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July 31st 1917
Dear Mr. Joyce
Your letter of the 18th (the one that was not lost by your
absentminded daughter)[1] was rather
slow in the post and as I have been away for a few days it was delayed still
longer and I did not get it till last night. It is very good of you to suggest
an alteration in the contract in our favour and to say that you agree in
advance to anything I may propose. But as the book is to be charged at
6/— net — most of the 6/— novels published in
London now are to
be charged at 6/— net I am told — the increased expense with
the
English printing should be met in this way unless the increased price proves
a hindrance to the sales. You speak of trying to get some wholesale
bookseller in Zurich to take copies on sale. The export price will be 4/6;
or 4/3 if a dozen are ordered.
I am very glad to hear that your play Exiles is is to
[folls. del. is] be published in the autumn and wish it good
success. It is pleasing to hear that you would rather it had been published
by the Egoist. Your proposal that the leaflet with the press
notices of your novel be inserted in the copies for sale as well as in the
review copies seems to me good and I hope Mr. Richards will agree. I am
uncertain whether the regulation against the import of books in quantity
applies to all printed matter. I will inquire at the general post office here
but probably shall not have a reply for some days.[2]
I will send a copy of your novel to Dr. Pouptis at 62 Oxford Street
and must get a copy of his paper with the review which I shall have to find
someone to construe.[3] I have now
had a letter from Mr. Jaffé who advises that a copy be sent to the
Semaine Litteraire, Lausanne, as well as to the Journal
de
Génève and he says that he mentioned this paper to
you. Are
there, I wonder, the two papers of the same name or is it a case of
absentmindedness on your part or on his? You had told me the
Semaine Litteraire, Geneva and I sent the copy there. I shall
not
send one to Lausanne until I hear from you again on the matter.
If I were to send out a copy of your novel would you be willing to
sign it for the bookseller[4] a letter
from whom I enclose? Apparently it is for
himself. I had told him that if you did it you would probably want to know
the name of his customer and might require a fee: I did not know. | With
kind regards | Yours sincerely
