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Irving Stone Collection, Accession 8534, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
Deposit [ 1963 December 17 ] 1967 February 24
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[W/autograph corrections. With long pencilled note on back of page 3.]
[Sends him the introduction to the new Modern Library edition of Lust for Life for his manuscript sale. He also includes the second draft of the Ms. and has ordered Bennett Cerf to send the third, final, draft, all to be sold together. Asks him to take any price he can get for the Ms. The money realized by the sale is intended for the [ Abraham Lincoln Brigade . ]
[Wonders if the exhibit "Italian Influence on American Literature" was a success. Asks that his manuscript (lent it to the exhibition) be returned, since he needs to deposit it at U. C. L. A. Mentions how much his wife and he enjoyed the day they spent with the Barretts.]
[Informs Stone that the portion of the Ms. The Agony and the Ecstacy which he lent to the exhibition of "Italian Influence on American Literature" will be returned by the Grolier Club . Reports on the success of the exhibition, the attendance at the Grolier Club , the reports in the Herald Tribune , New York Times etc. Promises him a book published by the Club regarding the exhibition. Mentions the acquisition of Stone's manuscripts by U. C. L. A. , also the Irving Stone Collection at the University of Virginia . Looks forward to meeting the Stones again.]