Item 1964/1 - Two letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart with two letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt

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Two letters from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart with two letters from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt:
(a) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 12 January 1964, stating the [Horace Herbert] King [editor of the BNJ] "is most anxious to get our article" because it will come first and go straight to page proofs, which means that he cannot send anything to the publisher until he has it. He also says that he has received some interesting charter information on Beornwulf from Dorothy Whitelock to the effect that he never described himself as king in Kent, and he considers the implications of the new information. He promises to show IS the letters from DW and mentions an upcoming Sylloge meeting. He also reports that his contribution to their joint article is now being typed and asks IS where he would like to receive the draft.
(b) letter from Christopher Blunt to Ian Stewart, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 15 February 1964, reporting that he is sending their Mercian paper to Stewart [Lyon] and asking him to pass it on to IS along with the covering letter. The only outstanding issue, he says, is the one about the Coenwulf / Ceolwulf die-links highlighted by IS. He notes that Michael [Dolley] published and illustrated it in BNJ vol. 28, p. 247, asking whether IS or Stewart [Lyon] does not accept it. CEB also asks IS to review a book for the BNJ. In a postscript, he says "I think you'll have to call me Christopher. Everyone else does!" Until now, IS always began his letters "Dear Mr Blunt".
(c) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, two folios (recto & verso), dated 16 March 1964, in which IS attempts to explain the nature of his differences with Michael [Dolley], but he says that he doesn't wish to belabour the point or to make an issue of it in public, so he encloses an emendation of the crucial paragraph. He notes that [Horace Herbert] King also wants a footnote about Coenwulf's "triple aura" type. IS had understood that this could be inserted at proof stage, but since that is not the case, he asks whether he may send King a version of the note on which he and Stewart [Lyon] agree with the understanding that it may need to adjusted in proof to satisfy CEB.
(d) letter from Ian Stewart to Christopher Blunt, manuscript, one folio (recto & verso), dated 9 Mary 1964, acknowledging that his fragment is "Grantley lot 958", a sword type from Baldwin, and suggesting that someone, either CEB or Michael [Dolley], should write up the whole series. There is a further paragraph that is cryptic without the full context. It contains reference to Murdock, asking CEB whether he could illustrate it from his card index, and thanks his for writing to Derek Lockett while IS reports that he has written to Mack.