An Original Collected Personal Token of Remembrance in Relation to Arthur Conan Doyle from His Wife Jean Leckie. In an Individual Envelope dated Feb 4th 1935 and stating 'The First Snow Drop from Where my Beloved used to Pick Mine'

Arthur Conan Doyle, Jean Leckie SIGNED

Verlag: UK, 1935

An Original Collected Personal Token of Remembrance in Relation to Arthur Conan Doyle from His Wife Jean Leckie. In an Individual Envelope dated Feb 4th 1935 and stating 'The First Snow Drop from Where my Beloved used to Pick Mine' In the Hand of Jean Leckie, Arthur Conan Doyle?s wife. The Envelope contains a dried flower. Provenance: According to their son Adrian Conan Doyle, 'Here are the heartbeats of love. Year in and year out, my father would gather the first snowdrop for my mother up to the final spring of his life (1930) and year in and year out she preserved them. A Herein are samples of a romance that was as fresh and as passionate at the end as it was at its commencement. May he yet gather for her each spring the snowdrop of a greater world'. For a few years after the authors death, she carried on collecting snow drops from the same place. The item was originally part of a larger collection of memorabilia sold by Christie's in their auction of The Conan Doyle Collection at King Street, London, on 19th May 2004 (Lot 133). More images can be taken upon request.Ref16655. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 028935

Bibliografische Details

Titel: An Original Collected Personal Token of ...
Verlag: UK
Erscheinungsdatum: 1935
Einband: Decorative Cloth
Zustand: Very Good
Auflage: First Edition