Sold for:
$1,020
$1,020
Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894) Dictated Note Signed, Vailima Samoa, 11 May 1893. Single leaf, inscribed on one side. To James fulfilling a request for Samoan stamps (not included) adding his compliments to the addressee's father, and those of Mrs. Stevenson and the writer of the note, his step-daughter Isobel Osbourne Strong Field (1858-1953) [identified as "the lady now writing for me, Mrs. Strong" in the text of the note], the signature and closing in Stevenson's hand, old folds, one torn through with a short closed adjacent tear, hand soiled, with a half-penny stamp on the verso, and some erased math problems, 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-17
