Martin Secker was founder of the Martin Secker Ltd. publishing house which operated in London between 1910 and 1935, and became one of the most important literary publishers of the twentieth century. The firm was best known for its publication of literary fiction, literary criticism, translations of foreign literature, and reprints of literary classics. Secker was responsible for producing the work of a distinguished group of literary authors, including D. H. Lawrence, Thomas Mann, Norman Douglas, and Henry James. Secker's firm was purchased in 1936 and renamed Secker and Warburg. He stayed with the new company for two years. Ultimately, Secker purchased Richards Press and continued his work in publishing until 1962.
This collection consists of publisher Martin Secker's correspondence from and about author Richard Blake Brown, including a large fragment of Brown's autobiography.
Series 1: Letters from or about Richard Blake Brown, 1938-1975.
Series 2: Richard Blake Brown autobiography, chapters 1-23, undated.
Series 3: Other letters, 1938-1975.
This collection is arranged in three series.
This collection is open and available for research use.
Copyright restrictions may apply.
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Martin Secker Papers, 1938-1975 (Cage 377)
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries, Pullman, WA.
Washington State University Libraries purchased this collection in 1978.
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