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Publication agreement between Ainsworth and Chapman and Hall for his novel The Constable de Bourbon : autograph document : Brighton, 1866 Feb. 5.

BIB_ID
282206
Accession number
MA 3.22
Creator
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882.
Display Date
1866 Feb. 5.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 23 cm
Notes
This copy of the publication agreement is signed by Ainsworth; Chapman and Hall would have signed a second copy and returned it to Ainsworth.
Ainsworth gives his address as Brighton and Chapman and Hall's address as 193 Piccadilly.
Note in Ainsworth's hand on the final page: "Agreement for Three Editions of 'The Constable de Bourbon.'"
Includes terms for publishing a stereotyped "cheap edition" in Chapman and Hall's "Yellow Library."
An original publication date of "15th day of June" is crossed out, and "sixteenth day of May" is written instead.
Bound in a volume containing 15 of Ainsworth's letters, 2 engravings, and signed autograph agreements for the publication of 8 of his novels.
Summary
Laying out the terms under which Chapman and Hall will publish three editions of The Constable de Bourbon.