French-American traveler and anthropologist (1835–1903) best known as the first modern outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas and the Pygmy people of central Africa. ALS, one page, 6 x 9.5, Hotel Marlborough letterhead, April 16, 1901. Letter to Ashley Cole. In full: “I fancied I heard the sun say to me: ‘Tomorrow you will not see me; then you will have entered the Land of the Land of the Long Night; and when you go further and further North you will be in that land. Good bye, good bye.’” In fine condition, with a couple tiny chips to bottom edge. RR Auction COA.
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