Allison and Busby
gave the book to an American publisher, George Braziller
, in April 1975, a month after publication, and BE
earned ¥322.98. Her publisher also gave her ¥125 publishing fee for the book...
Publishing
Henry Handel Richardson
At one time HHR
planned to convert her three-novel series into a set of four, to follow the fortunes of Richard Mahony's son Cuffy (a character who, despite his sex, has much of his author...
Publishing
Marie Belloc Lowndes
Heinemann
, she says, thought well of this book and intended to do well by it. They printed a run of ten thousand copies, but sold less than one tenth of the run. MBL
's...
Publishing
Dorothy Whipple
She wrote in her diary about taking it to the post office and registering it for a shilling. She also recorded her mixed feelings: At one minute I feel it is quite good enough to...
Publishing
Bessie Head
Toni Morrison
in her capacity as an editor at Random House
annoyed BH
by wanting to classify these two as young people's books.
Then in early 1979 Heinemann
(the last publisher that could...
Publishing
Emma Frances Brooke
From this date onwards her primary publishing relationship was with W. Heinemann
of London.
British Library Catalogue. http://explore.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?dscnt=0&tab=local_tab&dstmp=1489778087340&vid=BLVU1&mode=Basic&fromLo.
Publishing
Vita Sackville-West
The publisher of this and later editions was Heinemann
. It was reprinted in fourteen impressions that year, and by 1971, 100,000 copies had been sold in Britain alone, as well as appearing in VSW
Publishing
F. Tennyson Jesse
FTJ
published with Heinemann
a slim volume of twenty-four poems entitled The Happy Bride, dedicated to her husband, Harold Harwood
.
Colenbrander, Joanna. A Portrait of Fryn. A. Deutsch, 1984.
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Publishing
Buchi Emecheta
The British edition published by Allison and Busby
in London came out five months later than the BrazillerNew York edition, even though they had the manuscript first and had sold the rights to Braziller
Ackland, Michael. Henry Handel Richardson: A Life. Cambridge University Press, 2004.
233-4
The collection of books used in writing the novel is now at the library of the University of Tasmania
...
Publishing
Marie Belloc Lowndes
The publishers, Heinemann
, caused controversy by refusing to provide copies on ordinary trade terms to the Times Book Club
. The Times Literary Supplement therefore, even though it printed an appreciative review, urged its...
Reception
Vita Sackville-West
Leonard Woolf
(without Virginia to consult with, but with the full support of John Lehmann
) turned down Grand Canyon. So did Heinemann
, for the same reasons: the potential blow to British morale...
Reception
Dodie Smith
Initially, the novel had a great vogue among adolescent girls, but others admired it as well. DS
's friend Christopher Isherwood
wrote a letter to her full of praise for the novel: Your tremendous strength...
Reception
Laurence Hope
A number of evaluations of Hope's work appeared at her death. Thomas Hardy
's obituary for her, printed in the Athenæum, praised the tropical luxuriance and Sapphic
fervour of The Garden of Káma...
Reception
Dodie Smith
When the first volume appeared, Michael Kennedy
commented in his review in the Daily Telegraph that it was a book ready-made for a Woman's Hour serial (and that is meant as a compliment)
Kennedy, Michael. “Review of Dodie Smith, Look Back with LoveDaily Telegraph, 11 July 1974.
(11 July 1974)
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Texts
Nott, Kathleen. The Emperor’s Clothes. Heinemann, 1953.
O’Brien, Kate. As Music and Splendour. Heinemann, 1958.
O’Brien, Kate. Mary Lavelle. Heinemann, 1936.
O’Brien, Kate. Pray for the Wanderer. Heinemann, 1938.