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Nathaniel Hawthorne. Autograph letter to David Roberts ("Dear Chancellor"). Addressed and signed in holograph ("N. Hawthorne...
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Nathaniel Hawthorne. Autograph letter to David Roberts ("Dear Chancellor"). Addressed and signed in holograph ("N. Hawthorne / Jan: 10 / 1842") on verso of integral leaf. Boston,10 January 1842.One page, 4to (249 x 198 mm), on a bifolium, written in dark brown ink. Housed in a cloth folder and quarter morocco folding case.
A very early Hawthorne letter to his attorney, concerning the distribution of four early copies of the 1842 edition of Twice-Told Tales: "My book will be out tomorrow afternoon. I have directed the publisher to send you four copies--three of which I will trouble you to transmit to No. 10 Heibert Street; and please keep the remining copy for yourself. I called at the auctioneers for Spark's Biography; but they said that you did not buy the book. It was knocked down to a Mr. Adams. His Reverence, the Cardinal, is in the city-drunk, of course" [closing with signature excised]. Below which Roberts has notated in ink: "I shall not be down till next week..."
Condition: Internal section (c. 1 x 5 in.) including signature excised from closing of letter, and replaced with Japanese tissue; some browning and spotting; two seal holes on integral address leaf similarly repaired with Japanese tissue; a few marginal nicks or short tears; creased at folds.
Provenance: Purchased from Waiting for Godot Books, Hadley, Mass., 16 March 1999. From the William A. Strutz Library.
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2024 December 11 Important English and American Literature: The William A. Strutz Library, Part II, Rare Books Signature® Auction #6300 (go to Auction Home page)
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