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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
Title
Correspondence relating to the publication of Wall has two sides by Felix Greene
Date
1962
Description

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.

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University of Reading: Special Collections
Creator(s)
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Physical description
1 folder (131 items)
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Correspondence relating to the publication of Wall has two sides by Felix Greene