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WILLIAM HOBART ROYCE - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 07/09/1949 - HFSID 344478

The Balzac expert and poet signs this handwritten letter on a post card thanking the recipient for sending him a book, dated 1949 Autograph letter signed: "Royce" in black ink. 5½x3½ postcard. Brooklyn, New York, July 9, 1949, on personal cardstock to Dr. Shea Tenenbaum.

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WILLIAM HOBART ROYCE
The Balzac expert and poet signs this handwritten letter on a post card thanking the recipient for sending him a book, dated 1949
Autograph letter signed: "Royce" in black ink. 5½x3½ postcard. Brooklyn, New York, July 9, 1949, on personal cardstock to Dr. Shea Tenenbaum. In full: "Dear Friend,- Many thanks for your kindness in sending me your book and the Balzac articles. My only regret is my inability to read them, and that is something no doctor can cure. Have you seen our great friend, Mr. Leo Weitz, recently? He spoke very highly of you, and I heartily agreed with him. Fraternally yours". William Hobart Royce (1878-1963) was an American writer and bookseller who was an expert on French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac. Royce published poetry under his given name as well as his pen-name, Willie Penmore. In 1917 Royce met Gabriel Wells and joined his bookselling firm where he stayed for over 30 years. The shop became a center for the sale of all types of "Balzaciana". Royce lived his life in emulation of Balzac and was the founder (1940) and president of the Balzac Society of America. In 1935, he was awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honor and was made an honorary citizen of Issoudun, where Balzac's La Rabouilleuse was set. Some of Royce's notable works include "Remember Pearl Harbor!", "The Bookman's Lament", and "Balzac Was Right, A Sonnet Sequence". Toned and lightly stained. Corners rounded. 1c stamp affixed. Otherwise, fine condition.

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