Letter from Leonard Woolf to Harcourt and Brace Company inc (04/07/1925)

 

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[[MS 2750/351/12]]

 

Harcourt Brace & Co 
383 Madison Avenue 
New York City, U.S.A.

 

4 July, 1925

 

Dear Mr Brace,

 

Very many thanks for your letter. I wrote to Mr Plomer at once about your offer with regard to "Turbot [sic] Wolfe". As a matter of fact, according to our contract with him, we have the power to arrange about an American edition, but in this case, as we agreed with you, I have asked him to cut out a portion of the book, so that we had better perhaps wait for the formal agreement until I hear from him.

 

As regards "The Village in the Jungle" I will let you have a short introduction as soon as possible.

 

The sales of "Mrs Dalloway" and "The Common Reader" have been very good, and of "Eliza Fay" quite satisfactory, here; I hope you have found the same in America.

 

With kind regards | Yours sincerely | Leonard Woolf [signature]
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Source: MS 2750/351/12

Letter from Leonard Woolf to Harcourt and Brace Company inc (04/07/1925)

Author:

Leonard Woolf, The Hogarth Press

Library:

University of Reading, Special Collections

Archival Folder:

MS 2750/351_Turbott Wolfe

Related To:

Turbott Wolfe, The Village in the Jungle, Mrs Dalloway, Original Letters from India, The Common Reader

Leonard Woolf writes to Donald Brace in regards to Turbott Wolfe and that it is best to await some changes to the manuscript before a formal agreement is made. He also discusses other titles such as The Village in the Jungle and comments on the sales of Mrs Dalloway, The Common Reader and Eliza Fay.

 

Typescript letter signed by Woolf