Book collecting -- United States

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“Here’s your photo…” [Photo not included].

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Signed, and with a print-out of a digital image of the John Francis McCarthy, 5 months.

Contents “Thank you for your letter and here’s your book…” Robert Coles sent him proofs of a review to appear in the New Yorker. Mentions another review: “I suppose by now you may have seen the thing in Esquire, I enjoyed the cartoon. Thought it showed a wit and discernment the reviewer [Geoffrey Wolff] could have used. Also the cartoonist managed to get all the words spelled right.” Answers Woolmer’s question about his writing process: “I normally use a typewriter (you asked) and I think you can...

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“This, as the card says, comes to you from Ushuzia [Argentina], the southernmost city in the world…”.

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“Cormac McCarthy invites you – on the occasion of his receiving the National Book Award for 1992 – to a party to be held on Saturday December 19th at the law offices of Malcolm McGregor and Bobby Perel.”

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Printout of digital image with holograph annotation “John Francis McCarthy 15 months/Nov ’99 All best, Cormac.”

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Printout of digital image with holograph annotation “John Francis McCarthy, Age 2.”

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“Thank you for your very kind letter…” Mentions stories in Yale Review and Sewanee Review. “I don’t write short stories…I won’t have another book finished for a couple of years.” He will inscribe the books.

Contents “Thank you for the letter and note…I have an artist friend who wants to do an illustrated edition of my forthcoming book [Child of God] but it remains to be seen whether the publisher will take to the idea.” Supplies the names of publishers of foreign editions of his books. Thanks Woolmer for Works: “I was really amazed at the quality of material they’re publishing. Most literary quarterlies these days are pretty grim. I particularly liked Lyn Lifshin’s poems. And Paul Blackburn’s Bertran de...

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“Thank you for the book of poems…This girl is very good. I particularly liked ‘You who rejoice in Symmetry’, but of the ones I have had a chance to read there are none bad…”

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“Sorry to be so long in answering your letter. The new book [Child of God] is on the fall lists and will be out, I am told, in December. It is not the longer book that I was writing, but a shorter one which intruded itself in the middle of writing the other one.” Replies to Woolmer’s inquiry about buying manuscripts saying he has all the “stuff” and would consider an offer if Woolmer tendered one.

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“Thanks for you letter and the comments on the book…” Sends new address in Tucson and agrees to sign books. Hasn’t had a chance to go through his manuscripts.

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“Sorry you didnt get down to Nashville, would have enjoyed seeing you…” Discusses Random House, “Albert is semi-retired and probably considered some sort of relic of bygone years by the functional illiterates now in command…” Also, “a short section of the western is to appear – I am told – in the next issue of Triquarterly. The issue being devoted to the literature of the West. I’m branching out.”

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“Thank you for your very nice letter…” Mentions that Robert Penn Warren and he share the same editor at Random House [Erskine]. “Interesting that he [Warren] liked Child of God. Some people think it a most peculiar book, but lately it has been receiving a sort of belated enthusiasm in the form of reviews and theses and such.” Mentions that Wise Blood actors Brad Dourif and Ned Beatty were also both in The Gardner’s Son.

Abstract

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Series Description From the Series:

This series contains the annotated bibliography manuscript “The Comic Imagination of Texas, 1836-2000: A Bibliography.” It also contains worksheets for the bibliography and a list compiled by Schultz of the book titles in his Texas humor collection. The bibliography was originally part of the manuscript but was removed to be its own freestanding work around 2002.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The Sipper Collection is comprised of over 100 letters from Larry McMurtry to Ralph Sipper ranging from 1982-2018. Arranged chronologically, they document McMurtry’s practice of and thoughts on book selling and buying. Frequent topics include the sale of screenplays, his work in the film business, and mutual acquaintances in the literary world.