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[pre-printed letterhead] [Logo of Borzoi Books] ALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc.  New York  From R. W. Postgate, European Representative  4 Elm Close  London N W 4

Leonard Woolf, Esq., 
The Hogarth Press, 
52 Tavistock Square, W.C.1.

4th February, 1931.

Dear Mr. Woolf,

I am so sorry that a rough draft of our agreement pencilled in by me was sent you by mistake instead of the typed out and tidy copy you ought to have received.

Certainly, we agree that you have Canada.  The Canadian market is of very little value in any case, and we only like to have it, where it is not already allocated, because certain large orders from big retailers who have branches both in Canada and the United States, sometimes present a difficulty, otherwise.  I quite agree also with your phrasing of the matter of the option on OH [the ‘h’ is crossed out] PROVIDENCE is better than mine.  I am having the alteration made and will send the agreement through to you within a few days.

Yours sincerely, | RW Postgate [signature]

[*My phrasing, like my letter, was hardly grammar!*]