2 autograph letters signed, 4 typed letters signed, and 1 typed letter, to William Targ

New York, Norfolk, CT, and Wilson, Wyoming, 1973. 7 pp. Various sizes. On New Directions letterhead, one on Snake River Ranch stationery. Near fine. 7 pp. Various sizes. To Bill Targ. New Directions publisher James Laughlin writes to Putnam's editor and bibliophile William Targ on a variety of publishing and book collecting topics over a span of seven years, including letters of Ezra Pound; inscribed Cocteau editions bought from Jake Zeitlin; Chicago book dealers Ben Abramson, Jerry Nedwick, and Ija Adler; Dylan Thomas; Allen Ginsberg; the defense of Timothy Leary; John Hawkes' The Blood Oranges and The Lime Twig; the phoniness of the market for limited editions; Simone de Beauvoir; Gottfried Benn; Art Buchwald; etc. (Inventory #: 311918)