[Rarebooks] FS: GUY AND DOLL: A Fine Letter from Damon Runyon and His New Wife

[Charles Agvent]

RUNYON, Damon. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS). Fine and scarce holograph 
letter on 7-1/4" x 10-1/4" personal stationery to Aurora with a SIGNED 
holograph postscript at the top of the letter by Runyon's new wife 
Patrice. Mr. Runyon, in full: "You will never know how happy it made us 
to hear from you. We have often talked about you and wondered where you 
were. Thanks for your congratulations [on Runyon's marriage]. We would 
have let you know long ago if we had known your address. We may come to 
Europe next spring and will come to see you. We spent our honeymoon in 
California. Patrice is fine and prettier than ever, if that is possible. 
Am so glad you are established again and hope you have much success. 
With love from us both." SIGNED in full by Runyon. Letters by Runyon are 
quit uncommon and when found are usually typed. This letter fills an 
entire page with Runyon's writing which for the most part is very dark 
with the ink light in a few places. Fine.

Damon Runyon gained recognition as a baseball columnist, beginning in 
1911, with a knack for spotting the eccentric and the unusual, on the 
field and in the stands, and is credited with revolutionizing the way 
the game was covered. He was inducted into the writers' wing of the 
Baseball Hall of Fame in 1967 and is also a member of the International 
Boxing Hall Of Fame. He is best known though for his short stories 
celebrating the world of Broadway, including the two that served as the 
basis for the musical GUYS AND DOLLS. Runyon's first marriage fell apart 
while he was becoming infatuated with a Mexican girl, the Patrice of 
this letter, whom he had first met while covering the Pancho Villa raids 
in 1916. This second marriage ended in 1946 shortly before Runyon's 
death from throat cancer at the age of 66. His ashes were scattered from 
an airplane over Broadway by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker. (#012005)    
     $1,500.00

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