Scope and Contents

Further papers of John Murray publishing house.

Content Description Includes correspondence, book files, manuscripts and proofs relating to Murray authors. Authors featured in the collection include: John Betjeman, Lesley Blanch, George Mackay Brown, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Noni Jabavu, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Dervla Murphy and Freya Stark.Also included are some personal papers of Freya Stark.There are also letters to John Murray VI from correspondents including: Harold Acton, Michael Ayrton, Clive Bell, Isaiah Berlin, Hugh...

Scope and Contents The accession is comprised of business books and book files. Also included are woodblocks for William Robinson’s 'The English Flower Garden'. The business books continue in part those held in the first parthase of John Murray Archive (MSS.41896-41999, MSS.42632-43011). They include wet-press letter books, manuscript books, production expenses books, copies ledgers, commission books and private ledgers.The book files reflect the changing practices of the business by...

Scope and Contents This collection of records, supplementing earlier sections of the John Murray Archive, contains press files, sales catalogues and advertising material, educational publishing papers, business records, and author papers administered by John Murray publishers in the ordinary course of their commercial trade. Also included are papers and correspondence documenting company history and staff experiences; the operation of the company's historical archive; alongside a small collection...