Parker, Gilbert:

$1,250 · Offered by William Reese Company

[SERIES OF TWELVE AUTOGRAPH LETTERS. SIGNED (SIX WITH INITIALS), TWO DICTATED LETTERS, SIGNED, AND ONE TYPED LETTER, SIGNED]. An excellent series of letters written late in Parker's life to Miss Betty Ross, documenting a close relationship between the two writers, both of whom wrote for films. Sir Gilbert Parker (1860-1932), the English novelist and politician, was born at Camden East, Addington, Ontario, Canada. "Early in 1886 Parker left on a trip to Australia where he joined the staff of the Sydney Morning Herald, eventually becoming associate editor. While in Australia, Parker began his literary career by publishing stories and articles in the newspapers....Parker left Australia in 1889 and settled in Britain as his home for the rest of his life....Throughout the 1890s he was a prolific writer in both article and novel form....Parker's love for Canada and his belief in the imperial destiny led him to have political ambitions both in Canada and Britain, and in 1900 he was elected Conservative MP for Gravesend, a seat he held until ill health forced him to resign in 1918....Despite his parliamentary work, he still managed to write both fiction and non-fiction....He used his vast experience of travels abroad in his novels and this is a mark of his style and art....His ambitions for high political office were slow to be fulfilled (he failed to become high commissioner for Canada) until the First World War provided an opening for his talents. From November 1914 to late 1916 he

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