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Ernest Benn Ltd

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Dates

  • Existence: 1923    
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Max, Barbara and Francie Wilk , 1974

 Item — 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8, Folder: 1
Call Number: MSS 14 , Series I
Scope and Contents:

The letter refers to the "Silent Cinema Toy," later known as the Bioscope Palace. There is also a reference to an unidentified publication with "thirty 2" pages of illustrations for Ernest Benn Ltd.

Dates: 1974
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Sam Smith Collection > Bioscope Palace > Correspondence

Letter to Max Wilk, 1974 August 2

 Item — 1: Series 1; Series 2; Series 3; Series 4; Series 6; Series 7; Series 8, Folder: 13
Call Number: MSS 14 , Series II
Scope and Contents: Letter discusses putting the manuscript of Edward and His Marvellous Telescope in the post that afternoon and sending it to another publisher, Farrar Straus. Mr. Benn explains that they are currently working on The Secret Harbour (another work by Sam Smith) and how he would like to complete that project before embarking on another. He is, however, very interested in the concept of Edward...
Dates: 1974 August 2
Found in: Yale Center for British Art, Rare Books and Manuscripts > Sam Smith Collection > Edward and His Marvellous Telescope > Correspondence