BIB_ID
287649
Accession number
MA 3150.57
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
1860 Aug. 22.
Credit line
Purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1970.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.1 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 117 letters from Wilkie Collins to his mother, Harriet Collins. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 3150.1-117).
Written on stationery with "12. Harley Street, W." printed at the top.
Written on stationery with "12. Harley Street, W." printed at the top.
Summary
Informing her of his travel plans; telling her that "The Woman in White has beaten the libraries -- they all gave in, and the whole of the first impression was sold on the day of publication." A note adds, "I have just returned from [Sampson] Low's [his publisher] with £500. 350 copies of the second edition sold in five days!"
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