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Lear, Edward Autograph letter, signed
Sale 2107 - Collections of an Only Child: Seventy Years a Bibliophile, the Library of Justin G. Schiller
Dec 5, 2024 10:00AM ET
Live / New York
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Lear, Edward Autograph letter, signed

Villa Tennyson, Sanremo, Italy. No date. One sheet folded into four pages. Three-page autograph letter by English poet Edward Lear to Mr. Maine, discussing his recent travel experiences and mutual friends, in an idiosyncratic language. Mounted to a larger sheet. Scattered toning and ink smear, paper loss to bottom of third page; Small section mounted to verso of mat in Lear's hand "Yours very truly / Edward Haniley / I beg you to express my / great regret to Lady Maine."
This lot is located in Philadelphia.

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From the collection of Justin G. Schiller
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