WCP6383

Letter (WCP6383.7380)

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MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

ST MARTIN’S STREET,

LONDON, W.C.2.

PLEASE QUOTE TM/PF

15th April, 1948.

W. G. Wallace2, Esq[uire].,

61 East Avenue,

Bournemouth.

Dear Sir,

We find the blocks of the illustrations to THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO3 no longer exist.

We think that it would be reasonable to ask Mr. S. H. Evans4 for a fee of two guineas for the extracts he wishes to use from the text of the work, and perhaps the same amount would be appropriate to cover the right of reproducing four of the illustrations, assuming that you wish to ask for any payment for these in the circumstances.

We are | Yours faithfully, | Macmillan & Co. Ltd5. [handwritten]

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The letter is typewritten. The page is numbered [WP16/1/39] in pencil in the top RH corner. The recipient has written "Ack[knowledge]d" in ink in the bottom 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
Evans, S. Harold (known as Harold Evans) (No dates or biographical details found). The request relates to his projected work Evans, H. (Ed.) (1949) Men in the Tropics: A Colonial Anthology London, William Hodge & Co.
5
London publishers, founded in1843.

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

Please cite as “WCP6383,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6383