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Auction archive: Lot number 185

BELLOW, SAUL. ARCHIVE OF LETTERS AND TYPESCRIPTS SENT TO HERBERT AND MITZI MCCLOSKY.

Estimate
US$7,000 - US$10,000
Price realised:
US$12,500
Auction archive: Lot number 185

BELLOW, SAUL. ARCHIVE OF LETTERS AND TYPESCRIPTS SENT TO HERBERT AND MITZI MCCLOSKY.

Estimate
US$7,000 - US$10,000
Price realised:
US$12,500
Beschreibung:

Bellow, Saul AN ARCHIVE OF LETTERS AND TYPESCRIPTS SENT BY BELLOW TO HERBERT AND MITZI MCCLOSKY. Collection of 4 ALSs, 1 TLS, and 1 autograph postcard, 8 pp. (size varies), Reno, Chicago, Tivoli NY, and Rome, 10 October 1955–28 July 1979. 6 autograph and typed envelopes. Carbon typescript of an early version of The Adventures of Augie March, inscribed by Bellow on the first page "The Life of Augie March among the Machiavellians," approximately 220 pp. irregularly paginated, c. 1952–53; frayed at edges, some pages with tears and slight loss of text — Carbon typescripts of chapters 15 and 16 of The Adventures of Augie March, 57 pp., with note from literary agents Russell & Volkening: "Mr. Bellow has asked us to send this to you," c. 1953; slight wear. Photocopy of a draft of Bellow's Nobel lecture, inscribed by Bellow in ink at the bottom of the first page, "To my dear friends Herb and Mitzie without whom in this vale of tears, I would have wept twice as much. With my best love, Saul," 13 pp. Carbon typescript of the short story "Him with His Foot in His Mouth, signed "S. Bellow" on first page, 54 pp + 1 p. photocopy. Autograph envelope.

Auction archive: Lot number 185
Auction:
Datum:
14 Jun 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
Beschreibung:

Bellow, Saul AN ARCHIVE OF LETTERS AND TYPESCRIPTS SENT BY BELLOW TO HERBERT AND MITZI MCCLOSKY. Collection of 4 ALSs, 1 TLS, and 1 autograph postcard, 8 pp. (size varies), Reno, Chicago, Tivoli NY, and Rome, 10 October 1955–28 July 1979. 6 autograph and typed envelopes. Carbon typescript of an early version of The Adventures of Augie March, inscribed by Bellow on the first page "The Life of Augie March among the Machiavellians," approximately 220 pp. irregularly paginated, c. 1952–53; frayed at edges, some pages with tears and slight loss of text — Carbon typescripts of chapters 15 and 16 of The Adventures of Augie March, 57 pp., with note from literary agents Russell & Volkening: "Mr. Bellow has asked us to send this to you," c. 1953; slight wear. Photocopy of a draft of Bellow's Nobel lecture, inscribed by Bellow in ink at the bottom of the first page, "To my dear friends Herb and Mitzie without whom in this vale of tears, I would have wept twice as much. With my best love, Saul," 13 pp. Carbon typescript of the short story "Him with His Foot in His Mouth, signed "S. Bellow" on first page, 54 pp + 1 p. photocopy. Autograph envelope.

Auction archive: Lot number 185
Auction:
Datum:
14 Jun 2016
Auction house:
Sotheby's
New York
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