BIB_ID
128541
Accession number
MA 2155
Creator
Ballantyne, James, 1772-1833.
Display Date
1822 May 7.
Credit line
Purchased, 1961.
Description
1 item (4 pages) ; 24.7 x 20.0 and 18.7 x 23.0 cm
Provenance
Purchased from Howard S. Mott Inc., September 1961.
Summary
Offering them, in his capacity as Scott's agent, the "next work of fiction;" outlining the works of Scott for which they have existing contracts and setting forth the conditions for this contract, including that twelve thousand copies will be published and that James Ballantyne & Company be the printer; following the signed contract, an autograph signed acceptance by Archibald Constable dated 7 May 1822; following the signed acceptance is a draft of a letter from Constable to Ballantyne, dated 7 May 1822, accepting the terms and with a wrapper of endorsement for filing purposes.
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