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Letter from Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, to James Ivory, Mumbai, India, 1970 May 23 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
449669
Accession number
MA 23840.550
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, 1970 May 23
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 21 x 13.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Dated "Saturday"; date inferred from postmark and perpetual calendar.
Envelope stamped, addressed to Mr. James Ivory, Room 618, Taj Mahal Hotel, Apollo Bunder, Bombay 1, postmarked "24-5-70".
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Professing that she can't write a blurb about the film; stating that she's sending a summary of what she thinks the film is about instead, and he can check it and send it to Ismail Merchant if it is acceptable or edit it until it is; reiterating that it is very important to her that he check her summary; asking that he acknowledges receipt of the letter.