ALAN SILLITOE - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED - HFSID 13279

ALAN SILLITOE
1976 first day cover honoring New York Times publisher Adolph Ochs, signed by author Alan Sillitoe. Sillitoe, who wrote about the alienation of working-class England, is best known for his novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and short story The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner.
First Day Cover signed "Alan Sillitoe". Pencil notations at bottom edge and on verso, both in unknown hand. 6½x3½. First day cover for the 13-cent stamp honoring New York Times publisher Adolph Ochs. Postmarked New York City, Sept. 18, 1976, One b/w 13-cent Adolph Ochs stamp affixed. FIRST DAY OF ISSUE. English author Sillitoe (1928-2010) published his celebrated first novel, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, in 1958 and his other most famous work, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (title piece in a short story collection) the next year. Both were made into films. His 2001 novel Birthday updated the lives of the character's from Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. Sillitoe also wrote poems, essays, children's books and plays for stage, screen and TV, as well as short stories and novels; his latest novel, Gadfly in Russia, was published in 2007. Sillitoe, who dropped out of school at age 14, was awarded several honorary doctorates during his life. Envelope is open and empty. Normal postal stamps. Lightly toned, stained and creased. Flap is glued to inside of envelope Otherwise in fine condition.