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, three pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 7, Hotel Dorset letterhead, January 6, 1943. A letter sending greetings and news to his friend, fellow author, and priest Father [Edward J.] Murphy. In part: “I’m at last back in NY after 8 quite happy months in Minnesota, & I returned with my novel done. It’s called ‘Gideon Planish,’ & Random House will publish it in mid-April.” In fine condition, with toning, usual mailing fold (touching signature), and staple holes. R&R COA.
