Lot 10: BROWNING (ROBERT)

Autograph letter signed ("R Browning"), to "My dear Powell", asking him to pay Smith & Elder "on account of Mr Fearne, the subscription-money for that same book I am to receive" ("...Otherwise, all parties will think I take its title for 'Subscription & Repentance' – whereas, in spite of our fun yesterday, I shall be really glad to have my copy, & reimburse you when next you 'come across' Yours ever truly..."); with a postscript asking when he should call for it and "'Coningsby'!!!", one page, paper manufacturer's Prince of Wales feathers blindstamp, integral blank (folded diagonally, seemingly for delivery), docketed "Poet –", traces of mounting on blank and a thin patch, slight browning and creasing, 8vo, "Monday Morning" [?May 1844]