Gissingana collection, [ca. 1893-1947]

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Gissingana collection, [ca. 1893-1947]

Included are legal documents, accounts, royalty reports, reports of sales, and agreements, related to Gissing's publishing arrangements. Correspondence between others concerns Gissing and matters related to the publication of his books and other writings. Many letters are between Gissing's brother, Algernon Gissing, and James Pinker. Other correspondents include Brian O'Dunne, Gabrielle (Fleury) Gissing, Alfred Charles Gissing, A.H. Bullen, A.M.M. Stedman, Edward Clodd, and others. Corresponding publishers include Harper & Brothers, Chapman and Hall, Dodd, Mead & Co., Longmans, Green & Co., LONDON MAGAZINE, NATIONAL REVIEW, CORNHILL MAGAZINE, STRAND MAGAZINE, FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW, and others.

ca. 300 items.

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Dodd, Mead & Company

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In 1839 Moses W. Dodd purchased an interest in a New York publishing firm established by John S. Taylor. The following year he severed his connection with Taylor and continued alone until his retirement in 1870. He was succeeded by his son, Frank H. Dodd, who, with his cousin Edward S. Mead, formed the firm Dodd & Mead. A retail department was added to the firm and in 1876 Bleecker Van Wagnen was taken as a partner. The firm was then renamed Dodd, Mead & Company. From the guide to t...

Fleury, Gabrielle Marie Edith, 1868-1954

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Chapman and Hall

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Gissing, Algernon, 1860-1937

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Bullen, A.H. (Arthur Henry), 1857-1920

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English scholar; edited several scholarly works, and managed the Shakespeare Head Press at Stratford on Avon from 1904-1920. From the description of A. H. Bullen letter : to Allan Wade, 1909 March 27. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 63936823 Arthur Henry Bullen, English literary editor and publisher. Bullen edited many influential anthologies and participated in the founding of a few publishing houses, including Lawrence and Bullen and Shakespeare Head Pres...

Pinker, James B.

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Gissing, George, 1857-1903

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Important late Victorian novelist. From the description of Earl Daniels Collection of George Gissing. (Colgate University). WorldCat record id: 31469731 English novelist. From the description of Letters to Algernon Gissing, 1881-1886. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 34566949 Gissing and Roberts were friends from the time that they were classmates at Owens College. From the description of Correspondence from Morley Roberts, 1884-...

Harper & Brothers.

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Correspondence (129 letters) and typescript (unsigned) revisions and notes, 1954, (23 p.) concerning the publication of The Scope of Total Architecture by Walter Gropius. Includes 22 letters from Gropius. From the description of Correspondence with Walter Gropius, 1952-1956. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612369957 Publishing firm in New York City. From the description of Harper & Brothers Records 1817-1929. (Columbia University In the City of New ...

Clodd, Edward, 1840-1930

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Longmans, Green and Company.

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Stedman, A. M. M.

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O'Dunne, Brian.

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Gissing, Alfred Charles, 1896-1975.

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