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Accepts The Lilac Sunbonnet for US publication on 15% cloth, 10% paper royalty terms

Confirms publication and copyright of The Lilac Sunbonnet in America on 10% royalty

Many thanks for authorization for renewal of American Copyright of Cleg Kelly Arab of the City by S.R. Crockett duly signed by Mrs. Crockett; This…

Accepts offer to supply The Grey Man for £70; to commence first week January 1896, run 26 weeks; Feeney thought price rather high but accepting

Letter from Dodd Mead & Co. to A.P. Watt & Son

Requests permission for remainder sales of Crockett's Cinderella, Bessant's No Other Way, and Merriman's Isle of Unrest at below cost; notes…

Letter from Dodd Mead & Co. to A.P. Watt

Telegram comes from you today 'Ione March published today'; letter of June 30th must have been in hands yesterday; will see by it utterly impossible…

Regarding books published but not currently in demand; willing to transfer to another American publisher by selling plates at low price; considers…

Letter from Dodd, Mead & Co. to A.P. Watt & Son

Proposes cheap editions (10,000 each) of three Crockett titles at 4 cents royalty; notes minimal sales (Kate Carnegie only 50 copies last year);…

Letter from Doubleday Page & Co. to A.P. Watt

Reports demand for several books too small to justify reprinting: Twist Two by Edgar Jepsen, Portraits of Grace by Ian Maclaren, The Firebrand by S.R.…

Replying to March 27th letter; willing to turn over rights on four books mentioned provided authors take plates at quarter of original cost; considers…