Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - "ISN'T THERE, THEN, EVEN ONE CHARACTER IN THIS BOOK TO WHOM ONE'S HEART CAN GO OUT IN SYMPATHY? / YES, BY HEAVEN, THERE IS AND HIS NAME IS JAMES MORIMER. AS DIRECTOR OF THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM AT THE TIME THE CROSS WAS PURCHASED, RORIMER WAS THE ONE WHO HAD TO PUT UP WITH MOST OF THE POSTURINGS AND FOOLISHNESS OF THE YOUNG MR HOVING. HE COMES THROUGH AS A MAN OF INFINITE PATIENCE." -AMBLER (Eric, English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels, who introduced a new realism to the genre, 1909-1998); CHRISTY (George, charismatic fedora-wearing American columnist, of proud Greek origins, who wrote the weekly gossip piece 'A Good Life' in The Hollywood Reporter for 26 years, and who was widely liked by the stars and wider artistic fraternity in California. He was also an avid food and wine connoisseur, and for many years held a legendary annual lunch at the Toronto Film Festival, 1927-2020).An original typescript book review - scathing in nature and most likely unpublished - by author Eric Ambler for Hollywood columnist George Christy, accompanied by a short typed and signed letter, October 1981. Original typescript book review (not a photocopy), with a few corrections, on verso (rectos blank) of 5 folio pages of cream-coloured wove paper, with 'From Eric Ambler' at head and with name and date at foot 'Eric Ambler / 10.26.81'. Title, author, publisher and price of book being reviewed given near top of first page . 'King of the Confessors / by Tomas Hoving / (Simon & Schuster $ 16.95). Pages numbered in top right corner (1-5). With accompanying short typed and signed letter on one side of grey wove writing paper. Ambler's name printed in black at head. His London address and date 'October 26, 1981', just below. Addressed to 'Dear George', with Ambler's printed name at head. Size: review pages - approx. 30cm x 21.2cm. / letter - approx. 17.7cm x 14cm. The review and letter joined with a paper clip. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope, with Christy's typed address on the recto and Ambler's typed address on the verso, and postmarked '26 Oct 1981'. Near Fine condition. Light rusting as usual to paper clip (with some residue and indentation visible to top of letter). Letter and review with folds for mailing. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, and view gallery images closely.A scathing book review done by author Eric Ambler on [Monday] 26th October 1981 for columnist George Christy at the Hollywood Reporter in Los Angeles.Ambler turns his caustic eye on King of the Confessors by Thomas Hoving (published in 1981 by Simon & Schuster). The review is dated 26th October 1981, and he mailed it to Christy on the same day.We speculate that the review was too stinging to be printed, and the fact that the letter is still attached to the review pages, and both are still present in their original mailing envelope, would support this, as does the lack of any editorial markings on the sheets. Or perhaps it was just surplus to requirements, and there was no space for it in the next issue of the Hollywood Reporter. Either way it seems to us that the review may well have never been published, and that Ambler and Christy were the only parties privy to it until we discovered it amongst Christy's personal papers quite recently. Provenance: From the personal archives of Hollywood reporter George Christy. key words:
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Binding: Unbound
Non-Fiction Subject: The Arts
Language: English
Fiction Subject: Literary Criticism
Special Attributes: Manuscript
Original/Reproduction: Original
Author: AMBLER, Eric (1927-2020).
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Year Printed: 1981
Original/Facsimile: Original
