14、September 20,1950

      MARKS & CO., Booksellers
        84, Charing Cross Road
            London, W.C. 2

                    20th September, 1950

Miss Helene Hanff
14 East 95th Street
New York 28, New York
U.S.A.

Dear Miss Hanff,
    It is such a long time since we wrote
to you I hope you do not think we have
forgotten all about your wants.
    Anyway, we now have in stock the
Oxford Book of English Verse, printed on
India paper, original blue cloth binding,
1905, inscription in ink on the flyleaf but
a good secondhand copy, price $2.00.
We thought we had better quote before
sending, in case you have already purchased
a copy.
    Some time ago you asked us for Newman’s
Idea of a University. Would you be
interested in a copy of the first edition?
We have just purchased one, particulars as
follows:

    NEWMAN (JOHN HENRY, D.D.) Discourses on
    the Scope and Nature Of University
    Education, Addressed to the Catholics
    of Dublin. First edition, 8vo. calf,
    Dublin, 1852. A few pages a little
    age-stained and spotted but a good copy
    in a sound binding.         Price—$6.00

    In case you would like them, we will
put both books on one side until you have
time to reply.

                    With kind regards,
                    Yours faithfully,

                    Frank Doel
                    For MARKS & CO.

注释：
Oxford Book of English Verse 《牛津英语诗选》
Newman’s Idea of a Universit 纽曼的《大学论》
Discourses on the Scope and Nature Of University Education 《大学教育之目的及其本质》
Catholics of Dublin 都柏林天主教会
8vo 八开

哈哈，这次写信居然是隔了差不多半年，🤣是Frank找书找了半年才找到么。

关于纸张规格的单位“开”：

过去是以多少"开"（例如8开或16开等）来表示纸张的大小。开即等份，就是把一张传统原张纸重复对折，然后沿对折线分成偶数的等份，有几等份就是几开。比如：把一整张纸重复对折三次，分为8等份即8开；对折四次分为16等份即16开。
常用的表示：
quarto 四开
octavo = 8vo 八开
sextodecimo = 16mo十六开
现在我们一般都是采用国际标准来表示纸张的幅面规格，如A0、A1、A2、B1、B2......等。