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Dear Mr Murray - Letters to a Gentleman Publisher (Paperback)
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Dear Mr Murray - Letters to a Gentleman Publisher (Paperback)
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List price R342
Loot Price R279
Discovery Miles 2 790
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The publishing house of John Murray was founded in Fleet Street in
1768 and remained a family firm over seven generations. Published
to coincide with this 'remarkable achievement' and in the
anniversary year, Dear Mr Murray is a collection of some of the
best letters from the hundreds of thousands held in the John Murray
Archive. They reveal not only the story of some of the most
interesting and influential books in history but also the
remarkable friendships - as well as occasional animosities -
between author and publisher, as well as readers, editors, printers
and illustrators. Despite the incredible number of letters that
were retained by the Murray family, some failed to arrive, others
were delayed and some barely survived, but longevity added to the
reputation and fame of John Murray and a correspondent in Canada
who addressed his letter merely to 'John Murray, The World-wide
famous Book & Publishing House, London, England' as early as
1932 could be confident that his letter would arrive. Intended to
entertain and inspire, and spanning more than two hundred years,
Dear Mr Murray is full of literary history and curiosities: from
Charles Darwin's response to the negative reviews of On the Origin
of Species to Adrian Conan Doyle challenging Harold Nicolson to a
duel for insulting his father in the press; from David
Livingstone's displeasure at the proposed drawing of a lion to
represent his near-death encounter in Missionary Travels to William
Makepeace Thackeray apologising for his drunken behaviour; from
Byron berating John Murray for being fooled by his girlfriend's
forgery of his signature to the poet James Hogg so desperate for
money that he claims he won't be able to afford a Christmas goose;
and from Jane Austen expressing concern about printing delays to
Patrick Leigh Fermor beseeching Jock Murray not to visit him until
he'd completed A Time of Gifts. Complemented by illustrations and
reproductions of letters and envelopes, this is the perfect gift
for book lovers everywhere.
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