Woolmer, J. Howard, 1929-
Dates
- Existence: 1929
Biography
J. Howard Woolmer was born in Montreal in 1929. He moved to New York City in 1958, where he began a career as a professional bookseller in the early 1960s.
Found in 304 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1975-12-10
"I'm just back from a quick trip to Tulsa and find the two cartons of books and your letter of 6th December. I'll open the cartons this afternoon and mail the books out tomorrow morning."
Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1975-12-19
"I'm enclosing my cheque for $1,800.00 to cover the typescripts that we sold to the Berg Collection."
Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1975-12-22
"I've just heard from Mrs. Szladits. She advises that if extracts are used from the typescripts in the Berg Collection that a credit line would be appreciated."
Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1976-01-05
"Thank you for your letter of 29th December and for the information on the First and Second Leaves. It was kind of you to go to so much trouble."
Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1976-02-17
"I've delayed answering your letter of the 1st of February until I could come to a decision on a limited, signed, edition of Chelsea #35. After giving the matter much thought I've come to the conclusion that taking say 100 or 150 sets of sheets from Miss Raiziss and having them bound in cloth with a signed, limited leaf wouldn't work."
Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1976-03-03
"I waited until I had a chance to work out our account for The Telling. It seems to me that we both had about equal expenses and so I am going to divide the amount in halves."
Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1976-03-16
"I haven't examined the letters that you donated to Cornell, and content is quite important when establishing worth, but I can estimate that the market value of these letters as of this date would be..."
Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson and Appraisal Notes on Laura Jackson Manuscripts, 1976-07-14
"Further to my letter of 8th July, I've appraised the manuscripts at $3,250, which includes $500 for the Susan Morris manuscripts. If I seal them for you I would deduct my ten percent comission from this figure. I would prefer them to go to Tulsa and I spoke to Guy Logsdon on Monday..."
Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Riding, 1978-03-27
"I received today the first package of manuscript materials and also the galleys from Sonia Raiziss. As soon as I receive the second package and get my work caught up again I'll appraise them..."
Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura V. Monti, 1980-02-12
"Mrs. Laura Riding Jackson mentioned to me that you might be interested in purchasing some of her manuscripts and, as I have been handling the sales of these for Mrs. Jackson, she has asked me to write to you."
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 294
- Collection 8
- Unprocessed Material 2
- Subject
- Authors, American -- 20th century 3
- Novelists, American -- 20th century. 2
- American Literature -- 19th century 1
- Authors, American -- Correspondence -- 20th century 1
- Authors, English -- 20th century 1
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Correspondence 1
- English language -- Semantics. 1
- Essayists, American -- 20th century. 1
- Novelists, English -- 20th century. 1
- Paris (France) -- Intellectual life. 1
- Poetry bookshop collection. 1
- Poets, American -- 20th century. 1
- Publishers and publishing. 1
- Special Collections -- Correspondence -- Smith, Logan Pearsall. 1
- Special Collections -- Ephemera -- Fitzgerald, F. Scott. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Drabble, Margaret. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Gordon, Caroline. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Jackson, Laura R. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Lowell, Robert. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Poetry Bookshop. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Stafford, Jean. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Tate, Allen. 1
- Special Collections -- Manuscripts -- Toklas, Alice B. 1 + ∧ less