WELLS HG Autograph Letter Signed to London bookseller Townle

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WELLS, H.G. Autograph Letter Signed, to London bookseller Townley Searle ("Dear Sir"), asking him about a dream he had. 1 1/2 pages, oblong 12mo, written on the recto and verso of a correspondence card; remnants of prior mounting along right edge verso, faint scattered foxing. [London], 30 May 1927

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"I may possibly mention the story about you in the Express this morning in an article I am writing on dreams. I'd be very much obliged if you could tell me whether you said anything about your dream to anyone before finding the book in box in Caledonian Market."
In the July 10, 1927, issue of the Sunday Express, in an article entitled "The Way the World is Going," Wells recounts the story of Townley Searle, who dreamed of finding a valuable edition of a Thomas Hardy book in a stall at a Caledonian Market; visiting the market on the next morning, Searle found a similar Hardy book in a stall of the same description.