GASKIN
(Catherine, 1909-2009, Irish-Australian born Novelist
Autograph Letter Signed to Eileen Cond,
saying "It has been a great pleasure to inscribe your bookplate" and "good to hear you enjoyed 'Tilsit' - for once I had rather a lot of fun writing it", 1 side 8vo, 240 Central Park South, New York 19, 24th October
Item Date:
1963
Stock No:
17187
£30
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GASKIN
(Catherine, 1929-2009, Irish-Australian-born Novelist)
Autograph Letter Signed to Eileen Cond,
"gladly" signing and returning "your book plate - a very lovely one", and sharing Miss Cond's "feeling about the price of books - but if I ever say this to a bookseller, he points to the price of everything else", and hating "to see them driven up to ... where they appear to be a luxury", publishers are "caught just as everyone else is", she "was delighted that [The] Lynmara [Legacy, 1975] led you on to [The Summer of] The Spanish Woman [1977]", the writer feels "as if Lynmara made me a friend", hopes "she can continue to please , whether it's in paperback or hard cover", ending "What a writer needs is a reader - by what ever means", 2 sides folio, Ballymacahara, Wicklow, Ireland, 3rd December
light marks from water touching six words on side 1 and 4 letters of signature, otherwise excellent
Item Date:
1977
Stock No:
56493
£45
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GASPARIN
(Valérie, 1813-1894, née Boissier, Swiss-born French writer and traveller, founder of 'La Source' nurses' school in Lausanne, Comtesse de)
Signature and subscription, in French, from a letter,
Valleyres, near Orbe, Vaud, Switzerland, 31st August
closed tear in upper margin just touching one letter without loss
Item Date:
1867
Stock No:
51878
£75
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GATTY
(Sir Alfred Scott, 1847-1918, Garter King of Arms)
Autograph Letter Signed as Rouge Dragon to Mrs Haworth Booth,
sending "my own autograph & those of the following people [not present]", with a .list of 14 names, "Tell your mother to burn such as she does not care for, and if she wants more I will see if I cannot get her some", 2 sides 6" x 3¾", 71 Warwick Road, Earl's Court, S.W., 15th November
Item Date:
1885
Stock No:
54020
£55
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GATTY
(Margaret, née Scott, Mrs. Alfred Gatty, 1809-1873, Children's Writer, from 1866 editor of 'Aunt Judy's Magazine')
Somewhat illegible Autograph Letter Signed 'Margt Gatty' to 'dear Madam'
saying she is "leaving town for a time so I think it best to return the ... to you. I can send it 'with Elsie' by this post to the publisher if you will receive a proof ...", I side 8vo., Ecclesfield, 24th August
Item Date:
1866
Stock No:
40526
£50
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