Letter from Leonard Woolf to Samuel Solomonovich Koteliansky (19/12/1933)

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[[MS 2750/38/32/]]

 

S. Koteliansky, Esq.

 

December 19th, 1933

 

Dear Kot,

 

THE GENTLEMAN FROM SAN FRANCISCO

 

I have gone again into the question of reprinting Bunin's book. I am prepared to do whatever you like. The point is this. I could print 1000 copies by photographic process, and either pay you a royalty of 10%, or give you half the profits (if there are any). We should be publishing it at 3/6, and there would be no profits available until we had sold 500 copies. You see there is nothing in it financially, and I will do whatever you think best.

 

Could you let me hear by return, as if we are going to do it, I must get the book into the Spring List.

 

Yours, | Leonard Woolf [signature] [1 handwritten word illeg.]
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Source: MS 2750/38/32

Letter from Leonard Woolf to Samuel Solomonovich Koteliansky (19/12/1933)

Author:

Samuel Solomonovich Koteliansky

Library:

University of Reading, Special Collections

Archival Folder:

MS 2750/38_ The Gentleman from San Francisco

Related To:

The Gentleman from San Francisco and other stories

Woolf writes regarding a reprint of The Gentleman from San Francisco and presents two different options for Koteliansky to consider in terms of payment, either royalties or a share of the profits. He explains there would be no profits until 500 copies were sold and asks for a response so they can print it in the Spring list.

 

Typescript letter signed by Woolf