PURDY JAMES Group of 10 letters to his Arkansas friend Neely

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PURDY, JAMES. Group of 10 letters to his Arkansas friend Neely Orme, including 7 Signed, "James," concerning financial problems, mutual friends, Jews, the work of other writers, progress and difficulty with his own work, etc. In all, 3 Autograph Letters Signed, 4 Typed Letters Signed (each with holograph postscripts), 2 Typed Letters (unsigned), a and a Typed Postcard (unsigned). Together 9 1/2 pages, 4to or oblong 12mo; condition generally good. Most with the original envelope. Brooklyn, 1960-65

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". . . I have about 110 pages to correct . . . its such backbreaking work. Dull too. . . ." ". . . A very good friend of mine died, Louis Mayne, in Indiana. He was very good to me. I was not very good to him . . . ." ". . . I can't share your enthusiasm for Miriam. She is a circus monster. . . ." ". . . I sit here bone-dry alone, poor, sans phone. . . ." ". . . I suppose you like Mother Kazin, Mother Hyman, and old moulting pseudo Gentile Mother Wilson. . . ."