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Correspondence relating to the publication of Wall has two sides by Felix Greene
Catalogue reference: JC 5/11
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- JC 5/11
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Title (The name of the record)
- Correspondence relating to the publication of Wall has two sides by Felix Greene
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1962
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Description (What the record is about)
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Book published as: Wall has two sides: a portrait of China today / by Felix Greene, London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.
Contents: correspondence between Jonathan Cape Ltd. and A.M. Heath & Co., Ltd., literary agents of London (28 items), relating to sending of galleys to publisher; terms of agreement; broadcast of interview with Greene; 41 items of correspondence with Felix Greene, relating to correction of galleys; includes transcript of interview between Greene and the Chinese Premier; obtaining of quotes from reviews (letters to and from Lord Boyd Orr and Field-Marshal Montgomery to this end); choice of title; serialization in the Observer; publicity mailing; sales; includes 2 items of correspondence with William Plomer, relating to and including his report on the book; also 10 items of correspondence with W. & G. Foyle, Ltd., booksellers of London, relating to the Foyle's book club edition; 2 items relating to U.S. edition with Doubleday & Co., Inc., publishers of New York; also includes publicity material in the form of biographical note on the author; also A2 poster advertising the book, with extract from reviews and blurb on the reverse.
Holographs, typescripts and carbon typescripts.
From the Cape book files - 1962 D - Gr. -
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 (131 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/2ddb936b-8ea2-4d7b-ad97-9f69b19f2166/
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JC BF
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Within the sub-series: JC 4/5-JC 9/15
Book files for books published in 1962
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Correspondence relating to the publication of Wall has two sides by Felix Greene