Auchincloss, Louis

Abstract: The Louis Auchincloss collection contains writings and a 2011 Addition. Writings consist of corrected drafts and proofs for works reflecting the diversity of Auchincloss's literary output from the mid 1960s to 1980s. Works include the following: the novels The Embezzlers (1966), A World of Profit (1968), The Country Cousin (1978), The Cat and the King (1981), and Watchfires (1982); a short story collection, Tales of Manhattan (1987); and a collection of critical essays on women writers,...

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Typescript letter, signed, concerning the delivery and appraisal of an unidentified collection of material, possibly including Edith Wharton letters, at the Yale University Library.

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Three typescript letters, signed, two autograph letters, signed, and one autograph postcard, signed, discussing literary and other matters, with emphasis on Henry James. With four envelopes.

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Autograph postcard, signed, concerning a "Mr. McFee".

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The Edith Wharton Collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, and personal papers relating to the life and career of American author Edith Wharton, as well as letters and research material gathered by Gaillard Lapsley, Percy Lubbock, Oscar Lichtenberg, Georges Markow-Totevy, and Louis Auchincloss.