BIB_ID
417622
Accession number
MA 14076.17
Creator
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930, sender.
Display Date
Portsmouth, England, 1890 January 16.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 12.3 x 7.5 cm
Notes
Date from postmark.
Written from: Bush Villa / Southsea.
Postmarked and addressed: Messrs Chatto & Windus / 214 Piccadilly / London.
Forms part of a collection of letters addressed by Doyle to the editor of Belgravia magazine (Andrew Chatto) and the firm of publishers Chatto & Windus, proprietors of Belgravia.
Written from: Bush Villa / Southsea.
Postmarked and addressed: Messrs Chatto & Windus / 214 Piccadilly / London.
Forms part of a collection of letters addressed by Doyle to the editor of Belgravia magazine (Andrew Chatto) and the firm of publishers Chatto & Windus, proprietors of Belgravia.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Stating that he will send on proofs of his novel, The firm of Girdlestone, but that he would like to look over them and make corrections before he does so; stressing the importance of publishing the book soon, "so as to get the benefit of the 'People's' advertising."
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