ARTHUR SOMERS ROCHE - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 05/05/1930 - HFSID 341368
Sale Price $250.00
Reg. $320.00
ARTHUR SOMERS ROCHE
The American mystery author informs fan that his favorite author is
his wife, Ethel Pettit, signs name in black ink
Typed letter signed: "Arthur Somers Rouche" in black ink. 1
page, 8½x6½. Written on personal letterhead. May 5, 1930. Palm Beach, Florida.
Addressed to a Miss Feldman, In full: "My favorite author is E.
Pettit, and my favorite book is "Move Over", by E. Pettit. And I assure you that
I am not prejudiced because E. Pettit is my wife. Sincerely yours".
Arthur Somers Roche (1883-1935) was an American mystery thriller
writer who was the son of James Jeffry Roche, a prominent Irish-American
author and journalist; after graduating with a law degree from Boston College in
1904, he soon grew tired of the profession. He began contributing short stories
to national magazines in 1910, and in 1916 published his first novel
Loot. His career was put on hold while serving as a Captain in
WWI, but after Roche became one of the more prolific writers of the period,
writing twenty-three novels, scores of short stories and two plays. His
novel A Day of Faith (1921) impressed Governor of Arkansas Thomas
G. McCrea so much that he declared November 21, the day it was published, a
state holiday. Normal mailing fold. Slightly toned and soiled. Ink notes in
bottom margin in unknown hand. Otherwise, fine condition.
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