Lot 393
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Typed letter signed ("Edgar Rice Burroughs"), on letterhead of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., one page, 11 x 8½ in., August 27, 1932. To William Millstein, responding to questions. In part: "…Am glad that you enjoy re-reading my books. Am sorry that I haven't got a photograph to send you for your Tarzan book….I have never been in Africa. There was nothing in particular that suggested the Tarzan idea that I now recall….The United Features Syndicate handles the newspaper strips for me. My own company publishes my books…."
With stamped address panel affixed to blank bottom portion of letter; small closed tear at top edge; mounting remnants in corners of verso.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250.
Maurice F. Neville Collection, Part II - Sotheby's New York, Nov 16, 2004, lot 284.
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