Record

Document Reference	La Mc 2/3/13
Title	Carbon copy of letter from [Laurence Gomme, New York] to Mabel Luhan, Taos , New Mexico; 23 May 1928
Date	23.5.1928
Extent	1 f
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Apologises for the delay in replying to her letter of 8 May; gives his opinion that the rebound edition of 'Low Life' (printed 1764) is of no great value; gives a short account of the history of the book and notes the need for books to be in their original binding to maintain their value, commenting that 19th century binders were notorious for their vandalism.
Term	publications, prose works, 'Low Life' 1764
ReprodnNote	University of Nottingham.
Physical Description	Carbon copy typewritten on single sheet of flimsy plain white paper; dimensions are 279 x 216 mm.

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA75012	Gomme; Laurence James (1882-1974); bookseller of New York	1882-1974
NA380	Luhan; Mabel Dodge Sterne (1879-1962); née Ganson; American patron of the arts	1879-1962

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