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Correspondence relating to the publication of I am Elijah Thrush by James Amos Purdy...
Catalogue reference: JC 176/2
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- JC 176/2
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Title (The name of the record)
- Correspondence relating to the publication of I am Elijah Thrush by James Amos Purdy (1923-)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1971-1974
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Description (What the record is about)
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Book published as: I am Elijah Thrush (London: Jonathan Cape, 1972) ISBN 0224007785.
Contents: editorial correspondence file. Includes: 11 letters and a telegram from Purdy; 4 letters from Doubleday, publishers of the book in the United States of America; 9 from literary agents David Higham Associates; 1 letter from Margaret Drabble who likes the book and 3 from W.H. Cazaly who does not. Accompanied by the production file.
Holographs, typescripts and carbon typescripts.
From the Cape book files - 1972 Pr- Ro. -
Held by (Who holds the record)
- University of Reading: Special Collections
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
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- 1 folder (74 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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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/0956460f-3882-49ad-a116-1405b15ff7ef/
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JC BF
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Correspondence relating to the publication of I am Elijah Thrush by James Amos Purdy (1923-)