DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A.L.S., `Alex Dumas´, a ...

DUMAS ALEXANDRE Pere: (1802-1870) French Writer whose works include The Three Musketeers. A.L.S., `Alex Dumas´, a large bold black ink signature, two pages, 8vo, n.p., n.d. [1848], in French. A boldly written letter by Dumas, stating `Je suis passé pour vous aider a arreter la publication de l´Amazone. L´amazone a été donnée a Hetzel… Mr Hetzel l´a vendue sans avoir le droit de le vendre. Appelez votre huissier et faites signifier au Siecle, que n´ayant pas reçu l´Amazone de mes mains, et l´ayant reçue des mains d´un homme qui n´avait pas le droit d´en disposer, je m´oppose a la publication a moins qu´elle ne vienne en déduction de ce que j´ai a livrer au Siecle´(''I came by to help you stop the Amazon publication. The Amazon was given to Hetzel ... Mr Hetzel sold it without having the right to sell it. Call your bailiff and make it known to the Siecle, that not having received the Amazon from my hands, and having received it from the hands of a man who did not have the right to dispose of it, I am against the publication unless it comes as a deduction from what I have to deliver to the Century'') With blank integral leaf. Small paper hole and stain to the blank leaf, and very small repair to the second page only partially affecting the flourish. G L´amazone (1845) is a short novel by Dumas. Its original title was Herminie, L´Amazone. The novel was first published by the newspaper Le Siecle from February to October 1845. Le Siecle was a daily newspaper published in France from 1836 to 1932.