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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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This record is a file about the Correspondence relating to the publication of The eighth day of creation by Horace... dating from 1974-1980.

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Reference

JC 309/2

Title

Correspondence relating to the publication of The eighth day of creation by Horace Freeland Judson

Date

1974-1980

Description

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

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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JC BF

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Correspondence relating to the publication of The eighth day of creation by Horace Freeland Judson