WILL DURANT - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED CHECK 12/05/1947 - HFSID 281393
$6 personal check signed by him in 1947
Check filled out and signed: "W.J. Durant", 7x3. Los Angeles, California, 1947 December
5. Check No. 1021, drawn on his account at Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles,
Wilton & Hollywood Branch, payable to "Miss R.…"
Price: $200.00
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WILL DURANT
$6 personal check signed by him in 1947
Check filled out and signed: "W.J. Durant", 7x3. Los Angeles, California, 1947 December
5. Check No. 1021, drawn on his account at Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles,
Wilton & Hollywood Branch, payable to "Miss R. M. DeWitt" for $6.00.
Historian/philosopher Will Durant (1885-1981) was a young teacher when he met Ariel
(1898-1981), a Russian Jewish immigrant and talented student. As a team, they became the
most popular and among the most influential historians of the twentieth century. Their
11-volume Story of Civilization, published over forty years (1935-1975) extended from
prehistory to the nineteenth century, and was lauded for its fine writing as well as its ideas.
Winners of the Pulitzer Prize and the Medal of Freedom, the Durants produced such other
influential works as An Invitation to Philosophy, Heroes of History and a dual autobiography.
Vertical fold creases. Bank cancellation holes affecting "W" of signature. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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