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ALL/11/213
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Letter from R. Percy Hodder-Williams Herbert Allingham
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- 13-Aug-23 (Creation)
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1 piece, Typescript document
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(1867-1936)
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Headed notepaper: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, St Pauls' House, Warwick Sqaure, London EC4. Signed. Addressed to Allingham at 'Restawyle', Empress Avenue, West Mersea, Essex.
'We beg to thank you for your kind letter. We hope to publish BLACKERCHIEF DICK on August 23rd and we have made a note to send you 13 copies as soon as the books are available. We are also sending you 100 copies of the circular and if you can use any more to advantage, will you please let us know. Review copies shall certainly be sent to the Essex Papers and we are very much obliged to you for the suggestion.’(Note this was Margery Allingham’s first book, published in hard covers at 7/6 when she was aged 19)
'We beg to thank you for your kind letter. We hope to publish BLACKERCHIEF DICK on August 23rd and we have made a note to send you 13 copies as soon as the books are available. We are also sending you 100 copies of the circular and if you can use any more to advantage, will you please let us know. Review copies shall certainly be sent to the Essex Papers and we are very much obliged to you for the suggestion.’(Note this was Margery Allingham’s first book, published in hard covers at 7/6 when she was aged 19)
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