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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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CW 329/5
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Title (The name of the record)
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Correspondence concerning works by Richard Hughes (1900-1976) (Chatto & Windus)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1975 - 1983
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Description (What the record is about)
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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 (Who holds the record)
- University of Reading: Special Collections
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Chatto and Windus Limited
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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5 folders (563 items)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Prior permission from Random House is required. Please contact Special Collections for further information.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/78dec1d3-0db4-4e63-8481-8178bfa9a585/
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CW
Correspondence files
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at University of Reading: Special Collections
Within the fonds: CW
Records of Chatto & Windus Ltd
Within the series: CW
Correspondence files
Within the sub-series: CW 301-CW 373
Correspondence files for Chatto & Windus, 1975-1983
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Correspondence concerning works by Richard Hughes (1900-1976) (Chatto & Windus)