Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1860 Aug. 22.

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Autograph letter signed with initials : London, to his mother, Harriet Collins, 1860 Aug. 22.

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Informing her of his travel plans; telling her that "The Woman in White has beaten the libraries -- they all gave in, and the whole of the first impression was sold on the day of publication." A note adds, "I have just returned from [Sampson] Low's [his publisher] with £500. 350 copies of the second edition sold in five days!"

1 item (3 p.) ; 20.1 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7531588

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Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889

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Low, Sampson, 1797-1886

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Collins, Harriet Geddes, 1790-1868,

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