Letter to Fred M. Hopkins - A Letter By Rudyard Kipling Concerning a Proposal To Buy The Cottage in Which Edgar Allan Poe Wrote Ullalume

Mr. Kipling's essential modesty is shown by the frank acknowledgement of his indebtedness to Poe. [1924]. 8vo, folder of blue-gray paper, doubled, with the front cover printed in black within a double border of rules in blue. A facsimile of Kipling's letter to Fred M. Hopkins is tipped onto the inside of the rear cover. From the private collection of William Carpenter the letter is otherwise unpublished. Diistributed privately; 200 copies A near fine copy Bibliographies: Livingston Supp. p. 176, Stewart 738, Richards Bl31.