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Correspondence from Aleister Crowley to The Lecram Press
55 Avenue de Suffren, Paris.
Dec 13th 1928.
Dear Sirs,
I thank you for yours of the 12th instant. Its terms are, however somewhat ambiguous. Is the quotation for the prospectus per thousand copies or per copy? I do not want a simili-japon. I want the prospectus to be on paper similar to that on which the book will ultimately be printed.
I have requested my secretary to call on you with the manuscript. It is not important that you should conform absolutely with this sample, as long as the book is, what I may call, easy to read. I do not want the type too closely set.
There is no objection to your suggested terms of payment. To be precise I should mention that while we are on our side willing to deposit the whole cost of printing the book with you, when placing the order, we would require from you a guarantee that the book will be delivered on a given date. The point is, that in publishing a book by subscription, especially if it is to be issued in parts, would-be buyers have, in consequence of bad experience in the past, become very wary. They do not want to put up money unless delivery is certain on a given date. We shall therefore have to have something like a banker's guarantee in regard to this matter.
If there are any points in this letter which present difficulties, perhaps you will discuss them with Mr Regardie and we could make written agreements according to circumstances. With regard to your estimate, please remember that it was arranged that this should be based on the price per sheet of 16 pages.
Yours very truly.
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