DREISER, THEODORE. Three letters, each Signed, to Lewis Alsberg, including two Autograph Letters and a Typed Letter, concerning his experiences in finance and their relation to The Financier (1912) and The Titan (1914), remarking on the rarity of first editions of Sister Carrie, suggesting that he contact Boni and Liveright for a copy of The Color of a Great City, and thanking for useful information. Each with the original envelope. Together 5 pages, 8vo or oblong 8vo, one on folded sheet, one with integral blank; folds. Monticello, NY, or New York, 6 August; 7 September 1923; 24 January 1924
6 August1923: ". . . I am not of a financial turn, never have had any practical experience in any commercial field and, in writing the Financier and the Titan, merely gathered data which made the various processes clear to me. I am pleased therefore to find a practical man who looks upon them as accurate. I never had any connection with the Chicago Board of Trade, but as a boy often sat in the Gallery & watched the turmoil below because--from a dramatic or life point of view it was interesting to me. And I'm glad your mother likes The Titan. It is a book I enjoyed writing. I fear you will find it hard to pick up a first edition of Sister Carrie. I have seen it advertised at $100--so you may guess how scarce it is. I have but one copy myself."
