May 2012 Auction Ends Tuesday, May 29th, 5pm Pacific
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Typed letter signed to author Silvano Suarez, dated ''12/10/55'' on ''Finca Vigia San Francisco de Paula, Cuba'' stationery, Hemingway's home in Cuba, and signed in black grease pencil. Reads in part ''...my work and working for 0515 until dark on the fishing photography of The Old Man and the Sea and the four hurricanes that have passed close enough to disturb things and the death of Mrs. Hemingway's father and many other things have prevented me from thanking you for your gift of the book you wrote with such keen critical thinking and such loving care. I am not indifferent, kid, am only over-run with work and having a rough year. I appreciate deeply your writing the book and my trouble is that I am shy and embarrassed when people talk about my books or my life...Mostly I write to my children who are widely dispersed and to my lawyer and to my publishers...Have a first edition copy of The Old Man and the Sea...Am working very hard and am on page 626 of the new book.'' Single page measures 11'' x 8.5''. Uniformly browned due to age, else very good.
Ernest Hemingway Letter Signed with Superb Content Regarding Working on ''The Old Man and the Sea'' and Calling Himself ''Shy and Embarrassed When People Talk About My Books or My Life''
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