British novelist (1899–1966) best known for the Horatio Hornblower series and The African Queen, the most famous of his books adapted for the screen. TLS signed “CSF,” one page, 7.25 x 6, December 18, 1951, personal letterhead. In a brief letter to his friend Montgomery, Forester writes, in full: “I don’t mind at all if LILLIPUT takes out the last three words of ‘The Mastro at Sixty’—but I have the gravest doubts as to whether it will ever be published in America.” Intersecting folds, light surface creasing, a few trivial spots of foxing, and a pencil mark in another hand, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.
