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GALSWORTHY, JOHN. A GROUP OF THREE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED TO VARIOUS RECIPIENTS
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1,000 - 1,500 USD
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描述
- A group of two autograph letters signed, from the Nobel Prize winning novelist and dramatist to Giuseppe Bonaspetti, regarding The Silver Box and Strife.
2 pages (from 4 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.; 114 x 180 mm to 8 x 10 in.; 202 x 254 mm) on paper, written in black ink. 14 Addison Road, Holland Park, London, dated 20 January 1908 and 5 April 1909, signed ("John Galsworthy"); one or two stray spots. [With]: 3 page letter (4 3/8 x 7 1/8 in.; 111 x 180 mm) on a single sheet of paper folded, in French, from Giuseppe Bonaspetti.
拍品資料及來源
A group of correspondence between Galsworthy, and an Italian correspondent, Giuseppe Bonaspetti "My dear Sir," Galsworthy begins in the letter dated 5 April 1909. "I have given the Italian translation of Strife to a personal friend. I hope that its production may assist your translation of 'The Silver Box'."
Bonaspetti was a playwright and journalist, who also worked as an editor of the Milan newspaper La Perseveranza. He composed successful theatrical works including Sons of Cain (1911), and served for a time as secretary to Gabriele D'Annunzio, the writer, poet, journalist, playwright.
Bonaspetti was a playwright and journalist, who also worked as an editor of the Milan newspaper La Perseveranza. He composed successful theatrical works including Sons of Cain (1911), and served for a time as secretary to Gabriele D'Annunzio, the writer, poet, journalist, playwright.