Hamilton cosmo 1870 (3 Ergebnisse)

2pp, 12mo. In fair condition, aged and worn. Folded twice. The letter begins: 'When my Eugenic play "The Blindness of Virtue" was first produced at the Little Theatre two years ago [i.e. in 1912] (about which Dr Saleeby [i.e. eugenicist Caleb Saleeby (1878-1940)] wrote very kindly & in great agreement in the P. M. G) you were kind enough to send a member of your staff to see me for a talk.' He explains that since that time he has had the play 'in the United States & Canada where it is still running & I have many more things to say about it & those places'. He suggests a meeting at the Ambassadors Theatre, where he has a production, one morning that week. He ends with 'great admiration for your wonderful work for our Georgeridden country'. Pencil note at head: 'We'd better do this. RB'. The writer of the note is identified, in another pencil hand, as Robert Bell, the recipient named as F. A. H. Eyles.…

Zustand: Good. - Letter penned in black ink & filling most of the first side of a sheet of his light gray letterhead with his address printed in raised lettering at the top. The letterhead is folded once to form 4 sides, each approximately 8 inches high by 6 inches wide. Signed "Cosmo Hamilton". The letter is very lightly creased with a small stain at bottom left & a light glue mark along the top edge. There is a stain & a collector's pencil notation on the 4th side. Folded once for mailing.Good. Hamilton thanks Mr. Remington for his very kind letter. "It is indeed good to know that you liked 'Unwritten History' so much. I am grateful for your help & refreshed by your enthusiasm. It gives me great pleasure to send you a photograph & to think that it will earn the honour of a place on the walls of your office." "Unwritten History" was Hamilton's autobiography and was published by Little, Brown & Co. in 1924, the year of this letter.Cosmo Hamilton [1870-1942] was an English playwright and novelist, the author of several London musicals, as well as Broadway shows and many screenplays. Several of his novels were adapted for film.…

unbound. 2.5 x 6 inches, March 25 1921, "A man's reach must exceed his grasp or what's a Heaven for?" Light toning with mounting remnants on the back, but still in very good condition. English playwright and novelist.