John Blackwood to GE, London, 14 December 1859(2)
Title
John Blackwood to GE, London, 14 December 1859(2)
Title
John Blackwood to GE, London, 14 December 1859(2)
Sender
John Blackwood
Recipient
George Eliot
Date(s)
- 1859-12-14
Place
London
Letter Content
John Blackwood to GE, London, 14 December 1859(2)
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Cavendish | December 14/59.
Dear Madam
For your new Novel Sister Maggie we now beg to offer you Two Thousand Pounds for an edition of four thousand copies selling at 31/6 and payment at the same rate for every copy that we may sell beyond the four thousand at the above price.
For every thousand that we might print of a 12/- edition we would pay One Hundred and Fifty Pounds per thousand and for any 6/- edition 'a360 per thousand. 438
If this proposition meets with your ideas we would propose that the arrangement should be a permanent one. Believe me, Dear Madam for self and brother,
yours very truly
John Blackwood.
Mrs. Lewes.
MS: National Library of Scotland. Hitherto unpublished.
The Cavendish | December 14/59.
Dear Madam
For your new Novel Sister Maggie we now beg to offer you Two Thousand Pounds for an edition of four thousand copies selling at 31/6 and payment at the same rate for every copy that we may sell beyond the four thousand at the above price.
For every thousand that we might print of a 12/- edition we would pay One Hundred and Fifty Pounds per thousand and for any 6/- edition 'a360 per thousand. 438
If this proposition meets with your ideas we would propose that the arrangement should be a permanent one. Believe me, Dear Madam for self and brother,
yours very truly
John Blackwood.
Mrs. Lewes.
Signature
John Blackwood.
Citation
John Blackwood, John Blackwood to GE, London, 14 December 1859(2), Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/95304