May 23, 2013 - Sale 2316

Sale 2316 - Lot 213

Price Realized: $ 420
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
ADVICE TO ANOTHER WRITER CARLYLE, THOMAS. Autograph Letter Signed, "T. Carlyle," to an unnamed writer ("Dear Sir"), acknowledging receipt of his book, expressing regret that he did not direct his talent to non-fiction. 2 pages, 12mo, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; mounting strip on left margin, faint scattered bleed-through. Chelsea, 9 December 1867
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"I rec'd y'r pretty Book . . . . [T]hanks for your goodness to me. I do not, for many years past, take much interest in verses; and may as well own, by this opportunity, that I regretted y'r evident talent had not chosen for arena the Field of Facts. . . ."