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Add MS 89729/3
- Record Id:
- 040-004567123
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004567000
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100192401461.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89729/3
- Title:
- Correspondence between publishers concerning 'The Wilde Myth'
- Scope & Content:
-
Various letters between publishers, lawyers and Lord Alfred Douglas regarding attempts to publish The Wilde Myth.
This folder contains:
- a letter to Martin Secker from Samuel John Pryor, dated 28 Sep 1916, enclosing Pryor's letter to Douglas concerning inaccurate references to his person in the proof of The Wilde Myth
- a letter to Martin Secker from A H Bakers of Curtis Brown Limited, dated 20 Dec 1916, reporting the efforts of their American office to find a publisher for The Wilde Myth
- a handwritten letter to Mr (Rafael) Sabatini from T W H Crosland, dated 31 Jan 1917, regarding the potential for libel found in the proof of The Wilde Myth and advising against publication
- a letter to Martin Secker from A H Bakers of Curtis Brown Limited, dated 1 Feb 1917, reporting the efforts of their American office to find a publisher for The Wilde Myth
- a letter to Martin Secker from A H Bakers of Curtis Brown Limited, dated 9 Feb 1917, ceasing the efforts of their American office to find a publisher for The Wilde Myth and enclosing a cutting letter from Douglas to the publisher Brentanos dated 10 Jan 1917 following their refusal to publish
- a handwritten letter to Martin Secker from Westminster Press, dated Feb 1917, declining to print The Wilde Myth
- a letter to Messrs Carter & Bell from Martin Secker, dated 19 Feb 1917, formally releasing Lord Alfred Douglas from his contract and allowing him to retain his advance of £200
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004567000
040-004567123 - Is part of:
- Add MS 89729 : Manuscript proof of 'The Wilde Myth' by Lord Alfred Douglas, with accompanying correspondence
Add MS 89729/3 : Correspondence between publishers concerning 'The Wilde Myth' - Hierarchy:
- 032-004567000[0002]/040-004567123
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 89729
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1916
- End Date:
- 1917
- Date Range:
- 1916-1917
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Crosland, Thomas William Hodgson, writer, alias 'James Medborough', 1868-1924
Sabatini, Rafael, author and dramatist, 1875-1950
Secker, Martin, publisher, 1882-1978