JAMES LEO HERLIHY - AUTOGRAPH LETTER DOUBLE SIGNED 03/05/1973 - HFSID 190134
Price: $320.00
JAMES LEO HERLIHY
The novelist pens a letter to a teacher and her class.
Autograph Letter Double signed: "James Leo Herlihy" and
"JH", 1 page, 5½x8½. Key West, Florida, 1973 March 5. To "Dear
Jackie", in full: "Your handwriting is a little difficult. Is the
enclosed what you want? Good luck to your class, and to you. (Note spelling.)
March 5 '73"Gay American writer James Leo Herlihy (1927-1993)
wrote three novels: All Fall Down (1960), Midnight Cowboy (1965),
and Season of the Witch (1971). His plays included Blue Denim
(1958). All these works were adapted for film. He also acted occasionally,
appearing in Edward Albee's play Zoo Story in 1963 and in the move
Four Friends (1981). Herlihy committed suicide with an overdose of
sleeping pills. Two horizontal folds. Ink note (unknown hand) on verso (no show
through). Otherwise, fine condition.
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