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Actions	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Title Letter to the Librarian of the IEE from the Director of W. Heffer & Sons Ltd regarding the discovery of a letter from Silvanus Phillips Thompson in a handlist recently purchased by them. Reference UK0108 SC MSS 003/C/1/1 Date 16 July 1951 Scope and Content The Director of W. Heffer & Sons Ltd states that Thompson's letter mentions that he has been suffering from trouble with his eyes, and owing to family demands on his resources he had decided to sell his library. Thompson indicates that he was endeavouring to sell it to various people in America and had marked the catalogue with the prices he expected to get for the items. The Director states that he feels that the letter with the handlist ought to be with the IEE Library but asks if a replacement handlist could be sent to them in exchange. Exent 1 letter Persons keyword W. Heffer & Sons Ltd Conditions governing access Open Level of description Item Hierarchy browser 110000003 Special Collection Manuscripts contains 321 parts UK0108 SC MSS 003 Silvanus Phillips Thompson - Manuscripts and Papers from the Thompson Library contains 5 parts UK0108 SC MSS 003/C Material relating to handlist and letter regarding the sale of Thompson's Library contains 3 parts UK0108 SC MSS 003/C/1 Correspondence between Secretary of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the Director of W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., publishers and booksellers. contains 4 parts UK0108 SC MSS 003/C/1/1 Letter to the Librarian of the IEE from the Director of W. Heffer & Sons Ltd regarding the discovery of a letter from Silvanus Phillips Thompson in a handlist recently purchased by them.

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Letter to the Librarian of the IEE from the Director of W. Heffer & Sons Ltd regarding the discovery of a letter from Silvanus Phillips Thompson in a handlist recently purchased by them.
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UK0108 SC MSS 003/C/1/1
Date
16 July 1951
Scope and Content
The Director of W. Heffer & Sons Ltd states that Thompson's letter mentions that he has been suffering from trouble with his eyes, and owing to family demands on his resources he had decided to sell his library. Thompson indicates that he was endeavouring to sell it to various people in America and had marked the catalogue with the prices he expected to get for the items. The Director states that he feels that the letter with the handlist ought to be with the IEE Library but asks if a replacement handlist could be sent to them in exchange.
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1 letter
Persons keyword
W. Heffer & Sons Ltd
Conditions governing access
Open
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110000003
Special Collection Manuscripts
contains 321 parts
- UK0108 SC MSS 003
  Silvanus Phillips Thompson - Manuscripts and Papers from the Thompson Library
  contains 5 parts
  - UK0108 SC MSS 003/C
    Material relating to handlist and letter regarding the sale of Thompson's Library
    contains 3 parts
    
    UK0108 SC MSS 003/C/1
    Correspondence between Secretary of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the Director of W. Heffer & Sons Ltd., publishers and booksellers.
    contains 4 parts
    
    UK0108 SC MSS 003/C/1/1
    Letter to the Librarian of the IEE from the Director of W. Heffer & Sons Ltd regarding the discovery of a letter from Silvanus Phillips Thompson in a handlist recently purchased by them.