Author:
Watts Phillips (1825-1874), playwright and novelist whose play ?The Dead Heart? inspired Dickens? ?A Tale of Two Cities? [Frederick Vining, actor]
Publication details:
18 August 1863; 29 Rue de Penthi?vre.
See his entry, and that of the Vining family, in the Oxford DNB, as well as well as his sister Emma?s memoir. 3pp, 12mo, with the last page written lengthwise. Bifolium. Text clear and entire, but in fair condition only, on aged and worn paper, with strip of tape from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf, and short closed tears at foot of both leaves and tape repair. Folded once. Written in feverish style: one word is underlined seven times. Addressed to ?My dear Vining? and signed ?Watts Phillips?.
