Apollinaire – The Heresiarch & Co. – Fine Autograph Letter – Original Edition, 1910

  

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Smooth spine with the author, title, and date stamped in gold, all edges gilt, ochre leather doublures, moiré silk endpapers, covers and spine preserved, matching slipcase, binding and interior pages in excellent condition. Copy enriched with an important autograph letter from the author.

Thanking a critic for a flattering article about his book.

“I have received your newspaper article in which my book is mentioned.

Unfortunately, I did not receive the full newspaper, only a clipping without any indication of the source, and I am not entirely sure that it is indeed the one. So I ask you, if, as I hope, my letter reaches you, to let me know.

I am very grateful for the kind article you devoted to L'Hérésiarque et Cie. Would to God that it had always met with the understanding of other readers and the critics who have written about it. My next work, a novel, will no doubt face even greater difficulties. But readers like you, I dare say, are a great comfort to a writer. Please accept, Sir, with my eager compliments and the hope that I may one day meet you, the assurance of my deepest sympathy.”

A superb copy, superbly bound, enriched with an important autograph inscription from the author.