STURGES JOHN: (1910-1992) American Film Director of The Magnificent Seven (1960) and The Great Es

STURGES JOHN: (1910-1992) American Film Director of The Magnificent Seven (1960) and The Great Escape (1963). T.L.S., John, with holograph salutation and subscription, one page, 8vo, n.p., July 1976, to Peter (sic; Petra). The printed text reads, in full, ‘Our friend on the foldover will arrive one day full size (and in colour) on a big ceramic ashtray as a memento of our association. It’s an original by Paul Bakshi and the whole process got completely out of hand from a time standpoint, but it will arrive and I do hope you’ll like it.’ To the verso is an illustration of an eagle who appears to have ‘crash landed’ with the United States and Great Britain flags in his beak. Scarce. Slight creasing, G