Photocopies of correspondence (4 letters) relating to The Cat-nappers (1975) 2 Jul 1974-9 Jan 1975, and of production material including the 'pass for press' form and press clippings.
P.G. Wodehouse Correspondence: Fonscolombe, Benoît de
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Photocopies of 15 letters from P.G. Wodehouse to Benoît de Fonscolombe, his French translator of the period 1942 to 1950s, 24 Sept 1942 to 31 Dec 1947, relating to translation of Wodehouse's books into French and sale of his books in Germany, sales of his books and writing projects after his mov...
Photocopies of correspondence of P.G. Wodehouse's and others about his work, as follows: two letters from P.G. Wodehouse to Michael Pointon, 4 Nov 1972 and 3 Sept 1974; rejection letter from Peter Briggs (of the Ladies Home Journal) to Scott Meredith, declining Jeeves in the Summertime (later p...
Photocopies of 15 letters from P.G. Wodehouse to Evelyn Waugh, 31 May 1947 to 14 Dec 1961. The letters concern the public reaction to the Berlin broadcasts, Waugh's latest books, Rene MacColl's article against Wodehouse in the Daily Express (Jul 1955), Waugh's articles in defence of Wodehouse,...
Holograph letter from Ethel Wodehouse to P.G. Wodehouse, 8 Aug 1942. In the letter Ethel mentions seeing an official of Tobis Film Co., a German sound-film company, interested in meeting P.G. Wodehouse, and she suggests a situation for a Jeeves novel, not used by P.G. Wodehouse.
Photocopies of correspondence (39 letters) relating to the editing and publication of America, I Like You (1956), 25 Jul 1955-20 Apr 1956, and stocking the British Book Centre in New York with copies the UK edition of the book, entitled Over Seventy (1957), 6 Dec 1957-15 Jan 1958 (3 letters). T...
Photocopies of correspondence (13 letters) relating to The Girl in Blue (1971), 4 May 1970-16 Apr 1971, and of production material including the proposal to publish form, 5 May 1970, and a proof of the dust jacket of the UK edition of the book.