Typed Letter, signed ("Theodore Roosevelt"), to author Melville D. Post

Roosevelt, Theodore

Verlag: Washington, [D.C.], 1908

1 p. typed letter in blue ink, with one manuscript correction, on folded leaf of White House stationery, with original White House envelope addressed in type. 8vo (9 x 7-1/8 in.). Roosevelt praises the author Melville Post: "Some of the stories in 'The Character [corrected to Corrector] of Destinies' I have already read and have enjoyed to the full, so I can say with entire sincerity that I genuinely look forward to reading the book. I shall take it up to-night and probably you will have on your conscience the fact that for an evening I have scandously neglected my duties ." Post (1869-1930) was a prolific and popular American author and an important contributor to the crime genre - his recuring character Uncle Abner solved crimes in the backwoods of ante-bellum West Virginia. Roosevelt could read and absorb books at an incredible rate - he supposedly read a book a day before breakfast - and it is likely that he polished off Post's book that very evening. Light creasing from prior folding, some faint finger soiling 1 p. typed letter in blue ink, with one manuscript correction, on folded leaf of White House stationery, with original White House envelope addressed in type. 8vo (9 x 7-1/8 in.). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 376569

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Typed Letter, signed ("Theodore Roosevelt"),...
Verlag: Washington, [D.C.]
Erscheinungsdatum: 1908