2 jds letters

this is the second time i've read these letters (gee,
still available for 15k!), but i don't remember if i
posted them to the listserv.

apologies if i previously did.

kim

Salinger, J.D. REMINISCING ABOUT WORLD WAR II SERVICE
IN THE SOUTH, in a short typed letter, signed 26
November 1969, from Cornish, N.H., to Randy Troup in
Athens, Georgia. 4to. 1 page, approximately 100 words.
Accompanied by a second typed noted, initialed by
Salinger 4 December 1969 (4to, 1 page, approximately
50 words), to the same correspondent asking that the
exchange be broken off. Both folded for mailing, but
very good and accompanied by the two mailing
envelopes. The reclusive author of CATCHER IN THE RYE
suggests a topic for writing in the first note. In
full: "Thanks for the nice letter. Athens, Georgia. I
knew it was there, which is pretty good for a New
York-born New Hampshirite. Back in 1942 I was
stationed at an Air Corps field in Bainbridge, Ga.,
and Athens was a crosscountry flight stop. But I don't
remember it. Bainbridge wasn't exactly Tara, as I
recall. It's odd that nobody's written about how
G.I.'s saw America in the war years. We got shuttled
from State to State, and never saw a thing. Just bars
and movie marquees and the backs of houses. Good
wishes." Ending the correspondence in the second note,
Salinger writes, in full: "Because of time and the
general heaviness of mail, I'm afraid I'm at best a
one-shot letter answerer, and so, with my genuine
apologies, I'll put in the request that you forswear
to send me any journals or such - I simply can't get
it read. My thanks, nonetheless, and best wishes."
Correspondence by Salinger is uncommon in trade. In
the past 45 years, only 13 letters and the Joyce
Maynard archive, an additional 14 letters catalogued
as a single lot, have sold at auction (ABPC
1955-2001).
Price: USD 15,000.00 other currencies order no.
38928 send a quick inquiry about this item inquire
offered by: Bartleby’s Books (USA)

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Received on Wed Oct 15 11:02:28 2003