[Norman Mailer [Nachem Malech Mailer], American novelist and journalist.] Typed Letter Signed to Rosalyn Sacks of the Mishkan Israel-Linas Hazedek, Jamaica, New York, with unsigned black and white publicity photograph by Molly Malone Cook.

Author: 
Norman Mailer [Norman Kingsley Mailer, pen-name of Nachem Malech Mailer (1923-2007)], American novelist and journalist [Molly Malone Cook, Provincetown photographer]
Publication details: 
Letter dated 29 July 1975; no place. Photograph by Molly Malone Cook, Provincetown, copyrighted 1973.
£150.00
SKU: 26248

See his entry in Encyclopaedia Britannica. Both items are in good condition, lightly aged. TLS: 1p, 4to. Addressed to 'Rosalyn Sacks / YMHA - YWHA / Congregation of Mishkan Israel-Linas Hazedek of Jamaica, Inc. / 153-14 90th Avenue / Jamaica, New York 11432'. Signed 'Norman Mailer'. Reads: 'Dear Rosalyn Sacks, / I don't have any pictures at the moment, but I'll try to get ahold of one and autograph it and send it to you and the members of the Congregation of Mishkan Israel-Linas Hazedek in Jamaica. / My best wishes for your summer.' PHOTOGRAPH: 25.5 x 20.5 cm piece of glossy paper, with 22.5 x 17 cm black and white print of a head and shoulders shot of a grey-haired Mailer in a jean jacket, squinting in the sun with his back to a tree. Not inscribed or signed. Captioned: 'Copyright C 1973 Molly Malone Cook / NORMAN MAILER'. Stamped on reverse: 'DO NOT PUBLISH WITHOUT THE FOLLOWING CREDIT / MOLLY MALONE COOK / PHOTOGRAPHER / BOX 338 PROVINCETOWN'. Image on request.