Lot 46
Mann, Thomas (1875-1955) German novelist; 1929 recipient of the Nobel prize for literature. Typed Letter Signed on "The Library of Congress Washington/ The Consultant in Germanic Literature" letterhead, in German, 1 p, 11x8½", Pacific Palisades, CA, 21 Mar. 1945. Fine. To Dr. Konstantin Reichhardt at the University of Minnesota: "…Again and again one makes a new start to do things right, succeeds perhaps once to do the right thing - and then again the wrong one…." He thinks Reichardt will like a lecture, "Deutschland und die Deutschen," that he is going to give in Washington, and adds: "Naturally I also do not consider a return to Germany. Our kind of Germany is now most fittingly preserved in the cosmopolitan universe which is called America, but I would very gladly feel the ancient soil of Europe once again under my feet." With holograph envelope signed "Mann" on the flap.
Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,500.
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