CONDOLENCE LETTER SENT TO AUGUST DERLETH'S CHILDREN, APRIL AND WALDEN, AND RIKKI, THEIR FAMILY FRIEND, SIGNED

by 34 Attendees Of Westercon 24 by Fan History, August Derleth, Arkham House, Westercon 24

$450 · Offered by L. W. Currey

A carbon, marked copy retained by San Francisco Bay Area SF fan Lester A. Anderson 1910-1990 who prepared the letter, dated 4 July 1971, with the genuine signatures of convention attendees, including Guest of Honor Avram Davidson and Fan Guest of Honor Donald P. Simpson. Among the other signers are Poul Anderson, Gregory Benford, George Clayton Johnson, Randall Garrett, Tim Kirk, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Emil Petaja and E. Hoffmann Price, as well as many prominent West Coast fans. The 1971

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