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Lot #366
Stephen Crane: "I cannot understand that a sentence from me would be of interest to anybody"

?I cannot understand that a sentence from me would be of interest to anybody?

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?I cannot understand that a sentence from me would be of interest to anybody?

Extremely rare ALS, one page, 4.5 x 7, Ravensbrook letterhead, June 18, 1897. In full: ?I cannot understand that a sentence from me would be of interest to anybody and in the matter of signing my name I conceal my desire to write some kind of gorgeous and over-topping epigram.? In fine condition. A literary autograph of the utmost scarcity, Crane is virtually nonexistent in letters.

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