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H. G. Wells. Autographed letter signed ("Wells") to his classmate, H. E. "Hadley."...
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H. G. Wells. Autographed letter signed ("Wells") to his classmate, H. E. "Hadley." 2 pages on a bifolium achieved entirely in pen, 8 x 13 inches (unfolded, visible), 46 Fitzroy Rd NW (Primrose Hill, London); June 3, 1889.H. E. Hadley was likely a classmate of Wells while he was a student at the Normal School of Science in South Kensington (now Imperial College London). Wells writes: "Dear old Hadley / Are you or are you not going to the / Art Schools Swaray or Sworay ? because if you / are, If you have no serious luggage, you have / got to come and go with me who have much / need the aid of a friend ... / (This - in confidence) / There are; first those two ladies whom you / already esteem I admire and who (This - in strict / confidence) consider you the takest-about young / man they have ever met; secondly, a lady / who requisitioned me in an imperious manner / to escort her, her maiden aunt, and a counsiness [sic] / after the first Engagement was made; thirdly, / certain friends of my cousin who may or / may not bring a he - attendant - they are / three in number, three, witty and beautiful - / and who may therefore be considered as the / sixth, seventh, and eighth of my responsibilities. Now / I am weakly, shy, and devoid of entertaining / converse, and unless I am relieved from this / impossible [illeg.] (N.B. Scientific Joke) I shall / die. Come up, / yours / Wells."
Condition: Framed and matted with a black and white portrait of Wells at his desk; creased along old folds and some light toning to sheet; not examined out of frame.
Provenance: The Victor Gulotta Collection.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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