May 05, 2016 - Sale 2413

Sale 2413 - Lot 298

Price Realized: $ 1,560
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
(WRITERS--20TH-CENTURY.) Group of 11 letters, including 7 Autograph Letters Signed and 4 Typed Letters Signed, many by friends or relations of Sheridan Le Fanu. Format and condition vary. Some with the original envelope. Vp, 1927-73
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Robert A. Heinlein. TLS, "Bob," to Mark Reinsberg, concerning a recording of a talk broadcast by WFMT. 1 page, 8vo. Colorado Springs, 23 April 1957 Rex Stout. TLS, to Gilbert Phelps, answering queries about the British Society of Authors and the Authors League of America. 1 page, 4to, "Authors Guild" stationery. New York, 15 June 1964 Sax Rohmer. ALS, to William G. Lee, concerning some of his books published under pseudonyms. 1/2 page, 4to, personal stationery. New York, 16 December 1948 Andre Norton. TLS, to Nard Kordell, advising a fledgling writer. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery. Maitland, 28 May 1973 Robert L. Zetler. TLS, to Montague Summers, concerning a projected bibliography of Sheridan Le Fanu's works. 1 page, 4to, "University of Pittsburgh" stationery. Pittsburgh, 14 April 1945 Thomas Philip Le Fanu. Two ALsS, "T.P. deFanu," to Mr. Ellis, concerning the works of his relative. Together 4 pages, 4to, personal stationery. Bray, 26 November 1927; 31 January 1931 Derek Pepys Whiteley. ALS, to "Dear Sir," concerning illustrations to De Fanu works. 3 pages, 8vo. [London], 21 September 1942 Florence N. Millar. ALS, to Montague Summers, concerning her proposed biography of De Fanu. 2 pages, 8vo, personal stationery. Dundrum, [16 April 1948] Charles C. Edmunds. Two ALsS, to Montague Summers, recollecting childhood visits from Wilkie Collins. Together 4 pages, 8vo, personal stationery. Leighton Buzzard, 6; 22 March 1943.
with--a small group of printed ephemera relating to Sheridan Le Fanu.