A Guide to the Letters from Joseph Hergesheimer to W. H. Loudermilk & Co., 1945-1954 Hergesheimer, Joseph, Letters to W. H. Loudermilk & Co. 7702-d

A Guide to the Letters from Joseph Hergesheimer to W. H. Loudermilk & Co., 1945-1954

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Accession number

7702-d

Title

Letters from Joseph Hergesheimer to W. H. Loudermilk & Co., 1945-1954

Physical Characteristics

This collection consists of 5 items.

Language

English

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

Letters from Joseph Hergesheimer to W. H. Loudermilk & Co., Accession #7702-d, Special Collections Dept., University of Virginia Library, Charlottesville, Va.

Acquisition Information

This collection was purchased on October 19, 1993.

Scope and Content Information

These letters of Joseph Hergesheimer to Mr. Jones of the Washington, D.C., bookselling firm of W. H. Loudermilk & Co. discuss books from Hergesheimer's personal library that the firm is selling for him.

Contents List

Letter from Joseph Hergesheimer to Mr. Jones, of the bookselling firm of W.H. Loudermilk & Co., in Washington, D.C. 1945 Mar 23

ALS. 1 p.

Informs Jones of the five parcels of books he has sent to the firm to sell or trade since he has no room for anything other than a reference library at his present residence.

Letter from Joseph Hergesheimer, Stone Harbor, New Jersey, to Mr. Jones 1948 Dec 11

ALS. 1 p.

alerts Jones that he is sending ten cartons of books and to be alert for strays; and promises to send a small collection of fine arts books when he has finished with the subject in his present work, probably about February.

Letter from [Joseph Hergesheimer], Stone Harbor, New Jersey to W.H. Loudermilk & Co., Washington, D.C. 1951 May 24

Envelope. No letter present, envelope only

Letter from Joseph Hergesheimer, Stone Harbor, New Jersey, to Mr. Jones 1952 Oct 8

ALS. 1 p.

Sends fifty-two current but hard-to-come-by books to be sold by Jones, some imprinted, mentioning a small edition of Lesbia Brandon by Algernon Charles Swinburne of possible interest for Swinburne collectors, and promising to be along now that the Cosmos Club's renovation is complete.

Letter from Joseph Hergesheimer, Stone Harbor, New Jersey, to Mr. Jones, Washington, D.C. 1954 Apr 6

ALS. 1 p., w/ envelope

Sends along forty-seven books in good condition to be sold for him.