The file contains 1 letter concerning copyright in 'Travels in Arabia Deserta', 1890.
The archive box contains:
- a handwritten first copy of Volume Two with annotations. This is a copy from the original manuscript because a letter from Ruth M. Robbins dated 13 Sep. 1978 states that Charles M. Doughty destroyed his manuscript
- 5 handwritten letters declining publication by Oxford University Press, Macmillan and Co. and [Messrs Longman and Co. identified by the letter head 39 Paternoster Row], 19 Feb.1884 - 7 Nov. 1884
- 1 receipted account from Edward Stanford (publisher, map and bookseller) for 'lithographing own map of Arabia with sundry revisions and numerous proofs', 31 Jul. 1888
- 1 handwritten letter praising 'Travels in Arabia Deserta' from Robert Bridges (Poet Laureate 1913-1930) to Charles M. Doughty, 24 Aug. 1888
- 1 printed notice announcing publication of 'Travels in Arabia Deserta' by Cambridge University Press, including extracts from reviews, 1888
- 4 printed pages of proofs of the first edition (pages 39-42) with annotations
- 1 handwritten letter from Charles M. Doughty to Coulton [no first name given], mentioning 'eye strain, after having the oversight of the reprint of the 2 Arabia D. vols. and long Index of some 140 pages', 21 Dec. 1920
- correspondence between Ruth M. Robbins and employees of Cambridge University Press 8 Aug. 1962 - 13 Sep. 1978, enclosing photocopies of 2 letters from S.C. Roberts to Dr D.G. Hogarth, 10-17 Jan. 1927.