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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
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Title (The name of the record)
- Correspondence relating to the publication of The prim windows by John Chancellor
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1965-1968
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Description (What the record is about)
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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. -
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)
- 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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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c561ca75-a009-405f-8adb-22f0120a3186/
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JC BF
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Book files for books published in 1967
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Correspondence relating to the publication of The prim windows by John Chancellor