ERSKINE CALDWELL - FIRST DAY COVER SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: ISAAC ASIMOV, ROBERT PENN WARREN, ALEX HALEY, LEON URIS, EDWARD ALBEE - HFSID 65893

ERSKINE CALDWELL, EDWARD ALBEE, ISAAC ASIMOV, ALEX HALEY, LEON URIS and ROBERT PENN WARREN
The six authors sign this first day cover honoring Jack London
First Day Cover signed: "Erskine Caldwell", "Edward Albee", "Isaac Asimov", "Alex Haley", "Leon Uris" and "Robt Penn Warren" in various inks, 6¼x3½. First day cover honoring American writer Jack London. Postmarked Glen Ellen, California, January 11, 1986. 25¢ London stamp affixed, FIRST DAY OF ISSUE. ERSKINE CALDWELL (1903-1987) made his mark on American literature with such classics about life in the South as Tobacco Road (1932) and God's Little Acre (1933). Playwright EDWARD F. ALBEE (1928-2016), whose plays include Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962) and All Over (1971), won the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Delicate Balance (1966). Science fiction Hugo Award winner, ISAAC ASMIOV (1920-1992) was more than a novelist, also writing science and theology textbooks. Among his many works are his sci-fi Foundation trilogy (1951-1953) and his scientific text, The Human Brain (1964). ALEX HALEY (1921-1992) won a 1977 Pulitzer Prize for Roots, his poignant saga of American slavery that was adapted into an award-winning television miniseries. LEON URIS (1924-2003) reflected on the centuries-long plight of the Semites in Exodus (1958). He also wrote the script for that film and for Battle Cry (based on his 1953 book). Author/critic ROBERT PENN WARREN (1905-1989) won Pulitzer Prizes in 1947 for All The King's Men, his 1946 biographical novel of Huey Long, and in 1958 for his poetic work, Promises: Poems 1954-1956 (1957), becoming the first to win in both the fiction and poetry categories. Slightly rippled. Light rectangular stain at lower right from removal of an address label. Stray ink mark at lower blank edge. Otherwise, fine condition. Framed in the Gallery of History style: 23x18½.