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Correspondence relating to the publication of The haven-finding art by E.G.R. Taylor...

Catalogue reference: BH2 47/5

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This record is a file about the Correspondence relating to the publication of The haven-finding art by E.G.R. Taylor... dating from 1969 - 1986.

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Reference

BH2 47/5

Title

Correspondence relating to the publication of The haven-finding art by E.G.R. Taylor Eva Germaine Rimington, 1879-1966

Date

1969 - 1986

Description

Book published as: The haven-finding art: a history of navigation from Odysseus to Captain Cook / E.G.R. Taylor; a new and augmented edition with appendix by Joseph Needham (London: Hollis & Carter for the Institute of Navigation, 1971) ISBN 0370013476.
Contents: editorial and other correspondence etc.. Includes: 18 letters from the Institute; 13 from American Elsevier, publishers of the book in the United States of America; 3 from copyright holder Anthony Dunhill; lists of corrections to the text for the new edition; proofs of the dust jacket copy for the UK and US editions; and other papers.
Holographs, typescripts and carbon typescripts.
From the Bodley Head adult editorial files - 2nd series, 310-319.

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University of Reading: Special Collections
Creator(s)
The Bodley Head Ltd
Physical description

1 folder (136 items)

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Prior permission from Random House is required. Please contact University of Reading, Special Collections for further information.

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BH1-3

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Correspondence relating to the publication of The haven-finding art by E.G.R. Taylor Eva Germaine Rimington, 1879-1966