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XII. Correspondence from Sylvia Beach & Shakespeare and Company

Beach to Charles Abbott

Beach, c/o Mrs. Frederick Dennis, Martindale, Greenwich, Connecticut, [U.S.A.] to Charles Abbott, Lockwood Memorial Library, University of Buffalo, Buffalo 14, New York, [U.S.A.]; 17 June 1959. A.l.s.: 1l recto–verso.


Beach to Elbridge Adams

Beach to [Elbridge AdaMS ], New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; n.d. [summer 1930]. T. copy of telegram, with computations on the recto in pencil in Beach’s hand.


Albatross PressAlbatross Press

See Beach to M.C. Wegner.


American Printing House for the Blind

American Printing House for the Blind. See Beach to A.C. Ellis.


Beach to Augener Ltd.

  1. [Beach] to Augener Ltd., 18 Great Marlborough Street, London, W.1, [England]; 21 April 1931. T.l.c.
    Notes: Also see XIII: Augener Ltd. to Beach
  2. [Beach] to Augener Ltd., 18 Great Marlborough Street, London, W.1., [England]; 25 April 1931. T.l.c.

Beach to Bibljoteka Groszowa

Beach to Bibljoteka Groszowa, Moniuszki 11, Warsaw, [Poland]; 21 January 1930, French. T.c.


Beach to Zygmunt Bornstein

  1. [Beach] to Bornstein, Pokredbank, Krakow, Poland ; [?21/22 January 1930]. Telegram copy.Notes: Also see XIII: Zygymut Bornstein to Shakespeare and Company.
  2. [Beach] to Bornstein, Pokredbank, Krakow, Poland; [27 January 1930]. Telegram copy, with a notation in Beach’s hand in pencil.
  3. Beach to Bornstein, Rynek Debnicki 6, Krakow, Poland; 28 January 1930. T.l.c.
  4. [Beach] to Bornstein, Rynek Debnicki 6, Krakow, Poland; 28 January 1930, with envelope. T.l.4.a. T.l.c.
  5. [Beach] to Bornstein, Rynek Debnicki 6, Krakow, Poland; 6 February 1930. T.l.c.
  6. Beach to Bornstein, Rynek Debnicki 6, Krakow, Poland; 11 February 1930. T.l.c.: 2l.
  7. [Beach] to Bornstein, Rynek Debnicki 6, Krakow, Poland; 26 February 1930. T.l.c.
  8. [Beach] to Bornstein, Rynek Debnicki 6, Krakow, Poland; 28 March 1930. T.l.c.
  9. [Beach] to Bornstein, Rynek Debnicki 6, Krakow, [Poland]; 5 April 1930. T.l.c.
  10. Beach to Bornstein, Rynek Debnicki 6, Krakow, Poland; 30 November 1932. T.l.c.

Beach to Dr. Louis Borsch

[Beach] to Dr. [Louis] Borsch, [Paris, France]; n.d., [Fall 1923]. A.l., with a draft note in Beach’s hand.


Beach to Ernest A. Boyd

Beach to [Ernest A.] Boyd, [New York, New York, U.S.A.] ; n.d. [October 1922]. T.l.c.s.: 4l.

Notes: Also see XI: Ernest A. Boyd to Joyce and XIII: Ernest A. Boyd to Beach.


Beach to John Boyle Beach

La Féclaz, Les Déserts, Savoie, France to John Boyle, Timelife, Paris; 29 July 1950. Draft of telegram and with note, all in Beach’s hand.

Notes: Also see XIII: John Boyle to Beach


Beach to Daniel Brody

  1. [Beach] to Brody, Rhein-Verlag, 7 Holzgartenstrasse, Stuttgart, Germany; 18 September 1929. T.l.c.
    Notes: Also see XI: Daniel Brody to Joyce and XIII: Daniel Brody to Beach as well as the correspondence between Brody, Joyce, Beach and Léon in the National Library of Ireland (see JJPL 211–213).
  2. Beach to Brody, Rhein-Verlag, 7 Holzgartenstrasse, Stuttgart, Germany; 19 October 1929. T.l.c.: 2l, with another leaf with notations, probably in Beach’s hand, in pencil.
  3. [Beach] to Brody, Rhein-Verlag, Koniginstrasse 35a, Munich, Germany; 11 February 1930. T.l.c., with a note in Beach’s hand: 2l.
  4. [Beach] to Brody; 15 March 1930. T.l.c., with notations in Beach’s hand in pencil: 2l.
  5. [Beach] to Brody, Rhein-Verlag, Koniginstrasse 35a, Munich, [Germany]; 11 December 1930. T.l.c.: 2l.
  6. [Beach] to Brody, Rhein-Verlag, Koniginstrasse 35a, Munich, Germany; 4 July 1932. T.l.c.
  7. Beach to [Brody], Rhein-Verlag, Konigstrasse 35a, Munich, [Germany]; 30 November 1932. T.l.c.

Beach to Alexander H. Buchman

Beach to Alexander H. Buchman, 1869 Alvason Road, East Cleveland, Ohio, [U.S.A.]; 2 May 1931. T.l.c.

Notes: Also see XIII: Alexander H. Buchman to Beach.


University of BuffaloUniversity of Buffalo

See Beach to Abbott, Beach to Clifford and Sparkle Furnas, and Beach to Oscar Silverman.


Beach to Padraic Colum

Beach to Padraic Colum, New Canaan, Connecticut, U.S.A.; [27 August 1931]. Typed copy of telegram.

Notes: Also see XIII: Padraic Colum to Beach.


Beach to Clarence Connor

Beach to Clarence Connor, Annville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.; 5 December 1949. T.l.c.s., with another sheet with typed notations by Beach.


Beac to Crosby Continental Editions/Black Sun Press

  1. [Beach] to Crosby Continental Editions/Black Sun Press, 2, rue Cardinale, Paris, [France]; 2 March 1932, French. T.l.c.Notes: Also see XI: Harry and Caresse Crosby to Joyce and XIII: Harry and Caresse Crosby to Beach as well as related correspondence in the National Library of Ireland (see JJPL 164–166).
  2. [Beach] to Editions Crosby, 111, rue [Réamur], Paris, [France]; 27 May 1933, French. T.l.c.

Imprimerie Darantiere Imprimerie Darantiere

See Beach to Bernard d’Avout. Also see X: Joyce and Beach to Maurice Hirschwald and XIV: Maurice Darantiere to Shakespeare and Company: Sylvia Beach and James Joyce.


Beach to Baron Bernard d’Avout

  1. [Beach] to d’Avout, Imprimerie Darantiere, 13, rue Paul Cabet, Dijon, [France]; 24 October 1931, French. T.l.c.: 2l.
  2. [Beach] to Baron Bernard dAvout, Imprimerie Darantiere, 13, rue Paul Cabet, Dijon, [France]; 15 February 1934, French. T.l.c.Notes: Also see XIV: Maurice Darantiere to Beach and Joyce.

Beach to J.R. de la Torre Bueno, Jr.

  1. [Beach] to de la Torre Bueno, Macmillan Company, 60 Fifth Avenue, New York, [N. Y., U.S.A.]; 20 November 1931. T.l.c.Notes: Also see XI: J.R. de la Torre Bueno to Joyce and XIII: J.R. de la Torre Bueno to Beach.
  2. [Beach] to de la Torre Bueno, Macmillan Company, 60 Fifth Avenue, New York, [N. Y., U.S.A.]; 29 December 1931. T.l.c.

Beach to Eugene Dyche

[Beach] to Eugene Dyche, 1704 W. 20, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.; 7 March 1933. T.l.c.: 2l.


Editions OdeonEditions Odeon

See Beach to Jean Fromek.


Beach to A.C. Ellis

Beach to A.C. Ellis, Superintendent, American Printing House for the Blind, 1839 Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S.A.; 16 March 1933. T.l.c.


Beach to Faber & Faber

[Beach] to Faber & Faber, 24 Russell Square, London, W.C.1, [England]; 16 March 1933. T.l.c.

Notes: See also XI: T.S. Eliot to Joyce, and XIII: T.S. Eliot to Beach and XIII: Faber & Faber to Beach as well as related Faber & Faber correspondence in the National Library of Ireland (see JJPL 171–189).


Beach to Fountain Press Fountain Press

See Beach to James R. Wells.


Beach to Jean Fromek

[Beach] to Jean Fromek, Editions Odeon, Chotkova II, Prague III, [Czechoslovakia]; 25 March 1930, French. T.l.c.

Notes: Also see XIII: Jean Fromek to Beach.


Beach to Clifford and Sparkle Furnas

Beach to Clifford and [Sparkle] Furnas, Chancellor’s Office, University of Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo 14, New York, U.S.A.; 15 May 1959, with envelope. A.card.s.


Beach to Crosby Gaige

  1. Beach to Gaige, 229 West 42nd Street, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; [2 June 1928]. Typed copy of telegram, with a note in Beach’s hand.Notes: Also see Beach to James R. Wells and XI: Crosby Gaige to Joyce and XIII: Crosby Gaige to Beach.
  2. [Beach] to Gaige, 229 West 42nd Street, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; 6 June 1928. T.l.c.
  3. [Beach] to Gaige, 229 West 42nd Street, New York, [New York , U.S.A.]; 7 June 1928. T.l.c.
  4. Beach to Gaige, 229 West 42nd Street, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; [10 July 1928]. Typed copy of telegram, with the date in Beach’s hand.
  5. Beach to Gaige, 229 West 42nd Street, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; [25 September 1928]. Typed copy of telegram, with the date and a note in Beach’s hand.
  6. Beach to Gaige, 229 West 42nd Street, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; [26 September 1928]. Typed copy of telegram, with the date and note in Beach’s hand in pencil.
  7. [Beach] to Gaige, 229 West 42nd Street, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; 1 October 1928. T.l.c.
  8. Beach to Gaige, 229 West 42nd Street, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; [25 October 1928]. Typed copy of telegram, with date and note in Beach’s hand in pencil.

Beach to Lewis Galantiere

Beach to [Lewis] Galantiere, 126 Waverly Place, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; 21 February 1927. Typed copy of telegram, with note in Beach’s hand.

Notes: Also see XIII: Lewis Galantiere to Beach.


Beach to Harper, Szlapka, & Harper

[Beach] to Harper, Szlapka, & Harper, 32 Avenue de l’Opéra, Paris, [France]; 16 October 1931. T.l.c.


Harvard University, Houghton Library Harvard University, Houghton Library

See Beach to William A. Jackson.


Beach to Sir Paul Harvey

[Beach] to Sir Paul Harvey, c/o Oxford University Press, Amen House, Warwick Square, London, E.C.4, [England]; 2 June 1933. T.l.c.


Beach to Gerard Hopkins

  1. [Beach] to Hopkins, The Oxford University Press, Amen House, Warwick Square, London, E.C.4, [England]; 27 January 1933. T.l.c.Notes: Also see XIII: Oxford University Press to Beach and XIII: Gerard Hopkins to Beach.
  2. [Beach] to Hopkins, The Oxford University Press, Amen House, Warwick Square, London, E.C.4, [England]; 8 March 1933. T.l.c.
  3. [Beach] to Hopkins, The Oxford University Press, Amen House, Warwick Square, London, E.C.4, [England]; 8 March 1934. T.l.c., with a notation in Beach’s hand.

Beach to Herbert Hughes

[Beach] to Herbert Hughes, 125 Church Street, Chelsea, London, [England]; 13 December 1930. T.l.c.


Beach to William A. Jackson

Beach to William A. Jackson, Library of Harvard University, The Houghton Library, Harvard, [Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.]; 16 February 1960. T.l.s., with a note in Beach’s hand. Enclosed with Beach to Silverman, 16 February 1960.


Beach to James Joyce

Beach to James Joyce

See XI: Joyce to Sylia Beach.


Beach to Alfred A. Knopf

  1. Beach to Knopf, 730 Fifth Avenue, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; 4 March 1931. T.l.c.Notes: Also see XIII: Alfred A. Knopf to Beach.
  2. Beach to [Knopf], Knopf, New York, New York, U.S.A.; [3 April 1931]. Typed copy of telegram, with a notation in Beach’s hand and a postal receipt.

Beach to Paul Léon

  1. Beach to Léon, 27, rue Casimir Périer,2 Paris, [France]; 4 February 1932. T.l.c.: 2l.Notes: A copy of this letter is not in National Library of Ireland James Joyce/Paul Léon Collection. The earliest letter from Beach to Léon in the NLI Collection is dated 9 February 1932. (The NLI holds further correspondence from Beach to Léon of which there are no copies in the Buffalo Collection; see JJPL 159–164.) Also see XI: Paul Léon to Joyce and XIII: Léon to Beach.

    1.a. T.l.c.: 2l.

  2. [Beach] to Léon; 18 August 1932. T.l.c.Notes: A copy of this letter is not in NLI James Joyce/Paul Léon Collection.
  3. [Beach] to Léon, 27, rue Casimir Périer, Paris, [France]; 30 August 1932. T.l.c.Notes: A copy of this letter is not in NLI James Joyce/Paul Léon Collection.
  4. [Beach] to Léon; 31 August 1932. Typed draft of letter with revisions and corrections.Notes: A copy of this letter is not in NLI James Joyce/Paul Léon Collection, although the enclosure accompanying it is there.

    4.a. T.l.c.

  5. [Beach] to Léon, 27, rue Casimir Périer, Paris, [France]; 24 September 1932. T.l.c.
  6. Beach to Léon, 27, rue Casimir Périer, Paris, [France]; 28 September 1932. T.l.c.
    Notes: See JJPL 161.
  7. [Beach] to Léon, 27, rue Casimir Périer, Paris, [France]; 8 November 1932. T.l.c.
    Notes: See JJPL 162.
  8. [Beach] to Léon, 27, rue Casimir Périer, Paris, [France]; 15 November 1932. T.l.c.
    Notes: See JJPL 162.
  9. [Beach] to Léon, 27, rue Casimir Périer, Paris, France; 28 November 1932. T.l.c.
    Notes: See JJPL 162.
  10. [Beach] to Léon, 27, rue Casimir Périer, Paris, [France]; 20 March 1933. T.l.c.
    Notes: See JJPL 163.
  11. [Beach] to Léon, 27, rue Casimir Périer, Paris, [France]; 31 March 1933. T.l.c.
    Notes: See JJPL 163.
  12. [Beach] to Léon, 27, rue Casimir Périer, Paris, [France]; 8 May 1933. T.l.c.
    Notes: See JJPL 163.

    Enclosure: typed copy of Joyce’s invoice dated 8 May 1933.

  13. [Beach] to Léon, 27, rue Casimir Périer, Paris 7, [France]; 1 July 1933. T.l.c.
    Notes: See JJPL 163.

Lockwood Memorial Library, University at BuffaloLockwood Memorial Library, University at Buffalo

See Beach to Charles Abbott and Beach to Oscar Silverman.


Macmillan Company Macmillan Company

See Beach to J.R. de la Torre Bueno, Jr.


Beach to Willy Marquardt

Beach to Willy Marquardt, Stuttgart, Germany; 30 September 1929, with an envelope with notations in an unknown hand on it in German. T.l.s.

Notes: This letter was returned to Beach. See also XIII: Willy Marquardt (as well as Rhine-Verlag-related correspondence to Joyce and from/to Beach).


Beach to Alida Monro

  1. [Beach] to Alida [Monro], The Poetry Bookshop, [38] Great Russell Street, London, [England]; 24 February 1931. T.l.c.Notes: See also XI: Harold Monro to Joyce and XIII: Alida Monro and Harold Monro to Beach.
  2. [Beach] to Alida [Monro], The Poetry Bookshop, 38 Great Russell Street, London, W.C.1, [England]; 8 March 1932. T.l.c.

Beach to Sadamu Nagamatsu, Hisanori Tsugino, and Hitoshi Ito

  1. [Beach] to Nagamatsu, Isugino, & Ito, c/o Hitoshi Ito, 18 Nishimachi, Nakano Machi, Tokyo, [Japan]; 4 September 1931. T.l.c.Notes: Also see XI: Sadamu Nagamatsu, Hisanori Tsujino and Hitoshi Ito to Joyce; XIII: Nagamatsu, Tsujino and Ito to Beach and related correspondence in the National Library of Ireland (see JJPL 224).
  2. [Beach] to Nagamatsu, Tsujino, & Ito, c/o Dauchi Shobo, 5 Ishibancho Kojimachi, Tokyo, [Japan]; 31 March 1933. T.l.c.

Beach to the New York Evening Post

Beachto The New York Evening Post, [New York, New York, U.S.A.]; 16 November [1926]. Typed telegram copy, with 6 further carbon copies.

Notes: Also see Beach to Ernest Boyd; XI: Boyd to Joyce and XIII: Boyd to Beach and XIII: Daniel Henderson to Beach.


Beach to Y. (Yoshisaburo) Okakura

Beach to Y. (Yoshisaburo) Okakura, Naka-Arai, Outside Tokyo, [Japan]; 4 July 1932. T.l.c.: 2l.

Notes: Also see the related correspondence in the National Library of Ireland (see JJPL 224).


Beach to the Oxford University Press

  1. Beach to the Musical Editor, The Oxford University Press, Amen House, Warwick Square, London, E.C.4, [England]; 21 January 1931. T.l.s., with draft and T.l.c. of letter.Notes: Also see Beach to Paul Harvey and to Gerard Hopkins and XIII: Paul Harvey, Gerard Hopkins and the Oxford University Press to Beach.
  2. Beach to The Oxford University Press, Amen House, Warwick Square, London, E.C.4, [England]; 8 February 1933. T.l.c.
  3. [Beach] to The Oxford University Press, Amen House, Warwick Square, London, E.C.4, [England]; 19 December 1933. T.l.c. and another leaf, with notations, probably in Beach’s hand.
  4. [Beach] to The Oxford University Press, Amen House, Warwick Square, London, E.C.4, [England]; 12 January 1934. T.l.c.

Beach to Vaclav Petr

Beach to Vaclav Petr, Lutzowowa Ul. 27, Prague II, [Czechoslovakia]; 30 November 1932. T.l.c.

Notes: Also see XIII: Vaclav Petr to Beach.


Beach to Ewan Phillips

Beach to Vaclav Petr, Lutzowowa Ul. 27, Prague II, [Czechoslovakia]; 30 November 1932. T.l.c.

Notes: Also see XIII: Vaclav Petr to Beach.

  1. Beach to Phillips, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, 6 Fitzroy Street, London, W.1. [England]; [18 March 1950] A.l.: 1l recto-verso.Notes:Holograph draft of a letter. See also XIII: Ewan Phillips to Beach.

    1.a. T.l.c.: 18 March 1950.

  2. [Beach] to Ewan Phillips, The Institute of Contemporary Arts, 6 Fitzroy Street, London, W.1. [England]; 16 May 1950. T.l.c. with a holograph draft of the enclosure.EnclosuresTwo typed itemized inventories, dated 16 May 1950.

Princeton University PressThe Princeton University Press

See Beach to Paul G. Tomilson.


Beach to Herbert Read

  1. [Beach] to Read, Broom House, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, England; 17 February 1931. T.l.c., with receipt.Notes: Also see XIII: Herbert Read to Beach.
  2. [Beach] to Read, Broom House, Seer Green, Beaconsfield, England; 21 February 1931. T.l.c.

Rhein VerlagRhein-Verlag

See Beach to Daniel Brody and Beach to Willy Marquardt.


Beach to Henry Rosenfeld

Beach to Henry Rosenfeld, 4, rue de Galliéra, Paris [France]; [early 1931]. T.l.c.: 2l.

Notes: Also see XIII: Henry Rosenfeld to Beach.


William Rudge PublicationsWilliam Rudge Publications

See Beach to James R. Wells.


Beach to Jacob Schwartz

Beach to Jacob Schwartz, Ulysses Bookshop, 20 Bury Street, London, W. C. 1. [England]; 31 January 1931. T.l.c., with a note in Beach’s hand in blue crayon.

Notes: Other letters to and from Sylvia Beach and Jacob Schwartz are in the Firestone Library, Princeton University (Box 120, f.2). See also XI: Schwartz to Joyce.


Servire PressServire Press

See Beach to Carolus Verhulst.


Beach to Oscar Silverman

  1. Beach to Silverman; 25 November 1958. T.l.s.: 1l recto–verso.Notes: Also see XIII: Silverman to Beach.
  2. Beach to Silverman; 1 January 195[9].3 A.l.s.: 1l recto–verso, with a notation in an unknown hand on the verso.
  3. Beach, c/o Mrs F.J. Dennis, Martindale, Greenwich, Connecticut, [U.S.A.] to Silverman, Department of English, University of Buffalo, Buffalo 14, New York, [U.S.A.]; 28 January 1959, with envelope. A.l.s.: 1l recto–verso.
  4. Beach, c/o Mrs. F. J. Dennis, Martindale, Greenwich, Connecticut, [U.S.A.] to Silverman, Department of English, University of Buffalo, Buffalo 14, New York, [U.S.A.]; 1 March 1959. T.l.s., with a notation in an unknown hand on the recto
  5. Beachto Silverman; 11 May 1959. T.l.s.: 2l, with a notation in Beach’s hand on the recto of the second leaf.
  6. Beach, c/o Mrs. F. J. Dennis, Martindale, Greenwich, Connecticut, [U.S.A.] to Silverman, Department of English, University of Buffalo, Buffalo 14, New York, [U.S.A.]; 9 June 1959. T.l.s.
  7. Beachto Silverman; 17 July 1959. T.l.s.
  8. Beach, La Féclaz, Les Déserts, Savoie, [France] to Silverman; 6 August 1959. A.l.s.: 1l recto–verso.
  9. Beachto Silverman; 5 September 1959. A.l.s.
  10. Beachto Silverman; 21 September 1959. T.l.s.: 1l recto–verso.
  11. Beach, c/o Mrs. F. J. Dennis, Martindale, Greenwich, Connecticut, [U.S.A.] to Silverman; 7 November 1959. T.l.s.: 1l recto–verso, with a notation in Beach’s hand on the recto.
  12. Beach to Silverman, Department of English, University of Buffalo, Buffalo 14, New York, [U.S.A.]; 27 November 1959. T.l.s.
  13. Beach to Silverman; 16 February 1960. T.l.s.: 2l.Enclosure See Beach to William A. Jackson.
  14. Beach to Silverman; 15 March 1960. T.l.s.
  15. Beach to Silverman; 10 May 1960. T.l.s., with a notation in Beach’s hand on the recto.
  16. Beach to Silverman; 27 May 1960. T.l.s.: 1l recto–verso.
  17. Beach to Silverman; 2 June 1960. A.l.s.: 2l recto–verso, recto–verso.
  18. Beach to Silverman; 14 October 1960. T.l.s.: 1l recto–verso.
  19. Beach to Silverman, Lockwood Memorial Library, University of Buffalo, Buffalo 14, New York, [U.S.A.]; n.d. [probably late-1961 to early-1962]. T.l.s.
  20. Beach to Silverman; 31 January 1961. T.l.s.Enclosure Extract of a letter to Mrs. Marian Willard Johnson; n.d [December–January 1960]. T.l.
  21. Beach to Silverman; 17 March 1961. A.l.s.: 1l recto–verso.
  22. Beach to Silverman, University of Buffalo, Lockwood Memorial Library, Buffalo 14, New York, [U.S.A.]; 8 May 1961. T.l.s., with a notation in Beach’s hand.
  23. Beach to Silverman; 25 May 1961. T.l.s.: 1l recto–verso.
  24. Beach to Silverman; 25 June 1961. A.l.s.: 1l recto–verso.
  25. Beach to Silverman; 3 December 1961. T.l.s.: 2l.
  26. Beach to Silverman, The Libraries of the University of Buffalo, Buffalo 14, New York, [U.S.A.]; 4 January 1962. T.l.s.Enclosure typed extract from the Times (London), 7 December 1961.
  27. Beach to Silverman, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, [New York, U.S.A.]; 5 January 1962. Telegram.
  28. Beach to Silverman , University of Buffalo , Buffalo , New York , [ U.S.A. ]; 8 January 1962. T.l.s.: 1l recto–verso.
  29. Beach to Silverman, The Libraries of the University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, [U.S.A.]; 13 January 1962. T.l.s.: 2l.
  30. Beach to Silverman; 5 March 1962. T.l.s.: 1l recto–verso.
  31. Beach to Silverman; dated: “Easter” n.y. A.pc.s.

Beach to Peter Spielberg

Beach to Peter Spielberg, The University of Buffalo, Buffalo 14, New York, U.S.A.; 19 February 1960, with envelope. T.l.s.


TimelifeTimelife

See Beach to John Boyle.


Beach to Tomilson

  1. [Beach] to Tomilson, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.; 16 May 1931. T.l.c.Notes: This copy of the correspondence is incomplete, the remainder has not been located in the Buffalo Joyce Collection. Also see XIII: Paul Tomilson to Beach.
  2. Beach to Tomilson, Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, [U.S.A.]; [22] May 1931. T.l.c.

Ulysses BookshopUlysses Bookshop

See Beach to Jacob Schwartz.


Beach to Carolus Verhulst

  1. [Beach] to Verhulst, Servire Press Ltd., Publishers of Transition [sic], Rietzangerlaan 15, The Hague, [Holland]; 13 February 1932. T.l.c.
    Notes: Also see XIII: Carolus Verhulst to Beach as well as related correspondence between Verhulst and Paul Léon in the National Library of Ireland (see JJPL 213–215).
  2. [Beach] to [Verhulst], N.V. Servire, Rietzangerlaan 15, The Hague, [Holland]; 13 December 1933. T.l.c.
  3. [Beach] to [Verhulst], The Servire Press, Rietzangerlaan 15, The Hague, [Holland]; 20 December 1933. T.l.c.

Beach to Washington Square Bookshop

[Beach] to Washington Square Bookshop, 27 West 8th Street, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; 23 September 1926. T.l.c., with holograph draft of letter, dated 20 September 1926, with computation in Beach’s hand.

Notes: Also see XIII: Frances Midner to Beach and XIII: Washington Square Bookshop to Beach.


Beach to Kazuo Watanabe

  1. [Beach] to Watanabe, Hotel Arago, 19, rue de la Glacière, Paris, [France]; 22 August 1931, French. T.l.c.Notes: Also see XIII: Kazuo Watanabe to Beach.
  2. [Beach] to Watanabe, Hotel Arago, 19, rue de la Glacière, Paris, [France]; 5 September 1931, French. T.l.c.
  3. [ Beach] to Watanabe, Hotel Arago, 19, rue de la Glacière, Paris, [France]; 8 September 1931, French. T.l.c.

Beach to “Josephine” [Harriet Shaw Weaver]

  1. Beach to “Josephine [Weaver], 4 Rawlison Road, Oxford, [England]; 8 April 1957. T.l.c.: 1l recto–verso.
    Notes: >The majority of the extant letters from Beach to Weaver are in the “Joyce Collection” (GB 0103 JOYCE) University College London Library.4 Some of the correspondence is also in the British Library, see ADD MSS 57345–57353. Also see XIII: Harriet Shaw Weaver to Beach.
  2. Beach to “Josephine [Weaver], Castle End, Saffron Walden, Essex, [England]; 9 April 1957. T.l.c.
  3. Beach to “Josephine [Weaver], Castle End, Saffron Walden, Essex, [England]; 9 April 1957. Duplicate T.l.c.
  4. Beach to “Josephine [Weaver]; 30 April 1957. T.l.s.
  5. Beach to “Josephine [Weaver]; 30 April 1957. Duplicate T.l.c.
  6. Beach to “Josephine [Weaver]; n.d. [probably April 1957]. T.l.Notes: Variant draft of letter, presumably none of these letters were posted, see below.
  7. [Beach] to “Josephine [Weaver]; n.d. [April 1957]. T.l.Notes: Draft of letter.
  8. Beach to “Josephine [Weaver]; [April 1957]. T.l.s., with a notation in Beach’s hand on the recto.Notes: Subsequent draft of previous letter.
  9. [Beach] to “Josephine [Weaver] ; n.d. [April 1957]. T.l.[c].Notes: This version differs slightly from preceding letter and appears to be carbon of the letter sent.
  10. Beach to “Josephine [Weaver]; [9 December 1957]. T.l.s.Notes: According to Beach’s notation on the letter, this letter was never posted and the signature is typed.

Beach to M.C. Wegner

[Beach] to M.C. Wegner, Director, Albatross [Press], 37, rue Boulard, Paris, [France]; 9 September 1932. T.l.c.

Notes: Also see XIII: Wegner to Beach as well as related Albatross Press correspondence in the National Library of Ireland (see JJPL 149–159).


Beach to James R. Wells

  1. [Beachand Joyce] to Wells; [5 December 1927]. T. & A.l.: 1l recto–verso.
    Notes: This is a draft of the letter; typed and revised in Joyce’s hand in pencil on the recto and verso and revised in Beach’s hand in ink on the recto. See XI: Wells to Joyce and XIII: Wells to Beach.
  2. [Beachand Joyce] to Wells, William Rudge Publications, 475 Fifth Avenue, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; 5 December 1927. T.l.c.: 3l.
    Notes: Typed version of above letter.
  3. Beachto Wells, William Rudge Publications, 475 Fifth Avenue, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; 20 December 1927. T.l.c.
  4. [Beach] and Joyce to Wells; [on or before 3 January 1928]. T.l., with a revision in pencil.
  5. Beachto Wells, William Rudge Publications, 475 Fifth Avenue, New York, [New York, U.S.A]; 3 January 1928. T.l.: 2l.Notes: Typed version of above letter.
  6. Beachto Wells, Rudge Publishers, 475 Fifth Avenue, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; [7 January 1928]. T. copy of telegram and carbon.
  7. Beachto Wells, President, William Rudge Publications, 475 Fifth Avenue, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; 16 January 1928. T.l.c., with instructions in Beach’s hand in pencil: 2l.
  8. Beachto Wells, Crosby Gaige, 229 West 42nd Street, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; [6 February 1928]. T. copy of telegram, with a notation in Beach’s hand on the recto.
  9. Beachto Wells, Crosby Gaige, 229 West 42nd Street, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; [12 April 1928]. T. copy of telegram.
  10. Beachto Wells, Fountain Press, 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; 18 October 1929. T.l.c.s.: 2l.
  11. [Beach]to Wells, The Fountain Press, 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; 14 November 1929. T.l.c.: 2l.
  12. Beachto Wells, 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; n. d. [20 January 1930]. T. copy of telegram.
  13. Beachto Wells, 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; [22 January 1930]. T. copy of telegram.
  14. [Beach]to Wells, 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; 29 January 1930. T.l.c.

Beach and Padraic Colum to James R. Wells

Beach and [Padraic] Colum to [James R.] Wells, 50 West 47 Street, New York, [New York, U.S.A.]; 11 December 1930.5 T. copy of telegram.

Notes: See also letters from Padraic Colum to Wells in the Buffalo Joyce Collection.


Beach to Whitman Publishing Co.

  1. [Beach] to Whitman Publishing Co., Racine Wisconsin, U.S.A.; 4 March 1932. T.l.c.Notes: Also see XIII: E.M. Kovar to Shakespeare and Company.
  2. Beach to Whitman Publishing Co., Racine Wisconsin, U.S.A.; 1 July 1933. T.l.c.

William Rudge Publications William Rudge Publications

See Beach to James R. Wells.


Beach to William Carlos WilliaMS

    1. Beach to WilliaMS , [Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.]; 15 October 1929. T & A.l.s.: 2l.

Notes: Buffalo MS PS 3545.I544 Z553 and Item F40 in Neil Baldwin’s The Manuscripts and Letters of William Carlos WilliaMS in the Poetry Collection of the Lockwood Memorial Library, State University of New York at Buffalo: A Descriptive Catalogue, (Boston, Mass.: G. K. Hall, 1978), p. 231.

  1. Beach to WilliaMS , [Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.]; 10 April 1930. T.l.s.Notes: Buffalo MS PS 3545.I544 Z553 and Item F41 in Neil Baldwin’s The Manuscripts and Letters of William Carlos WilliaMS , p. 231.

Beach to unidentified correspondent

[Beach]to [?Unknown]; n.d. [1957]. T.l.c.

Notes: There are two variant drafts of this letter.


  1. All correspondence is from Shakespeare and Company’s addresses and on a single leaf, unless otherwise indicated.
  2. Beach spells “Périer” in different ways, they have been standardized here.
  3. Beach mistakenly dated the letter “1958”.
  4. See Ira Nadel, “Lucia Joyce: Archival Material at the James Joyce Centre, University College London”, JJQ, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Summer 1985), 397–404.
  5. Dated in Beach’s hand in blue crayon.