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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to The Lecram Press
55 Avenue de Suffren, Paris, VII
February 13th, 1929
The Lecram Press, 26, Rue d'Hautpoul Paris, XIX e.
Gentlemen: Attention of Mr. Marcel Esties:
I only got your letter this morning, on my return from the country. I telephoned you at once, and was very glad that your head compositor said that I could have the proofs by the 15th. Time is very much of the essence of the contract.
Mr. Yorke [Gerald Yorke] wrote to me this morning, saying that he did not propose to answer your letter until I had seen you,—which I am hoping to do in the course of the afternoon. This letter is in the nature of a confirmation of a conversation in the future, if you will excuse my being Irish.
The financial situation is roughly as follows. We have been promised some $10,000.00, which had not yet come in, for various reasons into which it is unnecessary to enter. But we consider that the total amount due you is not due until June 21st, upon completion of the entire contract. In the meantime, by the distribution of the prospectuses and arrangements with booksellers in the great centres, we expect to have the book subscribed fully within the next couple of months. You will note that even at a discount of 33-1/3%, it is only necessary to obtain a sale of between 200 and 250 copies to fill the balance of your account. We have already a hundred or so copies promised from private sources.
The matter of the $10,000.00 is very confidential, and the point is that we do not wish to ask our other capitalist friends for further contributions unless it should become absolutely necessary—a situation which can only arise in case the subscriptions did not reach the figures previously mentioned.
You will also please note that you are yourselves the recipients of all subscriptions and are charged with the distribution. But of course, in the event of all these improbable misfortunes occurring at the same moment, we should then apply to our other sources for the small amount necessary to balance our account with you.
Yours faithfully
AC/ir [Israel Regardie]
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