A group of 6 related pieces – American Poets.
(1) Richard Wilbur Autograph Letter Signed, Wesleyan University, January 23, to Pach Brothers Arranging a Portrait Sitting.
Autograph letter signed by Richard Wilbur on Wesleyan University letterhead, January 23, to Pach Brothers, the New York photographers, confirming a sitting on January 27 at 4 o'clock. Wilbur, twice winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and U.S. Poet Laureate, taught at Wesleyan from 1957. Condition: folds.
(2) Czeslaw Milosz Signed Farrar, Straus & Giroux Photograph for "The Issa Valley", 1980.
Farrar, Straus & Giroux publicity photograph of Czeslaw Milosz issued for the English edition of his novel "The Issa Valley" (1981), signed in ink. Milosz received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980. Condition: clean.
(3) Rod McKuen Autograph Note Signed with a Self-Caricature Doodle, "Rod by Rod", to Faith, April 1991.
Rod McKuen greeting card (1988) with an autograph note to "Dear Faith", April 1991, signed, with McKuen's self-portrait doodle labelled "Rod by Rod". McKuen was the best-selling poet in America in the 1960s–70s ("Listen to the Warm") and a Grammy-winning songwriter. Condition: clean.
(4) Lawrence Ferlinghetti Signed Ruth Stephan Poetry Center Programme, University of Arizona, October 11, 1967.
Printed programme for Lawrence Ferlinghetti's reading at the Ruth Stephan Poetry Center, University of Arizona, October 11, 1967, signed by Ferlinghetti. Ferlinghetti was the City Lights publisher of "Howl" and author of "A Coney Island of the Mind". Condition: folds.
(5) Stephen Spender Autograph Letter Signed, University College London, April 29, 1972, Arranging Lunch at Dartmouth House.
Autograph letter signed by Stephen Spender on University College London letterhead, April 29, 1972, to Mr. Rollins, arranging to meet for lunch at Dartmouth House on May 16. Spender, poet of the "Auden Generation", was Professor of English at UCL from 1970. Condition: folds.
(6) Allen Ginsberg Signature with His Hand-Drawn Mark, New York City, February 23, 1988.
Signature of Allen Ginsberg with his characteristic hand-drawn mark, dated "2/23/88 NYC", on a Dennison badge label. Ginsberg, author of "Howl", was the poet-prophet of the Beat Generation. Condition: clean.
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