Wodehouse, Sir Pelham Grenville (1881-1975) Small Collection of Signed Letters and Signed Photograph.

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Wodehouse, Sir Pelham Grenville (1881-1975) Small Collection of Signed Letters and Signed Photograph.
Six typed letters and notes signed by Wodehouse from the 1970s, all written to Boston College professor John McAleer (1923-2003),including Wodeshouse's foreward to McAleer's biography of Rex Stout, other material discussing Rex Stout and his Nero Wolfe books, and occasionally Wodehouse's own work, with added manuscript corrections, with carbon copies of McAleer's original letters to Wodehouse, an unusual scrapbook made by McAleer for Wodehouse, several holograph envelopes, and an inscribed 6 1/2 x 9 3/4 in. color photograph; letters and envelopes in good condition, photograph faded, with a diagonal fold and attendant surface disruption/damage.
Estimate $2,000-2,500


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