Lot 36: BRONTË, CHARLOTTE.

PROPERTY REMOVED FROM DUNECHT HOUSE, ABERDEENSHIRE
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO ELLEN NUSSEY
writing with passionate relief at Ellen's return from London "the great city which to me is almost as apocryphal as Babylon or Ninevah, or ancient Rome", congratulating her on not having been corrupted by the metropolis, and protesting at the depth of their friendship ("...I have long seen, 'friend', in your mind, in your words, in your actions..."), 3 pages, 4to, [Haworth], 19 June 1834, integral address panel, postal markings, seal tear largely repaired, second leaf inlaid