Saturday June 8th
Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
- In Collection:
- 1 page : 12 x 19.5 cm or smaller
- The diary is written on quarto sheets, folded horizontally to form octavo booklets, one recto page devoted to each day.
- Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939
- Accession Number: 1969-003, Item: Gr-1-107
- Special Collection finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/robert-graves-collection
- Robert Graves Diary project URL: http://graves.uvic.ca/diary_1935-06-08.html
- July 19, 2002
- Saturday June 8th Focus to printers. Palma in new car: dentist, 15 pesetas, porcelain filling, no pain. Bank: drew out 500 pesetas. At Pomars bought Mary a pearl & garnet ring , 20 p. At Casas, for Posada, two old blue-glass bottles 5 p[ts], an old carved box for Posada 5[pts]., blue plate 8[pts]. For Honor a jewel-box, for me a jewel box. 2 pes., & two old Mallorquin 1 lb weights as paper weights. At Costa green & blue plate 10 pes. At shop next to Pomas, rose topaz earrings for Laura, 50 pes. Lunch at Parisien. “ Tengo un gato, un perro, un canario, a casa ” , for left over food. 40 Lucky Strikes at 1.50 a packet via Pomar's. A hat for me - Mallorquin superior straw. Chose tiles for Posada and also for Gelats Fábrica dance-hall. Chicken livers for Honor & Gordon. On return found Miguel had fixed the netting for the house windows in my workroom. Letter from Routledge about Lars Porsena .
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