Woolmer, J. Howard, 1929-

Scope and Contents "Your news about having found difficulty in obtaining even quite recent information from publishers is interesting. I guess the more takeovers, mergers, bankruptcies there are, the more records will get destroyed or made inaccesible;..." "Since I last wrote, I have been very lucky in securing three important L.R. titles that I didn't have: Voltaire, The Close Chaplet, and 14A. You will be doubly interested in the first two, as Hogarth Press books. I'm enclosing xeroxes of the...

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"As promised in my last letter, here is a copy of my 'wants' list covering Laura (Riding) Jackson books. If a book, listed in my check-list, does not appear in this wants-list, you may take it that I already possess a copy, in the dust-wrapper where called for."

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"Many thanks for your letter of 27th July, and for the sheets of information on reviews of Mrs. Jackson's books. It will be a while before I can check these sheets in detail, but I can see at a glance that you have uncovered much trove new to us."

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"The copy of A Trojan Ending arrived last week, in perfect condition; thank you again. I have today made my reservations for my flights next month, so can at last be more definite about dates. I'll be flying London-Miami on 11 October, and flying north from Miami not earlier than 19 October;..."

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"I expect you'll have received my letter of the 13th, giving some details of my travel dates (leaving N.Y. on the evening of Friday 27 Oct.; could be in N.Y. by as early as the evening of Thursday 19 Oct.; should be there at latest by evening of Sunday 22). Since I shall be a fairly free agent for those few days, while you will have an existing pattern of commitments..."

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"Here (enclosed) is a copy of my listing of the twenty-seven Riding poems of the 1920's, discovered during my trip. It is designed as a supplement to the check-list. // At the New York P.L., I obtained xerox of the casing of their copy of A Trojan Ending -- examination of which confirmed that there are at least two states."

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"Thank you for your letter. We appreciate you offering the Laura Riding typescripts to us."

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"Laura Jackson has sent along your flyer about THE TELLING. I'm delighted that you've undertaken to extend the life of this splendid book, but I do want you to know that it is incorrect to say that we have remaindered the book."

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"I'll be delighted to help you in any way that I can with this project. The big problem, of course, is time. A University Library has recently involved me in a new project that has caused a great deal of disruption in my schedule, a project I fear, with long-term implications. I'm presently working on two bibliographies, Malcolm Lowry and the publications of Harold Monro's Poetry Bookshop."

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"In regard to the want-list I must ask whether you want a copy of each item for your own collection or if you are more interested in examining a copy for the proposed bibliography. I've had many of the items on the want-list in the past and they tend to be quite expensive."