Price: $250.00
Unbound. Quarto. One page letter to rare bookseller Ernest Maggs of Maggs Brothers in London, dated November 16, 1929, from the exiled King of Portugal, Manuel II Old folds from mailing, a little light toning, very good. Manuel sends along two manuscripts (not present) to be typed and returned. There is an intriguing line where the King inquires: "Have you any news from the Doctor & do you know when he is coming back? I am anxious to know if there are many questions to be settled. I think it will be neccesary to have a little conference when he returns with you & Morison[?] to try and decide several important points not yet quite settled regarding the 2nd vol. of the book.
According to the website of the very-much-still-functioning Maggs Brothers, the bookselling firm, among many other things: "...helped King Manuel of Portugal form his great library..." and discusses that relationship a bit further. One does not have to stretch too far to speculate that "The Doctor" in question who was so anxiously awaited, was most likely referring to Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach,
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