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
(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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GATTY
(Margaret, née Scott, Mrs. Alfred Gatty, 1809-1873, Children's Writer, from 1866 editor of 'Aunt Judy's Magazine')
Autograph Letter Signed to G. Carrington
saying that she has "much pleasure in saying yes to the new paper. It is most graphic and breathes of truth. Does it not go on from the last where you were seeking employment? If so would you not allude to the fact? A paragraph would suffice. People must be interested in you and care to know how your adventures followed each other. Besides, I hope you will make a very pretty book of it all at least. I will try for an illustration. The pictures are very sad ... Do you still think of taking Holy Orders. The drudgery of boy teaching must be very irksome to you who can 'write books' as the pen people say ...", with a note in the recipient's hand at that point "not at all. I like the work here very much" signed with initials, with a postscript about the timing of the papers, 2 sides 8vo., Ecclesfield, 22nd March
some damage to the conjugate blank not affecting the letter
Item Date:
1870
Stock No:
39068
£175
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