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Cocteau's Autograph Letter
L.A.S. Autograph Letter Signed by the French writer Jean Cocteau , addressed to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt.
New York, 31 December 1948. One page, double-sided. In 8°. In French. Including the envelope, cm 11 x 14.5, with two postmarks and a stamp. Perfect conditions, letter with the usual medial fold of the paper. On headed paper "Hotel St. Regis New York" .
This is a greeting and apologise letter.
Extremely sorry to be in New York and being extremely busy, inside the " cyclone" of writing he will not be able to greet the Countess Pecci-Blunt. He concludes: " from heart to heart/ Jean".
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L.A.S. Autograph Letter Signed by the French writer Jean Cocteau , addressed to the Countess Anna Laetitia Pecci-Blunt.
New York, 31 December 1948. One page, double-sided. In 8°. In French. On headed paper "Hotel St. Regis New York" . Including the envelope, cm 11 x 14.5, with two postmarks and a stamp. Perfect conditions, letter with the usual medial fold of the paper and a yellowing of the paper on the verso.
This is a greeting and apologise letter.
Extremely sorry to be in New York and being extremely busy, inside the " cyclone" of writing he will not be able to greet the Countess Pecci-Blunt. He concludes: " from heart to heart/ Jean".
The background:
In the same year of this letter Jean Cocteau was in America for the presentation of his book L'Aigle à deux têtes, with an unpredictable public. The reactions were enthuasiasitic: " New York is an extraordinary city" , he writes to his friend and confidant Jeannot M. in those days and awaits him with days full of official meetings.
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