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Lot 78

Literary Interest: Ten Autograph Letters To and Presented To Publisher John Malaby Dent and Descendants From Various Authors, late 19th - mid 20th centuries

Literary Interest: Ten Autograph Letters To and Presented To Publisher John Malaby Dent and Descendants From Various Authors, late 19th - mid 20th centuries
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Literary Interest: Ten Autograph Letters To and Presented To Publisher John Malaby Dent and Descendants From Various Authors, late 19th - mid 20th centuries

Robert Browning on 19 Warwick Crescent stationary with envelope, dated Oct. 21 '82; George Meredith on Box Hill, Dorking stationary dated 1895 and referencing Karl Blind; William Henry Hudson; a manuscript page in the hand of William Morris from the first draft of The Death of Paris (Earthly Paradise) presented to Dent in 1899; a four-page note on mourning stationary form Maurice Henry Hewlett referencing Earthwork Out of Tuscany; two letters from Edith Sitwell to Barbara Davies of Dent Canada, 1950: and two as yet unidentified

all arranged in four double glazed frames
frames various sizes, largest 25 x 11.5 in — 63.5 x 29.2 cm

Estimate $800-$1,200

Realised: $5,400
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Literary Interest: Ten Autograph Letters To and Presented To Publisher John Malaby Dent and Descendants From Various Authors, late 19th - mid 20th centuries
  • Literary Interest: Ten Autograph Letters To and Presented To Publisher John Malaby Dent and Descendants From Various Authors, late 19th - mid 20th centuries
  • Literary Interest: Ten Autograph Letters To and Presented To Publisher John Malaby Dent and Descendants From Various Authors, late 19th - mid 20th centuries
  • Literary Interest: Ten Autograph Letters To and Presented To Publisher John Malaby Dent and Descendants From Various Authors, late 19th - mid 20th centuries
  • Literary Interest: Ten Autograph Letters To and Presented To Publisher John Malaby Dent and Descendants From Various Authors, late 19th - mid 20th centuries
  • Literary Interest: Ten Autograph Letters To and Presented To Publisher John Malaby Dent and Descendants From Various Authors, late 19th - mid 20th centuries
  • Literary Interest: Ten Autograph Letters To and Presented To Publisher John Malaby Dent and Descendants From Various Authors, late 19th - mid 20th centuries
  • Literary Interest: Ten Autograph Letters To and Presented To Publisher John Malaby Dent and Descendants From Various Authors, late 19th - mid 20th centuries

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