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Auction archive: Lot number 3

Letters of James Agee to Father Flye

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 3

Letters of James Agee to Father Flye

Estimate
US$300 - US$500
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Title: Letters of James Agee to Father Flye Author: Agee, James Place: New York Publisher: George Braziller Date: 1962 Description: Cloth, jacket. First Edition. Uncommon association copy inscribed and signed by Father Flye to John Erwin, with five letters and three postcards from Flye to Erwin tipped or glued to the rear flyleaves and endpapers, and also related news clippings affixed to the endpapers. The Episcopal minister to whom Agee's letters printed in the book are addressed, James Harold Fly, met Agee when the latter was a boy of ten, and their correspondence continued until Agee's death in 1955. The letters from Flye to Erwin date from the 1960's and '70's. There is also a letter from Harvey [Simons] to John and Bob, 1983, relating Father Flye's severe health difficulties. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear to jacket and covers, good to very good condition overall. Item number: 285348

Auction archive: Lot number 3
Auction:
Datum:
27 Jul 2017
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
Beschreibung:

Title: Letters of James Agee to Father Flye Author: Agee, James Place: New York Publisher: George Braziller Date: 1962 Description: Cloth, jacket. First Edition. Uncommon association copy inscribed and signed by Father Flye to John Erwin, with five letters and three postcards from Flye to Erwin tipped or glued to the rear flyleaves and endpapers, and also related news clippings affixed to the endpapers. The Episcopal minister to whom Agee's letters printed in the book are addressed, James Harold Fly, met Agee when the latter was a boy of ten, and their correspondence continued until Agee's death in 1955. The letters from Flye to Erwin date from the 1960's and '70's. There is also a letter from Harvey [Simons] to John and Bob, 1983, relating Father Flye's severe health difficulties. Lot Amendments Condition: Wear to jacket and covers, good to very good condition overall. Item number: 285348

Auction archive: Lot number 3
Auction:
Datum:
27 Jul 2017
Auction house:
PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
pba@pbagalleries.com
+1 (0)415 9892665
+1 (0)415 9891664
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