BRACERS Record Detail for 131525
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BR will undertake his next book (The Conquest of Happiness) after Marriage and Morals on the terms in Liveright's letter of 1928/10/22: £500 on signing the contract and £500 on publication, as an advance on royalties at 15%. BR says he will finish it in the summer of 1930. He appreciates the work they did on Education and the Good Life.
The image ppeared in Swann Auction Galleries description on 22 May 2014 of a lot of 9 items signed by BR to "agents of his publisher Liveright". See record 131520. The 9 items are described as 2 autograph letters, 5 typed letters, and 2 endorsed cheques, dating from 1928 to 1956.
BR TO LIVERIGHT PUBLISHING CORPORATION, 11 NOV. 1928
BRACERS 131525. ALS. McMaster
Proofread by K. Blackwell
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Telegraph House
Harting, Petersfield
11.11.28
Dear Liveright
Many thanks for your letter of Oct. 22. I, for my part, will undertake to offer you my next book after Marriage and Morals, on the terms in your letter, viz. £500 on signing the contract, and £500 on publication, as an advance on royalties at 15%; and if the book in prospect is acceptable to you, I will, if I possibly can, get it finished some time during the summer of 1930.
I much appreciate all that you did to promote Education and the Good Life; I feel that the success of the book is quite as much owing to you as to me.
I am very sorry your arm has been so slow in mending. It will be a great pleasure to see you if you are in England in January. With all best wishes,
Yours sincerely
Bertrand Russell.
