Nov 17, 2020 - Sale 2551

Sale 2551 - Lot 79

Price Realized: $ 500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
ELGAR, EDWARD. Autograph Letter Signed, "E.E.," to "My dear Pietro [d'Alba?]," thanking him for sending his plays, making brief comments on them, and regretting having missed him. 1 1/4 page, 4to, personal stationery, written on recto and verso of a single sheet; horizontal fold. Worcester, 3 December 1930

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"A thousand thanks for the two plays that I have read with extreme interest: I should like to see No. 2 on the stage but I think I . . . find No. 1 . . . too poignant.
"I am so proud & delighted . . . & regret I did not see you . . . ."