MARTIN F. TUPPER - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 03/19/1884 - HFSID 73434
Sale Price $295.00
Reg. $360.00
MARTIN TUPPER
Tupper wrote this postcard to Thomas Gibbons, Esq. in 1884, asking
for details on when he would arrive during a trip. Accompanied by 1-page
biography.
Autograph letter signed: "M. F. T.". With ink notation in
lower right corner in unknown hand. 2¾x4¾ English halfpenny postcard. March
19, 1884. Addressed to Thomas Gibbons, Esq., Liverpool, England. In full:
"Tell me how you are & when going over: and mind you come here before
departure, write & say when you will call: day & hour. I hope Mr. Adams
has by this time sent you those pages all well here [illegible]".
Accompanied by: 1-pagebiography. Tupper (1810-1889, born
in Albury, Surrey, England) was an English writer, playwright, poet and
inventor. He's probably best known for Proverbial Philosophy, published
in 1837. Filled with long moralizing proverbs written in blank verse,
Proverbial Philosophy eventually went through 40 editions and sold over a
million copies in America between 1837 and 1867. Lightly toned and soiled.
Ink transference from biography. Rounded corners. Normal postal stamps, none of
which touch handwriting. Otherwise, fine condition.
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