BIB_ID
450246
Accession number
MA 23840.338
Creator
Ivory, James, sender.
Display Date
New York, New York, 1967 February 14
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 25.5 x 20 cm + envelope
Notes
Typed on James Ivory's personal letterhead; hearts inscribed in red pencil at the top and bottom of the page.
Envelope stamped, addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6, India; postmarks only partially legible.
Envelope stamped, addressed to Mrs. R. Prawer Jhabvala, 1-A Flagstaff Road, Delhi 6, India; postmarks only partially legible.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Wishing her happy Valentine's Day, and saying "Here is a little article by R.K. Narayan I thought you'd like to see and something about Dev Anand and Santha Rama Rau" [the latter not present]; saying Rama Rau was on the plane with Merchant, and describing her at the airport; saying Narayan came to dinner in New York while Ivory was in Dinuba and had noted that none of his books were in Ivory's bookcase; pointing out that if Narayan had looked in Ivory's bedroom, he would have found one; signing off "Here is a photo of Rene Gossard."
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