Description:
Shepard, Ernest (1879-1976) Autograph Letter Signed, 19 January 1970.
Single leaf inscribed on both sides. To Mr. Haack, declining to illustrate The Lord of the Rings, having never read it, and being ninety years old, but recommending Norman Mansbridge (1911-1993) for the job. On Shepard's Woodmancote stationery, horizontal fold, slight rust line from an old paper clip in top corner, 7 x 5 1/4 in.
Estimate $200-300
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