AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)

Los Angeles, 24 March 1920. Letter. Creases from mailing, some light soiling. Near Fine. An interesting two-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED in which Dreiser tries to buy a first edition of his landmark novel SISTER CARRIE. Addressed to Jeremiah Cullen. In part: "If you still have the copy of SISTER CARRIE you mention, 1st edition, I will take it.... I have sold and am selling some of the original MSS of my short stories & plays if you know any collectors. The price to me must be $200 each. The originals of LAUGHING GAS, THE COURT OF PROGRESS, HEY, RUB-A-DUB-DUB, and THE LOST PHOEBE (a prize story -- 1916) are all in my possession." With the original envelope addressed in Dreiser's hand.