Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. 6 signed autograph letters to Halpérine Kaminski...
Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. 6 signed autograph letters to Halpérine Kaminski [translator of the great Russian writers, including Tolstoy and Gogol]. 1888–1896. 4 pp. in-8 and 5 in-12, 5 envelopes.
– Undated: “Alas, dear sir, I have more than twenty manuscripts at home that I was imprudent enough to promise to read… I myself have a work to finish… Thank you for the book. It reflects a philosophy that I believe I share.” – June 1893: “I was deeply moved by that fine article; I would say it was very well written were it not entirely in my praise… I have just sent you a telegram asking you to correct an error. My mother was not Slavic, but Celtic…” – June 28, 1895 [after Dumas Fils’s remarriage]: “Nothing has changed, my dear friend. There’s just one more charming woman in this house, where there will now be two of us to welcome you.”
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Alexandre DUMAS, Jr. 6 signed autograph letters to Halpérine Kaminski [translator of the great Russian writers, including Tolstoy and Gogol]. 1888–1896. 4 pp. in-8 and 5 in-12, 5 envelopes.
– Undated: “Alas, dear sir, I have more than twenty manuscripts at home that I was imprudent enough to promise to read… I myself have a work to finish… Thank you for the book. It reflects a philosophy that I believe I share.” – June 1893: “I was deeply moved by that fine article; I would say it was very well written were it not entirely in my praise… I have just sent you a telegram asking you to correct an error. My mother was not Slavic, but Celtic…” – June 28, 1895 [after Dumas Fils’s remarriage]: “Nothing has changed, my dear friend. There’s just one more charming woman in this house, where there will now be two of us to welcome you.”
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