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OC 54/169 - Typed postcard from August Demblin (DMV) to Schenker, dated June 7, 1927

{recto}

⇧ DREI MASKEN VERLAG A.-G.
MÜNCHEN
KAROLINENPLATZ 3

⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || MUENCHEN 43 | [remainder illegible] ||



{verso}

⇧ E / Muenchen, den 7. Juni 1927
Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Wien III, Keilgasse 8 †


Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor! 1

In höflicher Beantwortung Ihrer geschätzten Karte vom 3. ds. Mts. 2 teilen wir Ihnen mit, dass der Umbruch Ihres Werkes ungefähr zwischen dem 18. und 22. ds. Mts. beendet sein wird.


Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] ⇧ Drei Masken Verlag A.-G.
[signed:] ppa. ⇧ Demblin

© Transcription Kirstie Hewlett, 2013
{recto}

⇧ DREI MASKEN VERLAG & Co.
MUNICH
KAROLINENPLATZ 3

⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || MUNICH 43 | [remainder illegible] ||



{verso}

⇧ E / Munich, June 7, 1927
Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Vienna III, Keilgasse 8 †


Dear Dr. [Schenker] ! 1

We politely respond to your kind postcard of the 3rd of the month 2 to inform you that the page proofs of your work will be completed approximately between the 18th and the 22nd of the month.


With kind regards,
[signed:] ⇧ Drei Masken Verlag & Co.
[signed:] p.p. ⇧ Demblin

© Translation William Drabkin, 2013
{recto}

⇧ DREI MASKEN VERLAG A.-G.
MÜNCHEN
KAROLINENPLATZ 3

⇧ Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Wien III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || MUENCHEN 43 | [remainder illegible] ||



{verso}

⇧ E / Muenchen, den 7. Juni 1927
Herrn Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Wien III, Keilgasse 8 †


Sehr geehrter Herr Doktor! 1

In höflicher Beantwortung Ihrer geschätzten Karte vom 3. ds. Mts. 2 teilen wir Ihnen mit, dass der Umbruch Ihres Werkes ungefähr zwischen dem 18. und 22. ds. Mts. beendet sein wird.


Mit vorzüglicher Hochachtung
[signed:] ⇧ Drei Masken Verlag A.-G.
[signed:] ppa. ⇧ Demblin

© Transcription Kirstie Hewlett, 2013
{recto}

⇧ DREI MASKEN VERLAG & Co.
MUNICH
KAROLINENPLATZ 3

⇧ Dr. Heinrich Schenker
Vienna III
Keilgasse 8

[postmark:] || MUNICH 43 | [remainder illegible] ||



{verso}

⇧ E / Munich, June 7, 1927
Dr. Heinrich Schenker, Vienna III, Keilgasse 8 †


Dear Dr. [Schenker] ! 1

We politely respond to your kind postcard of the 3rd of the month 2 to inform you that the page proofs of your work will be completed approximately between the 18th and the 22nd of the month.


With kind regards,
[signed:] ⇧ Drei Masken Verlag & Co.
[signed:] p.p. ⇧ Demblin

© Translation William Drabkin, 2013

Footnotes

1 Receipt of this postcard is recorded in Schenker's diary at OJ 3/9, p. 3075, June 8, 1927: "Vom Verlag (K.): die Druckerei sagt den Umbruch zwischen dem 18. u. 22. d. zu." ("From the publisher (postcard): the printing house promises page make-up between the 18th and the 22nd.").

2 This letter is not known to survive.

Format

† Double underlined

Commentary

Rights Holder
Deemed to be in the public domain.
License
No rights holder or representative has been identified after extensive searches. The current firm of Drei Masken Verlag GmbH, Munich, has been contacted and states that it makes no claim upon the intellectual property in question. Any claim to intellectual rights on this document should be addressed to the Schenker Documents Online, at schenkercorrespondence[at]mus[dot]cam[dot]ac[dot]uk.
Format
Printed logo, postal stamp, printed and typed addresses recto, typed message, stamped and holograph signatures verso.
Provenance
Schenker, Heinrich (document date-1935)--Schenker, Jeanette (1935-1938)--Oster, Ernst (1938-c.1939)—New York Public Library (c.1939-)

Digital version created: 2014-04-02
Last updated: 2012-03-06