"A Whiff of Tao" - news-cutting from Weekend Review, Observer, of a review of Graham's The Book of Lieh-tzu , written by Hugh Gordon Porteus. A partial date (5 Feb) is handwritten on the top of one of the cuttings, 2 copies.
Porteus Hugh Gordon 1906-1993Lieh-tzu, 4th cent. B.C
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Author Questionnaire from HarperCollins Publishers for The Book of Lieh-tzu. Printed questionnaire partially filled in by Graham.
HarperCollins Publishers"Chinese Pursuit of Pleasure" - news-cutting from Sunday Times with review of The Book of Lieh-tzu , written by Arthur Waley.
Waley Arthur 1889-1966Draft copy of The Book of Lieh-tzu . Typed with handwritten annotations, 192 pieces. With the draft are copies of telegrams between Mr Oswick of John Murray and Mr Steele concerning the spelling of Lieh-tzu.
Graham Angus Charles 1919-1991Letter from Ann M. Miller, Editor, Morningside Books, Columbia University press, to Angus Graham, to send two copies of the agreement concerning the new preface to the The Book of Lieh-tzu , a xerox of the John Murray hardcover, a copy of a book by Burton Watson and an Author''s Questionnaire (not with the letter). Typed with printed letterhead. With the letter is a draft of the new preface, dated 1 July 1989.
Columbia university pressLetter from Ann M. Miller, Editor, Morningside Books, Columbia university press, to Angus Graham, to send the countersigned copy of the agreement for the new preface to The Book of Lieh-tzu . The agreement from John D. Moore, Columbia University Press, is with the letter.
Columbia university pressLetter from Erica Smith, Consultant editor, Mandala, HarperCollins Publishers, to Angus Graham to thank for his letter and to express her disappointment at Graham's unwillingness to write a new preface. Dated 1990 but most likely written in 1991.
HarperCollins PublishersLetter from Erica Smith, Consultant editor, Mandala, HarperCollins Publishers, to Angus Graham to inform him that they have agreed with John Murray to publish a new edition of The Book of the Lieh-tzu . She asks whether he would be willing to write a new preface for the edition.
HarperCollins PublishersLetter from Erica Smith, Consultant editor, Mandala, HarperCollins Publishers, to Angus Graham to enclose a copy of the blurb for the new edition of The Book of Lieh-tzu and to ask again whether he would consider writing a new preface. She also asks for his ideas on cover design. The back cover copy is with the letter.
HarperCollins PublishersLetter from Irene Bloom, Columbia University, to Angus Graham to inform him that she had been teaching from his The Book of Lieh-tzu and due to a lack of copies she had contacted the University press which would be willing to print a paperback edition. She asks whether Graham would be willing for such an edition.
Bloom Irene 1939-2010