Oct 10, 2019 - Sale 2519

Sale 2519 - Lot 186

Price Realized: $ 1,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 2,000
THE YOUNG MAN PLAYS STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Autograph Letter Signed, to an unnamed recipient (lacking salutation), explaining that he cannot comply because he will be engaged in playing [piano, a game?] on five days of the week. 1 page, 8vo, personal stationery; minor scattered staining, minor loss to upper left corner, remnants of hinging at upper edge verso, folds. Edinburgh, 1877

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"I have just got your second note. God bless you for a good heart! But I cannot as you know from the first fact. I play on Friday, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday, so you see! Before that is over, I shall know more of my movements and write."