BIB_ID
287205
Accession number
MA 3151.71
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
1871 Dec. 6.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 17.7 cm
Notes
"Poor Miss Finch" appeared in three volumes from Bentley on 26 January 1872.
Letter marked "Private" in upper left corner of p. 1.
Part of a collection of 86 letters from Wilkie Collins to Charles Ward. Items in this collection are described in individual records (MA 3151.1-86).
Written on stationery embossed "90, Gloucester Place, Portman Square. W." Signed "Ever yours / W.C."
Letter marked "Private" in upper left corner of p. 1.
Part of a collection of 86 letters from Wilkie Collins to Charles Ward. Items in this collection are described in individual records (MA 3151.1-86).
Written on stationery embossed "90, Gloucester Place, Portman Square. W." Signed "Ever yours / W.C."
Summary
Discussing income from The Woman in White (still running at the Olympic) and mentioning the publication of "Miss F.," noting Collins sold two thousand copies to Bentley for £750. Inviting Ward to pot-luck "some day next week."
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