Items from the Larry McMurtry collection of H. G. Wells, 1880-1965 | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Items from the Larry McMurtry collection of H. G. Wells, 1880-1965

Predominant Dates:1901-1951

ID: 01/02/02/POST-1650 MS 0666

Primary Creator: McMurtry, Larry

Other Creators: Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) (1866-1946)

Extent: 0.5 Linear Feet. More info below.

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in the following series and subseries:

Series I: H. G. Wells Correspondence

Series II: Visual Materials

Series III: Things to Come Production and Advertising Materials

Series IV: Publishers' Correspondence, Contracts, and Financial Records

  Subseries I: Marjorie Wells, 1901-1947

  Subseries II: Publishers' Correspondence (1), 1901-1941

  Subseries III: Publishers' Correspondence (2), 1922-1934

  Subseries IV: Duffield & Company (1), 1907-1934

  Subseries V: Duffield & Company (2), 1924-1931

  Subseries VI: Publishers' Correspondence and Ephemera, 1918-1941

  Subseries VII: Paget Literary Agency, 1919-1922

  Subseries VIII: Tono-Bungay (1), 1928-1965

  Subseries IX: Tono-Bungay (2), 1934-1960

  Subseries X: Seven Famous Novels, 1934

  Subseries XI: Dodd, Mead & Company (1), 1934

  Subseries XII: Dodd, Mead & Company (2), 1934-1939

  Subseries XIII: Collins' edition of Tono-Bungay and Marriage, 1947

  Subseries XIV: The Island of Dr. Moreau, 1950-1951

Series V: Books, 1897-1943

The H. G. Wells Correspondence is arranged alphabetically by correspondents' surnames, with items addressed to unknown recipients placed at the end. Each subseries in the Publishers' Correspondence, Contracts, and Financial Records series is arranged chronologically, with undated items placed at the end; original groups are maintained. The Books, housed separately, are individually cataloged.

Date Acquired: 04/08/2015

Subjects: Authors and publishers, Publishers and publishing, Things to come (Motion picture)

Languages: English

This collection consists of personal correspondence, publishers' correspondence and records, items related to the film Things to Come, and other items written by and related to H. G. Wells. The items in this collection formed a part of Larry McMurtry's personal collection of H. G. Wells artifacts. See the Box and Folder Listing for an item-level description of the collection's contents.

The H. G. Wells Correspondence consists of personal correspondence between H. G. Wells and acquaintances such as authors, editors, publishers, and friends. Wells discussed others' work, the publication of his own work, his political ideas and beliefs, and personal matters.

The Visual Materials series consists of drawings, a photograph, and advertisements.

The Things to Come Production and Advertising Materials relate to the production and marketing of the 1936 film Things to Come, based on Wells's novel of the same name.

The Publishers' Correspondence, Contracts, and Financial Records series consists of items relating to the publication of various works by Wells, including letters between publishers, H. G. Wells, and Marjorie Wells; contracts; and invoices, royalty reports, and other financial records.

The Books series consists of 16 books and galleys by H. G. Wells, Catherine Wells, and George Bernard Shaw. Some of the books include inscriptions, letters, notes and drawings by H. G. Wells, Marjorie Wells, and Catherine Wells.

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, screenwriter, and political figure. A prolific author, he wrote from 1893 to his death in 1946. He is considered to be the father of modern science fiction and is best known for novels such as The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds. Wells wrote several additional novels, as well as nonfiction books and essays concerning the improvement of society.

After divorcing his first wife, Isabel Mary Wells (1866?-1930), in 1895, Wells married Amy Catherine Robbins (1872-1927), commonly referred to as "Jane." H. G. and Jane Wells had two sons: George Philip Wells and Frank Richard Wells. George Philip Wells married Marjorie Craig, who acted as H. G.'s secretary in the later years of his life.

Larry McMurtry (b. June 3, 1936) is an award-winning author, screenwriter, and essayist; he is the former president of the PEN American Center (1989-1991) and co-owner of the Booked Up bookstore in Archer City, Texas. McMurtry is best known for his western novels and screenplays. His novels include The Last Picture Show (1966), Terms of Endearment (1975), and Lonesome Dove (1985), for which he won a Pulitzer Prize. McMurtry was nominated for an Academy Award for the screenplay for The Last Picture Show (1971) and won an Academy Award for his screenplay for Brokeback Mountain (2005).

The items in this collection formed a part of Larry McMurtry's personal collection of H. G. Wells materials. Nina Matheson may have collected an initial group of items that later became the core of McMurtry's collection. McMurtry has stated that he purchased the collection from acquaintances.

Sources

"Larry McMurtry." Contemporary Authors Online. Gale, 2014. doi: GALE|H1000067099

Parrinder, Patrick. "Wells, Herbert George (1866-1946)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Online edition. 2011. doi: 10.1093/ref:odnb/36831

Spurgeon, Sara L. "Talking with Larry McMurtry." Southwestern American Literature 40.1 (Fall 2014): 47.

Stacy, Zachary. "The Larry McMurtry Collection of H. G. Wells." Historical News. Heritage Auctions, March 12, 2015. http://historical.ha.com/heritage-auctions-newsletter/historical-news-the-larry-mcmurtry-collection-of-h.-g.-wells.s?id=4620

Authors and publishers
Publishers and publishing
Things to come (Motion picture)

Repository: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Alternate Extent Statement: 173 items

Access Restrictions: The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions:

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Preferred Citation: Items from the Larry McMurtry collection of H. G. Wells, Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Box and Folder Listing

Box 1

Series 1: H. G. Wells Correspondence, 1902-1943

Folder 1

Item 1: Letter from H. G. Wells, Sandgate, to Edith Nesbit Bland?, 1905 October

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Addressed to "My Dear Lady." A personal letter. Includes several cartoons.

Folder 2

Item 2: Letter from H. G. Wells, Grasse, France, to Curtis Brown, 1931 February 16

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Discusses an upcoming publication offer.

Folder 3

Item 3: Letter from H. G. Wells, London, to William Morris Colles?, 1914 July?

1 item (3 pages): manuscript. Addressed to "Colles."  Received stamp date: "6 Jul 14." Discusses the publication and editing of one of Wells's works.

Item 4: Letter from H. G. Wells, Dunmow, to William Morris Colles?, 1914 August?

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Addressed to "Colles."  Received stamp date: "17 Aug 14." Discusses the length of "the R.M." (possibly The Research Magnificent).

Folder 4

Item 5: Letter from H. G. Wells, Dunmow, to "Mr. Devine", undated

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Discusses The New Machiavelli and education.

Folder 5

Item 6: Letter from H. G. Wells, London, to Edward Gaitens?, 1942 July 8

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Addressed to "Mr. Gaitens." Shares Wells's admiration for Gaitens's work.

Item 7: Letter from H. G. Wells, London, to Edward Gaitens?, 1943 July 11

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Addressed to "My Dear Gaitens." A personal letter.

Folder 6

Item 8: Letter from H. G. Wells, Sandgate, to George Harvey, 1904 January 10

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Addressed to "Editor of the North American Review." Discusses the possible serialization of A Modern Utopia.

Folder 7

Item 9: Note from H. G. Wells, Sandgate, to Holbrook Jackson, 1907 March 17?

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Refers to "M. U." (possibly A Modern Utopia)

Item 10: Postcard from H. G. Wells, Brig, Switzerland, to Holbrook Jackson, 1907 September?

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Received stamp date: "22.IX.07.-6." Discusses Jackson's book, "G.B.S." (possibly Great English Novelists.)

Item 11: Note from H. G. Wells, Sandgate, to Holbrook Jackson, 1907 December 9

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Discusses Wells's refusal to publish an unidentified work.

Folder 8

Item 12: Note from H. G. Wells, London, to Holbrook Jackson, undated

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Grants permission for Jackson to use Wells's work in a leaflet.

Item 13: Note from H. G. Wells, Dunmow, to Holbrook Jackson, undated

1 item (1 page): manuscript. A personal note.

Item 14: Note from H. G. Wells, Dunmow, to Holbrook Jackson, undated

1 item (1 page): manuscript. A personal note.

Item 15: Note from H. G. Wells, Dunmow, to Holbrook Jackson, undated

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Provides encouragement to Jackson and briefly references Rebecca West.

Folder 9

Item 16: Note from H. G. Wells, London, to Naomi Mitchison, 1927 October 28

1 item (1 page): manuscript. A personal note.

Item 17: Letter from H. G. Wells, London, to Naomi Mitchison, 1928 July 10

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Mentions Wells's esteem for Mitchison's recent book.

Item 18: Note from H. G. Wells, London, to Naomi Mitchison, 1929 October 23

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Mentions his intention to read The Ascent of Humanity.

Folder 10

Item 19: Note from H. G. Wells, Grasse, France, to Naomi Mitchison, 1932 August 25

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Mentions the "Outline" (possibly Wells's The Outline of History) and After Democracy.

Item 20: Note from H. G. Wells, London, to Naomi Mitchison, 1933 March 21

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Shares Wells's admiration for Mitchison's recent novel.

Item 21: Letter from H. G. Wells, London, to Naomi Mitchison, 1934 March 22

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Wells denies that he is an anti-Semite and discusses his criticism of (Victor) Gollancz.

Folder 11

Item 22: Postcard from H. G. Wells, Folkestone?, to T. P. O'Connor, 1902

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Postage Stamp: "Folkestone 1.15 PM NO 14 02" Discusses T. P.'s Weekly.

Folder 12

Item 23: Letter from H. G. Wells, London, to Nany Pearn, 1932 August 16

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Discusses rumors about Wells's intention to write an autobiography.

Folder 13

Item 24: Letter from H. G. Wells, Dunmow, to "Sadler", 1914 September 19

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Discusses political issues and describes the British Empire as "a new sort of miscellaneous confederation [of] heterogeneous united states."

Folder 14

Item 25: Note from H. G. Wells, Hampstead, to Fisher Unwin, undated

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Mentions Ann Veronica.

Item 26: Letter from H. G. Wells, Hampstead, to Fisher Unwin, undated

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Discusses the backlash against Ann Veronica.

Folder 15

Item 27: Note from H. G. Wells, London, to "Young", 1937 January 21

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Addressed to "My Dear Young." A personal note.

Item 28: Letter from H. G. Wells, London, to "Young", 1937 September 30

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Addressed to "My Dear Young." Acknowledges receipt of Young's work.

Folder 16

Item 29: Postcard from H. G. Wells, Sandgate, 1908 March?

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Recipient unknown. Received stamp date: "10 Mar 1908." A personal note.

Item 30: Postcard from H. G. Wells, London, 1919 November?

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Recipient unknown. Received stamp date: "29/11/19." Discusses payment for The Outline of History.

Item 31: Letter from H. G. Wells, London, 1937 July 28

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Recipient unknown. Responds to the recipient's article in the Sunday Times.

Item 32: Letter from H. G. Wells, London, 1939 August 2

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Recipient unknown. Invites the recipient to lunch.

Folder 17

Item 33: Letter from H. G. Wells, London, undated

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Addressed to "Publicity Dept of Secker & Warburg." Discusses The Fate of Homo Sapiens.

Item 34: Note from H. G. Wells, Dunmow, undated

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Recipient unknown. Labels self-reviewing as a "horrible indecent idea."

Item 35: Essay from H. G. Wells, undated

1 item (2 pages): typescript. Addressed to "the Editors of the New Age." Letter to the editor entitled "A Note on Methods of Controversy." Responds to recent criticism by G. K. Chesterton.

Series 2: Visual Materials, 1880-1904

Folder 18

Item 1: Drawing by H. G. Wells, circa 1880?

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Accompanied by a note regarding the item's provenance. Entitled "A wet sheet." A caricature of a washerwoman.

Folder 19

Item 2: Drawing by William Rothenstein, 1904

1 item (1 page): lithograph. Signed "W. R." Portrait of H. G. Wells.

Folder 20

Item 3: Photograph by Howard Coster, undated

1 item (1 page): Photographic portrait of H. G. Wells.

Folder 21

Item 4: Advertisement by Michael Gross Company, undated

1 item (1 page): lithograph. Counter display advertising Star Dollar Books editions of "Wells' Outline of History" and "Durant's Story of Philosophy."

Item 5: Advertisement, undated

1 item (1 page): print. Counter display advertising MacMillan editions of seven of H. G. Wells's books.

Series 3: Things to Come Materials, 1936

Folder 22

Item 1: Document, 1935-1936?

1 item (1 page): typescript. Music cue sheet for Things to Come.

Item 2: Document, 1935-1936?

1 item (2 pages): typescript. List of cut-in titles for Things to Come trailer.

Item 3: Document, 1935-1936?

1 item (1 page): typescript. Dialogue for Things to Come trailer.

Folder 23

Item 4: Document, 1936

1 item (83 pages): typescript. "List of superimposing instructions and English master titles" for Things to Come.

Folder 24

Item 5: Document, 1935-1936?

1 item (32 pages): typescript. Continuity document for Things to Come.

Folder 25

Item 6: Distributors' book by United Artists Corporation, 1936?

1 item (54 pages): print. Includes examples of advertising strategies and promotional materials for Things to Come, including theater decorations and displays, posters, "ad-lines," and a press release.

Item 7: Distributors' book by United Artists Corporation?, 1936?

1 item (50 pages): print. Includes examples of advertising strategies and promotional materials for Things to Come, including product tie-ins, theater decorations and displays, and posters. Includes a blank order form.

Series 4: Publishers' Correspondence, Contracts, and Financial Records, 1901-1965

Sub-series 1: Marjorie Wells, 1901-1947

Folder 26

Item 1: Document from John Delahunty, New York, to Paul R. Reynolds, 1901 July 11

1 item (1 page): typescript. Transfers copyright for The Island of Dr. Moreau. Enclosed with a copied document regarding Stone & Kimball's original copyright claim to The Island of Dr. Morreau [sic] (1896).

Item 2: Letter from Marjorie Wells, London, to Horace Green, 1932 November 24

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses royalties for The Island of Dr Moreau.

Item 3: Letter from Marjorie Wells, London, to "Messrs Duffield and Green", 1933 March 10

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses royalties for The History of Mr. Polly, Marriage, and The New Machiavelli.

Item 4: Note from Marjorie Wells, London, to Edward Gaitens, 1942 October 7

1 item (1 page): typescript. Mentions Moura Budberg and her ongoing translation work.

Item 5: Letter from Marjorie Wells, London, to Howard Lewis, 1947 May 20

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses the possible publication of twelve volumes of Wells's work in Canada.

Sub-series 2: Publishers' Correspondence (1), 1901-1941

Folder 27

Item 1: Document from John Delahunty, New York, to Paul R. Reynolds, 1901 July 11

1 item (1 page): typescript. Copy. Transfers copyright for The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Item 2: Letter from Curtis Brown & Massie, New York, to Duffield & Company, 1909 June  11

1 item (1 page): typescript. Also signed by "R. C." Discusses Canadian royalties for Tono-Bungay.

Item 3: Note to H. G. Wells, 1910 July 18

1 item (1 page): typescript. Author unknown. Discusses a possible "cheap edition" of Tono-Bungay and expected royalties.

Item 4: Letter from Duffield & Company to Harold Paget, 1919 July 10

1 item (1 page): typescript. Copy. Discusses the possible publication of several of Wells's works in the "Doran Edition." Discusses royalties for Marriage, The New Machiavelli, The History of Mr. Polly, Tono-Bungay, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The War That Will End War.

Folder 28

Item 5: Document from Duffield & Company, New York, to Robert F. deGraff, 1928 June  13

1 item (1 page): typescript. Contract allowing the Garden City Publishing Company to produce an edition of The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Item 6: Document from Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, to Duffield & Company, 1934 February  1

1 item (1 page): typescript. Royalty report for the "Atlantic Edition" (volumes II, XII, XIV, XV, and XVII).

Item 7: Document from Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, to Duffield & Company, 1933 August 1

1 item (1 page): typescript. Royalty report for the "Atlantic Edition" (volumes II, XII, XIV, XV, and XVII).

Item 8: Memorandum from "R. A. S." to Frank C. Dodd, 1934 December 14

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses royalties for The Island of Dr. Moreau, as reprinted in Seven Famous Novels.

Item 9: Memorandum from Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935 February  6

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses royalties for the "Atlantic Edition" (volumes II, XII, XIV, XV, and XVII).

Item 10: Document from Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, to "The New Library", 1941 November 24

1 item (1 page): typescript. Financial record regarding royalties for The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Item 11: Note, undated

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Author unknown. Written on Dodd, Mead & Company stationery Lists several publishers.

Item 12: Memorandum, undated

1 item (1 page): typescript. Author unknown. Written on Dodd, Mead & Company stationery Mentions H. G. Wells's acknowledgment of a letter to "FCD."

Sub-series 3: Publishers' Correspondence (2), 1922-1934

Folder 29

Item 1: Letter to "Mr. Wycoff", 1922 March 25

1 item (1 page): typescript. Author unknown. Discusses the use of H. G. Wells's contract for Marriage as collatoral for a loan and requests its return.

Item 2: Letter to Arthur H. Scribner, 1922 May 23

1 item (1 page): typescript. Author unknown. Discusses an agreement to transfer "the edition de luxe [of the] works of H. [G. Wells]."

Item 3: Letter from Horace Green to Theodore Dreiser, 1927 January 25

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses a payment to Dreiser and royalties for H. G. Wells's works.

Item 4: Letter from Frank C. Dodd to "Mr. Mosher", 1934 June 11

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses a payment for the sale of The Island of Dr. Moreau for use in the Knopf omnibus (Seven Famous Novels).

Item 5: Letter to A. P. Watt & Son, undated

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses a proposed "edition de luxe of H. G. Wells's books."

Item 6: Notes, undated

4 item (1 page): manuscript. Author unknown. Four small fragments containing partial manuscript notes.

Sub-series 4: Duffield & Company (1), 1907-1934

Folder 30

Item 1: Document from H. G. Wells to Duffield & Company, 1907 April 20

1 item (3 pages): typescript. Contract regarding U.S. publication rights for The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Item 2: Document from H. G. Wells, Sandgate, to Duffield & Company, 1908 September 15

1 item (3 pages): typescript. Contract regarding U.S. publication rights for Tono-Bungay.

Item 3: Document from H. G. Wells, London, to Duffield & Company, 1909 December 29

1 item (4 pages): typescript. Contract regarding U.S. publication rights for The New Machiavelli.

Folder 31

Item 4: Document from H. G. Wells, London, to Duffield & Company, 1910 January 3

1 item (4 pages): typescript. Contract regarding U.S. publication rights for The History of Mr. Polly. Enclosed with an unsigned note about the document.

Item 5: Postcard from H. G. Wells, Brandau, to Duffield & Company, 1910 July 28?

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Received stamp date: "Aug 8 1910." Mentions a "cheap edition."

Item 6: Letter from H. G. Wells, New York?, to Frank C. Dodd?, 1934 May 8

1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Addressed to "Mr. Dodd." Refers Mr. Dodd to his "secretary and daughter-in-law, Mrs. G. P. Wells."

Sub-series 5: Duffield & Company (2), 1924-1931

Folder 32

Item 1: Document from Duffield & Company, New York, to Albert & Charles Boni, 1924 March 29

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Paid invoice regarding Harold Frederic's The Damnation of Theron Ware.

Item 2: Document from Albert & Charles Boni, New York, to Duffield & Company, 1931 June 30

1 item (1 page): typescript. Royalty statement for The History of Mr. Polly.

Item 3: Document from Duffield & Company, New York, to Albert & Charles Boni, 1924 May 5

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Invoice regarding plates from George Ade's Doc Horne.

Item 4: Document from Duffield & Company, New York, to Albert & Charles Boni, 1924 May 5

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Invoice regarding plates from George Ade's Fables in Slang.

Item 5: Letter from Horace Green, New York, to Albert Boni, 1930 June 10

1 item (1 page): typescript. Refers to the transfer of "the Rolland Romain property."

Item 6: Document from Albert & Charles Boni, New York, to Duffield & Company, 1930 December 31

1 item (1 page): typescript. Royalty statement for The History of Mr. Polly.

Item 7: Document from Edward S. Blackwell, New York, 1931 August 25

1 item (1 page): typescript. Sworn statement regarding the completed first printing of Michelangelo.

Item 8: Letter from Albert Boni, New York, to Ridgely Hunt, 1930 June 24

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses a royalty payment for a reprint of The History of Mr. Polly.

Item 9: Note from Ridgely Hunt to Albert Boni, 1930 June 25

1 item (1 page): typescript. Typed signature reads "Hidgely Hunt." Acknowledges receipt of a royalty payment for a reprint of The History of Mr. Polly.

Sub-series 6: Publishers' Correspondence and Ephemera

Folder 33

Item 1: Letter from A. S. Watt, London, to Duffield & Company, 1918 April 24

1 item (2 pages): typescript. Discusses the possibility of including several H. G. Wells works in an "edition de luxe" to be published by the George H. Doran Company.

Item 2: Letter, 1918 May 13

1 item (1 page): typescript. Fragment. Dated fragment.

Item 3: Fragment, 1934 May 5

1 item (1 page): printed. The Publishers' Weekly 125.18: 1667-1668. Includes an advertisement for Seven Famous Novels.

Item 4: Document from Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, to The Readers Club, Inc., 1941 September 1

1 item (1 page): typescript. Invoice regarding the advance royalty for The History of Mr. Polly.

Item 5: Note to "Mr. Mosher", undated

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Author unknown. Requests that document(s) be filed with contracts between H. G. Wells and Duffield & Company.

Sub-series 7: Paget Literary Agency, 1919-1922

Folder 34

Item 1: Letter from R. Harold Paget, New York, to S. Lowrie, 1919 July 8

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses the George H. Doran Company edition of H. G. Wells's works.

Item 2: Letter from R. Harold Paget, New York, to S. Lowrie, 1919 July 9

1 item (2 pages): typescript. Discusses the possible inclusion of The Island of Dr. Moreau and The War That Will End War in the George H. Doran Company edition of H. G. Wells's works.

Item 3: Note from R. Harold Paget, New York, to S. Lowrie, 1919 October 31

1 item (1 page): typescript. Responds to Lowrie's letter of July 10th.

Item 4: Letter from Arthur H. Scribner, New York, to Frederick S. Hoppin, 1922 May 22

1 item (2 pages): typescript. Announces that Charles Scribner's Sons will publish the "edition de luxe" of H. G. Wells's works and describes the proposed volume.

Item 5: Note from C. Paget, New York, to Frederick S. Hoppin, 1922 May 26

1 item (1 page): typescript. Marked "Re: Wells." Mentions his request for a copy of a letter to "Mr. Watt" (1919 July 10).

Sub-series 8: Tono-Bungay (1), 1928-1965

Folder 35

Item 1: Document from Cornwall Press, Cornwall, New York, to Duffield & Company, 1928 July 10

1 item (1 page): typescript. Paid invoice for shipment of text plates for The Island of Dr. Moreau, Christopher Hibault Roadmaker, and The Jessamy Bride.

Item 2: Document from Duffield & Company, New York, to Garden City Publishig Company, 1929 October 8

1 item (1 page): typescript. Copy. Contract regarding a reprint edition of Tono-Bungay.

Item 3: Letter from Ridgely Hunt, New York, to Albert Boni, 1930 June 25

1 item (1 page): typescript. Copy. Discusses royalties for a reprint edition of The History of Mr. Polly.

Item 4: Document from Albert & Charles Boni, New York, to Duffield & Company, 1933 December 31

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Royalty statement for The History of Mr. Polly.

Item 5: Letter from Charles Bloch, New York, to Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934 July 2

1 item (1 page): typescript. Marked "Re:HIST.MR.POLLY." Discusses Albert & Charles Boni's right to publish "a cheap edition."

Folder 36

Item 6: Note from Emanuel E. Harper, New York, to Dodd, Mead & Company, 1935 December 10

1 item (1 page): typescript. Notifies the recipients of a completed printing of Tono-Bungay.

Item 7: Note from Emanuel E. Harper, New York, to Dodd, Mead & Company, 1938 February 15

1 item (1 page): typescript. Notifies the recipients of a completed printing of Tono-Bungay.

Item 8: Letter from Dodd, Mead & Company to Donald S. Klopfer, 1938 February 18

1 item (1 page): typescript. Copy. Discusses royalties for Tono-Bungay.

Item 9: Note from Donald S. Klopfer?, New York, to Howard C. Lewis, 1938 February 23

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses royalties for Tono-Bungay.

Item 10: Document from Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, to Helen Macy, 1958 January 15

1 item (1 page): typescript. Royalty statement for the "Limited" and "Heritage" editions of Tono Bungay.

Item 11: Document from Dodd, Mead & Company to Houghton Mifflin Company, 1965 May 10

1 item (1 page): typescript. Contract regarding publication rights for Tono-Bungay.

Sub-series 9: Tono-Bungay (2), 1934-1960

Folder 37

Item 1: Letter from Doris Humphrey?, Garden City, New York, to Frank C. Dodd, 1934 June 27

1 item (1 page): typescript. Signed "Secretary to Mr. deGraff." Discusses the rights to the Sun Dial Library edition of Tono-Bungay.

Item 2: Letter from Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, to Donald S. Klopfer, 1934 November 8

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses the printing of an edition of Tono-Bungay and the possibility of producing reprint editions of The New Machiavelli and Marriage.

Item 3: Memorandum from Howard C. Lewis? to Frank C. Dodd?, 1938 February 24

1 item (1 page): typescript. Addressed to "Mr. Dodd." Discusses royalties for Tono-Bungay and the possibility of withdrawing the novel from the Modern Library series.

Item 4: Note from Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, to Donald S. Klopfer, 1938 February 24

1 item (1 page): typescript. Disucsses royalties for Tono-Bungay.

Item 5: Letter from Dodd, Mead & Company to Gilbert S. Ohlmann, 1940 August 8

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses a recording of Tono-Bungay for use by the blind.

Item 6: Note from Alan C. Collins, New York, to Howard C. Lewis, 1940 August 6

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses a recording of Tono-Bungay for use by the blind.

Item 7: Document from Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, to New American Library, 1960 May 20

1 item (1 page): typescript. Royalty statement for Tono-Bungay.

Sub-series 10: Seven Famous Novels, 1934

Folder 38

Item 1: Memorandum to "Miss Brennan", undated

1 item (1 page): typescript. Illegible signature. Discusses royalties for Seven Famous Novels.

Item 2: Note from Paul R. Reynolds, New York, to Frank C. Dodd?, 1934 September 6

1 item (1 page): typescript. Introduces an enclosed letter to Marjorie Wells (1934 September 6) regarding Reynolds's right to receive a commission for The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Item 3: Letter from A. S. Watt, London, to Frank C. Dodd, 1934 August 28

1 item (2 pages): typescript. Discusses Watt's conversations with Marjorie Wells regarding royalties for The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Item 4: Letter from Dodd, Mead & Company to A. P. Watt & Son, 1934 June 12

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses royalties for Seven Famous Novels.

Item 5: Letter from A. S. Watt, London, to Frank C. Dodd, 1934 June 30

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses royalties for Seven Famous Novels.

Item 6: Letter from Dodd, Mead & Company to A.S. Watt, 1934 July 13

1 item (2 pages): typescript. Discusses the inclusion of The Island of Dr. Moreau in the "Knopf anthology" (Seven Famous Novels) and related royalties.

Item 7: Letter from A. S. Watt, London, to Frank C. Dodd, 1934 July 24

1 item (2 pages): typescript. Discusses the inclusion of The Island of Dr. Moreau in "Knopf's Omnibus" (Seven Famous Novels) and related royalties.

Item 8: Letter from Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, to A. S. Watt, 1934 August 22

1 item (2 pages): typescript. Discusses the inclusion of The Island of Dr. Moreau in Seven Famous Novels and related royalties.

Item 9: Letter from Joseph C. Lesser, New York, to Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934 June 7

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses royalties for Seven Famous Novels.

Item 10: Letter from Dodd, Mead & Company, London, to Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1934 May 14

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses royalties for the "Wells Omnibus" (Seven Famous Novels).

Item 11: Note from Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, to A. P. Watt & Son, 1934 May 9

1 item (1 page): typescript. Cablegram. Discusses royalties for the use of The Island of Dr. Moreau in the "Wells Omnibus" (Seven Famous Novels).

Item 12: Note from A. S. Watt?, London, to Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934 May 10

1 item (1 page): typescript. Cablegram. Refers Dodd, Mead & Company to "Heinemann" to discuss permission to publish The Island of Dr. Moreau in Seven Famous Novels and related royalties.

Item 13: Note from Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, to A. P. Watt & Son, 1934 May 11

1 item (1 page): typescript. Cablegram. Discusses permissions and royalties for The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Item 14: Note from A. S. Watt?, London, to Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934 May 14

1 item (1 page): typescript. Cablegram. Discusses the distribution of royalties for the "Wells Omnibus" (Seven Famous Novels).

Item 15: Note from Paul R. Reynolds, New York, to Frank C. Dodd, 1934 June 12

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses the distribution of royalties for The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Item 16: Note from Paul R. Reynolds, Jr., New York, to Frank C. Dodd, 1934 August 27

1 item (1 page): typescript. Acknowledges a royalty check for The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Sub-series 11: Dodd, Mead & Company (1), 1934

Folder 39

Item 1: Letter from Dodd, Mead & Company to Marjorie Wells, 1934 June 1

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses royalties for The Island of Dr. Moreau and the possible publication of "a cheap edition of the four novels."

Item 2: Note from Marjorie Wells , London, to Frank C. Dodd, 1934 June 8

1 item (1 page): typescript. Approves a proposal to reprint two unidentified works.

Item 3: Letter from Marjorie Wells , London, to Frank C. Dodd, 1934 May 25

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses royalties for The Island of Dr. Moreau and approves reprint editions of Marriage, The New Machiavelli, The History of Mr. Polly, and Tono-Bungay.

Item 4: Letter from Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, to H. G. Wells, 1934 April 27

1 item (2 pages): typescript. Discusses publishing rights to, royalty rates for, and potential new editions of Marriage, The New Machiavelli, The History of Mr. Polly, Tono-Bungay, and The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Sub-series 12: Dodd, Mead & Company (2), 1934-1939

Folder 40

Item 1: Letter from Donald S. Klopfer, New York, to Frank C. Dodd, 1934 October 31

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses a contract between the Garden City Publishing Company and Duffield & Company.

Item 2: Letter from Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, to Donald S. Klopfer, 1934 November 8

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses a printing of Tono-Bungay and possible reprints of The New Machiavelli and Marriage.

Item 3: Note from V. Graham?, New York, to Dodd, Mead & Company, 1939 March 30

1 item (1 page): typescript. Affirms that The History of Mr. Polly is currently out of print.

Sub-series 13: Collins' edition of Tono-Bungay and Marriage, 1947

Folder 41

Item 1: Note from Marjorie Wells , London, to Howard Lewis, 1947 June 18

1 item (1 page): manuscript. Acknowledges recent actions of Lewis and Random House.

Item 2: Letter from Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, to Marjorie Wells, 1947 June 3

1 item (1 page): typescript. Forwards Bennett A. Cerf's reluctant approval of the Canadian distribution of "Collins' volume" of Tono-Bungay.

Item 3: Letter from Bennett A. Cerf, New York, to Howard Lewis, 1947 May 29

1 item (1 page): typescript. Withdraws Random House's objection to the distribution of "Collins' volume" of Tono-Bungay in Canada.

Item 4: Letter from Marjorie Wells , London, to Dodd, Mead & Company, 1947 March 28

1 item (1 page): typescript. Requests Dodd, Mead & Company's permission for Collins to distribute Tono-Bungay and Marriage in Canada.

Item 5: Letter from Dodd, Mead & Company, New York?, to Marjorie Wells, 1947 April 10

1 item (1 page): typescript. Agrees to permit Collins's distribution of Marriage in Canada but objects to the Collins edition of Tono-Bungay, on account of a contract with the Modern Library.

Sub-series 14: The Island of Dr. Moreau, 1950-1951

Folder 42

Item 1: Coversheet, 1950

1 item (1 page): typescript.  Text: "The Island of Dr. Moreau. H. G. Wells. In re arrangement with Dover Publications."

Item 2: Letter from W. P. Watt, London, to Frank C. Dodd, 1950 February 14

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses a reprinting of Seven Famous Novels.

Item 3: Letter from Dodd, Mead & Company, New York?, to W. P. Watt, 1950 February 23

1 item (1 page): typescript. Approves the Dover Publications reissue of The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Item 4: Letter from Dodd, Mead & Company, New York?, to W. P. Watt, 1950 February 23

1 item (1 page): typescript. Copy. Approves the Dover Publications reissue of The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Item 5: Note from W. P. Watt, London, to Howard C. Lewis, 1950 February 28

1 item (1 page): typescript. Clarifies the royalty rate for the Dover Press reissue of The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Item 6: Memorandum from D. Fred Slota, London, to Howard C. Lewis, 1951 April  11

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses royalties for the Dover Publications reissue of Seven Famous Novels.

Item 7: Letter from D. Fred Slota to A. P. Watt & Son, 1951 April 23

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses royalties for the Dover Publications reissue of Seven Famous Novels and requests details of the agreement.

Item 8: Letter from A. P. Watt & Son, London, to D. Fred Slota, 1951 May 4

1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses royalties for the Dover publications reissue of Seven Famous Novels.

Series 5: Books

Folder 43

Item 1: Wells, Catherine. The Book of Catherine Wells. London: Chatto and Windus, 1928

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurty. Inscribed by H. G. Wells. Includes a letter from Catherine Wells, Sandgate, to Holbrook Jackson, 1905 August 3. 1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Signed "A. C. Wells." Reports H. G. Wells's regret that he will be unable to give a lecture to the "Arts Club."

Item 2: Wells, H. G. The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance. London: C. Arthur Pearson Limited, 1897

Includes bookplates of Maurice Baring and Larry McMurtry. Includes a note from H. G. Wells, London, to Maurice Baring, 1930 March 6. 1 item (1 page): manuscript. Brief personal note.

Item 3: Wells, H. G. The New Teaching of History. With a Reply to Some Recent Criticisms of The Outline of History. London: Cassell & Company, Ltd., 1921

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurtry.

Item 4: Wells, H. G. A Short History of the World. London: Cassell and Company, Ltd, 1922

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurtry. Previously owned by C. E. Carrington. Includes a note by C. E. Carrington introducing two letters by H. G. Wells.

Includes a letter from H. G. Wells, Dunmow, to C. E. Carrington, 1923 January 4. 1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Discusses the use of The Outline of History as a textbook.

Includes a letter from H. G. Wells, Dunmow, to C. E. Carrington, 1923 January 23. 1 item (2 pages): manuscript. Discusses the possibility of publishing a shorter version of The Outline of History for use in schools.

Item 5: Wells, H. G. Washington and the Hope of Peace. London: W. Collins Sons & Co. Ltd., 1922

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurtry. Inscribed by H. G. Wells, with a manuscript cartoon.

Item 6: Wells, H. G., and George Bernard Shaw. Experiments on Animals: Views for & Against. London: The British Union for Abolition of Vivisection, 1927?

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurtry. Reprinted from the Sunday Express (July 24, 1927, and August 7, 1927).

Item 7: Wells, H. G. The Autocracy of Mr. Parham: His Remarkable Adventures in the Changing World. London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1930

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurtry. Inscribed by H. G. Wells to Julien Huxley, with a short personal note.

Item 8: Wells, H. G. The Problem of the Troublesome Collaborator: An Account of Certain Difficulties in an Attempt to Produce a Work in Collaboration and of the Intervention of the Society of Authors Therein. Society of Authors, 1930

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurtry.

Item 9: Wells, H. G., and George Herbert Thring. Settlement of the Trouble Between Mr. Thring and Mr. Wells: A Footnote to The Problem of the Troublesome Collaborator. Society of Authors?, 1930

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurtry.

Item 10: Wells, H. G. Brynhild. London: Methuen and Company Limited, 1937

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurtry.

Item 11: Wells, H. G. The Camford Visitation. London: Methuen and Company Limited, 1937

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurtry.

Item 12: Wells, H. G. The Croquet Player. Unrevised proof. Viking Press, 1937

Includes advertising copy. 1 item (1 page): typescript.

Item 13: Wells, H. G. World Brain. London: Methuen and Company Limited, 1938

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurtry. Includes a note from Marjorie Wells, London, to "Mr. Lane," 1939 June 10. 1 item (1 page): typescript. Mentions H. G. Wells's desire that Mr. Lane read World Brain.

Item 14: Wells, H. G. The Fate of Homo Sapiens: An Unemotional Statement of the Things That Are Happening to Him Now, and of the Immediate Possibilities Confronting Him. London: Secker and Warburg, 1939

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurtry. Inscribed by H. G. Wells to Pamela de Bayou, with a short personal note.

Item 15: Wells, H. G. Babes in the Darkling Wood. New York: Alliance Book Corporation, 1940

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurtry. Inscribed by H. G. Wells to Walter J. Matt.

Item 16: Wells, H. G. Phoenix: A Summary of the Inescapable Conditions of World Reorganisation. London: Secker and Warburg, 1942

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurtry. Inscribed by H. G. Wells to "dear Moura" (Moura Budberg?), with a short personal note.

Item 17: Wells, H. G. '42 to '44: A Contemporary Memoir upon Human Behaviour during the Crisis of the World Revolution. Proof. London: Secker and Warburg, 1943

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurtry. Includes manuscript corrections and notes by H. G. Wells and Roger Senhouse.

Item 18: Wells, H. G. '42 to '44: A Contemporary Memoir upon Human Behaviour during the Crisis of the World Revolution. Proof. London: Secker and Warburg,, 1943

Includes bookplate of Larry McMurtry. Includes manuscript corrections and notes by H. G. Wells.

Includes a note from Marjorie Wells, London, to Roger Senhouse, 1943 October 13. 1 item (1 page): typescript. Discusses corrections to '42 to '44.

Includes a note from Marjorie Wells, London, to Fredric Warburg, 1943 October 28. 1 item (1 page): typescript. Accompanied a corrected copy of '42 to '44.

Includes a note from H. G. Wells, London, to Fredric Warburg, 1943 October 28. 1 item (1 page): typescript. Acknowledges advice from Field Roscoe & Co. and discusses specific corrections to '42 to '44.

Includes a note from Marjorie Wells, London, to Fredric Warburg, 1943 October 29. 1 item (1 page): typescript. Includes H. G. Wells's manuscript list of corrections to '42 to '44.

Includes a statement by Thomas Dawson, London, 1944 January? 1 item (1 page): typescript. Copy. Received stamp date: "17 Jan. 1944." Suggests alterations to '42 to '44 based on potential legal objections.