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KEY, FRANCIS SCOTT. Clipped portion of a Letter Signed, “FSKey,” including
holograph closing, “Yrs resp’ly.”
3
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4
x4 inches; minor smudging to signature and text; matted
with portrait and framed.
Np, nd
[200/300]
398
L’ENGLE, MADELEINE. Typed Letter Signed, to Ernest Schwartz, thanking
him for his note and sending him an autographed bookplate and photograph [neither pre-
sent]. 1 page, 4to “Farrar, Straus & Giroux” stationery. With the original envelope.
New York, nd
[100/150]
HELPING FRIEND TO EVADE THE NAZIS
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MAUGHAM, WILLIAM SOMERSET. Group of 5 letters concerning or to
Maurice Zerner, helping to establish him and his family in the US after escaping the Nazis,
including four Autograph Letters Signed, “W. Somerset Maugham” or “W.S. Maugham,”
and an Autograph Letter, unsigned. Togther 7 pages, 8vo; condition generally good.
Vp, [1940s-50s]
[2,000/3,000]
ALS, to an unnamed recipient (lacking salutation), a letter of reference for Maurice Zerner: “. . . His
sufferings at the hands of the Nazis are a sufficient guarantee of his anti-Natzi sentiments & I am
firmly convinced of his loyalty to this country. . . .” With integral blank, blind stamp from notary
touching text. Tamassee, SC, 28 January 1943 * ALS, to “Dear Mutzi,” sending $200 to “enable
you to get your daughter & son in law over to this country. . . .” With integral blank, “Ritz-Carlton
Hotel” stationery. New York, 14 May no year * ALS, to “My dear Muzzi,” promising to arrange a
meeting and closing with: “Of course it must
make you unhappy not to have all your family
with you & I can only hope that in time you will
be able to get the rest of them over. They are at
least fortunate in not being in Germany.”
Personal stationery, Los Angeles, 18 July no year
* Brief ALS, to “Dear Mutzi”: “I am very glad
your daughter & son in law have safely arrived.
You must be very happy to have them with you. I
hope they will indue course forget all the horrors
and terrors they have had to endure.” Edgartown,
MA, 7 September no year * AL, unsigned, to
“Dear Miss Zerner,” sending 7,000 francs for his
brother’s ticket to New York [not present], and
apologizing that he is unable to send letters of
introduction. “Villa Mauresque” stationery; rec-
tangular area at lower edge has been clipped away.
Cap Ferrat, 5 June [1953: from postmark]. With
the original envelope.
WITH
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Insured mail and money order receipts,
probably from items sent to Maurice Zerner in
France by Maugham. Each mounted to a sheet.
New York, 13 December 1944.