Letter from Garden City Press to The Hogarth Press (27/08/1943)

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[[MS 2750/557/1/2]]

 

[pre-printed letterhead] THE GARDEN CITY PRESS LTD  LETTERPRESS  PRINTERS BOOKBINDERS  STATIONERS  LETCHWORTH : HERTS

 

Estimate No. 
Please state number when ordering.

 

Ho/2208 
LS/HJ

 

[*Estimate*]

 

The Hogarth Press, 
601 Carrington House, 
Hertford Street, 
LONDON, W.1

 

27th August, 1943.

 

Virginia Woolf “A Haunted House” to make approx. 128 pp including 6 pp prelims, size Crown 8vo., chapters to run-on.

 

[*Consult Smith? X*] [a line links this to the underlining above]

 

Composing in similar style to “Caught” 10/11 pt. Baskerville 21 x 36.14 ems overall.

 

@ per 32 pp ….......... £14.3s. 6d. [*+ +/5 on 1500 if not [1 word illeg.] on*]

 

[*NB:BH*] Machining from type 128 pp on paper supplied to printer in size 40 x 30

 

1500 .................... £14.0s 0d.

 

[*? Price*] Per 1000 Run on at same time. £ 3.6s. 6d.

 

 

Yours faithfully, | THE GARDEN CITY PRESS LTD. | LS [signature]

 

[*9”[?] per copy bdg*]

 

 

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Standard Conditions & Recognised Customs of the Printing Trade as issued by the British Federation of Master Printers [The terms and conditions of the printer, including proofs, payment, claims, etc., are listed in detail. There are also some handwritten notes in the right-hand margin.]

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Source: MS 2750/557/1/2

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Letter from Garden City Press to The Hogarth Press (27/08/1943)

Library:

University of Reading, Special Collections

Archival Folder:

Printing estimate for Woolf's A Haunted House. Handwritten notes note that this is estimate and that a Smith should be consulted regarding the chapter layout.

Typescript document initialled by L.S