Vivian darling—

Salemson always boasted
he would never autograph a
book he didn’t write himself,
but here’s the one that, more
than any other, he would have
wanted to write—with love
and belated birthday greetings,
Buddy.

August 1936

To Charlie

My friend—
in or out of uniform
Doris

4-10-46

To My Mother
Lou Alice

I know it’s hard to
go thru the desert—but
know that God is holding
your hand and I
am holding you in
my heart.

I love you—and
ache for you
your daughter No. III

Priscilla IV

May 18, 1980
Your individual
talent is central to
our tradition–
in fact you are
central anywhere,
any time.

Love, as ever,
E Grean

Sept 1939

Dear Solon:
We Italians love our Boccaccio.
Hope you too find him an
oasis in this harsh desert
of life etc.
F.P.

For John
Who is a part of
both
England and America
with leanings toward
world-citizenship—
Gatner
24 July 1942

Dear Duncan,
Truth and beauty shine
brightly by any name—this volume
has brought much of both to me and
I hope it may to you.
Sincerely,
Ed

Christmas 2001

To: Matt
From: Raquel

Matt I hope you like it.
See you can be happy!
I miss you!
♥—
Raquel

December 1979
Don—
If you have a goal in life
that takes a lot of energy
that incurs a great deal of
interest and that is a
challenge to you, you
will always look forward
to waking up to see what
the new day brings.

If you find people in your
life that understand you
completely—that share your
ideas and believe in everything
you do, you will always
look forward to the night
because you will never be
lonely.

I hope this book brings
you as much enjoyment and peace
as it has brought me.

Sandy

Merry Christmas
Chuck!
Now you can find out
if Jimmy Hoffa is where you
think he is!

Love,
Tina, Melissa & Jeffrey”

To Miriam and Yoska
For the birth
of your daughter
Ruti.

Rachel and Shlomo Rozen

(Translated from Hebrew)

In
Recognition of Services
rendered
as
Catechist.

Xmas 1913.

From J.A.

To
Margareth

And souvenirs from Macy’s—
To commemorate the rainy day when
Her & I fled a time-burdened home
to seek you out—at Macy’s.
Wine from these grapes—the
rich red seal of sacrifice—the bodily
suffering of you which re-created in
me a new soul strength—all
because of your experience at Macy’s.
Let us give thanks for Macy’s.
9/5/35—Robin.

Since “poetry is the synthesis of
hyacinths and biscuits”!
Minnie”

You, dear God
even if the sunshine were blotted out,
there would still be the moon and the stars
and the lamps of winter evenings—
there is so much beautiful light in this world.

(Translated from German)

To Nadine—
Joshua 1:9!
Joyce