An Original Hand Written Letter and Signed by Writer Anthony Hope Hawkins. Written at the Time of publication of his greatest book The Prisoner of Zenda. Dated 1885The letter discuses the publication of a book and acquiring a copy. Highly likely this refers to his book The Prisoner of Zenda. 'Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope 1863-1933, was a British novelist and playwright. He was a prolific writer, especially of adventure novels but he is remembered predominantly for only two books: The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and its sequel Rupert of Hentzau (1898). These works, "minor classics" of English literature, are set in the contemporaneous fictional country of Ruritania and spawned the genre known as Ruritanian romance, books set in fictional European locales similar to the novels. Size is 180 x 112mm. Condition is good. Folding crease