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Correspondence relating to the publication of The eighth day of creation by Horace...
Catalogue reference: JC 309/2
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JC 309/2
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Title (The name of the record)
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Correspondence relating to the publication of The eighth day of creation by Horace Freeland Judson
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Date (When the record was created)
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1974-1980
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Description (What the record is about)
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Book published as: The eighth day of creation : makers of the revolution in biology / Horace Freeland Judson (London: Jonathan Cape, 1979) ISBN 0224017225
Contents: editorial correspondence file. Includes: 5 letters from the author; 12 letters from literary agents A.M. Heath & Co Ltd; 9 letters and a telegram from Simon & Schuster, publishers of the book in the U.S.; 3 reader's reports by S.C.; reader's reports by C.S. and A.C. for 'Heroin Addiction' by Horace Judson (published as 'Heroin Addiction in Britian' in 1974 by Harcout Brace Jovanovich). Accompanied by the production file which contains production correspondence and estimates.
Holographs, photocopies, typescripts and carbon typescripts.
From the Cape book files - 1979 Hol - Les -
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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Prior permission from Random House is required. Please contact University of Reading, Special Collections for further information.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c089dadb-c3c8-415e-bbf2-48e99e37dbba/
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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 eighth day of creation by Horace Freeland Judson