Correspondence relating to a party given on 12 Oct 1953 to mark the publication of five humorous books by Max Reinhardt Ltd, with photographs of the party and a press cutting from The Scotsman of 28 Dec 1978 recalling the party.
Correspondence between Reinhardt and Sir Ralph Richardson, including much of a personal and social nature. Richardson became a director of Reinhardt and Evans in 1951 and a shareholder in Max Reinhardt Ltd in 1957.
Correspondence and papers relating to the company Chatto, Bodley Head & Jonathan Cape Ltd (subsequently Chatto, Virago, Bodley Head & Jonathan Cape Ltd), 1984-1987. Minutes and agendas of meetings of the board and of other senior staff of Chatto, Bodley Head & Jonathan Cape Ltd, and s...
Correspondence between Reinhardt and John Boynton Priestley (and occasionally their respective wives Joan Reinhardt and Jacquetta Hawkes). Includes some social and personal correspondence. Priestley was a director of Reinhardt and Evans, and later of The Bodley Head, and gave advice on its liter...
Correspondence and papers of Max Reinhardt following the change of name of his firm H.F.L. (Publishers) Limited to Reinhardt Books in 1985. Includes correspondence with Peter Carson, Peter Mayer, Betty Hartel and Stephen Hall, all of Penguin.
Tributes paid to Richardson by Irene Worth, Sir John Gielgud, Sir Laurence Olivier (partial), correspondence between Reinhardt and Laurence Evans on a suitable memorial publication, copy of letter of 1993 from Meriel Richardson to Reinhardt, press cuttings of reviews and obituaries of Richardson.
Correspondence, etc. relating to H.F.L. (Publishers), etc. 1923-1955. Includes: royalty statements, accounts and other papers relating to the company, including the handing over of its titles to Butterworths. Correspondence is principally between Reinhardt and the company secretary John R. Hews, ...
Correspondence relating to the acquisition by The Bodley Head of the publishers T. Werner Laurie. Correspondents include Reinhardt, Henry Ansbacher & Co, mostly in the name of Louis Albert Hart, Sir Stanley Unwin and David C. H. Jenkins, of Walters and Hart, solicitors. .