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Literary: Curtis Brown Limited: business correspondence., 13 Feb 1941 - 10 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/687

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: representatives of Curtis Brown (5); Lord Southwood [earlier Julius Elias], Chairman and Managing Director of Odhams Press Limited, offering WSC 75, 000 pounds for exclusive world copyright of his future memoirs of the war.Also includes: royalty statements for money received for Swedish and Spanish rights to WSC's works and from Thornton Butterworth Limited; a copy letter (drafted by Brendan Bracken) rebuking Curtis Brown for devising the deal with Odhams without WSC's authority.

Dates

  • Creation: 13 Feb 1941 - 10 Oct 1941

Conditions Governing Access

Open.

Extent

1 item(s) (1 file (15 loose folios).)

Language of Materials

English

External Documents

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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