ALS, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 4.5 x 7, Spade House, Sandgate letterhead, March 17, 1902. Handwritten letter to Miss Mary Rawlings.Toning, in part: "I am very sorry that I am unable to present my book to the South Place library. The number of applications of this kind is very considerable...To write a book of this sort in the place of ‘popular’ fiction means a direct loss to me of several hundred pounds & a grave invasion of the prospects of those who are dependent upon me. I think it is for some one else to buy & distribute the book. I must also point out that any copy purchased through a bookseller stimulates the publication & sale of other books of the same class, as against fiction." In very good to fine condition, with an old tape stain to the first page, and somewhat irregular toning throughout. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA.
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