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WCP6378

Letter (WCP6378.7374)

[1]1

MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

ST MARTIN’S STREET,

LONDON, W.C.2.

PLEASE QUOTE TM/ME

5th September, 1946

W. G. Wallace2, Esq[uire].

Culver Croft

61 East Avenue

BOURNEMOUTH

Dear Sir,

You will remember that you authorised us to give permission to Mess[ieu]rs. Alfred A. Knopf to use approximately 10,000 words from The Malay Archipelago3, by Alfred Russel Wallace, in an anthology of animal tales compiled by Ivan T. Sanderson4. We have not heard that this edition has yet been published, but Mess[ieu]rs. George G. Harrap5 have now written to tell us that they propose to issue the book within the British Empire, excepting Canada. They have, of course, to obtain separate authorisation for this purpose, and perhaps you will kindly let us know is you would like us to give permission on your behalf, and what fee you would suggest. You instructed us to ask $45 for the American rights.

We are, | Yours faithfully, | Macmillan & Co[mpany]. L[imi]t[e]d.6,7

Sep[tember] 6th

Suggested £10, 12 or 15 in view of price increase asked advice [sic]8.

1
The letter is typewritten. The page is numbered [WP16/1/34] in pencil in the top RH corner.
2
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951) Electrical engineer, second son and third child of ARW.
3
Wallace, A. R. (1869) The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel with Studies of Man and Nature. London, Macmillan & Co.
4
Sanderson, I. T. (Ed.) (1946) Animal Tales, An anthology of Animal Literature of all Countries New York, Alfred A. Knopf.
5
George G. Harrap, Ltd (officially: George G. Harrap and Company Limited, London & Bombay) is a now defunct publisher of high quality specialised books, many of them educational.
6
London publishers, founded in 1843.
7
Handwritten in ink.
8
Dated copy of draft reply written in pencil in recipient’s hand, below the typescript.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP6378.7374)]

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Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2018-08-15]

Please cite as “WCP6378,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6378