Autograph Letter Signed Theodore Dreiser , to Philadelphia bookseller Jeremiah F. Cullen

by Theodore Dreiser

$1,250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

1 p. 8vo. Bifolium. Light marginal soiling, folding crease. Item #308565 Dreiser writes a Philadelphia bookseller to request a copy of the first edition of his most important novel, Sister Carrie 1900 . Dear Sir: A letter dated Nov. and addressed to me at 165 W. 10th St. reaches me only now … You mention a copy of Sister Carrie 1st Edition at 10.00. If you still have it will you forward it & I will send you my check ….

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