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TLS, one page, 7 x 10.25, The New Yorker letterhead, September 5, 1945. Letter to Egbert S. Oliver: “I always like to help the millions of professors who each year get out anthologies or textbooks, but so far I have never been able to bring myself to give anything to a publisher for nothing. These gents make money from educational work, as you call it, sometimes even more than we make on our non-educational books, and they can and should afford an editorial outlay. I am willing to make my fee in this particular case as nominal as possible, say ten dollars, but you'll find that your publishers will have to pay for material. Why the hell are they, anyway?” A secretarial notation at the bottom advises that permission rights remained with Thurber rather than Harper & Brothers, and instructs the recipient to send a $10 payment directly to the author for anthology use. In fine condition.
From the personal collection of a lifelong collector, teacher, and traveler with a passion for world history. His collecting years ranged from the 1970s to the present day, meaning that several of the premier pieces have not been on the market in decades.
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