Letters : New York, to Seymour Adelman, Philadelphia, 1956-1960.

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Letters : New York, to Seymour Adelman, Philadelphia, 1956-1960.

1956-1960

https://tripod.brynmawr.edu/permalink/01TRI_INST/1fa7h1r/alma991003313089704921

9 TLsS. Thanks Adelman for various notices, invitations, and brochures regarding Adelman's collections of boxiana, Francis Thompson, and Leigh Hunt. He also thanks him for gifts such as a title page from Robert Burns' Poetical works of 1832 and a poster for the Ward and Byrne fight. Includes a letter of introduction for W.C. Heinz, compiler of an anthology on boxing.

9 items (together 9 p.) ; 27 x 19 cm.

eng, Latn

Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library

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Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library

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