[Rarebooks] FS: Thornton Wilder Letter quoting OUR TOWN

[Charles Agvent]

In the next day or so we will post our new list which contains archives 
and scarce material by three American writers: Thomas Merton, John 
Steinbeck, and Thornton Wilder.  Here's an example:

WILDER,  Thornton. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) with  quote  from
OUR  TOWN.  Zurich: 30 April 1961. First Edition. Full-page  AUTOGRAPH
LETTER  SIGNED  (ALS) as "Thorny" to Margaret [Rollins], wife of  book
designer  and  official  printer for the Yale University  Press,  Carl
Rollins,  in  a very small hand (@475 words). Wilder discusses  travel
news,  getting  a doctorate, and a U.S. touring company  that  "gave a
fine  performance of my number, to great acclaim. June Havoc has grown
into  the role of Sabina [SKIN OF OUR TEETH] and is very brilliant  in
it....  But I'm getting homesick. I miss my car like some people  miss
a  dog or a garden or a bridge foursome.... I'm getting more and  more
to  be the old Chinese philosopher: I wanta go to Tucson and just  sit
and  think, and after just sit. Like it says in OUR TOWN: 'I'm  gettin
weaned  away,--  that's the only way to put it, weaned  away.'"  After
these  whimsical thoughts about home, and possibly even death,  Wilder
talks  about  finances  and  a relative's wedding. He  ends  with  the
following  sentence  in  capital letters: "I'M HOMESICK."  Some  light
wrinkling. Very Good                                          $1500.00

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