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Lot #361
Titanic: William T. Stead

“You spend your time wandering about the world seeking whom you may devour”

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“You spend your time wandering about the world seeking whom you may devour”

Journalist (1849–1912), assistant editor of the Pall Mall Gazette, and founder of The Review of Reviews who perished in the Titanic disaster. TLS signed “W. T. Stead,” one page, 8 x 10, The Review of Reviews letterhead, December 28, 1901. Letter to Francis Edward Clark. In part: “I do not know where you are at the present moment, for you spend your time wandering about the world seeking whom you may devour, or rather deliver. But I am sending you to your permanent address copy of my new Annual, from which you will see that I have referred in passing very briefly to the work which the Christian Endeavour has done in the Americanisation of the world.” Intersecting folds, scattered creases, and an area of show-through from mounting remnants to reverse, otherwise fine condition. Pre-certified PSA/DNA and RR Auction COA.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Rare Manuscript, Document & Autograph
  • Dates: #428 - Ended May 14, 2014





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