A Collection of over 125 Letters by Modern American and English Authors

A collection of over 125 letters (both typed or holograph) Signed by (mostly) American and English authors. The letters largely date from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. A few have small tears or slight offsetting, but most are near fine or better. Dr. Braude was a scholar and apparent autograph collector. The majority of the letters address, to one degree or another, Braude’s fulsome praise of the author's work, and apparent inquiry of each author for further information on their complete list of published books. Among those who responded are: Horton Foote, Gwendolyn Brooks, E.B. White, Fritz Scholder, Arthur C. Clark, Wallace Stegner, Robert Caro, Stephen Ambrose, Dick Francis, William Gaddis, Gore Vidal, E.L. Doctorow, David Mamet, William Manchester, Joyce Carol Oates, Peter Straub, John Ball, John Ashbery, Margaret Atwood, Jean Auel, John Hershy, W.D. Snodgrass, William Safire, James T. Farrell, Barry Lopez, James Clavell, Trevanian, Richard Condon, Gay Talese, Don DeLillo, Frederick Forsyth, Martin Cruz Smith, Colleen McCullough, Donald Hamilton, Erskine Caldwell, William Kennedy, Brooks Atkinson, Allen Drury, Theodore H. White, Ira Levin, Tom Clancy, Danielle Steel, William Manchester, Lore Segal, Rollo May, Roger Shattuck, Mark Strand, Garson Kanin, James M. McPherson, Cynthia Ozick, Richard Wilbur, Erich Segal, Beaumont Newhall, Joe Gores, Isabel Allende, Morris L. West, Harry Golden, Sidney Lumet, George MacDonald Fraser, Avery Corman, Andre Brink, Howard Nemerov, Norman Podhoretz, Larry Collins, C.K. Williams, Mary McCarthy, Barbara Michaels, John Barth, Mary Stewart, Muriel Spark, Penelope Gilliatt, Betty Comden, and many others. A nice large collection of letters by authors. …