Author: Pepper, James
Title: Tls from James Pepper to Herb Yellin, June 3, 1977
Description: Orange, CA: James Pepper, 1977. TLS from bookseller and collector James Pepper to Herb Yellin, publisher of Lord John Press. Letter discusses John Gardner, a novelist who would be published by Lord John Press, and encourages Yellin at the start of his publishing career. Signed "Best regards, Jim." Handwritten post scriptum in black ink at bottom. On James Pepper's letterhead. 8.5 x 11 inches, 5 pp. in all. Folded twice for mailing, but creases barely noticeable. Fine. Also included is a photocopy of a letter from Pepper to mystery author James M. Fox (Johannes Knipscheer), regarding his correspondence with writer Raymond Chandler (which Pepper would publish in 1978). In addition there are photocopies of letters to Chandler's literary agent Helga Greene, and Frank MacShane, Chandler's biographer, about the Chandler/Fox correspondence. .

Keywords: detective fiction, hardboiled fiction, crime fiction


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