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Lot #521
Mary Hemingway

"Just back here from Paris and working on a book of Ernest's—'A Movable Feast,' which Scribner's will publish in the spring"

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"Just back here from Paris and working on a book of Ernest's—'A Movable Feast,' which Scribner's will publish in the spring"

Four items: a Christmas card with giraffes under Mt. Kilimanjaro, measures 7.75 x 8 open, signed inside in ballpoint by Mary Hemingway; and a group of three ALSs and one TLS, four total pages, dated between 1955 and 1963. An ALS from November 17, 1963, in part: "I have to make New York my headquarters—although I dislike it as a place to live—because of work with publishers, editors, etc. Just back here from Paris and working on a book of Ernest's—'A Movable Feast,' which Scribner's will publish in the spring." The TLS, dated May 13, 1963, in part: "I am just back from a short holiday fishing for marlin off the coast of Baja California and plan to stay here in New York all summer working on Ernest's manuscripts." In overall fine condition. Accompanied by three unsigned Christmas cards and four original mailing envelopes, with a collector's hand adding Hemingway's surname to each.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
  • Dates: #558 - Ended June 12, 2019