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IMPRINTS INSCRIBED TO JOHN STEINBECK BY DAG HAMMARSKJOLD AND SAMUEL MORISON. 2 items:
25 October 2023, 14:00 EDT
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IMPRINTS INSCRIBED TO JOHN STEINBECK BY DAG HAMMARSKJOLD AND SAMUEL MORISON.
2 items:
1. HAMMARSKJOLD, DAG. The Linnaeus Tradition and Our Time. Stockholm: Norstedts, 1957.
8vo. Publisher's printed wrappers. Thumbsoiling to covers. INSCRIBED on the half title: "John / With all good wishes for the New Year. / Dag." With ALS of Elaine Steinbeck, November 4, 1991: "Dear David: Please put this in your Steinbeck Collection. Dag sent it to John shortly before he lost his life. They were very close and loving friends."
2. MORISON, SAMUEL. A New and Fresh Translation of the Letter of Columbus Announcing the Discovery of America. Madrid: Graficas Yagues, S.L., 1959.
8vo. Publisher's wrappers printed in red and black. Some toning at extremities and thumbsoiling to covers. INSCRIBED on the upper cover: "For John Steinbeck / Samuel E. Morison," and with a TLS of Morison to Steinbeck, October 31, 1964 transmitting the imprint. With ALS of Elaine Steinbeck to David Heyler, January 11, 1982, explaining the association: "Admiral Morison and John, among other distinguished Americans, were recipients of the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award the United States gives, at a ceremony in the White House in October, 1964 ... John and Admiral Morison were delighted to meet each other; each had admired the other for years. / John knew about this Morison translation of Columbus's letter to Ferdinand and Isabella after his first voyage to the New World, and Morison sent him this copy."
WITH: Autograph Sentiment of John Steinbeck, "Miss Joan Dekker / do not open 'til now [duck device]," on a scrap of folded brown paper, no date but before 1950. An old gift tag from Uncle John found among the Heyler ephemera.
1. HAMMARSKJOLD, DAG. The Linnaeus Tradition and Our Time. Stockholm: Norstedts, 1957.
8vo. Publisher's printed wrappers. Thumbsoiling to covers. INSCRIBED on the half title: "John / With all good wishes for the New Year. / Dag." With ALS of Elaine Steinbeck, November 4, 1991: "Dear David: Please put this in your Steinbeck Collection. Dag sent it to John shortly before he lost his life. They were very close and loving friends."
2. MORISON, SAMUEL. A New and Fresh Translation of the Letter of Columbus Announcing the Discovery of America. Madrid: Graficas Yagues, S.L., 1959.
8vo. Publisher's wrappers printed in red and black. Some toning at extremities and thumbsoiling to covers. INSCRIBED on the upper cover: "For John Steinbeck / Samuel E. Morison," and with a TLS of Morison to Steinbeck, October 31, 1964 transmitting the imprint. With ALS of Elaine Steinbeck to David Heyler, January 11, 1982, explaining the association: "Admiral Morison and John, among other distinguished Americans, were recipients of the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award the United States gives, at a ceremony in the White House in October, 1964 ... John and Admiral Morison were delighted to meet each other; each had admired the other for years. / John knew about this Morison translation of Columbus's letter to Ferdinand and Isabella after his first voyage to the New World, and Morison sent him this copy."
WITH: Autograph Sentiment of John Steinbeck, "Miss Joan Dekker / do not open 'til now [duck device]," on a scrap of folded brown paper, no date but before 1950. An old gift tag from Uncle John found among the Heyler ephemera.