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SALINGER, J.D. Autograph Letter Signed, to Wesleyan student Charles A. Hoyt,
thanking him for his letter, and sending a copy of his
Nine Stories
[not present]. 1 page,
oblong 12mo; vertical fold. With the original envelope.
Windsor, 14 October 1953
[1,500/2,500]
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Thank you . . . . I t was good of you to take the t ime and bother.
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I published a collection of stories called ‘Nine Stories’ recently, since you’re good enough to
ask. Hope you’ll enjoy it.”
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MILL, JOHN STUART. Brief Autograph Note Signed, within the text in third
person: “Mr. John Mill will have the honor of dining with Mr & Mrs. Stanley on Saturday
the 20th.” 1 page, 8vo, with integral blank; remnants of mounting on terminal page overall.
“India House,” 8 June no year
[250/350]
ON WAR AND THE “SUICIDAL ASS CALLED MAN”
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O’NEILL, EUGENE. Typed Letter Signed, to John H.G. Pell, asking for advice
about the mortgage on his own house, worrying that payments in the future would
become too burdensome, expressing pessimism about the war and about humankind. 1
page, 4to, personal stationery; ink received stamp at upper right, horizontal folds, tiny staple
holes at upper left corner.
Danville, 14 September 1939
[2,000/3,000]
“
. . . I am certain myself that, whatever war boom there may be . . . even if this country man-
ages to stay out of the war, the final result here will be a ruinous time which will make the last
depression seem like prosperity. . . .
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This war has given me a bad case of the gloomy, vale of desolation jitters. Schopenhauer at his
most pessimistic would be a beaming Rotarian beside me. I can imaging nothing that will ever
teach the stupid, greedy, murderous, suicidal ass called man a lasting lesson except the Second
Flood. With no Noah floating around to carry on the bad work when the waters recede!”
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REVERDY, PIERRE. Autograph Manuscript Signed, draft for his article, “Mépris
de la postérité,” in French, published in the premiere issue of
La Bête Noire
. Signed at end.
Corrections throughout in another hand, probably that of editor Maurice Raynal. 12
pages, 4to, written on one side of each sheet; tear with minor loss of text on terminal page
repaired with paper verso, few scattered small holes or closed tears, horizontal fold.
Np, [circa March 1935]
[2,000/3,000]
La Bête Noire
was a literary and artistic magazine published in Paris between April 1935
and February 1936. It featured contibutions by Antonin Artaud, André Breton, Adlous
Huxley, Le Corbusier, and others.
From the files of French art critic and art historian Maurice Raynal (1884-1954).