Letter from T. Fisher Unwin to H. Watt
Dublin Core
Title
Letter from T. Fisher Unwin to H. Watt
Type
LETTER
Creator
T. Fisher Unwin
Description
Intended agreement with Dent provides handover of all bound stocks and quires of 1/- editions at invoiced manufactured price; Dent will pulp or use for his own 1/- series; requests author forgo royalties on cash received from Dent for stock; lists approximate stocks: The Grey Man (569 bound, 2900 quires), The Lilac Sunbonnet (218 bound, no quires), The Raiders (no bound, no quires); would send quires immediately to Dent but continue selling bound copies until Dent's publication date with author getting usual royalties; Dent undertakes to print at least 20,000 of each volume; for Grey Man and Raiders author agrees to Unwin retaining 25% of proceeds from sale to Dent
Date
1914-01-29
Subject
publishing, Dent agreement, 1/- editions, stock transfer, royalties, The Grey Man, The Lilac Sunbonnet, The Raiders, quires, bound copies
Identifier
APW_1914_209
Contributor
H. Watt c/o A.P. Watt (recipient), Dent, S.R. Crockett (mentioned)
Language
English
Coverage
London
Collection
Citation
T. Fisher Unwin, “Letter from T. Fisher Unwin to H. Watt,” S.R.Crockett Museum, accessed March 19, 2026, https://srcrockett.scot/themuseum/items/show/1319.
