Typed Letter, Signed.
Hawthorn, Fl: 1943.
Price: $750.00
About the item
1 page, on quarto sheet of letterhead, signed in full. Old fold from having been mailed, with slight offset from signature to upper blank margin as a consequence, otherwise fine. Folding cloth slipcase. From the James S. Copley collection.
Item #246762
To "Dear Mr. Wilson," in response to a note and request for autograph. She apologies for her delay due to illness and surgery, and notes "You are probably far from Fort Meade by now, but I see your envelop[sic] uses your home address. It is difficult to say which is my own favorite among my books. I suppose 'The Yearling' is the most unified artistically, and stands the best chance of survival ... I have a private affection for the least successful of my books, 'Golden Apples'. It is not artistically successful,because I combined too-alien elements, yet I said things in it that I wanted very much to say ...."
