Influential novelist and playwright who wrote Babbitt, Elmer Gantry, Main Street, and other classics, and the first American recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature. ALS signed “Red,” one page both sides, 7.25 x 10.25, personal letterhead, April 1, 1943. A letter relating upcoming plans to his friend, fellow author, and priest Father [Edward J.] Murphy. In part: “I’ve taken a flat here, way up at 90th St. &, as it’s on the 30th floor, there’s such a view as you never have seen—& I hope you’ll be seeing it some time this year. . . . [I will be] having a two-months lecture trip, debating with Lewis Browne.” In very good condition, with usual mailing folds, light toning (slightly more prominent at edges and along folds), and traces from a previous mounting to lower portion of second page, not affecting any text. R&R COA.
