Lot 1261
Ferber, Edna (1887-1968) Novelist, playwright; winner of 1924 Pulitzer prize for "So Big." Typed Letter Signed "Edna," September 21, 1949, 1½pp, quarto. A stern letter to her sister Fanny regarding their elderly and "fatally ill" mother. She does a quick analysis of Fanny, saying she was a misunderstood child who developed a hatred against her parents. "When you cane here to the house you brought into it turmoil and friction…I have been the man of this family for forty years….how foolish you are to assist in making it impossible for me to earn the large sums of money which I have been able to distribute in the past thirty-five years. My years of creative writing are not going to be much longer a certainty…." She ends, "I love and admire mother….I can say the same of you," but adds a holograph note about her sister, "This is not true, now." Quite possibly the boldest and most insightful Edna Ferber letter ever on the market. Although this is a carbon, it is the actual letter signed and sent to her sister. Ferber made carbons of all of her letters, and when she was upset, sometimes sent the carbon instead of the original. Fine condition.
Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,250.
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