[Algernon Blackwood, celebrated ghost story writer.] Typed Card Signed to Miss Cond [autograph collector Eileen Cond], thanking her for a card that has enchanted him.

Algernon Blackwood [Algernon Henry Blackwood] (1869-1951) English ghost writer, one of the most celebrated and prolific in the history of the genre of supernatural fiction [Eileen Lond]

Verlag: 15 December ; Savile Club 69 Brook Street W1 London with Paddington postmark, 1959

Beschreibung

Blackwood s entry in the Oxford DNB quotes H. P. Lovecraft s opinion that he was the author of some of the finest spectral literature of this or any age . On post card with printed stamp. In good condition, lightly worn, on light-brown card. Addressed to Miss Cond, / Deer Park, / Honiton. Apart from the signature, Blackwood has added quotation marks and dealt with two typing mistakes in autograph. Good firm signature. Reads: Savile Club, 69 Brook St, W. 1. / I must send my Thank You [corrected from Your ] for the enchamnibg [sic, underlined, to indicate that it should be enchanting ] card, though my postbag prevents a longer word. You will, I know, understand and forgive. / Algernon Blackwood. / Dec 15/49. See Image. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 24656

Bibliografische Details

Titel: [Algernon Blackwood, celebrated ghost story ...

Verlag: 15 December ; Savile Club 69 Brook Street W1 London with Paddington postmark

Erscheinungsdatum: 1959