2020-07 2 sessions
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Le GALLIENNE, Richard (1866-1947) was an English author and poet. The British-American actress Eva Le Gallienne (1899-1991) was his daughter, by his second marriage to Danish journalist Julie Nørregaard (1863-1942). Autograph Letter Signed "Richard Le Gallienne" 2pp. octavo, Menton, France, April 4, 1935, and reads in part: "...I have decided to write on Thomas Paine's activities in France. I thought first of Poe, but could find so little material, though I consulted my friend Prof. Legonis, and M. Leon Lemonnili, who is the best-posted French write on Poe...All agree that there is no evidence of Poe's ever being in Paris...Meanwhile, I am going to write on Paine, who, it seems me, has never had justice done to him..." Fine condition.
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