NIXON SENDS A SET OF HIS BOOKS TO A FRIEND WHO HAS LOST HER HOUSE IN THE MALIBU FIRE. NIXON, RIC...

NIXON SENDS A SET OF HIS BOOKS TO A FRIEND WHO HAS LOST HER HOUSE IN THE MALIBU FIRE. NIXON, RICHARD MILHOUSE. 1913-1994. Autograph Letter Signed ('Dick'), to Betty Palmer consoling her on the loss of her house in a fire, 1 p, 4to, Woodcliff Lake, NJ, November 14, 1993, on personal letterhead, with original transmittal envelope, light spotting to envelope, otherwise fine. On November 1, 1993, a fire started near the water tower on Old Topanga Canyon Road before quickly making its way downhill toward Malibu, destroying over 16,000 acres and 388 structures. Nixon writes this letter to Mrs. Betty Palmer, the widow of Kyle Dulaney Palmer (1890-1971), the longtime political editor of the Los Angeles Times credited with convincing Earl Warren to join the Republican ticket as VP nominee in 1948, who lost her home in Carbon Canyon during the conflagration. In full: 'I have just learned from Rose that you lost that beautiful home in the fire. What a tragedy: your beautiful gardens, period belongings—all gone. / Since you will have to start a new library I would like to help by sending you under separate cover the special leather bound edition of all my books and a first edition copy of Six Crises. / You don't have to read them but they will look nice on the shelves! / Keep up that buoyant spirit which inspired all of us privileged to know you. / Sincerely / Dick.' For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing