[Rarebooks] FS: Superb Handwritten Letter from James Michener to Pearl Buck

[Charles Agvent]

MICHENER, James [BUCK, Pearl]. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED from James 
Michener to Pearl Buck. Tinicum, PA, 23 June 1954. Superb AUTOGRAPH 
LETTER SIGNED on Michener's personal 6" x 7" stationery to fellow 
Pennsylvanian Pulitzer Prize-winning author Pearl Buck. In full: "Dear 
Pearl Buck, I was delighted when Richard [Walsh, Buck's husband] told me 
that your biographical summary [her autobiography, MY SEVERAL WORLDS] 
was to be a Book of the Month. We need such a book. [Michener's first 
book, TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC, was a Book of the Month in 1947]. I 
have just been reading Lafcadio Hearn and realize with a violent start 
how much he saw back in 1904. Common sense and honest observation do 
count for something, and I think yours is of his quality. Sincerely, Jim 
Michener." Horizontal crease at center from mailing. Fine.

 From The Charles E. Sigety Collection of Fine Printed Books and 
Americana sold at Christie's in 2015 (#018369)        $850.00

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