James A. Michener. TLS, to "Dear Dr. Umphlett," sending for correction pages of Michener's manuscript [not present] which cite Umphlett's critical essay. 1/2 page, 4to, onionskin paper. Np, 14 April 1975 • Herman Wouk (2). ALS, to "Dear Dr. Glenn," thanking for his note about The Caine Mutiny and remarking that the secret to his own success is writing from an "old-fashioned and naive viewpoint." 2 pages, 8vo, written on two sheets, onionskin paper; Photograph Signed, bust portrait by Editta Sherman showing him holding a tobacco pipe. Signed in the image. 10x8 inches. "Mexico," 16 July 1951; Np, nd • Henry Miller. ALS, to "Dear Ed Hauley," thanking for a check and for investigating the value of a [Fernand?] Léger book. 3/4 page, 4to. Np, 13 March 1959 • Robert Graves. ALS, to "Dear Mr. Friedman," declining to write an article for a fee that would put him "out of pocket," and declaring that "science ceased to be what it pretends to be sometime in the XIIIth century." 1 page, 4to, personal stationery, onionskin paper. Deià, 13 January 1969.
With--Group of 5 items: James A. Michener (4). ANsS, "J. Michener" or "Jim Michener," to "Joe," in pencil or ink, requesting that he look through the "Iberia book index," noting that a certain character is "patterned after 'Butch', my ex," remarking that he "couldn't have done Caribbean without my trip to Cuba," or planning to write a book about the Caribbean. Each 2 1/2x5 1/2 inches or smaller, clipped from a larger sheet; most laminated. Vp, vd • Henry Miller. Program for his 1958 "Exhibition of Water Colors" at the Jerusalem Artists House, unsigned, in English and Hebrew, including a separate slip of paper with 3-line holograph inscription, "and he did / it--in / Hebrew!!," written beside the printed exhibition introduction credit to Albert B. Franklin. 8vo or 4x5 1/2 inches, each a folded sheet. Np, circa 1958.