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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);…

Doubleday Page & Co. to Watt agreeing to relinquish publication rights of The Black Douglas per contract terms; Crockett to purchase plates at cost of…

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…

Queries rate for story; dislikes title, suggests 'The New Moon'

Accepts story at £3:3:0 per thousand words

Letter from Dr Alexander Whyte to S.R. Crockett

Advocates returning to original title 'The Dark of the Moon'; discusses title with friends including Drummond

Confirms Crockett's new story commences in Christian World on 14 September 1905

We, undersigned, executors of late Mrs Ruth Mary Crockett (she executrix of late Mr. S.R. Crockett) authorise and request you to deliver all papers,…

Letter from F.J. North for James Clarke & Co. to A.P. Watt & Sons

Confirms 12.5% royalty on 2 shilling editions of Kit Kennedy, Cinderella, Flower o' the Corn; 13 copies reckoned to dozen for sales calculation