This susbseries includes proofs of four books published by Harcourt Brace. The three Virginia Woolf titles, all first published in London by the Woolfs' Hogarth Press, areOrlando(1928),The Waves(1931), andThe Second Common Reader(1932). The proofs ofThe WavesandThe Second Common Readerinclude Woolf's handwritten corrections; theOrlandoproofs are uncorrected. The fourth set of proofs, dated 16 Sept 1932 and marked "Second Proof," is for David Garnett'sPocahontas(1933; published the same year in the UK by Chatto & Windus); these proofs are also corrected by the author.
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Orlando, Virginia Woolf, 1928
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The Waves, Virginia Woolf, 1931
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The Second Common Reader, Virginia Woolf, 1932
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Pocahontas, David Garnett, 1933
This subseries includes the minutes of incorporation outlining the corporate structure of Harcourt Brace & Howe in 1919 (Howe soon left and the firm was renamed Harcourt, Brace & Co.) as well as minutes of subsequent meetings of the board of directors and stockholders through 1939. The subseries also includes newspaper and magazine clippings about the firm, memoranda, letters of resignation addressed to the board of directors, the 1949 Report of the President to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, a 1949 sales reports on the textbook division and 1949 Survey of the Textbook Publishing Industry, a 1953 report on the compensation of textbook salespersons, and the preliminary prospectus of Harcourt Brace's initial public offering in 1960.
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Business Files, 1919-1934
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Business Files, 1939-1991
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Business Files, 1949 (Conservation Job # 17095), 1949
This subseries contains four Harcourt Brace catalogs: the first announcement from Fall, 1919; Spring, 1923; Spring, 1936; and Spring 1943.
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Publishing Catalogs, 1919-1943
This subseries includes photos of Harcourt Brace's personnel, offices, warehouse, and bookstore.