Influential British writer (1894–1963) best known for the twentieth-century classics Brave New World and The Doors of Perception. ALS, four pages on two adjoining sheets, 5.25 x 6.5, Plaza Hotel, New York letterhead, April 1, 1962. Huxley writes to Mr. Freedman explaining a travel delay. In part: “I hope my telegram from Tuscaloosa was delivered to you promptly…. Meanwhile I can only offer my regrets & apologize. On paper, nothing was simpler than the journey from Tuscaloosa to Philadelphia…. But fates were against me. A beautiful spring day turned, on Friday night, into thunderstorms…. Please excuse all the inconvenience of which unwittingly I must have been the cause.” In fine condition, with faint paperclip impression and a few tiny spots. R&R COA.
