Ernest James Wessen correspondence with Jacob Blanck, 1944-1973.

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Ernest James Wessen correspondence with Jacob Blanck, 1944-1973.

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The bulk of this collection is correspondence between bibliophiles Blanck and Wessen, documenting a thiry-year personal friendship and professional relationship. During most of this time (1950-1974), Blanck's BAL project was housed at Harvard University in the Houghton Library. The letters are chatty, frank, quite personal, and full of detailed information and comments on the antiquarian book trade, both business and people. Some of the additional letters included here were sent to Blanck by Wessen, detailing what Wessen thought were his amusing, though often controversial, interactions with collectors and other dealers. Other materials included are clippings, photographs, radio scripts, and essays about Wessen, as well as issue no. 89 of Wessen's rare materials catalog, Midland Notes, a few of Blanck's typescript essays, and microopaque card samples of Midland Notes.

2 boxes (1 linear ft.)

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Wessen, Ernest James, 1887-1974

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Ernest J. Wessen was an antiquarian book dealer whose particular interest lay in America. His catalog entitled "Midland Notes," represented a model of it's kind, combining scolarships and humor. From the guide to the Ernest James Wessen Collection, 1961-1968, (Ohio University) Ernest "Ernie" James Wessen (1887-1974) was a bibliographer and an antiquarian book dealer, proprietor of the Midland Rare Book Co. (Mansfield, Ohio). His particular interest lay in Americ...

Blanck, Jacob, 1906-1974

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American bibliographer. From the description of Letter : to William Targ, 1957 Apr. 17. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122617123 Jacob Blanck's career as a bibliographer and editor included positions as rare book editor of Publishers Weekly and Antiquarian Bookman, 1936-1952; bibliographer in Americana at the Library of Congress, 1939-1941; and editor of Bibliography of American Literature, 1943-1974. He al...

Midland Rare Book Co. (Mansfield, Ohio)

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