[Michael Gilbert, crime writer] A large collection of Typed Letters Signed.

MICHAEL GILBERT, Detective Story Writer, Founder Member, sometime Membership Secretary, 21 TLSs and TNSs, total 23pp., 8vo and 4to, some with ms. additions, 1955-1960, mainly concerning the financial affairs of the Crime Writers' Association (CWA), the financial consequences of publishing the Anthologies, details of income tax, the Accounts (Income/Expenditure), request for information for tax purposes, the ultimate tax position, sales of the Anthology Choice of Weapons. With: copy letter from Jacobs; information from the Inspector of Taxes; royalty statement from Hodder & Stoughton, an "Author's Statement" from Constable & Company Ltd (for Crime in Good Company); a letter from John Marsh about Gilbert's re-drafting of the Constitution (see above), with the "Proposed Constitution" attached.