Autograph letter signed from Walter de la Mare to Mr Wood, 20 September 1920
Item — Box: CLX-A-355
Identifier: Coll-1848/17-0236
Scope and Contents
Autograph Letter Signed to Mr Wood, thanking him for his letter and saying he is "sorry you will be obliged to omit some of the poems you selected, but of course there's no help for it. May one of the others be substituted for Bunches of Grapes which has already been over-used? Have you written to Longman's? I'm afraid they will want a fee - but please tell them you have made arrangements with me. The poems from Peacock Pie I have Complete Control - as far as anthologies etc are concerned ... Perhaps my agent's 10 guineas seems excessive. As a matter of fact he usually asks two guineas for each poem appearing in an anthology. My own view is that if a publisher wishes to publish a copyright book, fully intending to make as much profit out of it as he can, he should pay for it. On his side it is a purely business proposition. Anthologies are not bad investments nowadays from the publisher's point of view - eg The Oxford Book, The Open Road, Poems of Today - the last I believe has sold to the latest 100000 copies. l was invited some time ago to compile an anthology & realise that l shall probably have the same difficulty. But that does not make me less sorry that you are [cap...ing?] it, or less impatient with "the trade". Yours sincerely...", 4 sides 8vo., 14 Thornsett Road, Anerley, 20 September 1920.
Dates
- 20 September 1920
Creator
- Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Extent
1 letter
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased in November 2017. Accession no SC-Acc-2017-0236.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Aline Brodin in December 2017.
Creator
- Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) (Author, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk