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LIONEL SHAPIRO - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 04/06/1955 - HFSID 31798

Signed letter to columnist Louis Sobol, saying he turned down publication through the Literary Guild Book Club, and going on to explain why. Extremely rare! Typed letter signed: "Lionel", in pencil, 8½x11. April 6, 1955. Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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LIONEL SHAPIRO
Signed letter to columnist Louis Sobol, saying he turned down publication through the Literary Guild Book Club, and going on to explain why. Extremely rare!
Typed letter signed: "Lionel", in pencil, 8½x11. April 6, 1955. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. In part: "Dear Louie, I know you and Peggy and Jerry Berns and others were eager to know what happened with the book club business - so a quick note on of the subject. None of this is for publication. It sounds crazy but we were selected for Literary Guild and turned it down. I nearly died when my Doubleday editor informed me...". Lionel Shapiro (1908-1958) was a Canadian journalist and novelist, writing as a war correspondent for The Montreal Gazette during World War II. Some of his experiences reporting for World War II influenced his romance novel The Sixth of June, which was later turned into the film D-Day the Sixth of June. Louis Sobol (1896-1986) was an entertainment columnist ("New York Cavalcade") for the Hearst Newspapers. Right margin heavily torn and chipped. Small chips to left edge. Corners worn. Heavily toned. Tear to upper left margin. Ink notes (unknown hand) on upper right. Fragile condition.

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