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Correspondence relating to the publication of The first Boer War by Joseph Herbert...

Catalogue reference: JC 173/4

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JC 173/4
Title
Correspondence relating to the publication of The first Boer War by Joseph Herbert Lehmann (1921-)
Date
1971-1978
Description

Book published as: The first Boer War / Joseph H. Lehmann (London: Jonathan Cape, 1972) ISBN 022400686X.
Contents: editorial correspondence file. Includes: 27 letters and a telegram from Lehmann; 6 from the Southern Africa branch of Oxford University Press, distributors of the book in that area; 1 letter, and a list of queries on the text from copy editor James Atkins; 4 letters from proofreader H.E. Crowe; 4 letters and a draft of the index from indexer Alison Harrop; a reader's report by William Plomer; a poster and a proof of the dust jacket. Accompanied by the production file.
Holographs, typescripts and carbon typescripts.
From the Cape book files - 1972 Kn - Leh.

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University of Reading: Special Collections
Creator(s)
Jonathan Cape Ltd
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1 folder (377 items)
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Correspondence relating to the publication of The first Boer War by Joseph Herbert Lehmann (1921-)