:07:02
We are sending nice copies by book post
and trust they will arrive safely...
:07:07
...and that you will be pleased with them.
:07:10
Our invoice is enclosed with the books.
:07:14
The Leigh Hunt essays won't be so easy.
:07:18
But we'll try to find an attractive volume
with them all in.
:07:22
We haven't the Latin Bible you describe...
:07:25
...but we have a Latin New Testament,
also a Greek New Testament.
:07:30
Ordinary modern editions in cloth binding.
:07:33
Would you like these?
:07:36
Yours faithfully, FPD, for Marks & Co.
:07:50
- Helene Hanff.
- Hi, it's me.
:07:52
- Hi, Maxine.
- Wait till I tell you what happened.
:07:55
I can't talk now. I slept through my alarm.
:07:57
- Call you tonight?
- Okay, fine.
:07:59
Call you later, bye-bye.
:08:29
14 East 95th Street, New York City.
:08:32
November 3, 1949.
:08:35
Gentlemen: The books arrived safely.
:08:40
The Stevenson is so fine it embarrasses
my orange-crate bookshelves.
:08:44
I'm afraid to handle such soft vellum
and heavy cream-colored pages.
:08:49
Being used to the dead-white paper
and cardboard covers of American books...
:08:54
...I never knew a book could be
such a joy to the touch.