BIB_ID
282209
Accession number
MA 3.25
Creator
Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882.
Display Date
1869 Apr. 26.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 22.6 cm
Notes
Bound in a volume containing 15 of Ainsworth's letters, 2 engravings, and signed autograph agreements for the publication of 8 of his novels.
Note in Ainsworth's hand on the final page: "Agreement for an Edition of 'Hilary St. Ives,' April 26 1869."
This copy of the publication agreement is signed by Ainsworth; Chapman and Hall would have signed a second copy and returned it to Ainsworth.
Note in Ainsworth's hand on the final page: "Agreement for an Edition of 'Hilary St. Ives,' April 26 1869."
This copy of the publication agreement is signed by Ainsworth; Chapman and Hall would have signed a second copy and returned it to Ainsworth.
Summary
Agreeing to sell Hilary St. Ives to Chapman and Hall for a three-volume edition of 500 copies and "undertak[ing] to complete the said Novel in time for publication."
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