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[[MS 2750/7/38]]
What are the royalty terms?
What has [1-word illeg.] by BH*1.? - 50/50 was suggested
[pre-printed letterhead] STATION, BRAMLEY, TELEPHONE:BRAMLEY 3338. SHAMLEY WOOD, SHAMLEY GREEN. GUILDFORD
May 14 1944
Dear Mr Lehmann -
I have had another letter in reply to mine of April 19th from, presumably, another member of your firm. But I cannot decipher the signature, so I am addressing this to you. Will you please convey my apologies to the other gentlemen. His letter states that you are in the same position as myself, & cannot refer to the Agreement between Miss Harrison*2 myself on the one hand & yourselves on the other, for the publication of The Life of the Archpriest
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Avvakum. As none of us has any recollection of the terms of this Agreement governing American or foreign rights, & as it is quite possible that there was no clause governing such publication abroad, I should suggest that we determine the matter according to whatever usage prevails in contracts between author & publisher in this country at the present times: In this instance I understand that there is no royalty offer involved, but that the proposed is for an outright payment for anthology use, A division of this fee, of 20 % to yourselves - 80 % to be divided equally between myself & the executors of the late Jane Harrison, seems to me <e>quable
Yours very truly - | Hope Mirrlees [signature]