Rupert Hart-Davis

Standard Name: Hart-Davis, Rupert

Connections

Connections Author name Excerpt
Reception Brigid Brophy
In 1954 BB was awarded the Cheltenham Festival Prize for a first novel, consisting of a payment of fifty pounds. Her publisher, Rupert Hart-Davis , had entered the book without her knowledge. She went to...
Publishing Stevie Smith
Once Hamish Miles had added SS to Cape's list, Rupert Hart-Davis , a director of the firm, met her and became her friend.
Smith, Stevie. Me Again. Editors Barbera, Jack and William McBrien, Vintage.
255
She told him Cape's advertising was generous and persuasive.
Smith, Stevie. Me Again. Editors Barbera, Jack and William McBrien, Vintage.
256-7
But...

Timeline

1946: Rupert Hart-Davis Limited was founded by...

Writing climate item

1946

Rupert Hart-Davis Limited was founded by Rupert Hart-Davis and David Garnett , co-founder of Nonesuch Press , at 53 Connaught Street, London.

Texts

Moore, George Augustus. Letters to Lady Cunard 1895-1933. Editor Hart-Davis, Rupert, R. Hart-Davis, 1957.
Wilde, Oscar. The Letters of Oscar Wilde. Editor Hart-Davis, Rupert, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1962.