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WOOLRICH, Cornell (1903–1968). Typed letter signed (“Cornell”) to his literary Agent, H. N. Swanson. New York, New York, October 24, 1944. 2 pages, 8vo (229 x 152 mm), on Hotel Marseilles stationery. With Swanson’s office rubber stamp marking the letter as received and with a holograph addition in Woolrich’s hand. Swanson floats the idea of a deal with MGM to take an option on Woolrich’s next book, sight unseen. Woolrich concludes by asking what Swanson has negotiated for the sale of The Black Angel script as the initial purchase offer was, as the author bluntly writes: “…ridiculous, don’t you admit that yourself, Swanson?”