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At the age of twenty one he was commissioned into the  Royal Field Artillery, serving on the Western Front, including the Battle of Loos and the Battle of the Somme from 1914 until 1916 when, suffering with what was then known as severe ‘shell shock’, he was sent home to recover. From 1917 he began to give poetry readings, and in 1918 he was sent, as a member of an official British propaganda mission, to the US, where he also gave readings. When the war ended in 1918, Nichols began to move in social circles in London which included his mentor Edith Sitwell, and Aldous Huxley also became a long-term friend and correspondent. Though he attempted to woo Nancy Cunard his sonnets, he went on to marry Norah Denny in 1922 at St Martin-in-the-Fields. He also began to write plays, most famously \u003ci\u003eWings over Europe \u003c\/i\u003e(1928), which he collaborated on with Maurice Browne, and which later became a Broadway hit. 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I can’t sell you the original MS because it goes to my doctor - my health is rather poor these days - who says there are at least twenty good surgeons in England but only ten poets…so I’ll charge you nothing.” “Your letter is doubly welcome as the public don’t seem to like my work”, he continues, “I wrote a little novelette called 'Under The Yew' this year but was I think of some merit but up to date I haven’t sold 400 copies…” \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA fascinating collection of original items. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlessed be those for England died,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlessed be those for her shall live.  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSKU: \u003c\/strong\u003e1800272\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fold the Corner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57583700017476,"sku":"1800272","price":2500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0943\/8711\/0212\/files\/1800272.jpg?v=1792944334"},{"product_id":"lombardy-tarot-a-complete-set-of-19th-century-handcoloured-italian-tarot-cards","title":"LOMBARDY TAROT A complete set of 19th century Handcoloured Italian Tarot Cards","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA complete set of seventy eight handpainted tarot cards, with wraparound paper edges, each measuring 10.8 x 5.5cm, containing four suits of four single-figure court cards, ten pip cards, twenty one single-figure trump cards and The Fool; printed in blue to one side with the publisher’s imprint and an image of a gentleman and maid; to the other, the woodblock suits have been stencilled in blue, green, pink and orange; some wear and darkening to cards, which have clearly been used, with corners occasionally creased or nicked, and a slight curl overall to the deck; still very good survivals; now housed in a modern carved wooden box with red velvet inlay. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn impressive and rather beautiful example of this tarot deck in the ‘Early Piemontese’ style. 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Surrounding the central ‘Sea of Marriage’ and ‘Honeymoon island’ can be found the many possible pitfalls and troubles which a couple may face throughout their marriage, including ‘Rocks of jealousy’, ‘Cuckold point’, ‘Extravagance bank’, ‘Indifference bay’ and even a perimeter road to ‘Horn Villa’, a rather risque reference to a marriage ruined by infidelity. Also leading away from the sea are a series of possible paths, including ‘Expectation Road’, and two tributaries; the Channel of Love (beyond which is ‘Fools Paradise’) and ‘Fast a sleep Creek’ (leading to ‘Coast Deception’). To the other side ‘Pleasant Straights’ lead to the ‘Land of Promise’ and ‘Brats Borough’, and other possible monuments include ‘Humdrum Abbey’ and even ‘Fort Divorce’. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarriage Maps, or allegorical charts of love, were satirical, whimsical spoof maps which charted the literal and psychological ‘marriage market’ of high society. 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Ne’er may this memory fade, but rest like sun-gleams on the misty past, spots for the heart to bask in - Ofttimes yet they rise before me, angel-like, and breathe whispers of converse sweet wherein our hearts drew sunny pictures on the scroll of life, read brightly the mysterious book of fate, and opening wide the floodgates of the soul bade the twin currents mingle - for their sake let then this book find favor in thine eyes and still remain a token ‘twixt our hearts of mutual love, and much true fellowship.” \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first published work by Walter R. 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