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Contracts. Agreements.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents, enforceable by law, embodying agreements between two or more competent parties to do or not to do something, and specifying the terms and conditions of the agreement.

Found in 485 Collections and/or Records:

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "Biography of Gerard Manley Hopkins", by Bevis Hillier., 1968-1977

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1579
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1968-1977

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "Eating", by Frank E. Huggett., 1978-1981

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1569
Scope and Contents

File contains the original contract signed by the author, alongside a reader's report, and author and publisher correspondence.

Dates: 1978-1981

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "Motives", by Kenneth Clark., 1962-1969

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1573
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1962-1969

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "Robert Adam, Vol. II", by John Fleming., 1962

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1575
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1962

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "The Caves of Niah", by Hugh Gibb and F.W. Tweedie., 1951-1965

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1576
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1951-1965

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "The Dead Shall be Raised", by John Hedges and Gerald Wait., 1985-1989

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1581
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1985-1989

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "The Diaghilev Ballet Russe", by Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp., 1987-1989

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1580
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: 1987-1989

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "The Enigma of Werner Herzog", by Sheila Johnston., 1984-1988

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1559
Scope and Contents

File contains editorial memoranda, a project proposal form, correspondence with the author Sheila Johnston and others, and a copy of the cancelled publishing contract. A copy of a letter from director Werner Herzog is also present.

Dates: 1984-1988

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "The Last Sailors", by Neil Hollander and Harald Mertes., 1979-1982

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1577
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1979-1982

"Cancelled Contracts" file for "Turner's Human Landscape", by Eric Shanes., 1981-1987

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1562
Scope and Contents

File contains author and third party correspondence, the original contract signed by the author, a publishing report, and manuscript notes.

Dates: 1981-1987

"Cancelled Contracts", for John Murray titles, by authors with surnames beginning A-Z. , 1984-1993

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1558
Scope and Contents File contains original and copy agreements, with some brief correspondence, concerning the following authors and titles: Aylen, L. ("White Zulu"); Bickers, P., and Roxby Art Publishing Ltd. ("Practical History of Painting"); Boynton, L. ("Gillow Furniture"); Buxton, N. ("Walks in Wine Country"); Combs, R. ("Nicolas Roeg", with accompanying author letters); Cook, B. (letters concerning the reversion of rights for "The...
Dates: 1984-1993

"Cancelled Publishing Contracts"., 1962-1993

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13328/1558-1581
Scope and Contents

This series contains 24 files related to book publishing projects which appear to have been cancelled before publication. Files primarily contain correspondence between John Murray, publishers, and the respective authors concerned, alongside original and/or copy contracts, editorial memoranda, and third party letters concerning the projects. A number of these titles appear to have been published subsequently by other publishing houses.

Dates: 1962-1993