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Part of Publishing agreement for The Farmer's Bride, second edition, November 1, 1920

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Memorandum of Agreement

made th is

the

first

twenty

day of November

Ninete
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e n u n d BETWEEN
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CHARLOTTE MARY MEW,
9, Gordon street, Gordon Square
W.c . 1 .
hereinafter
termed the" Author") of the one part, and HAROLD MONRO of

DevonshireStreet, Theobalds Road, London , W.C.

, carryi ng on business

under
the firm name of THE POET RY BOOKSHO P Publishers and Booksellers (hereinafter termed . the " Publisher") of the other part, WHEREBY

IT

IS MUTUALLY AGREED between the parties hereto for themselves and
their respective executors and administrators (or successors as the case may be)
as follows :I.

THE Author grants the Publisher the sole and exclusive li cense during

the period

of this agreement

to produce, publish and sell in any form in the English language and in all parts
of the world, the work at present entitled "THE FARMER'S BRIDE"
(bei ng a re print of the volume of t ha t title
previously
published
by t he Poetry Bookshop t ogether with
additional poems)
which has bee n or is to be written, compiled or edite d by the Auth or.
2.

THE Publisher agrees to publish the said work within a reasonable period
from th e last sheet being passed for press, in the first instance, · at a

not exceeding four

shi lli ng s unless

price of [str

otherwise mutually agreed, and to

pay th e Author the following Royalties on the published price of each and all
copies sold, namely

10% on t he first 500 copies, and
15% on a ll subsequent copies.

3.

THE Publ is her shall also pay the Author a Royalty of 15%
on the net proceeds of the sale by him of any rights, plates,
'
blocks, moulds or editions (bound or in sheets) of or in the said work with
a view to its publication in America or elsewhere abroad.

4.

THE Author shall be duly consulted as to the mann er and style of
production of the said work.

All details, however, as to the mann er of

Publication and Advertisement, the terms of sale to the ordinary trade, and th e
number and destination of free copies shall be left to the sole discretion of the
Publisher who shall bear all expenses of production, publication and advertisement of the said work.

THE Author guarantees to keep the Publisher indemnified against all

SHOULD the said work remain out of print for so long a period as one

10.

actions claims and demands that may be brought against or made upon him

calendar year, then the rights of publication shall, unless the Publisher can

by reason of the said work containing or being alleged to contain any libellous

provide in writing some justifiable reason for not having reprinted the said work

or other actionable matter or any infringement

during the said period, revert to the Author.

•

of any right or rights

belonging to any other party.
AN exact account of the sales of the said work shall be made up by the

I I.

6.

THE Author agrees that if corrections on the proof of the said work
(other than printer's errors, · or publisher's typographical emendations) shall
involve the Publisher in a larger expense than

£2

all excess

expenditure over that sum shall be debited to the Author's account.
7.

THE Author shall be entitled to receive on publication

Publisher every six months to the Thirtieth day of June and the Thirty-first
day of December in each year, delivered on or before the following Thirtieth
day of September and Thirty-first day of March, and settled by cash within one
month from the date of delivery.

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presentation copies of the first ordinary edition of the said work and to
purchase copies thereafter for private use at ordinary trade terms.
8.

IN the event of any request being preferred by any third party for
permission to reprint in any anthology or collection of poems any selections
from the said work, the Publisher shall not have the right to veto the
Author's decision in such matter, unless such selection exceed in length
printed lines of the said work.

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In a1l cases where such permission be

granted, it shall be communicated to the applicant through the Publisher.

Full
IN the presence of

Wherever

Tho.

a fee is demanded it shall be payable to the Publisher, and shall be divided

Bloomsbury

to the name of the Author, title and publisher of the said work.

SIGNED

Rawbone

printed acknowledgment shall be made in the book containmg the selection as

Har
r
l
35 Devonshi
i

·between the parties to this agreement in a proportion of Sixty per cent.

W.C.
.

Date

30 Octo.

/ 20

to the Author and Forty per cent. to the Publisher.

Charlotte
Mary

IF in the opinion of the Publisher the said work shall have ceased to
have a remunerative sale, he shall duly inform the Author of such opinion.

Date

The Author shall thereupon be entitled to purchase the entire remaining stock
of the said work with the exception of twelve copies, at a rate equivalent to
Twenty-five per cent. of the published price.
In the event ot the Author expressing a refusal in writing to carry out the
said purchase, the Publisher shall be entitled to sell the entire remaining
stock of the said work at such price as he may deem fit and shall pay the
Author Five per cent. of the net proceeds of such sale. ·

John R. Roberts, Printer,

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Clerkcnwell Green, London, E.C. , ,

Mew

November
1920.1 s

Reproductions from the Charlotte Mew Digital Collection are provided courtesy of the
University at Buffalo Libraries.

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