ARTHUR LOCKER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER DOUBLE SIGNED 05/10/1882 - HFSID 73039
Sale Price $306.00
Reg. $360.00
ARTHUR LOCKER
The nineteenth-century literary editor and writer offers to submit
10,000 words, signs letter twice in black ink
Autograph letter signed twice: "Arthur Locker" and "AL"
in black ink. 1 page, 5¼x8. Written on The Graphic letterhead. Addressed to
Kilton, Esq. of Norwich. London, England. May 10, 1882. In part: "My
dear Sir, I shall be glad if can wright will undertake the Yarmouth &
Norwich supplement, but I cannot offer him more than 10,000 words...".
Arthur Locker (1828-1893) was a novelist and journalist, best known for
his work as editor of the Graphic. After beginning his career in a
mercantile office at Liverpool, Locker emigrated to Australia where he turned to
journalism and writing of plays and fiction. He returned to Great Britain in
1861, where he immediately began contributing to newspapers and magazines,
earning a permanent position in 1863 at the Times, and moving up to his
Graphic position in 1870. His published writings include Sweet Seventeen
(1866), On a Coral Reef (1869), Stephen Scudamore the Younger
(1871) and The Village Surgeon (1874). Locker was the elder brother
of London Lyrics (1857) author, Frederick Locker-Lampson. Normal mailing
folds. Bottom edge frayed and slightly torn. Toned. Light surface creases.
Otherwise, fine condition.
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