[Rarebooks] FS: Fine Langston Hughes Letter: "I found New Haven and your flowering trees delightful"

[Charles 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. 
(#014376)        $1,000.00

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