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Correspondence from Robert Lund to Philip Kaplan
8503 Hartwell Street, Detroit 28, Michigan
Mr. Philip Kaplan 47-17 39th Avenue, Long Island City 4, New York
July 1, 1958
Dear Phil:
Thank you for your letter. Thanks also for the card you sent while in Paris.
I am pleased that you let Mr. Yorke [Gerald Yorke] have a copy of Alexandra. He has been very kind about several favors I asked of him, so I appreciate your kindness to him. The only thing that disturbs me about Gerald Yorke—and it is none of my business, really—is that he remarked to me in one of his letters that his collection will go to some institution—was it the British Museum?—after his death. I am not much concerned about Crowley collections one way of the other, but I am dead set against books and libraries going into institutions. But after all, they are Mr. Yorke's books to do with as he sees fit, so I am speaking out of order.
As to the few Crowley items I held out for myself, you are welcome to look them over. The only thing I ask is that if you copy any material out of the manuscripts, I hope you will not make it available to anyone else. I ask this because, if the manuscripts contain any unpublished material, it will diminish their value should I decide to sell the items.
Under separate cover, I am sending you the manuscript of The Book of Lies to look over. You may keep it for several months if you like. I will appreciate it if you will write me a letter saying when you will return it, a specific date, and then return the manuscript to me on or before that date. Please do not hold the item after the date you specify. I will send the either [sic] items as I hear from you.
Do you also want to see volumes two and three of the Collected Works? I doubt this will interest you, although you are certainly welcome to look at the books, because they are uniform with volume one and do not contain anything in Crowley's hand.
As I feel now, the only circumstances under which I would part with the Crowley material I have would be if I could trade it for worthwhile additions to my conjuring library. I will not let you down on my promise to give you first crack at the material should I decide to dispose of it.
Please convey my best wishes to Mrs. Kaplan.
Regards,
Robert Lund
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