BOOTH TARKINGTON - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 06/26/1922 - HFSID 272964
Sale Price $255.00
Reg. $300.00
BOOTH TARKINGTON
The author responds to a request for his signature
TLS: "Booth Tarkington", 1p, 6x9½, affixed to 7¾x10½ sheet. Kennebunkport, Maine, 1922
June 26. On his "Seawood" stationery to Master Harold B. Sedgwick, Falmouth Foreside,
Portland, Maine. In full: "Here is the signature you ask for. Sincerely yours". American author
Booth Tarkington (1869-1946) was awarded two of the first four Pulitzer Prizes in Fiction:
(The Magnificent Ambersons, 1919; and, Alice Adams, 1922). His other novels include The
Gentleman from Indiana, Penrod, Penrod and Sam, The Two Van Revels and Beasley's
Christmas Party. Tarkington was known for his comical (and almost cynical) style of the
Lost Generation that characterized the 1920s. Born to a middle class family in the Midwest,
he immortalized that part of the U.S. and its class struggles in most of his works. Although
best known for his writing, Tarkington also served as a Representative in the Indiana State
House of Representatives (1903-1904) and was a world traveler. Lightly creased with folds,
not at signature. Ink is slightly smudged at the "th" of Booth, minor ink transference at lower
portion. Lightly rippled at upper blank margins from mounting. Mounting sheet is irregularly
cut, ½-inch tear at upper blank edge. Overall, fine condition.
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