BRACERS Record Detail for 48157

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Collection code
RA3
Recent acquisition no.
70
Box no.
6.42
Source if not BR
George Allen and Unwin Ltd.
Recipient(s)
Allen and Unwin
Unwin, Philip
Sender(s)
BR
Date
1949/02/13*
Form of letter
ALS(X)
Pieces
1
BR's address code (if sender)
LD
Notes and topics

BR would like to keep Authority to 30,000 words.

Transcription

BR TO ALLEN AND UNWIN / PHILIP UNWIN, [13 FEB. 1949]
BRACERS 48157. ALS(X). George Allen and Unwin Ltd.
Proofread by K. Blackwell

<letterhead>
18a Dorset House
Gloucester Place
N.W.1.1

Dear Mr. Unwin

I have been working over my Reith Lectures, and I think that if I expand them to as much as 40,000 words likely will be less good than at present. Would you mind very much if the book was only 30,000? I really think that would be better, and would also make it possible to get the book out sooner. Please let me know your view as soon as possible, perhaps by telephone.

Yours sincerely
Russell

  • 1

    N.W.1. This undated letter is date-stamped “14. FEB. 1949”; hence the inferred date of composition.

Textual Notes

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    18 above deleted 27

Permission
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Transcription Public Access
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Record no.
48157
Record created
Nov 24, 2005
Record last modified
Jun 23, 2025
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