Auction Date:2013 Nov 13 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
TLS signed “Jack,” one page, 8.5 x 11, May 24, 1966. Letter to Richard Seaver. In full: “I adjure you, enjoin thee, and entreat youse to send back this phto [sic] after you’ve had it processed for book jacket: the picture is already framed here in my room, because of ‘Pitou’ the grey cat you see there in my arms, means ‘Little One’ in Breton French…Just take either just the face, even only the belly if you want, or all, with cat and all, make your picture in the processing room, and send photo back. It’s by Jerry Bauer, 11 rue Ancienne Comedie, Paris 6.” Some mild edge toning, as well as a couple trivial edge tears, and a few scattered creases, otherwise fine condition. This letter highlights his relationship with one of the key figures in the industry, Richard Seaver, then at Grove Press. Notoriously adventurous and instrumental in defying censorship, Seaver put Grove at the forefront of the emerging literary scene, bringing previously suppressed writers such as D. H. Lawrence, Henry Miller, and William Burroughs into the American market. The photo mentioned in this letter—taken by the ‘photographer of authors’ Jerry Bauer, responsible for some of the most iconic literary images of his day, including Simone de Beauvoir, Jean Genet, and Samuel Beckett—was likely used in conjunction with the publication of Sartori in Paris, released by Grove that same year. A wonderful letter with excellent industry associations to both the publisher who built now-legendary careers and the photographer who immortalized their images.
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