Auction Date:2013 Feb 06 @ 17:00 (UTC-08:00 : PST/AKDT)
Location:11901 Santa Monica Blvd. #555, Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
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J.D. Salinger typed letter, clearly signed ''J.D. Salinger'' in blue ink, dated 14 May 1966 and written while on a trip to Bermuda. Addressed to a Carrol Roderick in Hampshire, England, 3pp. letter -- in typical Salinger style with much tongue-in-cheek content -- begins with a list of made up headlines about local town goings-on in Bermuda. Letter reads, ''Dock Strike in Third Day / Mrs. Browne-Evans Calls for Democracy / Flatts Bridge Open / Bank of Bermuda Building a Mere Shell / Six Degrees NISI Granted in Court / New Firehouse to be Ready in 1984 / No Rain in Sight / Parliamentary Unhappy -- Particularly Mrs. Browne-Evans / Burnaby Street Noisier Than Ever / Unnecessary to Blow on Hands While Typing / Dear Carrol, If the London Times can print news on the front page, I might be permitted headlines at the top of the letter. So how are you? Well and happy I hope. Yes, Byers is in Bermuda. I came down for the purpose of writing you a letter. I find that here I have enough time to do so, and this is such a newsy spot. The beginning of the week I got back from a three weeks progress to: Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Los Angeles, Albuquerque, Chicago, and New York. I made a lot of friends for the Company. Thursday mother and I came down on my delayed Christmas present holiday present to her. The weather is not but bearable. I of course told Mary it was too cold. The visiting parrot is still visiting and performed nicely for us last evening. Last evening we had a Caucasian and English lady to dinner. They asked me to justify American policy in Vietnam and were rather shocked when I told them this I could not do because our VN policy stinks. I fear they were greatly disappointed...'' On page two, Salinger writes stories about the ''headlines'' from page one, calling it a ''six-penny edition''. For example, expanding upon the ''Dock Strike'' headline, he writes: ''According to the Bermuda Industrial Union, there is no dock strike. It is a simple case of the men refusing to work...'' Salinger goes onto write 9 more small stories about Bermuda including, ''Court: Very dull Friday. Divorce, you know.'' Incidentally, it would be a year later that Salinger's divorce to Claire Douglas was finalized. The rest of the letter reads, ''I think this about does it for this six-penny edition. If something happens before we leave I will report it to you. It alone remains for me to remind you of your lack of patriotism in not being in manufacturing employment. It is said that we have the government we deserve. It would appear that the British and Americans have been very naughty indeed to have the governments they currently have. The above paragraph is a model of unclearness. I was referring to your new Selective Employment tax...[signed] J.D. Salinger''. Letter measures 8.5'' x 11'' on three separate sheets. Folds from mailing, staple holes and paper loss at the upper left corners; overall in very good plus condition.
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11901 Santa Monica Blvd. #555, Los Angeles, California, 90025, United States
Sales tax is 9.75% on all shipments to a CA address ( Coin sales over $1500 are exempt.) All taxes will bedetailed via Nate D. Sanders invoice.
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