Letter, [1927] Sept. 25, [Great Neck?, New York, to F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald].

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Letter, [1927] Sept. 25, [Great Neck?, New York, to F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald].

Typed letter, incomplete. Writes of his work on a new baseball play (produced as 'Elmer the great') and three other new stories. Declines an invitation to visit due to an engagement to visit two sons at Andover. Complains about the money he'll lose if Pittsburgh loses the National League pennant race. Zelda Fitzgerald's holograph note on verso asking her daughter to wake her for breakfast.

1 item (1 p.) ; 28 cm.

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