Letter from The Garden City Press to The Hogarth Press (06/01/1931)

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[pre-printed letterhead] THE GARDEN CITY PRESS LTD.  LETTERPRESS PRINTERS·BOOKBINDERS·STATIONERS LETCHWORTH : HERTS  London Office 19-19a CURSITOR ST. E.C.4 

 

[Logo of the National Scheme for Disabled Men]

 

Estimate No. 
Please state number when ordering. 
LS/ALG.  Ho/13687. 
Terms:  Monthly 5%

 

To 
Messrs. The Hogarth Press, 
52, Tavistock Square, 
LONDON        W.C.1.

 

Jan. 6th, 1931.

 

We have pleasure in submitting the following specification and price for your approval. Your further instructions will receive our immediate attention.

 

“Davies: Life as we have known it,” size Crown 8vo., to make approximately 176 pages, inclusive of 8 pages Prelims....

 

COMPOSITION:       Set in 12 point Caslon Old Face, 20 x 32½ ems overall as our specimen page herewith                                                                              @ £5. 5. 0.[*per 32 pp.*]

 

Imposing for Machine                                                                                  @     15. 0. Per 32pp.

 

MACHINING:              176 pages, from type, on paper supplied to us, in size 40 x 30:-

 

1500 copies                                                          @ £10.10. 0.

2000     “                                                                 @ £11.17. 6.

 

Proofs in approximately twelve days.

 

Delivery of printed sheets in seven days after receipt of corrected proof.

 

Making 10 half-tone Blocks, 4 Minimums and 6 size approximately 19 square inches each                                                                                                                          @ £8. 0. 0.

 

Contd.

 

Subject to the conditions as over.

 

 

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STANDARD CONDITIONS [11 conditions for estimates are listed]

 

 

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Retouching, if necessary, will be charged extra to estimate.

 

Setting captions, imposing blocks and machining 8 Illustrations, size Crown 8vo., one side only, in black ink, on white Art paper as our sample herewith

 

1500 copies                                                             @ £5.17. 6.

2000     “                                                                   @ £6.15. 0.

 

Book Jacket, size approximately 17” x 7.1/2”, printed on spine and front only in one colour on white Art paper as our sample herewith:-

 

1500 copies                                                             @ £2.12. 6.

2000     “                                                                   @ £3. 2. 6.

 

Yours faithfully, | THE GARDEN CITY PRESS LTD. | [handwritten signature]

Rights Statement:

Reproduced with permission from the copyright holder, courtesy of Penguin Random House UK Archive and Library owner of the Hogarth Press collection at the University of Reading Special Collections. This item has not been made available with a CC BY-NC-ND licence

Source: MS 2750/62/9

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Letter from The Garden City Press to The Hogarth Press (06/01/1931)

Library:

University of Reading, Special Collections

Offers estimates for composition, machining, retouching, and jacketing of Life as We Have Known It. In turn, indicates that galley proofs will be returned 12 days from receipt of copy and printed sheets delivered 7 days from receipt of final proofs.

 

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