Mr. Meeson's WillSpencer Blackett, 1888 - 286 Seiten Everybody who has any connection with Birmingham will be acquainted with the vast publishing establishment still known by the short title of "Meeson's" which is perhaps the most remarkable institution of the sort in Europe. |
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... pounds a week and a commission , went forth east and west , and north and south , to sell the books of Meeson ( which were largely religious in their nature ) in all lands ; and five - and- twenty tame authors ( who were illustrated by ...
... pounds a week and a commission , went forth east and west , and north and south , to sell the books of Meeson ( which were largely religious in their nature ) in all lands ; and five - and- twenty tame authors ( who were illustrated by ...
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... pounds for the copyright of ' Jemima's Vow . ' " " Great Heavens ! " murmured Master Eustace , behind ; " what a do ! " " At the time an alternative agreement , offering you seven per cent . on the published price of the book , was ...
... pounds for the copyright of ' Jemima's Vow . ' " " Great Heavens ! " murmured Master Eustace , behind ; " what a do ! " " At the time an alternative agreement , offering you seven per cent . on the published price of the book , was ...
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... pounds , half proceeds of rights of translation , and a clause binding you to offer any future work you may produce during the next five years to our house on the seven per cent . agreement , or a sum not ex- ceeding one hundred pounds ...
... pounds , half proceeds of rights of translation , and a clause binding you to offer any future work you may produce during the next five years to our house on the seven per cent . agreement , or a sum not ex- ceeding one hundred pounds ...
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... pounds for the copyright of a book like ' Jemima's Vow ' ? - it's a large sum ; but I have the letter . Yes , and I have the book in manuscript now ; and if I could publish it I should be lifted out of poverty , to- gether with my poor ...
... pounds for the copyright of a book like ' Jemima's Vow ' ? - it's a large sum ; but I have the letter . Yes , and I have the book in manuscript now ; and if I could publish it I should be lifted out of poverty , to- gether with my poor ...
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... pounds clear profit on the book . And then when she comes to ask you for some- thing over the beggarly fifty pounds which you doled out HOW EUSTACE WAS DISINHERITED.
... pounds clear profit on the book . And then when she comes to ask you for some- thing over the beggarly fifty pounds which you doled out HOW EUSTACE WAS DISINHERITED.
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