Typed letter signed by Noel Coward, dated 7 February 1956, written on “Blue Harbour, Port Maria, Jamaica, B.W.I.” stationery and addressed to Hedda Hopper. Measuring approximately 5.25" x 8.5", the letter discusses disrupted travel plans in Jamaica, references Ocho Rios and the Jamaica Inn, and expresses regret at missing Hopper due to her illness, closing warmly and signed in blue ink.
The lot includes original Western Union and Post Office Telegraphs materials directly related to the correspondence, including a telegram sent to Hedda Hopper care of Noel Coward at Port Maria, Jamaica, offering affectionate reassurance and signed “Harry Brand,” along with a Post Office Telegraphs service message explaining that a wire addressed to Hopper was not delivered because she and her husband had departed prior to its arrival.
Also included is a softcover copy of Our Lady, a novel by Upton Sinclair, edited by E. Haldeman-Julius. Measuring approximately 5.25" x 8.5", the book is inscribed and signed by Sinclair on the front cover to E. L. Hawkins with a personal dedication. Our Lady is one of Sinclair’s socially engaged works, reflecting his continued interest in moral, religious, and institutional themes that run throughout his literary career.
Upton Sinclair(September 20, 1878 – November 25, 1968) was an American author, muckraker journalist, and political activist, and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California. He wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Noël Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise"
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