Cost estimates and profit and loss estimates relating to 'The Death of the Moth'

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[Dea]th of the Moth

 

4,500

160pp             9/-

 

Composition                                                  £74

Machine                     4,500  say                   32

Paper                                     say                  62

Jacket                                                            17

Bind    3000                                                   105

                                                                       

                                                                        290

 

Miscellaneous                                                  5

Jacket design                                                   5

Ads.                                                                 80

Distribution                                                      40

                                                                       

                                                                        £420

 

 

@ 9/-

 

                                                            R[oyal]ty.       Cost                Receipts        p[rofit]/loss

2000                           420                 135                 555                 600                + 45

3000                           420                 203                 623                 900                +277

4000               c          475                 293                 768                 1200               +432

4300               c          475     c          320                 795                 1290               +495

 

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Cost estimates and profit and loss estimates relating to 'The Death of the Moth'

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Estimate for printing, binding, advertisements, jacket design, distribution and other miscellaneous costs for Virginia Woolf's The Death of the Moth

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