Autograph Letter Signed ('Tom Gallon') and Typed Letter Signed to Ernest Pertwee.

Both items quarto. On worn, discoloured paper, with a couple of closed tears to the folds. Pertwee was the author of numerous anthologies for recitation, and these letters presumably relate to his 'Reciter's treasury of prose and drama: serious and humorous' (Routledge, 1904). TLS: 'Provided, of course, that Messrs. Routledge have actually agreed with you to publish the book of humorous prose recitations, I shall be very willing to allow you to reprint any one of the stories the titles of which I give below. [...] The stories I would recommend are as under, and I give them in the order of value, from the popular point of view.' ALS: He encloses a letter from Cassell & Co., 'containing the permission you desire. There is no necessity for you to write to them; I have already done so.'