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Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter from Ismail Merchant, New York, New York, to Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Delhi, India, 1986 February 4 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
458330
Accession number
MA 23840.1625
Creator
Merchant, Ismail, sender.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2022.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 27.9 x 21.6 cm + envelope
Notes
The first of Merchant's many cookbooks, "Ismail Merchant's Indian Cuisine," was published in 1986.
Envelope addressed to Mrs. Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, 32 Alipur Road, Delhi 110054, India, postmarked February 5, 1986.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Hoping she has received the copy of his cookbook he sent, and telling her it has been well received in the U.K.; saying "Room with a View" will be opening soon and everyone who has seen it has loved it; telling her "Mr. Shawn came yesterday" with Dorothy Rabinowitz and "Jackie Onassis"; discussing preparations for "The Deceivers."