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Correspondence relating to the publication of Lady Jane Grey by Hester Chapman
Catalogue reference: JC 4/13
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- JC 4/13
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Title (The name of the record)
- Correspondence relating to the publication of Lady Jane Grey by Hester Chapman
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1962
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Description (What the record is about)
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Book published as: Lady Jane Grey, October 1537 - February 1554 / by Hester Chapman, London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.
Contents: correspondence between Jonathan Cape Ltd. and Hester Chapman (52 items), relating to permissions; correction of proof; sending of reviews and complimentary copies; includes list of illustrations and their captions; also slide of Imperial State Crown; 5 items of correspondence with Hughes Massie & Co., Ltd., agents of London, relating to original proposal and contract; publicity material in the form of biographical note; blurb; sketch of author; completed biographical questionnaire; 2 items referring to production, being a letter each to Alden Press, Ltd., printers of Oxford, and to Germano Facetti.
Holographs, typescripts and carbon typescripts.
From the Cape book files - St 1961 - Cr 1962. -
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 (137 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/e03f90b7-9401-4c49-940d-f5d30fdff695/
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JC BF
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Within the series: JC BF
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Within the sub-series: JC 4/5-JC 9/15
Book files for books published in 1962
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Correspondence relating to the publication of Lady Jane Grey by Hester Chapman