Apr 17, 2012 - Sale 2276

Sale 2276 - Lot 421

Price Realized: $ 240
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(WRITERS--BRITISH.) Group of 4 brief Autograph Letters Signed: John Drinkwater * Charles Southey * George Du Maurier * Arnold Bennett. Each 1 page, small 8vo or correspondence card. (AKF) Vp, 1850-1919

Additional Details

Drinkwater. AQS, quoting Abraham Lincoln: "We're all poor creatures, ma'am." May 1919 Southey. ALS, sending an autograph of Robert Southey [not present]. March 1850 Du Maurier. ALS, declining an invitation to dinner. "Sunday" no year Bennett. ALS, to an unnamed editor, agreeing to meet, but adding, "I doubt if we could agree on a price. I want a very high price for all serial rights." 24 May 1911.