{"product_id":"hawkins-anthony-hope-als-1907-sending-a-guinea-contribution","title":"HAWKINS Anthony Hope - ALS 1907 sending a guinea contribution","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnthony HOPE HAWKINS\u003c\/strong\u003e (1863-1933)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eAutograph Letter Signed (“Anthony Hope Hawkins”) to his cousin Edith sending her a “modest guinea” in response to her request.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"FR\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ansi-language: FR;\"\u003e1½ pages 8vo, Savoy Mansions, 2 October 1907.\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 3;\"\u003e                              \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-tab-count: 1;\"\u003e            \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSince the request is yours, I must respond to it, but I fear my response must be a small one. I have so very many calls made on me from nearer home. If I met all I should soon cease to belong to the class of men “who have a little spare cash”. So I send the modest guinea, and wish you luck in your efforts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eI am sorry to hear Archie has been seedy. Yes, the “worry” is the worst of what they call the artistic temperament. Lots of oil of cloves is the best remedy – but that’s not always possible. My father is very well indeed, thanks\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eAnthony Hope may have started his career as a very promising barrister, but soon abandoned the legal profession to become a prolific and popular writer and playwright. Today, he is best known for two novels, \u003cem\u003eThe Prisoner of Zenda\u003c\/em\u003e and its sequel, \u003cem\u003eRupert of Hentzau\u003c\/em\u003e, which brought the term “Ruritanian” into the English language. The writer and sometimes critic Andrew Lang was an admirer of these works.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;\"\u003eThe letter is slightly dusty and the bottom half of the second page has unfortunately been cut away, most likely when it was included in an album. The bottom of the verso of the first leaf shows traces of glue from when the letter was mounted in an album.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Richmond Autographs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56991696355714,"sku":"1952","price":225.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0979\/3392\/files\/hawkins-anthony-hope-autograph-letter-signed-1907-a.jpg?v=1792594517","url":"https:\/\/www.richmondautographs.co.uk\/products\/hawkins-anthony-hope-als-1907-sending-a-guinea-contribution","provider":"Richmond Autographs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}