TLS signed “Jim Watson,” one page, 5.5 x 8.5, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory letterhead, October 25, 1988. Letter to an admirer. In part: “I had no control over the ‘Race for the Double Helix,’ having refused to sell the BBC the movie rights. I did not like the writer, initially picked for the screenplay though later another writer was chosen. All in all, I thought the film was first-class even though they totally failed to catch the magnificence of Francis Crick and made little effort to change Jeff Goldblum’s character from the way he looked in the ‘Fly.’” In very fine condition. Accompanied by the original mailing envelope. RR Auction COA.
