Scottish novelist and poet (1771–1832) best known for such classics as Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, and Waverley. Third-person ALS, one page, 7.25 x 9.25, no date. Scott requests a coat. In full: “Sir Walter Scott wishes Messrs. Shultz to send to him without delay a black frock coat for deep mourning, to be made of strong cloth. Also a black waistband.” Address panel to reverse of second integral sheet is also filled out in Scott’s hand. Intersecting folds (one vertical fold passing through a single letter of the signature), light overall toning, a contemporary docketing notation to reverse, and a few pencil notations, otherwise fine condition.
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