Darren at Clouds Hill Books recently contacted Jack De Bellis to inform him that they’re acting as an agent for the owner of a batch of Updike material (primarily letters and typescripts). He wanted to give members an advance heads-up, in case one of us (or one of our schools) might be interested. Clouds Hill has broken up the material into four lots:

1. Letters, 1958-1990 (19 items) $7500

2. Letters to Keith Baker, 1973-1985 (8 items) $1000

3. Letters to Philip Krapp, 1964-1976 (5 items) $1000

4. Letters to Robie Macauley, 1969-1992 (33 items) $17,500

At those prices, they’d better contain the secret of life . . . or at least be content letters related to the manuscripts! All inquiries can be directed to Darren at Clouds Hill Books, 27 Bank St., New York, NY 10014, (212) 414-4432, cloudshill@cloudshillbooks.com.