Jackson, Laura (Riding), 1901-1991

"My book is to be a general history of private presses, covering the whole field from the 15th century onwards, and so my account of Seizin will necessarily be brief. I have typed out the passages which relate to the Press, and these are on the attached sheets."

"...I shall still be very grateful for the help you have given me in putting my brief account of the Seizin Press into better shape. You are quite right in suggesting that I should have contacted you initially, instead of relying on the Moran-Graves version."

"I am surprised to find that you have not received my letter of 22 December in which I discussed some of the points which you had raised on the revised draft which I had sent you before."

"But in case you have not had it, and it has gone astray--as an increasing number of letters to and from American private press owners with whome i correspond seem to do--perhaps I should repeat in brief form the comments I made there."

"I should be glad to help Mr Ford in any way that I can with his work; quite apart from feeling it necessary as a small token of my gratitude to you, I would be very happy to assist. My own work has been delayed..."

"To be brief, there is no mention at all. Franklin limited himself almost entirely to those presses in England which concerned themselves with the book as an art form..."

"My book on private presses is not yet out, I'm sorry to say. There have been numerous delays, partly due to the fact that David Bland, the editor at Fabers in charge of it died suddenly earlier this year, and I'm told that it will not now be published until after Christmas."

"Mr Ford and I exchanged a few letters - he wrote to me as you had suggested, and told me the type of work he was engaged on;"

"Our Editor has asked me to send you a galley of your letter (somewhat condensed, because of lack of space), which we would like to run in an early issue."

Correspondence and manuscripts of the American poet. Handwritten and carbon copy typescripts.

"The want-list as you have it is, yes, essentially of items required (though not necessarily affordable!) to complete my collection. Which leaves its bibliographical relevance unclear, as a comment from Mrs. Jackson has already made me see. So far as compilation of the bibliography is concerned, no item on the wants-list need hold us up, so long as we can locate an examinable copy of it somewhere, in dust-wrapper if called for."

"Here's about sunshine and the sun, / As long as the old fear goes on..."