BIB_ID
417624
Accession number
MA 14076.14
Creator
Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930, sender.
Display Date
Portsmouth, England, 1889 November 7.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 18.2 x 11.5 cm
Notes
Written from: Bush Villa / Southsea.
Forms part of a collection of letters addressed by Doyle to the editor of Belgravia magazine (Andrew Chatto) and the firm of publishers Chatto & Windus, proprietors of Belgravia.
Identity of recipient suggested by accompanying related correspondence; the British edition of Doyle's novel, The firm of Girdlestone, was issued by Chatto & Windus in 1890.
Inscribed at upper left: LB Jan 13 90.
Forms part of a collection of letters addressed by Doyle to the editor of Belgravia magazine (Andrew Chatto) and the firm of publishers Chatto & Windus, proprietors of Belgravia.
Identity of recipient suggested by accompanying related correspondence; the British edition of Doyle's novel, The firm of Girdlestone, was issued by Chatto & Windus in 1890.
Inscribed at upper left: LB Jan 13 90.
Provenance
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Summary
Stating that he will send on the complete proof slips of his novel, The firm of Girdlestone, as soon as he receives them from the printers, informing Chatto & Windus that he would be willing to sell the complete copyright in England and "the Colonies" for £500, or, "take £250 down and retain a royalty of 15 per cent on the retail price to begin after the sale of 7,000 copies."
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