Fine Books & Manuscripts
Sat, Aug 28, 2021 12:00PM EDT
Lot 472
MANN, Thomas (1875?1955). Typed letter signed (?Thomas Mann...
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
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MANN, Thomas (1875?1955). Typed letter signed (?Thomas Mann?), to Corporal Charles Nelson, Pacific Palisades, California, 16 October 1944. One page, 4to (visible area 203 x 179 mm), matted and framed with a photographic portrait of Mann, creased. Mann responds to his correspondent's request: ?I sincerely regret to be unable to answer your inquiry. When leaving Germany, I lost the greater part of my library and am no longer in the possession of Bergson's works. Therefore, I cannot look up the quoted passage.? When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, Mann fled to Switzerland, and when war broke out in 1939, he moved to the United States.
