Helen Adam, Autographed Letter Signed / San Francisco Renaissance (poetry)

Adam, Helen [autographed letter signed]

Published by New York, 1955

About this Item

New York, no year, dated October 2nd. Autographed Letter Signed by Scottish/American counterculture poet Helen Adam (1909-1993). 8"x5", 2 pages, written in blue ink. Some folding wear, else Very Good or better. After moving to the U.S., Helen Adam was an important part of the "San Francisco Renaissance" in poetry, roughly a contemporaneous peer of the Beat Movement, but in fact Adam is seen as an immediately pre-Beat counterculture poet. In the letter, she thanks a Ms. Rowe for an article contribution to the New York Quarterly; also hopes her "auction for The New York Quarterly will be a great success". Top provenance. L28.

Seller Inventory # 000464

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Helen Adam, Autographed Letter Signed / San Francisco Renaissance (poetry)
• Publisher: New York
• Publication Date: 1955
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed ALS
• Seller catalogs:
  • Manuscripts / Holograph / ALS / TLS [Original]
  • Poetry