[Rarebooks] FS: Two Photographs of Theodore Dreiser, each INSCRIBED to the woman he would marry, prices reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Prices reduced:     Were $1500, Now $1000

DREISER, Theodore. SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH. . A Fine 7" x 9-1/4" informal 
photographic "head shot" portrait of a seventy-year old Dreiser with a 
smile bordering on a laugh. INSCRIBED and SIGNED at the bottom with fine 
contrast: "To lovely Helen/with love and/admiration-/from 
T.D./Hollywood/January--/1942." Helen Richardson first met Dreiser in 
1919 and married him in 1944. Dreiser left his entire estate to her in 
his will and, after her death in 1955, she was buried next to him. In 
1942, however, Dreiser and Helen were often apart with Dreiser often 
romantically involved with another woman. Just a few months after 
inscribing this photograph to his future wife, Dreiser had an eleven-day 
fling with one of his ardent female admirers. Still, Dreiser's 
inscription captures the great feeling he had for Helen from the 
beginning. W. A. Swanberg in his biography DREISER sums up well their 
relationship: "Although he still threatened at times to leave her, 
Dreiser needed Helen for survival, Helen knew that he needed her, and he 
knew that she knew" (p. 478). About Fine with a supberb association. 
(#014044)        $1,000.00

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DREISER, Theodore. SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH. . A Fine 8" x 10" informal 
photographic portrait of a seventy-year old Dreiser standing with one 
hand in his pocket and the other leaning on a desk. INSCRIBED and SIGNED 
at the bottom on his light-colored pants: "To/Lovely Helen/with 
love--/from T.D./Hollywood/January 1942." Helen Richardson first met 
Dreiser in 1919 and married him in 1944. Dreiser left his entire estate 
to her in his will and, after her death in 1955, she was buried next to 
him. In 1942, however, Dreiser and Helen were often apart with Dreiser 
often romantically involved with another woman. The photograph has a 
slight wrinkle in the upper right corner restricted to the white border 
and not affecting the image and a very short closed tear at the bottom 
left margin which just enters the image. Near Fine and a touching 
association. (#009827)        $1,000.00

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