CATHER, Willa (1873-1947). Typed letter signed (“Willa Cather”), to Charles Nelson. N.p., 20 October 1931. 1 page, 8vo, visible area 180 x 170 mm, on monogrammed letterhead, light creasing, matted and framed, unexamined out of frame.
Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$400 -
$600
Sold for $1,000
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
CATHER, Willa (1873-1947). Typed letter signed (“Willa Cather”), to Charles Nelson. N.p., 20 October 1931. 1 page, 8vo, visible area 180 x 170 mm, on monogrammed letterhead, light creasing, matted and framed, unexamined out of frame.
Cather responds with palpable annoyance to a presumptuous young fan: “Persistence wins, they say; but I think it wins much more easily when it is accompanied by a certain courtesy and delicacy. I get a great many letters from young boys, but they are seldom so inconsiderate as to present me with a questionnaire... You can readily see that it would be preposterous if a writer attempted to explain his book to several hundred thousand readers, and one reader has just as much right to ask questions as another. When I call your attention to this I am sure you will understand why I did not answer your earlier letters.”
[Framed With:] HOPPÉ, Emil Otto (1878-1972). Gelatin silver print portrait of Cather, 1921, visible image 162 x 104 mm.
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