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Memorandum of an agreement between Anthony Trollope and Edward and Frederic Chapman : manuscript signed by Anthony Trollope : [London], 1863 Jan. 26.

BIB_ID
330052
Accession number
MA 529.24
Display Date
1863 Jan. 26.
Credit line
Acquired before 1923.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 32.1 cm
Notes
N.B. Rachel Ray, although originally commissioned for the periodical Good Words, was not printed serially in this publication; it was first printed in novel-form by Chapman and Hall in 1864.
Part of a collection of letters and agreements with the publishers Chapman and Hall.
Provenance
Acquired before 1923.
Summary
An agreement to publish a new novel [Rachel Ray], which is to be first serialized in the periodical Good Words; agreeing to pay £500 for an edition of 1,500 copies, noting that the copyright will be held jointly after all of the copies of the initial edition have been sold. Promising to publish the book and pay Trollope in January 1864.