TLS, one page, 7 x 11, personal letterhead, November 17, 1936. A letter to Miss Betts. In part: “Under ordinary circumstances I would be only too happy to autograph Gone With the Wind. But the extraordinary circumstances these days forces me to refuse to do many things I would like to do. Since my first book came out last June, I have autographed innumerable books. As the sales mounted, the number of requests was so great that it became a physical impossibility to handle them….many business matters that seem to be an unavoidable part of my new, and still very strange status as ‘best seller.’ It seems like a very small thing on my part not to autograph for everybody who wants it done. But there are only a certain number of minutes and hours in the he day, and I am swamped. I hope you will understand.” In fine condition, with a few surface creases. COA John Reznikoff/PSA/DNA and R&R COA.
