Mapp And Lucia] Autograph Letter Signed To "B.[?]" About "Mapp And Lucia" And Satirical Remarks Involving Income Tax. E.F. Benson, Novelist

Four pages, 8vo, bifolium, foxed but text clear and complete. "I am so forgetful for I have no recollection of saying I would send for Mapp & Lucia. But here it comes to you, with many regrets that I did not send it before. I hope it may amuse you (this is the American edition) and I haven't got an English one). Anyhow our minds must have been moving (like all great ones0 in parallel lines, for I too am being as patriotic as you, & am trying to get together money which I shall devote to helping to pay off the National Debt & to balance the budget. I have already had some correspondence with the Inland Revenue about it, & they are strongly in sympathy with my scheme: in fact they positively count upon me for my assistance . . . " He continues in this satirical vein for the rest of the letter (one page, see image). See Image of pages 1 & 4.