ALS in French, one page, 5 x 8, February 4, 1862. Letter from the Hauteville House in Guernsey, written while in exile from France, addressed Mr. Pelvey "to the care of Mr. Hetzel, recommended and in a hurry." In part (translated): "Your letter of January 27 comes to me only today. You better have sent it to me directly. I had received nothing previously from Mr. Hetzel. I can not accept the combination you propose to me. A faculty and a right do not constitute, as you know, an obligation to use it. I do not use the faculty of redemption reserved for me. I do not know what to do in Guernsey this exploitable material only in Paris and I have no reason to make me sole owner. We remain undivided owners of this material you and Mr. Hetzel for a third party, me for two thirds...As for the 2742 fr 99 c which come back to me, I will draw on you for the amount of this sum." In fine condition, with some haloing to the ink in various places. Louis Achille Pelvey (1808-1862), publisher in Paris, associated with Marescq. The letter deals with a financial arrangement between the author and the two publishers relating certainly to a publishing contract (the year of the publication of Les Misérables).
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