Letter from Barbara Hepworth to Percy Lund Humphries & Company (07/05/1945)

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[[MS 2750/554/10]]

 

Messrs Lund Humphries 
The Country Press 
Bradford

 

May 7th 1945

 

Dear Sirs

 

We return herewith with the proofs of the prelims [preliminary pages] of The Common Reader First Series and Second Series passed for Press and we also enclose the extra copy of First Series as asked for. Will you please deliver sheets to Messrs Leighton Straker of Standard Road Park Royal N.W.10 as agreed by May 15th. Please be kind enough to see that the 1200 H.M. Stationery Office copies with special problems are kept separate from our own edition so that there is no confusion at the bindery.

 

Yours faithfully | for The Hogar5h [sic] Press I [faded signature]
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Source: MS 2750/554/10

Letter from Barbara Hepworth to Percy Lund Humphries & Company (07/05/1945)

Author:

Barbara Hepworth, The Hogarth Press

Library:

University of Reading, Special Collections

Archival Folder:

MS 2750/554_The Common Reader: 1st and 2nd series

Related To:

The Common Reader, The Common Reader Second Series

 

Hepworth returns prelim proofs, also enclosing an extra copy of the first series that was requested. [enclosures not present at the time of cataloguing]. She directs the delivery of the sheets and asks that the Her Majesty Stationery Office prelims are kept separate from their own edition so there is no confusion at the bindery

 

Typescript letter signed by Hepworth