[Rarebooks] FS: Theodore Dreiser Letter to a Bookseller Inquiring to Buy a First Edition of SISTER CARRIE

[Charles Agvent]

DREISER, Theodore. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS). Los Angeles, 24 March 
1920. An interesting two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED in which Dreiser 
tries to buy a first edition of his landmark novel SISTER CARRIE. 
Addressed to Jeremiah Cullen. In part: "If you still have the copy of 
SISTER CARRIE you mention, 1st edition, I will take it.... I have sold 
and am selling some of the original MSS of my short stories & plays if 
you know any collectors. The price to me must be $200 each. The 
originals of LAUGHING GAS, THE COURT OF PROGRESS, HEY, RUB-A-DUB-DUB, 
and THE LOST PHOEBE (a prize story -- 1916) are all in my possession." 
With the original envelope addressed in Dreiser's hand. Creases from 
mailing, some light soiling. Near Fine. (#019400)        $750.00

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