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11/27

FRIDAY 4 DECEMBER 1970

338th day - 27 days to come

Dale told me that Michael Dummett called late last night and would be here today at 10. He made it at 12:30. He returned the three games he borrowed from me last time: AUSGEWAHLTE KARTENSPIELE, BUCH DER FAMILIENSPIELE, DAS, BUCH DER SPIELE.
Gave Michael the material I reproduced for him on 11/29.
Showed Michael the material I rcd. from Don Laycock on 11/19. He was quite interested in TYZICHIA. In the second reprint Laycock gives a variation of LUCKY which a native said was from Japan. Laycock said it was ob- viously of European derivation, but Michael looked up a game called KABU in HANAFUDA THE FLOWER CARD GAME from which it undoubtedly came. This in turn came from a game KAP-O, which Michael looked up in "Culin's" GAMES OF THE ORIENT.
Michael took Laycok's address and will write to him. He doesn't mind if I tell Laycock about LUCKY, etc.
Went thru "Jessel's" A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF WORKS IN ENGLISH ON PLAYING CARDS AND GAMING. Prepared a list but will check it tomorrow.
Showed LE LIVRE DES JEUX to Michael. He will buy a copy, and he took Pierre Berloquin's address to write to him.
Michael told me that when he went to the "Cincinnati Art Museum" he was very well treated. They had sold him photo- copies by mail before.
The curator there gave Michael's address to Stuart Kaplan, who contacted Michael. Kaplan was interested in publishing Michael's book on old games, if he could have it ready for the X'Mas season next year. Michael was not favorably impressed and didn't want any part of it. Kaplan said he'd write a book himself - as Michael observed, using a few books and a lot of imagination.

Rcd. NOST-ALGIA, Dec. 1970 (#128). Nothing of particular interest to me.

Rcd. a $5 check from S&T.

Earlier in the week Felicia had asked me whether I thought Connor Barrett should send her a model of DICEY or TRICKY TRAMPOLIN. Looked at the rules again and it seems interest, tho expensive. Maybe the smaller version would not be prohibitive. Called Felicia to tell her this.
She said that someone's lawyer (can't remember who) doesn't like the "hold harmless" clause in the X contract. Neither do I. She said she'd try, but she doesn't think they will change it. Also her lawyer looked at it and found nothing wrong with it. She thinks, however, it is time to start getting a little tougher with X.

(cont. on 11/27)