| Description | These relate to contracts and licenses for publication and translation of works, for permission to reprint, for extension to licences etc. Walter Allen's literary agents were Pearn, Pollinger and Higham of London, later David Higham Associates. He was represented by Harold Ober Associates of New York.
The file includes:
/2 Letter from David Higham of Pearn, Pollinger and Higham in his capacity as literary agent concerning publication of his first novel, 'Innocence is Drowned', 1938
/32 Copy letter from E. P. Dutton and Co publishers of New York, USA officially postponing the delivery date of 'The Modern Novel' for one year due to Allen's ill health, 1960
/68 Copy agreement as a contributor to 'The Oxford Guide to Twentieth-Century Literature in English', 1992
/69 Letter from David Higham Associates, with copy letter from Marion Boyars Publishers, relating to the typescript of his unpublished novel, 'The Day the President was Shot', 1992 |