Sep 25, 2008 - Sale 2155

Sale 2155 - Lot 239

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
HUXLEY, ALDOUS. Autograph Letter Signed, "Aldous," written on the same sheet as a brief Typescript, with holograph corrections. The letter, to Claire [Nicolas White], sending her article about him [not present], and offering his suggestions. With a postscript: "The film is not being made by Selznick. Better not mention [it to] anyone in connection with it, as negotiations are in progress now." The typescript, some passages from the article that he has revised. 2 pages, 4to, written and typed on the recto and verso of a single sheet; folds. Np, nd

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From the letter: ". . . Krishnamurti is not a Vedantist, nor is Gerald Heard--tho' both have affinities with Vedanta. I have omitted Prabhavanada's name, because the significant fact is not that he personally is in S. Calif., but that the Vendanta Society has branches all over the USA . . . ."