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Lot 229
[HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961), association]. Original Telegram from Hemingway to Esquire Editor / Publisher Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976). Key West, FL
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[HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961), association]. Original Telegram from Hemingway to Esquire Editor / Publisher Arnold Gingrich (1903-1976). Key West, FL via Chicago, IL, Western Union, Mar 13, 1936. Telegram on Western Union paper with pasted telegram text and Western Union sticker. Approximately 6 ½ x 8”. Toned, some general wear, creases. Fine.
Condition
"How about quotes there she breaches exclamation or there she blows exclamation subheading either very amateur whaling off Havana or whaling off Havana or Moby Dick off Havana or Moby Dick off the Morro Regards=Ernest".
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