| Description | DM1843/Box 6/1
Various minutes of the Board of Directors of Penguin Books, 26 February 1962-7 May 1962.
Minutes of the Penguin Books Management Committee, 28 February 1962-29 August 1962.
Final draft of Chairman's Statement and Accounts for Penguin Books AGM 1962, 7 March 1962.
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Eunice Frost income tax papers for 1958 (and some earlier) and Penguin expenses for 1959.
Letter from Penguin to Inspector of Taxes re Eunice Frost's expenses, stating that she 'is concerned chiefly with the negotiation of contracts and agreements with publishers, authors and agents of books ... She is also responsible for the reading of books before negotiations are commenced ...', dated 30 September 1958.
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General Penguin correspondence and memos, principally concerned with sales and publications, including:
Daily sales figures 1962.
Books considered for publication, with list of those rejected, 1962.
Anonymous report for Penguin on the Russian book market and the possibility of acquiring translation rights, undated (?1961 or 1962).
Memorandum from Hans Schmoller concerning possible takeover of Pan Books by New American Library, 6 April 1961.
Correspondence with Douglas Cooper concerning a proposed Penguin Modern Painters volume on Picasso, February-March 1962.
Also a loose-leaf copy of A Complete Catalogue of Penguin Books, 1960, in ?later Q100 plastic binder, with 4 separate lists of additions and alterations, 1961-2, and some smaller Penguin catalogues and lists. |