1840 Autograph Letter Signed to a Bookseller who Sent Crappy Books

by "E.D.J."

$75 · Offered by Between the Covers

December 10, 1840. Unbound. Autograph Letter Signed. [1]pp. Measuring approximately 7½" x 6". Two small rustholes from ink, old folds and two tiny tears, near fine. Addressed "My dear Sir," the letter reads in part "...Purchase, in addition [to] being cropped, has been wet with sea water at the back..... More

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