Sale 2502 - Autographs, March 21, 2019

THE FOUNDING OF “DER JUDE” 205 c   BUBER, MARTIN. Typed Letter Signed, “Buber,” to psychoanalyst Theodor Reik, in German, inviting contributions to the first issue of his monthly magazine, Der Jude . 1 page, 4to; short closed separations at folds, scattered creases. With the original envelope. Berlin, 29 November 1915 [300/400] “Beginning in January . . . I intend to publish monthly ‘Der Jude’, which, as you know, I have been planning for a long time. Without a political orientation, the journal is to provide an in-depth treatment of Jewish issues, an adequate portrayal of Jewish reality, and a just and assertive representation of the Jewish cause. . . .” 206 c   BURROUGHS, JOHN. Autograph Manuscript Signed, working draft of his poem, “The Return,” with two holograph corrections and an Autograph Note Signed, “JB,” likely to a publisher, in pencil, at lower edge of last page: “If not available please return.” The poem, differing significantly in the second stanza from the same in the last published version. 2 pages, 8vo, written on two sheets, moderate scattered soiling, large “23” written vertically across text on first page in crayon in unknown hand, blue crayon line striking out ANS. West Point, circa 1906 [500/750] “He sought the old scenes with eager feet / The scenes he had known as a boy; . . . “He roamed the fields, he walked by the streams / He threaded the paths & lanes; / On the hills he sought his youthful dreams, / In the woods to forget his pains. . . . “One may go back to the place of his birth, / He cannot go back to his youth.” “The Return” was published with the text of the present version in the December 27, 1906 issue of the Waterloo Press newspaper. 207 c   BYNNER, WITTER. Photograph postcard Signed and Inscribed: “For the / Benjamin / Franklin / Junior / High / School / Chapala / Jalisco / Mexico / 4/26/43 / From right to left, my brother / a young Chapalan and / Witter Bynner,” showing the three lying on a blanket at the beach. Inscribed in the image, at left and right and lower edges. 3 1 / 4 x5 1 / 2 inches; ink stamp on blank correspondence side (“Cinema Foto / J. Gonzalez / Chapala, Jal.”). Chapala, Jalisco, 26 April 1943 [100/200] 208 c   CALDWELL, ERSKINE. Group of 4 items, each Signed: Inscribed Photograph * Three Signatures. The photograph: “To / Laszlo / From / Erskine / Caldwell,” half-length group portrait showing him standing beside another man before a bookcase. Inscribed in the image, lower left. Additionally inscribed and signed, on the verso: “To Laszlo Magyar / Best wishes from / Erskine Caldwell.” 4 3 / 4 x6 1 / 2 inches. The signatures, each on paper of various sizes, one being a bookplate; one with writing in another hand at lower edge. 4to or smaller. Np, nd [80/120] “AFTER 75 ONE . . . [IS] STAYING IN THE ANTEROOM OF DEATH” 209 c   CHRISTIE, AGATHA. Typed Letter Signed, to László Magyar, stating that her last book was called Nemesis , recounting her trip to Yugoslavia, and explaining that her age might make it inappropriate to have many plans for the future. 2 pages, small 8vo, personal stationery, written on the recto and verso of a single sheet; faint paper clip stains at upper edge verso, horizontal fold. Wallingford, 16 March 1972 [350/500] “. . . I know it is sometimes difficult in some European countries to get the books you want, but I was in Yugoslavia for a holiday four or five years ago and I found people had been very appreciative of my books and had managed to get many of them . . . . “Since I am 81 years old, one does not have many,—what one might call—plans for the future. Like the rest of life, one accepts the future as it comes to you. After 75 one should perhaps consider oneself as staying in the anteroom of death,—but it can be a very pleasant anteroom, and one has lots of things to think of and remember in the time that remains before taking another step forward. . . .”