Pulitzer Prize–winning poet (1879–1955) whose works include ‘Valley Candle,’ and ‘The Emperor of Ice-Cream.’ Uncommon TLS, one page, 8.25 x 11, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company letterhead, June 2, 1948. Letter to Wittenborn and Company. In part: “You seem to have special facilities for picking up things in Switzerland…The museum of Luzern is holding an exhibition this summer of paintings…from the collection of the Grafen von Liechtenstein. No doubt there is a catalog. I should like very much to have a copy of this.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, one through a single letter of signature, staple holes to top left, a diagonal pencil line through text, several pencil and ink notations, light creasing, and a uniform shade of mild toning. Several years after sending this letter, Stevens would win the Pulitzer Prize for his Collected Poems. Despite the accolade, he turned down numerous offers to teach, including one from Harvard, preferring to remain at the Hartford, where he was a vice president. RR Auction COA.
