Toklas, Alice B., 1877-1967

"How sad to have missed you in Paris and in Rome, where I spent the winter, came back to Paris, tripped and to avoid hitting head broke my knee cap...."

"It was a pleasure to have your letter after your London visit though it had not ended successfully- but by now you are surely happily at work again..."

"Delighted to welcome your show if you suppose anything I may say will. There's a 50-50 chance that the pictures may have a roaring success...."

"I hope this is alright. If the end is abrupt there were already 98 words...." with a handwritten manuscript blurb about Brion Gysin at top: "When Brion Gysin showed me his pictures a few years ago it was all the pleasure for which I had been hoping...." Includes handwritten blurb about Brion Gysin written at top of sheet.

"You are too kind to me. The handkerchief is so attractive that I am using it as a kerchief and it has been greatly admired..."

"Your second letter made me more [?] then I have been all these many weeks but you will pardon me when presently you will hear the message of this long letter..."

"How can you be so good to me. You must know that the gift of a charming dainty handkerchief isn't necessary for me to remember you...."

"Tomorrow is Twelfth Night and I haven't yet thanked you for your gay card and sweet note with the adorable handkerchief folded in it. You are really too good to remember me..."

"It was a great pleasure to hear from you again. Whether it was yours or my fault makes no difference. I've been in bed for a year with a broken hip from falling on the floor at..."

"I haven't gotten to the hospital yet, either for cataracts or the hip. But my oculist and the surgeon are coming to see me tomorrow morning, and they will tell me when it is to be..."