Bodley Head

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Textual Production Noel Streatfeild
In 1961 NS had the honour of appearing in Bodley Head 's series of monographs on children's writers, where she joined such household names as Mary Louisa Molesworth , Juliana Horatia Ewing , Lewis Carroll
Textual Production Rosemary Sutcliff
The same year as her book about historic houses, RS published a work which was much more a labour of love: Rudyard Kipling, in the Bodley Head 's series of monographs on writers for...
Textual Production George Egerton
John Lane , at the Bodley Head , included a rather self-consciously clever sketch by GE in the first issue of The Yellow Book,
Egerton, George. A Leaf from the Yellow Book. Editor White, Terence de Vere, Richards Press.
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one of two she contributed to this journal during its run.
Gerber, Helmut E., editor. The English Short Story in Transition, 1880-1920. Pegasus.
131
Textual Production Rosemary Sutcliff
RS published through the Bodley HeadSun Horse, Moon Horse, a historical novel for young people set in Iron Age Britain, with decorations by Shirley Felts . Her hero this time is Lubrin Dhu...
Textual Production George Egerton
Her friendship with Lane , who published this collection, began to sour over the course of its writing. In a letter to him on 10 November 1896, GE acknowledged that the volume might not be...
Reception Lucy Boston
The Knowe novels were well received and sold well. Jasper Rose was asked to write a Bodley Head monograph about LB in 1965, and The Children of Green Knowe was dramatised for television during the...
Reception Rosemary Sutcliff
Sutcliffe's high reputation brought her the honour of a monograph in the Bodley Head series on children's writers (1962, authored by Margaret Meek ). In 1983, she appeared on the popular radio programme Desert Island Discs.
Lawton, Anthony. Rosemary Sutcliff. http://rosemarysutcliff.com/.
Publishing George Egerton
GE 's publishing relationship with Lane ended in 1898 over poor sales of her later titles and Bodley Head 's increasing demands for more popular, accessible work.Grant Richards (who like her had published in...
Publishing Rosamund Marriott Watson
She had entered negotiations with Lane about the book's publication in January 1902: although she was keen for her friend to publish the book, she threatened in a letter to make an abrupt change of...
Publishing Amabel Williams-Ellis
Writing as mother and grandmother, novelist and social historian,
British Book News. British Council.
(1953): 8
AWE published with Bodley HeadThe Art of Being a Parent.
Publishing Muriel Spark
Dutton issued The Stories of Muriel Spark in the USA (in which only six pieces were unpublished); an English edition followed two years later as Collected Stories, her last book with Bodley Head .
Rees, David. Muriel Spark, William Trevor, Ian McEwan, A Bibliography of their First Editions. Colophon Press.
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Stannard, Martin. Muriel Spark. The Biography. Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
473-4
Publishing Muriel Spark
The book was not at the time published in the US or registered with the Library of Congress . The result was a pirated edition, and largely for this reason MS set about revising it...
Publishing Muriel Spark
G. P. Putnam's Sons did the trade edition in the US. The Bodley Head edition followed on 6 September. The First Edition Society edition was illustrated by Vivienne Flesher , and was sold to subscribers...
Publishing George Egerton
After receiving Gill's advice, GE sent the manuscript to William Heinemann , who promptly returned it, saying he was not interested in publishing mediocre short stories.
Egerton, George. A Leaf from the Yellow Book. Editor White, Terence de Vere, Richards Press.
28
She then sent it to John Lane at...
Occupation Harriet Shaw Weaver
HSW was stringent about granting permission to use Joyce's texts (for which the demand was such that the Board of Trade 's paper restrictions often impeded projects to reprint), and insisted that foreign rights should...

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Texts

Spark, Muriel. Loitering with Intent. Bodley Head, 1981.
Sutcliff, Rosemary. Rudyard Kipling. Bodley Head, 1960.
Usborne, Karen. "Elizabeth": The Author of Elizabeth and Her German Garden. Bodley Head, 1986.
Williams-Ellis, Amabel. The Art of Being a Parent. Bodley Head, 1952.
Williams-Ellis, Amabel. The Art of Being a Woman. Bodley Head, 1951.
Wilson, Barbara Ker. Noel Streatfeild. Bodley Head, 1961.
Wood, Alan. The Groundnut Affair. Bodley Head, 1950.