Correspondence from Robert Lund to Philip Kaplan

8503 Hartwell Street,

Detroit 28, Michigan

April 20, 1959

Dear Phil:

Thanks for your letter. I certainly appreciate your efforts to find a copy of The Whole Art of Legerdemain for me. I am afraid I am putting you to an awful lot of trouble over something that isn't really important.

Thanks too for your offer the remainder of the Crowley material. I am still reluctant to part with it, although it does not really belong in my library, although I find Crowley a fascinating figure. (Incidentally, the story Dan Mannix did on him for True has been republished in pocketbook form, if you're interested in it. Not much of a book, I'm afraid.) It isn't that I am holding the stuff hoping to get a higher price from you or anyone else. I am as greedy as the next guy and want all I can get—but that isn't the reason I'm holding on to it. I have thought more than once about writing you for an offer on the material during the past year, as there were times when I needed the money in a bad way. But I am pretty well over that now. I imagine I am like you in this respect that money isn't something to be sneezed at, but books are more important. I haven't said it very well, but you will understand my point. Don't give up, you'll probably get the stuff sooner or later.

Regards,

Robert Lund

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