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illustrated this book herself. The Houghton Mifflin Company
published both an edition of 1,500 copies selling at $2.50, and a limited autographed edition of 375 copies selling for six dollars.
Cummins, Geraldine. Dr. E. Œ. Somerville: A Biography. Andrew Dakers, 1952.
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Publishing
Anne Sexton
Houghton Mifflin
had accepted it on 19 May 1959, offering an advance of $200 against royalties. The manuscript was due at the printers on 1 August 1959, but Sexton held it up with last-minute changes....
Material Conditions of Writing
Carson McCullers
She began this novel under the title of The Mute while she was ill in bed at the end of 1936. In 1938 her outline won second prize in the Houghton Mifflin
fiction contest, bringing...
