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AEDHEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Typed Letter Signed to Jane Armstrong, His Typist and Friend, About For Whom the Bell Tolls. [N.p., ca. 1939-1940].
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HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Typed Letter Signed to Jane Armstrong, His Typist and Friend, About For Whom the Bell Tolls. [N.p., ca. 1939-1940]. 1 4to page on one leaf of thin white paper, signed in black grease pencil ("Ernest") in center. Addressed "Dear Jane :". Approximately 11 x 8 1/4".
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Toned, rubbed, 2 vertical and 2 horizontal creases, some marginal creases, faint soiling. Fine.
- Provenance
"Dear Jane : Thanks for the beautiful job. There wasn't a correction to be made. I'm so sorry Phyllis [Armstrong's daughter, Phyllis Gardner, another of Hemingway's typists] has been laid up and I appreciate the accuracy and intelligence of her work. I know you don't do things for dough and I don't either. This happens to be a hell of an emergency. (I worked 22 hours straight recently without leaving the desk on a similar one and aint over that sort of thing yet) Money is chips with you like with me but Phyllis is going to need it and it would be worth $150. for her if you wanted to ruin yourself and do what no white person has any right to ask any other to do; jam like in a six day bike race and copy the rest of this I am sending in with Theodoreso [sic] I can send it off this week... It is now raining like hell and I have been wor ing [sic] since six a. m. and now there will be no tennis which aint good for work tomorrow Neither is haveing [sic] a goddamned wife try to put you out of business when you are writing the best book you ever wrote. But let's keep it all clean. Anyhow you are wonderful whether you type this or not. Ernest..." On verso is typed: "La Senora de Armstrong En Sus Brazos /".
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