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Kerouac, Jack

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles Start Price:2,000.00 USD Estimated At:4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD
Kerouac, Jack
<Our item number 83738><B>Kerouac, Jack.</B> &#40;1922-1969&#41; Spokesman for the &#34;beat movement&#34;; most of his writings are autobiographical. Typed Letter Signed twice: &#34;<I>Jack</I>&#34; at the end of the first page, and &#34;<I>Jack Kerouac</I>&#34; at the end of the second, 2pp. 11&#34;x8½&#34;, n.p &#40;Northport, N.Y.&#41;, n.d &#40;1960 Nov. 22&#41;. Very fine; minor toning only. With typed, addressed envelope and photo of Kerouac. To Granville H. Jones, who had written a thesis entitled &#34;Walt Whitman, Thomas Wolfe and Jack Kerouac: Common Origins and Common Aims&#34; for his Master&#39;s Degree at Columbia University. James Benenson gave a copy to Kerouac, who responded enthusiastically to Jones. In part:<BR><BR>&#34;<I>It</I> [the thesis]<I> is the only thing…that has made me happy in three years, since the publication of On the Road and the subsequent sickeningness of &#39;being famous&#39; &#40;being used by everybody and his uncle&#41; and of course the nausea of phoney crit icisms based on the wrong reasons &#40;as for instance those who &#39;admire&#39; for being so &#39;wild & irresponsible&#39; etc.&#41; What you&#39;ve written about me has restored my faith in my own writing….I was becoming terribly discouraged by the scandalous lack of critical fairness….the vision of America is being destroyed now by the beatnik movement which is not the &#39;beat generation&#39; I proposed any more, but a big move-in from intellectual dissident wrecks of all kinds and now even anti-American….What you&#39;ve written about let&#39;s say is the work of Kerouac the Younger. What comes now, after this, is that of Kerouac the Elder. It will be quite different, harsher, bitterer at times….I&#39;m middle aged now and no longer an enthusiastic college boy lyrically feeling America</I>….&#34; He ends the first page &#34;<I>Later Jack</I>.&#34;<BR><BR>The second page adds some bibliographical information and a final thanks, &#34;…<I>you&#39;ve made me feel grand and now a lit tle vain but that&#39;s okay, I was always an egocentric anyway</I>….&#34; He ends, &#34;<I>A Dios Jack Kerouac</I>.&#34; A superb letter. Jones&#39; thesis is present. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;4,000-6,000. <BR><BR>Our item number 83738<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://216.67.248.213/liveauction/33jpegs/083738.jpg"> </P></IMAGES> <BR><DIV ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE> <TR> <TD><IMG SRC="http://216.67.248.213/liveauction/ilgebaylogo.JPG"></TD> <TD> 350 South Beverly Drive Suite 350<BR> Beverly Hills, CA 90212, USA<BR> Telephone: 310-551-2646<BR> Fax: 310-551-2626<BR> E-Mail: <A HREF="mailto:brian@goldbergcoins.com"> info@goldbergcoins.com </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <font color=red> <h3>There is a 20% commission charge added to each and every lot.</h3></font> <P>We are one of the country's premier auction houses, specializing in U.S., World and Ancient Coins and Currency; Autographs; Manuscripts; Rare Books and other Fine Collectibles. Dedicated to quality of product and customer service, we guarantee authenticity of all items sold for their full purchase price. </P> <P>Our office will answer inquiries about lots (e-mail only, please) from 9-5 (Pacific Time) Monday through Friday. </P> <a href=http://PayPalSucks.com><img border=0 src=http://PayPalSucks.com/images/logo.gif></a> <p align=center> <font face=Arial size=2>Pay for this auction online with Western Union<sup>®</sup> Auction Payments<sup><font size=2>SM</font></sup></font> <BR><BR> <a href="http://www.auctionpayments.com/" target="_blank"><img border=0 src="http://www.auctionpayments.com/images/banners/banner1.gif" alt="Western Union Auction Payments"></a> </p> <P>Bidpay payment items will be sent upon reciept of check from Western Union. These payments may take up to ten days to get to us. We accept MasterCard, Visa up to $2500 dollars, personal checks, cashiers checks and money orders on all items. When using a credit card, please include account number, expiration date, billing and shipping address and eBay lot number. <B>Successful California bidders must pay 8.25% sales tax. This tax charge may not appear on your invoice until we are notified of purchasers address.</B> All credit card transactions are subject to additional verification. Shipping charges will not be quoted until notification of purchasers address. Please allow up to 5 days after the auction to get your invoice from us via e-mail</P> <P>We are members of the American Numismatic Association, Professional Numismatists Guild, International Autograph Dealers Alliance, Universal Autograph Collectors Club and the Manuscript Society. View our auction catalogs and consignment offers at: <A HREF="http://www.goldbergcoins.com"> www.goldbergcoins.com. </P> <TABLE> <TR> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="CENTER"> <TABLE> <TR> <TD WIDTH="20%" ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="TOP"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.com/images/png1.gif" ALT="Member PNG" width=50 height=65>
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