[Rarebooks] FS: Langston Hughes Autograph Letter

[Charles Agvent]

 From our latest internet-only catalogue: Spring 2008 containing 77 fine 
pieces and now posted on our website: http://www.erols.com/agvent

HUGHES, Langston. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS). New York: 4 July
1942.  Fine  two-page  letter  in  Hughes's  typical  bold  penmanship
filling  both sides of an 8" x 11-1/2" sheet of plain paper SIGNED and
dated  4 July 1942 with his Nicholas Avenue address in New York  City.
In  full:  Dear  Mrs.  Nollenberg,/For a long  time  now/I  have  been
meaning  to/write  and tell you how/very much I enjoyed/the  few  days
spent  with/you and your husband./I found New Haven and/your flowering
trees/delightful--really  the/only  breath  of  'natural'/spring  time
I've  had/this year./You remember I/made a phone call to/New York  one
evening?/The  toll was an even/dollar. I forgot to leave/it,  thinking
of  it  only/after I'd gotten on the/train. It's  enclosed.  For-/give
me./Kindly  remember  me/to the Pierson's, the Donald-/sons,  and  the
Marshall/Stears.  And  my best/to Mr. Knollenberg." With the  envelope
hand-addressed  by  Hughes.  Fine  letter  expressing  Hughes's  great
humility.  Holograph  letters  by Hughes are much scarcer  than  typed
letters. Creases from folding otherwise Fine.                 $1000.00

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