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Letter from Thom Gunn, San Antonio, to Oscar Mellor, 1956 April 2 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
426736
Accession number
MA 5518.23
Creator
Gunn, Thom, sender.
Display Date
San Antonio, Texas, 1956 April 2.
Credit line
The Carter Burden Collection of American Literature.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 30.6 x 18.5 cm
Notes
Written from "2638 West Craig, / San Antonio, / Texas, U.S.A."
Addressed to "Mr Oscar Mellor, / Fantasy Press, / Swinford, / Eynsham, / OXON, / ENGLAND."
Written on aerogram.
Postmarked.
Provenance
Carter Burden.
Summary
Professing his shame for writing an irritable letter to Mellor; showing his remorse upon hearing that Fantasy Press isn't doing well; describing how he will send out his manuscript to other publishers, but that he will give it to Fantasy Press if they are able to print it; apologizing about the confusion over the 6 copies of Fighting terms because of his address; saying how glad he is that the book made money and gifts the money to Mellor to help with his troubles.