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Literary: MacMillan and Company Limited and Charles Scribner's Sons: business correspondence., 17 Jan 1942 - 24 Nov 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/700

Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Daniel MacMillan, [Chairman and Managing Director], and Lovat Dickson, [Director], of MacMillan, on managing those works by WSC where he holds the copyright (20); Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] on a window display featuring WSC's books at Scribner's in New York [United States].Other subjects include: WSC's sales and royalties in the United States and elsewhere; requests to publish extracts from WSC's works in various forms and to quote and reproduce illustrations; the publication and rights of various works by WSC abroad; commission due to Curtis Brown.Also includes: a proof advertisement for WSC's books to appear in New York newspapers; summaries of royalty statements received from Scribner's and the world-wide copyright position of various of WSC's titles; account statements from MacMillan.

Dates

  • Creation: 17 Jan 1942 - 24 Nov 1942

Conditions Governing Access

Open.

Extent

1 item(s) (1 file (59 loose folios).)

Language of Materials

English