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(Books & Works on Paper including Autographs & Memorabilia, 31st March 2020) Mosley (Oswald) Mosley (Oswald) Archive of typed letters and press cuttings mostly related to Oswald Mosley including several transcriptions of letters exchanged between Mosley and G.C.D. Wheeler Esq, also comprising two typed letter signed by Mosley, the first thanking Wheeler "for your fine conduct on the last demonstration...Further, if a man who has done such a good work for the Movement were 100% Jew, I would not care a damn and would welcome and retain his membership. I hope therefore you will brush off any such suggestions with the calm, dignity and firmness of character which you have shown", with handwritten annotations by Wheeler, one page, folding marks, 4to, 5 Lowndes Square, 25 March 1961; the second letter reveals Wheeler has stopped being a member of the movement and contains Mosley's reply to some points raised by Wheeler "It is absurd to call our Movement a personal autocracy. No-one is obliged to join and anyone can leave any day he wishes...It is perfectly true that our Movement is founded on the leadership principle...Certianly untrue that we are anti-semitic and members who have insisted on pursuing such policies have been expelled...Nobody uses words 'democracy', 'voting', 'parliament' etc as dirty words. We propose that the people shall vote us to power or can if they wish choose any other party; this is democracy" and ends with Mosley saying "I do not think there is any point in carrying on this correspondence", two pages, minor folding marks, 4to, London, 17 March 1965; the collection also includes a an autograph note by Diana Mitford and a letter by Hugh Ross Williamson; c. 1960s-1980s (large quantity)