Autograph Letter Signed ('Mary H. Catherwood') from the novelist Mary Hartwell Catherwood to her publisher Charles F. Chichester of the Century Company, requesting correction of statement 'according to "White Islander" contract'. With two portraits.
Author:
Mary Hartwell Catherwood (1847-1902), American author of historical romances, mostly set in set in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois [Charles F. Chichester, Treasurer of the Century Company, New York]
Publication details:
Without date or place, but answered by Chichester on 1 January [1883].
£120.00
SKU: 11394
1p., 12mo. Very good, within thin paper windowpane mount. She writes 'Dear Mr. Chichester:- | I return statement. Please have it corrected according to "White Islander" contract, and send me the check early in February. And I shall be obliged.' Docketed by Chichester 'Ansd. 1. 30' and 'Corrected State. sent | Sent Ck $186.66'. Neatly laid down on the blank reverse of the letter' is a portrait of Catherwood 'From a photograph by Hall, Hoopeston, Ill.' Also included is another small photographic portrait of Catherwood within an ornate printed border, on india paper, lightly-aged and neatly laid down on a piece of paper. White Islander' was published by the Century Company in 1883.