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Correspondence relating to the publication of Centuries of childhood by Philippe...
Catalogue reference: JC 4/7
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- JC 4/7
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Title (The name of the record)
- Correspondence relating to the publication of Centuries of childhood by Philippe Aries
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1962
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Book published as: Centuries of childhood: a social history of family life / by Philippe Aries; translated from the French by Robert Baldick, London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.
Contents: editorial correspondence between Jonathan Cape Ltd. and Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., publishers of New York (74 items), relating to purchase of U.K. rights; details of agreement; translation; recommendation of Baldick as translator; terms of sale and details of shipping of sheets; 23 items of correspondence with Robert Baldick, relating to the offer of translation job; his delivery of translated typescript; ideas for title of U.K. edition; list of illustrations; permissions for illustrations; correspondence with Librarie Plon, publishers of Paris, in relation to illustrations taken from original French edition; 3 items of correspondence with Philippe Aries relating to sending of reviews to author, and hos praise of Baldick's translation; production material in the form of correspondence relating to paper sizes; production cost breakdown; change of printer; also 1 letter to Germano Fracetti concerning design of dust jacket; publicity material includes biographical note (in French and English); completed biographical questionnaire.
Holographs, typescripts and carbon typescripts.
From the Cape book files - St 1961 - Cr 1962. -
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- University of Reading: Special Collections
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Jonathan Cape Ltd
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- 1 folder (156 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/f20f2068-32cd-49f9-8d09-eef6a2e3b4ac/
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JC BF
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Correspondence relating to the publication of Centuries of childhood by Philippe Aries