To recap: Charles Addams presented his friend Fleur with a copy of Drawn and Quartered, the reissue, in 1970. He included a drawing of the Addams Family's Morticia along with an inscription, in French, alluding to their April picnic in a cemetery.
The same recipient's copy of My Crowd, also inscribed to her in 1970, the year of publication, has a drawing of Wednesday, the daughter of the Addams Family, that refers to the same al fresco graveyard dining experience. Both volumes, and others from Fleur's library, are offered for sale by Meier and Sons Rare Books. This book comes with a card from Addams as well.
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| New Yorker greeting card with the Addams cover art of February 2, 1957 |
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| A letter on a New Yorker card from Charles Addams to Dona—he also sends his affection to Fleur—is amended with a note from "itinerant journalist" Dona to Fleur. The whole thing was apparently passed along to Fleur and is now included in this lot. "Alice" is Alice B. Curr, Addams's dog. "Housewife! Superstar!!" is Barry Humphries's off-Broadway performance as Dame Edna Everage. This reliably dates Addams's letter to the fall of 1977. |
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| "Now kick Daddy good night and run along to bed." |
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| "This is your room. If you should need anything, just scream." "Well, here's where I say good night." |
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Charles Addams
eBay listing accessed October 29, 2022
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Charles Addams
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Regarding Addams's theatergoing: |
Two excerpts from the Times review of "Housewife! Superstar!!" relevant to Addams's letter
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Note: What is Fleur's surname? Dona's? Anybody?
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