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Correspondence relating to the publication of The prim windows by John Chancellor

Catalogue reference: JC 74/7

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JC 74/7
Title
Correspondence relating to the publication of The prim windows by John Chancellor
Date
1965-1968
Description

Book published as: The prim windows / John Chancellor (London: Jonathan Cape, 1967)
Contents: editorial correspondence file. Includes: 15 letters and an autobiographical note from Chancellor; 6 letters from literary agents A.M. Heath; 1 letter and a reader's report from Jane Miller; 1 letter from solicitors Rubinstein Nash who read the book for libel; 1 from Romulus Films "It would not get past the censor"; 1 from Oxford University Press (Southern African branch) who report the banning of the book in South Africa (censorship); a list of amendments to the text and pages of discarded MS. Accompanied by production and review files.
Holographs, typescripts and carbon typescripts.
From the Cape book files - 1967 Blai - Ch.

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University of Reading: Special Collections
Creator(s)
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Physical description
1 folder (104 items)
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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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Correspondence relating to the publication of The prim windows by John Chancellor