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Letter from Harper Brothers to A.P. Watt

Cables from New York: obliged postpone Crockett serial until September concluding February; will simultaneously copyright each Graphic instalment

Letter from The Graphic to A.P. Watt

In further reply to yours of 6th ulto with reference to offer of £60 made on behalf of Yorkshire Post for short stories entitled Marseillaise, Old…

Letter from D. Appleton NY to A.P. Watt

Confirms Cleg Kelly arrangement: retail price exceeding $1.50; £150 advance against 15% royalty on publication; £150 guarantee for American serial…

Letter from Percy Clark to A.P. Watt

Returns draft agreements with suggested alterations: 13 to 12 instalments, £400 advance instead of £500; prefers keeping 30% on colonial edition…

Letter from Percy Clarke to A.P. Watt

Agrees to take new Crockett story for Christian World on same terms as Cinderella; understanding style and trend similar to Cinderella or Kit Kennedy;…

Letter from James Clark to A.P. Watt

Answers PS query about Cinderella serialisation starting April 26th; confirms twenty-nine instalments; mentions Dundee friends getting nervous;…

Letter from James Clark & Co. to A.P. Watt

Thanks for letter of 18th; proposes to remainder five Crockett books (The Loves of Miss Anne, Flower of the Corn, Kid McGhie, Vida, Cinderella) with…

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

Letter from James Clarke to A.P. Watt

Confirms conversation; will begin Crockett story for 1902 in first week of May that year

Letter from James Clarke & Co. to A.P. Watt & Son

Clarke informs that Canadian copies of Crockett's new novel cannot arrive before 20 September; British publication delayed until 23rd. Requests…