COLLINS WILKIE: (1824-1889) English Novelist and Playwright. His work The Moonstone (1868) is widely...

COLLINS WILKIE: (1824-1889) English Novelist and Playwright. His work The Moonstone (1868) is widely considered the first modern detective novel. A.N.S., `V[er]y truly yours, Wilkie Collins«, on a 12mo clipped piece, n.p., dated 7th March 1884 in his hand. A bold black ink signature. The piece has been affixed to a slightly larger card. Small overall minor age wear and creasing. G £100-150