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Correspondence between the National Book Council and Chatto & Windus

Catalogue reference: CW 64/18

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This record is a file about the Correspondence between the National Book Council and Chatto & Windus dating from 1936.

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Reference

CW 64/18

Title

Correspondence between the National Book Council and Chatto & Windus

Date

1936

Description

Contents: correspondence with the National Book Council (of which Harold Raymond of Chatto is a committee member) concerning matters including a) the film being produced to promote book buying and reading and b) criticism by Hubert Wilson of Alfred Wilson, and David Roy of W.H. Smith & Son and of the Associated Booksellers of Great Britain and Ireland, of the work of the NBC (letters from HW and DR on file). File also includes a) the Eleventh annual report of the NBC b) the Subject index of NBC book lists, dated 31/10/36 and c) the NBC News sheet , number 87 (December 1936).
Holographs, typescripts and carbon typescripts.
From Chatto & Windus correspondence 1936: G-N.

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

1 folder (42 items)

Access conditions

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

Record URL
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CW

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Correspondence between the National Book Council and Chatto & Windus