Letters to John Murray, publishers, of Charles Longman : Correspondence. 24 Aug 1880 - 14 Apr 1928.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Longman, Charles, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sales.

Business.

Great Britain.

United States.

London (England).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

2020

Summary:

Letters of Charles Longman to John Murray IV, with a few letters to John Murray III and with related letters and papers. The letters concern the business relations between Longman and the Murrays and their associates.

Notes:

AMDigital Reference: MS.40710.

The letters are arranged chronologically: 1880-1885: folios 1-15;1886-1889: folios 16-45*; 1890-1895: folios 46-63;1896-1899: folios 64-88**; 1900-1904: folios 89-98;1906-1909: folios 99-112***; 1910-1913: folios 113-127;1916-1917: folios 128-135; 1921-1929: folios 136-140.* Includes invitation, 1886, of George Larner, Assistant-Secretary of the Booksellers' Provident Institution, to John Murray IV: folios 20-21; and the Suggested Rules for the Booksellers' Provident Institution, c.1886: folios 22-31. ** Includes correspondence, 1889, concerning underselling:letters of John Murray IV to Charles Longman: folios 35-36, folios 43-44; letter of Frederick Macmillan to John Murray IV: folios 37-38;letter of Charles Longman to John Murray IV: folios 39-40; letters of Joseph Lupton to John Murray IV: folios 41-42, folio 45.*** Includes letter, 1907, of Charles Longman to John Murray IV. The text of this letter includes copy of a letter, ?1907, of Arthur Conan Doyle to Charles Longman, and part of a letter, c.1907, of Henry Rider Haggard to Charles Longman.

Incoming correspondence received by John Murray, publishers.