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Correspondence concerning works by Richard Hughes (1900-1976) (Chatto & Windus)

Catalogue reference: CW 329/5

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This record is a file about the Correspondence concerning works by Richard Hughes (1900-1976) (Chatto & Windus) dating from 1975 - 1983.

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Reference

CW 329/5

Title

Correspondence concerning works by Richard Hughes (1900-1976) (Chatto & Windus)

Date

1975 - 1983

Description

Contents: correspondence concerning the life and works of Richard Hughes including a) publication of his books The wonder-dog (1977) (ISBN 0701150912) and In the lap of Atlas (1979) (070112430X) b) rights in these and others of his works and c) attempts to find a biographer for his life (see also CW 309/5 and 330/4). Includes: 14 letters from Hughes; 25 from his secretary Lucy McEntee; 10 from his wife Frances; 8 from his daughter Penelope Minney; 9 from Richard Poole, a literary executor and contributor of an introduction to In the lap of Atlas; 26 from literary agents David Higham Associates; 11 from Penguin Books and 12 from Granada/Triad concerning rights in paperback; 13 from Lythway Press concerning their large print edition of A high wind in Jamaica / by Hughes; and others.
Holographs, typescripts and carbon typescripts.
From Chatto & Windus correspondence 1975-1983: Hou-Hum.

Held by
University of Reading: Special Collections
Creator(s)
Chatto and Windus Limited
Physical description

5 folders (563 items)

Access conditions

Prior permission from Random House is required. Please contact Special Collections for further information.

Record URL
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Correspondence concerning works by Richard Hughes (1900-1976) (Chatto & Windus)