Sale 2461 - Autographs, November 7, 2017

260A    MOORE,THOMAS.Autograph Letter Signed, to publisher of the American Law Journal John Elihu Hall, approving the design of his projected work, citing some successful examples of similar works, noting corrections to be made to some of his poems, and request- ing that he induce Mr. Dennis and Mr. Ewing to contact Moore. 2 1 / 4 pages, small 4to, with integral address leaf; translucent tissue backing overall on page 3 (affecting signature), small hole at few fold intersections with loss of first “m” in signature. sold as is . “Donnington Park” [Derby], 23 April 1807 [200/300] “. . . The plan of your work is excellent—something like it has been done in France by a writer of the name of Gaçon [François Gacon?], whom I think I have . . . some where in my notes . . . . Les amours d’Horace . . . &c, &c, and there is likewise in German (though without poetry, yet of similar fabrica- tion) the life of Alcibiades by Meissner and of Aristophanes by Wieland, the latter of which . . . appears to me very elegant. I owe there is nothing I have ever admired so much as these skilful tissues of fact & fiction, particularly when they are laid on a Grecian frame. Such works are a kind of waking dreams, which mingle fancy & reality so pleasantly together, that we have all the sanction of the latter for all the eccentricities of the former. . . . I am at present . . . at Lord Moire’s seat . . . , but . . . I can answer for his being happy to publish your work & coming liberally into any terms you may propose. . . .” 261 c   NOGUCHI,YONE. Autograph Letter Signed, to “Dear Sir,” recommending two of his books, Selected Poems and The Spirit of Japanese Poetry , and mentioning an essay on the subject of Noh theater. 1 page, 4to, personal stationery; folds. Tokyo, 24 September 1934 [200/300] “. . .This little essay on the No play of Japan tells you something more than No play itself. Of course you know about the subject. . . .” 262 c   PERKINS, MAXWELL. Archive of 26 Typed Letters Signed, “Maxwell Perkins” or “Maxwell E. Perkins,” to author Alan Kapelner, giving advice regarding his writing and career.Together 31 pages, 8vo,“Charles Scribner’s Sons” stationery, some written on first and third pages of folded sheet; one trimmed at all edges, minor scattered soiling. NewYork, 1942-46 [1,000/2,000] 24 November 1943: “I shall not be able properly to read your book, ‘Lonely Boy Blues,’ until this weekend. . . . [L]ooking about in it I did think it very doubtful if it had the qualities which would justify us in publishing it from a commercial standpoint. I hope I am wrong because I do think it reveals a most unusual talent in narrative . . . .” 18 May 1944:“I struck out one detail,—a short sentence in the part about the daughter. . . .” “. . . I am having trouble about the songs. I have had to modify a number of them, and I have had to omit two. . . . I could have got permission for two that I modified, but it would set such a bad precedent for the whole publishing business to pay twenty-five dollars for a couple of lines . . . .” 20 June 1944:“I think there is no doubt that we shall publish in the fall. . . .” 6 December 1944: “The trouble is that a recommendation on the basis of reading LONELY BOY BLUES is not what these Guggenheim people want.They feel that they can judge what you have done.They only want recommendations from people who know you. Haven’t you some old teacher, or professor, or friend who is now a writer? . . .” 263 c   RUSKIN, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed, “JRuskin,” to “My dear Mr. Farrar,” declining to deliver a lecture and, in a postscript, explaining that, while he could give a careless lecture, he should not, and he is presently unable to prepare a careful lecture. 1 page, 8vo; moderate marginal discoloration from prior matting, short closed tears at upper right, remnants of prior mounting at scattered points verso, folds. Np, nd [700/1,000] “I heartily wish I could come to Harrow in March, but I shall then be . . . in Scotland, and I cannot let anything interfere at present with my work in London . . . .”