Letter from William Black, with related material. ca. 1887.

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Letter from William Black, with related material. ca. 1887.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54873598

Comprises 1 autograph letter from Black to an unnamed recipient dated 15 November (with a transcript), 1 autographed portrait photograph of him, 3 signatures, 1 of which is a facsimile by a bookseller dated 3 February 1887 advertising some of his novels, and a printed flyer by Sampson Low, Marston & Company Limited, London for cheap volumes of his novels with a photograph of him inset. The bound volume also contains a typescript biography of Black.

1 letter (2 ff. conjoined), 1 signed port. photograph, 3 signatures, and 1 bookseller's flyer, all held in 1 envelope, manuscript and printed material.

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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SNAC Resource ID: 7683035

Brotherton Library, University of Leeds

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Black, William, 1841-1898

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William Black was born in Scotland; his earliest ambition was to be a painter, but he had no success, and took to journalism. While working for London's Daily Star, he covered the Austro-Prussian war from the front, and was taken captive. Afterward, he continued to work in journalism while devoting himself to novels; he eventually became a popular success, notably for his adventure novels set in Scotland. From the description of William Black letter to Mrs. Jeaffreson, circa 1880 Dec...