"I've been asked to sell a collection of Laura Riding typescripts and as Yale already owns Laura Riding's letters to Gertrude Stein I felt that you might be interested in purchasing them."

"...but suddenly felt that there was need of my refering to something as to your disposition of the book which I had failed to think. If you list them in a catalogue, please, bear it in mind that I am sensitive to possibilities of literary and personal identification that may not accord with my ideas of the correct or appropriate in my regard."

"I understand, and approve, the scruple that has altered your plan as to the handling of The Telling copies. I should indeed like to see a copy of your script for the flyer-"

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"I am sorry our Mr. Gallup idea had no future. I dislike that talk of 'major' acquisitions."