Letter from the Hogarth Press to The Colombo Apothecaries' School Supplies Depot (17/09/1948)

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[[MS 2750/545/23]]

 

The Colombo Apothecaries' School Supplies Depot, 
125, Glennie Street, 
Slave Island, 
COLOMBO.

 

17.9.[19]48

 

Dear Sirs,

 

With reference to your letter of the 1st September, I am afraid that I cannot agree to the publication of an edition of The Village in the Jungle, in Ceylon, as we are proposing to reprint the book shortly here.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

 

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[Fragment of a pre-printed list, possibly a list of Hogarth Press customers?]

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Source: MS 2750/545/23

Letter from the Hogarth Press to The Colombo Apothecaries' School Supplies Depot (17/09/1948)

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University of Reading, Special Collections

The Hogarth Press rejects permission to publish an edition of The Village in the Jungle in Ceylon as they are preparing for a reprint of their own soon. [The letter is written on a torn list of bookshops]

Typescript letter unsigned