Original typed letter signed from W.R. Burnett to Lawrence Blochman

N.p. N.p., 1951. Vintage typed letter signed from mystery and crime writer W.R. Burnett to fellow Mystery Writers of America member and former president Lawrence Blochman, dated May 28, 1951. Letter on Burnett's' personal letterhead.

A brief note from Burnett thanking then-MWA President Blochman for the recent Edgar Award given to Ben Maddow. Maddow wrote the screenplay for the 1950 film, "The Asphalt Jungle," based on Burnett's 1949 novel of the same name.

7.25 x 10.25 inches. One leaf, recto only. Typescript. Near Fine, with two horizontal creases.

[Book #157374]