Autograph letter signed, 3.75" x 6.5", Delavan House, Albany, N.Y., to fellow author Walter Besant, attractively matted and framed with a portrait to 12.5" x 18". Stevenson warmly thanks Besant for sending his novel Her Paulus, writing: “I must assure you of my hearty delight. … I wish it had been in a hundred and nineteen volumes.” Boldly signed “Robert Louis Stevenson.”
In fine condition, with expected toning and folds, minor edge wear, and a small chip at the lower margin not affecting the text. Handsomely presented with a portrait.
Robert Louis Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for works such as Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Kidnapped and A Child's Garden of Verses.
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