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GISSING, GEORGE. Two items: Autograph Letter Signed * Autograph Manuscript, unsigned. The letter, to publisher Tillotson and Son, sending the proof of his essay "Christmas on the Capitol" [not present], and asking where and when the work is to be published. 1 page, 8vo; horizontal fold. The manuscript, his literary accounts, over 80 holograph entries dated between April 1900 and December 1903, in ink and pencil. Royalty and fee income from his literary projects on verso pages--including The Private Papers of Henry Roycroft--and expenses on recto pages. 10 1/4 pages, 8vo, ruled ledger paper removed from a notebook, staple binding; few leaves loose, moderate toning to first page. (MRS) London, 20 October 1889
"Herewith I return revised proof of 'Christmas on the Capitol.' Owing, doubtless, to my indistinct hand-writing, the errors are numerous & serious; I beg that they may be corrected with all care. . . ."
