American critic and writer (1887–1943) who was a prominent member of the legendary Algonquin Round Table. TLS signed “A. Woollcott,” one page, 7.25 x 10.5, Gotham Hotel letterhead, November 27, 1942. Woollcott writes to “My dear Everitt.” In full: “If I were doing it, the three would be ‘Decline and Fall,’ ‘A Handful of Dust,’ and ‘Scoop.’ I say this the more heroically because I really want ‘Scoop’ for Woollcott’s Third Reader when, and if ever issued. I am reading ‘Reprisal.’ It starts brilliantly. Put me down as a lover of the ‘The Tenggren Tell-It-Again Book.’ I think that for those children who find it under the tree this Christmas it will be part of their unworldly possessions all the days of their lives.” In fine condition. R&R COA.
