?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
MCCARTHY, CORMAC. Autograph Letter Signed. 2 page ALS, (11x8 1/2 inches), rectos only, stapled, mailing folds, stain to blank upper margin of first leaf and staining to verso of last leaf, not affecting letters. "Dear Gerry", with "J" corrected to "G". An affectionate re-connect to an unidentified old friend ("Well I'm glad you've resurfaced. It was great to hear from you. I'd written to you twice in recent memory but I guess they're mad at you in New Orleans and won't forward your mail.") The second paragraph begins: "My book (Blood Meridian) is due out sometime in the next week or so [...] I've been in El Paso for several years, have even bought a house here and like it okay, but sometimes I think I'd really rather rather be in Europe. Southern [underlined] Europe." McCarthy then goes on to express admiration for the work of Michael Ondaatje before signing off ("All the best / Cormac") with tentative plans to meet. El Paso, [1985]
