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Letter from William Goyen, New York, to John Martin, 1979 April 22 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
385146
Accession number
MA 8691.3
Creator
Goyen, William, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1979 April 22.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 21.6 x 14 cm + envelope
Notes
On letterhead stationery.
Envelope is addressed to "John Martin / Black Sparrow Press / P.O. Box 3993 / Santa Barbara, California / 93105."
Envelope postmarked and stamped.
Part of a collection of William Goyen's typescript of Christy: A Play in Two Acts (MA 8691) and five letters (four with envelopes) from William Goyen to John Martin (MA 8691.1, 3-5) and to Peggy Wirta (MA 8691.2), both of Black Sparrow Press. Items are described in six separate records (MA 8691 and MA 8691.1-5).
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Summary
Offering to send a copy of In a Farther Country; noting that he would "be honored and delighted to be published by" Black Sparrow Press; mentioning that his wife [Doris Roberts] is joining him in New York and they are traveling to Zurich, Paris, Rome, and Florence.
Housed in
Black cloth drop-spine box (30.5 cm)