HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). Autograph Letter Signed to Arnold Gingrich. Key West,  Monday Nov. 19 / 1934.  1 4to page on one 4to leaf. On plain brown paper (was most likely white paper originally) written in pencil. Approximately 11 x 8 1/2". Addressed "Dear Mr G:". Signed "Ernest Hemingway". With original typed mailing envelope - stamped and with cancels. 

A LETTER TO GINGRICH, IN WHICH HE MENTIONS WILLIAM SAROYAN, AND WISHES GINGRICH WELL AFTER GINGRICH HAD HIS TONSILS REMOVED. "Hope you like this one. I think that it is damned good. It is all right to kid Seldes [George Seldes (1890-1995) a fellow Paris journalist expatriate with Hemingway - they later became friendly rivals] it helps him to be mentioned. I'm just a builderupper. The Saroyan guy had it coming [William Saroyan (1908-1981) published his breakthrough novel, The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze the same year] - wire me how it strikes you - Notes on Life and Letters or A Manuscript Found in a Bottle. Seems O. K. for a title - or doesnt it? Using both I mean - Hope you're feeling better - Having your tonsils out is really a serious operation on act of hemmorage - Be careful with it and take it easy afterwards - Ernest Hemingway / [at bottom and right margin:] ... Finished long book to be [?] 492 Ms. pages 3 days before yesterday. Started another story Sat. Then wrote this piece for you on Sunday. Now its Monday and I'm still broke." Hemingway's article, Notes on Life and Letters or a Manuscript Found in a Bottle appeared in the January 1935 issue of Esquire Magazine. The "long book" mentioned in this letter may be Green Hills of Africa, published in 1935.

Letter toned, with some minor occasional soiling, 2 vertical and 1 horizontal creases, a few short tears at creases, light soiling, upper margin lightly chipped. Some wear, soiling, foxing to envelope. Still, fine.