[ilds] LD letters for sale

[Bruce Redwine]

Anthony Hirst,

Many thanks for the information about the sale and the document containing the transcription of the letters.  Well done.  The transcription is very useful.  I would recommend the purchase of the letters to the McPherson Library, Special Collections, U of Victoria, BC.  James Gifford is probably on top of this.

Bruce





> On Nov 10, 2015, at 12:13 AM, Anthony Hirst <anthony.hirst at btinternet.com> wrote:
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> This may not be news to ILDS list readers, but,  just in case it is, I thought I should pass it on. Yesterday I receive an email, addressed to me personally,  from Clouds Hill Books stating that:
> 
> <<We are pleased to offer a collection of letters by Lawrence Durrell written to his close friend and fellow author Henry Miller – please see the attached file for details. The letters, written in the last decade of Miller’s long and eventful life, are rich in content, and concern Durrell’s life, travels, works-in-progress, women, marital difficulties, and views on other writers. The price of the collection is $17,500.>>
> 
> The brochure that goes with the offer of sale (pdf attached to this email) contains the full texts. A quick check suggests that most of the 16 items offered for sale are not included in The Durrell-Miller Letters, 1935-80. There is no information about the provenance of the typescripts/manuscripts concerned. If anyone knows more it would be good to hear it. The background material in the brochure is simply extracts from Ian MacNiven's narrative contributions to The Durrell-Miller Letters.
> 
> While few of us are likely to have a spare $17,500, perhaps someone could use their influence with one of the libraries/archives that already hold Durrell collections. It would be a great pity if the letters were to end up inaccessible in a private collection.
> 
> Contact details for Clouds Hill Books are are below.
> 
> Anthony Hirst
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> Clouds Hill Books
> P.O. Box 1004
> Village Station
> New York, NY 10014
> 212-414-4432
> cloudshill at cloudshillbooks.com <mailto:cloudshill at cloudshillbooks.com>
> 
> Anthony Hirst
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> <Lawrence Durrell - Letters to Henry Miller 1974-1979.pdf>
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