CP/2/2 - [Victor Gollancz Ltd, Michael Joseph Ltd, Jonathan Cape Ltd and early years at William Heinemann Ltd]

CP/2/2

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[Victor Gollancz Ltd, Michael Joseph Ltd, Jonathan Cape Ltd and early years at William Heinemann Ltd]

1936-1963

41 items Mixed

Gant, Roland 1919-1993

Heinemann (firm)
Michael Joseph Ltd
Victor Gollancz Ltd
Jonathan Cape (Firm)
Secker & Warburg

Contains a 1936 letter from the Secretary of Victor Gollancz to Charles Pick. In it the 19 year old Pick is thanked for his “enthusiasm and perseverance in working territory generally acknowledged as far less productive even than that covered by the suburban traveller”. Also included is a 1945 report of Victor Gollancz Ltd.

Press cuttings cover the takeover of Illustrated Newspapers which included the publishers Michael Joseph by the Thomson organisation in 1961.

Contains correspondence and press cuttings relating to the proposed takeover of Jonathan Cape Ltd by Sir Allen Lane (Managing Director of Penguin Books), CP, Roland Gant, Peter Hebdon and Norman Collins (Deputy Chairman of Associated Television) in 1961. By the following year negotiations for the sale of part of the equity of Jonathan Cape Ltd could not be completed because of failure to agree on final details of terms and agreements. Included are articles of association for the company and details of the proposed scheme.

Later correspondence covers the 1962 appointment of CP as Deputy Managing Director of William Heinemann Ltd (its parent company being Thomas Tilling Ltd), and Roland Gant to the Board of Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd. Includes press releases, appointment confirmation letters and letters of congratulation; includes reports on William Heinemann accounts at that time.