^Lot 692 John Steinbeck

TLS, on a 5.5 x 3.25 government postcard, no date, but postmarked January 30, 1938. Letter to Mrs. Phyllis Higgins. In full: “You know I had nothing at all to do with the printing or distribution of the St. Katy book. I have only one copy of it. I really don’t know where you can get a copy but I have heard they are rare and expensive. It was a tiny edition, you know. I can only suggest that you ask my publisher. Thank you for your interest. It is nice to know there are such people as you and your husband.” In fine condition. Steinbeck had sent his manuscript of St. Katy the Virgin to his agents McIntosh and Otis in the spring of 1932 and it was published by Covici-Friede in a limited edition of 199 copies as a Christmas gift book in December 1936. Steinbeck included St Katy the Virgin in his story collection The Long Valley published by Viking in September 1938, eight months after he sent this postcard.