Lot 396
Coward, Noel. Autograph Letter Signed ("COVARR") on Les Avant sur Montreux letterhead, no date, 1 pg, 8 x 5¾ in. Written in tiny script to novelist Edna Ferber ("Darling Ferb"). In part: "I had a proper examination…and the surgeon advised an operation for next year…I have …to give up Lady Nicotine…which is Hell….During these dolorous weeks I can't begin to tell you what joy 'One Basket' [a collection of 31 short stories by Ferber] brought me. They all are very very good….I can't go through them all because I have work to do Edna Ferber. I can't just sit and writing Fan letters and idling away the days like you do. or do you? I have Lady Rebecca West and the ? in the house and they love you very much indeed….Expect the sky to lighten about mid-January…."
Estimated Value $400 - 600.
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