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Correspondence relating to the publication of The singing lizard by John Knowler...

Catalogue reference: JC 80/3

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JC 80/3
Title
Correspondence relating to the publication of The singing lizard by John Knowler (1932-)
Date
1965-1969
Description

Book published as: The singing lizard / John Knowler (London: Jonathan Cape, 1967)
Contents: editorial correspondence file. Includes: 11 letters and 2 pcs from Knowler; 3 letters from Farrar Straus & Giroux, publishers of the book in the United States of America; 8 from Australasian Publishing Co., distributors of the book in Australia and New Zealand after successful appeal against a banning order (censorship); 2 from Oxford University Press (Southern Africa Branch) who pass on the news that the book has been banned in South Africa and Rhodesia; 2 from W.H. Smith who decide not to stock the book in their branches and to meet orders from central stocks only; correspondence concerning other titles banned in Australia. Accompanied by production and review files.
Holographs, typescripts and carbon typescripts.
From the Cape book files - 1967 Kas - Le.

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University of Reading: Special Collections
Creator(s)
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Physical description
1 folder (119 items)
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Correspondence relating to the publication of The singing lizard by John Knowler (1932-)