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Business records of A & C Black relating to the works of Sir Walter Scott.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9765
Scope and Contents
Concerning the publication of the works of Sir Walter Scott, the copyrights of the Waverley Novels and to the Centenary celebrations of 1871 and 1932.
Dates:
circa 1849-1932.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Uncle Tom`s Cabin" (Edinburgh, A and C Black, 1853), with copy of letter of author to the publishers.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6823-is now MS. 50256
Scope and Contents
Including correspondence with and concerning the illustrator, M U Sears.
Dates:
1853.
Letters of Matthew Urlwin Sears to Messrs A and C Black and Co, with a letter of Harriet Beecher Stowe, in the hand of Charles Beecher, to Messrs A and C Black and Co, inserted into a copy of "Uncle Tom's Cabin", by Harriet Beecher Stowe (Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1853).
File
Identifier: MS.50256
Scope and Contents
Estimate, 1852, supplied by R and R Clark, printers, for production costs for a half-crown illustrated edition of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (folio 1).Copy of a memorandum, 1852, between A and C Black and Co and Matthew Urlwin Sears concerning the production of woodcuts for the illustrated edition of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" (folio 2).Letters, 1852-1853, of Matthew Urlwin Sears to A and C Black and Co concerning the production and supply of woodcuts for the illustrated editon of...
Dates:
1852-1853
Papers concerning the purchase by A and C Black of the Walter Scott copyrights and to subsequent operations connected with the "Waverley Property".
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9855
Dates:
1847-1857.
Thomas Guthrie, "The Gospel in Ezekiel" (Edinburgh, 1856), with notes by Guthrie and correspondence between him and A. and C. Black.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.3327
Dates:
1855-1856.