YALE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
MEMORANDUM

To: Miss Dyer Date: 15 Oct. 1973
From: D. Gallup
Re:

Please acknowledge to: Mrs. Philip L. Southwick
36 Woodland Farms Rd.
Pittsburgh, Pa. 15238

For the Willa Cather collection in the YCAL:

Keating, George T.

Typed letter signed to Miss Willa Cather:
New York, N. Y., 21 Sept. 1922, 2 leaves

Requesting her to inscribe copies of her
books (which are now included in the Rosen-
bloom bequest to Yale).

Received through Mr. Liebert
Oct. 1973. deg.

TWENTY-NINE BROADWAY
NEW YORK CITY

Sept.21, 1922.

Miss Willa Cather,
c/o A.A.Knopf,
220 West 42nd St., N.Y.

My dear Miss Cather:-

In accordance with your very kind letter of the 18th inst., I send you here- with the set of your first editions as suggested. I am surprised that you feel inclined to make the effort while you are autographing several hundred books. I understand this is a very arduous task, in fact, I have seen the inscription in one of John Masefield's limited editions - I think he signed 500 - in which in the 250th copy he signed his name and added "Half through, thank God". If you don't feel like doing this today, you can leave them at Mr. Knopf's for some months if you desire.

I am sending one of the cases in order that you may see the kind of bindings I use for first editions that I wish to preserve in their original condition.

Mr. Knopf has my order for a copy of "One of Ours" on hand made paper. I dislike Japan vellum very much for reading, otherwise I would have ordered the most exclusive issue. If you would ask Mr. Knopf for copy he is going to send me and inscribe it personally to me, I would very much appreciate the extra attention.

As you see, the copy of "Youth and the Bright Medusa" that I send you herewith has your autograph on the fly leaf. Perhaps you would also inscribe this copy for me.

I wish to assure you that I would not ask you to go to this trouble unless I could also assure you of my sustained interest in your work and you may be certain I shall highly value the set of your books inscribed by you.

I presume you saw the review of