Group of 9 Autograph or Typed Letters and Notes, signed ("Jamie"), to editor John Ferrone, concerning Anaïs Nin and other literary topics

(Nin, Anaïs) Herlihy, James Leo

Published by Hollywood, Oaxaca, Los Angeles, etc., 1979

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15 pages (with mailing envelopes), two post cards. 8vo. American author and playwright James Leo Herlihy (1927-1993), author of All Fall Down and Midnight Cowboy, here writes to John Ferrone, a New York based friend and editor (at Harcourt, Brace and elsewhere), on a variety of topics concerning his journals, books, and, frequently, his friend Anaïs Nin, whose journals Ferrone edited. Autograph Note, signed ("Jamie Herlihy"), dated 22 February 1974, (in part): "I'm very happy that we ve me: Anais s trust in you and her devotion to you are deep and the reasons were immediately apparent" Autograph Note, signed ("Jamie"), dated 3 April 1974, 2 pp., opening "I have begun this answer to your note of March 13 at least 3 times. Moving. Incredible confusion. …" Autograph Letter, signed, 8 May, 1974, 2 pp., 38 lines, concerning permission to use photographs (not present, Herlihy s ambivalence about the journals Ferrone is reading, noting (in part): " The journals I m doing now will perhaps one day be more interesting to readers. As for photo identification: these photos, the two I m sending, were made the year I wrote All Fall Down. But I am much better known of course as the author of Midnight Cowboy. … I enjoyed hearing from you." Autograph Letter, signed, 17 June 1974, 2 pp., "I liked your letter. Yes, I m afraid the relationship would have to stay in the background of any memoir I might ever publish. … He asked, for instance, to be omitted from Anaïs s dairy." Autograph Note, signed, 22 October 1974, postcard from Oaxaca, thanking Ferrone for "the fine Nin album. Very happy to be part of it." [A photographic supplement to the diaries, published that year.] Autograph Note, signed, 15 March 1976, postcard with Nin s address and device, requesting paperback copies of the diaries. Autograph Note, signed, 14 March 1977, thanking Ferrone for "these Mumford volumes". Autograph Letter, signed, 30 October 1978, 2 pp., letter of introduction for Alicia Bay Laurel, author/illustrator of Living on the Earth (1971). Typed Note, signed, 15 February 1979, conveying a 2 pp. typescript transcription of a journal entry from Black Mountain College days, describing a 1947 meeting with Anaïs Nin. 15 pages (with mailing envelopes), two post cards. 8vo.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Group of 9 Autograph or Typed Letters and Notes, signed ("Jamie"), to editor John Ferrone, concerning Anaïs Nin and other literary topics
• Publisher: Hollywood, Oaxaca, Los Angeles, etc.
• Publication Date: 1979
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature