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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Isidore Kerman
[on the stationary of The Grand Folkestone]
Sunday [Undated: circa mid May 1933]
Dear Kerman,
I do hope you will be in a position to hand out the balance of the damages in re Grey[1]—less that £5 I owe you—by Wednesday morning.
It is imperative that I pull off this big book deal this week. If I do, you can have at least half of the £50 on the old stock; and I shall be in a position to do a great deal more in the other matter pending—perhaps settle the whole thing out of hand within a week or two. In which case, we can go ahead full steam with Jarrolds, Duckworth et al.
I am seeing Jayne again on Wednesday; so please arrange for me to smile at lunch!
I thought the Dispatch very good.
Yours sincerely,
Aleister Crowley.
1—A lawsuit by Crowley against Mr. Gray of the Modern Book Co. who Crowley accused of libel. This was due to a sign in the shop's window advertising "Moonchild" that implied that Crowley's novel "Diary of a Drug Fiend" had been suppressed. The case came to court on 10 May 1933 where the court ruled in favor of Crowley who received £50 plus costs.
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