1966-1980. Ten pieces of correspondence (eight signed postcards -- four autograph and four typed; one typed note signed; and one autograph letter signed), along with a two-page signed biographical statement. In the first letter, from Uganda, in 1966, Theroux says he has completed the questionnaire and is working on author photos. The questionnaire is not included but a requested "formal biography" is here; in it Theroux describes his family ("quite close and intellectual to the point of being nearly rabid with omniscience"); his state of "restless intellectual scratching" in college; his arrest for organizing a picket; his move to Africa and his early successes as a poet; his writing of Waldo and also Murder in Mount Holly. He references the Roman poet Horace regarding speaking the truth with a smile and adds, "I am as concerned with humor as I am with the scream that is in each burst of laughter." The postcards and one letter that follow are mostly from the 1970s: the first postcard notes his move to England; the next transmits the novel Saint Jack; a third corrects the book's jacket copy. The letter transmits a review of Saint Jack, asks for a copy to be sent to Peter DeVries, and mentions he'll be leaving on a fishing trip with Robert Lowell. The later postcards speak of more reviews, photos taken by Jill Krementz, and an improving tennis game, and Theroux is just starting to mention traveling to China. Five publicity photos are included (1969-1978), and one retained internal memo requests that three of Theroux's novels be sent to Robert Stone. The first, airmail letter, is missing the corner where the stamps once were; there are several publisher's notations to the lot, which, overall, is near fine. [#036736] $750