[Rarebooks] FS: Archive of John O'Hara Letters, price greatly reduced

[Charles Agvent]

Price reduced:     Was $1250,      Now $950

O'HARA, John. ARCHIVE of 4 TYPED LETTERS SIGNED (TLSs). . Group of four 
TYPED LETTERS SIGNED, three of them on the acidic 8-1/2" x 11" paper 
O'Hara often used in correspondence and one on smaller Nassau Club 
stationery. All are to O'Hara's friend and film producer Gordon Haight; 
one is SIGNED in full, two are SIGNED "John" and one is SIGNED "J." In 
part: "I'd like to bring my wife to meet you ... but, like a farmer, I 
have to look ahead.... I see just about nothing coming if I don't now 
apply the tapering fingers to the typewriter ... and then we'll be able 
to tell the truth of that dubious statement: you can't shoot a man for 
trying." O'Hara also discusses his reluctance to accept invitations to 
speak, "but as Belle points out, the few times I've done it, I've 
enjoyed it.... However, I don't think I'll ever make a John Mason Brown. 
John has his two double-bourbons after he holds forth; I, as you found 
out, require my scotches before, during, and after. Heywood Broun used 
to fill a water pitcher with gin, but I could not deceive my public to 
that degree." O'Hara mentions that Haight is co-producing a television 
version of APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA, but apparently this never came to 
fruition. O'Hara demanded a great amount of money to have his first book 
made into a film, and despite interest at different times from David 
Selznick and Paul Newman, O'Hara stuck to his guns and the book was not 
filmed. Paper browned with a few short tears with no loss. Good. 
(#013995)        $950.00

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