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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to Isidore Kerman
July 26 [1933]
Dear Kerman,
Another afternoon wasted through your missing appointments.
The Press did well on Ethel [Ethel Mannin][1]—but your own "Telegraph"—nix! Why?
Enclosed must be paid at once—you can't call it extravagant: bed, breakfast and telephone calls for 5 weeks. So please square up the Gray[2] a/c.
I hope to have definite news by Friday which will settle Constable out of hand.
Please follow up Jarrolds & Co. with real energy. Give them no breathing space. I feel that they will settle if we are not rapacious. So get it [illegible] at once, and let me get a holiday.
Yours,
A.C.
I will ring you to-morrow afternoon, after my work on the Black Magic articles.
1—On 25 July 1933 Crowley sued to stop the further publication Ethel Mannin's book Confessions and Impressions which he complained about certain passages in the book concerning him. 2—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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