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Correspondence relating to the publication of The right stuff by Tom Wolfe
Catalogue reference: JC 320/2
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This record is a file about the Correspondence relating to the publication of The right stuff by Tom Wolfe dating from 1973-1982.
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JC 320/2
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Title (The name of the record)
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Correspondence relating to the publication of The right stuff by Tom Wolfe
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Date (When the record was created)
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1973-1982
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Description (What the record is about)
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Book published as: The right stuff / Tom Wolfe (London: Jonathan Cape, 1979) ISBN 0224014439
Contents: editorial correspondence file. Includes: 1 letter from the author; 12 letters and 3 telegrams from Farrar, Straus & Giroux, publishers of the book in the U.S.; 9 letters from literary agents A.D. Peters & Co Ltd; a reader's report by M.J.P.; photograph of the dust jacket front cover; copies of Rolling Stone containing 'Post-Orbital Remorse' by Tom Wolfe. Accompanied by the production file which contains production correspondence and estimates.
Holographs, photocopies, typescripts, carbon typescripts and a photograph.
From the Cape book files - 1979 Wis - Yar -
Held by (Who holds the record)
- University of Reading: Special Collections
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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2 folders
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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 University of Reading, Special Collections for further information.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/b3d98ed1-155f-4bb3-859f-7f54c25b79f9/
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JC BF
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Within the series: JC BF
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Within the sub-series: JC 302/1-JC 320/5
Book files for books published in 1979
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Correspondence relating to the publication of The right stuff by Tom Wolfe