STEINBECK, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed, "John," to his friend and photographer Bill Beecher, sending him a piece of manuscript from the end of Burning Bright to put on a painting Beecher was making for Steinbeck..5 page, single tall 4to sheet,

STEINBECK, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed, "John," to his friend and photographer Bill Beecher, sending him a piece of manuscript from the end of Burning Bright to put on a painting Beecher was making for Steinbeck..5 page, single tall 4to sheet, ruled yellow paper; written in pencil. With the original holograph mailing envelope. New York, 9 August 1950 [postmark] E1,500/2,500 "Enclosed is the thing I would like to have on the picture. It is from the end of Forests. And it isI believe what I think - and it would be a good thing to put on the picture. Don't you? . . ." Burning Bright was initially titled In theForests of the Night.