Correspondence, papers, contracts and press cuttings relating to the acquisition of Virago Press by Chatto, Bodley Head and Jonathan Cape Ltd. Correspondents include Reinhardt, Graham C. Greene, Russell G. Hawkes, of Spicer and Pegler, and Carmen Cal... 1981-1982

Greene, Graham Carleton, 1936-, publisher, of Jonathan Cape

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Hawkes, Russell Gerald, 1932-, accountant, of Spicer and Pegler

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Chatto, Virago, Bodley Head and Jonathan Cape Ltd (publishers : active 1982-1987)

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Formed in 1987 by the acquisition of Virago Press by the group Chatto, Bodley Head and Jonathan Cape Ltd. Taken over by Random House in 1987. All component firms initially retained their own imprints British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000091.0x0002f7 ...

Chatto, Bodley Head and Jonathan Cape Ltd (publishers : active 1973-1982)

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Spicer and Pegler (accountants and publishers : active 1902-1972)

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Callil, Carmen.

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Virago Press (active 1973)

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Virago Press is a feminist publishing house, founded by Carmen Callil (b 1938) to publish women’s literature. The company was registered in 1973 and held its first board meeting on 21 June of that year with Carmen Callil, Rosie Boycott and Marsha Rowe. From 1973 to 1975 Virago was run as an independently owned imprint by Callil, Ursula Owen and Harriet Spicer, with much of the finance for the venture provided by Carmen Callil Ltd. In 1975 the first book was published in...