Autograph Letters, Manuscripts & Historical Documents
By International Autograph Auctions
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Nov 30, 2023
Urbanizacion El Real del Campanario. E-12, Bajo B 29688 Estepona (Malaga). SPAIN, Spain
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LOT 807:
MUKERJI DHAN GOPAL: (1890-1936) Indian-born American writer of children’s literature, regarded as ...
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MUKERJI DHAN GOPAL: (1890-1936) Indian-born American writer of children’s literature, regarded as the first popular Indian writer in English. Mukerji committed suicide in New York at the young age of 46. Autograph statement, unsigned, one page, oblong 8vo, n.p., 12 th October 1928. The head of the page is titled Maxims of Life of the Authors of the whole world in the hand of a researcher and immediately beneath Mukerji has penned eight lines of text in his hand, in full, ‘Like an eagle never lost in its flight, like a lion not trembling before the least sounds, like the wind never caught in the net, wander alone. Like a lamp unto yourself work out your deliverance with diligence singly, individually – alone’. Rare. VG
