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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Secretarial letter signed to Frank Harris, 105 Mount Street, 1 October 1905, asking his help in negotiating the sale of his biography of his father, Lord Randolph Churchill, hoping that he will put publishers on their guard 'against persons who have no authority from me and apparently none from them, but who by running to and fro between the author and publisher, represent themselves as charged with commissions from both', 2 pages, 8vo, bifolium.
Best known today for his association with Oscar Wilde and his sexually explicit memoirs, Frank Harris was in 1905 at the peak of his reputatation as a journalist and editor. He was swiftly able to negotiate the very substantial sum of £8,000 for the British and US copyright of Lord Randolph Churchill.
Best known today for his association with Oscar Wilde and his sexually explicit memoirs, Frank Harris was in 1905 at the peak of his reputatation as a journalist and editor. He was swiftly able to negotiate the very substantial sum of £8,000 for the British and US copyright of Lord Randolph Churchill.
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