Letter from Norman Leys to Leonard Woolf (30/07/1924)

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[[MS 2750/255/14]]

 

30.7.24

 

Dear Woolf,

 

I enclose unrevised copy of Chap. XV. What I hope is that this copy, when you have done with it, will reach the three M.P.'s before they sail to Africa, and with it such a recommendation as will induce them all to read it before they land.

 

I also enclose, for your perusal, A[llen]. & U[nwin].'s letters. Their last makes no

 

 

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reference to my request to know how pricing the book at 15/- would affect the terms they offered. Please return these letters.

 

I am profoundly grateful for your help and encouragement

 

Yours | Norman Leys [signature]

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Letter from Norman Leys to Leonard Woolf (30/07/1924)

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Norman Leys encloses a chapter and hopes that a copy of his book will reach certain MP's before they sail to Africa. He also encloses letters from Allen & Unwin and asks for them to be returned. [enclosures not present at the time of cataloguing]

 

Handwrittten letter signed by Leys