
Lot 173
SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY) Autograph letter signed ("EH Shackleton"), to "My dear Mr Collis [sic]" [the literary agent W.M. Colles], Edinburgh, 29 June 1904
1 February 2017, 13:00 GMT
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £1,062.50 inc. premium
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SHACKLETON (ERNEST HENRY)
Autograph letter signed ("EH Shackleton"), to "My dear Mr Collis [sic]" [the literary agent W.M. Colles], sending the manuscript "Dolorosa" by Mrs H.B. Rowlands ("...Let me know what you think of it. Scott seems to be writing in driblets, it will spoil the sale of a book will it not?..."), 2 pages, printed heading of Royal Scottish Geographical Society, receipt stamps and formerly pinned at head, 4to, Edinburgh, 29 June 1904
Footnotes
'SCOTT SEEMS TO BE WRITING IN DRIBLETS' – Scott was at this time working on The Voyage of the 'Discovery' which was to be published the following year.