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Correspondence relating to the publication of The education of a poker player by...

Catalogue reference: JC 320/5

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This record is a file about the Correspondence relating to the publication of The education of a poker player by... dating from 1977-1980.

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JC 320/5

Title

Correspondence relating to the publication of The education of a poker player by Herbert O. Yardley

Date

1977-1980

Description

Book published as: The education of a poker player : including where and how one learns to win / Herbert O. Yardley ; introduced by A. Alvarez (London: Jonathan Cape, 1979) ISBN 0224016075
Contents: editorial correspondence file. Includes: 1 letter from Al Alvarez; letters from literary agents Deborah Rogers Ltd (4) and Laurence Pollinger Ltd (3); 1 letter from Simon & Schuster, publishers of the book in the U.S.; ts copy of the introduction. Accompanied by the production file which contains specimen pages, a proof of the blurb and production correspondence and estimates.
Holographs, photocopies, typescripts and carbon typescripts.
From the Cape book files - 1979 Wis - Yar

Held by
University of Reading: Special Collections
Creator(s)
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Physical description

2 folders

Access conditions

Prior permission from Random House is required. Please contact University of Reading, Special Collections for further information.

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JC BF

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Correspondence relating to the publication of The education of a poker player by Herbert O. Yardley