Sequel to 84, Charring Cross Road: "All my life I wanted to see London." Signed presentation from the author: "For Marc Connelly-with love and gratitude. As if that were not enough, this book comes from the library of notable book collector Sydney Ross, and Ross has laid in a receipt dated Jfor two books that he purchased from ?Marks & Co., Booksellers, 84, Charing Cross Road,? the company that is the subject of the book. Hanff writes about her activity as president of a political club, a job that United Artists has given her of writing a synopsis of ?Inside the Third Reich,? a time when she could have lunch with Clark, and a hope of reading a book about a unicorn. Hanff has inscribed and signed the front free endpaper in ink: ?For Lois Clark?With greetings to the writer of one of my loveliest fan letters (and with easily the most beautiful handwriting!) in the hope of her friendship! Helene Hanff.? Given that 84, Charing Cross Road is epistolary, it is even more exciting to have a two-page typed letter signed on Hanff?s stationary dated Friday, Ap(the year of publication of the book). One of the most desirable Helene Hanff Collector's Items.
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