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 James F. Mathias, 1978-09-11
"Mrs. Schuyler B. Jackson indicated to me in a recent letter that you were interested in purchasing a copy of The Telling."
Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Jean Peters, 1975-12-1
"I don't know whether or not this fits into the category of news for Publisher's Weekly. Harper & Row, Publishers, have 'got rid of their over stock' (you know what that means) of Laura (Riding) Jackson's The Telling, 1972."
Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1979-03-20
"I've ordered a copy of the bibliography you mentioned and will send you a xerox of the part on your works as soon as it arrives." "Would you send me the name of the editor and the address of Carcanet New Press?"
Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1979-04-15
"I'm enclosing an article that mentions you in case you haven't seen it. It was in the New York Times Magazine for 1st April." "Thanks for the information on Carcanet. I'll write to get further information on your new Collected Poems."
Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1979-06-22
"Just a note to let you know that I've now received the four packages of manuscripts plus the additional one."
Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1979-07-16
"In any case, I have priced the manuscripts that you sent to me at $3,800. Tulsa is involved in a very large purchase at the moment and I feel that it would be to our advantage to wait until late August or early September before offering this mater to them."
Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1979-07-17
"After writing to you yesterday I received your letter this morning and hasten to answer. I had a call from my attorney this morning advising that the closing on my house will be this Friday afternoon."
Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1979-08-23
"I hate to write to you with bad news, but I've had to reduce the price for the manuscript material that you sent to me. When I first gave you a price of $3,800 I had only made an estimate of the number of pages involved..."
Letter from [J. Howard Woolmer] to Laura Jackson, 1979-09-8
"The Word Woman manuscript material sold to the Berg Collection consisted of the original typscript, 116 pages, with corrections in your hand. Pages 88 and 89 plus one third of page 87 were missing."
Letter from J. Howard Woolmer to Laura Jackson, 1979-09-12
"This is just a note to acknowledge the receipt of the Leaves and the Civilita delle machine."
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- 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
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