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175 East 78th St., [New York, 1946. 1 p. in ink on recto of a single yellow legal-size ruled note sheet. 1 vols. 14 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good. 1 p. in ink on recto of a single yellow legal-size ruled note sheet. 1 vols. 14 x 8-1/2 inches. "The hell with the coin box business ..." Colorful unpublished note from Steinbeck to his friend Burgess Meredith: "Dear Buzz: I've tried to call you several times but your line is either busy or you are out. This devotion has been carried on a coin booth which is little better than the back seat of a packard. We have no phone yet but hope to have one tomorrow or the next day. Mother Marie is building a nest for her new offspring and I am hard at work which immobilizes both of us pretty much. I am going to have lunch with Charlie Lytle (remember the Pixie of Park Lane) tomorrow May 8 at 21. Maybe you could drop in or maybe you'll be there anyway. I have to ask you something ... Meanwhile I'll call you if we get a phone. The hell with the coin box business. John"…
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Autograph Letter Signed ("John") to Burgess Meredith and Paulette Goddard, from Cuernavaca, regarding the filming of THE PEARL, and other matters
by Steinbeck, John
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Hotel Marik, Cuernavaca, Mexico, 1945. One page in ink on recto of a single sheet ruled note paper. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Very good. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. One page in ink on recto of a single sheet ruled note paper. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches. Steinbeck in Cuernavaca. UNPUBLISHED letter written from Cuernavaca, while Steinbeck was in Mexico "riding herd" on the shooting of the film version of THE PEARL
Dear Buzzy and Paulette: I've forgotten where you live. I've forgotten Milly's [i.e., LEWIS MILESTONE'S] street number too but at least I remember his street. We don't live at the hotel but we get our mail there. I know Paulette knows the place. We have a little house with a big garden about half a mile from the plaza - very pleasant. Will be here until October I guess. We don't start shooting [THE PEARL] until August. I don't suppose there is much chance of your coming down after you finish the Chambermaid [ Meredith's DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID]. Blumey was asking about you the other night when we were in town.
We're getting lots of sun and oddly enough a lot of work done, a thing I can hardly believe. I wonder how your film ["Diary of A Chambermaid"] goes. I have some ideas for the future - too many but perhaps worth discussing some time. Tom grows like a bloody weed. He is so black we will have trouble getting him into a hotel in Georgia. And he is very strong and no intellectual company whatever. Gwyn thrives here. Anyway, we'll see our picture through here and then go on to New York in October and after that we have no plans.
... The grapevine has nice things to say about your picture. And Renoir is a great man. I've always wanted to work with him.
The rains are just starting here and the fine big clouds all day. It's pretty wonderful.
Please give our love to Kendal and Milly. And to yourselves. JOHN"
[with:] Telegram from Steinbeck's wife Gwendolyn in New York, to Burgess Meredith in Monterey, Calif., conveying Steinbeck's address in Cuernavaca: "Dear Buzz, John is in Mexico Address Hotel Marik Cuernavaca Mor. Mexico ... Gwen in New York.
Dear Buzzy and Paulette: I've forgotten where you live. I've forgotten Milly's [i.e., LEWIS MILESTONE'S] street number too but at least I remember his street. We don't live at the hotel but we get our mail there. I know Paulette knows the place. We have a little house with a big garden about half a mile from the plaza - very pleasant. Will be here until October I guess. We don't start shooting [THE PEARL] until August. I don't suppose there is much chance of your coming down after you finish the Chambermaid [ Meredith's DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID]. Blumey was asking about you the other night when we were in town.
We're getting lots of sun and oddly enough a lot of work done, a thing I can hardly believe. I wonder how your film ["Diary of A Chambermaid"] goes. I have some ideas for the future - too many but perhaps worth discussing some time. Tom grows like a bloody weed. He is so black we will have trouble getting him into a hotel in Georgia. And he is very strong and no intellectual company whatever. Gwyn thrives here. Anyway, we'll see our picture through here and then go on to New York in October and after that we have no plans.
... The grapevine has nice things to say about your picture. And Renoir is a great man. I've always wanted to work with him.
The rains are just starting here and the fine big clouds all day. It's pretty wonderful.
Please give our love to Kendal and Milly. And to yourselves. JOHN"
[with:] Telegram from Steinbeck's wife Gwendolyn in New York, to Burgess Meredith in Monterey, Calif., conveying Steinbeck's address in Cuernavaca: "Dear Buzz, John is in Mexico Address Hotel Marik Cuernavaca Mor. Mexico ... Gwen in New York.
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- Format/Binding One page in ink on recto of a single sheet ruled note paper. 1 vols. 11 x 8-1/2 inches
- Book Condition Used - Very good. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith
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- Place of Publication Hotel Marik, Cuernavaca, Mexico
- Date Published 1945
- Keywords American | John Steinbeck
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175 East 78 St., New York City, 1947. One page, in red ink, on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. Slightly faded. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. One page, in red ink, on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. "I'll have to walk with a stick for some time ... " Fine, quick personal note from Steinbeck to his close friends, Meredith and Goddard. Just after his release from the hospital (after falling out of his window), and on the eve of his departure for a European tour, he writes: " ... I got sprung from the hospital the day before yesterday a little wan and weak. I'll have to walk with a stick for some time but otherwise allright. We kind of plan to go to France about the 15 - 20 of June. We'll be at Hotel Lancaster wherever that it - that is if we make it. So much can happen. Everything else seems to be going pretty well. We're going to have our troubles but I'11 tell you about that when I see you. Love to you both ... John" UNPUBLISHED.
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175 East 78 St., New York City, 1947. One page, in blue ink, on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. Fine. From the Estate of Burgess Meredith. One page, in blue ink, on recto of one sheet of personal stationery. 1 vols. 10 x 7 inches. Letter to Burgess Meredith & Paulette Goddard. A rapid note on the eve of his trip to Europe, to his close friends Burgess Meredith and Paulette Goddard: "Dear Paulette and Buzzy: We're leaving the 20th of June for Paris. We'll be I think at the Hotel Lancaster. If not you can contact us through the Herald Tribune Bureau. Much hurry now and I'm still pretty much crippled. Do you know a dutch painter named Raaul Hynckle (sp) Since can't pay money now the Dutch publishers want to pay royalties in his work. See you soon John" UNPUBLISHED.
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Pacific Grove, John Steinbeck, December 8, 1948, first edition.. This is a letter to Ed Ricketts Jr. on Steinbeck's familiar ruled yellow paper carrying his Pacific Grove stamped address, a total of 13 lines, Steinbeck is looking for the "circulating pump we used to use on the pans of animals?" Steinbeck is looking to set up a small aquarium in his house and would like to use the pump rather than buying another as "they are quite expensive," he invites the famed marine biologist's son to visit and says, "Not much changes here. I'm trying to get some work done and maybe I'm succeeding. I don't know yet.". Folded, else very good.
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n.p., John Steinbeck, December 13, 1950, first edition.. The letter is to Ed Ricketts, Jr., the son of his best friend, famed marine biologist Ed Ricketts who died in a car crash two years previously, Steinbeck writes, "I think you recently received a letter from my publisher. It is very important that you answer it as soon as possible. I think your father would like to have you do this. You will remember that I did what I could while I could. Please do hurry along a reply. I shall be greatly inconvenienced if you do not. Sincerely, John. P. S. I had a long letter from Toni (the former wife of the elder Ricketts) recently. She sent a picture of her baby. Have you any (?) yet? J.," it is likely that the letter from Steinbeck's publisher had to do with the planned Log From the Sea of Cortez that Viking published in 1951. Folded, else very good.
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