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1. Add MS 89142/1/4

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Title:
Wish You Were Here (2012) - Publication correspondence, and related papers
Scope & Content:
Sub-series consists of correspondence between Swift and representatives of various publishers during the latter stages of the completion of Wish You Were Here. Matters of discussion include book jacket content and design, critical reception of the novel in the UK and America, and a German transl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2008-2012
Extent:

7 files

2. Add MS 89142/1/4/1

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Title:
Kate Harvey, editor at Picador publishers: correspondence - Wish You Were Here (2012)
Scope & Content:
File contains 19 separate printed email messages and threads concerning the final editing and agreement between Swift and Kate Harvey, editor at Picador, to publish Wish You Were Here, including an exchange about the cover design and the arrangement of meetings to finalising the plans for public...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
19 May 2010-9 Dec 2011
Extent:

1 file

3. Add MS 89142/1/4/2

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Title:
Paul Baggaley, publisher at Picador publishers: correspondence - Wish You Were Here (2012)
Scope & Content:
17 separate printed email messages and conversation threads, principally concerning cover design and the Booker Prize longlist for 2011 (on which Wish You Were Here was not included). Making an Elephant as well as several earlier titles including The Sweet Shop Owner, Waterland and The Light o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
13 Jan 2010-23 Sep 2011
Extent:

1 file

4. Add MS 89142/1/4/3

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Title:
Anne Collins, editor at Random House publishers (Canada): correspondence - Wish You Were Here (2012)
Scope & Content:
Printed email messages and conversation threads chiefly concerning editing of 'A6' and 'A7' drafts and the revised 'A5' draft. Anne Collins's suggestions are detailed in the email of 25 August 2010. There is also reference to the progress of Making an Elephant - specifically the possible additi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
3 Sep 2008-7 Jul 2011
Extent:
1 file

5. Add MS 89142/1/4/4

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Add MS 89142/1/4/4
Title:
Alfred A. Knopf Publishers, New York: correspondence - Wish You Were Here (2012)
Scope & Content:
File contains printed email messages and conversation threads between Swift and Knopf Publishers (part of Random House Publishing company in the United States of America). Communication is divided between two principal correspondents: Sonny Mehta, publisher, chiefly about finalising book jacket...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
25 Nov 1991-18 Apr 2012
Extent:
1 file

6. Add MS 89142/1/4/5

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Add MS 89142/1/4/5
Title:
Patricia Reimann, editor at Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (DTV): correspondence - Wish You Were Here (2012)
Scope & Content:
Printed email messages and conversation threads between Swift and Patricia Reimann of German publishing company DTV (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag) concerning the German translation and edition publication of Wish You Were Here. Discussion principally concerns matters of translation and cover des...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
6 Jun 2011-14 May 2012
Extent:

1 file

7. Add MS 89142/1/4/6

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Add MS 89142/1/4/6
Title:
Kathryn English, Blackstone Audio, Inc.,: US Audio edition
Scope & Content:
A short email conversation between Swift, his agent Elinor Cooper at A P Watt literary agency, and Kathryn English of Blackstone Audio Inc. concerning cover art for an audio edition of Wish You Were Here, for which Swift gives his approval. The second page shows the cover art in question. File...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
14 Mar 2012-19 Mar 2012
Extent:

2 sheets

8. Add MS 89142/1/4/7

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Add MS 89142/1/4/7
Title:
Rough cover design by Swift for Wish You Were Here.
Scope & Content:
1 original of a cover design for Wish You Were Here, created by Swift. Design is both hand-drawn and word processed, and there are 2 photocopies of the design included. File is marked 'Not used - 2011' and retains original file cover sheet in Swift's hand.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
2011
Extent:

3 sheets

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