Robert Hichens letters, quotation and picture, 1896-1948.

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Robert Hichens letters, quotation and picture, 1896-1948.

The collection contains 20 letters from Hichens to various people, a quotation by Hichens written on board the S.S. Celtic, and a picture of Hichens cut from a theater program. The recipients are Dear Sir (3 different), Mr. Kellie, Mr. Quilter (3 different), Mr. Henville (2 different), My dear Pollak, Mr. Johnson (2 different), Dear Madam (Florence Everett?), Mr. Doran, Fred Bason, H. Kanti (2 different), Mr. Anstruther, Mr. Berdan, and Mr. Marshall. Some of the letters are undated. His letters relate to literary and social matters and travels. Four of the letters also contain their original envelopes.

22 items.

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Kanti, H.

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Hichens, Robert, 1864-1950

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Robert Hichens was a prolific English writer who issued more than seventy books during a career that extended for more than fifty years. Hichens was born in Speldhurst, England, in November 14, 1864 and by his mid-teens Hichens had already published his first novel, The Coastguard's Secret. In addition to writing novels, stories, and the lyrics for music, Hichens was a music critic for London World in the late 1890s. Hichens's work is represented in anthologies and he was a contributor to period...

Bason, Frederick T. (Frederick Thomas), 1907-

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