Literary
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
Item Date: 1977
light marks from water touching six words on side 1 and 4 letters of signature, otherwise excellent
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Eileen Cond was a book collector who sent out her bookplate to her favourite authors, many of whom signed and returned them to her. Among the most notable was Ian Fleming.
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