ALLINGHAM, Margery Louise (1904-1966). Crime novelist.
Autograph Letter Signed to [Robert Thurston] Hopkins (d. 1958, author), 3 pages 8vo, D'Arcy House, Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Maldon, Essex, 30 October 1952. Declining to write for a collection of ghost stories, suggesting that 'someone more serious and informed' would be a better choice, and telling Hopkins that he is better known than he thinks ('Neighbours are nothing to go by!').
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