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Correspondence between Evelyn Forbes and Chatto & Windus
Catalogue reference: CW 157/8
What’s it about?
This record is a file about the Correspondence between Evelyn Forbes and Chatto & Windus dating from 1954 - 1956.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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CW 157/8
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Title (The name of the record)
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Correspondence between Evelyn Forbes and Chatto & Windus
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Date (When the record was created)
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1954 - 1956
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Description (What the record is about)
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Contents: correspondence with Evelyn Forbes, author, concerning a) publication of her book Brenda buys a beauty salon (1954) b) preparation to publish her book A.B.C. of beauty (abandoned). Includes: 11 letters and a synopsis for "A.B.C. of beauty" from Forbes; 2 letters from literary agents Curtis Brown; and a reader's report by E.J. Howard on "A.B.C. of beauty"; and other papers.
Holographs, typescripts and carbon typescripts.
From Chatto & Windus correspondence 1955-1958: Fo-Fz. -
Held by (Who holds the record)
- University of Reading: Special Collections
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Chatto and Windus Limited
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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1 folder (50 items)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Prior permission from Random House is required. Please contact Special Collections for further information.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f28371e7-ba0d-4f38-9beb-200bb0035b72/
Series information
CW
Correspondence files
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Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at University of Reading: Special Collections
Within the fonds: CW
Records of Chatto & Windus Ltd
Within the series: CW
Correspondence files
Within the sub-series: CW 150-CW 174
Correspondence files for Chatto & Windus, 1955-1958
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Correspondence between Evelyn Forbes and Chatto & Windus