WILDER THORNTON Two items Autograph Manuscript unsigned Aut

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WILDER, THORNTON. Two items: Autograph Manuscript, unsigned * Autograph Letter Signed. The manuscript, list of corrections for the printed galley proof [not present] for his The Bridge of San Luis Rey. 3 pages, 8vo, written on a folded sheet; horizontal fold. The letter, to Ruth Williams, characterizing his novel [Heaven's My Destination?, 1935]. 1 page, oblong 12mo, "Quadrangle Club" stationery. With the original envelope. (MRS) Np, circa 1927; Chicago, 20 March 1935

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Manuscript: "Alterations on page-proofs of: Bridge of San Luis Rey / page 31 : line 15 I begof [should read] I beg of . . . . N.B. On the Table of Contents note that PART FIVE is now called: Perhaps an Intention. . . ."
Letter: "Yes, it's an education-novel: how instinctive goodness learns to express itself in a contrary world.
"Also it's about you and me and everybody.
"Especially Americans. It's an allegory of the American mind. Think of Woodrow Wilson and his League and his Treaty of Versailles. . . ."