BIB_ID
314364
Accession number
MA 1953.45
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1827] Feb. 27.
Credit line
Gift of DeCoursey Fales, 1958.
Description
1 item (1 p., with address) ; 18.7 cm
Notes
Address panel simply to "John Gibson Esq."
John Gibson was a Scottish Writer to the Signet and trustee of Sir Walter Scott's estate following the insolvency of 1826; he was Deputy-Keeper of the Great Seal (1853-58).
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott primarily to John Gibson. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Year of writing identified in the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 9026).
John Gibson was a Scottish Writer to the Signet and trustee of Sir Walter Scott's estate following the insolvency of 1826; he was Deputy-Keeper of the Great Seal (1853-58).
Part of a large collection of letters from Sir Walter Scott primarily to John Gibson. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Year of writing identified in the Millgate Union Catalogue of Sir Walter Scott Correspondence (no. 9026).
Provenance
Sir Hugh Walpole; gift of DeCoursey Fales in February, 1958.
Summary
Concerning the sale of copyrights to Constable & Co. Remarking on two potential arguments for refusing to deliver the copyrights, noting that he has "no great confidence" in the first, which is that the copyrights be refused because Constable is bankrupt and cannot publish, but mentioning that their second argument, "that the bargain is broken off by the bookseller becoming unable to pay the price," is "unstable."
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