George G. Harrap & Company Limited

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 1840 UMW/03/02/01/12
  • Dates of Creation
      1943-1990
  • Physical Description
      123 items

Scope and Content

Correspondence with Ursula Moray Williams regarding the publication of 'The Good Little Christmas Tree', 'House of Happiness', 'The Three Toymakers', 'Malkin's Mountain', 'Laughing Dandino', 'The Little Wooden Horse', 'The Binklebys at Home', 'Secrets of the Wood', 'Johnnie Tigerskin', and 'Gobbolino the Witch's Cat'. The early correspondence in this file gives an interesting insight into the difficulties experienced by publishing companies in the years just after the Second World War, including paper shortages and massive printing costs. The correspondence mostly dates from pre-1968, and there is a large gap between 1968 and 1980.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

File of loose papers: up to A4; offset print, typescript, ball-point pen, fountain pen