Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

257 c   MENCKEN, H.L. Archive of 65 items Signed, Inscribed, or Inscribed and Signed, “HLM” or “M,” to Anne Duffy, her daughter Sara, or her mother Jesse, including two Auto- graph Letters, 10 Typed Letters, 44 Autograph Postcards, two offprints of his essays, 6 of his books, and a Photograph. Format and condition vary. Vp, 1935-45 [3,500/5,000] Letters, mostly personal subjects:ALS, to “Dear Anne”:“I am to see the young woman this P.M. and shall report at length.The town gossip says that she now has 16 teeth and can count up to 75.This seems marvelous. . . .” 1 page, 8vo,“Hotel Algonquin” stationery.With the original envelope. NewYork, “Tuesday” 6 August 1935 [from postmark] *TLS, to “Dear Anne”:“I sincerely hope . . . that you’ll not come out of that beautiful hospital with anti-Semitic ideas floating in your mind. Jewish patients make their sentiments known simply because they are frank and honest. The Goys, if they had the courage, would howl just as loudly. . . .” 1 page, oblong 8vo, personal stationery. Baltimore, 5 February 1943 *TLS, to “Dear Sara”:“I am for you for Presidentess of the United States, and only hope that I live long enough to vote for you.This is not a joke. Consider the career of La Eleanor. She was once a poor girl on the Hudson, and now she is invited to the wedding of the future Queen of England. . . .” 1 page, oblong 8vo, personal stationery. Baltimore, 3 November 1947 * others. Postcards, many unsigned, a few in pencil, each to Sara Duffy, commenting upon the image on verso showing a view of one or more buildings in NewYork City or Baltimore:“This bldg. is full of skeletons of large animals—some of them nearly a mile long. It is one of the points of interest in NY.”Verso shows American Museum of Natural History * “This famous statue is 8300 feet high and weighs 92,500 tons. It is one of the wonders of the world.”Verso shows the Statue of Liberty * “Brooklyn is a wonder- ful city, though few have ever seen it. Many of its people speak English fluently.”Verso shows skyline of Brooklyn * “These cannon protect Baltimore from Japs, Nazis, etc.”Verso shows Fort McHenry * others. Each 1 page, oblong 12mo. [Baltimore or Sparta, NC, March-July 1945].