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HarperCollins Publishers. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.
Typed letter signed ("LeRoi Jones"), to Putnam's editor William Targ, regarding an unpublished novel by Jones, LeRoi (Amiri Baraka) - 1972
by Jones, LeRoi (Amiri Baraka)
Typed letter signed ("LeRoi Jones"), to Putnam's editor William Targ, regarding an unpublished novel
by Jones, LeRoi (Amiri Baraka)
- Used
[Newark, N.J.], 1972. 1 p. Docketed "Six Persons" in ink in upper left corner. 4to. Old folds. With a photocopy of a letter of Targ to Jones. 1 p. Docketed "Six Persons" in ink in upper left corner. 4to. Jones writes to William Targ, editor at Putnam's, "I have received your letter. What you say is very clear and I will write a novel that I hope is a good one." In the letter Jones references (a copy of which is included here) Targ refers to a lunch he had with Jones and his wife, and encourages Jones to continue work on "Six Persons," saying he believes it could become "something of a classic." A typed note later added to the bottom of that copy explains that the ms. was ultimately declined by Putnam's. Jones also signs his letter in type "Imamu Amiri Baraka
- Bookseller James Cummins Bookseller (US)
- Format/Binding 1 p. Docketed "Six Persons" in ink in upper left corner. 4to
- Book Condition Used - Old folds. With a photocopy of a letter of Targ to Jones
- Quantity Available 1
- Place of Publication [Newark, N.J.]
- Date Published 1972
- Keywords American | Black | New Jersey