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Ernest Hemingway Autograph Letter Signed

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Ernest Hemingway Autograph Letter Signed
<B>Ernest Hemingway Autograph Letter Signed</B></I> "<I>E H</B></I>", one page, 7.75" x 6", Madrid, Spain, July 15, 1959, to "Bill". In 1959 and 1960 Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Hemingway was in Spain traveling the bullfighting circuit in preparation for a lengthy essay on the subject. This letter, penned on the stationery of Madrid's Hotel Suecia, was likely to Bill Davis, a friend of Hemingway's in Spain. The "V" mentioned is Valerie Danby-Smith, a freelance journalist working as Hemingway's secretary. The letter reads: "<I>Dear Bill: Will you please call me at 6.30 pm 1830 and we will go with V., if she wishes, to buy the secretaral etc.</B></I>". Very light stains and smoothed folds, else very fine condition. Professionally matted and framed with a picture of Hemingway and friends enjoying some wine in a casual atmosphere.