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[BOOK COLLECTORS]. On Collecting John P. Marquand (original typescript)
1951. Typescript (3 pp.) with substantive and editorial corrections throughout. Two pronounced horizontal folds, 1" tear to p. 3. ADDED: cloth chemise in which the folded typescript was contained for many years, accompanied by a note from the editor of "The Amateur Book Collector" (see below). Very good. Item #3817
This is the corrected typescript written by John P. Marquand (1893-1960) concerning his obsession with collecting John Marquand books. The typescript was sent to the editors of "The Amateur Book Collector" who published it in their May 1951 issue (vol. I, no. 5), and in March 1953. It was sent to a "Mr. Baatz" accompanied by a brief note by W.B. Thorsen, editor of the journal. Thorsen states: "Here's the MS with the printer's marks and all the corrections in ink are by Prof. White."
As it turns out, White was a professor of journalism at Wayne State University and editor of the Walt Whitman Review. His article "Why Collect Ernest Hemingway -- or Anyone?" is well worth reading (Prairie Schooner, Vol. 40, No. 3, Fall 1966, pp. 232-246). The finding aid of the Marquand Papers at Beinecke states that Series II, Box 43 (folders 957-58) contains "a published bibliography of Marquand's works compiled by Professor William White in 1949-50." No such thing exists, and in the finding aid the word "published" should be substituted by the word "unpublished."
Price: $150.00