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File contains author correspondence, editorial memoranda, and the original contract.

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File contains original and copy publisher correspondence with the author and third parties concerning the title. Editorial memoranda are also present. Contract is absent.

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File contains original and copy correspondence between the publishers and third parties concerning the title, editorial memoranda, brief original author correspondence, and the original contract.

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File contains the original contract, a book outline, editorial memoranda, copy and original publisher correspondence, and brief original author correspondence.

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File contains original and copy publisher correspondence with third parties concerning the title. Author correspondence is also present, copy and original, alongside editorial memoranda, and the original contract.

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File contains editorial memoranda, a prospectus and project proposal for the title, original and copy correspondence between the publisher and third parties concerning the book, copy and original author correspondence with the publisher, costings, and the original contract.

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File contains original and copy publisher correspondence with third parties concerning the title, alongside the original contract, editorial memoranda, and manuscript notes.

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File contains original and copy publisher correspondence with third parties concerning the title, as well as a film-related project. Author correspondence is also present, copy and original, alongside editorial memoranda, brief photocopied illustrations, and the original contract. An original letter from Edward Heath M.P. to Neil Hollander is also present.

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File contains original and copy correspondence between the publisher and third parties concerning the book, alongside brief original author correspondence, editorial memoranda, a book outline, and the original contract.

Scope and Contents This series contains over 180 individual editorial files relating to named titles published by John Murray, publishers, from their educational list, largely dating from the 1960s-1990s, with a particular emphasis on the final two decades between 1980-1999. Editorial files primarily contain editorial memoranda and proof corrections sent between editorial and production staff. In certain cases, files also include correspondence between the books’ authors and the publishers, or from third...

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File contains internal editorial memoranda alongside original and copy correspondence and publicity material between John Murray, publishers, and sales representatives, publicists, reviewers, and booksellers concerning the promotional campaign for the publication of the title. Brief photocopy and original press cuttings are also present on the book.

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File contains internal editorial memoranda alongside original and copy correspondence and publicity material between John Murray, publishers, and sales representatives and booksellers, concerning the promotional campaign for the publication of the title.

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File contains internal editorial memoranda alongside original and copy correspondence and publicity material between John Murray, publishers, and sales representatives, publicists, reviewers, and booksellers, concerning the promotional campaign for the publication of the title.

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File contains internal editorial memoranda alongside original and copy correspondence and publicity material between John Murray, publishers, and sales representatives, publicists, reviewers, and booksellers concerning the promotional campaign for the publication of the title. Invoices and expenses are also included alongside publicity campaign itineraries.

Scope and Contents Letters of, to and concerning Henry Pullen. Folios 1-20.Incomplete letters, and dissociated parts of letters, mostly postscripts, of Henry Pullen to John Murray, publishers: folios 1-13.Contemporary copies of two letters, 1896 and 1897, of Hallam Murray to Henry Pullen: folios 14-17.Memorandum, 6 April 1891, of William Clowes and Sons, Limited, to John Murray IV, concerning the printing of Murray’s “Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy”. The...

Scope and Contents The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Robert Cooke. They concern the publication of various works by, and connected with, Smith, and also his editorship of the “Quarterly Review” (1867-1893). The letters are arranged chronologically.1885: folios 1-39 [Notes 1-2];1886: folios 40-58;1887: folios 59-81;1888: folios 82-101;1889: folios 102-142 [Note 3];1890: folios 143-201.Notes.[Note...

Scope and Contents The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the publication of various works by, and connected with, Smith, and also his editorship of the “Quarterly Review” (1867-1893). The letters are arranged chronologically.1891: folios 1-101 [Notes 1-4];1892: folios 102-207 [Notes 5-7].Notes.[Note 1] Folios 28-29. Letter, 22 March 1891, of George Marindin to William Smith.[Note 2] Folios 32-33. Letter, 23...

Scope and Contents Letters to John Murray III and John Murray IV concerning the publication of “Among cannibals: an account of four years travels in Australia, and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland”, by Carl Lumholtz.The letters are arranged chronologically. Some of the letters have notes written on them by John Murray IV outlining his reply to Lumholtz.1888-1889: folios 1-69;1890: folios 70-80 [Note];1902: folios 81-84.[Note] Folio 74....

Scope and Contents The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. Evans, in retirement, undertook work for the Murrays both in an editorial and in an advisory capacity, particularly on works relating to Classics and religion. Evans was interested in the history of the Napoleonic Wars, particularly in the Battle of Waterloo, to which the letters contain references.The letters are arranged chronologically.1895: folios 1-5; 1896: folios 6-24;1897: folios 25-66...

Scope and Contents All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Horwitz, Ernst.Letters, 1904, of Ernst Horwitz to John Murray IV. Folios 1-7.Folio 3. Visiting card, ?1904, of Ernst Horwitz. Sent as an enclosure of letter, 1904, of Ernst Horwitz to John Murray IV, folios 1-2.Folios 4-5. Prospectus, ?1904, for a work entitled ‘Aryan Civilisation in the Light of Language’ by Ernst Horwitz. Sent as an enclosure of...

Scope and Contents The letters are arranged chronologically under each correspondent.Aglen, Anthony Stocker.Letters, 1893-1895 and 1898, of Anthony Aglen to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. The letters concern the publication of “A selection from the writings of Dean [Arthur] Stanley” (1894), edited by Anthony Aglen. Folios 1-42.Notes.Folio 19. Letter, 12 December 1893, of James Parker and Co., publishers, to Hallam Murray granting permission for extracts to be...

Scope and Contents (i) Letters of Francis Warre Cornish to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. The letters mostly concern the preparation and publication of various works written, compiled or edited by Cornish, including:“The Eton Horace. Notes to the odes, book 1” (1887);“The Eton Horace. Notes to the odes, Carmen saeculare, and Epodes” (1888);“A concise dictionary of Greek and Roman antiquities based on Sir William Smith’s larger dictionary, and incorporating the...

Scope and Contents The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern mostly the preparation and publication of George Goschen’s biography of his grandfather, Georg Goschen: “The life and times of Georg Joachim Goschen, publisher and printer of Leipzig 1752-1828” (1903).The letters are largely arranged chronologically, although an additional letter has been added to the end of the sequence.1884: folios 1-2;1894: folios 3-50 [Note 1];1895: folios...

Scope and Contents The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. The letters for 1885-1886 concern the preparation and publication of “A selection from the correspondence of Abraham Hayward, Q.C. From 1834-1884” (1886), edited by Henry Carlisle. The others mostly concern Carlisle`s proposal to publish a memoir of the 5th Duke of Newcastle, and discussions over the content and argument of the manuscript. Despite being advertised by Carlisle under the title “The life of the Duke of...

Scope and Contents The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the publication of “The Creevey Papers: a selection from the correspondence and diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P.” (1903), edited by Herbert Maxwell. Also mentioned is the manuscript of Maxwell’s “A century of empire, 1801-1900”. Accompanying several of the letters is a copy of the outline of the reply of John Murray IV.The letters are arranged chronologically.1899: folios 1-3;1902:...