Conrad, Joseph

Estimate

800 - 1,000 GBP

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Description

Conrad, Joseph
Autograph letter signed, to Richard Garnett
ink on paper

concerning a payment due to his law firm from Pinker and congratulating his wife on her novel ("...Of the highly favourable reception of the book I've heard before, and it was a very great pleasure to find it more than justified by the quality of the work..."), 3 pages, 8vo, Trosley, West Malling, Kent, 9 August 1909, with autograph envelope, creased, pin holes

Provenance

Sotheby's, London, 13 December 1993, lot 110

Catalogue Note

Richard Garnett (1866-1932) was the elder brother of Conrad's close friend Edward Garnett (see lot 200). He was a senior partner in the law firm Darley, Cumberland, which handled some of Conrad's affairs. His wife, Martha Jane Garnett, was the author of The Infamous John Friend (1909), a Napoleonic romance.