TENNYSON ALFRED Autograph Letter Signed ATennyson to My dear

Sale 2502 - Lot 235

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Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300

TENNYSON, ALFRED. Autograph Letter Signed, "ATennyson," to "My dear Kingsley," thanking him for blessings and congratulations, looking forward to seeing him at Shiplake, thanking him for helping to look for a house and noting that he would prefer to buy than rent. 1 page, 8vo; moderate scattered staining, all edges reinforced verso, remnants of prior mounting at corners verso, horizontal folds. "Seaford House" [Seaford, Sussex], nd

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"All thanks to you & Mrs Kingsley . . . . You congratulate me also on my Godfathership. I trust that I shall see you at Shiplake . . . and perhaps make acquaintance with your wife likewise. Thank you for the trouble you have taken . . . in this matter of househunting--but the fact is that we would rather buy than rent. . . ."