TLS, one page, 4.75 x 7.25, The New Yorker letterhead, October 26, 1959. Letter to Prof. William Curry at Adelphi College, declining an invitation while noting: "I prefer not to do any public speaking." In fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope and a full letter of authenticity from JSA. Salinger retreated from public life after the publication of The Catcher in the Rye in 1951, shunning most forms of public attention. He had first come to literary prominence with 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish,' published in The New Yorker in 1948, and came to rely on that magazine as an outlet for much of his later short fiction. Salinger's last published work, the novella Hapworth 16, 1924, appeared in The New Yorker on June 19, 1965. A highly desirable letter that associates his reclusive demeanor with the primary publisher of his short stories.
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