ALLEN DRURY - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 08/20/1970 - HFSID 185877
The author agrees to sign a book that will be sent to him
Typed Letter signed: "Allen Drury", 1p, 7¼x10½. No place, 1970 August 20. On personal
letterhead to "Dear Mr. Stanhope".
Price: $200.00
Condition: Fine condition
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ALLEN DRURY
The author agrees to sign a book that will be sent to him
Typed Letter signed: "Allen Drury", 1p, 7¼x10½. No place, 1970 August 20. On personal
letterhead to "Dear Mr. Stanhope". In full: "I will autograph your book providing you send it to
me in a reusable wrapping or packing. I've found from experience that otherwise it gets to be too
much of a good thing. Cordially". Drury (1918-1998), a veteran journalist who covered the
U.S. Senate for "The New York Times", published 18 novels, including Advise and
Consent, which won the 1960 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and Decision (1983), a novel set in
the Supreme Court, and five nonfiction books.Fine condition.
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